Animal tattoo ideas

1,159 photos and flash · 27% Fine line, 19% Realism · Forearm most common

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Realistic grey-shaded wolf head design holding a red rose in its mouth, drawn on a pale background with no body placement shown.
Wolf head with a red rose
Black silhouette of a cat seen from behind, sitting above a diagonal trail of black paw prints on a white background, shown as a flash design.
Cat silhouette with paw print trail
Realistic wolf head design with amber eyes and blue-grey fur shading, drawn on a plain white background, with no body placement shown.
Realistic wolf head design
Black ink splatter drawing of a snarling wolf's face with bared teeth and narrowed eyes on a white background.
Snarling wolf head in ink splatter
Black ink drawing of a giraffe with a very long neck and spotted body on a plain white background, a design with no body placement shown.
Tall black ink giraffe design
Black ink tribal-style drawing of a howling wolf head in profile on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Howling wolf tribal design
Minimalist black line drawing of a koala clinging to a thin branch, shown as a tattoo design on plain white.
Koala clinging to a branch line drawing
Black and grey line drawing of a wolf's head in profile, with flowing strokes forming the fur, on a grey textured background.
Wolf head in profile line drawing
Flash sheet of twelve black and white Celtic knot designs, each labelled with a code from C10 to C74, shown without a body placement.
Celtic knot flash sheet with twelve designs
Black and grey flash design of a stylised hare with swirling linework, grey shading and curled tail on a white background.
Stylised hare line drawing
Pencil drawing of a raven above a wolf's head with a Celtic knot between them, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Raven, Celtic knot and wolf design
Pencil sketch of a leaping fox with a long swirling tail, drawn as a tattoo design with fine linework and soft shading.
Leaping fox with swirling tail design
Realistic wolf head drawing in brown, grey and blue tones with amber eyes, shown on a white background with no body placement visible.
Realistic wolf head design
Realistic blue-grey design of an elephant, tiger, panda and rhinoceros heads stacked beneath a full moon, with black ink drips down the lower edge.
Stacked animal heads with a full moon
Black paw print design arranged in a heart shape above the words I love animals, drawn on a plain white background with no tattoo shown on skin.
Paw prints arranged in a heart
Black line drawing of a geometric fox built from straight, overlapping triangular facets on cream paper.
Geometric fox line drawing
Charcoal drawing of a wolf's head facing forward on cream paper, with soft smudged shading and loose sketched fur lines, shown as a design with no body placement.
Charcoal sketch of a wolf head
Hand-drawn tribal wolf head design in black ink with purple and pink shading, drawn on lined notebook paper.
Tribal wolf head design
Black line drawing of a horse head in profile inside a heart-shaped outline, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Horse head in a heart outline
Pencil drawing of a fox turned to look over its shoulder, with shaded fur, a bushy tail and a raised foot, on a plain white background.
Fox sketch looking over its shoulder
Black line drawing of a standing bulldog looking upwards, drawn with bold tapering strokes as a tattoo flash design.
Stylised bulldog line drawing
Illustrated design of a black cat head with a half-visible skull, red poppies across the face and a small golden halo above, shown without skin.
Black cat skull with red poppies
Pencil drawing of a wolf head split down the middle, realistic shading on the left and ornate black ink pattern on the right, shown as a tattoo design.
Split wolf head design
Black line flash sheet of six geometric low-poly animals, including a horse, elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros and camel, in Geometric style with no body placement shown.
Geometric animal flash sheet
Black bold paw print above the words BROTHER BEAR in blocky hand-drawn lettering on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Bear paw print with Brother Bear lettering
Black fine line drawing of a giraffe whose outline and neck are formed from flowing script lettering, shown on a plain white background.
Giraffe outline formed from script lettering
Black line drawing of a cat and a curled animal interwoven within a Celtic knotwork triangle, shown as a tattoo design.
Celtic knot cat in a triangle
Black ink line drawing of a lion's head in profile, with a dense, ornamental mane and patterned face, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate lion in profile line drawing
Black and grey drawing of a ram's head with curled horns on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no placement visible.
Ram head with curled horns design
Black ink drawing of a cartoon giraffe with a large head, heart-shaped spots and hatched shading on a white background.
Cartoon giraffe with heart spots
Pencil drawing of a wolf with its head raised in a howl, set in front of a large moon, shown in soft graphite shading with no body placement.
Howling wolf and moon pencil drawing
Black and grey drawing of a wolf head filled with geometric patterns and fine stippling, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornate wolf head design
Black single-line drawing of a seated cat in profile and a dog's head and shoulders in profile, shown as a tattoo design on white with no body part visible.
Cat and dog line drawing
Ink drawing of a wolf's head with dense hatched fur, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Ornate wolf head design
Black line drawing of a stylised animal leaping beside a blossom branch and curling cloud shapes, in a Japanese-influenced flash style.
Stylised animal with blossom branch
Black and grey fine line drawing of a small sitting rabbit with long upright ears and stippled shading, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Sitting rabbit line drawing
Pencil sketch of a fox head in profile, with geometric triangles, dotwork and hatched patterning over the eye and cheek, drawn on a spiral notebook page.
Geometric fox head pencil sketch
Black continuous-line drawing of a standing deer with antlers on a white background, a fine line design with no body placement shown.
One line deer drawing
Black line flash design of two cartoon lion cubs facing each other inside a heart outlined with dots, drawn on paper.
Two lion cubs in a beaded heart
Black ink drawing of a sitting cat built from angular geometric facets filled with fine parallel hatching, shown on a plain white background.
Geometric cat design in black ink
Black and grey line drawing of a lion head with an ornate mandala-style mane and patterned face, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornamental lion head line drawing
Black and white ornamental flash design of a wolf head with detailed linework, dotted shading and patterned feathers, with no body placement shown.
Ornate wolf head design in black ink
Black line drawing of a rearing horse built from triangular geometric facets on a plain white background.
Geometric rearing horse line design
Black single-line drawing of a galloping horse with a flowing mane on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Galloping horse line drawing
Watercolour-wash wolf head silhouette howling upward, drawn as a tattoo-style flash design in blue and green tones.
Howling wolf silhouette in watercolour wash
Black linework drawing of a stylised wolf head with swirling tendrils, shown as a tattoo-style design on a pale grey background.
Stylised wolf head with swirling linework
Flat black, red and white drawing of a bear paw with five curved claws above a snarling bear face, in a bold Northwest Coast style.
Bear paw with claws and bear face design
Hand-drawn sketch of a wolf head with blue shading, grey pencil hatching and red and teal watercolour splashes on white paper.
Sketched wolf head with watercolour splashes