Shell tattoo ideas

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

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Two colour tattoos on a pair of thighs, one of Elsa from Frozen and one of Ariel from The Little Mermaid, each in an ornate oval frame in neo-traditional style.
Elsa and Ariel framed portraits on thighs
Black dotwork tattoo of an ammonite-style spiral shell on the outer thigh, with shaded segments fading across the chambers.
Ammonite spiral on a thigh
Back view of a person in a black bikini bottoms showing traditional-style tattoos on the thigh and hip, including a helmeted woman head and a bowling pin.
Traditional helmeted woman on thigh at the beach
Colour traditional-style tattoo on the outer thigh showing an anchor with rope, pink flowers, seaweed, an open shell with a pearl and blue waves.
Anchor, shell and pearl on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a frilled lizard above crossed bare legs, set within an art nouveau frame on the thigh.
Frilled lizard in an art nouveau frame
Two black dotwork tattoos on a person's thighs, a conch shell on the left and a scallop shell on the right, with a partial claw tattoo at the left edge.
Conch and scallop shells on thighs
Colour traditional tattoo of a teal crab holding a palm tree sunset in its shell beside an orange plumeria flower, on the thigh.
Crab with palm sunset and plumeria
Sketch-style tattoo of a monkey holding a shell, with black linework and soft red and blue wash, on the front of a thigh.
Watercolour-style monkey on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a pink cartoon starfish with a shocked face rising from a sunset sea, framed by rope and topped by a shell, on the thigh.
Sunset sea and cartoon starfish on a thigh
Colour tattoo of an open pink shell holding a white pearl on the outer thigh, with a green leaf tattoo below and a partly visible tattoo above.
Shell with pearl on a thigh
Colour and grey tattoo of a mermaid inside an ornate oval frame on the outer thigh, in a neo-traditional illustrative style.
Mermaid in ornate frame on thigh
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with wave motifs on the outer thigh, shown in a close photograph against a red background.
Tribal sea turtle and waves on a thigh
Black ink ornamental swirl tattoo with a small blue shell motif on a person's hip and thigh, in a blackwork style.
Ornamental swirl tattoo on hip and thigh
Colour tattoo of a red-haired mermaid sitting on a rock inside an ornate grey oval frame with shells and a starfish, on the thigh.
Mermaid in a shell-framed oval mirror on a thigh
Full-colour tattoo of a red-haired cartoon mermaid with a purple shell top and green tail, sitting on coral, on the outer thigh.
Cartoon mermaid on a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a green tail sitting on a rock inside an ornate beaded frame with shells and a starfish, on the thigh.
Mermaid cameo on thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a mermaid with flowing golden hair and a teal and pink scaled tail on the side of a thigh.
Mermaid with golden hair on a thigh
Black and grey realism portrait of a woman with white eyes and snakes in her hair, set within an ornate filigree frame on the thigh.
Woman with snakes in ornate frame on thigh
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
Collage of four colour tattoos of Ariel from The Little Mermaid, mostly on the thigh or side of the body, in cartoon and watercolour-style designs.
Ariel from The Little Mermaid tattoos, four examples
Two legs in denim shorts and black sneakers covered in colour neo-traditional tattoos, including an owl, a raven with roses, a fox and a rabbit.
Full leg sleeve of colourful neo-traditional tattoos
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull, shells and peony flowers across a woman's hip and thigh, shown from the side against a white wall.
Skull and peony flowers across hip and thigh
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
Teal and green shaded scale tattoo on the outer thigh of a person in denim shorts, lying down.
Teal scale tattoo on a thigh
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