Bird tattoo ideas

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White line-art crest on a black background with a bird, a pentagram, a police box, a lattice panel and a banner reading all who wander are lost.
Crest design with bird, police box and banner
Neo-traditional flash design of a blonde woman in a dark gown and white gloves, holding a small mouse, with a clock, a bird and a KEEP ON BELIEVING banner.
Princess with mouse in a leafy frame
Pencil sketch design of a feather with small birds lifting off from its tip and a line of script beneath reading take those broken wings and learn to fly.
Feather with birds taking flight sketch
A white crop tank top on a wooden hanger, printed with black and grey tattoo-style designs including a cross, a crown, Roman numerals, Hebrew letters and the word Forgive.
Tattoo-style designs printed on a white crop top
Black ink line drawing of a hummingbird in flight, with wings and body filled with geometric patterns of scales, stripes, checks and spirals.
Hummingbird in flight with patterned wings
A sheet of fine line script words such as wander, be here now and stay strong, with small bird silhouettes, laid on green artificial grass.
Temporary tattoo sheet with script words and birds
Flash design of a compass rose wrapped in vines and flowers, with a hanging anchor, rope, a bird and a fish, in teal and peach tones.
Compass rose with vines, anchor and bird
Black and white flash design of a simple cartoon penguin waving with one flipper, shown on a plain white background.
Waving cartoon penguin design
Black ink pen drawing of a dreamcatcher design with a tree of life, beads and feathers, drawn in fine line on white paper, not shown on skin.
Dreamcatcher with feathers design
Black and grey drawing of a bird in flight with ornate, marbled wing feathers and a long forked tail, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Flying bird in black and grey
Pencil line drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with roses, two lovebirds in an ornate heart frame and a banner reading Hopeless Romantic.
Roses and lovebirds tattoo design
Flash design of a compass rose on a teal world map, framed by branches, flowers, leaves, rope, a fish, a bird and an anchor, in a botanical style.
Compass rose with anchor, bird and botanical wreath
Pencil drawing of a flying swallow with scrolling flourishes trailing behind it, shaded in grey, drawn on white paper, a flash design for a tattoo.
Pencil swallow with swirling tail on paper
Black silhouettes of seven birds in flight on a white background, with the words let it go in cursive script beneath them.
Flying birds with let it go script
Black silhouette of a Canada goose on off-white paper, with white script reading You Silly Goose and swirling ornaments across its body.
Canada goose with You Silly Goose lettering
Colourful illustrated design of a red and teal phoenix with flowing feather linework arranged to form a skull on a dark background.
Phoenix forming a skull design
Brown line drawing of a compass rose with N, E, S and W points, a fleur-de-lis at the top and a small black bird at upper left, shown as a flash design with no body part visible.
Compass rose with fleur-de-lis and bird
Black line drawing of a swallow in flight with swept-back wings, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Swallow in flight line drawing
Hand-drawn sketch of a hummingbird feeding from a purple iris with pink and teal ink splashes, shown as a tattoo design in a sketchbook.
Hummingbird and iris tattoo design
Black and grey flash sheet of ten ornate heart designs with scrollwork and dotted borders, including a rose, an eye and a moth.
Ornate heart flash sheet
Greyscale realistic drawing of a feather with small birds rising into soft smoke, shown as a tattoo design on a white background, with no body placement visible.
Feather with birds rising in smoke
Neo-traditional flash design of a pin-up princess holding a small mouse, with a clock tattoo on her arm, swallows, and a Keep On Believing banner.
Pin-up princess with clock arm and banner
Pencil and watercolour style drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, with pink roses, a teal jewel-like shape and a small bird perched on the crossbar.
Anchor with roses and a songbird
Pencil sketch of a songbird perched on a swirling branch with curled tendrils, a tattoo design drawn in a spiral notebook.
Songbird on a swirling branch sketch
Black stylised flash design of two bird heads on curving necks joined to a tapering tail with a spade tip, shown on a plain grey background.
Stylised bird and serpent motif
Neo-traditional style tattoo design of a dark-haired girl with braids, holding a skull, surrounded by green roses, two birds and a banner reading Over You Dead Body.
Girl with roses and Over You Dead Body banner
Flash sheet of metallic gold, silver, copper and black temporary tattoo designs, including feather borders, butterflies, doves and rose bands, shown without any body placement.
Metallic temporary tattoo flash sheet
Black ink drawing of two swallows in flight, with fine hatching and stippled dotwork on the wings and bodies, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Two swallows in flight
Pencil-style drawing of a sparrow perched on a blossom branch beside an ornate pocket watch, scrollwork and key, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Sparrow, blossom and pocket watch design
Black ink line drawing of a stylised phoenix with spread wings and flowing tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design on white with no body placement.
Phoenix with spread wings line design
Pen and ink sketch of a hummingbird in flight with loose, feathered linework on cream paper, shown as a possible tattoo design beside a black fineliner pen.
Hummingbird sketch in ink
Two solid black eagle designs with outstretched feathered wings, shown as a blackwork tattoo flash sheet.
Two spread-wing eagle designs
Turquoise line drawing of a dove with curling swirls and small hearts trailing from its tail, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Dove with swirls and hearts
Black tribal-style design of a stylised bird in flight with swirling tail feathers, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Stylised bird in tribal swirls
Black fine line script reading hakuna matata, arched across the design with small flying birds, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Hakuna matata script with birds
Black botanical tattoo design of a large swirl ending in a five-petal flower and leaf, with a small bird and dots, on a tan background.
Black swirl with flower and small bird
Loose ink sketch of a hummingbird in mid-flight with black and teal linework on a pale grey background, drawn as a possible tattoo design.
Hummingbird sketch in black and teal ink
Coloured illustration of a tree of life whose trunk forms a DNA double helix, with leafy branches, green roots, birds and butterflies on a parchment background.
Tree of life with DNA helix trunk and roots
Blue line-drawn feather fading into a flock of birds taking flight, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Feather dissolving into flying birds
Black and grey tattoo design of a bare tree with roots spreading over a hatched skull, with three crows and ink splatter around it.
Bare tree growing from a skull with crows
Black ink drawing of a stylised phoenix with sweeping wings and tail feathers, a flash design suited to a fine line tattoo.
Stylised phoenix in flowing linework
Illustration of a hummingbird in flight, trailing teal and purple paint splashes on a white background.
Hummingbird in flight with paint splash
Two black and grey traditional swallow designs on white fabric, each with a ribbon banner reading HIS on the top and HERS below.
Traditional swallow designs labelled his and hers
Black line drawing of a swan with its neck raised and head turned to the right, its body built from flowing, tapered strokes on a white background.
Stylised swan line drawing
Solid black line drawing of a phoenix in flight with sweeping wings and a long tail of feathers on a plain tan background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Phoenix in flight design
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with poppies, a bird with shaded wings, a pocket watch and a key, shown as a sketch on paper.
Poppies, bird and clock design
Three hand-coloured traditional flash designs on paper, showing a red heart, a blue rose and a blue swallow, each with a scroll banner carrying names.
Heart, rose and swallow flash designs
Black ink drawing of three swallows in flight over grey wash and small dots, shown as a design on white paper.
Three swallows in flight