Tentacle tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo of an elephant head merged with octopus tentacles on the forearm, drawn in blackwork and stippled dotwork shading.
Elephant and octopus on a forearm
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a pocket watch, a sailing ship in rough sea with a tentacle, and a dotwork mandala.
Pocket watch, ship and mandala sleeve
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
Black and grey octopus tattoo with stippled shading on a bare stomach, sitting to the side of the navel.
Octopus tattoo on the abdomen
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 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 dotwork octopus tattoo with tentacles wrapping across the lower abdomen and hips.
Octopus tattoo across hips and abdomen
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 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 dotwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles on the side of a torso, below a raised arm.
Octopus on the side of the ribs
Black and grey dotwork octopus tattoo with curling tentacles wrapping across the side of the ribs.
Octopus tattoo along the ribs
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
Black dotwork jellyfish tattoo on a forearm, with long dotted and lined tentacles trailing towards the wrist.
Jellyfish on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an octopus with curling tentacles across the outer thigh.
Octopus tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey jellyfish tattoo in fine line and dotwork shading running down the outer thigh.
Jellyfish tattoo on a thigh
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
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
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
Dotwork pen drawing of an octopus wearing a vintage brass diving helmet, with its tentacles curling across the design.
Octopus in vintage diving helmet
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
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo with a tribal pattern above it on the lower arm.
Octopus with tribal pattern on a forearm
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
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
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 and grey dotwork jellyfish tattoo repeated on a calf, with long outlined tentacles trailing down the leg.
Twin jellyfish tattoos on a calf
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
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
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 ink linework drawing of a jellyfish with dotted detail and flowing tentacles, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Jellyfish tattoo design on paper
Black and grey octopus tattoo on the back of a hand, with tentacles curling over the knuckles and onto the fingers, in a stippled dotwork style.
Octopus tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a horned demon, skulls and a tentacled creature across the chest and upper arm.
Horned demon and skulls across chest and arm
Black and grey dotwork jellyfish on one forearm and seahorse on the other, both filled with mandala-style patterns.
Jellyfish and seahorse on forearms
Black and grey blackwork jellyfish tattoo with dotted bell and long trailing tentacles on the upper arm.
Jellyfish tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart wrapped in octopus tentacles, with the word desillusions, on the ribs.
Octopus wrapped anatomical heart on ribs
Green line drawing on black of a Cthulhu octopus head with tentacles wrapped in chains, under blackletter lettering reading Cthulhu, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Cthulhu octopus with chains design
Fine line jellyfish tattoo in dark blue ink with dotted, trailing tentacles on the upper arm of a person in a white t-shirt.
Jellyfish tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey jellyfish tattoo on a forearm, with a dotted, shaded bell and long trailing tentacles running down the arm.
Jellyfish tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo across a shoulder and upper back, with tentacles curling over the shoulder blade.
Octopus tattoo across a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork jellyfish tattoo with long trailing tentacles running down the side of the ribs.
Jellyfish tattoo along the ribs
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