Sea creature tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a stylised shark with bold black outlines, blue and yellow shading and a red eye, on the outer thigh.
Stylised shark on the thigh
Small red and purple crab tattoo with dark outlines on the top of a bare foot, with grass in the background.
Small crab tattoo on a foot
Colour tattoo of a blue octopus with a yellow eye and orange-tinged tentacles and suckers across an upper arm.
Blue octopus wrapped around an upper arm
Black and grey realistic manta ray tattoo shaded in detail across the upper back near the left shoulder blade.
Manta ray tattoo on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an octopus with curling tentacles spanning the entire back.
Realistic octopus across a full back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a humpback whale on the upper arm, with the arm raised and flexed.
Whale on an upper arm
Black and grey seahorse tattoo with shaded scales and spiny fins on the forearm, in a traditional style.
Seahorse on a forearm
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo with curling tentacles across the back of a hand, shown in a close photograph.
Octopus tattoo on the back of a hand
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
Black and grey jellyfish tattoo with stippled bell and long trailing tentacles, shown on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Jellyfish on the upper arm
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a whale on the inner wrist, with shaded belly and dotted spots along its back.
Whale on the inner wrist
Colour realism tattoo of a purple octopus with teal-suckered tentacles curling across the outer thigh.
Purple octopus with curling tentacles on a thigh
Realistic red octopus tattoo with white suckers curling along a forearm near the elbow, shown beneath a reference photo of the octopus.
Red octopus tattoo on forearm
Colour tattoo of a jellyfish with green, yellow and teal body and long black-outlined tendrils, on the outer thigh.
Jellyfish tattoo on a thigh
Black octopus tattoo on the back of a hand, with stippled dotwork tentacles curling over the fingers.
Octopus tattoo across the back of a hand
Nautilus shell tattoo with a black outline and blue, green and purple watercolour wash, shown on the elbow.
Nautilus shell with watercolour wash
Black ink whale tattoo in a vintage engraved style with fine hatched shading, placed on the outer thigh beneath rolled denim shorts.
Vintage whale on the outer thigh
Cream line drawing of a seahorse filled with ornate doodle-style patterns on a plain olive green background.
Patterned seahorse line drawing
Colour tattoo of a blue dolphin leaping beside black swirling linework on the lower leg, with a bold black outline.
Blue dolphin with black swirls on a calf
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 and grey dotwork and realism tattoo of an owl, jellyfish and spiral forms with dotted geometric lines across a person's back and upper arm.
Owl and sea creatures across back and arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a blue-spotted stingray with orange ringed spots and black outlines, on the upper arm.
Blue-spotted stingray on an arm
Black and grey dotwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles wrapping across the side of the ribs.
Octopus tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey octopus tattoo with shaded tentacles wrapping up the inside of a forearm, with a dark hoodie sleeve in the background.
Octopus tattoo wrapping a forearm
Black outline tattoo of Ariel and sea creatures from The Little Mermaid on the outer thigh, shown in a close photo of the skin.
Little Mermaid characters outline on thigh
Fine line blue tattoo of a smiling cartoon whale spouting water on the inner forearm, just below a dark sleeve.
Cartoon whale spouting water on forearm
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
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an octopus with blue and yellow tentacles curling over a woman's left shoulder and upper arm, seen from behind.
Octopus tentacles across a shoulder
Black and grey shaded seahorse tattoo with a curled tail, placed on the ankle of a bare leg above a white shoe.
Seahorse tattoo on an ankle
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 tattoo of two orange and yellow seahorses with blue bubbles on skin, likely the back, shown beside a green and black stylised seahorse flash design.
Two seahorses with bubbles, tattoo and flash
Small blue jellyfish tattoo with soft watercolour-style shading on the side of a person's neck, behind the ear.
Blue jellyfish tattoo on the neck
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an octopus with curling tentacles across the outer thigh.
Octopus tattoo on the thigh
Colour tattoo of a leaping dolphin filled with black swirling tribal-style patterns and teal and blue shading, on reddish skin.
Swirl-patterned dolphin tattoo
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
Small teal and black outlined tattoo with a curved tail-like fin, placed behind a person's ear, with ear piercings visible.
Small teal shape behind the ear
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
A white octopus with black outlines and small bubbles on the back of a hand, shown in a close photograph.
White octopus with bubbles on a hand
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
Two people shown from behind with colour octopus tattoos covering their full arm sleeves, from shoulder to wrist, in teal, green and purple.
Octopus full sleeves on two arms
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a whale with a circle and hexagon pattern across its body, on the inner forearm.
Whale with geometric pattern on a forearm
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
Purple octopus tattoo with green suckers and a yellow eye, wrapping across the upper arm in a neo-traditional style.
Purple octopus on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of an underwater scene with glowing jellyfish, a lionfish and seahorses across a person's back.
Underwater scene with jellyfish across a back
Black and grey shark tattoo in a sketchy, stippled style on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Shark tattoo on upper back