Tentacle tattoo ideas

256 photos and flash · 19% Realism, 17% Dotwork · Upper arm most common

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Purple octopus tattoo with curling tentacles running from the ankle up the calf, shaded with dotwork texture.
Octopus tattoo on a lower leg
Black and white flash sheet of crescent-moon eyes, octopus tentacles, triangle borders and stripes, designed as temporary tattoo artwork.
Sheet of eyes, octopus tentacles and bands
Colour tattoo of a red octopus with yellow suckers on the top of a foot, with a second foot wearing a turquoise bead anklet beside it.
Red octopus tattoo on a foot
Black linework octopus tattoo with curling tentacles and suckers across a flexed upper arm, shown in profile against a pale background.
Octopus tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism style octopus tattoo with curling tentacles spreading across a person's back and over the shoulder and upper arm.
Octopus tattoo across a back and shoulder
Black and grey octopus tattoo with stippled shading and curling tentacles on the outer thigh of a person lying on a green sofa.
Octopus tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo with curling tentacles across the back of a hand, with a star and partial lettering nearby.
Realistic octopus tattoo on the hand
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a tentacled creature head beneath a full moon and stars, with swirling waves below.
Tentacled creature, moon and waves on upper arm
Black and grey realism octopus tattoo with tentacles wrapping down the upper arm and shoulder.
Octopus tattoo wrapping an arm
Three-angle photo of a full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a grey biomechanical creature with tentacles, skulls and faces in realistic shading.
Biomechanical full sleeve with tentacles and faces
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue octopus with orange tentacles, a golden key, a green and a red gem and grey beads, placed on the side of the torso.
Blue octopus with key and gems on the side
Black and grey vintage engraved octopus tattoo on the upper arm of a woman with blonde hair and a white lace top.
Vintage octopus on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a blue-ringed octopus with orange eye and tentacles curling beside pink roses and green leaves, on the forearm.
Blue-ringed octopus and roses on a forearm
Fine line black jellyfish tattoo with trailing tentacles, centred on the upper back of a person wearing a denim pinafore top.
Jellyfish tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork octopus tattoo with tentacles wrapping across the lower abdomen and hips.
Octopus tattoo across hips and abdomen
Black and grey tattoo of a woman in a billowing skirt with an octopus head and tentacles, on the inner forearm.
Octopus-headed woman in a skirt on a forearm
Black line drawing of an Art Nouveau style mermaid with flowing hair, surrounded by octopus tentacles and a lettered circular border, as a tattoo design.
Art Nouveau mermaid with octopus tentacles
Three views of a full arm sleeve tattoo in Japanese style, showing a man rowing a boat on blue waves and a red octopus with suckers on the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve of a boatman, waves and red octopus
Four purple ink sketches of cats with octopus tentacles for bodies, arranged in a grid on white paper.
Cat and octopus hybrid sketches
Black ink line drawing of a mermaid with octopus tentacles and flowing hair, a neo-traditional style tattoo design on torn grey paper.
Mermaid and octopus flash design
Black and grey realistic jellyfish tattoo with long trailing tentacles across the upper arm.
Jellyfish tattoo on upper arm
Man with crossed arms in a navy T-shirt showing a black and grey traditional-style sleeve, with a bird on the forearm and a rose on the lower arm.
Crossed arms with bird and rose tattoos
Black and grey tattoo of a ship's wheel and anchor wrapped in octopus tentacles, shown on the inner forearm.
Ship's wheel and anchor with octopus on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon sea witch Ursula with white hair and dark tentacles, shown on a calf.
Ursula sea witch tattoo on a calf
Black and grey octopus tattoo with shaded tentacles wrapping around a man's forearm while his hand rests against his chin.
Octopus tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line octopus tattoo with hatched shading across a person's shoulder and upper back.
Octopus tattoo across a shoulder and upper back
Fine line tattoo of two blue and pink jellyfish with soft watercolour-style shading, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two jellyfish on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a human skull wrapped in octopus tentacles, spanning the shoulder and upper back.
Skull and octopus tentacles on shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with octopus tentacles across the back of a shaved head, with ear piercings visible on either side.
Octopus and skull on a shaved head
Blue-grey octopus tentacle tattoo spreading across a woman's chest and shoulder, with a cameo pendant necklace and a coloured sleeve on the upper arm.
Octopus tentacles across a chest
Colour tattoo of a blue octopus with a yellow eye and orange-tinged tentacles and suckers across an upper arm.
Blue octopus wrapped around an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an octopus with curling tentacles spanning the entire back.
Realistic octopus across a full back
Black and grey octopus tentacle tattoo with rows of suckers running from the upper arm down the forearm, seen while the wearer raises a white t-shirt sleeve.
Octopus tentacle down an arm
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo with curling tentacles across the back of a hand, shown in a close photograph.
Octopus tattoo on the back of a hand
Black ink line drawing of a jellyfish with a dotted, stippled bell and wavy trailing tentacles, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Jellyfish line drawing design
Black and grey jellyfish tattoo with stippled bell and long trailing tentacles, shown on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Jellyfish on the upper arm
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of an octopus with its tentacles wrapped around an anchor, placed on the outer thigh.
Octopus wrapped around an anchor on a thigh
Pencil drawing of a jellyfish with a shaded, ribbed bell and long, wavy tentacles on a cream background, a design that could suit a tattoo.
Pencil drawing of a jellyfish with trailing tentacles
Colour traditional-style tattoo on an upper arm showing a blue TARDIS police box with tentacles, a gold Dalek, a silver Cyberman and a planet against a space background.
Doctor Who TARDIS, Dalek and Cyberman on upper arm
Painted flash-style design of a tearful woman with red octopus tentacles wrapping around her head and an octopus body above, drawn on cream paper with a pale blue wash.
Woman with octopus tentacles design
Pencil and ink drawing of an octopus with curling tentacles and teal splashes, shown as a tattoo design on tracing paper, with no body part visible.
Octopus tentacle tattoo design on tracing paper
Colour realism tattoo of a purple octopus with teal-suckered tentacles curling across the outer thigh.
Purple octopus with curling tentacles on a thigh
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of octopus tentacles rising from engraved waves beneath stars and clouds, on an upper arm.
Octopus tentacles rising from waves on an upper arm
Realistic red octopus tattoo with white suckers curling along a forearm near the elbow, shown beneath a reference photo of the octopus.
Red octopus tattoo on forearm
Colour tattoo of a jellyfish with green, yellow and teal body and long black-outlined tendrils, on the outer thigh.
Jellyfish tattoo on a thigh
Small jellyfish tattoo with a dark dome and orange and pink tentacles on the side of a person's neck, above a white shirt collar.
Small jellyfish tattoo on the neck
Black octopus tattoo on the back of a hand, with stippled dotwork tentacles curling over the fingers.
Octopus tattoo across the back of a hand
Black and grey ornate octopus tattoo with tentacles wrapping across the outer thigh of a person lying on white bedding.
Ornate octopus tattoo on the thigh