Octopus tattoo ideas

204 photos and flash · 19% Realism, 15% Dotwork · Upper arm most common

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Black ink flash drawing of a skull with octopus tentacles curling around its crown and sides, with black ink dripping from the jaw.
Skull with octopus tentacles
Black and grey drawing of a skull wrapped in octopus tentacles with a ship's anchor behind it, shown as a design on a dark background.
Skull, anchor and tentacles design
Black line drawing of octopus tentacles with suckers curling up out of a teacup, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Octopus tentacles rising from a teacup
Black and grey engraved skull design built from an octopus, fish, shells and an anchor, in a detailed flash style.
Sea creature skull with anchor
Greyscale pencil drawing of an octopus with its tentacles wrapped around a human skull, shown on paper on a wooden desk.
Octopus wrapped around a skull drawing
Red pencil sketch of an octopus with curling tentacles and suckers, drawn as a tattoo design with no placement on the body shown.
Octopus with curling tentacles sketch
Blue pen sketch of a sailing ship inside a bottle, with a kraken's tentacles reaching up from the waves beside it.
Ship in a bottle with kraken sketch
Two printed arm sleeves laid diagonally, covered in traditional-style tattoo designs including an octopus, a pin-up, a skull, a rose and a nautical star.
Printed tattoo-style arm sleeves
Black ink drawing of a skull with knotted octopus tentacles on white paper, shaded with fine hatching and stippling.
Skull and tentacles design drawing
Black ink flash design of a woman's face framed by flowing hair, feathers and an octopus tentacle, drawn in blackwork linework with no placement shown.
Woman with feathers and an octopus tentacle
Black and grey pen drawing of a human skull with octopus tentacles wrapping around and below it, on a textured pale background.
Skull and octopus tentacle design
Pencil sketch of a cartoon octopus with a bow and eyelashes, its tentacles shaded with suckers, drawn as a tattoo design on sketchbook paper.
Cartoon octopus with bow design
Pencil sketch of an octopus with curling tentacles and suckers, drawn on a sketchbook page beside a pen and a spiral notebook.
Octopus design in pencil on a sketchbook
Pencil sketch of a mermaid woman with octopus tentacles, starfish and a shell bodice, drawn as a tattoo design rather than shown on skin.
Mermaid with octopus tentacles sketch
Black linework drawing of octopus tentacles curling up and out of a teacup, a fine line tattoo flash design with no body placement shown.
Octopus tentacles rising from a teacup
A grid of fifteen continuous single-line drawings of sea creatures, including a dolphin, sea turtle, seahorse, shark and orca, in black on white.
Fifteen single-line sea creature designs
Black and white flash drawing of an anchor wrapped in tentacles with a banner reading LOVECRAFT and H.P., in a traditional engraved style with no body placement shown.
Anchor with tentacles and banner design
Black and white flash sheet of crescent-moon eyes, octopus tentacles, triangle borders and stripes, designed as temporary tattoo artwork.
Sheet of eyes, octopus tentacles and bands
Black line drawing of an Art Nouveau style mermaid with flowing hair, surrounded by octopus tentacles and a lettered circular border, as a tattoo design.
Art Nouveau mermaid with octopus tentacles
Four purple ink sketches of cats with octopus tentacles for bodies, arranged in a grid on white paper.
Cat and octopus hybrid sketches
Black ink line drawing of a mermaid with octopus tentacles and flowing hair, a neo-traditional style tattoo design on torn grey paper.
Mermaid and octopus flash design
Painted flash-style design of a tearful woman with red octopus tentacles wrapping around her head and an octopus body above, drawn on cream paper with a pale blue wash.
Woman with octopus tentacles design
Pencil and ink drawing of an octopus with curling tentacles and teal splashes, shown as a tattoo design on tracing paper, with no body part visible.
Octopus tentacle tattoo design on tracing paper
Black ink line drawing of a woman's face framed by flowing hair and octopus tentacles with beaded strands, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body part visible.
