Sunfish Tattoo Picture

A unique tattoo design done in black and gray ink. The sunfish (aka, mola mola, common mola) has an unusual body shape. It is a massive fish that can weigh over two thousand pounds. It is native to tropical waters.

Starfish Tattoo Picture

Star tattoos are one of the most popular design. The starfish however is a rare choice for ink. Here is a simple green starfish with dimples in yellow. like patric in spongebob cartoon film.

Puma Tattoo Picture

Awesome puma black & gray ink design. We see this big cat padding softly toward us with a steady calm gaze. Excellent realistic design for this guy's upper arm tattoo.

Pheasant Tattoo Picture

The pheasant (sometimes called a ruffed grouse) is a large colorful bird, noted for its long tail feathers. Here we see a guy with two tattoos of the more-brightly-colored-male phesants on either side of his upper back. The birds are inked in green, blue and purple colors. Between them is a Chinese kanji characters, apparently this is a mirror image of the tattoo as the characters are reversed.

Meaning of a phesant tattoo. Good fellowship, ostentatiousness.

Fish Tattoo Picture

A wild swirling delight of two fish in a yin yang orientation. Waves and bubbles and a whirlpool appear from their swimming, in this delighful tattoo design.

Nice black ink outline work and deftly done coloring in green, blue and red ink.

Cuttlefish Tattoo Picture

The cuttlefish is a squid like creature that has a wonderfully changing colors body. Here it is done in black and gray ink on a person's leg. A charming (and quite tasty) cephalopod.

Cod Fish Tattoo Picture

A blue, green, brown and yellow cod tattoo. A nice perspective drawing with the head much closer to the viewer than the tail. A swirling blue and black ink pattern reflects the movement of the water.

Centiped Tattoo Picture

A unique tattoo design, done is black/dark brown ink. We see see a segmented centiped crawling on this person's leg.

Zebra Tattoo Picture

Question: What do you call a horse with full body tribal tattoos?
Answer: A zebra.
This tattoo shows a handsome zebra head with black and white stripes. A realistic piece of skin art.

Yellow Jacket Tattoo Picture

An angry looking yellow and black striped Yellow Jacket with its stinger poised for attack. Nice rendering of the wings, which are the most difficult part to accurately ink.

Wolves Tattoo Picture

Awesome pair of wolf tattoos on this person's feet. Each wolf is snarling, bearing its pointy yellow teeth and staring intently. The wolf on the left (the person's right foot) is inked with its pointed red tongue lolling out of its moutn, to give it a crazed look.

The fur on both wolves is done with excellent shading to give it a wind-blown effect as if the beasts are lurching forward.

Meaning of a wolf tattoo: loyalty to the pack, fierceness, skillful hunter, lonesome (as in lone wolf).

Whale Tattoo Picture

An Old School design of a whale with a monocle on a beaded chain and top hat. Fanciful yellow waves surround the whale and a spurt of steam comes from its blowhole. Very nice outline work in black ink and shading in blue & black.

Swan Tattoo Picture

A big beautiful swan done in purple and black ink, with a red and orange beak. Nice effect of movement as the swan glides forward thru the water.

There are not naturally colored purple swans, though there are black swans in nature, so this is a nicely fanciful version of this water fowl.

Meaning of a swan tattoo: the swan is often associated with royalty, so the choice of royal purple reinforces that meaning. Other meanings associate with the swan are : love, transformation (as in the Ugly Duckling, that is actually a swan), purity, beauty, dreams, elegance.

Stork Tattoo Picture

An awesome tattoo! We see Mr. Stork arriving with a baby held in a blanket by its beak. The stork is appropriately attired in blue cap, bow and suit to appear as a member of the postal delivery service. The baby in tow is, well, odd. It has an angel's halo and devil's horns and tail. It had freakishly large hands and feet & is wearing lipstick and makeup.

Meaning: it's clear that the guy who chose to have this tattoo has quite a story to tell about dear Ayanna. A mix of devil and angel was dropped in his life. Another message is that of a baby adult.

