Bat tattoo ideas

201 photos and flash · 20% Neo-trad, 14% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Colour tattoo of two cartoon bats with outlined wings and three yellow stars on the inner forearm, in a soft, simple illustrative style.
Two cartoon bats and stars on a forearm
Black and grey realism portrait tattoo of a face on a thigh, with bat shapes and partial lettering, shown in a two-panel mirror photo.
Greyscale portrait tattoo on thigh
Close-up of a realistic black and grey tattoo of a bat with large dark eyes peeking out from its folded wing membrane.
Realistic bat peeking from folded wings
Large realistic grey back tattoo across the upper back, showing bats, a full moon, a gothic castle and a skeletal face, with small red roses.
Gothic full back piece with bats and castle
Traditional-style Halloween flash sheet in bold black outlines and bright flat colour, showing a pin-up witch, ghost, bats, skull, pumpkin and coffin designs.
Halloween flash sheet with witch and bats
Two clenched fists with traditional-style tattoos on the back of the hands, a white flying bird with green splashes on the left and a dark brown bat with red splatter on the right.
White bird and red-splashed bat on two fists
Black silhouette tattoo of a cat on a crescent moon, with bats and stars, on a person's upper back, photographed from behind.
Cat on crescent moon with bats and stars
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a sugar skull girl with a blue bow, a sugar skull pony, angel wings, bats and a coffin against pink clouds.
Sugar skull girl with pony and bats on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a bat head with a crescent moon and star above it, placed on the calf.
Bat head and crescent moon on a lower leg
Black and grey tattoo of a Batman mask on the side of the torso, with a flock of bats breaking away from its edge towards the upper left.
Batman mask dissolving into bats
Small solid black bat silhouette tattoo on a finger, with the hand spread flat against a pale surface.
Small bat silhouette on a finger
Black and white flash design of a crescent of swirling lines with black cats, a gothic castle, a skull with wings, a star and a seated girl.
Black cats, castle and crescent swirl flash
Traditional style flash design of three cartoon characters, a vampire, a grinning skeleton and a witch, above a banner reading Three of a Kind and a red rose.
Three of a Kind witches and skeleton flash
Colour traditional-style tattoo on an upper arm showing a blue Hello Kitty character dressed as Batman, with a red bow, bat symbols and red and yellow BAM and POW comic speech bubbles.
Hello Kitty as Batman on upper arm
Black ink flash design reading HAPPY HALLOWEEN with a bat above, ornate swirls, a spiderweb and two spiders below.
Happy Halloween lettering with bat and spiderweb
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a large red-tinged moon, bats, bare trees and a grinning pumpkin-style figure.
Full sleeve with moon and night scene
Black blackwork tattoo of four bats with web-patterned wings, arranged in a diagonal line across the top of a foot.
Four bats with web wings across a foot
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a bat with spread wings and a crescent moon on a person's stomach, above the waistband of dark trousers.
Bat with crescent moon on the stomach
Black and grey tattoo of Jack Skellington with bats and swirling lines across a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Jack Skellington upper arm and shoulder piece
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an upside-down bat with folded wings on a forearm, beside a denim jacket sleeve.
Upside-down bat on a forearm
Black and grey fine line bat in flight tattooed on the ribs, with stippled dotwork shading on its wings and body.
Bat in flight on the ribs
Full back tattoo in colour realism showing a grinning teal cat, a tall skeletal figure beside a stitched rag-doll figure, a pink moon, bats and a bare tree, placed across the lower back.
Moonlit skeleton couple and grinning cat on back
Black and grey tattoo of a large moon with a spiral hill, two silhouetted figures, bats and clouds across the upper back.
Moon, spiral hill and bats on upper back
Solid black Texas silhouette on the calf, filled with white bat shapes that scatter into a flock of black bats across the upper right of the leg.
Texas outline with bats on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a grey bat with spread wings, surrounded by yellow lightning bolts and a red burst, on a forearm.
Bat with lightning bolts on a forearm
Traditional style bat tattoo with teal ears, yellow eyes and black wings on the outer thigh of a crouching person in a checked shirt.
Bat tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey realism upper arm sleeve showing a bat signal over a moon, a city skyline, a Superman shield and a spider on a web.
Batman, Superman and Spider-Man upper arm sleeve
Colour tattoo of a haunted house, full moon, bare tree and ghost inside a heart shape on the forearm.
Haunted house and ghost in a heart
Neo-traditional tattoo of a shaded grey bat in flight above pink and burgundy peonies with green leaves, on an upper arm and shoulder.
Bat and peonies on an upper arm
Colour realism tattoo on the ribs showing a portrait in mirrored sunglasses with a cigarette, red Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas lettering and black bats.
Fear and Loathing portrait on the ribs
Black and grey photograph of a flock of solid black bat silhouettes tattooed down the inner forearm, with a hand with dark nail polish visible at the bottom of the frame.
Flock of bats on a forearm
Black bat symbol made of text on the upper arm, with red repeated HA lettering forming a grinning shape beside it.
Bat symbol and laughing text on upper arm
Black and grey bat with spread wings, flanked by peony, sunflower and poppy flowers, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Bat and flowers across upper back
Black and grey photo of a shaded realistic tattoo of a flock of bats spreading across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Flock of bats across upper back
Colour tattoo of a green zombie-style Hello Kitty character with red dripping blood, a purple dress and a spiderweb, with black bats, on a leg.
Zombie Hello Kitty tattoo on a leg
Black and grey tattoo of a bat symbol filled with lace-like patterns and a scalloped edge, shown on the upper arm in a blackwork style.
Lace bat symbol tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo on the outer thigh of a glass dome holding two cartoon skeleton characters in a yellow gown, with a black bat on top and red petals at the base.
Jack and Sally in a glass dome on thigh
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of an upside-down bat with a smiling moon above it and a bird's beak beside it, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Upside-down bat and moon on a forearm
Black ink traditional flash sheet on cream paper showing a raven, bat, black cat, pumpkin, coffin, broomstick, spiders and spider webs, with a £31 price marked in the centre.
Halloween flash sheet with bats, cats and spiders
Colour tattoo of a purple cartoon bat with large blue eyes, a pink skull bow and blood drips, placed on the ankle.
Cartoon bat with skull bow on ankle
Black ink line drawing of a bat with spread wings and claws curled in front of an outlined heart, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Bat with outstretched wings and a heart
Black and grey tattoo of a Batman mask on the upper back that breaks apart into flying bats towards the top right, on a bare shoulder.
Batman mask dissolving into bats on upper back
Black and grey realism style bat tattoo with spread wings across a forearm and upper arm, the bat's head shaded near the elbow.
Large bat tattoo wrapping a forearm
Black silhouette tattoo of a flock of bats across the upper back and shoulder blade of a woman wearing a purple macrame top.
Flock of bats on upper back
Large black and grey realism tattoo across a full back showing a top-hatted goblin holding a lantern, with bats, mushrooms and skulls.
Top-hatted goblin with money bag on a full back
Colour tattoo of a grinning orange jack-o'-lantern with a small black bat above it, in a bold neo-traditional style on a limb, with green and white teeth artwork beside it.
Jack-o'-lantern pumpkin with a bat
Black and grey tattoo of a gothic house, bats, a full moon, graveyard crosses and a bare tree across a woman's shoulder and upper back.
Gothic house and graveyard on a shoulder
Black and grey tattoo on the inner forearm and wrist showing silhouetted bats, a shaded moon and clouds, with a black cat sitting at the lower edge.
Bats, moon and black cat on a forearm