Octopus tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey dotwork octopus tattoo with tentacles wrapping across the lower abdomen and hips.
Octopus tattoo across hips and abdomen
Black and grey tattoo of a woman in a billowing skirt with an octopus head and tentacles, on the inner forearm.
Octopus-headed woman in a skirt on a forearm
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
Three views of a full arm sleeve tattoo in Japanese style, showing a man rowing a boat on blue waves and a red octopus with suckers on the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve of a boatman, waves and red octopus
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
Black and grey tattoo of a ship's wheel and anchor wrapped in octopus tentacles, shown on the inner forearm.
Ship's wheel and anchor with octopus on a forearm
Black and grey octopus tattoo with shaded tentacles wrapping around a man's forearm while his hand rests against his chin.
Octopus tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line octopus tattoo with hatched shading across a person's shoulder and upper back.
Octopus tattoo across a shoulder and upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a human skull wrapped in octopus tentacles, spanning the shoulder and upper back.
Skull and octopus tentacles on shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with octopus tentacles across the back of a shaved head, with ear piercings visible on either side.
Octopus and skull on a shaved head
Blue-grey octopus tentacle tattoo spreading across a woman's chest and shoulder, with a cameo pendant necklace and a coloured sleeve on the upper arm.
Octopus tentacles across a chest
Colour tattoo of a blue octopus with a yellow eye and orange-tinged tentacles and suckers across an upper arm.
Blue octopus wrapped around an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an octopus with curling tentacles spanning the entire back.
Realistic octopus across a full back
Black and grey octopus tentacle tattoo with rows of suckers running from the upper arm down the forearm, seen while the wearer raises a white t-shirt sleeve.
Octopus tentacle down an arm
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo with curling tentacles across the back of a hand, shown in a close photograph.
Octopus tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of an octopus with its tentacles wrapped around an anchor, placed on the outer thigh.
Octopus wrapped around an anchor on a thigh
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
Colour realism tattoo of a purple octopus with teal-suckered tentacles curling across the outer thigh.
Purple octopus with curling tentacles on a thigh
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of octopus tentacles rising from engraved waves beneath stars and clouds, on an upper arm.
Octopus tentacles rising from waves on an upper arm
Realistic red octopus tattoo with white suckers curling along a forearm near the elbow, shown beneath a reference photo of the octopus.
Red octopus tattoo on forearm
Black octopus tattoo on the back of a hand, with stippled dotwork tentacles curling over the fingers.
Octopus tattoo across the back of a hand
Black and grey ornate octopus tattoo with tentacles wrapping across the outer thigh of a person lying on white bedding.
Ornate octopus tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey dotwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles on the side of a torso, below a raised arm.
Octopus on the side of the ribs
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
Full back tattoo of a realistic orange octopus among coral and seaweed in teal underwater tones, shown on a person's back.
Octopus and coral underwater scene across a back
Black and grey shaded octopus tentacles tattoo on the outer thigh of a person in dark underwear, with pink curtains behind.
Octopus tentacles tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles wrapping across the side of the ribs.
Octopus tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey octopus tattoo with shaded tentacles wrapping up the inside of a forearm, with a dark hoodie sleeve in the background.
Octopus tattoo wrapping a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon octopus with large googly eyes, a pink tongue and orange tentacles on the calf.
Cartoon octopus on a calf
Colour tattoo of a sailing ship, red sun, waves and an octopus across the side of a torso and upper thigh, in a Japanese and traditional style.
Sailing ship and octopus side piece
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an octopus with blue and yellow tentacles curling over a woman's left shoulder and upper arm, seen from behind.
Octopus tentacles across a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of an octopus wearing a top hat and round spectacles and holding a steaming teacup, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Top-hatted octopus with teacup on shoulder blade
Purple octopus tattoo with engraved-style hatching and dotted tentacles, placed across the upper chest.
Purple octopus tattoo on chest
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
Blue-ink octopus tentacle tattoo spreading across a woman's chest and shoulder, worn beneath a black top and a cameo pendant necklace.
Blue octopus tentacles across a chest
Watercolour-style tattoo of a cartoon sea witch with purple hair, red lips and octopus tentacles on the outer thigh.
Cartoon sea witch with tentacles on thigh
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
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an octopus with curling tentacles across the outer thigh.
Octopus tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey octopus tattoo with fine hatched shading wrapping over the hip and down the thigh of a person in dark blue underwear.
Octopus tattoo across hip and thigh
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
Black and grey realism tattoo covering a man's back with a sailing ship on rough waves, a bearded face in the sea spray, an underwater scene and a temple, with tentacles on the upper arms.
Full back sailing ship and sea scene tattoo
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
Black and grey octopus tattoo filled with mandala-style floral patterns, sitting on the side of the ribs.
Mandala octopus on the side ribs
Black outline tattoo of an octopus with dotted suckers and a mug-shaped vessel on the upper arm, shown against a dark top.
Octopus and mug on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a red and green octopus with seaweed above it, in neo-traditional style, across the side of a torso and hip.
Octopus wrapping the side and hip