Shell tattoo ideas

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

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Small fine line and dotwork conch shell tattoo in dark ink on a pale arm, beside a patterned knitted jumper.
Conch shell tattoo on an arm
Fine line black scallop shell tattoo on the side of a finger, beside a large mint stone ring, with a hand resting on sand.
Small scallop shell tattoo on a finger
Black fine line scallop shell tattoo on the side of a person's ribs, with a grey top and grassy dunes in the background.
Scallop shell tattoo on the ribs
Black line drawing of a conch shell with hatched shading on the forearm of a person wearing a red top.
Conch shell on a forearm
Black ink flash sheet of small hand-drawn designs including a leaf sprig, yin yang, candle, umbrella, lotus, sailboat, crown, smiley face and the words MOM, YES and love.
Hand-drawn small tattoo flash sheet
Fine line drawing of a snail with a spiral shell, crystal cluster and sprigs of foliage on its back, shaded in lavender on white paper.
Snail with crystals and sprigs drawing
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a nautilus shell on the upper chest near the collarbone, shown on a woman with a bob haircut in a white top.
Nautilus shell on upper chest
Small black scallop shell tattoo in a fine line style on the side of a woman's chest, near a white knit top and a metal arm cuff.
Scallop shell tattoo on the side of the chest
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an anatomical heart with shell-like textures on a person's chest, above a black bra.
Anatomical heart with shell textures on the chest
Black fine line tattoos of a star, crescent moon and eye with rays on the fingers and back of a hand, worn alongside black jewelled rings.
Fine line star, moon and eye tattoos on fingers
Fine line scallop shell tattoo above the script word Cali in blue ink, placed on the side of the hip near the buttock.
Scallop shell and script name on the hip
Black line drawing on paper of a fine-line tattoo design, a scalloped drape of shells and beads with dangling shell charms, intended for the chest.
Shell and bead drape design, line drawing
Tiny black fine line outline of a scallop shell on the side of a person's ankle, with the foot resting on a wooden surface.
Small shell tattoo on the ankle
Two small black fine line tattoos, an anchor on the left heel and a scallop shell on the right heel, shown on bare feet in flip-flops.
Anchor and shell tattoos on the heels
Black and white flash sheet of small line tattoo designs, including an om symbol, a hamsa hand with an evil eye, script words and a crescent moon, in fine line and lettering styles.
Black and white flash sheet of small designs
Close-up of a fine line outline tattoo of a scallop shell on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade, with faint pinkish marks on the skin.
Scallop shell on upper back
Black line drawing of an ornate filigree heart with a fan shell, with chains, stars, anchors and small shells hanging below it, shown as a tattoo design.
Hearts, shells and anchors dangling from chains
Fine line mermaid tattoo on the side of the ribs, with red flowing hair, a purple shell top and a teal tail fin.
Mermaid outline tattoo on the side ribs
Black outline tattoo of a horseshoe crab on an upper arm, with a second photo of a similar fine line horseshoe crab on a forearm.
Horseshoe crab outline on arm
Small fine line black tattoo of a scallop shell on the lower leg, with a thin cord anklet visible below it.
Scallop shell on a lower leg
Three black line-drawn scallop shells stacked vertically on a sun-tanned calf, in a fine line style, with sand and sunlight in the background.
Three scallop shells on a lower leg
Two forearms in black and grey with fine line tattoos, including a shaded palm tree and the word WILDERNESS on the inner forearm.
Palm tree and fine line forearm tattoos
Fine line seahorse tattoo in brown ink on the inner forearm of a person wearing denim shorts, with a small solid black spiral tattoo on the hand.
Seahorse tattoo on the inner forearm
Small black fine line scallop shell tattoo on the sole of a foot on sand, beside a real scallop shell.
Small scallop shell tattoo on a foot
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a nautilus shell spiral with dotted construction lines, sitting on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Nautilus spiral on upper chest
Pencil sketch of a mermaid with long flowing hair and a scalloped shell tail, drawn on a sketchbook page, suitable as a fine line tattoo design.
Mermaid with shell tail sketch
Small black fine line scallop shell tattoo on the top of a foot, resting on sand beside a real scallop shell.
Small scallop shell tattoo on a foot
Fine line mermaid tattoo with flowing red hair, a shell top and a blue watercolour wash, shown on a limb.
Mermaid with red hair in watercolour wash
Small black fine line tattoo of a conch shell with light hatching on the side of an ankle.
Small conch shell on an ankle
Two fine line black tattoos on ankles: a small wave on the left ankle and a simple shell outline on the right, with jeans rolled above black socks.
Wave and shell ankle tattoos
Close photo of a small blue fine line scallop shell tattoo on the side of a finger, with a hand holding sand and shells on a beach.
Small scallop shell tattoo on a finger
Fine line black tattoo of a scallop shell with a dotted trail, a small star and a crescent moon, on the inner forearm.
Scallop shell with dotted trail on a forearm
Small black fine line shell tattoo on a person's lower abdomen, just above the waistband of blue denim jeans.
Small shell tattoo above the hip
Black outline scallop shell tattoo in a fine line style on the upper arm of a person wearing a white crop top.
Scallop shell on upper arm
Small fine line tattoo of a scallop shell in black ink on the inner forearm, near the elbow.
Fine line scallop shell on a forearm
Two people holding hands, each with a small fine line shell tattoo on the inner forearm, one teal and one lilac.
Matching shell tattoos on two forearms
Small fine line black outline tattoo of a scallop shell on the side of the ribs, below the arm.
Scallop shell on the side ribs
Fine line mermaid tattoo with flowing red hair, a shell top and blue wash water splashes on the lower leg.
Mermaid with red hair on a calf
Small fine line tattoo of a shell with stippled dotwork shading on the forearm, in dark ink against pale skin.
Small shell outline on an arm
Four pairs of ankles on a poolside, with small fine line black tattoos of a shell, an anchor with a heart, a palm tree and a thin line.
Shell, anchor and palm tree ankle tattoos
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 fine line tattoo of a nautilus spiral with dotted geometric construction lines and circles on an upper arm.
Nautilus spiral with geometric construction lines
Fresh black script lettering with a starfish, dots and a shell on the side of the ribs, covered by clear wrap and tape.
Script quote with starfish and shell on ribs
Woman seen from behind on a city street with a fine line cross-like symbol on her left shoulder blade, a paper plane on her upper back and a shell on her upper arm.
Fine line tattoos on back, arm and shoulder
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
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
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
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