Fish tattoo ideas

407 photos and flash · 25% Japanese, 14% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Colour realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a largemouth bass leaping with its mouth open, beside a fisherman silhouette on a wooden dock.
Leaping bass and fisherman on upper arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of Ariel from The Little Mermaid sitting on a rock, with Flounder the fish and Sebastian the crab in a teal sea setting.
Ariel and Flounder on an upper arm
Traditional-style black and grey tattoo of an anglerfish perched on a stack of books on the inner forearm, with a few touches of colour.
Anglerfish on stacked books on a forearm
Two photographs: black script reading hakuna matata with small birds on a foot, and a black mermaid silhouette with small fish on a wrist.
Script and birds on a foot, mermaid on a wrist
Colour tattoo of Dory the blue tang fish beside blue script reading Just Keep Swimming, across the sole and side of a foot.
Dory and Just Keep Swimming on a foot
Back of a shirtless man with arms outstretched, showing a black and grey Japanese style koi and lotus back tattoo with arm tattoos on the upper arms.
Koi and lotus back piece
Illustration of a muscular cartoon man with a moustache and pipe, his arms, torso and legs covered in dense line-drawn tattoo designs in teal on yellow.
Cartoon figure covered in tattoo designs
Pencil drawing of a leaping salmon filled with Celtic interlace knotwork and shaded in grey, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper with no body part visible.
Celtic knotwork salmon leaping
Four black tribal-style koi fish designs on a white background, shown as flash art with no body placement.
Four tribal koi fish designs
Sheet of thirty black single-line drawings of animals and sea creatures in a fine line style, shown as tattoo design flash on a white background.
Single-line animal designs sheet
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a koi fish, lotus flowers and a red maple leaf wrapping around an upper arm and shoulder.
Koi fish and lotus flowers on an upper arm
Realism-style colour tattoo of a largebass leaping from water with a hooked lure, with a grey fisherman in a boat, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Leaping bass and fisherman on upper arm
Fine line black ichthys fish tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand resting palm up and painted nails.
Small fish outline on inner wrist
Full back colour tattoo of a cartoon undersea scene with a castle, a mermaid and sea characters, seen from behind.
Full back cartoon undersea scene tattoo
Black ink line drawing of a mermaid with long wavy hair, a small fish at her chest and a scaled fish tail, shown as a fine line tattoo design.
Mermaid with flowing hair line drawing
Traditional style flash design of a red-haired mermaid with an anchor, two swallows, roses and a banner reading The Little Mermaid, in colour.
Mermaid, anchor and swallows flash
A grid of black and grey ornamental silhouette designs of birds and animals, including a swan, toucan, owl, heron, cat and butterfly, drawn as flash for tattoo use.
Ornamental black and grey animal and bird designs
Black and grey flash sheet of mid-century motifs including starbursts, sparkles, diamonds, fish and boomerang shapes, with no body or tattoo shown.
Mid-century starburst and atomic flash sheet
Colour tattoo of a white koi fish with blue flowing fins and purple markings on the top of a foot, near the ankle.
Blue and purple koi fish on a foot
Line drawing of a tattoo design showing a koi fish above a teal clock face with Roman numerals, surrounded by roots, leaves and flowers, on a peach background.
Koi fish and clock face design
Pencil sketch of a goldfish with long flowing fins inside a circle, a fine line tattoo design shown in three stacked views.
Goldfish with flowing fins in a circle
Traditional style flash sheet of repeating tattoo designs, including daggers through skulls, swallows, pin-up women, hearts, roses and a scorpion, on a tan background.
Traditional flash sheet with skulls, hearts and pin-ups
Black fish skeleton tattoo running down a leg, with an inch ruler along the spine, fish names and a small red and blue Texas outline near the knee.
Fish skeleton and ruler on a calf