Octopus tattoo ideas

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

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Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a red heart with a gold crown inside a yellow starburst, beside a cartoon sea witch with purple tentacles.
Heart, crown and sea witch on upper arm
Back view of a woman with raised arms, showing a large colourful back tattoo of an ornate octopus-like central design and a blue and purple arm sleeve.
Ornate octopus back piece and colour sleeve
Back of a person's neck and shoulders showing a black and grey octopus tattoo with dotted shading, with a colour rose tattoo on the upper arm at the left.
Octopus tattoo across the upper back and neck
Full sleeve realism tattoo in black and grey with blue tones, showing a grinning cat, pocket watches, a girl and film strip portraits across the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve of clocks, cat and portraits
Colourful realistic octopus tentacle tattoo wrapping over a person's shoulder and upper back, shown from behind.
Colourful octopus tentacles across shoulder and back
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red octopus with grey shading and a yellow eye, wrapping across the upper arm of a man in a blue vest top.
Red octopus tattoo on upper arm
Neo-traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a red-sailed ship in a lightning storm above an octopus and sharks in green sea.
Pirate ship and octopus full sleeve
Black and grey blackwork octopus tentacle tattoo with rows of ringed suckers running down the outer upper arm of a person in a white t-shirt.
Octopus tentacle tattoo on an upper arm
Black linework octopus tattoo with curling tentacles and suckers across a flexed upper arm, shown in profile against a pale background.
Octopus tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism style octopus tattoo with curling tentacles spreading across a person's back and over the shoulder and upper arm.
Octopus tattoo across a back and shoulder
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo on a forearm showing a sailing ship, a diver in a brass helmet, a submarine, fish and an octopus.
Nautical sleeve with diver and sailing ship
Black and grey realism octopus tattoo with tentacles wrapping down the upper arm and shoulder.
Octopus tattoo wrapping an arm
Black and grey vintage engraved octopus tattoo on the upper arm of a woman with blonde hair and a white lace top.
Vintage octopus on upper arm
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
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 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 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
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 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 realism tattoo of an orange octopus wrapping a brass diving helmet against a teal underwater background, on the upper arm.
Octopus wrapped around a vintage diving helmet
Black and grey tattoo of an octopus with tentacles wrapped around an anchor, in a traditional style, on the upper arm.
Octopus and anchor on an upper arm
Two people shown from behind with colour octopus tattoos covering their full arm sleeves, from shoulder to wrist, in teal, green and purple.
Octopus full sleeves on two arms
Purple octopus tattoo with green suckers and a yellow eye, wrapping across the upper arm in a neo-traditional style.
Purple octopus on an upper arm
Dotwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles on an upper arm, set against green and pink wash shading and a scattering of dots.
Octopus tentacles on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull wrapped in octopus tentacles across the upper arm, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Skull and octopus tentacles on upper arm
Black and grey octopus tattoo with stippled shading wrapping around a flexed upper arm, with a white sleeve at the shoulder.
Octopus tattoo on an upper arm
Full colour cartoon-style sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing Captain Hook, Ursula and the Evil Queen holding a red apple, with a skull and crossbones hat and other villains behind them.
Disney villains sleeve on upper arm
Japanese style full sleeve tattoo of a purple octopus with pink suckers and grey waves across the shoulder and upper arm, with a green anchor near the lower arm.
Octopus and waves full sleeve
Colourful Japanese style octopus tattoo with grey waves and green tentacles across the upper arm and shoulder.
Octopus and waves on an upper arm
Three arms shown side by side, each with a black and grey octopus and squid sleeve in a dotwork engraved style, running from the upper arm to the forearm.
Octopus and squid sleeve across three arms
Black and grey fine line full sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a whale, mountains, a fox, ferns and foxglove, with a small teal octopus at the top of the shoulder.
Full arm sleeve with whale, fox and foliage
Colour tattoo of a purple and green octopus with curling tentacles on the upper arm and shoulder of a person holding a camera.
Purple and green octopus on shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of an octopus with tentacles wrapped around a bicycle on an upper arm, shown in close-up beside a grey sleeveless top.
Octopus and bicycle tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoos on a man's upper arm and chest, including a panther head, a snake coiled around a woman's face, a cross and a stag head.
Traditional panther, snake and stag tattoos on arm and chest
Large black and grey Japanese style blackwork octopus tattoo spreading across a person's back and upper arm, with scaled skin and sucker detail on the tentacles.
Octopus tattoo across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an octopus with curling tentacles across the upper arm and top of the shoulder.
Octopus tattoo on upper arm
Four views of a black and grey nautical full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an octopus, a skull, a ship's wheel and a compass star, placed from the forearm up to the upper arm.
Black and grey nautical full sleeve
Black ink squid with swirling tentacles covering the outer upper arm, drawn in fine line with hatched shading.
Squid and tentacles on an upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman's face framed by teal hair, octopus tentacles and peach shells, on the upper arm.
Woman portrait with teal hair and tentacles on upper arm
Man in a grey t-shirt printed with an octopus and ship wheel, with traditional tattoo sleeves showing roses on both arms.
Octopus and ship wheel tee with tattoo sleeves
Black and grey blackwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles wrapping around the upper arm.
Octopus tattoo wrapping upper arm
Black and grey realistic octopus tentacles and eye tattoo wrapping across an upper arm and onto the shoulder.
Octopus tentacles and eye on an upper arm
Realistic colour back tattoo of a green-skinned mermaid bound in rope, with red octopus tentacles over the shoulder and arm, jellyfish, coral and passion flowers below.
Mermaid and octopus back piece
Realism colour tattoo on the upper arm showing a golden skull medallion above a bearded figure in a hat with tentacle-like facial hair.
Skull medallion and tentacled figure on arm
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