Sea creature tattoo ideas

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

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Dotwork pen drawing of an octopus wearing a vintage brass diving helmet, with its tentacles curling across the design.
Octopus in vintage diving helmet
Colour tattoos of SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star and Plankton across a chest and upper arm, with a black and grey floral tattoo on the other shoulder.
SpongeBob and friends on chest and arm
Full-colour cartoon undersea tattoo across a person's back, with a smiling shark, seahorse, turtle, starfish and a scuba diver.
Cartoon undersea scene across a back
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of an orange octopus wrapped around an anchor and dagger, on the side of a thigh and hip.
Orange octopus and anchor on a thigh
Black and grey fine line jellyfish tattoo with long trailing tendrils on the side of a person's abdomen, beside a navel piercing.
Jellyfish tattoo on the side of the stomach
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
Colour tattoo of a purple and teal seahorse with a curled tail and pink cheek, shown on the thigh in a neo-traditional style.
Purple and teal seahorse tattoo
Black geometric seahorse tattoo made of faceted linework on the outer thigh of a person wearing a grey top.
Geometric seahorse on a thigh
Colourful neo-traditional seahorse tattoo with a horse-like face, curled tail and four bubbles, on the side of the body.
Cartoon seahorse with rising bubbles
Dotwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles on an upper arm, set against green and pink wash shading and a scattering of dots.
Octopus tentacles on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a small whale with two bubbles on the inner wrist and forearm.
Small whale outline on wrist
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
Small realistic starfish tattoo in brown and grey shading on the leg, partly covered by clear aftercare film.
Small shaded starfish tattoo on a leg
Black fine line tattoo of a plump cartoon manatee with a single flipper and a small eye, on smooth skin at the side of the torso.
Cartoon manatee outline tattoo
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
Brown hatched octopus tattoo with curling tentacles on the outer thigh of a person in a green knit jumper.
Octopus tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hammerhead shark on the side of the neck, just behind the ear.
Hammerhead shark behind the ear
Black and grey dotwork jellyfish tattoo repeated on a calf, with long outlined tentacles trailing down the leg.
Twin jellyfish tattoos on a calf
Black and grey octopus tattoo with stippled shading on the inner forearm, shown against a dark background.
Octopus tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles across the upper chest, shown on a woman wearing a black lace bra.
Octopus tattoo across the chest
Three arms shown side by side, each with a black and grey octopus and squid sleeve in a dotwork engraved style, running from the upper arm to the forearm.
Octopus and squid sleeve across three arms
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a tentacled octopus-like sea creature with a spiked head on a section of skin.
Black tentacled sea creature tattoo
Neo-traditional seahorse tattoo in purple, lavender and grey with black outlines, sitting on the calf.
Ornamental seahorse on a calf
Black and grey octopus tattoo with stippled dotwork on the head and fine-line tentacles, on the side of a thigh.
Octopus tattoo on the side of a thigh
Three-panel photo of a colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm, showing a grinning sea witch with pink tentacles and a teal eel-like creature.
Sea witch and tentacles on a forearm
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
Colour tattoo of a purple and green octopus with curling tentacles on the upper arm and shoulder of a person holding a camera.
Purple and green octopus on shoulder
Black tribal-style manta ray tattoo with swirling patterns on the side of a person's waist.
Manta ray tribal tattoo on the side
Blue and teal seahorse tattoo with black outlines and small bubbles on a person's forearm, against a red wall.
Blue seahorse with bubbles on a forearm
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
Colour realism tattoo of a blue-ringed octopus with teal spots and curling tentacles across a leg, shown on the calf.
Blue-ringed octopus on a leg
Traditional style tattoo of two grey whales with red droplets, yellow and red flowers and dark leaves, on the outer thigh.
Traditional whales and flowers on a thigh
Large black and grey Japanese style blackwork octopus tattoo spreading across a person's back and upper arm, with scaled skin and sucker detail on the tentacles.
Octopus tattoo across a back
Black and grey octopus tattoo on the back of a hand, with tentacles curling over the knuckles and onto the fingers, in a stippled dotwork style.
Octopus tattoo on the back of a hand
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
Traditional style squid tattoo in green, orange and red with black outlines, shown from two angles on an arm.
Traditional squid on an arm
Small black and grey seahorse tattoo on the inside of a person's ankle, with dark jeans rolled above it.
Small seahorse tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of an octopus with curling tentacles across the upper arm and top of the shoulder.
Octopus tattoo on upper arm
Close side view of a tiny solid black dolphin tattoo on the side of a finger, with another finger visible at the top edge.
Small dolphin tattoo on a finger
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
Fine line colour tattoo of a teal swirl and red and orange wavy shapes with a small purple dot on the forearm, with a beach behind.
Colourful swirl tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of three hammerhead sharks swimming in a row across the side of the ribs.
Hammerhead sharks swimming along the ribs