Two people holding hands, each with a small black flock of birds tattooed on the inner forearm, one person wearing a camera strap.

Matching bird flock tattoos on forearms

Forearm · Black and grey · Photo

Two people hold hands outdoors against a blurred green background, showing small black bird silhouettes tattooed on the inside of each forearm. The left wrist has a loose cluster of about five birds flying in a diagonal line, while the right forearm has a longer trail of around seven birds rising towards the elbow. The ink is solid black with no visible shading, and the composition is shot at arm level with a film camera strap visible on the right.

Find an artist for this

Take it to an artist as a reference. A good artist will make it yours rather than copy someone else's tattoo.

A story inspired by this tattoo · fiction

Dear Nell, The starlings came back to the boat again this morning, off Flamborough, before the nets were even up. Seven of them sat along the galley rail while I peeled potatoes, close as stitches on a hem, and every time I moved the kettle they lifted together and resettled a foot further along, as though the rail had been measured out for them. I told Danny they were after the bacon rind. He said starlings don't want rind. They want somewhere to stop.

Keep reading

He has been quiet since the Tuesday we lost the otter board. Skipper says a man can go a whole season without speaking and still be good company, and Danny is proof. Yesterday I found him at the chart table with a biro, drawing a line of small marks across the back of a fish-market receipt. Five birds, then a gap, then the rest. He wouldn't tell me what it was. He just folded it into his oilskin and said it was a heading.

Last night the wind went round to the south and the whole crew was out on deck with the lamps, and I saw the flock rise off the rail all at once and turn over the water in a long slant, stretching out and then pulling tight, the way cloth does when someone takes the other end. Danny watched them go with his hand flat on the cold steel, and I understood he was counting. Eleven, twelve. Then he laughed, quite loud, and said they had never once lost the one at the front.

I've pinned the receipt above the range where the steam can get at it. Come home on the Saturday tide, Nell, and bring the good kettle. Tell me which way you want to fly, and I will work out the rest.

Love, Ruth

More like this

Two people holding hands, each with a small, delicate black fine line symbol tattooed on the wrist.
Matching small symbol tattoos on wrists
Small black swallow and star tattoos on two people's hands and wrists as they hold hands outdoors, with a dark tattoo visible on a forearm.
Swallow and star tattoos on joined hands
Two people hold hands, each showing a fine line black maple leaf tattoo on the inner forearm.
Matching maple leaf forearm tattoos
Two small black fine line anchor tattoos on the fingers of two hands linked together, one on each hand.
Matching anchor tattoos on fingers
Black and grey botanical tree tattoo with small green and yellow accents on the inner forearm of a person holding another person's hand.
Tree tattoo on a forearm
Two people hold hands, each with a matching fine line 'always' script tattoo with a small triangle, circle and line motif on the inner wrist.
Matching 'always' wrist tattoos
Close view of a traditional style skull and rose tattoo with green leaves on the forearm of a person in a white lace robe, hands clasped.
Skull and rose on a forearm
Two people holding hands at a cafe table, showing fine line black tattoos of a sun, a window and a small starburst on their forearms and wrist.
Sun, window and starburst fine line tattoos on forearms
Close-up of two hands held palm up, with a black script lettering tattoo reading Whom then shall I fear on the right wrist.
Script quote on the wrist
Two small black puzzle piece tattoos on the wrists of a couple holding hands, one wearing a dark suit and the other a white dress.
Matching puzzle piece wrist tattoos
Two small red fine line bow tattoos on the side of two clasped fingers, on a hand held against a soft, blurred background.
Red bow fine line tattoos on two fingers
Two people holding hands, each with a small black fine line tattoo on the inner forearm or wrist: a triangle on the left and a pair of linked circles on the right.
Matching fine line symbols on two wrists

From the plentytattoo archive, uploaded by a user. Is this your work? Ask for credit or removal.