Shell tattoo ideas

264 photos and flash · 18% Fine line, 15% Neo-trad · Forearm most common

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Gold metallic temporary tattoos of a mandala and dreamcatcher design on a foot and wrist, with a silver-toned band on the forearm, a straw hat and sunglasses on sand.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on feet and arms
Colourful geometric tattoo on a forearm showing a snail outline over a red sun and orange triangles, with thin black linework.
Snail and sun geometric forearm tattoo
Small black butterfly tattoo in simple outline on the top of a foot, near the ankle, with a pink cord anklet strung with shell beads.
Small butterfly tattoo on the foot
Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up mermaid with dark hair, a polka-dot flower and a red shell top, with a red-to-green tail, on the thigh.
Pin-up mermaid with shell top
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
Mixed colour tattoo on a stomach showing a red-haired mermaid beside a greyscale sailing ship, with a treasure chest and skull on the seabed.
Mermaid, shipwreck and treasure chest on the stomach
Colour outline tattoo of a mermaid with red hair, a purple shell and a blue to green tail on the lower leg.
Mermaid tattoo on a lower leg
Painted design of a skeletal mermaid with a fishbone tail, holding a shell with a pearl, shown on a white background with no body placement visible.
Skeletal mermaid holding a shell
Black ink nautical tattoo of a scallop shell, anchor, ship's wheel and compass rose in a row on the ribs, covered with clear plastic wrap while healing.
Nautical row of shell, anchor, wheel and compass on ribs
Watercolour-style tattoo of a mermaid with flowing red hair and a purple shell top, with a blue splash below, on the forearm.
Watercolour mermaid with red hair on forearm
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
Black fine line outline of a scallop shell tattoo on the lower leg, above a red and black cord anklet.
Scallop shell on a lower leg
Two traditional-style portrait tattoos of women on a calf, the upper one in black and grey and the lower one in colour with green hair and a pink shell.
Two traditional portraits of women on a calf
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
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a dark-haired mermaid with teal scales, red roses and a conch shell, on the upper arm.
Mermaid with roses and shell on a limb
Four hand-drawn sea turtle designs stacked vertically on white, each with spiral flippers and a petal-patterned shell, in green and one brown line drawing.
Four sea turtle designs with spiral flippers
Traditional style tattoo of a brass diving helmet on a jellyfish body with the letter N, surrounded by shells on the upper arm and shoulder.
Diving helmet jellyfish on upper arm
Two side-by-side photos of gold, silver and black temporary tattoos on arms, including palm trees, arrows and an Eye of Horus design.
Metallic temporary tattoos on arms and forearm
Teal and green shaded scale tattoo on the outer thigh of a person in denim shorts, lying down.
Teal scale tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork conch shell tattoo with a red sun and two palm trees above a horizon line, on the upper arm.
Conch shell above a horizon with palm trees and red sun
Colour tattoo of three sea turtles in teal, purple and orange on the outside of an ankle.
Three sea turtles on an ankle
Black and grey traditional flash line drawing of a mermaid holding a baby with a flower, seated on a wooden-beamed anchor with rope, shown without a body placement.
Mermaid and baby on an anchor
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red-haired mermaid in a shell top, with an anchor earring and rope, across the outer thigh.
Mermaid with shell top on thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with red flowers in her hair, a sailing ship and a red bottle, set in a rope frame on a calf.
Woman in profile with ship and bottle on a calf