Scale tattoo ideas

469 photos and flash · 24% Japanese, 15% Realism · Upper arm most common

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Fine line design of a mermaid with long pastel rainbow hair and a teal tail, drawn on a plain white background.
Mermaid with flowing rainbow hair
A mermaid silhouette filled with black mandala and scale patterns on a dark background, shaded pink to teal to blue, shown as a drawing rather than a tattoo on skin.
Mandala-patterned mermaid drawing
Full-colour painted drawing of a winged dragon with horns, glowing orange eyes and a scaled, coiled tail on a white background, offered as a tattoo design.
Winged dragon with coiled serpent tail
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon design surrounded by swirling clouds and cherry blossoms, drawn as a tattoo flash sheet.
Japanese dragon with clouds and blossom
Pencil sketch of a goldfish with long flowing fins inside a circle, a fine line tattoo design shown in three stacked views.
Goldfish with flowing fins in a circle
Black ink drawing of a stylised owl with large patterned eyes and a blackwork wing, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Stylised owl in black ink
Black line drawing of a stylised dragon head with scale-patterned neck and interlaced ribbon body, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Interlaced dragon head line drawing
Digital drawing of a green fanged creature with claws, framed by orange and red flame scrolls, in a Japanese-influenced tattoo design.
Green fanged creature with flame scrolls