Tentacle tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil drawing of a woman in powdered 18th-century style hair, with a sailing ship and octopus tentacles rising from her head.
Woman with a ship and tentacles in her hair
Black ink drawing of a human skull with octopus tentacles coiling over the cranium, jaw and sides of the face, shaded with fine hatching and stippling on a white background.
Skull wrapped in octopus tentacles
Black ink drawing of an elephant head merged with octopus tentacles, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Elephant and octopus hybrid design
Traditional style tattoo of a brass diving helmet on a jellyfish body with the letter N, surrounded by shells on the upper arm and shoulder.
Diving helmet jellyfish on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a tentacled, green-eyed sea creature across a man's shoulder and upper arm, with tentacles running down the arm.
Cthulhu-style creature across shoulder and upper arm
Black ink drawing on kraft paper of a stitched, cartoon octopus with large staring eyes and shaded tentacles, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Stitched octopus creature design
Black and grey dotwork jellyfish tattoo with long trailing tentacles running down the side of the ribs.
Jellyfish tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo with curling tentacles across the outer thigh and hip.
Octopus tattoo on a thigh
Black outlined octopus tattoo with swirl and dot patterning across the ribs and side of a torso, in a dotwork style.
Ornamental octopus on the side of the ribs
Colour tattoo of an orange octopus with grey suckers and a cross-eyed expression on a lower leg, in a traditional style.
Orange octopus on a lower leg
Black line drawing of a sailing ship, tentacles, waves and an anchor with a banner reading I am the captain of my soul, shown as a traditional-style tattoo design.
Ship and anchor flash with captain banner
Blue gradient jellyfish design with ornate swirling patterns on the bell and long flowing tentacles, shown as a standalone drawing with no body part visible.
Ornate blue jellyfish design
Black linework jellyfish tattoo with purple and blue watercolour washes on skin, the bell shaded pale and the trailing tentacles drawn in black.
Jellyfish with purple and blue watercolour splashes
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a large orange octopus with purple-outlined tentacles curling around the calf.
Orange octopus tattoo on a calf
Black ink drawing of a curling octopus tentacle with detailed suckers and textured shading, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement.
Curling tentacle design with suckers
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo with tentacles curling around the outer thigh and hip, in a black and white photograph.
Octopus tattoo wrapping around a thigh