Woman with octopus tentacles in her hair
Pencil sketch of an octopus with a cat-like head and curling tentacles, drawn as a possible tattoo design on a soft grey background.
Octopus with a cat-like head sketch
Black tribal-style octopus design with swirling tentacles and dot details on a plain white background, shown as a drawn design rather than on skin.
Tribal-style octopus design
Black and white line drawing of octopus tentacles with suckers, framed by solid vertical bands and triangular tribal patterns, shown as a design for an armband.
Octopus tentacles with tribal armband bands
Neo-traditional style line drawing of a woman with octopus tentacles and a sailing ship, shaded in red wash on a cream background.
Woman with octopus tentacles and a ship
Colour flash design of a steel anchor wrapped in banners reading Just Keep Swimming, surrounded by cartoon sea creatures on a blue background.
Anchor with Just Keep Swimming banners
Black ink drawing of an anatomical heart wrapped in octopus tentacles with suckers, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Anatomical heart with octopus tentacles
Realistic graphite drawing of an octopus with tentacles wrapped around a human skull, shown as a tattoo design sketch on paper.
Octopus wrapped around a skull
Pastel watercolour-style drawing of an octopus with curling tentacles and two pink fish on its head, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Pastel octopus with fish and bubbles
Black ink flash drawing of an octopus with curling tentacles wrapped around a dotwork mandala, shown on white paper with no body placement.
Octopus and mandala design
Dotwork pen drawing of an octopus wearing a vintage brass diving helmet, with its tentacles curling across the design.
Octopus in vintage diving helmet
Neo-traditional style tattoo flash design of a dark-haired mermaid wearing an octopus headpiece, with a Black Pearl banner and a red background.
Mermaid with octopus and Black Pearl banner
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing an octopus with tentacles wrapped around a dreamcatcher hoop, with feathers hanging below, in black and grey shading.
Octopus wrapped around a dreamcatcher
Black line drawing of an octopus with an elephant-like head and curling tentacles surrounded by wave swirls, shown as tattoo flash on white paper.
Octopus and elephant hybrid line drawing
Flash design of a tattooed mermaid holding a skull, with an anchor, stars and a crescent moon above her head and tentacles coiled around her tail, in cream ink on a dark teal background.
Mermaid with anchor, skull and crescent moon
Black ink drawing of a woman's face framed by flowing hair, feathers and a tentacle, in a fine line and dotwork style, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Woman's portrait with feathers and tentacle
Black ink drawing of an octopus wearing a top hat and monocle, holding a teacup, with stippled and hatched shading on its tentacles.
Octopus in top hat with monocle and teacup
Black ink line drawing of an octopus with curling tentacles and stippled suckers on a white background, shown without skin.
Octopus line drawing with curling tentacles
Black and grey pencil drawing of an octopus with spiralling tentacles curling across a white background, a design that could suit a tattoo.
Pencil drawing of an octopus with curling tentacles
Pastel teal and pink drawing of an octopus with dark shaded tentacles curling around its body on a white background.
Pastel octopus design with curling tentacles
Black line drawing of a ship in a glass bottle above an octopus and a whale, with a rose at the base and ribbon banners, in a traditional style.
Ship in a bottle with octopus and whale
Neo-traditional coloured pencil design of a pink octopus wrapped around a blue anchor, with a cream skull and a banner reading NO MANS LAND.
Octopus with anchor and skull design
Black and grey line drawing of an octopus wrapped around a sailing ship within a spade shape of rope, with a ship's wheel, anchor and an Ace of Spades banner.
Octopus and sailing ship ace of spades design
Pencil-style drawing of a horned skull-headed octopus with suckered tentacles on aged paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Horned skull octopus tattoo design
Black ink fine line drawing of a woman's face framed by feathers and a curling tentacle, shown as a tattoo design on white paper with no body visible.
Woman portrait with tentacle and feathers