Squid Tattoo Picture

A cutie with a cute squid tattoo on her arm & a plush toy pink squid drapped over her shoulder.

Meaning of a squid tat: the squid is associated with grace, tenacity, stealth, evasiveness.

Spider Tarantula Tattoo Picture

Person with a large tarantula spider on the upper chest. A very realistic appearing tattoo with an accurate rendering of the leg bands, and a perspective shadow.

Meaning of a tarantula: power, danger, cuddliness (for some people), fear (for others), beauty.

Rhinocerous Tattoo Picture

Awesome rhinocerous tattoo realistically renderd in blue and gray ink. We see the powerful head and hors of this beast. The wrinkles are inked with great precision.
Meaning of a rhino tattoo: Power, strength, masculinity, durability, endurance, defensive protection.

Sea Horse Tattoo Picture

A beautiful sea horse design. We see a large yellow, purple and blue sea horse facing to the right. It wraps its tail around a branch of white coral. Below are purple and blue tube shaped critters. In the background is a green and yellow sea plant. There is a very subtle indication of movement in the water with thin lines.
Meaning: the sea horse is a clever camoflaged creature, it is seen as peaceful, elegant and graceful.

Raven Tattoo Picture

A blue, black and white ink raven in flight tattoo. Very good job on both the black outline work and the shading and hightlights.
The raven made famous by Poe and the Baltimore football team is an elegant sleek bird.

Rat Tattoo Picture

A brown and pink rat tat. Usually considered vermin in the West, the rat is honored as one of the animals in the Chinese horoscope. Those who are born in the Year of the Rat (most recently the Eath Rat beginning in 2008) are creative, sly and ambitious. Though they can also be tight-wads and stingy. They get along well with those born in the year of the Ox, Monkey and Dragon, but not with those born in the year of the Horse.

Parakeet Bird Tattoo Picture

A green & blue and a red & blue parakeet in this attractive tattoo design on a person's leg. Nice blending of colors and shading work.

Panda Tattoo Picture

A cute panda bear done in black ink with blue highlights. The bear leans on a large heart with a banner that reads "my love my life."
The panda bear is a much beloved creature, along with the koala bear. Their white and black fur stripes and bandit looking eyes, along with their rolly-polly disposition lead to their being such favorites. Oddly, there are not that many people with panda bear tattoos. Why? Come on all panda lovers, go out today and get inked!

Panther Tattoo Picture

Awesome panther creeping through the tall grasses in this hand tattoo design. Excellent work on the blue and black shading on the cat's body.

Moth Tattoo Picture

There are sooooo many butterfly tattoos, but oh so few moth ones. This is a way cool moth with kanji character and geisha girl design in its wings. The fuzzy antennae & fatter body lets us know this is a moth. On the back of a girl's neck, done in red, black, yellow ink.

Morning Dove Tattoo Picture

Perhaps the dumbest of the bird species (though smarter than the now extinct dodo & passenger pidgeon) the morning dove plods on. This is a well done drawing of a dove perched on a branch--done in black ink.

Hawk Tattoo Picture

A beautifully done design with the head of a hawk, feather and hawk silhouette in black. The hawk is preferred more by guys than girls for a tattoo design as it is a skilled hunter.

Hammerhead Shark Tattoo Picture

Here is a cool hammerhead shark design done in a tribal style in black in on this person's leg.

Meaning: people choose a shark tattoo because it means power, deadly hunter, king of the sea.

Hare (Alice in Wonderland) Tattoo Picture

Here are a couple tattoos with the March Hare from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. The hare carries a pocket watch and its catchphrase is "I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date."

Geese Tattoo Picture

An arm tattoo with four geese flying past a full moon. A possible meaning: nature's pattern of leaving and returning symbolized by the migration of birds.

Gecko Tribal Tattoo Picture

An ankle & leg tattoo done in tribal style of a gecko. Nice use of triangles and swirls in the body.

Fly Tattoo Picture

In general, not a popular tattoo design, but this is nice tattoo due to the bright red, blue, green and orange patches of color on its wings.

Fun fact: in Spanish a fly is called a mosca. You are probably more familiar with the related diminutive term: mosquito.

