Bird tattoo ideas

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

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Black traditional-style swallow flying over waves and a sun, printed as a graphic on a grey vest top against a teal wooden background.
Traditional swallow over waves design
Black line drawing of a swallow in flight with stippled dotwork shading on its wings and body, shown as a flash design on an off-white background.
Swallow in flight, dotwork flash design
Pencil drawing of a stylised bird with a shaded grey wing and a looping scroll swirl above it, on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Swirling bird tattoo design
Neo-traditional flash of a blonde cartoon woman with a tattooed arm, two bluebirds, roses and a banner reading Once Upon a Dream.
Blonde princess with roses and banner
Pencil sketch of a dreamcatcher with long feathers and a flock of small birds drifting off to the right, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and flying birds
Neo-traditional style flash drawing of a cartoon hummingbird with a large eye, teal body and yellow-green tail feathers, on a grey background.
Cartoon hummingbird flash design
Black and grey ink drawing of a raven with spread wings perched on a goblet, a tattoo design shown as flash with no body placement.
Raven with spread wings on a chalice
Black tribal-style line drawing of a phoenix with outstretched wings and a long, swirling tail, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Tribal phoenix flash design
Blue flash design of a swallow in flight, with white swirling filigree cut into its wings and body, in a Traditional style.
Swallow silhouette with swirl cutouts
Black line drawing of a cartoon owl with large eyes perched on a pussy willow branch, a flash design for a tattoo.
Cartoon owl on a willow branch
Black and grey flash design of a shaded feather breaking up into flying origami-style birds, with no body placement shown.
Feather dissolving into flying birds
Black lettering design of a two-line quote about an anchor and wings, with a hanging chain, a small anchor and a bird silhouette, shown on a plain white background.
Anchor and wings quote lettering design
Black dotwork drawing of a walking bear filled with pine trees and birds, shown on white paper as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Bear silhouette filled with pine forest
Black and white flash sheet of bird designs, including flying birds, perched birds on a swirling branch, a swallow-style pair, a hummingbird and script reading freedom, take me far, and we only part
Bird flash sheet with script phrases
Black blackwork-style dragon design with patterned wings that break apart into flying crows, drawn on a tan parchment background.
Dragon dissolving into flying crows
Teal hatched illustration of a swallow in flight on a white background, presented as a tattoo design.
Swallow in flight, teal illustration
Drawing of a stylised dark brown bird with red, orange and yellow wing feathers and teal leaves and stars, presented as a tattoo design.
Stylised bird with flame-coloured wings
Black linework flash design of a traditional-style heart pierced by a dagger, with dripping drops, flowers and leaves around it.
Traditional dagger-pierced heart with flowers
Black and grey shaded design of a bird in flight with sweeping wings and a curling tail, drawn on a plain white background.
Flying bird with swirling tail design
Black ink pen drawing of a stag head with flowers, birds and a beetle within a circle of branching antlers and fine geometric lines, with no body part shown.
Stag, beetle and flowers in a geometric circle
Black ink drawing of a raven with wings spread in mid-flight on a white background, with loose, brushed edges and no body placement shown.
Flying raven in black ink
Drawing of a geometric owl in flight, built from faceted feather shapes in teal, blue, brown and cream on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Geometric owl in flight
Black ink tribal-style drawing of a phoenix with sweeping wings and flame-like tail feathers on a pale background.
Tribal phoenix design
Black silhouette design of four perched birds on a bare branch, with a songbird on a leafy twig and three small birds in flight above.
Silhouette birds on branches stencil
Black line drawing of an ostrich filled with floral mandala and swirl patterns, shown as a fine line flash design with no body placement.
Ostrich with floral mandala pattern
Colour flash design of a blue and pink bird on a flowering branch with the script Never Clip My Wings and two music notes.
Bird on a branch with Never Clip My Wings script
Solid black tribal design of a stylised winged figure with a long tapering tail on a white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Tribal winged figure design
Pen and ink sketch of a round-eyed owl perched on a leafy branch, drawn on aged paper as a tattoo-style design with no body placement shown.
Owl perched on a branch
Black and grey brush enso circle framed by ferns, trees, birds and a deer, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Enso circle with ferns, trees and birds
Pencil sketch design of a shaded feather with a flock of birds rising from its tip and the script words sometimes you gotta fall before you fly along its length.
Feather with birds and script quote
Collage of black fine line infinity symbol designs with script words and birds, shown as temporary tattoos on a wrist and forearm.
Infinity script temporary tattoo designs
Collage of stylised animal designs on a white background, including red ornamental birds, owls, black swans, elephants, pink cranes and multicoloured giraffes.
Collage of stylised animal line art designs
Pen drawing of a traditional-style anchor wrapped in rope, with a seagull, a ribbon banner reading family and blue water, shown as a design with no body placement.
Anchor and rope design with family banner
Pen line drawing on graph paper of a fern frond, several feather and frond designs, a swirl and a hummingbird head, suitable as fine line tattoo flash.
Fern fronds, feathers and hummingbird sketch
Black ink drawing of a small fairywren with a raised tail and white wing patch, perched on a thin branch with green leaves.
Fairywren perched on a leafy branch
Brown ink drawing of a songbird in flight, its body formed from a treble clef and musical notes, with wings made of staves and notes drifting behind it.
Bird made of musical notes and a treble clef
Black line drawing of an open birdcage with two roses, a bird flying out, a feather and a padlock, in a fine line style with no body placement shown.
Open birdcage with roses and a flying bird
Black fine line drawing of a stylised swallow with curling tail swirls and a trailing vine of leaves, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Swirling bird and leaf vine line design
Black and white crest design with a letter H, the number 221B, a TARDIS, a pentagram, a bird and a banner reading Not all who wander are lost.
Crest with TARDIS and quote banner
Black line drawing of a dove in flight with spread wings and a tapering tail, shown on a plain white background, suitable as a tattoo design.
Dove in flight line drawing
Black and grey flash design of a dotwork mandala above feathers, butterflies, arrows and stars, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Mandala and feather dreamcatcher design
Flash design of a cartoon peacock with a large round head, shaded black and grey feathers and blue-eyed tail plumes on a white background.
Cartoon peacock with blue-eyed feathers
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman in an eyed headdress with snakes, birds and flowers, above a banner reading Volverte a ver.
Eyed headdress woman with banner design
Pencil drawing of two swallows facing each other above a branch of small blossoms, a traditional-style tattoo design in black and grey.
Two swallows with blossom branch
Black ink drawing of a crow in flight with painterly feathers on a plain white background, shown as a standalone blackwork-style design.
Flying crow in black ink
Black and grey flash sheet of three designs in a traditional style: a rope, a maple leaf and a bird, each with a campfire, tent and mountain scene inside.
Camping flash set with leaf, bird and rope
Ink drawing of a bird in flight, its body formed by a treble clef and musical notes, with staff lines sweeping out as wings, in brown ink on white paper.
Bird made of musical notes and a treble clef
Black line drawing of a stylised bird with swirling curled wings on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Swirl-winged bird tattoo design