Animal tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey photo of a small fine line geometric fox tattoo on the inner wrist, with a raised hand and silver bracelets.
Geometric fox on the inner wrist
Black tribal-style wolf head tattoo on the upper arm, with bold solid linework and a sharp, angular outline.
Tribal wolf head on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a curled-up sleeping cat with soft grey shading, on the outer thigh.
Sleeping cat on a thigh
Black and grey shaded seahorse tattoo with a curled tail, placed on the ankle of a bare leg above a white shoe.
Seahorse tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey realistic tiger face tattoo with blue eyes, covering the calf of a leg.
Realistic tiger face on a calf
Fine line tattoo of a smiling sloth face with the words LIVE SLOW above and DIE WHENEVER below, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Sloth face and quote on inner forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger's face with whiskers and striped fur on the inner forearm.
Tiger face tattoo on a forearm
Realism light bulb tattoo with a glowing amber filament on a leg, surrounded by neo-traditional flowers, leaves and small bird silhouettes.
Glowing light bulb tattoo on a leg
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a green hillside path, a long-eared dog, a red animal and green leaves with white flowers.
Landscape and animals on upper arm
Small black and grey shaded tattoo of a camel in profile on the outer foot near the ankle.
Small camel tattoo on a foot
Bold black tribal-style fox design on a white background, drawn in solid black shapes with a stylised head and flowing body, suitable as a blackwork tattoo flash.
Tribal fox design in solid black
Black fine line tattoo of an elephant with a raised trunk and a small curved shape beside it, on the upper chest.
Fine line elephant on the upper chest
Black and grey cartoon raccoon tattoo on a wrist beside a larger cartoon blue bird tattoo on a forearm, in a black and white photo.
Two cartoon animal tattoos on forearms
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a forearm of a large red rose shaped like a circus big top, with a ferris wheel, a tightrope walker, a small animal on a ball and a unicycle.
Circus rose with big top and unicycle on a forearm
Red heart and black and grey stencil-style figure tattooed on a forearm, beside a printed reference design of the same motif.
Heart and figure stencil on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a giraffe-seahorse hybrid with an orange spotted body, blue eye and pink ear, curled tail and black outline, on a person's side above the hip.
Giraffe seahorse hybrid on the ribs
Black linework tattoo of a fox chasing a rabbit through leafy foliage, spanning the upper chest and shoulder.
Fox chasing a rabbit across the chest
Black fine line tattoo of a giraffe whose neck and body are formed from the words Stand Tall in script, on the side of the ribs.
Giraffe formed from Stand Tall lettering
Black line drawing of a koala clinging to a eucalyptus branch, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Koala clinging to a eucalyptus branch
Black ink tribal-style design of a howling wolf head in profile, drawn on white paper, with bold solid shapes and spiral details.
Tribal howling wolf head design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two adult elephants leading three calves in a line across the upper back.
Elephant family walking across the upper back
Two black and grey fox tattoos, one running along the inner forearm near the elbow and one on the upper chest near the collarbone, both shaded in soft greys.
Two fox tattoos on arm and collarbone
Black and grey tattoo of a tabby cat curled into a U shape, shaded with fine stripes, on the outside of an ankle.
Curled tabby cat on an ankle
Black and grey geometric lion head tattoo with dotwork shading on the outer thigh.
Geometric lion head on a thigh
Black fine line tattoo of a dog and a cat curled together inside an outlined heart, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Dog and cat curled in a heart on the wrist
Black tribal design of a howling wolf with a paw print inside a swirling band, shown as a flat drawing on a white background.
Tribal howling wolf with paw print
Woman seen from behind in a forest with a black and grey wolf head tattoo on her upper back.
Wolf head tattoo on a woman's back
Black paw print line design with grey, green, blue and red accents in the toe pads, drawn on plain white paper with no body part shown.
Paw print design with coloured toe accents
Painterly colour tattoo of a lioness head on a lower leg, with orange, brown and purple shading in a realistic style.
Lioness head tattoo on a calf
Black ink elephant covered in geometric patterns, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Ornate patterned elephant on the ribs
Black tribal-style bear head design on a white background, drawn as a flash sheet with no body placement shown.
Tribal bear head design
Small multicoloured geometric rabbit tattoo in faceted orange, red and teal shading on the side of a ribcage.
Geometric rabbit on the ribs
Black and grey fine line giraffe tattoo with dotwork spots and soft shading on a limb, facing left with its legs visible.
Giraffe tattoo on a limb
Black and grey photograph of a small fine line stag head tattoo with branched antlers, placed centrally on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Small stag head on upper back
Two matching geometric wolf head tattoos in blue, teal and grey on the upper arms, one on each arm, with denim sleeves rolled up.
Matching geometric wolf heads on upper arms
Colour tattoo of a cute cartoon fox with a bushy tail on the upper back near the shoulder blade, with the person's face not shown.
Cartoon fox on upper back
Vibrant colour tattoo of a hairless cat wearing a bow tie, shown on the inside of a woman's forearm.
Colourful cat in a bow tie on a forearm
Small black and grey tattoo of a cat's face on the inner wrist, with a real black and white cat resting its paws on the hand.
Cat face tattoo on the inner wrist
Neo-traditional stag head tattoo on a forearm, with grey shading, bold black outlines, orange eyes and red blush accents.
Stag head tattoo on forearm
Geometric cat outline tattoo on a forearm, filled with red, orange and blue watercolour-style splashes.
Geometric cat with watercolour splashes
Neo-traditional tattoo of a fox head in profile with pink roses, purple flowers and leaves on the thigh.
Fox and roses on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a purple elephant with a yellow and black outline on the side of the ribs, shown in two close-up photos.
Purple elephant on the ribs
Geometric outlined elephants in blue, orange and pink watercolour wash on the ankle, with a smaller elephant beside a larger one.
Geometric elephants on an ankle
Flash sheet of eight tribal-style wolf designs in red, blue, green, gold, purple, black and white, with no body placement shown.
Multicoloured tribal wolf flash sheet
Fine line tattoo of a hare inside a dotted-edged frame with a small teacup, in dark blue ink on the forearm.
Hare in a framed panel on forearm
Two matching black ink figure tattoos on the tops of a pair of feet, one in a black flat and one in a brown flat, placed on the upper foot near the ankle.
Matching black ink figure tattoos on both feet
Forearm tattoo of running wolves that move from coloured geometric facets on the left to black dotwork on the right.
Running wolves along a forearm
Colour tattoo of a snarling fox wearing a pearl necklace and teal crescent ornament, with a spiked orange collar, on an upper arm.
Snarling fox with pearl necklace on upper arm