Mermaid tattoo ideas

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Solid black silhouette of a mermaid with a flowing tail tattooed on the left side of a person's ribs, photographed in a mirror selfie.
Mermaid silhouette on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a cartoon mermaid with flowing red hair and a teal tail on the side of a person's ribs, in a neo-traditional style.
Cartoon mermaid with flowing red hair on ribs
Colour tattoo of a mermaid with flowing multicoloured hair holding a pink flower, with a script quote beneath, on a person's side ribs.
Mermaid with wild flower quote on ribs
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
Fine line mermaid tattoo on the side of the ribs, with red flowing hair, a purple shell top and a teal tail fin.
Mermaid outline tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a pin-up mermaid with an anchor and scaled tail across the side ribs.
Mermaid and anchor on the side ribs
Black and grey skeleton mermaid with flowers in her hair and a small red heart, with a rainbow-coloured fish tail, tattooed on the side of a torso.
Skeleton mermaid with rainbow tail on ribs
Colour tattoo of a black mermaid silhouette swimming through teal and pink bubbles, with two small fish silhouettes, on the side of the ribs.
Mermaid silhouette with teal bubbles on ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mermaid kissing a diver in a brass helmet, framed by a leafy vine, on the side of the ribs.
Mermaid and diver kissing on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a reclining mermaid with a scaled tail curling above her, across the side ribs of a torso.
Reclining mermaid tattoo on the side ribs
Pen drawing of a tattoo design on a woman's torso in a bikini, showing a Japanese style dragon and mermaid along the ribs and hip.
Dragon and mermaid design on a torso
Watercolour-style mermaid tattoo with red hair, a teal tail and black linework across the side of the ribs.
Watercolour mermaid on the side ribs
Collage of four colour tattoos of Ariel from The Little Mermaid, mostly on the thigh or side of the body, in cartoon and watercolour-style designs.
Ariel from The Little Mermaid tattoos, four examples
Colour tattoo of a reclining mermaid holding a red flower, with the script line Do you suppose she's a wild flower? beneath her, on the side of the ribs.
Mermaid with wild flower quote on ribs
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a teal tail on the left side of a person's ribs.
Red-haired mermaid on a side ribcage
Watercolour-style mermaid tattoo with flowing pink hair and a blue and green tail, placed on the side of the ribs.
Watercolour mermaid on the side ribs