Animal tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic blue-grey design of an elephant, tiger, panda and rhinoceros heads stacked beneath a full moon, with black ink drips down the lower edge.

Stacked animal heads with a full moon

Dog head silhouette on an ankle

Small giraffe tattoo with black outlines and brown and grey spotting, placed on the neck behind the ear.

Giraffe tattoo behind the ear

Black fine line outline of a small elephant with its trunk raised, tattooed on an ankle in a black and white photograph.

Elephant outline on an ankle

Black and grey engraved-style crest tattoo with a lion-like figure and a curling banner bearing partly visible lettering, on the inner forearm.

Engraved crest with banner on forearm

Fine line black and grey tattoo of a cat in a striped jumper, sitting on the upper shoulder of a person with dark hair.

Cat in a striped jumper on a shoulder

Fine line tattoo of a seated dog in black ink on the forearm of a person wearing a red checked shirt.

Small outline dog on a forearm

Colour tattoo of a faceted geometric animal head with sketched black linework and a sprig of leaves on a limb, in the geometric style.

Geometric animal head with foliage

Black paw print design arranged in a heart shape above the words I love animals, drawn on a plain white background with no tattoo shown on skin.

Paw prints arranged in a heart

Black line drawing of a geometric fox built from straight, overlapping triangular facets on cream paper.

Geometric fox line drawing

Close side view of a tiny solid black cat silhouette tattoo on the neck just behind the ear, with several ear piercings visible.

Small black cat tattoo behind the ear

Black and grey realism tattoo of a wolf's head on the upper back of a person lying face down on a bed.

Wolf head tattoo on the back

Colour tattoo of a sleeping fox head with closed eyes and soft orange and red shading, with black linework, on the calf.

Sleeping fox head on a lower leg

Black line geometric tattoo of a cat face with angular facets on the upper arm, shown against dark patterned fabric.

Geometric cat face on upper arm

Realistic wolf head tattoo with shaded grey and brown fur across a person's upper back, with their head turned away from the camera.

Wolf head on upper back

Two matching black line tattoos on the skin, a fox outline with the word always and a stag outline with antlers and the word protego, in a fine line style.

Matching fox and stag outline tattoos

Small realistic black and grey tiger head tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand and woven bracelet visible.

Tiger head on the inner wrist

Colour tattoo of a cartoon squirrel-like creature with a large bulging eye, holding a cannabis plant, in a realistic style on the calf.

Cartoon squirrel holding cannabis on a calf

Charcoal drawing of a wolf's head facing forward on cream paper, with soft smudged shading and loose sketched fur lines, shown as a design with no body placement.

Charcoal sketch of a wolf head

Black and grey fine line tattoos on a forearm, including small script reading BE IT and an outlined animal on the lower arm, with the wearer's arms crossed over a dark jacket.

Fine line lettering and animal tattoos on forearms

Fine line black tattoo of a sitting cat with a curled tail on the inner ankle, above a pink sock and navy trainer.

Sitting cat line tattoo on ankle

Colour tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a black outlined prism with dotted speckles and a rainbow beam ending in stylised animals.

Prism and rainbow animals on ribs

Small black fine line tattoo of a fox with stippled shading on the inner upper arm of a person wearing a yellow top.

Stippled fox on the upper arm

Two small solid black paw print tattoos sit on the side of a pale ankle above the heel.

Two paw prints on an ankle

Realism colour tattoo of a French bulldog face wearing an orange-red collar, on the calf.

French bulldog portrait on a calf

Small rabbit tattoo on the lower back

Hand-drawn tribal wolf head design in black ink with purple and pink shading, drawn on lined notebook paper.

Tribal wolf head design

Small solid black paw print tattoo on the back of a hand resting on a tartan blanket.

Small paw print tattoo on the back of a hand

Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a smiling sloth hanging on the inner forearm.

Small sloth tattoo on a forearm

Back tattoo of an autumn tree with red and orange leaves, a bird on a branch and two black silhouettes sitting at its base.

Autumn tree with two silhouettes on the back

Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing an anatomical heart with poppies growing from it and two curled animals resting inside.

Anatomical heart with poppies on a forearm

Realistic colour tattoo of a giraffe head with a monarch butterfly resting on its muzzle, placed on the outer thigh.

Giraffe and monarch butterfly on a thigh

Black and grey realism tattoo of a roaring bear with a smaller bird head beneath it on the upper arm.

Roaring bear with bird on upper arm

Black fine line tattoo of a stag head with antlers on the upper chest, below the collarbone, in a black and white photo.

Stag head tattoo on the upper chest

Close-up of a realistic black and grey portrait tattoo of a dog's head on the side of a finger, with a small real dog standing on the floor below.

Realistic dog portrait tattoo on a finger

Black fine line outline of a small elephant on the inside of a wrist, with the hand raised against a dark floral backdrop.

Small elephant outline on wrist

Fine line black outline tattoo of a small fluffy dog on the inside of a forearm near the wrist, with a blurred dog resting beside it.

Fluffy dog outline tattoo on a forearm

Horse head in a heart outline

Fine line tattoo of a stylised animal head outline in black ink on the side of the ribs.

Single line animal head on side ribs

Fine line tattoo of a paw print outlined in pale white ink on the inner wrist, with painted nails visible above.

Outlined paw print on a wrist

Four small colour guinea pig tattoos in a row on the inner forearm, with a photo of four real guinea pigs on a red towel below.

Four guinea pig tattoos in a row on a forearm

Fine line tattoo of two elephants walking in single black outlines across the side of a foot, shown healed above and as a stencil on skin below.

Two elephants in line outline on a foot

Fine line black outline tattoo of a camel on the top of a toe, photographed against a carpeted floor.

Camel outline on a toe

Small seahorse on an ankle

Black and grey realism wolf head tattoo shaded on the middle finger of a hand with blue nail polish.

Wolf head tattoo on a finger

Colour tattoo of a fox head surrounded by oak leaves, acorns and moths on the outer thigh, in a painterly neo-traditional style.

Fox head with oak leaves and moths on a thigh

Red and orange sunset wash on the upper arm and shoulder with black silhouettes of savanna animals and a flying bird, in a colour tattoo.

Savanna sunset silhouettes on upper arm

Pencil drawing of a fox turned to look over its shoulder, with shaded fur, a bushy tail and a raised foot, on a plain white background.

Fox sketch looking over its shoulder