Whale tattoo ideas

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

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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

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

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

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