Turtle tattoo ideas

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Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with wave motifs on the outer thigh, shown in a close photograph against a red background.
Tribal sea turtle and waves on a thigh
Six black tattoo flash designs of sea turtles in a Polynesian-inspired tribal style, with spirals, a hibiscus flower and geometric patterns on the shells.
Six tribal turtle designs
Two small black turtle tattoos, one on an ankle and one on the top of a foot, in a simple bold outline style.
Matching turtle tattoos on two feet
Two matching small black tribal-style turtle tattoos, one on each foot, photographed on bare skin against a dark background.
Matching turtle tattoos on two feet
Teal flat design of a sea turtle with a white hibiscus flower in its shell and tribal-style patterns on the flippers and head, shown as a stencil-style drawing.
Sea turtle with hibiscus flower design
A dark blue sea turtle design filled with spiral swirls and scale-like patterning on a pale blue background, shown as a flash drawing.
Swirl-patterned sea turtle design
Black ink drawing of a sea turtle with a spiral shell, flippers and head drawn in loose brushstrokes on a white background.
Sea turtle with spiral shell design
Fine line black tattoo of a small turtle above the word Trust in cursive script on the inner wrist.
Turtle and Trust script on inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a green sea turtle swimming through blue waves beside a sun and a star, placed on the top of a foot.
Sea turtle tattoo on a foot
Black tribal-style sea turtle design with spiral shell markings and a small pink flower on its head, shown on a plain white background.
Spiral sea turtle with pink flower
Black ink flash sheet of tribal designs including a turtle, a manta ray, a circular swirl motif and a fish-like shape on white paper.
Polynesian tribal flash sheet with turtle and ray
A realistic green and blue sea turtle tattoo with yellow spotted flippers, set against plain skin in the upper part of the frame.
Green sea turtle on skin
Two colour tattoos of the Pokémon Charmander and Squirtle sit side by side on a limb, each drawn in a bold outlined cartoon style.
Charmander and Squirtle side by side
Grey tribal style sea turtle design with spiral flippers and a patterned shell on a white background.
Tribal sea turtle design
Black and grey sea turtle tattoo with a shaded world map on its shell, placed on the side of a person's lower back.
Sea turtle with world map shell on the back
Black linework tattoo of a turtle with a lotus flower, swirls and leaves on the ankle, shown in a black and white photograph.
Turtle with lotus tattoo on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a sea turtle in blue, teal, pink and purple with a watercolour effect, on the side of the ribs below a coral crop top.
Watercolour sea turtle on the ribs
Black blackwork-style turtle tattoo with spiral markings on a leg, with water droplets on the skin and tribal-style swirls above it.
Spiral turtle design on a leg
Colour cartoon turtle in a purple mask holding a bo staff, tattooed on the front of an ankle and lower leg.
Cartoon turtle with bo staff on ankle
Black tribal sea turtle tattoo with spiral and chevron patterns across the middle of a person's back.
Tribal sea turtle on the back
Four small black sea turtle tattoos in a diagonal line with faint swirls behind them, on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Four sea turtles across the upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sea turtle with a mandala shell on the inner upper arm.
Mandala sea turtle on an upper arm
Coloured pencil drawing of a blue turtle creature with a brown shell peering over a grey anchor inside a rope frame, with blue water swirls above, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Blue turtle creature on an anchor and rope
Line drawing of a stylised turtle design in brown ink, with a patterned shell of four teardrop shapes and spiral flippers.
Stylised turtle design with spiral flippers
A stylised turtle drawing in bold outlined shapes of green, blue, purple, red, orange and yellow on a parchment-coloured background, suitable as a flash design.
Colourful stylised turtle design
Black tribal-style turtle tattoo with a patterned shell and spiral details on the top of a foot, with red painted toenails.
Turtle tattoo on the top of a foot
Four black tribal-style sea turtles, three with hibiscus flowers in their shells, tattooed on a calf in blackwork style.
Four tribal sea turtles on a calf
Black blackwork tattoo of a tribal-patterned sea turtle on the lower leg, with solid fins and a patterned shell.
Tribal sea turtle on a lower leg
Two women seen from behind on a beach, each with a small black sea turtle tattoo, one on the upper back and one on the shoulder.
Matching sea turtle tattoos on two shoulders
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon sea turtle with large expressive eyes, shown on the upper leg.
Cartoon sea turtle on a leg
Photograph of four black turtles in a wavy line, with faint swirl shading, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Four turtles in a line on the upper back
Black tribal-style sea turtle design with bold solid shapes, swirling motifs and patterned flippers on a white background.
Tribal sea turtle design
Colour tattoo of three small green sea turtles swimming up the ankle, with small bubbles between them.
Three sea turtles on an ankle
Black tribal sea turtle tattoo on the side of a man's lower abdomen, just above the waistband of his jeans and belt.
Tribal sea turtle on a man's abdomen
Close-up photo of a black tribal-style turtle tattoo with two blue wavy lines across its centre, on skin.
Tribal turtle with blue waves
Colour tattoo of a swimming sea turtle with orange plumeria flowers and blue waves, in a Neo-trad style on the upper back.
Sea turtle and plumeria in blue waves
Black line tattoo of a sea turtle with a world map shell and dotted flippers on the top of a foot, in a dotwork style.
Sea turtle with world map shell on foot
Black tribal tattoo with a central turtle motif wrapping the upper arm and shoulder in a Polynesian-style blackwork design.
Polynesian turtle tribal on upper arm
Hand-drawn sheet on squared paper showing many small line symbols, including an ankh, eye, skull, owl, lion, dreamcatcher and mountains, as possible tattoo designs.
Hand-drawn sheet of small tattoo symbols
Black tribal-style manta ray tattoo across a woman's upper back with a tail running down the spine and a turtle tattoo near the lower back.
Manta ray and turtle tattoos on a back
Two small black turtle tattoos on the side of a torso, one with a solid patterned shell and one with a spiral shell.
Two small turtle tattoos on the side
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing a breaching orca, pink plumeria, a pink hibiscus and sea turtles over blue water, shown in three side-by-side views.
Orca, plumeria and sea turtles on a forearm
Black and grey Polynesian-style tribal tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm, centred on a sea turtle with a star compass motif.
Polynesian turtle tattoo on shoulder and upper arm
Full-colour cartoon undersea tattoo across a person's back, with a smiling shark, seahorse, turtle, starfish and a scuba diver.
Cartoon undersea scene across a back
Black and white stencil style drawing of the Pokémon Squirtle with a solid black shell, swirled tail and floating bubbles, shown as a design with no body placement.
Squirtle line art design in black ink
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo design with a spiral shell and patterned flippers, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Polynesian-style sea turtle design
Solid black sea turtle tattoo with a trail of dots running along the top of a foot, in a blackwork style.
Sea turtle and dot trail on a foot
Colour tattoo of orange hibiscus and plumeria flowers with green leaves and black turtles on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Hibiscus, plumeria and turtles on a foot