Deer Fawn Tattoo Picture

A cute fawn tattoo design. It has large blue eye and many small blue stars.

Deer Fawn Tattoo Picture

A cute fawn tattoo design. It has large blue eye and many small blue stars.

Deer Buck Tattoo Picture

An outstanding rendition of a large buck's head--a six pointer in terms of the number of parts of its antlers. There is a large green wreath with yellow berries surrounding it. Very nice detail work.

Deer Buck Tattoo Picture

An outstanding rendition of a large buck's head--a six pointer in terms of the number of parts of its antlers. There is a large green wreath with yellow berries surrounding it. Very nice detail work.

Crow in Flight Tattoo Picture

An awesome black ink tattoo design of a flying crow. This tattoo is placed on this guy's side. Beautiful detail work on the wings and head of the crow.

Crow in Flight Tattoo Picture

An awesome black ink tattoo design of a flying crow. This tattoo is placed on this guy's side. Beautiful detail work on the wings and head of the crow.

Crow on Branch Tattoo Picture

On this woman's shoulder is a large black crow, with blue and pink highlights. It is on what appears to be an olive tree branch. A partial orange sun is seen in the background. Nice contrast between the jet black body of the crow and the delicately done leaves and twigs.

Crow on Branch Tattoo Picture

On this woman's shoulder is a large black crow, with blue and pink highlights. It is on what appears to be an olive tree branch. A partial orange sun is seen in the background. Nice contrast between the jet black body of the crow and the delicately done leaves and twigs.

Crane Tattoo Picture

A wonderful crane on this person's upper arm. The bird appears to be doing a celebration dance. Feathers are difficult to render correctly, and this tattoo artist had done a very good job. Also nice use of white ink for the highlights.

Crane Tattoo Picture

A wonderful crane on this person's upper arm. The bird appears to be doing a celebration dance. Feathers are difficult to render correctly, and this tattoo artist had done a very good job. Also nice use of white ink for the highlights.

Coelacanth Fish Tattoo Picture

Ah, the coelacanth! This fish was believed to be extinct. There was a facinating story about how it was discovered back in 1938 in South Africa. The fish was thought to have died out at the end of the Cretaceous period, and was seen as the missing link between modern fish and tetrapods.

This tattoo is a nice honor to this fascinating species. Done in blue ink.

Coelacanth Fish Tattoo Picture

Ah, the coelacanth! This fish was believed to be extinct. There was a facinating story about how it was discovered back in 1938 in South Africa. The fish was thought to have died out at the end of the Cretaceous period, and was seen as the missing link between modern fish and tetrapods.

This tattoo is a nice honor to this fascinating species. Done in blue ink.

Clownfish Cartoon (Nemo) Tattoo Picture

The clownfish, what a delightful little sea creature. They have a special relationship with sea anemone: they are one of the few fish that are not poisoned by the anemone, so they can hide in them.
The tattoo is done in the typical bright orange and white colors. Nice black ink outline and a good rendering of its smiling mouth and a couple of bubbles.

Clownfish Cartoon (Nemo) Tattoo Picture

The clownfish, what a delightful little sea creature. They have a special relationship with sea anemone: they are one of the few fish that are not poisoned by the anemone, so they can hide in them.
The tattoo is done in the typical bright orange and white colors. Nice black ink outline and a good rendering of its smiling mouth and a couple of bubbles.

Chickadee Tattoo Picture

Girl with a chickadee bird on her back/shoulder. The bird is very nicely tattooed using no solid outlines, but rather cloudy-like patches of blue, black and yellow ink. Wonderful!

Chickadee Tattoo Picture

Girl with a chickadee bird on her back/shoulder. The bird is very nicely tattooed using no solid outlines, but rather cloudy-like patches of blue, black and yellow ink. Wonderful!

Cat in Yin Yang Symbol Tattoo Picture

An original design of a curled up cat in the shape of a yin yang sign. Simple, wonderful!

Cat in Yin Yang Symbol Tattoo Picture

An original design of a curled up cat in the shape of a yin yang sign. Simple, wonderful!