Fin tattoo ideas

120 photos and flash · 19% Fine line, 14% Japanese · Calf most common

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Black ink line drawing of a mermaid with swirling hair and a fishtail, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Mermaid with swirling hair line drawing
Seahorse design made of ornate swirling linework filled with rainbow colour on a plain white background, with no body placement shown.
Rainbow swirl seahorse design
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a humpback whale set against an outlined geometric crystal shape, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Humpback whale within a geometric crystal
Ink line drawing of an ornamental lionfish with spiky fins, dotted details and swirling linework, shown as a design on paper with no body placement.
Ornamental lionfish line drawing
Black and grey Japanese style dragon tattoo running down a person's back from the shoulder to the waist.
Black and grey dragon across a back
Pencil and ink sketch of a seahorse with a unicorn horn, flowing mane, bubbles and an anchor with rope, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Unicorn seahorse with anchor design
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a stylised fish with red and orange flame-like fins and scale shading, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Stylised fish with red flame fins on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a red and black goldfish with bold outlines and flowing fins, placed on the side of the ribs.
Red and black goldfish on the ribs
Fine line seahorse tattoo in brown ink on the inner forearm of a person wearing denim shorts, with a small solid black spiral tattoo on the hand.
Seahorse tattoo on the inner forearm
Red goldfish tattoo with soft shading and flowing fins on the upper thigh.
Red goldfish on a thigh
Fine line black shark tattoos on two fingers of a hand with pale pink nails, one shark showing open jaws with a row of teeth.
Shark tattoos on fingers
Black line drawing of two flowing betta fish with long trailing fins and rising bubbles, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Two flowing betta fish with bubbles
Sketch-style tattoo of three goldfish with black linework and orange wash, placed on the side of the torso over the ribs.
Three goldfish sketch on the side of the torso
Colour tattoo of a seated mermaid with flowing purple hair and a green scaled tail, placed on the upper back.
Mermaid with purple hair on upper back
Colour tattoo of a teal and pink betta fish with swirling fins on the side of the torso, shown in a Realism style.
Betta fish with flowing fins on the side
Realistic black and grey fish tattoo with orange and teal triangular shards, running down the back of a calf.
Fish with coloured shards on a calf
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a seated mermaid with long wavy hair and a finned tail, on the calf.
Seated mermaid tattoo on a lower leg
Illustrated flash design of a black and yellow orca with an orange tail, crossed by a beige banner reading IF YOU LOVE ME LET ME GO, on a cream damask background.
Orca with a banner reading If you love me let me go
Black and grey humpback whale tattoo with roses and leaves on the side of the ribs, drawn in fine etched linework with stippled dots.
Humpback whale with roses on the ribs
Soft colour tattoo of a mermaid with flowing red hair, a purple shell top and a green tail on the inner forearm.
Mermaid with red hair on a forearm
Black blackwork tattoo of a crescent moon, stars and stylised waves inside a circle, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Moon and waves in a circle on the upper back
Realistic grey dolphin head tattoo on a shoulder, with soft shading, a detailed eye and a dark pectoral fin beneath it.
Realistic dolphin head on a shoulder
Black fine line tattoo of a tail fin with dotwork shading on the back of a lower leg, just above the ankle.
Fine line tail fin tattoo on lower leg
Black ink line drawing of an ornate goldfish with flowing fins and swirled scale patterns, drawn on cream paper as a tattoo design.
Ornate goldfish line drawing
Drawn koi fish tattoo design in a Japanese style, with black scales, orange-gold fins and a red gill, beside the headline The Meaning Behind Koi Fish Tattoos.
Koi fish tattoo design with headline
White silhouette of a mermaid with flowing hair, a curled tail and one arm raised, shown as a tattoo design on a pale teal background.
Mermaid silhouette tattoo design
Colour tattoo of a purple and teal seahorse with a curled tail and pink cheek, shown on the thigh in a neo-traditional style.
Purple and teal seahorse tattoo
Colourful neo-traditional seahorse tattoo with a horse-like face, curled tail and four bubbles, on the side of the body.
Cartoon seahorse with rising bubbles
Blue pencil sketch of a toothy anglerfish with a spiral eye, feathery fins and a hanging lantern, drawn as a tattoo design.
Anglerfish sketch with lantern lure
Black ink line drawing of a koi fish swimming upward, with detailed scale pattern and fins, in Japanese tattoo flash style, with no body placement shown.
Koi fish line drawing design
Two black and grey realistic goldfish tattoos sit either side of the upper chest, with shaded scales and flowing fins.
Twin black and grey goldfish on the chest
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale swimming across the upper arm, with stippled shading on its body and knobbled head.
Humpback whale on upper arm
Black line drawing of a Japanese-style dragon with scaled body, clawed feet and swirling flames and clouds, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Japanese dragon with flames line drawing
Close photograph of a realistic grey dolphin head tattoo with a detailed eye and fin on the upper chest, shaded with soft pinkish tones around the edges.
Realistic dolphin head on the upper chest
Black and grey Capricorn sea goat tattoo with curled horns and a scaled fish tail, covering most of the upper back.
Capricorn sea goat across a back
Black and grey koi fish tattoo with dotwork scale shading and fine line sprigs of foliage on a forearm.
Koi fish and fine line foliage on a forearm
Neo-traditional seahorse tattoo in purple, lavender and grey with black outlines, sitting on the calf.
Ornamental seahorse on a calf
Sketched black and grey fish with flowing fins, surrounded by turquoise circles, a comb and a spiky sea urchin shape, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Sketched fish and blue bubbles on the ribs
Colour Japanese style tattoo of two koi fish and pink blossoms with swirling linework across the upper thigh and hip.
Koi fish and blossoms on a thigh
Pencil sketch of a curling fish or mermaid tail with scalloped scales and fanned fins, drawn in black and grey on a sketchbook page.
Curling fish or mermaid tail pencil sketch
Blue ink line drawing of a fancy goldfish design on translucent tracing paper, with a purple pencil sketch of the same fish above it.
Goldfish tattoo design on tracing paper
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a face in profile rising from rippled water beside a triangular fin shape, on the inner upper arm.
Face rising from water on upper arm
Coloured illustration of a skeletal mermaid with a skull, flowing hair and fishbone tail, holding an open shell with a pearl, drawn as a tattoo design.
Skeletal mermaid holding a shell
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a stylised fish with a bold red outline, teal and orange striped body and dark eye, on a leg.
Stylised orange and teal fish on a leg
Black and grey drawing of a coiled, scaled dragon with fin-like crest and clawed feet, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Black and grey coiled dragon design
Pastel pink, purple, blue and green scale and fin tattoo covering both legs from the ankles up the calves, with the legs raised against a pale fabric backdrop.
Pastel mermaid scale tattoo on both legs
Colourful Japanese-style koi fish tattoo with pink cherry blossoms on the forearm, in watercolour-like pink, yellow and blue.
Koi fish and cherry blossom on a forearm
Black line drawing of an ornamental dragon with swirling tribal-style patterning, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornamental black line dragon design