Tentacle tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a sailing galleon in heavy seas with crashing waves, wrapping around a forearm.
Galleon and waves on a forearm
Black and grey octopus tattoo with shaded tentacles curling across a forearm, set against a gold wallpaper with a black botanical print.
Octopus tattoo on a forearm
Greyscale pencil drawing of an octopus with its tentacles wrapped around a human skull, shown on paper on a wooden desk.
Octopus wrapped around a skull drawing
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
Full sleeve realism tattoo in black and grey with blue tones, showing a grinning cat, pocket watches, a girl and film strip portraits across the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve of clocks, cat and portraits
Colourful realistic octopus tentacle tattoo wrapping over a person's shoulder and upper back, shown from behind.
Colourful octopus tentacles across shoulder and back
Colour realism tattoo of an orange jellyfish with red trailing tentacles and a teal wash behind it, on the side of a torso over the ribs.
Orange jellyfish with teal wash on ribs
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
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo with curling tentacles across the back of a hand, with a star and partial lettering nearby.
Realistic octopus tattoo on the hand
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a tentacled creature head beneath a full moon and stars, with swirling waves below.
Tentacled creature, moon and waves on upper arm
Black and grey realism octopus tattoo with tentacles wrapping down the upper arm and shoulder.
Octopus tattoo wrapping an arm
Three-angle photo of a full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a grey biomechanical creature with tentacles, skulls and faces in realistic shading.
Biomechanical full sleeve with tentacles and faces
Colour tattoo of a blue-ringed octopus with orange eye and tentacles curling beside pink roses and green leaves, on the forearm.
Blue-ringed octopus and roses on a forearm
Black and grey realistic jellyfish tattoo with long trailing tentacles across the upper arm.
Jellyfish tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey octopus tattoo with shaded tentacles wrapping around a man's forearm while his hand rests against his chin.
Octopus tattoo on a forearm
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 a skull with octopus tentacles across the back of a shaved head, with ear piercings visible on either side.
Octopus and skull on a shaved head
Black and grey realism tattoo of an octopus with curling tentacles spanning the entire back.
Realistic octopus across a full back
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
Colour realism tattoo of a purple octopus with teal-suckered tentacles curling across the outer thigh.
Purple octopus with curling tentacles on a thigh
Realistic red octopus tattoo with white suckers curling along a forearm near the elbow, shown beneath a reference photo of the octopus.
Red octopus tattoo on forearm
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
Realistic colour tattoo of an orange jellyfish against a starry galaxy on the forearm.
Orange jellyfish over a starry galaxy on a forearm
Dark brown octopus tattoo with tentacles wrapping the back of a hand and fingers, placed on the hand.
Octopus tentacles across a hand
Colour realism tattoo of a blue-ringed octopus with teal spots and curling tentacles across a leg, shown on the calf.
Blue-ringed octopus on a leg
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of an octopus with curling tentacles across the upper arm and top of the shoulder.
Octopus tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism style octopus tattoo with tentacles wrapping around a forearm, shown in a mirror reflection.
Octopus wrapped around a forearm
A shaded red-brown octopus tattoo with grey outlines and suckers, wrapped across the side of a torso above the waistband of jeans.
Octopus tattoo on the side ribs
Realistic drawing of a grey skull wrapped in pink and dark teal octopus tentacles with suckers, shown as a standalone tattoo design on a white background.
Skull wrapped in octopus tentacles design
Black and grey realism style octopus tattoo with shaded tentacles spread across a person's chest, partly visible under an unzipped top and a vintage necklace.
Octopus tattoo across the chest
Realistic colour tattoo of an octopus with purple and teal shading and sucker detail, wrapping around the outer thigh.
Octopus tattoo wrapping a thigh
Black and grey realistic octopus tentacles and eye tattoo wrapping across an upper arm and onto the shoulder.
Octopus tentacles and eye on an upper arm
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 wrapping across a person's forearm and wrist, with a patterned wall behind.
Octopus 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 realistic octopus tattoo with curling tentacles across the outer thigh and hip.
Octopus tattoo on a thigh