Mermaid tattoo ideas

279 photos and flash · 24% Traditional, 18% Neo-trad · Forearm most common

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Traditional-style flash drawing of a mermaid with a flower crown, long hair and a spotted tail, painted on textured paper.
Spotted mermaid flash design
Full-colour upper arm tattoo of a red-haired cartoon mermaid with a teal tail, a fish and a trident in a blue underwater scene.
Cartoon mermaid sleeve on upper arm
Small solid black mermaid silhouette with two fish tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Mermaid silhouette on the inner wrist
Black blackwork and dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a mermaid silhouette above a castle, coral and an open shell with a pearl.
Mermaid silhouette and shell on a calf
Black and grey mermaid tattoo on the forearm, with a starfish in her hair, long flowing hair and a scaled tail curling below her.
Mermaid with starfish on a forearm
Two colour tattoos on a pair of thighs, one of Elsa from Frozen and one of Ariel from The Little Mermaid, each in an ornate oval frame in neo-traditional style.
Elsa and Ariel framed portraits on thighs
Colour tattoo of a mermaid with flowing red hair, a shell top and blue wash below, outlined in black on a limb.
Mermaid with red hair and shell top
Three close photographs of a black fine line mermaid tattoo with dark hair and a fish tail, with a small green and red accent, on a forearm or upper arm.
Line drawn mermaid tattoo in three views
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
Neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid with teal tail, fish and a banner reading SIREN, with an anchor and wave tattoo on her arm.
Mermaid with banner reading Siren
Black line drawing of a mermaid with scaled tail beside a sailing ship and a large sea creature, a tattoo design sketch with no body part shown.
Mermaid and ship sea monster design
Colour tattoo of a mermaid holding a baby, with flowing hair, bubbles and a blue and purple scaled tail, on skin at the side of the torso.
Mermaid cradling a baby in colour
Solid black silhouette of a mermaid with a flowing tail tattooed on the left side of a person's ribs, photographed in a mirror selfie.
Mermaid silhouette on the ribs
Colour traditional tattoo of a mermaid holding a rope, with waves, clouds, birds and a flower, on an upper arm.
Traditional mermaid with rope on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a mermaid with teal hair and a starfish beside a treasure chest of gold coins, on an upper arm.
Mermaid and treasure chest on an upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a skeletal mermaid with long flowing hair and a fishtail, placed on the calf.
Skeletal mermaid with flowing hair on a calf
Pencil drawing of a mermaid with long hair seated on a ship's anchor whose top forms a heart, shown as a flash design.
Mermaid and heart anchor design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a mermaid with curly hair and a raised arm, with a fishtail, on a forearm.
Mermaid outline on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an arm showing a red-haired cartoon mermaid in profile with grey beads, beside a large teal rose with green leaves.
Red-haired mermaid and teal rose on an arm
Traditional style flash drawing of a mermaid with shell top and a vintage brass diving helmet diver beside her, framed by a rope border.
Mermaid and diver under the sea
Black and grey pencil drawing of a mermaid holding a baby on a shell, with a starry hair, pearl strands and scale detail, shown as a tattoo design.
Mermaid cradling a baby on a shell
Coloured neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid in an oval cameo frame, with a teal tail, fish, an anchor and a banner reading SIREN.
Mermaid cameo with fish and a SIREN banner
Retro-style flash drawing of a dark-haired mermaid with a teal tail, surrounded by orange fish, pink coral and stylised waves, with no body placement shown.
Vintage mermaid with fish and coral
Two-panel photo of a person lying on white bedding, with pastel mermaid scale tattoos covering the legs and hips and yellow and green fins on the thighs and calves.
Pastel mermaid scale tattoo across legs and back
Traditional style flash drawing of a dark-haired mermaid with a green scaled tail, holding a pink shell over her chest, surrounded by black stars on a parchment background.
Traditional mermaid flash with stars
Black ink line drawing of a faceless mermaid with swirling hair, a patterned tail and a dragonfly, suitable as a tattoo design.
Mermaid with dragonfly line drawing
Colour realism tattoo on a thigh showing a mermaid on a rock beneath a glowing full moon, with an underwater scene of a sunken ship, gold coins and coral below.
Mermaid under a full moon on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a cartoon mermaid with flowing red hair and a teal tail on the side of a person's ribs, in a neo-traditional style.
Cartoon mermaid with flowing red hair on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a mermaid sitting on a rock with long hair blowing, placed on the outer thigh.
Mermaid sitting on a rock on the thigh
Black and grey mermaid tattoo with a scaled fish tail running along a forearm, with small paw print marks near the wrist.
Mermaid tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a mermaid with flame-like red and orange hair and a blue-green tail, sitting on the upper arm.
Mermaid with flowing hair on upper arm
Green-tailed mermaid tattoo in soft grey shading across a woman's upper and mid back, with rocks and waves below her tail.
Mermaid tattoo across a back
Black and grey pin-up style illustration of a crowned mermaid with white curled hair, a pearl necklace and a seahorse tail, on a grey-blue background with bubbles.
Mermaid with crown and seahorse tail
Black linework outline tattoo on both thighs showing a mermaid, Alice, the Cheshire Cat, a pocket watch and a Drink Me bottle, with shells and flowers.
Disney character outlines on both thighs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a mermaid with long flowing hair and a scaled tail, covering a person's upper back.
Mermaid across the upper back
Neo-traditional style colour tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a green tail on a forearm, with the words NEVER LOSE YOUR VOICE in black lettering above and below.
Mermaid and lettering on a forearm
Five views of a colourful traditional style full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a mermaid, a shark, sailing ships, a castle and fish in a sea scene.
Under-the-sea full sleeve tattoo
Coloured flash design of a red-haired mermaid in a rope-edged oval frame, with two fish, an anchor and a SIREN banner, in a neo-traditional style.
Red-haired siren in an oval frame
Colour tattoo of Ariel from The Little Mermaid with Flounder and blue bubbles on the forearm, in a bold cartoon style.
Ariel and Flounder cartoon tattoo
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of the Neverland treasure map with a compass rose and pirate ship, placed across a person's shoulder blade and upper back.
Neverland treasure map on upper back
Black and grey fine line mermaid tail tattoo with shaded scales and flowing fin on the inner forearm, against a cream blind.
Mermaid tail on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a red-haired mermaid in a shell top, with a skull under a spider web above her head and waves below, on an arm.
Mermaid with skull on an arm
Black and grey neo-traditional design drawn on tracing paper of a mermaid with a ship, anchor, rope and ship's wheel, with no body placement shown.
Mermaid with ship and ship's wheel design
Colour tattoo of a mermaid with flowing multicoloured hair holding a pink flower, with a script quote beneath, on a person's side ribs.
Mermaid with wild flower quote on ribs
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a pink flower in her hair, set in an ornate green frame with dark curling shapes, on the upper thigh.
Red-haired mermaid in ornate frame on thigh
Two people show matching green and red mermaid tattoos with a small red star on the side of the thigh.
Matching mermaid tattoos on two thighs
Traditional-style flash drawing of a dark-haired mermaid pin-up with a shell bra and green scaled tail, surrounded by small stars on a cream background.
Mermaid pin-up with shell top
Small solid black mermaid silhouette with two tiny fish below it, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Mermaid silhouette on the inner wrist