Whale tattoo ideas

114 photos and flash · 33% Dotwork, 16% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Traditional style tattoo of two grey whales with red droplets, yellow and red flowers and dark leaves, on the outer thigh.
Traditional whales and flowers on a thigh
Dotwork and geometric thigh tattoo of a hot air balloon, a sailing ship and a whale in black with teal and red accents, shown on the outer thigh.
Balloon, ship and whale on thigh
Black script reading not all those who wander are lost runs down the inner side of a foot, beside a whale tail and a small bird in a fine line style.
Quote with whale tail and bird on a foot
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a whale tail on the side of a finger, with a thin chain draped across the hand.
Whale tail on a finger
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo on the forearm showing a whale tail rising from the sea, with small figures falling beneath a large dark shape in the sky above.
Whale tail and falling figures on a forearm
Pen and pencil drawing of two orcas swimming head to tail, with their backs and fins filled in swirling black linework.
Two orcas in swirling fine-line pattern
Black ink drawing of a whale swimming through stippled waves beneath a starry night sky, set inside a circle, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Whale in a circle of waves and stars
Watercolour-style whale tattoo in blue, teal and purple with orange and pink splashes and black ink dots, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour whale on upper back
Black and grey geometric whale drawing with small blue accents on paper, beside a forearm with a black and grey rose tattoo.
Geometric whale design beside a rose forearm tattoo
Geometric dotwork thigh tattoo of a hot air balloon, a sailing ship and a whale, with teal and red accents on black linework.
Hot air balloon, ship and whale on a thigh
Black silhouette of a leaping whale with the words Do what is right, not what is easy set in white distressed lettering across its body, drawn in a vintage woodcut style.
Whale with Do What Is Right quote
Fine line black ink tattoo of a small whale with two bubbles on the inner forearm, against a blurred purple background.
Small whale tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of a small solid black whale tail tattoo on a finger, with a fine chain draped across the back of the hand.
Whale tail on a finger
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a three-masted sailing ship above a grey sperm whale rising from teal sea, with birds and clouds.
Sailing ship and whale on a forearm
Collage of colourful geometric tattoos of animals, flowers and boats, shown on arms and legs in faceted blue, purple and red ink.
Collage of geometric animal and botanical tattoos
Colour realism tattoo of two adult orcas and a smaller orca against a teal watercolour sea, on the lower leg.
Orcas swimming in a teal ocean on a lower leg
Flash sheet of eight retro patch-style designs in Traditional style, including a panther, a sailor, a duck, a whale, a penguin and a Road Queens speedway emblem, with no body placement shown.
Retro patch-style flash sheet of animals and sailors
Sheet of thirty black single-line drawings of animals and sea creatures in a fine line style, shown as tattoo design flash on a white background.
Single-line animal designs sheet