Sea creature tattoo ideas

181 photos and flash · 19% Dotwork, 13% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Colourful watercolour-style crab tattoo on a person's upper back near the shoulder, with a printed crab design shown at the top right.
Watercolour-style crab on upper back
Minimal black ink brush drawing of a leaping dolphin on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Leaping dolphin line design
Close photograph of a black tribal-style tattoo of dolphins and fish with swirling linework on a limb, placement not clearly identifiable.
Tribal dolphin and fish tattoo
Fine line black seahorse tattoo on a wrist, with a curled tail and a small fin, shown in daylight against grass.
Seahorse tattoo on a wrist
Neo-traditional purple octopus tattoo with curling tentacles, shaded in violet and blue, on the calf.
Purple octopus tattoo on a calf
Traditional colour tattoo of a crab with red, green and brown shading and bold black outlines, shown on a limb of pale skin.
Crab tattoo in traditional style
Small black seahorse tattoo with a curled tail on the side of a person's ankle against a dark background.
Small seahorse tattoo on ankle
Teal and blue jellyfish tattoo with soft, wash-like shading and trailing tentacles on a forearm, with the hand raised at the top of the frame.
Jellyfish tattoo on a forearm
Colourful neo-traditional octopus tattoo with tentacles curling down a forearm, shaded in pink, purple, orange, blue and green.
Rainbow octopus on a forearm
Black and grey nautilus shell tattoo with fine hatched linework on the lower stomach, just above the waistband of jeans.
Nautilus shell on the lower stomach
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a bottle enclosing a dark sea scene with waves, with a red rose and leaves at its base.
Bottle with sea scene and rose on a forearm
Close-up of a purple and lilac seahorse tattoo with rising bubbles on the inner ear, drawn with dark outlines.
Seahorse and bubbles on the ear
Small blue whale tattoo with a dark blue outline and light blue shading on the side of a foot near the heel.
Blue whale tattoo on a foot
Octopus tattoo with swirling outlines and lavender wash shading, spreading across the upper back.
Ornamental octopus tattoo on the upper back
Teal jellyfish tattoo with soft watercolour-style shading and trailing tentacles on the upper arm of a woman in a red lace top.
Teal jellyfish on an upper arm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a blue and purple whale with splash strokes on the upper arm of a woman in a grey vest top.
Blue and purple whale on upper arm
Flash sheet of nine jellyfish drawings in grey pencil shading, with small dots scattered between them, shown without a body placement.
Jellyfish flash sheet in grey pencil
Fine line tattoo of three jellyfish on the inner forearm, two with grey-black bells and one smaller with a darker bell, trailing long reddish tentacles.
Three jellyfish on a forearm
Small black fine line seahorse tattoo on the ankle, shown in profile with a curled tail and hatched shading.
Small seahorse on an ankle
Black tribal-style shark design drawn in solid black linework and swirl patterns on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Tribal shark tattoo design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale swimming across the inner forearm, shown on a bed.
Humpback whale tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a seahorse and a starfish on the inner ankle and lower leg of a bare leg against a white background.
Seahorse and starfish on an ankle
Black line drawing of a seahorse filled with intricate doodle patterns of dots, scales and swirls, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Zentangle seahorse line design
Painted flash design of a pink seahorse among green seaweed, blue waves and bubbles, in a neo-traditional style with no body placement shown.
Pink seahorse with seaweed and waves
Teal jellyfish tattoo with soft, watercolour-like shading on a woman's calf, shown with tan strappy heels.
Teal jellyfish tattoo on a calf
Traditional style seahorse tattoo in blue, teal and grey with black outlines and small bubbles, on the inner forearm.
Seahorse on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a blue seahorse with a purple tail and star sparkles on the outer thigh of a man in dark shorts.
Blue seahorse tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey octopus tattoo with stippled shading on a bare stomach, sitting to the side of the navel.
Octopus tattoo on the abdomen
Colour tattoo of a green octopus with red-tipped tentacles on the outer thigh of a person sitting on a striped sofa.
Green octopus tattoo on a thigh
Pencil sketch of a mermaid woman with octopus tentacles, starfish and a shell bodice, drawn as a tattoo design rather than shown on skin.
Mermaid with octopus tentacles sketch
Black linework drawing of octopus tentacles curling up and out of a teacup, a fine line tattoo flash design with no body placement shown.
Octopus tentacles rising from a teacup
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
A grid of fifteen continuous single-line drawings of sea creatures, including a dolphin, sea turtle, seahorse, shark and orca, in black on white.
Fifteen single-line sea creature designs
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a purple and pink seahorse with a black outline and turquoise bubbles, placed on the side of the torso.
Purple seahorse with bubbles on the side
Colour tattoo of a blue sea serpent with green horns and an orange fish among green seaweed, in a Japanese-inspired style, on a calf.
Blue sea serpent and orange fish on a calf
Colour tattoo of a red octopus with yellow suckers on the top of a foot, with a second foot wearing a turquoise bead anklet beside it.
Red octopus tattoo on a foot
Black fine line dolphin tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade, shown in a black and white photograph.
Dolphin on the upper back
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 ink drawing of a seahorse filled with looping curved line patterns, a flash design with no placement on the body.
Seahorse in black line zentangle pattern
Black and grey realism tattoo of the bearded sea god Poseidon with a trident and a sea creature on the upper arm, shown in three views.
Poseidon portrait with trident on upper arm
Black and grey octopus tattoo with stippled shading and curling tentacles on the outer thigh of a person lying on a green sofa.
Octopus tattoo on a thigh
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
Solid black blackwork design of a leaping orca with a white patch behind the eye and a curved tail, on a white background.
Leaping orca design
Small colour tattoo of a geometric dolphin with blue, teal and pink watercolour splashes on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Geometric dolphin on upper back
Pencil sketch of a narwhal in outline, with lines of handwritten capital lettering following its body and a long spiral tusk, drawn as a possible tattoo design.
Narwhal outline with lettering in pencil
Full back tattoo in traditional style showing a swooping eagle above red roses, a sailing ship on waves and a red sun, with colour ink throughout.
Eagle, roses and sailing ship back piece
Black fine line octopus tattoo with hatched shading across a person's shoulder and upper back.
Octopus tattoo across a shoulder and upper back