Creature tattoo ideas

223 photos and flash · 14% Neo-trad, 13% Realism · Forearm most common

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Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box shaded in a realistic style on a forearm, with black script and a black line drawing above it.
TARDIS police box on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a stretched yellow unicorn-like creature trailing a rainbow across the forearm, in a cartoon style.
Yellow unicorn creature over a rainbow on a forearm
Flash sheet of seven black silhouette emblems on a tan background, including a lion head, boar, ram, serpent, fox, a creature with a spiral tail and a ring of eyes, with Japanese title text.
Seven Deadly Sins emblem flash sheet
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman in profile with closed eyes and a pearl headband, beside a horned pink creature, on the upper thigh.
Woman in profile with horned creature on thigh
Black and grey script lettering reading Semen Demon across the lower back, with a small grey creature sketch above the centre, sitting just above the waistband of jeans.
Script lettering and small creature on lower back
Black tribal-style wolf design with blue flame trails and a swirl at its centre, drawn on a plain white background.
Tribal wolf with blue flames
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a dark-haired girl with a mermaid tail, a banner reading I'M NOT PERKY, and a dark creature with a small pink figure below.
Gothic girl mermaid banner on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a reptile head with spiny ridges and clawed forelimbs on the back of a hand.
Reptile head on the back of a hand
Realistic colour tattoo on a leg of a red-haired grey-skinned creature with large ears resting on a stone wall beside a wooden ladder.
Furry creature peering over a stone wall
Black and grey realism tattoos of a dragon beside crystals on one thigh and a winged griffin with pumpkins on the other, both on the upper thighs.
Dragon and griffin thigh tattoos
Full arm sleeve tattoo of hammerhead shark silhouettes swimming over classical ruins in teal, with a torn orange section and a small red creature on the forearm.
Hammerhead sharks over ruins on an arm sleeve
Black and white pen drawing of a stippled cat-like creature with large ears, circular eyes and a crescent-shaped dotted tail, shown on paper.
Stippled cat creature drawing
Fine line tattoo of a rounded cartoon creature with pointed ears and a green sprouting seedling, on pale skin.
Cartoon creature and green sprout on skin
Black tribal-style outline tattoo of a stylised creature with pointed ears and a spiked tail, with a small red spiral on its muzzle, on a limb.
Tribal-style creature with red spiral
Two cartoon monster tattoos on a chest, one red and one olive green, each labelled RAWR, placed on either side of the upper chest.
Two cartoon monsters with RAWR text on chest
Colour realism tattoo of a screaming cartoon rabbit with a small brown creature beside it on a lower leg, shown in two photographs.
Screaming cartoon rabbit tattoo on a calf
Black ink flash sheet on a grey background with horror designs including a vampire head, a clawed glove, two girls in dresses, a book with a face, a grinning mask and a creature.
Horror flash sheet in black ink
Black line drawing of a stylised creature head in profile with a spiked crest and a spiral curl at the back, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stylised creature head in profile with spiral
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open toothed jaw with a snake wrapping through it on a man's neck, with a coloured eye in a triangle on the chest below.
Toothed creature jaw and snake on neck
Four bold tribal-style flash designs of stylised creatures and flames, with katakana labels, shown in grey, purple, blue and pink.
Four tribal-style creature designs on white
Black line drawing of a horned ram head with a third eye, framed by flowers and leaves, shown as an uncoloured tattoo design on tracing paper.
Horned ram with third eye and flowers
Colour tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a black outlined prism with dotted speckles and a rainbow beam ending in stylised animals.
Prism and rainbow animals on ribs
Black and white photo of a fine line geometric tattoo of nested triangles and a small solid black seated figure on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Fine line triangles and a small seated figure on a wrist
Colour cartoon creatures with black outlines covering a forearm, including a turtle-like figure and a round creature with a yellow-eyed face, placed on the forearm.
