Water tattoo ideas

300 photos and flash · 22% Japanese, 20% Realism · Forearm most common

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Colour realism tattoo on the side of the torso showing a fanned hand of playing cards with a red heart, red dice and the words Roll With It on blue water.
Playing cards and dice with Roll With It lettering
Black and grey tattoo of a mountain with clouds, pine trees and a striped water reflection in a diamond shape on the ribs.
Mountain landscape with pines on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a striding tiger with a curling tail and water splashes, across the left ribs of a bare torso.
Striding tiger on the ribs
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
Realism tattoo of a great white shark with a school of fish in blue water, on a man's back and side, with red coral at the lower edge.
Great white shark and fish tattoo on the back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a mountain with pine trees, small clouds and rippled water below, on the side of the ribs.
Mountain landscape on the ribs
Back-angled photo of a green shaded fish scale tattoo on a person's ribs, with a fine black script quote above it.
Green scale pattern and script on ribs
Close photo of a blue watercolour-style wave tattoo with splashes on the side of a person's ribs, below a black top.
Blue wave on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of two palm trees above a setting sun over water, on the side of the ribs.
Palm trees and sunset on the ribs
Sketch-style tattoo of three goldfish with black linework and orange wash, placed on the side of the torso over the ribs.
Three goldfish sketch on the side of the torso
Colour tattoo of a trout above waves with the script words Gone Fishin' in Heaven, placed on the left ribs.
Gone Fishin' in Heaven on a rib
Colour tattoo of a black mermaid silhouette swimming through teal and pink bubbles, with two small fish silhouettes, on the side of the ribs.
Mermaid silhouette with teal bubbles on ribs
Colour tattoo of a grey elephant sitting in a wooden tub with blue water spraying from its trunk, placed on the side of the ribs.
Elephant bathing in a tub on the ribs
Black and white photo of a small fine-line wave tattoo on the side of a torso, beneath a raised arm.
Small fine-line wave on the side ribs
Black and grey vertical tattoo on the side of a woman's torso above the hip, shown in a black bikini in shallow sea water.
Small vertical tattoo on a woman's side in the sea
Back view of a woman with a small fine line tattoo of triangles and a circle with rays on her side ribs, beside a panel of alchemy symbols.
Small triangle and circle tattoo on a ribcage
Colour Japanese style koi fish tattoo in red, orange and yellow with grey swirling water across the side of the ribs.
Koi fish tattoo on the side ribs
Colour Japanese-style dragon tattoo with green scales and wave details on the side of a person's torso, above the waistband of their jeans.
Green dragon tattoo on the side of the torso