Monster tattoo ideas

59 photos and flash · 27% Neo-trad, 19% Realism · Calf most common

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Realistic colour tattoo on a leg of a red-haired grey-skinned creature with large ears resting on a stone wall beside a wooden ladder.
Furry creature peering over a stone wall
Two cartoon monster tattoos on a chest, one red and one olive green, each labelled RAWR, placed on either side of the upper chest.
Two cartoon monsters with RAWR text on chest
Black ink flash sheet on a grey background with horror designs including a vampire head, a clawed glove, two girls in dresses, a book with a face, a grinning mask and a creature.
Horror flash sheet in black ink
Black and grey realism tattoo of a roaring kaiju head with spiked dorsal plates, placed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Kaiju head on upper back
Colour cartoon creatures with black outlines covering a forearm, including a turtle-like figure and a round creature with a yellow-eyed face, placed on the forearm.
Colourful cartoon creatures on a forearm
Large back tattoo of Where the Wild Things Are creatures in trees beneath a yellow moon, shaded in grey with blue and yellow colour, across the upper back.
Wild Things scene across a back
Realistic colour tattoo of Cookie Monster with shaded blue fur, a purple mouth and green and pink shading, on the thigh.
Cookie Monster tattoo on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a green cartoon monster with bared teeth driving a flame-decorated hot rod, in a Neo-trad style on the calf.
Green monster in a hot rod on a calf
Colour tattoo on a person's chest showing two horned, furry monsters sitting on green grass with a small cat-like figure beside them on a blue wash background.
Horned creatures and a cat on the chest
Colour tattoo of a grey kaiju monster breathing a blue flame, surrounded by red flames and orange clouds, on the lower leg.
Kaiju monster breathing fire on a calf
Colour tattoo of the blue furry monster Grover holding a green GROVER name sign, on the upper arm.
Grover from Sesame Street on upper arm
Black and grey realism full sleeve on an arm, showing classic horror film style portraits of a slicked-back vampire, a woman, and monster faces with skulls and bats, photographed from three angles.
Classic horror monster full sleeve in black and grey
Black line tattoo of a snarling monster with clawed hands reaching above the words Grrr Argh, shown on bare skin in a close-up photo.
Snarling monster with Grrr Argh lettering
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a calf of a cartoon monster with yellow eyes and red lips, framed by dripping green slime.
Cartoon monster in green slime on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a green kaiju monster with an open mouth and red and orange details, set within a black circle with waves, on the thigh.
Kaiju monster in a circle on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a horned, long-tailed creature sitting on the lower abdomen beside the navel.
Horned monster on the lower abdomen
Colour tattoo of a green cartoon dinosaur with blue spiky tufts and an open purple mouth, in neo-trad style on the calf.
Green cartoon dinosaur on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a grotesque face with multiple eyes and an open, toothed mouth, shaded on the upper back.
Grotesque half-human, half-creature face
Black ink illustration of two horned monster creatures and a smaller figure with a crown-like crest, shown on the outer calf in a fine stippled drawing style.
Fantasy creatures tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a creature with ridged scales and two gripping hands tearing through skin across the centre of the back.
Creature tearing through skin on back
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a tentacled Cthulhu-like creature covering an upper arm, with a dark blade-like shape at the lower edge.
Tentacled sea creature on an upper arm
Colour Neo-trad style tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a cartoon villain with blue hair and yellow eyes, a pink creature and green tentacled creatures.
Cartoon villain and creatures on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a green cartoon monster stomping over grey buildings in a red sunburst, with a yellow banner reading Halt I am Reptar, on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Cartoon monster over a city on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a snarling creature with a glowing teal eye, blue and purple shading and ink splatter drips, placed on the upper back.
Blue and purple creature on upper back
Two small black fine line doodle creatures, one horned and one round with a single eye, tattooed on the ankles of two people's feet.
Doodle creatures on two ankles
Colour tattoo of a grinning orange jack-o'-lantern with a small black bat above it, in a bold neo-traditional style on a limb, with green and white teeth artwork beside it.
Jack-o'-lantern pumpkin with a bat
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Godzilla-style kaiju in profile with a spiked back and tail, on the side of the ribs.
Godzilla-style kaiju tattoo on the side ribs
Black and white photo of a black script tattoo reading "Monsters are real" on the inner wrist, in a lettering style.
"Monsters are real" script on a wrist
Colour cartoon tattoos on both thighs: a yellow speech bubble reading YOU TURNED THE PAGE on the left and a blue monster with PLEASE speech bubbles on the right.
Monster and speech bubble thigh tattoos
Black and grey pencil sketch of a monstrous creature head with open jaws, rows of sharp teeth and a long curling tendril, drawn as a design with no body placement.
Sketched monster head with open jagged jaws
A tattooed man in a black t-shirt printed with a horned skull, tentacles and a band logo, with colourful tattoos on both forearms and upper arms.
Man in black tee with tattooed arms
Colour realism tattoo of the cartoon monsters Sulley and Boo from Monsters Inc on the outer thigh, with a green glow and a dark circuit-like background.
Sulley and Boo from Monsters Inc on a thigh
Black and grey traditional tattoo of Frankenstein's monster and his bride kissing inside a scalloped heart, on the calf.
Frankenstein couple in a heart on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of Godzilla roaring against a blue smoky background, across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Godzilla realism tattoo on upper back
Black and grey photo of the inner forearm with the words ALL MONSTERS ARE HUMAN in block lettering, shown against a window.
All Monsters Are Human lettering on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a horned, furry monster in a red and white striped top, holding a small crowned figure, on the outer thigh.
Horned monster with a crowned figure on thigh
A hand with a fine brush painting a traditional style flash design of Frankenstein's monster in profile, with a red flower and a sunburst behind the head.
Frankenstein's monster flash being painted
Colour tattoo of Mike Wazowski, the green one-eyed monster from Monsters Inc, with a toothy grin, on the calf in a neo-traditional style.
Mike Wazowski tattoo on a lower leg
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the thigh of monsters from Where the Wild Things Are, with a boy holding a sceptre among green leaves.
Where the Wild Things Are monsters on a thigh
Black and white photo of a hand with the word MONSTER in hand-drawn black lettering tattooed on the inner wrist.
Monster lettering on inner wrist
Colourful flash design of a grinning cartoon duck in a cyan sailor hat with a heart and MOM motif, shown with sharp teeth and dripping edges on a grey textured background.
Grinning cartoon duck in sailor hat
Black and grey pencil flash sheet of gothic designs including a girl with braids, a black cat in a bat-winged frame, a cat on a crescent moon, and a heart-framed pair of monster-style profiles.
Gothic flash sheet with cats, moon and portraits
Colour tattoo of a wide-eyed blue furry cartoon monster with an open toothy mouth across the back of a hand, with shading and a pink-tinged background.
Blue furry monster on the back of a hand
Large back tattoo of fantasy creatures among trees under a full moon, with grey shaded linework and blue and yellow background wash, across the upper back.
Creature forest scene across a back
Colour tattoo of a grinning orange cartoon monster beneath an AAHH speech bubble, covering the upper arm and shoulder in a bold neo-traditional style.
Cartoon monster and AAHH speech bubble on upper arm
Green zombie face with open mouth and a reaching green hand tattooed on a finger, with blood-spattered pink skin on the neighbouring finger.
Zombie face and hand on two fingers
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a green grinning cat-like creature with glowing pink eyes, bony yellow claws and a striped tail, on a lower leg.
Green grinning cat creature on a calf
Colour tattoo of a green Godzilla head breathing against a red sun, with red katakana lettering below, on the upper arm.
Godzilla head with red sun on upper arm