Mermaid tattoo ideas

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

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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
Colour tattoo of a mermaid with a green tail rising from blue and white waves across the lower back, in a traditional style.
Mermaid rising from waves on lower back
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
Colour tattoo of a cartoon mermaid with red hair and green eyes on the upper arm and shoulder, with a small blue butterfly near the shoulder.
Cartoon mermaid with butterfly on upper arm
Full colour neo-traditional sleeve tattoo on an arm showing Disney princesses including Ariel, Belle and Tiana, with a rose and a frog, across the forearm and upper arm.
Disney princess sleeve across four views
Black fine line outline tattoo of a mermaid with flowing hair and small bubbles on the upper arm, shown against a green sleeve.
Mermaid line art on upper arm
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 realism tattoo of a mermaid draped over an anchor on the upper arm and shoulder.
Mermaid draped over an anchor on an upper arm
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 and grey tattoo of a mermaid sitting on a rock with birds in the sky, on the outer thigh of a person lying on a wooden floor.
Mermaid on a rock with birds on a thigh
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
Fine line mermaid tattoo seen from behind on the forearm, with black linework and teal watercolour splashes on the scaled tail.
Mermaid with teal wash on forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a mermaid sitting in a clawfoot bathtub inside an ornate oval frame, on the thigh.
Mermaid in a bathtub inside an ornate frame
Watercolour-style mermaid tattoo with flowing red hair and a blue tail on the forearm, with loose ink splashes around her.
Watercolour mermaid on a forearm
Black ink mermaid tattoo with flowing hair and a long tail wrapping down the upper arm, drawn in a loose, sketchy blackwork style.
Mermaid tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a mermaid cradling a baby within a circular frame, with a curling fish tail, on a person's upper back.
Mermaid cradling a baby on upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a black-haired mermaid with a blue scaled tail on the back of a lower leg, below rolled denim jeans.
Mermaid tattoo on a calf
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a faceless skeletal mermaid with long flowing hair and a crescent moon, placed on the calf.
Skeleton mermaid on a calf
Colour tattoo of a dark-haired mermaid with closed eyes and a teal scale tail, surrounded by red fish, on a forearm.
Mermaid with red fish on a forearm
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 and grey outline tattoo of the cartoon mermaid Ariel and her fish friend Flounder on a forearm, with light shading.
Ariel and Flounder on a forearm
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
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a seated mermaid with flowing hair and a scaled tail on the back of a calf.
Seated mermaid on a calf
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
Colour tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a teal tail and surrounding bubbles, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Red-haired mermaid on upper arm
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
Large colour and grey back tattoo of two mermaids entwined in a circle, with an infinity symbol between them, red koi fish and fish skeletons around them.
Two mermaids in a circle with koi on a back
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
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh of a red-haired mermaid with a green tail seated on a rope-wrapped anchor, framed by red, purple and dark roses.
Mermaid on an anchor with roses on a thigh
Colour and grey tattoo of a mermaid inside an ornate oval frame on the outer thigh, in a neo-traditional illustrative style.
Mermaid in ornate frame on thigh
Colour fine line tattoo of a mermaid with flowing red hair and a teal peacock feather tail, placed on the lower back.
Mermaid with peacock tail on lower back
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a mermaid with a flowing orange and red tail and blue splashes, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour mermaid on upper back
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty as a mermaid with a red bow and a rainbow-scaled tail, on the upper arm.
Hello Kitty mermaid on an upper arm
Black and grey realism back piece showing Poseidon with a trident above a sailing ship in a storm, placed across the whole of the upper and middle back.
Poseidon and a sailing ship across a full back
Colour tattoo of blue, purple and teal fish-like scales shown through a torn-skin effect on a person's limb.
Blue and purple scales under torn skin
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a mermaid reaching upward, with a small fish and a crab, on the inner wrist.
Mermaid silhouette with fish and crab on wrist
Colour neo-traditional sleeve on an upper arm and forearm showing a princess in a yellow gown holding a rose and a mermaid beside a fish.
Disney princess sleeve across upper arm and forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a teal tail on the side of a ribcage, with black linework and splashes of colour.
Watercolour mermaid on the ribs
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
Traditional colour tattoo of a brown-haired mermaid with a teal tail and pink starfish on the upper arm, against a blue shirt with shell print.
Mermaid with starfish on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a seated mermaid with flowing hair and a fin tail, on the lower leg.
Seated mermaid on a calf