Bird tattoo ideas

3,605 photos and flash · 22% Fine line, 15% Realism · Forearm most common

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Black and grey flash drawing of an owl in flight with spread wings, shown in detailed blackwork feather linework with no body placement.
Owl in flight with spread wings
Black line drawing of a swirling wing shape made from music staves and notes, on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Musical notes and swirling wing design
Flash sheet of tattoo designs in yellow, black and grey showing swallows, a peacock feather, arrows, moon phases, a sun and script words on a white background.
Yellow and black bird, feather and arrow flash sheet
Colourful digital drawing of a peacock with a fanned tail of green and purple eye feathers, a blue body and a black bow at the neck, on a plain grey-green background.
Peacock with fanned tail
Neo-traditional flash design of a braided, dark-haired figure holding a green skull bottle, flanked by birds and roses, with a banner reading Over Your Dead Body; no body placement shown.
Braided figure with potion bottle and banner
Pencil-style sketch design of a skull with a pink rose, a feather, a small bird and beaded chains, drawn on skin.
Skull, rose and feather pencil design
Black and white flash sheet of tattoo designs on a phone case, including a fox head, compass, bird, spider webs, playing card suits and a rope knot.
Black ink flash sheet with spider webs, compass and fox
Black line flash design of a songbird holding a sprig, a rose, a pearl necklace and a folding fan with peonies, in a traditional style with no placement shown.
Bird, rose and folding fan line drawings
Black and grey drawing of a stylised bird in flight with swept wings and a long curling tail, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stylised bird in flight design
Pencil flash drawing of a trident above a triangle and circle with a bird-like figure and arrow, with an Always banner beneath; no body placement shown.
Trident, triangle and Always banner design
Black line drawing flash of a swallow with spread wings, a pair of scissors, two roses and a CREATE banner, in a traditional style.
Swallow, scissors and roses with CREATE banner
Flash sheet of around a dozen black silhouette bird designs, including hummingbirds, swallows and peacock-like birds, with no placement shown.
Flash sheet of stylised black bird designs
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing a bird with flowing swirl ornament and fine line detail, drawn on cream paper with no body placement shown.
Ornamental bird design in ink linework
Black line drawing of a bird in flight with flowing swirls, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Flying bird with swirling tail
Sheet of black ink crow and raven silhouettes in varied flight and perching poses, drawn on white paper as tattoo flash.
Ink crow silhouettes flash sheet
Flash sheet of fine line designs with black ink and pale watercolour washes, including a hand, Saturn, a birdcage, a teacup, a bicycle and a paper plane, each with a text banner.
Sticker sheet of quote-banner designs
Pencil sketch of the word Ohana in cursive lettering with three simple bird shapes above and beside it, shown as a flash design on paper.
Ohana script with three birds
Pencil drawing of a stylised bird with outstretched wings and a swirling tail, a tattoo design on paper with no body part shown.
Stylised winged bird design in pencil
Neo-traditional drawing of a red-haired woman with a feather headdress, a raven and an axe, shaded in black and grey with red hair.
Woman with raven and axe design
Drawn tattoo design of an infinity symbol with cursive love and family script, green and purple feathers and small birds in fine line on a pale background.
Infinity symbol with love and family script
Black line drawing of a bird's head and claws woven into an interlaced Celtic knotwork pattern, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Knotwork bird line drawing
Black line drawing design of a script quote reading I think i'll miss you forever like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky, with silhouetted birds, shown on a white background.
Script quote with flying birds
Traditional flash design of a red-crested songbird perched on an outstretched hand with a teal rose, a heart pendant and red nails.
Songbird perched on a hand
Black flash sheet of a bird, floral sprigs, scroll ornaments, a lace border and a flower, drawn as tattoo designs in a stencil-like style.
Floral and bird flash sheet in black
Black and grey tattoo design of a swallow with outstretched shaded wings, a heart cut out of each tail streamer, and two rounded shapes with closed eyes at its head.
Swallow with heart cut-outs in flight
Black and white line drawing flash sheet showing a lighthouse, a sailing ship, a compass rose, an anchor, two birds and a floral swirl, with no body placement shown.
Nautical flash sheet with lighthouse and anchor
Black ink line drawing of an abstract winged bird with a swirled tail and a column of decreasing dots, on textured white paper.
Abstract winged bird line drawing
Black ink line drawing of a winged dragon and a phoenix with flame-like tail swirls, shown as two tattoo designs on a white background.
Dragon and phoenix tattoo designs
Clear bag of Note to Self temporary tattoo designs showing black line drawings of flowers, lettering, arrows and a bird, held in a hand.
Note to Self temporary tattoo designs in a packet
Black ink line drawing of a stylised phoenix with swirling feathers and a long curling tail on a plain pale background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Flowing phoenix line design
Flash design of two swan-like birds forming a heart beneath spread wings, filled with pink, purple and grey patterning on a white background.
Pink winged heart design
Packaged temporary tattoo sheets showing a flock of grey birds in flight and fine line feathers on a white background.
Bird flock and feather temporary tattoo designs
Black and grey pen drawing of a bare, gnarled tree with exposed roots and a flock of birds lifting off from its branches, a tattoo design on a plain background.
Bare tree with roots and flying birds
Black and grey pencil drawing on paper of a tattoo design showing three dreamcatchers with trailing feathers and a flock of birds.
Dreamcatchers, feathers and birds design
Black line drawing of a woman with long hair and closed eyes, showing a Japanese-style sleeve of cherry blossoms, a koi-like fish and a skull on her arm.
Woman with Japanese-style sleeve and skull
Traditional flash drawing of a three-masted sailing ship with grey sails and a red pennant, set in a rope oval with grey clouds, a red sun and blue waves.
Sailing ship in a rope frame with setting sun
Black line drawing of a hummingbird in flight with swirling ornamental patterns on its body and feathered wings, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Ornamental hummingbird tattoo design
Black script lettering reading Courage with small flying birds beside it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Courage script with flying birds
Black ink drawing of three birds flying out of an open birdcage, with shaded wings and a shaded base on the cage.
Three birds flying from an open birdcage
Pencil and ink flash drawing of a small perched bird on a faceted diamond, framed by flowers, leaves and scrolling ornament.
Wren on a diamond with flowers and scrollwork
Black flash design of a compass rose with N, E, S and W lettering and three birds in flight, with no body placement shown.
Compass rose with flying birds
Painted flash design of two magpies in flight, one turning down and one spread wide, in blue, purple and green with white wing feathers on a plain white background.
Two magpies in flight
Black ink drawing of a cartoon owl with yellow beak and talons, perched beside a small bird on a branch, in a flash-style design.
Cartoon owl and small bird on a branch
Black ink line drawing of two hummingbirds in flight with partial birds in the top right corner, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Two hummingbirds in flight line drawing
Black and grey line drawing design of a feather that breaks apart into a flock of flying birds, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Feather dissolving into a flock of birds
Graphite pencil drawing of a phoenix with wings raised and a long swirling tail, a tattoo design sketch in a fine line style on a strip of paper.
Pencil sketch of a phoenix with flowing tail
Black line drawing flash design of a woman in profile wearing a feathered headpiece with flowers, beside a rose, leaves and a moon with birds, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Profile of a woman with roses and a feather
Two black line drawings of infinity symbols, one with a detailed feather across it and one with silhouetted birds in flight, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Infinity symbols with a feather and birds