Bird tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey pencil sketch of a shaded feather with a flock of birds lifting away from its tip, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Feather with birds taking flight
Black and grey botanical tree branches and birds in a night sky across a realistic arm sleeve, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Tree and birds sleeve on an arm
Colour tattoo of a large bird silhouette filled with a misty forest and a small distant figure, on the forearm.
Bird silhouette with forest scene on forearm
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a woman with a blunt fringe, a skull, white butterflies and black birds, with a small colour rose visible lower left.
Woman, skull and butterflies on back
Realistic brown feather with teal wisps and orange-brown birds rising from it, tattooed on a person's ankle and lower leg.
Feather dissolving into birds on an ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall hilltop monument, a standing stone structure, a church and a dove across a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Hilltop monument and church landscape on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree with birds flying across the chest, shoulder and upper arm.
Bare tree and birds across shoulder and arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bird with spread wings across a shoulder and upper back, photographed in black and white.
Flying bird tattoo across a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a perched falcon on a branch with pink peonies and pale poppies, across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Perched falcon with peonies on a shoulder blade
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies, lilies, leaves and a small songbird across an upper arm, shown in three angled photos.
Botanical flowers and songbird on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of three hummingbirds in flight across the lower back, with soft shaded clouds behind them.
Three hummingbirds in flight on the lower back
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
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a silhouetted child on a wire, a bird on a small wooden structure, bare branches and ruined buildings.
Silhouette child on a wire beneath bare branches
Black and white photo of a barn owl tattoo with spread wings on a person's upper back, shaded in a realistic style, placed between the shoulder blades.
Barn owl with spread wings on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of birds lifting from a shaded feather with the words Time to let go, across the lower back.
Birds and feathers with script on a lower back
Black and grey dotwork and realism tattoo of an owl, jellyfish and spiral forms with dotted geometric lines across a person's back and upper arm.
Owl and sea creatures across back and arm
Colour realism style tattoo of a hummingbird in flight in pink, purple, blue and orange on the upper arm, with black outlines on the tail feathers.
Hummingbird in flight on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eagle with spread wings on the side of the ribcage.
Black and grey eagle on the ribs
Realistic colour tattoo of a hummingbird in flight on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade, seen from behind.
Hummingbird tattoo on upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue jay in flight on the side of the ribs, with detailed feather shading in blue and grey.
Blue jay tattoo on the ribs
Realism black and grey sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with teal swallows, a pocket watch, a Roman numeral clock face, and a skull and rose on the back.
Realism clock, bird and skull sleeve
Realistic colour tattoo of a red cardinal perched on a dark branch, with grey flowers, across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Cardinal on a branch across a back and shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a diving eagle above a muscular horned figure, covering the side of the ribs.
Eagle diving over a horned figure on ribs
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a chickadee in flight with spread wings, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Chickadee in flight on the upper back
Black and grey shaded feather tattoo on the shoulder, with its tip breaking into flying birds that continue across the upper chest.
Feather dissolving into birds on shoulder
Colour realism tattoo of a feather in blue, green, purple and pink on the side of a torso, with small coloured birds rising towards the ribs.
Multicoloured feather and birds on the side
Black and grey realistic swan tattoo across the back of a person with dark hair, seen from behind while sitting outdoors on grass.
Realistic swan tattoo across a back
Black and grey realistic swallow tattoo on the upper arm, with wings spread and head angled downward.
Swallow on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl perched on a thorny branch, placed on the inner forearm.
Owl perched on a branch on a forearm
Realistic tattoo of a small blue and brown wren with a long tail on the inner wrist and forearm.
Blue wren on the inner wrist
Black and grey tattoo on the upper arm with a feather, flying birds, shaded clouds and the script quote 'Your wings were ready but my heart was not'.
Feather, birds and quote on upper arm
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a large raven in flight with smaller birds, German text and a vertical brushstroke ladder motif.
Raven in flight across a back piece
Black and grey forest tattoo with pine trees, a bare tree and small birds across a raised forearm, fading to dotwork at the base.
Forest and birds across forearms
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 and grey tattoo of a raven in flight holding hanging chains with pendants, on the side of a ribcage.
Black and grey raven with chains on ribs
Realistic tattoo of two sparrows perched on a black and grey ornate key with flowing ribbons, across the upper chest.
Two sparrows on an ornate key
Large colour tattoo across a person's back showing a woman's portrait, teal peacock feathers, purple peonies, a bird and a ladybird, in a realistic style.
Woman portrait with peonies and feathers on a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hummingbird in flight on the upper chest, with a printed stencil of the same bird taped alongside.
Hummingbird tattoo on upper chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals, birds and a rose, covering a forearm.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Realism light bulb tattoo with a glowing amber filament on a leg, surrounded by neo-traditional flowers, leaves and small bird silhouettes.
Glowing light bulb tattoo on a leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a large bird with spread wings across a person's upper back, shown from behind.
Realistic bird with spread wings on a back
Full colour realism sleeve tattoo on an arm showing chickadees, cherry blossom, purple flowers and a woman's face against a blue sky, shown from five angles.
Bird, blossom and woman full sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings and swirling smoke across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Black and grey phoenix across a shoulder blade
Black and grey realism tattoo of a kookaburra perched on a branch, placed on the side of the ribs.
Kookaburra perched on a branch on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bald eagle with spread wings gripping a sword, on the upper arm.
Eagle gripping a sword on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dandelion seed head with birds flying off it and the word Always below, on the side of the torso.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds on the side
Colour realism tattoo of a blue and orange bluebird perched on a branch, on the inner wrist.
Bluebird perched on a branch on the wrist
Black and grey dandelion tattoo with light blue wash and drifting seeds across the upper back, in a soft botanical style.
Dandelion seeds drifting across the upper back