Turtle tattoo ideas

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Three black turtle tattoos on a forearm, above a black and yellow cord bracelet with a metal hook clasp.
Three turtles on a forearm
Realistic green sea turtle tattoo with shaded yellow highlights on the lower back, just above the waistband of blue denim jeans.
Green sea turtle on the lower back
Black tribal-style flash design showing two turtles, a gecko, a lizard and a small spiral motif on a white background.
Tribal turtles, gecko and lizard flash sheet
Colour tattoo of a sea turtle with swirled flippers, a blue wave and an orange and pink flower, with dark teal outlines, on skin.
Sea turtle with wave and flower
Black and grey Polynesian-style tattoo of a turtle with geometric bands on the upper arm and shoulder.
Polynesian turtle tattoo on upper arm
Black and white flash sheet of Polynesian-style tattoo motifs, including a turtle, dolphins, a whale tail, a lizard, a fishhook and a sun, each with a printed label and meaning.
Polynesian motif flash sheet with labelled designs
Pencil-style shaded drawing of a sea turtle with plumeria-like flowers and a tribal wave swirl, designed as a tattoo.
Sea turtle with flowers and wave swirls
Black and grey shaded sea turtle with pink flowers tattooed on the top of a foot, near the ankle.
Sea turtle and pink flowers on a foot
Small black and grey turtle tattoo with tribal-style swirled flippers and a four-petal shell pattern, on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Small turtle tattoo on the inner wrist
Two black and grey photographs of a Polynesian-style tribal tattoo with a hibiscus flower and a turtle, shown on a back and shoulder.
Polynesian-style turtle and hibiscus tattoo on back
Black dotwork mandala shaped as a turtle, with pink, green and yellow watercolour splashes, tattooed on a forearm.
Mandala turtle on a forearm
Torso and both arms covered in a Japanese style tattoo of an eagle, cherry blossoms, clouds and koi in black, grey, pink and yellow ink.
Full body Japanese tattoo with eagle and cherry blossoms
Four small black sea turtles in a diagonal line with faint wave shading on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Four sea turtles across upper back
Black silhouette drawing of a sea turtle with a heart-shaped pattern across its shell, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Sea turtle with heart shell design
Black and grey flash design of a Polynesian-style turtle with shaded flowers, leaves and curling wave lines, drawn as a tattoo design.
Polynesian-style turtle with flowers and waves
Colour cartoon creatures with black outlines covering a forearm, including a turtle-like figure and a round creature with a yellow-eyed face, placed on the forearm.
Colourful cartoon creatures on a forearm
Black tribal sea turtle tattoo on the upper back, with bold solid shapes and a face-like motif across the shell.
Tribal sea turtle tattoo on the back
Colour tattoo of a sea turtle with pink flowers across the top of a foot.
Sea turtle and pink flowers on a foot
Black silhouette design of five sea turtles swimming in a row from small to large, with scattered bubbles, on a white background.
Five sea turtles swimming with bubbles
Red hibiscus flower over a black tribal sea turtle tattoo on the thigh, with shaded red petals and a green and yellow centre.
Hibiscus flower and tribal sea turtle on a thigh
Black ink tattoo of four small sea turtles in a vertical line with faint swirling trails, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Four sea turtles on upper back
Black tribal flash design of a turtle with spiral and wave patterns, set along a long curved band, with no body placement shown.
Tribal turtle design in a curved band
Brown henna-style turtle with spiral shell pattern, surrounded by dots and seaweed-like curls, on a forearm.
Turtle design with swirls on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon turtle Squirtle, with blue skin, an orange shell and a curled tail, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Squirtle tattoo on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a smiling cartoon sea turtle with large eyes and a red-brown shell, on the top of a foot.
Cartoon sea turtle on a foot
Black tribal sea turtle design with flower motifs across the shell and solid flippers, drawn as a flash-style line image.
Tribal sea turtle design
Colour tattoo of a hunched cartoon old man in a cardigan beside a grinning green turtle on a calf, in a bold outlined traditional style.
Cartoon old man and green turtle on a calf
Black ink tribal-style turtle design drawn on white paper, with bold swirling lines forming the shell and a simple eye on the head.
Tribal turtle line drawing
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with a pink plumeria flower at its centre, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Tribal sea turtle on upper back
Close photo of a sea turtle tattoo made of interlaced looping black lines, with small red and green accents on two flippers.
Interlaced sea turtle tattoo
Realistic galaxy and planets emerging from a three-dimensional cube illusion across a man's chest, with deer and turtle tattoos on his arms.
Galaxy breaking through a 3D cube chest tattoo
Solid black tribal-style sea turtle design with spiral markings and a small pink flower on its head, shown on a plain white background.
Sea turtle design with spiral shell
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade, with four pastel pink, blue and green plumeria flowers inside the shell.
Sea turtle with plumeria on upper back
Traditional style turtle tattoo with a dotwork mandala shell in teal and blue, placed on the centre of the chest.
Turtle with mandala shell on chest
Colour tattoo of a smiling green cartoon sea turtle with a shell of red, yellow, blue and purple puzzle pieces, on a limb.
Cartoon sea turtle with puzzle pieces
Light blue tribal-style sea turtle tattoo design on a white background, with bold solid shapes and patterned shell detail.
Tribal sea turtle design
Three green sea turtles swimming in a diagonal line with small bubbles, tattooed on the ankle and foot.
Three sea turtles on an ankle
Colour drawing of the words BE YOU, NOT THEM in ornate orange lettering, decorated with flowers, a mushroom, bluebirds, a skull and turtles, with red swirling linework.
Be you, not them lettering design
Colour tattoo of four cartoon turtle heads in purple, orange, blue and red masks, stacked down a lower leg above the ankle.
Four cartoon turtle heads down a lower leg
Small colour tattoo of a turtle with a few dark marks above it on the inside of a wrist, with a hand and silver ring beside it.
Small turtle tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey blackwork back tattoo of a turtle shell with a turtle head, tribal patterns and two reptilian eyes across the lower back.
Turtle shell and tribal back piece
Colourful watercolour-style sea turtle tattoo in pink, yellow, green and blue with fine black linework and a small fish, on a limb.
Watercolour sea turtle with a small fish
Sheet of assorted temporary tattoo designs including koi, arrows, a hummingbird, a skull, owls and hearts, mostly black with some colour.
Assorted temporary tattoo designs sheet
Three black Polynesian-style sea turtle tattoo designs on a white background, one with a plumeria flower on its shell and one with a sunburst centre.
Three Polynesian sea turtle designs
Dark brown dotwork tattoo of a turtle with a yin yang centre on the inner wrist, below a dark jacket sleeve.
Turtle and yin yang on the inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork mandala shaped like a sea turtle, with paisley-style flippers, on the inner forearm.
Mandala turtle on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of hibiscus and plumeria flowers with two sea turtles across a woman's upper back.
Sea turtles and flowers on upper back
Tribal turtle and three blue plumeria flowers tattooed on the top of a foot, with a black tribal band running up towards the ankle.
Tribal turtle and plumeria foot tattoo