Mermaid tattoo ideas

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

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Teal fine line drawing of a mermaid with flowing wavy hair and a scaled fish tail curling below, on a white background.
Teal line drawing of a mermaid
Sheet of coloured cartoon temporary tattoo designs showing Ariel, Flounder and Sebastian from The Little Mermaid on a white background.
Little Mermaid characters temporary tattoo sheet
Pencil sketch of a mermaid woman with octopus tentacles, starfish and a shell bodice, drawn as a tattoo design rather than shown on skin.
Mermaid with octopus tentacles sketch
Neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid with a teal tail, two fish and a SIREN banner, in an oval frame.
Mermaid with fish in an oval frame
Black and grey ink drawing of a mermaid holding a water jug, with an anchor, stars and an AQUARIUS banner, shown as a tattoo design.
Aquarius mermaid with anchor
Neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid in a grey shell top, with a green scaled tail, wave pattern, stars and a red flower.
Mermaid with waves and red flower in ornate frame
Black fine line drawing of a mermaid with flowing hair and a curling tail on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Mermaid line drawing design
Drawing of a mermaid seated on a rock with her back to the viewer, long hair blowing sideways and a teal scaled tail.
Mermaid seated on a rock
Black line drawing of a mermaid with long curling hair and a fish tail, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Mermaid with wavy hair line drawing
Black stencil design of a mermaid holding a trident, with a scaled tail and flowing hair, shown on a plain white background.
Mermaid with trident stencil
Black and grey tribal line design of a mermaid riding a large fish decorated with sun motifs, paw prints and a small lion, shown without any body placement.
Tribal fish and mermaid design
Colour flash design of a dark-haired mermaid with a green scaled tail seated on a pink and orange shell, holding a pearl necklace among rising bubbles and two yellow fish.
Mermaid on a shell with bubbles
Black ink pen drawing of a mermaid seen from behind, with wavy hair raised above her head and a fishtail, shown as a tattoo design sketch with no body placement.
Mermaid with flowing hair, seen from behind
Teal line drawing of a mermaid with scale details and a tapering tail on a white background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Teal mermaid line drawing
Black line drawing of an Art Nouveau style mermaid with flowing hair, surrounded by octopus tentacles and a lettered circular border, as a tattoo design.
Art Nouveau mermaid with octopus tentacles
Black ink line drawing of a mermaid with octopus tentacles and flowing hair, a neo-traditional style tattoo design on torn grey paper.
Mermaid and octopus flash design
Painted flash design of a skeletal mermaid with sugar skull face paint, holding a hand mirror, with teal scale flowers on a pink background.
Sugar skull mermaid with mirror
Black ink line drawing of a mermaid with scaled tail and curling waves, sketched on paper beside two fineliner pens, a tattoo design for fine line work.
Mermaid with curling wave tail line drawing
Solid black silhouette design of a mermaid with flowing hair, swirling curls and a long fin-like tail on a cream background, shown as tattoo flash with no body placement.
Mermaid silhouette flash design
Traditional-style mermaid, anchor, stars and flowers design printed on a black t-shirt, shown flat with no body placement.
Mermaid and anchor design on a black t-shirt
Ceramic travel mug printed with traditional-style flash designs of a green-tailed mermaid with a crown and red roses, with a black lid.
Traditional flash designs on a travel mug
Pencil sketch of a mermaid with shell and starfish tattoo designs on both upper arms and forearms, drawn in red and blue on kraft paper.
Mermaid tattoo design sketch
Traditional style flash drawing of a pin-up mermaid with brown hair, a red hibiscus, a shell top and a teal scaled tail, on a white background.
Pin-up mermaid with a shell top
Black and grey traditional flash design of a mermaid holding a palette and brush beneath a crescent moon, with a squirrel and the banner reading She's a Rose, She's a Pearl.
Mermaid painter with squirrel and banner
Black and grey pin-up mermaid design with pink starfish in her hair, holding a trident, with a seahorse and bubbles, on a pale teal background.
Pin-up mermaid with trident and seahorse
Line drawing of two skeletal mermaids with mint green hair and pink shells on a black background, with mirrored lettering reading dead and sea.
Skeleton mermaids with mint hair
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style mermaid draped over an anchor, framed by flowers and rope, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Mermaid and anchor design sketch
Painted neo-traditional mermaid design with long flowing black hair, red accents and a scaled tail curling around bubbles, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Mermaid design with flowing black hair
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
Black and grey pencil drawing of a mermaid with wind-swept hair, a shell top and a curling wave-shaped tail, shown as a tattoo design.
Mermaid with flowing hair and wave tail
Black and grey traditional style flash design of a tattooed mermaid holding an artist's palette, with a squirrel playing a guitar and a banner reading she's a rose, she's a pearl, set against stars
Mermaid with palette, squirrel and banner
Black line drawing of a mermaid with long flowing hair and scaled tail, framed by curling wave ornaments, in a fine line style.
Mermaid with swirling waves line drawing
Cartoon flash design of a chibi mermaid with black hair, gold goat horns and a blue scaled tail, labelled Capricorn, with no body placement shown.
Capricorn mermaid illustration
Black and grey traditional style flash design of a skeletal-faced mermaid seated among roses and hibiscus flowers, with bones in her hair.
Skull mermaid with roses and hibiscus