Animal head tattoo ideas

90 photos and flash · 32% Geometric, 21% Dotwork · Forearm most common

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Fine line geometric animal head tattoo in black ink on the outer thigh of a person wearing a black skirt and cream jumper.
Geometric animal head on thigh
Fine line black outline of a wolf head in profile on the inner wrist and forearm.
Wolf head outline on wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a horned animal head inside a cracked circular medallion beside a cross, on a lower leg.
Horned animal medallion on a calf
Black geometric wolf head tattoo with dotwork and blackwork shading on the upper arm, with small touches of pale teal.
Geometric wolf head on the upper arm
Pencil sketch of an abstract geometric design with overlapping angular planes, a spiral and small circles, drawn in black and grey as a possible tattoo design.
Geometric pencil sketch of an abstract animal head
Black tribal-style wolf head design with red eyes and stylised leaf-like shapes beneath, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Black wolf head with red eyes design
Black line drawing of a stylised creature head in profile with a spiked crest and a spiral curl at the back, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stylised creature head in profile with spiral
Black and grey photograph of a snarling big cat head tattoo on an upper chest, with the shading breaking up into fine dots toward the shoulder.
Snarling big cat dotwork on upper chest
Black ink drawing of a snarling bear head surrounded by intricate geometric patterns, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Snarling bear head with ornate linework
Colour tattoo of a faceted geometric animal head with sketched black linework and a sprig of leaves on a limb, in the geometric style.
Geometric animal head with foliage
Fine line black tattoo of a geometric, faceted fox head on the inner forearm.
Geometric fox head on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a snarling tiger head inside a cross on the inner forearm of a person wearing grey clothing.
Tiger head inside a black cross on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design: two stylised animal heads face each other to form a heart, with Celtic knotwork braids and scroll ornament below.
Knotwork heart with two animal heads
Neo-traditional stag head tattoo with grey-shaded antlers and touches of purple and yellow, on the back of a hand between the knuckles.
Stag head on the back of a hand
Black and grey geometric bison head tattoo with faceted shading on a man's upper arm.
Geometric bison head on an upper arm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a stag's head with large antlers on a forearm, photographed outdoors on a pavement.
Stag head tattoo on a forearm
Solid black geometric stag head tattoo with angular antlers on the inner wrist and forearm, set against a blurred grey background.
Geometric stag head on a wrist
Freshly tattooed black and grey ornamental wolf head on the calf, being wiped by a gloved hand with a cotton pad.
Ornamental wolf head on a lower leg
Black line tattoo of geometric figures and dotted circles with a sun motif, in dotwork and geometric style, on a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Geometric figures and dotwork on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork wolf head with a feathered crest, snarling with bared fangs, tattooed on the side of a torso over the ribs.
Snarling wolf with feathered crest on ribs
Traditional style design of a snarling black panther head in profile, with white outlines, red mouth and a yellow eye, shown as a flat enamel pin rather than on skin.
Snarling black panther head
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling wolf head over a ram with curled horns, on the outer upper thigh.
Wolf and ram head on a thigh
Black and grey snarling wolf head tattoo on a forearm, built from fine linework and dotwork shading.
Snarling wolf head on forearm
Flash sheet of four black line-art geometric animal heads, a stag, a dragon, a wolf and a lion, each with a name and short motto beneath.
Four geometric animal sigils on a flash sheet
Small solid black stag head tattoo with antlers on the upper back near the neck, shown in a black and white photo.
Stag head silhouette on upper back
Two palms turned upward showing black symbol tattoos across each finger and a black and grey wolf head tattooed on each palm.
Symbol fingers and wolf heads on hands
Black and grey ornamental drawing of a wolf head built from dense, intricate patterned linework, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Ornamental wolf head design
Black and grey geometric wolf head tattoo with overlapping triangles on a calf, drawn in fine line with dotwork shading.
Geometric wolf head on a calf
Colourful swirl-patterned tattoo of a stylised animal head on the neck behind a woman's ear.
Swirling animal head behind the ear
Black tribal tattoo of a bear paw print above an animal head in an oval, on the upper arm.
Tribal bear paw and animal head on upper arm
Painterly tattoo of an abstract animal head in blue, green and yellow with red splashes, on the outer calf.
Abstract animal head on a calf
Black ink drawing of a geometric stag head with antlers, shaded with dotwork and facets, on white paper beside a black pen.
Geometric stag head design in dotwork
Colourful galaxy-style wolf head tattoo on the upper arm, with blue, purple and pink watercolour washes and small white star sparkles.
Galaxy wolf head on upper arm
Black outline geometric wolf head design on a white background, drawn with straight angular lines and a solid black eye, suitable as a Geometric style tattoo design.
Geometric wolf head line drawing
Pastel neo-traditional tattoo of an animal head in a teal scalloped frame, with a pink bow and a MISS banner, on a thigh.
Bow and banner tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey geometric wolf head with dotwork shading and overlapping outline triangles on the upper arm.
Geometric wolf head on upper arm
Black tribal-style bull head design with swirling horns and ornamental linework, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Tribal bull head design
Two black and grey tattoo designs on a white background: a shaded realism lion head on the left and an etched-style wolf head on the right.
Lion and wolf head designs
Black dotwork tattoo of a snarling big cat head in profile, with bared fangs, on the calf.
Snarling big cat head in dotwork
Fine line geometric animal head tattoo in black ink on the lower leg, above the ankle.
Geometric fox head on a lower leg
Large blackwork tattoo on a forearm showing a moon with a geometric symbol, stars, mountains and an animal head in white linework.
Blackwork moon, mountains and animal head on forearm
Colourful geometric deer head tattoo with dotwork antlers and swirls on an arm, with teal, pink and brown fills.
Geometric deer head on an arm
Two bare legs in a bath of foam, covered in colour traditional tattoos including roses, an animal head, a wolf or panther head, script lettering and designs on the feet and ankles.
Traditional leg tattoos with roses and animal heads
Close photo of a rough red line drawing of a skull on the upper arm near the elbow, set against a plastic-covered backdrop.
Red sketched skull on upper arm
Black and grey ink drawing of a stag, wolf and bear head stacked one above another in a realistic style, on a light grey background.
Stacked stag, wolf and bear heads
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a snarling wolf head merged with a bloodied sheep head on a calf.
Wolf and sheep head on a calf
Black and grey stag head tattoo with wide antlers and an arrow running across them, on a person's upper back.
Stag head with arrow across antlers on upper back
Neo-traditional tattoo of a wolf head with striped purple and red eyes and a black drip line running down the inner forearm.
Wolf head with drip line on a forearm