Colourful cartoon creatures on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two wolf-like creatures locked together in a circular frame on the upper arm.
Two wolf-like creatures entwined on upper arm
Two side-by-side photos of a full-colour cartoon tattoo on an upper arm, showing a yellow character with a guitar and a silver robot-like character on a green background.
Colourful cartoon characters on an upper arm
Large back tattoo of Where the Wild Things Are creatures in trees beneath a yellow moon, shaded in grey with blue and yellow colour, across the upper back.
Wild Things scene across a back
Colour realism tattoo on an upper thigh showing an older grey-haired man in a suit holding a card with a black and grey hairy creature on it.
Realistic portrait of a grey-haired man on a thigh
Black and grey linework tattoo of a curled creature with long ears, surrounded by swirling foliage and mushrooms, on a limb.
Creature curled among swirling foliage and mushrooms
Four-view collage of a colour realism tattoo on a calf showing a clock, an owl, a maze, a tall-haired figure with a companion and furry creatures.
Fantasy scene with clock, owl and creatures on a calf
Colour realism style tattoo on the side ribs of a torso showing a terrier in a pirate hat and eyepatch, a fluffy white dog, a small creature in a red scarf and spiral snail shells.
Pirate terrier and fluffy dog on ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a wide-eyed face wearing a pearl necklace, with a tall feathered shape rising above it, on a calf.
Grey face with pearl necklace on a calf
Colour tattoo on a person's chest showing two horned, furry monsters sitting on green grass with a small cat-like figure beside them on a blue wash background.
Horned creatures and a cat on the chest
Four views of a black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a fantasy castle, a hooded figure, a female elf warrior and skulls from shoulder to wrist.
Fantasy castle and warrior full sleeve
Fine line black tattoo of a simple cartoon creature with two round eyes and a small beak, sitting on the lower abdomen above the waistband of light blue jeans.
Fine line cartoon figure on the lower abdomen
Black line tattoo of a rounded creature with a curled tail and a stylised symbol with a loop beside it, shown on a limb.
Black line creature with curled tail
Black fine line tattoo of Totoro holding a leaf, placed on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Totoro outline on a shoulder blade
Pencil sketch of a big-eyed, round cat-like creature hanging by its paws from two ropes, with a fluffy tail, drawn on cream paper beside a pencil.
Big-eyed cat creature hanging from ropes sketch
Small black fine line tattoo of a Totoro-style creature face on the ankle, with beaded bracelets on the wrist above.
Totoro-style face on an ankle
Black ink tattoo of a horned, snake-tailed creature above the words Never run from anything immortal, on the upper arm of a woman in a navy vest top.
Horned creature and slogan on upper arm
Side-by-side photos of an anime-style girl tattoo on a lower leg, showing the black outline stage on the left and the finished colour on the right.
Anime girl with cat creature, before and after colour
Close photograph of a bold red cartoon fox tattoo with black outlines and spiky ears, sitting on the forearm, with a partial second tattoo visible at the bottom edge.
Red cartoon fox tattoo on an arm
Black linework tattoo of a one-eyed cartoon figure with the word HAM on its body, placed on the lower leg.
One-eyed figure labelled HAM on a leg
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a zipper opening on a forearm, revealing a skeletal claw beneath the skin.
Unzipping skeletal claw on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a limb of a small white rounded creature with ears sheltering under a green leaf, with a small black soot sprite beside it.
Leaf umbrella and white creature on a limb
Pencil sketch of a large-eyed cartoon bat with fluffy fur, surrounded by curling vines and leaves, drawn as a tattoo design in a sketchbook.
Cartoon bat with vine flourishes
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a creature with an open mouth and tongue, a fin above and scales, with pink fill and black outlines on an upper arm.
Pink-backed creature with fin and lettering on arm
Close crop of a woman in a turquoise bikini showing a small black dragon-like tattoo on her lower abdomen beside the waistband.
Small dragon-like tattoo on the hip