Tentacle tattoo ideas

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

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Octopus tattoo with swirling outlines and lavender wash shading, spreading across the upper back.
Ornamental octopus tattoo on the upper back
Fine line jellyfish tattoo with a soft blue wash across the ribs and back, with a short script word along the lower ribs.
Jellyfish tattoo across ribs and back
Back of a person's neck and shoulders showing a black and grey octopus tattoo with dotted shading, with a colour rose tattoo on the upper arm at the left.
Octopus tattoo across the upper back and neck
Colourful realistic octopus tentacle tattoo wrapping over a person's shoulder and upper back, shown from behind.
Colourful octopus tentacles across shoulder and back
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
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 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 an octopus with curling tentacles spanning the entire back.
Realistic octopus across a full back
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 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
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
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 full back tattoo of a bearded pirate with an eyepatch and tricorn hat, beside sailing ships, an octopus tentacle and a treasure chest.
Pirate scene across a full back
Large black and grey Japanese style blackwork octopus tattoo spreading across a person's back and upper arm, with scaled skin and sucker detail on the tentacles.
Octopus tattoo across a back
Black and grey back tattoo of a sailing ship, a lighthouse and a large kraken with tentacles rising through waves, in a traditional nautical style.
Kraken, sailing ship and lighthouse across a back
Colour tattoo of a red octopus with purple-tipped tentacles across a man's upper back and shoulder, in a neo-traditional style.
Red and purple octopus across back and shoulder
Realistic colour back tattoo of a green-skinned mermaid bound in rope, with red octopus tentacles over the shoulder and arm, jellyfish, coral and passion flowers below.
Mermaid and octopus back piece
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo across a shoulder and upper back, with tentacles curling over the shoulder blade.
Octopus tattoo across a shoulder