Ocean tattoo ideas

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Two colour tattoos on a pair of thighs, one of Elsa from Frozen and one of Ariel from The Little Mermaid, each in an ornate oval frame in neo-traditional style.
Elsa and Ariel framed portraits on thighs
Colour realism tattoo on a thigh showing a mermaid on a rock beneath a glowing full moon, with an underwater scene of a sunken ship, gold coins and coral below.
Mermaid under a full moon on a thigh
Realistic colour tattoo of a great white shark with open jaws attacking a whale in blue water, placed on the outer thigh.
Shark and whale underwater on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a curling wave inside an inverted triangle on the outer thigh, shown beside black shorts.
Wave inside an inverted triangle on a thigh
Two black and grey dotwork tattoos inside circular outlines on the legs, showing a mountain range on the left and a curling wave on the right.
Mountain and wave tattoos in circle frames
Colour tattoo of stylised blue and teal waves with black outlines and a curled crest, on the thigh, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Stylised blue waves on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a jellyfish with green, yellow and teal body and long black-outlined tendrils, on the outer thigh.
Jellyfish tattoo on a thigh
Black ink whale tattoo in a vintage engraved style with fine hatched shading, placed on the outer thigh beneath rolled denim shorts.
Vintage whale on the outer thigh
Colour tattoo on a thigh of the cartoon starfish Patrick Star looking shocked in a sunset sea, framed by a rope border with a scallop shell and starfish below.
Patrick Star in a rope frame on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a curling wave with spray inside an outlined triangle, on the outer thigh.
Wave inside a triangle on the thigh
Colour realism tattoo on a thigh showing a mermaid on a rock beneath a large yellow moon, with a blue underwater scene of fish and coral below the waterline.
Mermaid under a full moon on a leg
Colour tattoo of a green sea turtle with pink and purple plumeria flowers and blue wave shading on the outer thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Sea turtle and plumeria on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork sea turtle tattoo swimming across the outer thigh, with stippled shading on the shell and flippers.
Sea turtle tattoo on the thigh