Turtle tattoo ideas

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Colour traditional-style tattoo of a sea turtle with a red flower on its shell, shown on a person's limb against a light blue background.
Sea turtle with red flower on a limb
Five watercolour sea turtle designs in green, purple, blue and brown, arranged on a white background as tattoo flash.
Five watercolour sea turtles
Black ink flash design of a sea turtle with swirling tribal patterns and a pale pink five-petalled flower on its shell, on a cream background.
Sea turtle design with pink flower
Small dark blue-black tribal-style turtle tattoo with a spiral body on the upper back, below the nape of the neck.
Small tribal turtle tattoo on upper back
Small sea turtle design with a green glitter shell and black outlined flippers on orange-toned skin.
Glitter sea turtle on skin
Geometric sea turtle tattoo with black outline and watercolour-style colour fills in blue, purple, pink and green, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Geometric sea turtle on the forearm
Black ink Polynesian-style tattoo of a sea turtle with a compass star and chevron border, wrapping the shoulder and upper arm.
Polynesian turtle tattoo on upper arm
Small black and grey tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with swirled fins and a four-petal pattern on the shell, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Swirl-finned turtle tattoo on a wrist
Flash sheet of stylised turtle designs with spiral and scroll shell patterns in blue, green, pink and brown on a white background.
Stylised turtle designs in four colours
A hand with a dark tattoo with green accents on the forearm holds a blue plastic toy tattoo machine beside a box of pipe cleaners and temporary tattoo sheets.
Hand holding a toy tattoo machine
Colour tattoo of a green sea turtle with pink and purple plumeria flowers and blue wave shading on the outer thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Sea turtle and plumeria on a thigh
Black ink fine line illustrations of dinosaur skeletons, a trilobite and a turtle fossil on a person's thigh and knee, with a vintage camera held in the frame.
Dinosaur and trilobite fossil designs on thigh
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a green sea turtle with a yellow and black compass rose shell on a calf, set against blue-grey clouds.
Turtle with compass shell on a calf
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with spiral patterns and a small pink flower on its head, on the ankle of a black and white photographed foot.
Sea turtle with pink flower on an ankle
Small coloured tortoise tattoo with black outlines on the lower leg, above the ankle.
Tortoise tattoo on lower leg
Colour tattoo of an orange and yellow hibiscus flower with black tribal-style turtle flippers on a foot.
Hibiscus and turtle on a foot
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with a coloured sunset, palm tree and sea inside its shell, sitting on the upper back.
Sea turtle with sunset and palm tree
Black tribal-style sea turtles with swirling waves and a line of script above them, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Three tribal turtles and script on the ribs
Colour tattoo of four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in fighting poses across a leg, with bold outlines and bright green shell and skin tones.
Four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on a leg
Black and grey dotwork sea turtle tattoo swimming across the outer thigh, with stippled shading on the shell and flippers.
Sea turtle tattoo on the thigh
Flash sheet of small solid black tattoo designs including a swallow, clover, heart, rose, skull, cat, anchor and unicorn head, arranged in rows on a white background.
Black tattoo flash sheet of small icons
Realistic colour tattoo of a sea turtle swimming over a teal wash, placed on the upper arm.
Sea turtle realism on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a sea turtle in teal, green and brown with orange-red flippers, placed on the upper chest.
Sea turtle tattoo on upper chest
Colour tattoo of four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in a cartoon style with bold outlines, shown on a limb.
Four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on a limb
Black tribal-style sea turtle design with a spiral head, patterned shell and stylised flippers, shown as a line drawing on a white background.
Polynesian-style sea turtle design
Colour tattoo of two cartoon green turtles walking across the foot, the smaller one trailing behind the larger.
Two cartoon turtles on a foot
White sea turtle silhouette with a sand dollar inside its shell on a black background, shown as a design with no body placement.
Sea turtle with sand dollar design
Four cartoon turtle heads tattooed one on each finger of a clenched hand, each wearing a different coloured bandana.
Four turtle heads across fingers
Small colour tattoo of a turtle with brown shell segments and three pink hearts in the centre, on the side of the ribs.
Turtle with pink hearts on the ribs
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grinning cartoon turtle holding nunchaku, framed by red and orange flowers, on an upper arm.
Cartoon turtle with flowers on upper arm
Colour cartoon turtle faces tattooed across the knuckles of a hand, with grey script lettering above them on the back of the hand.
Four cartoon turtles across the knuckles
Traditional style colour tattoo of a sea turtle with a black-outlined star burst on its shell, placed on the lower back.
Turtle with star burst shell on lower back
Colour tattoo of a green sea turtle with pink and red plumeria flowers and turquoise waves on a person's upper back.
Sea turtle and plumeria on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a small sea turtle with shaded shell scutes and dotted edging, placed on the top of a foot.
Sea turtle on the top of a foot
Colour tattoo of a smiling cartoon sea turtle with large eyes and a red-spotted shell on the side of the ribs, in a bold outlined neo-traditional style.
Cartoon sea turtle on the side ribs
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with spiral patterns in its shell, placed on the ankle.
Tribal sea turtle on an ankle
Black tribal-style manta ray tattoo with a long tail running down the spine, and a smaller turtle on the lower back of a woman's bare back.
Manta ray and turtle on a back
Fine line black tattoo on the back of a hand showing a turtle, a rabbit and a curved double-headed arrow, with a solid black band around one finger.
Turtle, rabbit and arrow on the hand
Colour tattoo of a sea turtle with an orange hibiscus flower on the lower torso, in a bold neo-traditional style with dark outlines.
Sea turtle and hibiscus on the lower torso
Black and grey tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with dotted shell detail and shaded bubbles on the side of the hip, with a striped swimsuit at the top of the frame.
Tribal turtle with bubbles on the hip
Black and white Polynesian-style tribal design showing a sea turtle, fern fronds and bands of geometric pattern, drawn as a flash sheet with no body part visible.
Polynesian-style turtle and fern tribal design
Four black koru-style design options labelled Option 1 to 4, showing a hammerhead shark, a dolphin, a turtle and a plain spiral, with red size guidance beneath.
Four koru-style designs with sea creature motifs
A small coloured turtle tattoo with shaded green and brown shell sits on the inner forearm below an open hand.
Small turtle tattoo on a forearm
Traditional flash sheet of coloured designs including a flask with a LET'S COOK ribbon, scales with BETTER CALL SAUL, and a gas mask, all with black outlines on cream paper.
Flash sheet of TV-themed designs with quoted phrases
Black and white cartoon sea turtle tattoo design with large round eyes, a spotted head and shell, and flipper outlines, shown as a bold stencil-style drawing.
Cartoon sea turtle line drawing
Four colourful turtle tattoos in a diagonal row across the top and side of a foot, set against a red fabric background.
Four turtles in a row on a foot
Tattoo of a cartoon ninja turtle in grey shading with a red bandana and a weapon at the top, on a limb.
Cartoon ninja turtle with red bandana
Realistic colour tattoo of a sea turtle swimming against a teal and blue ocean background, on the upper back.
Realistic sea turtle tattoo on skin