Bat tattoo ideas

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

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Colour realism tattoo of a blindfolded, fanged figure with long flowing hair and red blood on a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Blindfolded horror figure with blood on upper back
Solid black blackwork bat emblem with jagged, splintered edges and spiky rays tattooed on a forearm.
Bat emblem on a forearm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing three classic horror monster faces among flying bats.
Classic horror monster sleeve with bats
Four flash designs on black in orange and yellow: a black cat, a skull with diamonds, a bat beneath a spiderweb and an owl in front of a moon, drawn in a bold vintage style.
Halloween flash sheet: cat, skull, bat and owl
Black and grey tattoo of a winged bat with outstretched wings and a crescent moon above it, on the upper back near the neck.
Bat and crescent moon on upper back
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a bat emblem on a forearm, appearing to tear through the skin around it.
Bat emblem torn through skin on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a woman with flowing hair and a third eye, holding a skull, with two bats above, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo flash design on paper.
Woman with skull and bats design
Colour tattoo of a blue-grey bat perched on an orange pumpkin with autumn leaves and stems, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Bat perched on a pumpkin with autumn leaves
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a purple haunted castle, orange moon and bats on a forearm, with a script word along the bottom.
Haunted castle and moon on a forearm
Four solid black bat silhouette designs stacked vertically on a white background, each with distressed, cracked white speckling across the wings.
Four bat silhouette designs
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm showing two ghosts, a smiling pumpkin and a bat silhouette inside a heart-shaped lace frame on a purple background.
Ghosts, pumpkin and bat in a heart frame
Black ink line drawing of a round, smiling cartoon bat with its wings wrapped around its body, shown as a tattoo design.
Chubby bat with wrapped wings
Three small black tattoos on the back of a hand: a jack-o'-lantern face, a solid bat and a candy corn outlined in simple line work.
Halloween pumpkin, bat and candy corn on hand
Sketchbook page of hand-drawn tattoo flash in red and blue pencil, including a spider, umbrella, eye, apple, dagger and chainsaw, with no body placement shown.
Sketchbook page of spider, umbrella and chainsaw flash
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a heart-shaped planchette with a moon, a bat and the word GOOD BYE, surrounded by purple clouds and sparkles, with a hand resting on it, on the lower leg.
Planchette with bat and clouds on a calf
Colour tattoo of a zombie-style unicorn pony with a pastel mane, spotted body and small bats on the inner forearm.
Zombie unicorn pony on forearm
Traditional style flash design of Jack Skellington's grinning face above a banner reading The Nightmare Before Christmas, framed by red roses, a bat and spider web linework.
Jack Skellington with roses and banner
Grey shaded bat with spread wings above pink blossoms, white berries and green leaves, tattooed on the outer thigh in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Bat and blossom on a thigh
Solid black bat symbol tattoo shown in two photographs, one close up on the skin and one small tattoo on the lower abdomen above black jeans.
Bat symbol tattoo on skin
Large neo-traditional colour tattoo on a side of the torso showing a wolf head, a hand holding a ring, bats and a red-haired figure in an ornate frame.
Large colour piece with wolf, hand and birdcage
Black and white photo of two bat tattoos on a chest, with a spiked choker, layered chains and an inverted cross pendant.
Bat tattoos on chest beside inverted cross necklace
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a haunted house, bats, a bare twisted tree and a yellow moon across a person's shoulder and upper arm.
Haunted house and bats on shoulder
Small black outline of a bat tattoo on the inner wrist and base of the hand, in a fine line style.
Bat outline on the inner wrist
Close-up of a tiny solid black bat silhouette tattooed on the top of a finger, with pale blue nail polish visible.
Small bat tattoo on a finger
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a cartoon bat with wide googly eyes and spread wings on the inner forearm.
Cartoon bat with big eyes on a forearm
Back of a person with a watercolour-style tattoo of superhero emblems, including a hammer, bat, skull and spider, running down the spine on the back.
Superhero emblems watercolour back piece
Black and grey tattoo of three flying bats on the side of a neck, behind the ear, with shaded wings and bodies.
Three bats flying across the side of a neck
Three-view photo of a colour realism tattoo of a castle under a crescent moon and starry sky, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Castle under a crescent moon on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a bat symbol with red roses filling the wings and a black centre, on the inside of a forearm, in a traditional style.
Bat symbol with roses on a forearm
Black and grey pentagram set inside a sun with flame-like rays, with two small bat silhouettes, on the upper back near the neck.
Pentagram sun and bats on upper back
Pencil and ink line drawing of a bat with spread wings curling around an outlined heart, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Bat wrapped around a heart line drawing
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey bat peeking out of a blue teacup beside a crescent moon, on the forearm.
Bat in a teacup with crescent moon
Solid black blackwork bat emblem with ragged, splintered edges and thin radiating streaks, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Bat emblem on a forearm
Traditional flash drawing of a woman with bats swirling through her hair and bold red-rimmed eyes, with lettering reading Bat Shit Crazy beneath her.
Woman with bats in her hair, traditional flash
Realistic portrait tattoo on an upper arm of a long-haired, bearded man grinning with a gold tooth and holding a bat marked montos.
Realistic portrait of a grinning man with a bat
Black and grey tattoo with orange and yellow accents of a haunted Victorian house, bats and a full moon, with a wrought iron gate, on a person's calf.
Haunted house and bats on a calf
Two neo-traditional tattoos on the lower legs: a grey bat hanging upside down from a branch, and a pastel bird with a pink flower.
Hanging bat and pastel bird on two legs
Pink flash sheet of black and pink gothic designs including a skull, werewolf head, skeleton, coffin, raven and eyes.
Gothic flash sheet with skulls, skeleton and creature
Crossed legs showing black and grey tattoos on the thighs, including script lettering, a cluster of roses, a crescent moon with a face and a figure in a hood.
Script, roses and moon tattoos on crossed legs
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a bat with leaves and a daisy across the shoulder and upper chest.
Bat and leaves on a shoulder
Traditional style colour tattoos of a snake, a gorilla head and a heart on both lower legs, with black canvas shoes below.
Traditional tattoos covering both lower legs
Hand-lettered black text reading too weird to live, too rare to die, with a flock of black bats, on a yellow background; a lettering design that could be used as a tattoo.
Lettering design with bats on yellow
Flash sheet of horror tattoo designs in black and pink, including a skull, werewolf head, open mouth with fangs, skeleton, coffin, raven and creature head on a pink background.
Horror flash sheet with skulls, skeleton and coffin
Fine line black tattoos of a milkshake, cupcake, ice cream cone, bow and tiny bats across the fingers of a hand.
Dessert and bow finger tattoos
Black dotwork and blackwork tattoo on a calf of three stacked balloons with grinning faces, two bats and a small figure hanging from a string.
Stacked balloons with skeletal characters on a calf
Black ink flash sheet of traditional-style designs including skulls, a cat, a rose, a dagger, an owl and a rabbit, many marked with the number 13, shown as drawings with no body placement.
Hand-drawn flash sheet with 13 motifs
Fine line black outline of a bat symbol tattooed on the inner wrist of a palm-up hand, against a black and white striped background.
Small bat outline on the inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork and line tattoo of a bat with spread wings among leaves, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bat and leaves across a shoulder blade