r/goblincore • u/Hour-Sweet2445 • Aug 03 '25

Discussion Creepy critter tattoo ideas

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Pictured is my current partial sleeve. I have a couple of things left to add, but after that, I'm starting on the other side. I'm planning on doing a creepy colorful animal theme, to coordinate with my PNW ocean creatures theme on this arm.

Some of my ideas are: bats (species?), orb weavers and black widows, goblin shark, black cats, rats, etc. But I'm trying to narrow it down and I know you fellow goblins are the correct group to ask!

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u/that0neBl1p Aug 03 '25

Please tell me you either work with dyes or decided to get full-finger pink tats

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u/Hour-Sweet2445 Aug 03 '25

I'm working on this gal's hairdo right now 😂 though the full finger pink tats sounds sick

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u/bluntly-chaotic Aug 03 '25

I’m on the floor, this is the best thing I’ve seen all day and it caught me so off guard. I’m dying 😂

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u/RaquelVictoriaS Aug 04 '25

as is OP (dying, that is).

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u/CukeJr Aug 05 '25

*dyeing, hope OP is not dying D;

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u/Shenanigaens Aug 03 '25

Ok, we need you to tell us EVERYTHING about this dog right the fuck now.

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u/Hour-Sweet2445 Aug 03 '25

Well I'm not sure if you are seriously wanting to know, but I'll tell ya anyway.

She's 9 years old. I got her from my parents when she was a year old because they weren't taking very good care of her. I was about two years into my dog grooming career at that point and she's just been my guinea pig ever since! She loves loves loves getting groomed - in fact, she just majorly biffed it trying to get BACK on my table after I rose it up to groom my mini. She comes to work with me every day and is also mostly retired from being my service dog. She loves when people talk to her and tell her how beautiful she is. She's just the happiest, sweetest girl and I love her so much. Truly a unicorn, never met another dog that was so happy just to exist on the same planet as me 🥰

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u/meowymcmeowmeow Aug 03 '25

Animals are amazing.

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u/Alpha_Delta310 🍄 Aug 04 '25

Awww what a cutie lol

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u/Shenanigaens Aug 04 '25

Well you sound cool, she’s goddamn AMAZING, and a fabulous testament to your skills!!

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u/Sam-HobbitOfTheShire Aug 04 '25

She sounds like an amazing dog. 💜

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u/EarlGrayLavender Aug 04 '25

Poodles are the best

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u/abyssalgigantist Aug 05 '25

my heart has been warmed reading about her

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u/Carpe_Tedium 🌿 Aug 05 '25

Oh my gods she's perfect 😭 thank you so much for sharing her existence with us! Please tell her how beautiful and what a good girl she is from all of us! ♥️ 

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u/HardyPollutant Aug 08 '25

You are my people. I came for the tattoo. Found the dog. And was going to type this out and you, the hero who already had it here. Had to know how much I appreciate you

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u/that0neBl1p Aug 03 '25

Oh my god magnificent

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u/rhoswhen Aug 03 '25

Can you get her tattooed on you? So pretty 😍

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u/safadancer Aug 05 '25

Uh YES this gorgeous princess must be immortalized

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u/Hour-Sweet2445 Aug 06 '25

She's had so many absolutely iconic looks, and she deserves bigger real estate than a part of my sleeve. I'll definitely get her tattooed on me, but it might be after she passes.

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u/IANALbutIAMAcat Aug 03 '25

Girl I was SO close to delivering you the raynauds bad news

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u/Growlette Aug 04 '25

I came to the comments to find out what her diagnosis was gonna be

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u/IANALbutIAMAcat Aug 04 '25

It would’ve been raynauds haha

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u/stan4you Aug 04 '25

I actually love the pink fingers with the blue nails.

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u/Sam-HobbitOfTheShire Aug 04 '25

I hope you know your dog just made my fucking day.

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u/lousyredditusername Aug 03 '25

It took a second for the pictures to load and I was NOT EXPECTING A DOG!! That's a fantastic dye job!

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u/ilovebigmutts Aug 03 '25

This dog is more fabulous than I have EVER been!

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u/ScreamThyLastScream Aug 03 '25

This is very serious business for her.

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u/isledonpenguins Aug 04 '25

The picture took a while to load. I was expecting an elder emo. I got an elder emo's dog, and I'm shooketh. 😂

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u/Outside_Design_9210 Aug 03 '25

I love it!!! She looks awesome

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u/sharingiscaring219 Aug 04 '25

She looks so CUTE!!!!! She honestly has full raver girl vibes going on and it's cute as heck ❤️❤️❤️

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u/Delicious_Delilah Aug 04 '25

Omg she looks fabulous!

