Sea turtle tattoo ideas

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Black tribal-style turtle tattoo with a patterned shell and spiral details on the top of a foot, with red painted toenails.
Turtle tattoo on the top of a foot
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
Four black tribal-style sea turtles, three with hibiscus flowers in their shells, tattooed on a calf in blackwork style.
Four tribal sea turtles on a calf
Colour realism tattoo across the upper arm and shoulder showing a sunset over the sea, palm trees, sharks, sea turtles, clownfish, anemones and coral.
Underwater sunset sleeve with turtles and clownfish
Black blackwork tattoo of a tribal-patterned sea turtle on the lower leg, with solid fins and a patterned shell.
Tribal sea turtle on a lower leg
Two women seen from behind on a beach, each with a small black sea turtle tattoo, one on the upper back and one on the shoulder.
Matching sea turtle tattoos on two shoulders
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon sea turtle with large expressive eyes, shown on the upper leg.
Cartoon sea turtle on a leg
Shaded tattoo of a dreamcatcher whose hoop is a sea turtle shell with flippers, with feathers hanging below, on the outer thigh.
Dreamcatcher and sea turtle on a thigh
Black tribal-style sea turtle design with bold solid shapes, swirling motifs and patterned flippers on a white background.
Tribal sea turtle design
Colour tattoo of three small green sea turtles swimming up the ankle, with small bubbles between them.
Three sea turtles on an ankle
Black tribal sea turtle tattoo on the side of a man's lower abdomen, just above the waistband of his jeans and belt.
Tribal sea turtle on a man's abdomen
Colour tattoo of a swimming sea turtle with orange plumeria flowers and blue waves, in a Neo-trad style on the upper back.
Sea turtle and plumeria in blue waves
Black line tattoo of a sea turtle with a world map shell and dotted flippers on the top of a foot, in a dotwork style.
Sea turtle with world map shell on foot
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing a breaching orca, pink plumeria, a pink hibiscus and sea turtles over blue water, shown in three side-by-side views.
Orca, plumeria and sea turtles on a forearm
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo design with a spiral shell and patterned flippers, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Polynesian-style sea turtle design
Solid black sea turtle tattoo with a trail of dots running along the top of a foot, in a blackwork style.
Sea turtle and dot trail on a foot
Black tribal tattoo of a manta ray with a turtle and gecko inside, in a Polynesian-style design across the upper back.
Polynesian manta ray with turtle on upper back
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a sea turtle with a red flower on its shell, shown on a person's limb against a light blue background.
Sea turtle with red flower on a limb
Five watercolour sea turtle designs in green, purple, blue and brown, arranged on a white background as tattoo flash.
Five watercolour sea turtles
Black ink flash design of a sea turtle with swirling tribal patterns and a pale pink five-petalled flower on its shell, on a cream background.
Sea turtle design with pink flower
Small sea turtle design with a green glitter shell and black outlined flippers on orange-toned skin.
Glitter sea turtle on skin
Geometric sea turtle tattoo with black outline and watercolour-style colour fills in blue, purple, pink and green, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Geometric sea turtle on the forearm
Small black and grey tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with swirled fins and a four-petal pattern on the shell, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Swirl-finned turtle tattoo on a wrist
Nine black silhouette designs on white tiles showing a starfish, scallop shell, fish, seahorse, crab, jellyfish, shell, sea turtle and coral.
Sea creature silhouette design sheet
Flash sheet of stylised turtle designs with spiral and scroll shell patterns in blue, green, pink and brown on a white background.
Stylised turtle designs in four colours
Colour tattoo of a green sea turtle with pink and purple plumeria flowers and blue wave shading on the outer thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Sea turtle and plumeria on a thigh
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a green sea turtle with a yellow and black compass rose shell on a calf, set against blue-grey clouds.
Turtle with compass shell on a calf
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with spiral patterns and a small pink flower on its head, on the ankle of a black and white photographed foot.
Sea turtle with pink flower on an ankle
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with a coloured sunset, palm tree and sea inside its shell, sitting on the upper back.
Sea turtle with sunset and palm tree
Black tribal-style sea turtles with swirling waves and a line of script above them, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Three tribal turtles and script on the ribs
Collage of three tattoos reading Ohana in black script, with green sea turtles, a blue Stitch character and a pink plumeria flower.
Ohana tattoos with turtles, Stitch and plumeria
Black and grey dotwork sea turtle tattoo swimming across the outer thigh, with stippled shading on the shell and flippers.
Sea turtle tattoo on the thigh
Realistic colour tattoo of a sea turtle swimming over a teal wash, placed on the upper arm.
Sea turtle realism on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a sea turtle in teal, green and brown with orange-red flippers, placed on the upper chest.
Sea turtle tattoo on upper chest
Black tribal-style sea turtle design with a spiral head, patterned shell and stylised flippers, shown as a line drawing on a white background.
Polynesian-style sea turtle design
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
White sea turtle silhouette with a sand dollar inside its shell on a black background, shown as a design with no body placement.
Sea turtle with sand dollar design
Colour realism tattoo of a shark, jellyfish, sea turtle and coral on the side of the ribs, with a quote in lettering above.
Underwater scene with sea turtle and jellyfish on ribs
Traditional style colour tattoo of a sea turtle with a black-outlined star burst on its shell, placed on the lower back.
Turtle with star burst shell on lower back
Colour tattoo of a green sea turtle with pink and red plumeria flowers and turquoise waves on a person's upper back.
Sea turtle and plumeria on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a small sea turtle with shaded shell scutes and dotted edging, placed on the top of a foot.
Sea turtle on the top of a foot
Colour tattoo of a smiling cartoon sea turtle with large eyes and a red-spotted shell on the side of the ribs, in a bold outlined neo-traditional style.
Cartoon sea turtle on the side ribs
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with spiral patterns in its shell, placed on the ankle.
Tribal sea turtle on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a sea turtle with an orange hibiscus flower on the lower torso, in a bold neo-traditional style with dark outlines.
Sea turtle and hibiscus on the lower torso
Black and grey tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with dotted shell detail and shaded bubbles on the side of the hip, with a striped swimsuit at the top of the frame.
Tribal turtle with bubbles on the hip
Black and white cartoon sea turtle tattoo design with large round eyes, a spotted head and shell, and flipper outlines, shown as a bold stencil-style drawing.
Cartoon sea turtle line drawing
Realistic colour tattoo of a sea turtle swimming against a teal and blue ocean background, on the upper back.
Realistic sea turtle tattoo on skin
Black silhouette design of five sea turtles swimming diagonally, decreasing in size from top left to bottom right, with scale-patterned shells and outlined flippers.
Five sea turtles swimming in a diagonal line