Animal tattoo ideas

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

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Black paw print tattoo on a person's side ribs, with the arm raised and a plain grey top held in one hand.
Paw print tattoo on the ribs
Colour tattoo of the Muppet character Animal with wild red hair, wide mouth and bandana, shaded in a painterly style on the upper arm.
Animal from the Muppets on the upper arm
Black and grey illustration of a standing bear filled with geometric mandala-style patterns, drawn on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornamental bear design
Black linework geometric unicorn tattoo rearing up on the ankle, made of straight faceted lines.
Geometric unicorn on the ankle
Traditional-style tattoo of three brown cartoon monkeys hanging upside down from a vine, running down the inner forearm, with covering hands and red accents.
Three cartoon monkeys on a vine down a forearm
Black and grey photo of a solid black silhouette of a cat tattooed on the neck behind the ear, in a blackwork style.
Black cat silhouette tattoo behind the ear
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a bear paw print with shaded toe pads and a textured main pad, shown on skin.
Bear paw print in black and grey
Black and grey realism tattoo of an adult elephant walking with a calf on the side of a person's neck, photographed from behind with hair pinned up.
Elephant and calf tattoo on the neck
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an upside-down bat with folded wings on a forearm, beside a denim jacket sleeve.
Upside-down bat on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of black shaded wolves running across turquoise geometric shards, in a geometric style, shown in two photos.
Running wolves and shards on a forearm
Bold black ram head tattoo with small red accents at the eyes, placed on the side of a person's ribs.
Ram head tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey fine line bat in flight tattooed on the ribs, with stippled dotwork shading on its wings and body.
Bat in flight on the ribs
Black ink tribal-style fox design drawn on white paper, seated with its bushy tail curled round in front of it.
Tribal fox design with swirling tail
Colour tattoo of a fox standing in front of a red and yellow sun on the upper arm and shoulder, with loose black linework.
Fox and sunset on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a curled, striped animal inside a circle on a thigh, with a fine line rose partly visible below.
Striped animal curled in a circle on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger's head on the middle finger of a hand with dark glitter nail polish.
Tiger head tattoo on a finger
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a cartoon cat face in pink and blue with black linework on the thigh, with a small bird drawing near the knee.
Watercolour cat and bird on a thigh
Fine line tattoo of a dog and a cat touching noses, in black ink on the back of a shoulder.
Dog and cat nose to nose on a shoulder
Two views of a wolf head tattoo on an upper arm, with a realistic grey wolf and green eyes beside a blue and green watercolour wash and thin geometric triangle lines.
Wolf head with watercolour wash on upper arm
Small colour tattoo of a seated orange fox with a curled tail, placed behind a person's ear on the neck in a fine line style.
Small orange fox tattoo behind the ear
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a snarling wolf head with bared fangs and pale eyes on the side of a person's neck.
Snarling wolf head on the side of the neck
Black line tattoo of a sitting fox made from geometric triangles and straight lines, on the inner forearm.
Geometric fox outline on a forearm
Small solid black paw print tattoo on the side of the neck behind the ear, with a stud and a gem earring above it.
Paw print behind the ear
Black and grey tattoo of a cartoon black cat with large pale eyes, sitting on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Cartoon black cat on a forearm
Realistic pencil drawing of a black wolf and a white wolf curled together in a yin yang circle, with red and blue eyes.
Yin yang wolves pencil design
Small black cat silhouette tattoo with a curled tail on the wrist, shaded in black ink on pale skin.
Black cat silhouette on a wrist
Black and grey geometric drawing of a fox curled around a crescent moon, with faceted shading, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Geometric fox curled around a crescent moon
Black line geometric wolf head tattoo on the upper thigh of a person in a grey top, with a partly visible geometric tattoo on the other leg.
Geometric wolf head on thigh
Colourful geometric bird tattoo with black hatching and yellow, teal and orange accents on a forearm.
Stylised bird on a forearm
Black and grey realistic wolf head tattoo on the forearm, with a smaller silhouetted animal scene below it.
Realistic wolf head above a silhouette scene
Close photo of a black and brown frog-like tattoo with four splayed limbs on the inner forearm, shaded softly in the body.
Frog-like figure on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane, covering the upper arm.
Lion head on an upper arm
Small black and grey realistic tattoo of a French bulldog lying down, placed on the inner forearm of a person wearing a red sleeve.
French bulldog on a forearm
Close photo of a solid black tattoo on a bare forearm, a heart outline formed by a ferret with a dot for its eye, with a pet ferret in the background.
Ferret heart tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an elephant with a raised trunk on the side of the ribs.
Minimal elephant line tattoo on ribs
Black and grey butterfly tattoo on upper back with tiger faces shaded into the wings, with a touch of blue on the right wing.
Tiger-wing butterfly on upper back
Realistic tattoo of an adult wolf above three wolf pups on an upper arm, shaded in greys and warm browns with a pink tongue.
Adult wolf with three wolf pups on upper arm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a small elephant on the inner wrist, photographed with the hand raised against a pale sky.
Small elephant outline on a wrist
Black and grey realistic drawing of a lion's head in profile with a full mane, shaded in fine pencil-like detail, suitable as a tattoo design.
Realistic lion head in profile
Small solid black silhouette tattoo of two sitting cats on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two cat silhouettes on upper back
Back of a woman's neck showing a small black outline animal tattoo at the nape, with an orange sun and a green snowflake further down the upper back.
Sun, snowflake and animal outline on upper back
Fine line tattoo of a curled-up sleeping cat on the inner forearm, drawn in single black linework.
Sleeping cat on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a raccoon face with bold outlines and hatched fur, on the back of a hand.
Raccoon face on the back of a hand
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a wolf's head in profile on an upper arm, with detailed fur and a light-catching eye.
Realistic wolf head on an arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a hedgehog on the side of a foot near the ankle, with jeans cuffed above it.
Small hedgehog tattoo on a foot
Colour geometric tattoo of a French bulldog face with blue, green and red facets on the calf, with a smaller version on the ankle below.
French bulldog face on a calf
Black and white photo of a small fine line outline tattoo of a giraffe on the ankle, above a white sock and a sneaker.
Small giraffe outline on an ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoos on an upper arm: a shaded polyhedron with animals and lettering, a diagram of hands on axes, and an engraved multi-tool below.
Polyhedron, hands diagram and pocket knife on upper arm