Monkey tattoo ideas

27 photos and flash · 19% Realism, 15% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Colour realism portrait tattoo on an upper arm, set in an ornate red and orange circus-style frame with a monkey, an elephant and a peacock, and lettering reading Michael Jackson.
Circus-framed portrait tattoo on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a monkey face with a blue and orange snake coiled above it, on the upper arm.
Realistic monkey and snake on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a simple curled monkey with a long looping tail on the skin of a lower leg.
Curled monkey tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a chimpanzee in a space suit and helmet, with stars behind it, on a forearm.
Chimpanzee astronaut on a forearm
Sketch-style tattoo of a monkey holding a shell, with black linework and soft red and blue wash, on the front of a thigh.
Watercolour-style monkey on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of two cartoon monkeys on a stomach, one monkey's rear positioned around the navel and the other holding a long curled tail.
Two cartoon monkeys on a stomach
Dotwork drawing of a stern gorilla wearing a military helmet with bullets on the band and the words Beware the imposter of man, in black and white.
Gorilla in a military helmet with stippled shading
Flash sheet of many small colour tattoo designs, including a swallow, butterflies, roses, a dolphin, a ladybird, a heart and a sun, with no body placement shown.
Fund-raising tattoo flash sheet with assorted designs
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey gorilla wearing an orange and gold crown with teal gems, on a forearm, with a red backdrop.
Crowned gorilla head on forearm
Traditional-style tattoo of three brown cartoon monkeys hanging upside down from a vine, running down the inner forearm, with covering hands and red accents.
Three cartoon monkeys on a vine down a forearm
Pen drawing of a chimpanzee wearing a skull as a hat, with a brain and wispy tendrils above, shown as a tattoo design in black and grey stippling.
Chimpanzee with skull and brain drawing
Black ink tattoo of two suited figures with monkey and giraffe heads on a shoulder and upper back, Blackwork style.
Monkey and giraffe gentlemen on a shoulder
Black solid-outline tattoo of a small monkey with a curled tail on the inner wrist, shown in a simple tribal-influenced style.
Small monkey with curled tail on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a seated cartoon monkey with blue face and green robe inside fine geometric lines, with orange watercolour splashes, on the upper arm.
Cartoon monkey in geometric lines on upper arm
Pen sketch of a pirate woman in a tricorn hat with a monkey on her shoulder and an ornate cutlass, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Pirate woman with monkey and cutlass sketch
Single-colour brown monkey design with a curled tail on the lower abdomen of a tanned person in a bikini, shown on a beach.
Brown monkey design on a lower abdomen
Small fine line tattoo of a curled monkey with a long tail on the inner wrist, in black ink with soft grey shading on the face.
Curled monkey on the inner wrist
Black linework tattoo on a forearm showing a striped-shirt figure with a long braid, a monkey face and a wolf head, in fine line style.
Wolf, monkey and braided figure on a forearm
Black and grey cartoon tattoo of two monkeys on a stomach, one bent over and the other pulling at its tail, above jeans.
Two cartoon monkeys across the stomach
Sketch-style tattoo of an angular monkey holding a yellow banana, outlined in red with grey shading, on the inner forearm.
Angular monkey holding a banana on a forearm
Cartoon monkey tattoo with black outlines and brown and white shading on the lower back, shown upside down with its bottom raised.
Cartoon monkey bent over on lower back
Flash sheet of twelve black brush-style Chinese zodiac characters in a grid, each labelled in English with its animal name.
Chinese zodiac characters flash sheet
Large realistic black and brown chimpanzee tattoo covering the upper back, with arms raised and feet visible at the lower back.
Realistic chimpanzee across a back
Black and grey tattoo of monkeys across a person's stomach, with one monkey's tail curling around the navel, above low-rise jeans.
Monkeys across a stomach
Black marker drawing of a monkey head in profile with a spiralling tail and dot accents, sketched on lined notebook paper as a tattoo design.
Monkey head with curling tail design
Colour cartoon tattoo of three stacked monkeys covering their eyes, ears and mouth, placed on the forearm of a man in a bathroom.
Three cartoon monkeys on a forearm
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a cartoon monkey face on the inner forearm of a person sitting down.
Small monkey face on a forearm