Tentacle tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey dotwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles on the side of a torso, below a raised arm.
Octopus on the side of the ribs
Black ink line drawing of a woman's face framed by flowing hair and octopus tentacles with beaded strands, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body part visible.
Woman with octopus tentacles in her hair
Black and grey photograph of a woman in a black dress and garter stockings, with a rose and an ornate frame tattoo on her thigh and a sleeve on her left arm.
Rose and ornate frame on a thigh
Pencil sketch of an octopus with a cat-like head and curling tentacles, drawn as a possible tattoo design on a soft grey background.
Octopus with a cat-like head sketch
Fine line jellyfish tattoo on an ankle, with a black outlined bell, blue tentacles and purple dots on the dome.
Jellyfish tattoo on an ankle
Full back tattoo of a realistic orange octopus among coral and seaweed in teal underwater tones, shown on a person's back.
Octopus and coral underwater scene across a back
Black and grey shaded octopus tentacles tattoo on the outer thigh of a person in dark underwear, with pink curtains behind.
Octopus tentacles tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles wrapping across the side of the ribs.
Octopus tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey octopus tattoo with shaded tentacles wrapping up the inside of a forearm, with a dark hoodie sleeve in the background.
Octopus tattoo wrapping a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon octopus with large googly eyes, a pink tongue and orange tentacles on the calf.
Cartoon octopus on a calf
Black ink line drawing of a squid with a dotted stipple shading and spotted tentacles, shown as a tattoo design in Dotwork and Fine line style.
Squid with stippled tentacles
Colour tattoo of a sailing ship, red sun, waves and an octopus across the side of a torso and upper thigh, in a Japanese and traditional style.
Sailing ship and octopus side piece
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an octopus with blue and yellow tentacles curling over a woman's left shoulder and upper arm, seen from behind.
Octopus tentacles across a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of an octopus wearing a top hat and round spectacles and holding a steaming teacup, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Top-hatted octopus with teacup on shoulder blade
Purple octopus tattoo with engraved-style hatching and dotted tentacles, placed across the upper chest.
Purple octopus tattoo on chest
Black tribal-style octopus design with swirling tentacles and dot details on a plain white background, shown as a drawn design rather than on skin.
Tribal-style octopus design
Blue-ink octopus tentacle tattoo spreading across a woman's chest and shoulder, worn beneath a black top and a cameo pendant necklace.
Blue octopus tentacles across a chest
Watercolour-style tattoo of a cartoon sea witch with purple hair, red lips and octopus tentacles on the outer thigh.
Cartoon sea witch with tentacles on thigh
Black dotwork jellyfish tattoo on a forearm, with long dotted and lined tentacles trailing towards the wrist.
Jellyfish on a forearm
Black and white line drawing of octopus tentacles with suckers, framed by solid vertical bands and triangular tribal patterns, shown as a design for an armband.
Octopus tentacles with tribal armband bands
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an octopus with curling tentacles across the outer thigh.
Octopus tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey octopus tattoo with fine hatched shading wrapping over the hip and down the thigh of a person in dark blue underwear.
Octopus tattoo across hip and thigh
Black and grey jellyfish tattoo in fine line and dotwork shading running down the outer thigh.
Jellyfish tattoo on a thigh
Neo-traditional style line drawing of a woman with octopus tentacles and a sailing ship, shaded in red wash on a cream background.
Woman with octopus tentacles and a ship
Black and grey realism tattoo covering a man's back with a sailing ship on rough waves, a bearded face in the sea spray, an underwater scene and a temple, with tentacles on the upper arms.
Full back sailing ship and sea scene tattoo
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a tentacled Cthulhu-like creature covering an upper arm, with a dark blade-like shape at the lower edge.
Tentacled sea creature on an upper arm
Black and grey octopus tattoo filled with mandala-style floral patterns, sitting on the side of the ribs.
Mandala octopus on the side ribs
Black outline tattoo of an octopus with dotted suckers and a mug-shaped vessel on the upper arm, shown against a dark top.
Octopus and mug on an upper arm
Colour Neo-trad style tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a cartoon villain with blue hair and yellow eyes, a pink creature and green tentacled creatures.
Cartoon villain and creatures on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a red and green octopus with seaweed above it, in neo-traditional style, across the side of a torso and hip.
Octopus wrapping the side and hip
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a jellyfish with dotwork shading on the bell, on the lower leg.
Jellyfish tattoo on a lower leg
Colour realism tattoo of an orange octopus wrapping a brass diving helmet against a teal underwater background, on the upper arm.
Octopus wrapped around a vintage diving helmet
Five forearms side by side show a jellyfish tattoo in orange, yellow and purple, with the bell on the left arm and trailing tentacles across the others.
Jellyfish forearm design across five arms
Black and grey pencil drawing of a jellyfish with long trailing tentacles, shown as a tattoo design on paper, realism style.
Jellyfish design in pencil shading
Black ink drawing of an anatomical heart wrapped in octopus tentacles with suckers, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Anatomical heart with octopus tentacles
A white octopus with black outlines and small bubbles on the back of a hand, shown in a close photograph.
White octopus with bubbles on a hand
Black and grey tattoo of an octopus with tentacles wrapped around an anchor, in a traditional style, on the upper arm.
Octopus and anchor on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a grey and blue octopus wrapped around a gold anchor decorated with gears, on the upper thigh.
Octopus and gear anchor on a thigh
Close photo of a small fine line jellyfish tattoo in blue and orange on the side of a person's ribs, with a patterned fabric draped nearby.
Small jellyfish tattoo on the side ribs
Realistic graphite drawing of an octopus with tentacles wrapped around a human skull, shown as a tattoo design sketch on paper.
Octopus wrapped around a skull
A tattooed man in a black t-shirt printed with a horned skull, tentacles and a band logo, with colourful tattoos on both forearms and upper arms.
Man in black tee with tattooed arms
Small blue octopus tattoo with black dotted outlines and tentacles curling outwards, shown on a person's skin beside a silver coin held in fingers.
Small blue octopus tattoo with dotted outlines
Two people shown from behind with colour octopus tattoos covering their full arm sleeves, from shoulder to wrist, in teal, green and purple.
Octopus full sleeves on two arms
Pastel watercolour-style drawing of an octopus with curling tentacles and two pink fish on its head, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Pastel octopus with fish and bubbles
Black ink flash drawing of an octopus with curling tentacles wrapped around a dotwork mandala, shown on white paper with no body placement.
Octopus and mandala design
Blue octopus with dotted suckers wrapped around a ship in a bottle, a traditional style tattoo on the outer thigh.
Octopus and ship in a bottle on a thigh
Close-up of a small teal jellyfish tattoo with fine black tentacles on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone, in a fine line style with soft watercolour shading.
Small teal jellyfish on a shoulder
Forearm tattoo of a jellyfish with an orange, yellow and blue watercolour-style bell and thin black tentacles trailing towards the wrist.
Jellyfish tattoo on a forearm