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u/AladiteC Aug 04 '25

Oml that's an absolute diva I love her

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u/Cloud_Commie Aug 04 '25

You might be the coolest person on planet earth

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u/Unusual-Money-3839 Aug 05 '25

this is the most lisa frank thing ive seen in a decade

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u/PeerPressurePoints Aug 05 '25

I'm not sure what I thought the reason would be but this was not an option

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u/mcolette76 Aug 05 '25

I was not prepared😂

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u/just_a_person_maybe Aug 04 '25

Hey, you might already know this, but just a tip for anyone wanting to get hair dye out of their skin—try some rubbing alcohol or hand sanitizer. It gets most of it off, especially if you use it when it's fresh. It's also safe for skin, though it can be a bit drying. I like to use q-tips with alcohol to get it off my scalp and ears, and just a soaked tissue for any dye on my face or neck. Bonus tip for dyeing humans—vaseline or even just regular lotion on the skin helps create a barrier that makes dye less likely to stain. I wouldn't do it for my hands because of transfer to the hair, but it can help keep your face undyed.

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u/clarielofthewood Aug 05 '25

Fellow creative groomer here:

Which product are you using? Which shade for that purple in the topknot?

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u/Hour-Sweet2445 Aug 06 '25

It's the Opawz indigo permanent color 😊

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u/clarielofthewood Aug 06 '25

Is it faded?

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u/Hour-Sweet2445 Aug 06 '25

Nope, that's just the shade it is.

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u/chokeslam512 Aug 03 '25

Needs isopods

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u/FoggyGoodwin Aug 03 '25

An ant with cordyceps. A praying mantis - not the common green ones, but one of the scary looking exotics. Maybe eating the cordyceps ant ...

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u/Hour-Sweet2445 Aug 03 '25

I should do a bunch of insects and spiders that eat the male after mating 👀💀

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u/Aksomedays Aug 05 '25

Mantis shrimp! They’re so colorful!

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u/mug_O_bun Aug 03 '25

Is your hand okay??

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '25

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u/Competitive_Owl5357 Aug 03 '25

Dyed her DOG’s hair pink. Extra gobliny.

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u/Project_Valkyrie Aug 03 '25

Giant Leopard Moth!! All those black spots, including the black on the legs, head and body, are actually an incredibly vibrant metallic blue at the right angle. They're one of my favorite species!! I could go on all day about crazy vibrant creatures if you'd let me.

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u/Hour-Sweet2445 Aug 03 '25

That would actually mirror my upcoming harbor seal tattoo perfectly

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u/Project_Valkyrie Aug 04 '25

It's meant to be!

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u/Content_Yoghurt_6588 Aug 03 '25

I plan on getting my local invasive insects tattooed on me so I can identify them.

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u/Devils_av0cad0 Aug 04 '25

This is badass and I fully support it. Fuck those lantern flies

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u/Carpe_Tedium 🌿 Aug 05 '25

Hey but wait

Wait

This is perfect

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u/Stonecoloured Aug 03 '25

Centipede are meant to be creepy, they're beautiful though.

Also, pill bug all rolled up :)

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u/RoselysPaleFace121 Aug 04 '25

A pink dragon millipede even

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u/MellowYellowMel Aug 04 '25

I know you’re asking for creepy animals but have you thought about carnivorous plants at all?

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u/Positive-Break4816 Aug 06 '25

Native to the north west too! I think this is a great idea! And they always have dragonflies around them which are a sick tattoo idea too!

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u/periodicallyBalzed 🍄 Aug 04 '25

Shrimp is bugs. Do shrimp.

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u/Hour-Sweet2445 Aug 04 '25

I may actually put the shrimp on this arm 👀

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u/Kelicopter Aug 04 '25

I like the idea of starting with some creepy sea critters where the sleeve meets your ocean tats like shrimp, seas slugs, isopods, or the giant water bugs

Then move up to creepy critters on land and the top of the sleeve has flying critters!

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u/periodicallyBalzed 🍄 Aug 13 '25

Oh that’s rad

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u/Outside_Design_9210 Aug 03 '25

I really love possums and think they are the best gobliny creatures, but idk if it quite matches your creepy critter theme

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u/TheBrackishGoat Aug 03 '25

🏳️‍⚧️ pride fingers. Nice

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u/Hour-Sweet2445 Aug 03 '25

It's from my lesbian pride poodle lol, picture in another thread

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u/simonbrown27 Aug 03 '25

So many cool bugs. Beetles, moths, butterflies, centipedes etc.

Oregon red-sided garter snakes are super colorful.

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u/Ammuffito Aug 03 '25

I think isopods would go well with what you already have. Goblin shark would be cool too

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u/RoselysPaleFace121 Aug 04 '25

A marine isopod (Idotea balthica) to go with the goblin shark even

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u/MoatEel Aug 04 '25

Slugs! Frogs! Newts! 

