Shark tattoo ideas

92 photos and flash · 27% Traditional, 21% Realism · Forearm most common

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Black and white photograph of a solid black shark silhouette tattoo on a forearm, with the hand resting on a bare shoulder.
Shark tattoo on a forearm
Four white Valentine's cards each show a taped-on traditional-style tattoo flash design: an anchor, a shark head, a swallow and a heart with a flame, with no body part visible.
Traditional flash designs on Valentine's cards
Full arm sleeve tattoo of hammerhead shark silhouettes swimming over classical ruins in teal, with a torn orange section and a small red creature on the forearm.
Hammerhead sharks over ruins on an arm sleeve
Traditional style flash sheet of many small coloured tattoo designs, including hearts, roses, daggers, pin-ups and animals, all lettered with True Love and framed by TATTOO at the top and bottom.
True Love traditional flash sheet
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing horror film characters including a masked killer with a chainsaw, a clown, a shark and a figure with a bladed glove.
Horror film characters full sleeve
Black and grey tattoo of sharks arranged in a circle on a thigh, photographed on a sunny beach.
Circle of sharks on a thigh
Black linework tattoo of a cartoon shark riding a skateboard, with a circled A symbol on its body and palm fronds above, on an upper arm.
Cartoon shark on a skateboard
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 and grey realistic shark with open jaws covering a man's back, with swirling ornaments on the shoulders and tattoo sleeves on both arms.
Realistic shark tattoo across a full back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a great white shark inside a dotted hexagon outline on the inner forearm.
Great white shark in a dotted hexagon on a forearm
Five views of a colourful traditional style full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a mermaid, a shark, sailing ships, a castle and fish in a sea scene.
Under-the-sea full sleeve tattoo
Black ink design of a shark fin rising above two wavy lines, with a stippled fill, shown on a plain white background.
Shark fin above waves
Black and grey realism forearm tattoo of a shark, anchor, vintage diving helmet and treasure chest, shown from four angles.
Shark, anchor and diving helmet on a forearm
Two fingers with small tattoos, a black line-work anchor on one finger and a colour shark fin above blue water on the next, with black lettering across the knuckles and fingers.
Anchor and shark finger tattoos
Bold black horizontal bars tattooed across the ribs, with a great white shark photo shown above.
Black horizontal bars across the ribs
Traditional style tattoo of a grey cartoon shark wearing a brown cowboy hat, with HOWDY repeated in an arc above it, on a lower leg.
Cartoon shark in a cowboy hat with Howdy lettering
Solid black shark tattoo in a blackwork style on the forearm, with open jaws, visible teeth and a dorsal fin.
Black shark tattoo on a forearm
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
Neo-traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a red-sailed ship in a lightning storm above an octopus and sharks in green sea.
Pirate ship and octopus full sleeve
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grinning shark head rising from a purple cupcake beneath a parasol, with bubbles, on the outer thigh.
Shark cupcake with parasol on thigh
Black tribal-patterned hammerhead shark tattoo wrapping across the upper arm and shoulder, with bold solid areas and fine interior detail.
Tribal hammerhead shark on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a great white shark with open jaws attacking a whale in blue water, placed on the outer thigh.
Shark and whale underwater on a thigh
Black and grey flash design of a three-masted pirate ship with a skull flag, surrounded by pirate-themed lettering and a shark.
Pirate ship with lettering flash design
Black and grey shark head tattoo with open jaws and visible teeth on a finger of a hand, in a realistic style.
Shark head on a finger
Black outline tattoo of a hammerhead shark on the ankle of a person wearing beige flats and rolled jeans, in fine line style.
Hammerhead shark outline on ankle
Grey shaded sea turtle tattoo with a Celtic knotwork shell and a yellow ribbon accent, on the side of the torso, with a faded shark tattoo below.
Celtic knot sea turtle on the side of the torso
Flash sheet of five cartoon sharks, each with a cream banner carrying a slogan, drawn with bold black outlines in muted colour.
Five cartoon sharks on banners flash sheet
Realism tattoo of a great white shark with a school of fish in blue water, on a man's back and side, with red coral at the lower edge.
Great white shark and fish tattoo on the back
Geometric shark head tattoo in grey shading with red teeth and red lines, with red lettering below, on the outer thigh.
Geometric shark head with red lettering on thigh
Black ink line drawing of a shark built from angular geometric facets on white paper, with two black fineliner pens resting above it.
Geometric shark line drawing
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
Black and grey shark jaw tattoo with rows of teeth, shaded in greys, on a lower limb.
Shark jaw tattoo on a lower leg
Traditional style colour tattoo of a cartoon shark standing with arms raised, with a red splash behind it, on a lower leg.
Cartoon shark standing with arms raised
Two legs raised against a pale wall, covered in traditional-style tattoos of a shark, roses and a clock on the thigh and calf, with white high-top trainers.
Traditional leg sleeve with shark and roses
Black tribal-style shark design on a white background, with bold swirling linework and geometric triangles across its body and fins.
Tribal shark design
Blue tribal-style shark tattoo design with white and black ornamental swirls and a toothed open mouth, shown as a drawing on a white background.
Blue tribal shark design
Black tribal-style shark tattoo with dotted and patterned fill on the side of the ribs, shown in a photo of a torso wearing low-rise jeans.
Tribal shark tattoo on the ribs
Black and white tribal-style design of a shark with flames trailing behind it, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Shark with tribal flames design
A woman in a white and dark blue swimsuit printed with a shark shows realistic black and grey tattoos on her upper arm, forearm and hand.
Tattoo sleeves and a shark print swimsuit
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an anchor wrapped in rope and a serpent, with two sharks, bubbles and a sunburst behind, in dotwork and blackwork shading.
Anchor with rope, sharks and serpent design
Fine line black shark tattoos on two fingers of a hand with pale pink nails, one shark showing open jaws with a row of teeth.
Shark tattoos on fingers
Black and grey realistic full arm sleeve showing a galleon under sail, churning waves and a shark, across the upper arm and forearm.
Galleon and shark full arm sleeve
Full arm sleeve in traditional style with a sailing ship, shark, swallow, pin-up and roses scattered with small stars, shown in three photographs on the upper arm and forearm.
Traditional nautical full arm sleeve
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
Colour tattoo of a cartoon shark wearing a top hat and monocle, with blue waves, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cartoon shark in top hat and monocle on upper back
Small black and grey fine line shark tooth tattoo on the side of a woman's chest, just below the armpit.
Shark tooth tattoo on the side of the chest
Colour realism tattoo of a great white shark breaching above waves and a second shark with open jaws beneath the surface, on the calf.
Great white sharks on a calf
A traditional flash sheet printed in cream on navy blue, showing a sheet of tattoo designs including a skull eagle crest, pistols, roses, a shark, a snake and a woman's bust.
Traditional flash sheet in cream on navy