Sea creature tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
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
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
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale swimming across the inner forearm, shown on a bed.
Humpback whale tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style seahorse tattoo in blue, teal and grey with black outlines and small bubbles, on the inner forearm.
Seahorse on a forearm
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 realism tattoo of a whale on the inner wrist, with shaded belly and dotted spots along its back.
Whale on the inner wrist
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
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
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 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
Fine line black tattoo of a small whale with two bubbles on the inner wrist and forearm.
Small whale outline on wrist
Black and grey octopus tattoo with stippled shading on the inner forearm, shown against a dark background.
Octopus tattoo on a forearm
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
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
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
Traditional style squid tattoo in green, orange and red with black outlines, shown from two angles on an arm.
Traditional squid on an arm
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 dotwork jellyfish on one forearm and seahorse on the other, both filled with mandala-style patterns.
Jellyfish and seahorse on forearms
Fine line black ink tattoo of a small whale with two bubbles on the inner forearm, against a blurred purple background.
Small whale tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey octopus tattoo with tentacles wrapping around the forearm, drawn in a fine etched engraving style.
Octopus tattoo on a forearm
Colourful jellyfish tattoo on a forearm, with a red bell, long trailing tentacles and a teal watercolour-style background.
Red jellyfish on a forearm
Black and grey jellyfish tattoo on a forearm, with a dotted, shaded bell and long trailing tentacles running down the arm.
Jellyfish tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a purple seahorse with a green eye and orange starfish over blue water streaks, on the forearm.
Purple seahorse with starfish on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a seahorse in teal and purple with black linework and soft shading, on the forearm.
Teal and purple seahorse on an arm