Tentacle tattoo ideas

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

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Purple octopus tattoo with green suckers and a yellow eye, wrapping across the upper arm in a neo-traditional style.
Purple octopus on an upper arm
Dotwork pen drawing of an octopus wearing a vintage brass diving helmet, with its tentacles curling across the design.
Octopus in vintage diving helmet
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of an orange octopus wrapped around an anchor and dagger, on the side of a thigh and hip.
Orange octopus and anchor on a thigh
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing an octopus with tentacles wrapped around a dreamcatcher hoop, with feathers hanging below, in black and grey shading.
Octopus wrapped around a dreamcatcher
Black and grey fine line jellyfish tattoo with long trailing tendrils on the side of a person's abdomen, beside a navel piercing.
Jellyfish tattoo on the side of the stomach
Black line drawing of an octopus with an elephant-like head and curling tentacles surrounded by wave swirls, shown as tattoo flash on white paper.
Octopus and elephant hybrid line drawing
Flash design of a tattooed mermaid holding a skull, with an anchor, stars and a crescent moon above her head and tentacles coiled around her tail, in cream ink on a dark teal background.
Mermaid with anchor, skull and crescent moon
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an octopus inside a hanging birdcage on the forearm, with a chain above and green foliage behind.
Octopus in a birdcage on a forearm
Realism colour tattoo on a forearm showing a bearded figure whose beard is made of tentacles, with a carved skull coin above it.
Bearded tentacled figure and skull coin on a forearm
Traditional-style tattoo on a forearm of a green octopus with yellow suckers wrapped around a grey anchor, with pink roses and blue flowers below.
Octopus wrapped around an anchor with roses
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo with a tribal pattern above it on the lower arm.
Octopus with tribal pattern on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a chess piece with chains, tentacle-like linework and mechanical gears.
Chess piece and chains on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a woman's face framed by flowing hair, feathers and a tentacle, in a fine line and dotwork style, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Woman's portrait with feathers and tentacle
Black ink drawing of an octopus wearing a top hat and monocle, holding a teacup, with stippled and hatched shading on its tentacles.
Octopus in top hat with monocle and teacup
Brown ink drawing of a jellyfish with long trailing tentacles on cream paper, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Jellyfish ink sketch on paper
Dotwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles on an upper arm, set against green and pink wash shading and a scattering of dots.
Octopus tentacles on an upper arm
Blue and black jellyfish tattoo with long trailing tentacles and dotted circles on the upper arm, shown in two photographs.
Jellyfish tattoo on the upper arm
Colour tattoo of Kodos, the green one-eyed alien from The Simpsons, with tentacles and the words 'Don't blame me I voted for Kodos' above, on a thigh.
Kodos from The Simpsons with lettering on a thigh
Black and grey pencil drawing of a jellyfish with a shaded, ridged bell and long flowing tentacles, shown on a cream background, in a realism style suited to a tattoo design.
Jellyfish pencil drawing
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull wrapped in octopus tentacles across the upper arm, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Skull and octopus tentacles on upper arm
Black and grey octopus tattoo with stippled shading wrapping around a flexed upper arm, with a white sleeve at the shoulder.
Octopus tattoo on an upper arm
Black ink line drawing of an octopus with curling tentacles and stippled suckers on a white background, shown without skin.
Octopus line drawing with curling tentacles
Colourful jellyfish tattoo on the inner forearm, with black outlined tentacles trailing over purple, blue, yellow and green washes.
Jellyfish tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of an octopus with spiralling tentacles curling across a white background, a design that could suit a tattoo.
Pencil drawing of an octopus with curling tentacles
Fine line jellyfish tattoo with a pink bell and long trailing tentacles on the inner forearm and wrist.
Jellyfish tattoo on the inner wrist
Japanese style full sleeve tattoo of a purple octopus with pink suckers and grey waves across the shoulder and upper arm, with a green anchor near the lower arm.
Octopus and waves full sleeve
Pastel teal and pink drawing of an octopus with dark shaded tentacles curling around its body on a white background.
Pastel octopus design with curling tentacles
Colour tattoo of a blue octopus with pink cherry blossoms and petals, in a neo-traditional style, on the lower leg.
Blue octopus with cherry blossom on a calf
Black and grey octopus tattoo with spotted, outlined tentacles on the outer thigh, shown in a warm sepia photograph.
Octopus tattoo on the thigh
Neo-traditional coloured pencil design of a pink octopus wrapped around a blue anchor, with a cream skull and a banner reading NO MANS LAND.
Octopus with anchor and skull design
Brown hatched octopus tattoo with curling tentacles on the outer thigh of a person in a green knit jumper.
Octopus tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork jellyfish tattoo repeated on a calf, with long outlined tentacles trailing down the leg.
Twin jellyfish tattoos on a calf
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a cute pink octopus wearing a purple bow and holding a pink gem, with bold black outlines and soft shading.
Kawaii octopus with bow and gem
Black and grey octopus tattoo with stippled shading on the inner forearm, shown against a dark background.
Octopus tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles across the upper chest, shown on a woman wearing a black lace bra.
Octopus tattoo across the chest
Colourful Japanese style octopus tattoo with grey waves and green tentacles across the upper arm and shoulder.
Octopus and waves on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a green octopus with pink suckers among blue waves across a person's chest, in a traditional style, with tattooed arms visible at the sides.
Green octopus and waves on chest
Three arms shown side by side, each with a black and grey octopus and squid sleeve in a dotwork engraved style, running from the upper arm to the forearm.
Octopus and squid sleeve across three arms
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a tentacled octopus-like sea creature with a spiked head on a section of skin.
Black tentacled sea creature tattoo
Black and grey octopus tattoo with stippled dotwork on the head and fine-line tentacles, on the side of a thigh.
Octopus tattoo on the side of a thigh
Black and grey blackwork octopus tattoo with dotwork shading on a man's calf, with its tentacles wrapping down towards the ankle.
Octopus tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a profile of a woman in a dark hood, a skull, a tentacle and botanical sprigs, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Hooded woman and skull on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of an orange jellyfish against a starry galaxy on the forearm.
Orange jellyfish over a starry galaxy on a forearm
Black ink linework drawing of a jellyfish with dotted detail and flowing tentacles, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Jellyfish tattoo design on paper
Colour tattoo of two jellyfish with splashed watercolour style ink in teal, pink, green and purple, placed across the upper back.
Watercolour jellyfish across a back
Black and grey line drawing of an octopus wrapped around a sailing ship within a spade shape of rope, with a ship's wheel, anchor and an Ace of Spades banner.
Octopus and sailing ship ace of spades design
Pen and ink tattoo design sketch of a kraken with tentacles wrapping a sailing ship, with lightning bolts and ornate scrollwork in a neo-traditional style.
Kraken wrapped around a sailing ship
Pencil-style drawing of a horned skull-headed octopus with suckered tentacles on aged paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Horned skull octopus tattoo design