Animal tattoo ideas

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

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Colourful elephant tattoo with watercolour splashes and dark linework covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Elephant with watercolour splashes on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress flanked by two cats, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Woman portrait with feathered headdress on upper arm
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
Black line drawing of five cats in different stretching and rolling poses, stacked vertically down the outer lower leg, in a fine line sketch style.
Five cats in a stretching sequence on a leg
Two grey shaded paw print tattoos sit either side of the sternum on an upper chest, in a close-up wearing a yellow satin zip top.
Paw print tattoos on the upper chest
Traditional style tattoo of a black panther head with green eyes above a red rose, with green and red dagger shapes, on an upper arm.
Panther and rose on an upper arm
Small black paw print beside a thin red outline heart tattooed on the inner wrist, in a fine line style.
Paw print and red heart on a wrist
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo, seen from behind with its tail curled, on the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Black cat silhouette on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a hare in profile on a thigh, with a misty pine forest and grass filling its body in a neo-traditional illustrative style.
Hare silhouette with forest scene on thigh
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 and grey dotwork tattoo of a howling wolf head in front of a pale moon on the upper arm.
Howling wolf with moon on upper arm
Realistic grey tabby cat snarling with its mouth open, set against a blue sunburst of rays, tattooed on a calf.
Snarling tabby cat with blue sunburst
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 and white photo of a small fine line outline elephant tattoo on an ankle above a white canvas sneaker.
Elephant outline on an ankle
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
Two colour cartoon creature tattoos on forearms, a purple one on the left arm and an orange one on the right, shown side by side.
Two matching cartoon creatures on forearms
Fine line tattoo of a cat's head tilted to one side with a small bow at the neck, placed on the inner forearm.
Cat head with bow on inner forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant head with curled trunk on the side of a finger.
Small elephant head on a finger
Fine line black outline of a llama on the top of a foot near the toes, with painted red and black toenails.
Small llama outline tattoo on a foot
Colour tattoo of a geometric elephant with pink, yellow and blue watercolour-style fills, on a shoulder.
Geometric elephant on a shoulder
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cat with pink ears and yellow eyes, shaded in black, on the outside of a calf.
Grey cat tattoo on a calf
Black dotwork and geometric linework tattoo of a leaping animal with a curled tail and a dotted arc above it, shown on skin in a circular crop.
Geometric leaping animal with dotted arc
Colourful geometric ram head tattoo in pink, purple, red and blue across the upper back of a person with dark hair.
Geometric ram head on upper back
Colour tattoo of a seated fox cub, shaded in orange and tan, on the inner forearm close to the wrist.
Seated fox cub on inner forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a snarling wolf head with bared teeth and light eyes, on a shoulder.
Snarling wolf head on a shoulder
Small orange and red watercolour-style fox tattoo on the upper arm, with the wearer's face not shown.
Watercolour fox on upper arm
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
Fine line black tattoos of a small owl-like creature and an infinity symbol on a forearm, with a second small round animal tattoo on the other forearm near the wrist.
Small animal and infinity tattoos on forearms
Woman in a black bikini with a small black animal silhouette tattoo on her upper chest, placed near the collarbone.
Small animal silhouette on upper chest
Realistic brown horse tattoo with a flowing dark mane on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Horse with flowing mane on a shoulder blade
Black tribal tattoo of an animal head above a paw print with spiral details, on the outer upper arm.
Tribal animal and paw design on upper arm
Black and grey shaded fox tattoo with its tail curled round, on the outer upper arm of a person in a pink top.
Seated fox on an upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a deer with a soft purple wash on the upper arm, with a thin connected line running down to a second small deer on the ribs.
Two deer tattoos on upper arm and ribs
Fine line black tattoo of a bear built from overlapping circles and geometric lines, with Roman numerals inside the body, shown on pale skin.
Geometric circle bear with Roman numerals
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
Fine line black tattoo of a curled, sleeping tabby cat with its head tucked near its tail, placed on the outer thigh above the knee.
Curled sleeping cat on the thigh
Fine line black tattoo of a small fox sitting on the inner wrist, shown against a blurred background of brown autumn leaves.
Small fox on the inner wrist
Black tribal-style design of a wolf howling upwards, drawn in bold solid shapes on a white background.
Howling wolf in tribal style
Colour tattoo of a stylised lion cub in blue, teal, orange and red, with black shading around its outline, on the upper arm.
Stylised lion cub on upper arm
Small solid black silhouette of a sitting cat with its tail curled, tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand with yellow painted nails.
Sitting cat silhouette on the wrist
Geometric cat head tattoo with black outlines and blue, purple and orange soft colour washes on the upper arm.
Geometric cat head on upper arm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of an elephant head with shaded ears and tusks, placed on the side of a finger.
Small elephant head on a finger
Black and grey photograph of a small dotwork hedgehog tattoo on the upper left chest, above a black lace bra.
Small hedgehog tattoo on upper chest
Fine line black tattoo of two elephants on the side of a neck, just below and behind the ear.
Two elephants on the neck