Kraken calf tattoo. Maybe a bit more than my calf is covered…

I've always been drawn to the ocean, and found special peace when surfing, or just rocking on a board while the tide rolled under me. I used to be terrified of whatever creatures lived under the water, but all that fear escaped when i rode my first wave.

Now my wife and I go on vacation with the sole intention of seeing whales or orcas or swim with the sharks. We've been caught in storms, and seem nothing but blue all around us, but those times are the most magical.

This tattoo is my acknowledgement of amazing creatures living in the ocean, and that the ocean can kill me one day, but true beauty lies within it. Its also a symbol for what im searching when i go on these trips.

A little piece of me still believes one day I will see the Kraken in real life.