Whale tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a red-haired girl riding a blue wave, with a large blue wave shape behind her.
Red-haired girl on a blue wave on an arm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a blue and purple whale with splash strokes on the upper arm of a woman in a grey vest top.
Blue and purple whale on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of two orcas meeting nose to nose to form a heart shape on the upper arm.
Two orcas forming a heart on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded full moon with a small whale and leafy sprigs on the inner upper arm.
Moon, whale and botanical sprigs on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a dark grey whale with a rope around it, rising above green and grey waves in front of a red sun, shown on an upper arm in two photos.
Whale with rope over a wave and red sun
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo on a forearm showing a sailing ship, a diver in a brass helmet, a submarine, fish and an octopus.
Nautical sleeve with diver and sailing ship
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a whale tail above a man in profile with a moustache, with a bearded man in the waves.
Whale tail and face in the sea on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a humpback whale on the upper arm, with the arm raised and flexed.
Whale on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork whale tattoos with fine dotted geometric lines across a full arm sleeve on the upper arm and forearm.
Whales and geometric lines on an arm sleeve
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale with overlapping geometric lines and a solid circle on the upper arm.
Humpback whale with geometric lines
Black and grey realism tattoo of a whale with dotwork speckles on a man's upper arm, seen from behind with his shoulder and back visible.
Whale tattoo on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a whale filled with mountains, forest and a sunset, framed by flowers on the upper arm, shown from two angles.
Whale, landscape and flowers on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a whale skeleton running from the wrist up the forearm and onto the upper arm, showing the skull, ribs, spine and tail fluke.
Whale skeleton tattoo on forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon whale in a sailor hat smoking a pipe, rising from a fishbowl, on an upper arm.
Cartoon whale with pipe rising from a fishbowl
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale swimming across the upper arm, with stippled shading on its body and knobbled head.
Humpback whale on upper arm
Full colour sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a planet, starfighter, airship, city skyline and sea creatures in a painterly realism style.
Surreal sky and city full sleeve
Split image: a colour botanical tattoo of roses and flowers on an upper arm, beside a black and grey dotwork whale and moon inside a triangle on a calf.
Floral upper arm and whale calf tattoos
Black and grey fine line full sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a whale, mountains, a fox, ferns and foxglove, with a small teal octopus at the top of the shoulder.
Full arm sleeve with whale, fox and foliage
Small dark teal whale tattoo on the upper arm, with pink and red hearts rising from its spout against a pale pink background.
Whale and hearts on an upper arm