I love spearfishing and diving. The artist's rendition of this hogfish is killer.

-Gene Colwell

I'm working with tunicates and bryozoans at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, however, neither of those make a really attractive "wow" tattoo, so I went with another invert: an artist's interpretation of the giant pacific octopus, Octopus dofleini. The work was done over 7 hours by Matt at Gold Coast tattoo in Monterey.

-Greg Schroeder

This piece is a fossilized adult White Shark tooth done by Eye Spy in Petaluma, CA that I had done following a series eye-opening encounters out at the Farallones and most recently while surfing. I chose a fossil as a reminder of how young our knowledge of such ancient creatures remains, and how much more we still have discover.

-Julie Day

I have this slight obsession with cephalopods, and after raising Sepia officinalis as an intern at New England Aquarium, I decided to get one tattooed on my calf. It was done on Guam by Mike of Lots of Art Studio. Who knows what will be next!

-Bre Emhiser