Animal tattoo ideas

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Black ink line drawing of a round, smiling cartoon bat with its wings wrapped around its body, shown as a tattoo design.
Chubby bat with wrapped wings
Hand-drawn tattoo design of a fox with an orange body, white-tipped tail, green leaves and blue swirls on white paper, with no placement shown.
Fox with leaves and swirls design
Pencil and red pencil sketch of a snarling wolf overlapping an antlered stag, drawn as a design study for a tattoo.
Wolf and stag pencil design sketch
Black line flash design of two faceted, origami-style elephants on white paper, suited to a geometric tattoo.
Two geometric origami-style elephants
Black ink line drawing of a symmetrical wolf head facing forward, with fine hatched fur and a dark nose, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Symmetrical wolf head line drawing
Black tribal-style frog design drawn in bold interlocking linework on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Tribal frog design
Six neo-traditional tattoo flash designs on paper showing a ram skull, a deer skull, a moth, a fennec fox, a red panda and a bird with peonies, all in bright colour.
Neo-traditional animal designs on flash sheets
Black outline design of two deer heads with antlers, noses touching above a heart shape, on a white background.
Two deer heads forming a heart
Black swirling linework drawing of a stylised fox sitting with its tail curled forward, on a tan textured background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Swirling black fox design on tan
Black and grey drawing of a black bear standing upright on its hind legs, mouth open in a roar, on a white background.
Standing black bear roaring
Black ink drawing of a cat's head with pointed ears and a white muzzle, filled with geometric hatching and suited to a design for a tattoo.
Geometric cat head drawing
Black ink line drawing of a standing giraffe, its body and neck filled with intricate zentangle-style patterns on white paper, shown as a design rather than a tattoo.
Patterned giraffe line drawing
Watercolour and ink drawing of a stag head with large branching antlers, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Stag head in watercolour and ink
Black line drawing of a Norse-style interlaced knotwork design with a stylised animal head at the upper right, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body part visible.
Norse interlace beast knotwork design
Black tribal-style design of a sitting cat with one paw raised, drawn in bold solid black linework on a white background.
Tribal-style sitting cat design
Grey tribal-style drawing of a wolf head raised in a howl, shown as a flat tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Howling wolf tribal design
Black ink pen drawing of a wolf's head in profile, built from dense hatched lines, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Wolf head in pen hatching
Drawing of a fox seen from behind, sitting with its head turned, filled with red, orange and purple swirling linework and a white-tipped tail on a white background.
Ornate swirl-patterned fox seen from behind
Black ink line drawing of a sitting cat with closed eyes, whiskers and a curled tail, in a minimalist style suited to a tattoo design.
Minimalist sitting cat line drawing
Black line drawing of a dog in a faceted geometric style, with its tail curled into a large open loop above its back.
Geometric dog with curled tail
Black ink drawing of a bison, with its front half realistically shaded and its rear half built from faceted geometric panels and dotwork, on a white background.
Geometric bison design in black ink
Pencil sketch of a fox with its head turned back over its shoulder, drawn as a simple black outline design on grey paper.
Stylised fox outline sketch
Pencil sketch of a stylised lion head in profile with a flowing mane, drawn in brown ink on cream paper beside a green pencil.
Lion head sketch on paper
Black ink flash sheet of six Celtic-style interlace designs, including animal knotwork bands, a round knot and a rectangular panel with a triskele.
Celtic interlace flash sheet
Black and grey drawing of a cartoon panda lying down in oversized black-framed glasses, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Cartoon panda in oversized glasses
Black ink drawing of a snarling tiger with bold stripes climbing over rocks, shown as a tattoo design in black and grey.
Tiger on rocks ink design drawing
Black and white line drawing of a wolf head in profile with a solid black raven overlapping its neck, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Wolf and raven head design
Black tribal-style stencil of a stylised cat running vertically, with a long curling tail at the top and a angular face near the base, shown on a plain white background.
Vertical tribal cat design
A flash sheet of sixteen paw print designs in a four by four grid, including solid black, stippled dotwork, tribal, rainbow and coloured outline versions.
Paw print flash sheet, sixteen designs
Black and grey ink drawing of a stag, wolf and bear heads stacked one above another, shown as a realistic tattoo design on a white background.
Stag, wolf and bear stacked heads
Black tribal-style design of a wolf howling upwards, drawn in bold solid shapes on a white background.
Howling wolf in tribal style
Geometric giraffe head design cut from a stencil, built from angular brown facets with a white outline on a white background.
Geometric giraffe head stencil
Watercolour design of a raccoon with its front paws raised to its face, surrounded by small red hearts on a plain white background.
Watercolour raccoon with red hearts
Black line drawing of a seated geometric fox in an origami style on a white card, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Geometric origami-style fox design
Black ink drawing of a paw print on cream paper, with the pad and toes filled in with swirling, looping and triangular doodle-style patterns.
Paw print design in black ink
Black tribal-style flash design of a stylised animal with swirling tail and pointed ears, shown on a white background with a smaller inset copy.
Stylised swirl animal design
Black and white flash design of two mirrored stylised animals with curled tails, facing each other.
Two mirrored stylised animals with curled tails
Pencil sketch of a wolf howling up towards a large full moon, drawn on paper with faint construction guidelines.
Howling wolf and moon sketch
Black fine line drawing of a geometric wolf head in profile, built from linked triangles, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Geometric wolf line drawing
Black line drawing of a stylised animal with a flowing tail, standing in water beside a large swirling crescent, drawn as a tattoo design.
Swirling stylised animal standing in water
Single-line fine line drawing of a wolf head in profile facing left, with pointed ears and a flowing ruff of fur, in dark blue ink on white.
Wolf head in profile line drawing
Black and white line drawing of stylised, interlocking beasts arranged in two vertical columns, suggesting a tattoo design sheet.
Stylised beasts in a vertical line drawing
Black tribal-style bear design with flowing white cut-out patterns on its body, shown as a stencil-like drawing on a white background.
Tribal bear design
Black line drawing of a bear in profile built from angular geometric segments, shown as a standalone design with no body placement visible.
Geometric bear line drawing
Black tribal-style drawing of a wolf with its head raised and jaw open in a howl, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Howling wolf tribal design
Six continuous fine-line drawings of seated and stretching cats in pale gold on a dark brown background, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Six line-drawn cats on a flash sheet
Pencil drawing of a ram head with curled horns and tribal-style patterning, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body placement visible.
Ornamental ram head design
Black line drawing sheet of five animals in a Celtic-style spiral design, including a bird, horse, stag, badger and wolf, suitable as tattoo flash.
Five Celtic-style knotwork animals sheet