Scale tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey koi fish tattoo with dotwork scale shading and fine line sprigs of foliage on a forearm.
Koi fish and fine line foliage on a forearm
Gold, silver and black geometric temporary tattoos, including pineapples and a braid pattern, on a forearm and the back of a hand.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos on arm
Woman with long blonde hair wearing an orange top, showing gold metallic temporary tattoos of scales, a feather, leaves and a key on her shoulder, chest and forearms.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on shoulder and arms
Black and grey realism sleeve on a woman's arm, showing a scaled snake, a camera and a portrait tattooed on the forearm and upper arm.
Black and grey sleeve with snake and camera
Close-up of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos on a forearm and hand, with geometric bands, scales and a small pineapple design.
Metallic geometric temporary tattoos on forearm and hand
Woman with long blonde hair wearing an orange top, with gold metallic temporary tattoos of scales on her shoulder and a feather and eye design on her forearm and hand.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on shoulder and arm
Colour tattoo of a dark-haired mermaid with closed eyes and a teal scale tail, surrounded by small red fish, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Mermaid with red fish on a wrist
Two views of a forearm tattoo showing red scales beneath black, torn-open skin edges, placed on the forearm.
Torn skin with red scales on forearm
Black and grey Japanese style dragon coiled around a sword with red accents, tattooed on the forearm.
Dragon and sword on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of balance scales on the inner wrist, set against an open printed book and a knitted jumper sleeve.
Scales of justice on the inner wrist
Black ink tattoo of a ruler with the numbers 1 to 8 running across the inside of a forearm against a blue wall.
Ruler with numbers 1 to 8 on a forearm
Realistic tattoo of torn skin revealing blue-grey fish-like scales on a forearm near the elbow.
Torn skin revealing blue scales on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of ornate plate armour covering the shoulder, upper arm and elbow as a full sleeve.
Plate armour sleeve on shoulder and arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a forearm showing Anubis seated between hanging scales, with a winged Eye of Horus above and a pyramid and sun below.
Anubis and Eye of Horus on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a crocodile head with an orange eye and visible teeth, across the forearm in a Realism style.
Realistic crocodile head on forearm
Full sleeve tattoo of a grey Japanese dragon with red flames on a man's arm, shown from shoulder to wrist in two views.
Japanese dragon full sleeve with red flames
Black and grey temporary tattoo of the word divergent in script with birds on one forearm, and a row of circular symbols on the other.
Divergent script and circle symbols on a forearm
Watercolour-style mermaid tattoo with flowing red hair and a blue scaled tail, sitting on the inner forearm.
Mermaid on a forearm
Collage of seven small fine line tattoos with subjects including an origami crane, a dinosaur behind an ear, a unicorn, a girl, scales, an umbrella in rain and a rocket among planets.
Collage of seven small fine line tattoos