Fish tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil sketch of a long-finned fish with flowing fins, a detailed eye and scale shading along the body, drawn as a tattoo design.
Long-finned fish design in pencil
Small black outline tattoo of a fish, an ichthys symbol, on the side of an ankle next to a quarter coin for scale.
Small fish outline on the ankle
A grid of twelve black line drawings of the zodiac signs, in a thin single-weight linework style, with no tattoo placement shown.
Twelve zodiac line drawings in a grid
Two red fish tattoo on the ankle, drawn in fine dark outlines with red shading.
Two red fish on an ankle
Fine line tattoo of two goldfish with flowing fins on the side ribs, one in grey linework and one in orange and yellow watercolour tones.
Two goldfish on the ribs
Fine line fish outline tattoo on the inner wrist, beside a steel Fossil watch strap.
Small fish outline on the inner wrist
Close-up of a hand in a loose fist showing a small fine line black fish tattoo on the inner wrist.
Small fish outline on the inner wrist
Two calves with fine line doodle tattoos: a scribbled loop, scissors, a worm and a red fish on the left leg, and a smiling stick figure with a red music note on the right.
Doodle tattoos on two calves
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a betta fish with flowing fins on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small black fish tattoo on inner forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a spiral above a simple shape with a forked tail, placed on the forearm near the wrist.
Small spiral and simple shape on the wrist
Black fine line script reading He walks with me beside a small fish outline, tattooed on the side of a foot.
Fish symbol and script quote on foot
Colour tattoo of a goldfish in loose black linework with orange, yellow and red wash and ink dots, on a person's ribs.
Sketchy goldfish with watercolour wash on ribs
Black outline tattoo of a hammerhead shark on the ankle of a person wearing beige flats and rolled jeans, in fine line style.
Hammerhead shark outline on ankle
Black ink flash drawing of two flowing goldfish with scale detail and a fine geometric hexagon outline, a design suited to a tattoo, shown without a body placement.
Two goldfish with geometric linework
Black line doodles of kitchen items such as a bottle, bowl and fish on the inner forearm, shown above a wooden chopping board in a kitchen.
Kitchen doodles on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a shark built from angular geometric facets on white paper, with two black fineliner pens resting above it.
Geometric shark line drawing
Small black fine-line tattoo of a fish outline with a cross over it, on the side of a foot above a wooden floor.
Small fish and cross tattoo on a foot
Single-line black ink drawing of a fish with long, flowing fins on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Flowing fish line drawing
Matching fine line fish outlines with the word faith and Heb 11:1 on the feet, near the ankles, in black ink.
Matching faith fish tattoos on feet
Black and white photo of a small fine line outline tattoo of two curved fish-like shapes on the outer ankle, beside a thin chain anklet.
Small outline fish tattoo on an ankle
Black fine line ruler tattoo with numbers from 5 to 35 running down a forearm, held beside a perch fish.
Ruler tattoo on a forearm beside a perch
Black ink tattoo of two stylised koi fish with scrolling ornamental linework on the upper back, photographed from behind.
Stylised koi pair on upper back
Fine line black fish tattoo on the upper back of a person with a tabby kitten held against their shoulder.
Small fish tattoo on upper back
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
Close-up of a small fine line tattoo of a sushi roll with pink fish slices on skin beside an ear, with blue and opal stud earrings above it.
Tiny sushi tattoo beside the ear
Fine line black fish outline tattoo on the top of a foot, with fingers wearing black glitter nail polish at the upper edge of the frame.
Small fish outline tattoo on a foot
Red goldfish tattoo with soft shading and flowing fins on the upper thigh.
Red goldfish on a thigh
Close-up of a fine line black fish skeleton tattoo on the inner ear, with a turquoise stud and a shell stud earring.
Fish skeleton tattoo on the inner ear
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
A small, pale fine line outline of a fish, an ichthys style symbol, on the inner wrist and palm side of a hand next to a steel watch strap.
Small fish outline on the inner wrist
Fine line black script reading just keep swimming with a small anchor on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Just keep swimming script with anchor on shoulder
Fine line black outline tattoo of a shark swimming across the side of a thigh, with a blue top visible above it.
Shark outline on the thigh
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
Small black fine line fish symbol and script lettering reading before me with a cross on the wrist, photographed with the palm facing up.
Fish symbol and cross wrist tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of a fish symbol, an anchor and a heart in a row on the ankle, with a dark trainer worn over the foot.
Fish, anchor and heart tattoo on an ankle
Tiny fine line tattoo of an orange clownfish with black outline on the inner forearm, against a blue crumpled background.
Small clownfish tattoo on the forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a fish outline with letters inside, placed on the side of a person's ankle in a greyscale photo.
Fine line fish outline on ankle
Fine line tattoo of the word faith in cursive script inside a fish outline on skin.
Faith script inside a fish outline
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
Fine line black and grey pufferfish tattoo on the lower leg, with a small crescent moon tattoo near the ankle.
Pufferfish on a lower leg
Small fine line black outline of a fish tattooed on the inner wrist, shown on pale skin against a green background.
Small fish outline on the wrist
Fine line fishing rod and reel tattoo running along a finger on the hand, with a coloured trout hanging from the line on another finger.
Fishing rod and trout on fingers
Close-up of a small fine line fish outline tattoo in black ink on the top of a foot, near the base of the toes.
Small fish outline on the top of a foot
Close side view of a small fine line fish outline tattoo on the neck behind the ear, in black ink.
Small fish outline behind the ear
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
Fine line black tattoo of a curved fishing rod with a small lure and the script words Fish On, placed on the top of a foot.
Fishing rod with Fish On script on a foot
Close-up of a hand with a small, fine line fish outline tattoo on the side of a finger, next to a silver ring with a blue stone.
Small fish outline tattoo on a finger
Two small black fine line tattoos of nigiri sushi, one salmon and one prawn with nori, shown on the back and upper arm.
Two small nigiri sushi tattoos in fine line