Animal tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil drawing of a ram head with curled horns and tribal-style patterning, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body placement visible.
Ornamental ram head design
Black line drawing sheet of five animals in a Celtic-style spiral design, including a bird, horse, stag, badger and wolf, suitable as tattoo flash.
Five Celtic-style knotwork animals sheet
Small black and grey tattoo of a tabby cat lying on its side with a red collar, placed on the thigh.
Tabby cat tattoo on a thigh
Black fine line outline tattoo of a cat with an arched back and raised tail, on the side of a ribcage.
Fine line cat on the ribs
Fine black linework geometric fox tattoo on the inner forearm, shown beside a grey sleeve and a background of patterned paper stickers.
Geometric fox on inner forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a forest with trees and animal silhouettes in a circle on the inner wrist, held by a hand with sage green nail polish.
Forest scene in a circle on a wrist
Black dotwork tattoo of a geometric fox inside a coffin-shaped outline on the forearm, with the hand held open below.
Geometric fox in a coffin outline on forearm
A small solid black silhouette of a squirrel drawn in ink on lined paper, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Black silhouette squirrel design on paper
Black fine line tattoo of a larger fox and a smaller seated fox with swirling flourishes on the ankle.
Fox and swirl linework on an ankle
Small black and grey seahorse tattoo on the inside of a person's ankle, with dark jeans rolled above it.
Small seahorse tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey tattoo of a bison silhouette filled with a starry night sky and a crescent moon, with grey shaded mountains inside its body, on the upper leg.
Bison silhouette with night sky and mountains
Black and grey tattoo of a chubby cartoon panda sitting and holding a bamboo stalk, shaded in a soft realistic style on the thigh.
Cartoon panda holding bamboo on a thigh
Black ink pen drawing of a wolf head in fine line hatching, set inside a dashed geometric frame, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Wolf head pen drawing in a geometric frame
Colour geometric tattoo of a tiger head in pink, teal and dark faceted linework, sitting on the forearm.
Geometric tiger head on forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an adult elephant walking with a smaller calf on the back of a person's neck, shown in a realistic style.
Adult and baby elephant on the neck
Black and grey photo of a small fine line tattoo of a sleeping cat curled up on the inner forearm.
Sleeping cat outline on a forearm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a deer antler curving down the upper arm, with shaded highlights along the tines and base.
Antler tattoo on an upper arm
Black ink drawing of a deer skull with large branching antlers on a pale beige textured background.
Deer skull with antlers drawing
Fine line tattoo of a small sitting cat in dark ink on the back of an ankle, against a pale skin tone and a wooden surface.
Small outline cat on the ankle
Close side view of a tiny solid black dolphin tattoo on the side of a finger, with another finger visible at the top edge.
Small dolphin tattoo on a finger
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cat with yellow eyes wearing a gold crown, shown on a forearm against a red background.
Crowned cat on a forearm
Small black fine line elephant tattoo on the ankle, with a patterned fill across its back.
Small elephant tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a snarling wolf head with spiked fur and bared teeth, placed on the side of the ribs.
Snarling wolf head on the side ribs
Geometric wolf head line drawing with blue eyes on a grey gradient background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Geometric wolf head design
Colour tattoo of a jackalope with large antlers, drawn in a neo-traditional style with bold outlines and facetted shading, on a forearm.
Jackalope tattoo on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line tattoo of three small elephants walking in a line across the inner forearm, in black ink.
Three elephants in a row on a forearm
Three angled photos of a solid black paw print tattoo on a lower leg, with watercolour splashes in orange, pink, blue, green and yellow.
Paw print with watercolour splashes on a leg
Black and grey tattoo of a leaping hare with smoky shading and swirling forms on the upper arm of a man photographed in a bathroom mirror.
Leaping hare tattoo on upper arm
Black silhouette tattoo of three elephants walking in a row around an ankle, with bare feet and rolled denim visible on wet sand.
Three elephants on an ankle
Realistic black and grey wolf head tattoo on the upper back, with one blue eye and one red eye.
Split-face wolf head on upper back
Traditional style tattoo of two pairs of crossed arrows with red bindings and blue and yellow droplets, placed on a forearm beside other partly visible tattoos.
Crossed arrows with drops on a forearm
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a German Shepherd's head in profile, shown on the calf.
German Shepherd portrait on a calf
Small black fine line tattoo of a rabbit head with long ears, placed on the back of the neck behind the ear, in a fine line style.
Small fine line rabbit on the neck
Black and grey drawing of a wolf head in profile with bold tribal linework flowing behind it, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Wolf head with tribal armband design
Black knotwork tattoo of two interlaced animals with spiral details across the upper back, with a black triangular design on the shoulder.
Interlaced beast knotwork on a back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bear walking in profile across the upper chest, with stippled fur and a bold outline.
Walking bear on upper chest
Realistic black and grey stag head tattoo with large antlers on the upper arm of a woman wearing a dark top.
Stag head tattoo on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a cat head in profile, filled with dotwork and fine linework patterns, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornate cat head in black linework
Red tribal-style cat face design on a white background, drawn with bold, flowing linework and no body placement shown.
Tribal cat face design
Colour tattoo of a hedgehog holding a pink blossom, surrounded by pink flowers and green leaves, in a neo-traditional style on the outer thigh.
Hedgehog with pink blossoms on thigh
Two black fine line horse head tattoos, one on the shoulder and one near the collarbone, on a woman's bare skin.
Two horse head tattoos on shoulder and collarbone
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small stag head with branching antlers on the upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Small stag antlers on upper back
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo on the lower back of a person whose lilac top is lifted at the side.
Small black cat silhouette on lower back
Realistic black and grey wolf head with blue eyes, framed by bare branches, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Wolf framed by branches on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a cat with a curling tail and two paw prints, placed behind the ear on the neck.
Cat and paw prints behind the ear
Black fine line giraffe tattoo on a woman's shoulder, with script lettering forming the body of the giraffe.
Giraffe outline with script lettering on shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm of a snarling bear's head above a woman's face with dark painted stripes.
Bear headdress portrait on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a running fox in orange and red watercolour washes with fine black linework, on the side of the ribs.
Running fox on the ribs