Animal tattoo ideas

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

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Colourful geometric fox tattoo on the side of a ribcage, with orange, red and black facets.
Geometric fox on the ribs
Watercolour-style tattoo of a seated fox wearing a flower crown, with blue flowers beside it, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Watercolour fox with flower crown on a wrist
Black outline tattoo of a curled, cartoon-style animal holding a small feather in its mouth, shown on skin.
Curled cartoon animal with a feather outline
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 dotwork tattoo of a fox head with a dagger driven through it, placed centrally on the chest.
Fox head pierced by a dagger on the chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of a French bulldog's head on the middle finger of a hand.
French bulldog portrait on a finger
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a cat's head with angular facial planes and pointed ears, on the inner forearm.
Geometric cat head on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sitting cat with its tail curled down, on the left side of a person's ribs.
Black cat sitting on the ribs
Two mirrored black and grey dotwork tattoos on the calves, each showing a curled squirrel-like animal beside a hedgehog-like animal, framed by flowers and berries.
Mirrored animal and floral calf tattoos
Black geometric fox head tattoo in fine linework on the side of the neck behind a person's ear, with a silver ear plug visible.
Geometric fox behind the ear
Colour tattoo of a faceted geometric lion head in teal and blue with black shading and amber eyes, on a forearm.
Geometric lion head on a forearm
Small fine line black tattoo of a dog head inside an outlined heart on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Dog head in an outlined heart on the wrist
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 geometric dotwork tattoo of a wolf's head with angular facets and stippled shading, on the lower leg.
Geometric wolf head on a calf
Colour tattoo of a faceted orange fox head in neo-traditional style on the inner forearm, with a grey ornamental motif below.
Geometric fox on forearm
Small coloured tattoo of a seated fox cub in a realistic style on the upper arm of a person wearing a white sleeve.
Seated fox cub on upper arm
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
Close photograph of a black outline lion cub tattoo with grey shading on the outer ankle and heel of a foot.
Lion cub outline on an ankle
A cat silhouette tattoo filled with purple, pink, yellow and green galaxy-style colour and small stars, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Galaxy cat silhouette on shoulder blade
Fine line black and grey geometric wolf tattoo walking across the upper arm, built from overlapping circles and straight construction lines.
Geometric wolf on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon hedgehog holding a red heart balloon on the forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Hedgehog holding a heart balloon on a forearm
Black tribal knotwork tattoo of an interlaced animal inside a circle on the upper back, with a tribal sun design at the top right edge.
Interlaced animal knotwork across the upper back
Colour tattoo of a stylised stag with orange antlers and long thin legs, in neo-traditional style, on a person's upper back.
Stylised stag with long legs on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a reclining bear with one paw raised, shaded with hatched linework on a forearm, with a folded map beneath.
Hatched bear on a forearm
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
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hairless cat's head in profile with a diamond-shaped eye, set against outlined triangles on the inner forearm.
Hairless cat head with geometric triangles on a forearm
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 geometric seahorse tattoo made of faceted linework on the outer thigh of a person wearing a grey top.
Geometric seahorse on a thigh
Black linework tattoo of a fox head framed by flowers and leaves on the upper arm, in a botanical fine line style.
Fox and flowers on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a cat's face on the inner upper arm, with whiskers, ears and shaded fur detail.
Cat face tattoo on an upper arm
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 and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's head in profile on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark floral top.
Cat portrait on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling wolf head with shaded fur on the thigh of a bent leg.
Realistic wolf head on a thigh
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a wolf head with hatched shading, on the calf of a man's lower leg.
Wolf head on a calf
Black and grey wolf tattoo in mid-stride across the forearm, framed by fine dotted triangles and lines.
Running wolf with dotted geometry on forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a Siamese cat's face with pointed ears on the upper thigh, shaded with fine stippling and linework.
Siamese cat face on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rhinoceros standing on grass, placed on the upper arm.
Rhinoceros on the upper arm
Black outline tattoo of a horse head with a flowing mane on the upper back near the shoulder, with a grassy paddock and horses blurred behind.
Horse head tattoo on a shoulder
Black fine line outline tattoo of a small dog with large upright ears on the top of a foot, in black and grey.
Outline of a chihuahua on a foot
Two black and grey cat face tattoos on the inner forearms near the wrists, one softly shaded and one more loosely sketched.
Two cat face tattoos on the wrists
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling black cat with yellow eyes and a red tongue, on the forearm.
Snarling black cat on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree whose roots curl into a circle of foliage and roses around two curled animals, placed on the ankle and lower calf.
Bare tree and curled foxes on an ankle
Vivid neo-trad lion head tattoo in orange, red, yellow and blue with bold black outlines, on the outer thigh.
Colourful lion head on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a magpie on a leafy branch on a forearm, with greyscale shading of a small animal below, while a person stirs a green bowl in a kitchen.
Magpie and leaves on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a fox with orange, blue and purple splashes and running drips on the outer thigh.
Watercolour fox on a thigh
Two matching traditional tattoos of a cat and a bird inside pink scalloped hearts on a person's thighs, with a tortoiseshell cat on grass behind.
Matching cat and bird hearts on thighs
Black and grey photo of a geometric bear outline tattoo made of angular single lines on the inner forearm, with a grey sleeve pushed up at the left.
Geometric bear outline on a forearm