Mermaid tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
Watercolour flash design of a mermaid with long black hair and red flower accents, with a grey and red scaled tail and bubbles, on a white background.
Mermaid with flowing black hair
Coloured pencil tattoo design of a mermaid wearing a rose crown, drawn in a neo-traditional style with no body part shown.
Mermaid with rose crown and ship design
Coloured neo-traditional flash design of a purple-skinned sea witch with a golden crown, trident and tentacles, above a banner reading SEA WITCH.
Sea witch character with banner flash
Neo-traditional style tattoo flash design of a dark-haired mermaid wearing an octopus headpiece, with a Black Pearl banner and a red background.
Mermaid with octopus and Black Pearl banner
Flash design of a tattooed mermaid holding a skull, with an anchor, stars and a crescent moon above her head and tentacles coiled around her tail, in cream ink on a dark teal background.
Mermaid with anchor, skull and crescent moon
Black and grey pin-up mermaid with curled hair riding a black seahorse, shown as a tattoo design on a black background.
Pin-up mermaid riding a seahorse
Black ink drawing of a unicorn mermaid with a flowing tail, surrounded by starfish, shown as a tattoo design on paper rather than on skin.
Unicorn mermaid with starfish design
Coloured flash design of a mermaid with curly teal hair, an anchor, rope and pink flowers in a neo-traditional style, shown on a cream background.
Mermaid with anchor and flowers design
Illustrated flash design of a red-haired mermaid with a teal tail, a small anchor above, a laurel wreath and a starfish, with a lettered banner below.
Red-haired mermaid with anchor and banner
Blue pencil sketch of a mermaid with shells in her hair, a starfish, bubbles, waves and a fish, drawn in a neo-traditional style on cream paper.
Mermaid with shells and fish sketch
Black and grey flash drawing of a mermaid sitting on rocks beneath a full moon, with a sailing ship, stars and roses, designed as a traditional style tattoo.
Mermaid on rocks with moon and ship
Black and grey flash design of a skull above a sailing ship on waves, with a mermaid resting on a treasure chest below, shown without a body placement.
Skull, pirate ship and mermaid design
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
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