Animal tattoo ideas

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

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Geometric giraffe head design cut from a stencil, built from angular brown facets with a white outline on a white background.
Geometric giraffe head stencil
Realism tattoo of a maple leaf filled with autumn trees and an animal silhouette, in yellow, orange and brown, on the forearm.
Autumn forest scene inside a maple leaf
Black and grey outline tattoo of a sitting dog in a sketchy illustrative style on the outer calf.
Sitting dog on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a big cat's head on the ankle of a person sitting on a bed in rolled denim jeans.
Big cat tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small seated tabby cat on the skin behind a person's ear, with long hair falling across the shoulder.
Small seated cat tattoo behind the ear
Black and grey geometric rhino tattoo made of hatched triangular facets, sitting on the ribs of a bare torso.
Geometric rhino on the ribs
Black fine line tattoo of a walking wolf built from overlapping circles and straight lines, on the inner upper arm.
Geometric wolf made of circles on upper arm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a cat's head, looking downward, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a rolled plaid shirt.
Small cat head tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of three elephants walking in a line across the upper arm, trunks raised.
Three elephants on an upper arm
Watercolour design of a raccoon with its front paws raised to its face, surrounded by small red hearts on a plain white background.
Watercolour raccoon with red hearts
Solid black panda face tattoo with round ears and a simple muzzle on the forearm, shown against a green and navy checked fabric.
Panda face tattoo on a forearm
Three small black paw print tattoos in a diagonal trail across the ribs, in a simple solid style.
Three paw prints on a ribcage
Red and black tartan squirrel silhouette tattoo with white highlight lines on the lower leg.
Tartan squirrel silhouette on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a rabbit sitting upright and facing right, with a dark outline and soft grey shading on pale skin.
Rabbit tattoo sitting upright
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a stylised big cat with loose black linework on the ribs of a bare torso.
Watercolour-style animal portrait on ribs
Black and grey tattoo of stacked animal heads, including what appear to be an owl and a deer skull with antlers, on the front of a thigh in a black and white photo.
Stacked animal figures on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a cartoon baby panda sitting with one paw raised, on the outer ankle.
Baby panda tattoo on an ankle
Black line drawing of a seated geometric fox in an origami style on a white card, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Geometric origami-style fox design
Fine line black tattoo of a curled-up cat with its head tucked down, on a person's shoulder and upper back.
Curled cat on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork lace dreamcatcher tattoo with three feathers and beads on the upper back, with part of another animal tattoo visible to the left.
Lace dreamcatcher on upper back
Small solid black paw print tattoo on the side of a finger, shown in a black and white photograph.
Small paw print on a finger
Black ink drawing of a paw print on cream paper, with the pad and toes filled in with swirling, looping and triangular doodle-style patterns.
Paw print design in black ink
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a pug's face with a diamond pattern across the forehead, placed on the calf.
Pug face tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey realistic tattoos of a pair of scissors on one forearm and a cat's head on the other forearm, with shading in a dotwork style.
Scissors and cat on two forearms
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a sleeping fox curled up on the inner upper arm, drawn with stippled dotwork shading.
Sleeping fox curled up on an upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a standing fawn on the inner wrist, shown with a grey sleeve above.
Fawn tattoo on the inner wrist
Black tribal-style flash design of a stylised animal with swirling tail and pointed ears, shown on a white background with a smaller inset copy.
Stylised swirl animal design
Black and white flash design of two mirrored stylised animals with curled tails, facing each other.
Two mirrored stylised animals with curled tails
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Realistic lion head on upper back
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a striped cat curled around the upper arm, with bold outlines and shaded stripes.
Striped cat tattoo on upper arm
Fine black line tattoo of a cat in profile with a dotted echo outline on the inner forearm.
Cat outline on a forearm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a seated cat in profile on the outer thigh, with loose linework and soft grey shading.
Sketchy cat outline on a thigh
Fine line blue tattoo of two folded origami-style elephants side by side on a person's lower stomach, above the waistband of their underwear.
Two origami elephants on the stomach
Realistic colour tattoo of a fox head on the side of a finger, with grey painted nails and a light blue knitted background.
Fox head tattoo on a finger
Pastel colour tattoo of a pink bow, a MISS banner and a cream animal in a teal oval frame on a thigh, with a hand resting on the knee.
Pastel bow and banner tattoo on a thigh
Black ink fine line tattoo of a sitting cat with whiskers and a curled tail on the outer lower leg.
Black ink cat outline on a lower leg
Pencil sketch of a wolf howling up towards a large full moon, drawn on paper with faint construction guidelines.
Howling wolf and moon sketch
Black fine line drawing of a geometric wolf head in profile, built from linked triangles, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Geometric wolf line drawing
Colour tattoo of a fox in a faceted geometric style on the upper arm, with orange, red and yellow panels and black outlines on the tail and legs.
Geometric fox on an upper arm
Small soft-shaded grey wolf head tattoo on the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
Wolf head on inner forearm
Close-up of a small black fine-line tattoo of a cat with a curled tail, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Fine line cat on the upper chest
Two realistic black and grey cat head tattoos, one on the inner forearm and one on the wrist, with two hands clasped together.
Two cat head tattoos on forearm and wrist
Black line drawing of a stylised animal with a flowing tail, standing in water beside a large swirling crescent, drawn as a tattoo design.
Swirling stylised animal standing in water
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the inner forearm of a larger four-legged animal bowing its head to nuzzle a small rabbit.
Animal nuzzling a rabbit on a forearm
Close-up of a geometric fox head tattoo in orange, red and brown tones on the upper thigh of a person wearing a cream dress.
Geometric fox head on the thigh
Fine line black tattoo of a dachshund in profile, drawn as a single continuous line on the ankle.
Dachshund line drawing on an ankle
Watercolour-style tattoo of a cat's face with blue eyes, orange and purple washes and loose black linework on the forearm.
Watercolour cat eyes on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of four running horses in silhouette, spaced in a diagonal row across the ribs on a side view of the torso.
Four running horses along the ribs