Wave tattoo ideas

1,081 photos and flash · 24% Japanese, 20% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Fine line black tattoo of a small sailboat on waves on the inner wrist, with a world map behind the hand.
Small sailboat on the inner wrist
Blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon, stars and stippled waves inside a solid black circle on the forearm.
Crescent moon and waves in a black circle
Flat blue design of a leaping dolphin with swirling wave and splash shapes, shown as a drawing rather than on skin.
Leaping dolphin with wave swirls
Blue line drawing of a symmetrical panda face flanked by two koi fish and lotus flowers, in a dotwork and Japanese-influenced style, shown as a tattoo design on a cream background.
Symmetrical panda with koi and lotus
Pen and coloured pencil drawing of two koi fish circling a blue circle filled with white swirls and water splashes, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Two koi fish around a swirling wave circle
Colour traditional tattoo of a largemouth bass leaping through teal waves on a forearm, with bold black outlines.
Largemouth bass through waves on a forearm
Traditional-style flash drawing of a ship in a heart framed by roses, with the words Beyond the Sea in black outline lettering.
Ship in a heart with roses flash design
Traditional tattoo of a sailing ship rising from a teacup with a red flower and a grey cloud behind it, on the forearm.
Sailing ship in a teacup on a forearm
Colour Japanese style sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with orange tiger lilies, purple flowers, green leaves and grey waves.
Lily and waves sleeve tattoo
Fine black linework and blue-green wash form a curling wave tattoo on an upper arm, with small dark marks above it.
Blue-green wave tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey Roman numeral lettering reading VIII IV XII on two wrists, with two pairs of hands clasped in front of the sea.
Roman numeral wrist tattoos on a beach
Japanese style fish tattoo with red scales and black linework on a calf, with a black paisley sneaker resting on a metal rail.
Fish tattoo on a calf
Flash sheet of small black line-drawn stick and poke tattoo designs, including arrows, stars, a diamond, an eye, a cross and a sun.
Stick n poke tattoo ideas flash sheet
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship with an anchor and rope waves on the forearm.
Sailing ship and anchor on a forearm
A man with full-body Japanese style tattoos in green, red and cream, showing a koi fish and peony flowers on the torso and arms, with his hands clasped in front of white underwear.
Japanese koi and peony tattoos on torso and arms
Black and grey traditional style hourglass tattoo on the upper arm, with a flower at the top, a sailing ship in the upper and lower bulbs, and the words savor it on a banner.
Hourglass with ship and flower on upper arm
A colourful Japanese-style tattoo sleeve covering a leg from thigh to calf, with a yellow creature, a red fish and green clouds.
Colourful Japanese-style leg sleeve
Black and grey circular tattoo of stylised sea waves with hatched linework on the inner forearm.
Circular waves on a forearm
Black dotwork and linework tattoo on an upper arm showing a pier silhouette under a moon, with stippled sky, rolling waves and pebbles inside a circle.
Pier, moon and waves in a circle on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo on the back of a hand showing a ship's wheel around green ocean waves, with a banner reading Home Sweet Ocean.
Ship's wheel and banner on the hand
Full body suit design of a red Japanese dragon with yellow claws, chrysanthemums and clouds across the back, arms and thighs.
Red dragon full body suit design
Black and grey Japanese-style tattoos of clouds and swirls cover both calves, with orange canvas trainers on a wooden floor.
Japanese-style leg tattoos on calves
Black ink fine line drawing of a sailing ship on waves with the words a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor and a dangling anchor, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Sailing ship, waves and anchor with quote
Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of three connected waves on the back, seen above a striped low-cut top, with long hair falling over one shoulder.
Three small waves on a upper back
Black and grey Japanese-style wave tattoo inside an inverted triangle on the forearm, with fine outlines and shaded water.
Wave inside an inverted triangle on a forearm
Japanese style full sleeve tattoo of a purple octopus with pink suckers and grey waves across the shoulder and upper arm, with a green anchor near the lower arm.
Octopus and waves full sleeve
Black ink drawing of a three-masted sailing ship riding interwoven waves, with a hanging anchor on a thin line, in a traditional nautical design shown on cream paper.
Sailing ship on waves with anchor
Black line drawing of a ship in a glass bottle above an octopus and a whale, with a rose at the base and ribbon banners, in a traditional style.
Ship in a bottle with octopus and whale
Black ink drawing of a unicorn mermaid with a flowing tail, surrounded by starfish, shown as a tattoo design on paper rather than on skin.
Unicorn mermaid with starfish design
Fine line black wave tattoo on the side of a wet, tanned torso near the ribs.
Small wave tattoo on the side ribs
Close-up photo of a lightning bolt tattoo on the back, with a solid blue left half and a right half filled with fine red wavy lines.
Lightning bolt with red wave linework
Black and white flash design of a planchette-style pointer on an ouija board, with ornate scrollwork, dotwork shading and crescent moons, shown without a body placement.
Planchette design with dotwork scrollwork
Two fine line black ankle tattoos on a beach, a small anchor on the left ankle and a palm tree on the right, with sea waves behind.
Anchor and palm tree ankle tattoos on a beach
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a mermaid with cherry blossoms and swirling waves on the upper arm.
Mermaid with blossoms and waves on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a bottle over waves inside a grey shield, with red cloud and yellow lightning bolts, on a forearm.
Bottle and lightning shield on a forearm
Sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs, including shells, arrows, chain bands, waves and fern fronds.
Gold and silver metallic tattoo design sheet
Three views of a full arm sleeve tattoo in colour, showing blue tulip buds, swirling scrolls and pale clouds across the upper arm and forearm.
Full arm sleeve with tulips, clouds and scrolls
Shaded blue and grey wave tattoo with white spray on the inner forearm, against a blurred wooden background.
Blue wave tattoo on a forearm
Flash style drawing of a blue tidal wave with a cream banner reading We Will Bring The Tidal Wave and the words Pierce The Veil 2013 beneath, shown without any body placement.
Tidal wave banner flash design
Small blue heart made of stylised waves tattooed on the neck behind the ear, shown in a black and white photograph.
Blue wave heart behind the ear
Fine line black tattoo of a sea scene with a moon, stars, waves, a boat, a whale and an anchor, set in a diamond shape on a woman's upper back.
Sea scene fine line tattoo on upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship, eagle and skull on a thigh, framed by red clouds and lightning bolts above teal waves.
Sailing ship, eagle and skull on a thigh
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a katana over blue waves and orange sun shapes on the calf, shown in three views.
Katana and waves on a calf
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a dotted rain cloud above a patterned teacup filled with waves and a sailing ship, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Teacup with waves, ship and rain cloud
Japanese style flash drawing of a red koi carp with maple leaves, grey swirling waves and a purple lotus, with Japanese characters beside it.
Koi carp flash with maple leaves and waves
Two hands with matching thin black wave tattoos around fingers, shown in a fine line style on the hand.
Matching wave bands on two fingers
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a small palm tree on a tiny island, placed on the side of the ribs.
Palm tree on a tiny island on the ribs
Black line drawing of a Japanese-style dragon with scaled body, clawed feet and swirling flames and clouds, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Japanese dragon with flames line drawing