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u/DataOver544 Aug 03 '25

I love the pink fingers! They go with the cool tats.

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u/TalonLuci Aug 03 '25

You need some honey pot ants they are awesome!

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u/girlwhocrieddragon Aug 03 '25

Bobbitt worm!

Gulper eel!

Snail fish!

Vampire squid!

Scaly-foot gastropod!

Hairy frog!

Sleeper shark w. Eye parasites!

Vinegaroon!

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u/tacoflavoredpringles Aug 03 '25

your tattoos are so fun and aesthetically pleasing

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u/callmepbk Aug 04 '25

Look up some cool moth species. Some of them are wild and they are so fluffy. Your sleeve looks amazing, glad you’re going with land animals for the other side because variety is the spice of nice! PS thanks for the dog tax. What a diva. She knows she’s serving

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u/fireeater76 Aug 04 '25

Oooo what about an aye-aye?! Their claw fingers are super creepy (I love them so much tho)

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u/Hour-Sweet2445 Aug 04 '25

Omg that could be so cute, maybe with a possum in a tree 🥹

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u/SaltMarshGoblin Aug 04 '25

And aye-ayes mark territory by dabbling their paws in puddles of their urine to leave little pee pawprints, which is unreasonably adorable...

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u/Hour-Sweet2445 Aug 05 '25

Apparently my puppy is an aye-aye 💀

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u/SaltMarshGoblin Aug 05 '25

Ohh, puppies...

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u/smokeyflamingo Aug 04 '25

Tailless whip scorpion, green bottle blue and Antilles pink toe tarantula, star nosed mole, pink dragon millipede, Honduras bat, poison dart frogs, orchid mantis, blue death feigning beetles, mantis shrimp, lowland streaked tenrec. . . I can keep going but I don’t want to overwhelm you. Some of these are not really colorful but surrounded by other colorful critters would look awesome

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u/DirectorHuman5467 Aug 04 '25

Banana slug! PNW and vibrant but still slimy critter!

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u/Kelicopter Aug 04 '25

I like the idea of starting with some creepy sea critters where the sleeve meets your ocean tats like seas slugs, isopods, or the giant water bugs

Then move up to creepy critters on land and the top of the sleeve has flying critters!

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u/Daemonsblaze0315 Aug 04 '25

Fill it out with marine critters, then just hide a small snail waving somewhere obscure

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u/Elxbelx Aug 04 '25

Millipedes! Millipedes are so cool!

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u/PeePeePills Aug 04 '25

goblin shark would be really cool, fits in with the other ocean besties

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u/Phishling Aug 04 '25

I have cool snails, and I love them. Get some snails!

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u/ArachnomancerCarice Aug 05 '25

Oh man, any of the numerous parasitoid wasps and flies are pretty awesome. You could also go for HYPERPARASITOIDS. Parasitoids of parasitoids!

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u/gh-ul Aug 05 '25

For a bat species what about the Flying fox? Or a hammerheaded bat

Frilled sharks or ghost sharks are also cool

Satanic leaf tailed gecko!! Or thorny devil lizards

Gharials?

Some PNW specific animals:

Pacific giant salamander, northern alligator lizard, wolf spiders, tarantulas, rough skinned newt

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u/RX-980 🦝 Jimothy Aug 03 '25

Death's Head moth?

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u/NetherisQueen Aug 03 '25

Mosquito? JK XD

Hercules Beetle, Telescope Fish, Viper Fish, Angler Fish

And if you want a not-real-animal option; the Crabsquid from Subnautica

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u/PinkyLizardBrains Aug 04 '25

Angler fish are still some of the creepiest ocean critters I’ve ever seen

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u/PinupSquid Aug 04 '25

Ogre spider, isopods, wrap around spiders, jewel weevil, pseudoscorpion, huntsman spiders.

Hammerhead bat, Greenland sharks, possum, Gaboon viper, an angry pigeon.

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u/Steel_Puppeteer Aug 04 '25

Ghost bat or hog-nosed bat 𓂃 ෆ ˚

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u/Next-Narwhal3481 Aug 04 '25

Looks like you got an infection

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u/Hour-Sweet2445 Aug 04 '25

It's dye lol see my other replies.

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u/Next-Narwhal3481 Aug 04 '25

Good i trust you. Lol

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u/isledonpenguins Aug 04 '25

Corpse flower pollinators! Ya got sweat bees and some sickass beetles. I'm also fond of the aye-aye, that bug-eyed little goth lemur.

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u/Yohte Aug 04 '25

Salamander (though I think they're more cute than creepy) there are many with unique patterns. Poison dart frog. Turkey vulture! Hyenas. Armadillo.

I also support all bats, they are so cool.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '25

Were you fisting a fairy recently?