Sailing ship tattoo ideas

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Black and grey flash sheet drawing of a sailing ship on waves, two swallows, an anchor and a telescope, with the script phrase Between the Devil and the deep blue Sea beneath.
Sailing ship, swallows, anchor and telescope flash
Black and grey dotwork design of a teacup with rolling waves, a sailing ship, a storm cloud with lightning and rain, and flowers on the cup and saucer.
Storm in a teacup with a sailing ship
Traditional-style flash design on paper showing a sailing ship on rough seas and a black and grey rose in a bold black oval frame, with no body part visible.
Sailing ship and rose flash in oval frame
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design showing a kraken's tentacles wrapped around a sailing ship inside a rope-edged oval.
Kraken attacking a sailing ship design
Blue ink drawing of a traditional sailing ship in heavy waves, with a curling banner on the left reading LOVE IS LIKE A TIDE BRINGING YOU HOME, intended as a tattoo design.
Sailing ship and banner design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a striped lighthouse, a sailing ship and stormy waves framed inside a ship's wheel, in a traditional nautical style.
Lighthouse and sailing ship in a ship's wheel
Traditional flash sheet of ten coloured sailing ships on green waves, with banners reading Hell Bound and Home Ward Bound and a few small stars and a rose.
Sailing ship flash sheet
Black line drawing of a three-masted sailing ship with billowing sails among curling waves, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Sailing ship in rough waves
Black and grey flash design of a three-masted pirate ship with a skull flag, surrounded by pirate-themed lettering and a shark.
Pirate ship with lettering flash design
Black ink pen drawing of a three-masted sailing ship on hatched waves, with a dotted line falling to a small anchor, on plain off-white paper.
Sailing ship and anchor pen drawing
Black ink drawing of a sailing ship inside a laurel wreath, with the script words The Lady Daisy and a small star below, presented as a tattoo design.
Sailing ship with laurel wreath
Black ink line drawing of a three-masted ship on hatched waves with a dotted line to an anchor, above the script words Life's roughest storms prove the strength of our anchors, on crumpled paper.
Ship, waves and anchor with script quote
Traditional style flash sheet in navy line work showing an anchor with rope, a swallow in flight, a three-masted sailing ship and a cluster of roses on a white background.
Nautical flash sheet with anchor, swallow, ship and roses
Black and white line drawing flash sheet showing a lighthouse, a sailing ship, a compass rose, an anchor, two birds and a floral swirl, with no body placement shown.
Nautical flash sheet with lighthouse and anchor
Traditional flash drawing of a three-masted sailing ship with grey sails and a red pennant, set in a rope oval with grey clouds, a red sun and blue waves.
Sailing ship in a rope frame with setting sun
Traditional-style winged sailing ship design with a globe and banner, printed in red and grey on the back of a black t-shirt.
Winged sailing ship design on a t-shirt
Traditional style flash design of a skull in a pirate hat beside a sailing ship, with an 'As You Wish' banner, a yellow flower and a crown above, on a dark teal background.
Skull and sailing ship with banner and flower
Purple line drawing of a three-masted sailing ship with full sails cutting through stylised waves, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Sailing ship on waves line drawing
Traditional style flash drawing of a sailing ship framed by red roses, a yellow butterfly and crabs, drawn on paper.
Ship, roses and butterfly flash design
Traditional flash drawing of a sailing ship inside a rope-edged star with an anchor behind it, shown on a stained paper background.
Nautical star with anchor and sailing ship
Black line drawing of a three-masted sailing ship with billowing sails above a cluster of roses and leaves, in a traditional flash style.
Sailing ship above a cluster of roses
Pen and ink sketch of a sailing ship whose hull forms a dripping skull, drawn on an open sketchbook page.
Skull ship pen sketch
Black ink fine line drawing of a sailing ship on waves with the words a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor and a dangling anchor, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Sailing ship, waves and anchor with quote
Black ink drawing of a three-masted sailing ship riding interwoven waves, with a hanging anchor on a thin line, in a traditional nautical design shown on cream paper.
Sailing ship on waves with anchor
Black ink pen drawing of a sailing ship on rough waves with a dangling anchor and the script words a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor, on white paper.
Sailing ship and anchor with quote
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
Pen and ink tattoo design sketch of a kraken with tentacles wrapping a sailing ship, with lightning bolts and ornate scrollwork in a neo-traditional style.
Kraken wrapped around a sailing ship
Black and grey traditional style flash design of an anchor, a sailing ship, two pistols, roses and banners reading Loose Lips and Sink Ships, with no body placement shown.
Anchor, ship and pistols traditional flash
Black and grey traditional nautical designs, including a ship, star, compass and lighthouse, shown as flash sheets and temporary tattoos on a thigh.
Nautical temporary tattoo designs on a thigh
Line drawing of a sailing ship on paper, with blue, yellow, pink and maroon watercolour splashes behind it, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Sailing ship with watercolour splashes
Traditional style flash design of a black kraken with yellow eyes wrapping around a sailing ship, with a red sun and banners reading Kraken's Revenge on a starred cream background.
Kraken's Revenge sailing ship design
Watercolour-style flash design of a sailing ship being wrapped by an octopus tentacle among swirling waves, with an anchor and rope below.
Sailing ship, octopus and anchor design
Coloured pencil drawing of a sailing ship on waves inside a rope-framed spade shape, with a rope knot and lotus-like shape below, in a traditional style.
Sailing ship in a rope-framed heart design
Black and grey traditional flash design of a sailing ship on rough sea inside a ship's wheel, with banners reading NEED YOU LIKE WATER IN MY LUNGS.
Sailing ship in a ship's wheel with banner lettering
Traditional flash design of a one pint bottle holding two sailing ships, with a banner reading A Sailor's Grave over a skull and crossbones, flanked by red stars and green leaves.
Bottle with ships and a sailor's grave banner
Black and grey flash design of a skull above a sailing ship on waves, with a mermaid resting on a treasure chest below, shown without a body placement.
Skull, pirate ship and mermaid design
Black ink sketch of a sailing ship with loose brush strokes and splatters, drawn as a tattoo design on pale paper.
Sailing ship with ink splashes
Pencil drawing of a woman in powdered 18th-century style hair, with a sailing ship and octopus tentacles rising from her head.
Woman with a ship and tentacles in her hair
Teal line drawing in a traditional nautical style showing a sailing ship, waves and an anchor wrapped in rope, with a banner reading I am the captain of my soul.
Sailing ship and anchor banner design