Mermaid tattoo ideas

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

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Six vertical illustrated flash designs in a neo-traditional style, each showing a Disney-inspired princess or fairy character framed by roses, ribbons and banners.
Six princess flash designs with banners
Black line drawing of a mermaid with flowing hair and an ornamental scaled tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Mermaid line drawing design
Black and grey pencil sketch of a mermaid with her arms raised above her head, long flowing hair and a scaled fish tail, shown as a tattoo design.
Mermaid with raised arms pencil sketch
Black ink line drawing of a faceless mermaid with long wavy hair, scaled tail and fine hatched fins, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Mermaid line drawing with flowing hair
Black and grey mermaid tattoo design with pink flowers and two anglerfish, drawn in a flash-style illustration with no body part shown.
Mermaid with anglerfish and pink flowers
Grid of eight illustrated princess portraits in neo-traditional tattoo flash style, each in an oval cameo frame with rose and banner details.
Eight princess portraits in tattoo flash style
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
Fine line design of a mermaid with long pastel rainbow hair and a teal tail, drawn on a plain white background.
Mermaid with flowing rainbow hair
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
Black and grey traditional flash line drawing of a mermaid holding a baby with a flower, seated on a wooden-beamed anchor with rope, shown without a body placement.
Mermaid and baby on an anchor
A mermaid silhouette filled with black mandala and scale patterns on a dark background, shaded pink to teal to blue, shown as a drawing rather than a tattoo on skin.
Mandala-patterned mermaid drawing
Black line drawing of a mermaid wrapped around an anchor with a rope, in a traditional flash style, on a sheet of paper.
Mermaid wrapped around an anchor flash
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