Animal tattoo ideas

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Neo-traditional tattoo of a blue hippo with black outlines and floral and mushroom motifs filling its body, placed on a shoulder.

Blue hippo with floral pattern on shoulder

Neo-traditional tattoo of a ram head with curled horns, a red crescent moon and a red rose on the thigh.

Ram head with rose and crescent moon

Colour tattoo of three rabbits in blue and red clothing inside a gold scrolled frame with a heart, on the thigh.

Storybook rabbits in an ornate frame on a thigh

Black and grey ornamental wolf head tattoo with feather and floral motifs on the inside of a forearm.

Ornamental wolf head on forearm

Colour neo-trad tattoo of a brown rabbit with raised ears among green grass, on the outer thigh.

Brown rabbit in grass on a thigh

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

Colour tattoo of a brown bear wearing a blue collared shirt and orange spotted tie on an upper arm, set against an orange glowing sun.

Bear in shirt and tie on upper arm

Neo-traditional tattoo sleeve on an upper arm showing a red fox face among green leaves, with a fox tail and a dark animal's clawed paws below.

Fox and foliage sleeve on upper arm

Colour tattoo of a seated pink cat with blue eyes and patterned lace-like shading, on the forearm.

Patterned pink cat on an arm

Fox and yellow rose on a forearm

Close photograph of a bold red cartoon fox tattoo with black outlines and spiky ears, sitting on the forearm, with a partial second tattoo visible at the bottom edge.

Red cartoon fox tattoo on an arm

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a wolf head framed by a teal dreamcatcher and dotwork beads on the forearm.

Wolf head with dreamcatcher on forearm

A stylised purple and blue lion head tattoo sits centrally on the upper back of a woman with her blonde hair in an updo.

Purple lion head on upper back

Colourful sketchy tattoo of a leaping fox on a shoulder and upper chest, with loose orange, red and green washes over black linework.

Leaping fox tattoo on a shoulder

Colourful geometric bird tattoo with black hatching and yellow, teal and orange accents on a forearm.

Stylised bird on a forearm

Neo-traditional tattoo of a red fox head with snarling jaws, surrounded by brown leaves and acorns, on the inner forearm.

Fox head with leaves on forearm

Realism light bulb tattoo with a glowing amber filament on a leg, surrounded by neo-traditional flowers, leaves and small bird silhouettes.

Glowing light bulb tattoo on a leg

Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a green hillside path, a long-eared dog, a red animal and green leaves with white flowers.

Landscape and animals on upper arm

Colour neo-trad tattoo on a forearm of a large red rose shaped like a circus big top, with a ferris wheel, a tightrope walker, a small animal on a ball and a unicycle.

Circus rose with big top and unicycle on a forearm

Vibrant colour tattoo of a hairless cat wearing a bow tie, shown on the inside of a woman's forearm.

Colourful cat in a bow tie on a forearm

Neo-traditional stag head tattoo on a forearm, with grey shading, bold black outlines, orange eyes and red blush accents.

Stag head tattoo on forearm

Fox and roses on a thigh

Colour tattoo of a snarling fox wearing a pearl necklace and teal crescent ornament, with a spiked orange collar, on an upper arm.

Snarling fox with pearl necklace on upper arm

Illustrated lynx head tattoo flash design with amber eyes, fine linework and soft sepia shading on a beige background.

Lynx head illustration

Colour tattoo of a cartoon giraffe wearing a pink bow, in a neo-traditional style, on a limb.

Cartoon giraffe with pink bow

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of two wolf heads with pink blossoms and leaves running along a forearm.

Two wolf heads and pink blossoms on a forearm

Colour tattoo of a brown dog's head in a faceted, geometric style with bold black outlines, placed on the forearm.

Faceted dog portrait on a forearm

Neo-traditional tattoo of a snarling grey wolf head pierced by an arrow and dagger with red splatter, on the forearm.

Wolf head with arrow on a forearm

Colour tattoo of a white wolf with a red sun-like marking on its forehead and red-rimmed eyes, shaded in blue and purple, on a person's forearm.

White wolf with red sun marking on forearm

Fox, bird and rose tattoo

Six neo-traditional tattoo flash designs on paper showing a ram skull, a deer skull, a moth, a fennec fox, a red panda and a bird with peonies, all in bright colour.

Neo-traditional animal designs on flash sheets

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

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

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

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

Wolf head in profile with green crystals

Hare silhouette with forest scene on thigh

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

Colour tattoo of a crouching orange fox with a long bushy tail curling up the upper arm, shaded in black and grey.

Crouching fox on an upper arm

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

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

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

Neo-trad colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a half white faceless mask with red marks beside a half grey wolf with yellow eyes and red trim.

Split white mask and wolf on upper arm

Bold tattoo of an ornately decorated grey elephant with coloured headdress patterns on the thigh, shown beside a close-up detail panel.

Ornate elephant with patterned headdress

A black linework sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a crowned queen with ornamental scrollwork and a lion or animal motif near the wrist.

Crowned queen sleeve in linework

Colour chest tattoo with grey Celtic knotwork borders, flowers, leaves and an animal, placed across the upper chest.

Colourful Celtic knot chest piece with flowers

Neo-traditional tattoo of a zebra head with teal beads and pink flowers on the upper leg, shaded in black and grey with colour accents.

Zebra head with pink flowers on a thigh

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a fox head framed by blue flowers and a red rose, placed on the thigh.

Fox, blue flowers and red rose on a thigh