Mermaid tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style tattoo of a bearded merman in a top hat and eye patch, with a blue and teal scaled tail, on a calf.
Bearded merman in top hat on a calf
Black fabric printed with traditional style tattoo flash designs, including a rose, koi fish, flaming heart, mermaid, sailing ship and horseshoe.
Traditional flash pattern on black fabric
Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up mermaid with dark hair, a polka-dot flower and a red shell top, with a red-to-green tail, on the thigh.
Pin-up mermaid with shell top
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
Colour traditional tattoo on a calf of a pin-up mermaid with a flower in her hair, surrounded by waves, pineapple, watermelon, orange slices, grapes and a pink flamingo inside a rope frame.
Mermaid and tropical fruit on a calf
Colour tattoo of a red-haired cartoon mermaid with a green tail and a yellow fish beside her, surrounded by blue bubbles, on a lower leg.
Cartoon mermaid and fish with bubbles on a leg
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a dark-haired mermaid with teal scales, red roses and a conch shell, on the upper arm.
Mermaid with roses and shell on a limb
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon mermaid with flowing red hair, a yellow and blue fish and a red crab among bubbles and seaweed, on an upper thigh.
Cartoon mermaid with fish and crab on a thigh
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a mermaid seated on a rock within an anchor-framed oval, topped with a fleur-de-lis, on the thigh.
Mermaid in an anchor frame on a thigh
Traditional flash drawing of a mermaid with long dark hair seated on an anchor and rope, holding a small cherub, in red, yellow and black outline on a tan background.
Mermaid and anchor traditional flash
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a seated mermaid within an anchor frame, with a fleur-de-lis above, on the outer thigh.
Mermaid and anchor on a thigh
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
Colour tattoo of a skeleton mermaid with flowing red hair and a green scaled tail, in a traditional style, on a lower leg.
Skeleton mermaid on a lower leg
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
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
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