Bird tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey Celtic knotwork tattoo on the upper arm, with hooded figures, birds and a cat among spiralling vines.
Celtic knotwork vine on upper arm
Full sleeve Japanese-style tattoo in colour showing cranes flying through clouds, a purple mountain, pine trees and turquoise waves, on an arm.
Japanese landscape full sleeve with cranes and waves
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a black feather and flying birds with pink, yellow, blue and purple splashes on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour feather and birds on a shoulder blade
Black and grey realism tattoo of a feather with swallows flying off it, on the outer side of a thigh.
Feather with swallows on the side of a thigh
Black script lettering reading live free with three flying birds on a woman's upper back, photographed from behind.
Live free script with birds on upper back
Black and grey tattoo design of a shaded feather with a flock of birds lifting away from its upper tip, on a white background.
Feather dissolving into flying birds
Digital tattoo design drawing of black bird silhouettes flying along a swirl of watercolour splashes, with no body placement shown.
Black birds over watercolour splashes
Two-panel photo of black and grey forest tattoos, with a pine silhouette and bare branching trees, and a small bird on a forearm.
Forest and pine silhouette tattoos on an arm
Black botanical tattoo on the upper back of a woman, showing a small bird perched on a branch that curves into a crescent of leaves and scrolls.
Bird on a branch in a leaf crescent on the upper back
Black ink birds in loose painterly strokes with orange wash across an upper arm tattoo.
Birds in flight on an upper arm
Loose sketch of a red cardinal bird in flight with outstretched wings and tail feathers, drawn in black ink with a pink and red watercolour wash.
Cardinal bird in flight sketch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a front-facing owl with detailed feathers and a shaded background, sitting on the upper arm.
Realistic owl on upper arm
Black linework geometric tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, with a bird on the back, a flower and city shapes, dotwork shading and small pink and teal dots.
Geometric bird, city and flower tattoos on arm and shoulder
Watercolour-style tattoo of a swallow in flight with red poppies and black birds across a person's upper back.
Swallow and red poppies across the back
Colour forearm tattoo of a stack of old books with an open book at the top, a blossoming tree growing from its pages, and a bird and hanging keys beside it.
Stacked books with a blossom tree on a forearm
Black silhouette flash design of six birds in flight beside the words let it go in thin handwritten script.
Flock of birds in flight with let it go script
Watercolour-style forearm tattoo of a songbird on a branch, with red berries, sketched mushrooms and an hourglass, in fine line and splashes of colour.
Bird, berries and mushrooms on a forearm
Colour tattoo sleeve on an upper arm showing Snow White holding an apple, with roses, owls and partly outlined Disney princesses.
Disney princess sleeve on upper arm
Fine line black outline of an origami crane on the upper back, surrounded by small coloured flowers and petals in red, green, orange and blue.
Origami crane with small flowers on upper back
Colour tattoo of a pink flamingo standing on one leg in a small blue pool, on the inner upper arm.
Pink flamingo on the upper arm
Collage of four colourful watercolour-style tattoos: a hot air balloon on a forearm, a compass with Roman numerals on a chest, a kingfisher on a calf and an elephant on a thigh.
Watercolour balloon, compass, kingfisher and elephant
Black and grey flash design of a bearded figure in a crown of thorns, with cherubs, a skull, an armoured angel with a sword, an apple and praying hands with a rosary.
Religious allegory flash with skull and angel
Colour tattoo of a cartoon bird with a red beak, blue-grey wings and orange feet on the forearm.
Cartoon bird on the forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an eagle head in profile, with detailed feathers and a sharp eye, on the forearm.
Eagle head portrait on a forearm
Black marker sketch on white paper of open books rising and changing into a flock of birds, a tattoo design drawing.
Open books turning into flying birds
Small black tattoo of three birds in flight on the inner wrist, with the hand raised and a thin ring on one finger.
Three birds in flight on the inner wrist
Colourful candy-land tattoo covering the calf and ankle, with a sweet castle, gumdrops, lollipops, a blue bird and two cartoon dolls on the foot.
Candy castle landscape on a lower leg
Line drawing of a stylised heron in blue and grey on a cream background, with ovoid and formline patterning in the body, shown as a tattoo design.
Stylised heron in blue and grey
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded feather that breaks up into a flock of flying birds on skin.
Feather dissolving into flying birds
Dark line drawing of a stylised bird with a curled crest, swept wings and spiral tail on a forearm, in a henna-like style.
Stylised bird design on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of three swallows in flight across the side of a torso.
Three swallows in flight on the side
Colour tattoo of a stylised phoenix with orange, yellow and red shading and a swirling tail, on the back of a person's neck.
Stylised phoenix on the back of a neck
Realistic coloured tattoo of a red cardinal perched on a thin branch on the upper thigh, with white lace fabric at the top of the frame.
Red cardinal perched on a branch
Colourful watercolour-style owl tattoo with loose black linework and blue, orange, red and purple washes on a forearm.
Watercolour owl on a forearm
Black and grey Neo-trad tattoo of a large-eyed girl with braids and a collar, framed by ornate scrollwork and a bird, on a limb.
Braided girl portrait in an ornate frame
Colour tattoo of two bluebirds flying out of an open birdcage on the calf, set against a pink cloud background in a neo-traditional style.
Bluebirds leaving a birdcage on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of two ravens perched on a bare branch across the inner wrist, shown from two angles.
Two ravens on a branch on a wrist
Blue peacock head and feathers on the thigh, with black linework tail feathers continuing down the leg to the calf.
Peacock tattoo running down a leg
Colour sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a robin and a blue tit perched among wheat stalks, in a neo-traditional style with a black ornate key.
Robin and blue tit sleeve with wheat
Tribal-style phoenix design with swept wings and flowing tail feathers, shaded from red at the wings to yellow at the tail, on a white background.
Tribal-style phoenix in flame gradient
Traditional style tattoo of two swallows, a red and grey anchor, rope and yellow flowers across an upper arm.
Swallows, anchor and flowers on an upper arm
Black and grey flash design of two mirrored crows above blue-grey lilies, an eye and a jawbone, set within dotted geometric circles and lines, with no body placement shown.
Mirrored birds, lilies and eye design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a feather on the inner forearm, with small birds flying off from its tip.
Feather dissolving into birds on a wrist
Black linework outline of a bird being tattooed on skin across the upper back, with a gloved artist working with a blue tattoo machine.
Bird outline being tattooed on upper back
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a cartoon bird wearing a purple bow with a small skull, with feathers and music notes, on the upper arm.
Colourful cartoon bird on upper arm
Two traditional-style snow globe tattoos on upper arms, one showing a desert with a cactus and moon, the other a palm tree, sea and flowers.
Snow globe tattoos on upper arms
Black line drawing of a stylised phoenix with sweeping, feather-like wings and a long tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Flowing phoenix line drawing
Colour realism tattoo of a bluebird perched on a branch of pink blossom, placed on the side of the ribs.
Bluebird on a blossom branch on the ribs