Sea creature tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Black ink line drawing of a jellyfish with a dotted, stippled bell and wavy trailing tentacles, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Jellyfish line drawing design
Pencil drawing of a jellyfish with a shaded, ribbed bell and long, wavy tentacles on a cream background, a design that could suit a tattoo.
Pencil drawing of a jellyfish with trailing tentacles
Cream line drawing of a seahorse filled with ornate doodle-style patterns on a plain olive green background.
Patterned seahorse line drawing
Black ink flash sheet of tribal designs including a turtle, a manta ray, a circular swirl motif and a fish-like shape on white paper.
Polynesian tribal flash sheet with turtle and ray
Black ink line drawing of a squid with a dotted stipple shading and spotted tentacles, shown as a tattoo design in Dotwork and Fine line style.
Squid with stippled tentacles
Black and grey dotwork flash design of a woman with flowing hair, a starfish, bubbles and a skull on her cheek, drawn in ink on textured paper.
Woman with starfish and skull, dotwork design
Black tribal-style octopus design with swirling tentacles and dot details on a plain white background, shown as a drawn design rather than on skin.
Tribal-style octopus design
Colour flash design of a steel anchor wrapped in banners reading Just Keep Swimming, surrounded by cartoon sea creatures on a blue background.
Anchor with Just Keep Swimming banners
Black tribal-style dolphin tattoo design leaping upwards, drawn in bold solid black linework on a white background.
Tribal dolphin design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a jellyfish with long trailing tentacles, shown as a tattoo design on paper, realism style.
Jellyfish design in pencil shading
Black tribal-style design of a whale with ornamental linework and swirls, shown as a standalone drawing on a white sticker background rather than on skin.
Tribal whale design in black ink
Pastel watercolour-style drawing of an octopus with curling tentacles and two pink fish on its head, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Pastel octopus with fish and bubbles
Dotwork pen drawing of an octopus wearing a vintage brass diving helmet, with its tentacles curling across the design.
Octopus in vintage diving helmet
Black ink flash design of two manta rays in a Polynesian-style tribal pattern with spirals and dotted shading, drawn on a white background.
Tribal manta ray design
Black line drawing of an octopus with an elephant-like head and curling tentacles surrounded by wave swirls, shown as tattoo flash on white paper.
Octopus and elephant hybrid line drawing
Blue pencil sketch of a toothy anglerfish with a spiral eye, feathery fins and a hanging lantern, drawn as a tattoo design.
Anglerfish sketch with lantern lure
Black and grey pencil drawing of a jellyfish with a shaded, ridged bell and long flowing tentacles, shown on a cream background, in a realism style suited to a tattoo design.
Jellyfish pencil drawing
Black ink line drawing of an octopus with curling tentacles and stippled suckers on a white background, shown without skin.
Octopus line drawing with curling tentacles
Black line drawing of a seahorse design surrounded by swirling curls and small circles, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Seahorse with swirls and bubbles
Pencil-shaded tattoo design of a pale dolphin and a dark shark curved together inside a circle, with no body placement shown.
Dolphin and shark in a circle
Pastel teal and pink drawing of an octopus with dark shaded tentacles curling around its body on a white background.
Pastel octopus design with curling tentacles
Black ink linework drawing of a jellyfish with dotted detail and flowing tentacles, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Jellyfish tattoo design on paper
Three tribal-style shark designs on a parchment background, in tan, sage green and black, shown as tattoo flash without any body placement.
Three tribal shark designs
Flash sheet of twelve cute cartoon sea creatures in full colour, including a starfish, seal, octopus, turtle, clownfish, shark, seahorse, stingray, crab, dolphin, pufferfish and orca.
Cartoon sea creatures flash sheet
Pencil sketch of an octopus with curled tentacles wrapped around a trident, drawn on white paper as a tattoo design.
Octopus wrapped around a trident sketch
Pen and pencil drawing of two orcas swimming head to tail, with their backs and fins filled in swirling black linework.
Two orcas in swirling fine-line pattern
Blue ink line drawing of a seahorse filled with paisley, dot and mandala-style patterns on a plain cream background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Paisley seahorse ink drawing
Black silhouette of a leaping whale with the words Do what is right, not what is easy set in white distressed lettering across its body, drawn in a vintage woodcut style.
Whale with Do What Is Right quote
Black and white starfish design with curling scrolls and dotted lines along each arm, drawn as a tattoo flash in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Starfish with scrollwork design
Black ink line drawing of a jellyfish with a dense patterned bell and long trailing tentacles on white paper.
Ink drawing of a jellyfish
Red line drawing of an octopus with curling tentacles and detailed suckers on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on a body.
Red ink octopus with curling tentacles
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 and grey dotwork drawing of a seahorse with a curled tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Seahorse tattoo design in dotwork
Black ink drawing of a human skull with octopus tentacles coiling over the cranium, jaw and sides of the face, shaded with fine hatching and stippling on a white background.
Skull wrapped in octopus tentacles
A flash drawing of a colourful seahorse with a curled tail, inked outlines, dotwork detail and watercolour-style blue, green, yellow and lilac shading on a white background.
Colourful seahorse design
Flash sheet of four seahorse tattoo designs on white, three bold black tribal-style silhouettes and one open line sketch, with no body placement shown.
Four seahorse designs on a flash sheet
Black and grey pen drawing of a seahorse whose body is formed from segmented vertebrae, shown in profile on a white background.
Seahorse drawing with vertebrae body