Octopus tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink drawing of a human skull with octopus tentacles coiling over the cranium, jaw and sides of the face, shaded with fine hatching and stippling on a white background.
Skull wrapped in octopus tentacles
Black ink drawing of an elephant head merged with octopus tentacles, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Elephant and octopus hybrid design
Colour tattoo of a tentacled, green-eyed sea creature across a man's shoulder and upper arm, with tentacles running down the arm.
Cthulhu-style creature across shoulder and upper arm
Black ink drawing on kraft paper of a stitched, cartoon octopus with large staring eyes and shaded tentacles, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Stitched octopus creature design
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo with curling tentacles across the outer thigh and hip.
Octopus tattoo on a thigh
Black outlined octopus tattoo with swirl and dot patterning across the ribs and side of a torso, in a dotwork style.
Ornamental octopus on the side of the ribs
Colour tattoo of an orange octopus with grey suckers and a cross-eyed expression on a lower leg, in a traditional style.
Orange octopus on a lower leg
Full back colour tattoo of a cartoon undersea scene with a castle, a mermaid and sea characters, seen from behind.
Full back cartoon undersea scene tattoo
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a large orange octopus with purple-outlined tentacles curling around the calf.
Orange octopus tattoo on a calf
Black ink drawing of a curling octopus tentacle with detailed suckers and textured shading, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement.
Curling tentacle design with suckers
Flash sheet of twenty-four black and white anchor designs, many with crosses, shields, rope and an octopus, in traditional and line-art styles.
Anchor and cross flash sheet
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo with tentacles curling around the outer thigh and hip, in a black and white photograph.
Octopus tattoo wrapping around a thigh