Bird tattoo ideas

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

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Blue-ink tattoo of a flock of birds rising above the words Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly, across a person's upper back.
Flock of birds and script on upper back
Black script tattoo reading take your time don't live too fast, troubles will come and they will pass, with three bird silhouettes, on the inner upper arm.
Script quote and three birds on upper arm
Collage of nine small black tattoos on hands, wrists, neck and back, including birds in flight, an infinity symbol, a barcode and script lettering.
Nine small tattoos: birds, script and symbols
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded rose, a small bird and leaves above a banner reading Mom and Dad, on the side of the ribs.
Rose, bird and Mom and Dad banner on the side
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird with a thin trailing line and the word Believe on the inner wrist of a clenched fist.
Bird and Believe script on a wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the upper back beside the shoulder blade, showing a shaded feather dissolving into flying birds, with script text reading You've been given this life because you are
Feather and birds with script quote on back
Black and grey tattoo of a dreamcatcher with two feathers, birds and the word Dream in script, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on a wrist
Black dotwork tattoo of a geometric, origami-style hummingbird with the script words elegiremos volar beneath it, on a forearm.
Origami-style hummingbird on a forearm
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of a feather dissolving into flying birds, with the script words sometimes you gotta fall before you fly running along the shaft, shown as a tattoo design.
Feather turning into birds with script
Black script reading not all those who wander are lost runs down the inner side of a foot, beside a whale tail and a small bird in a fine line style.
Quote with whale tail and bird on a foot
Black fine line script tattoo reading Believe with four small birds on the forearm near the wrist.
Believe script with birds on the wrist
Black and grey photo of the word freedom in serif lettering with a small bird above the final letters, tattooed on the wrist.
Freedom lettering with a bird on the wrist
Black and grey swallows and a fine script line running down the spine on a woman's upper back, shown from behind.
Swallows and script down the spine
Two forearms pressed together showing matching black fine line script tattoos reading Follow me and I'll follow you, arranged in a circle around a small outlined motif on the forearm.
Matching circular script forearm tattoos
Two photographs of rib tattoos: a red and grey bird beneath the script words Together forever never apart, and a shaded grey daisy beneath Maybe in distance but not in heart.
Bird and daisy rib tattoos with script quotes
Fine line tattoo design of four birds in flight above the script lettering life is a beautiful struggle, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Four birds above a script quote
White ink tattoo on a wrist showing a fine line infinity symbol, the word faith in script, and three small swallows, in a Fine line lettering style.
Infinity symbol with faith script and swallows
Colour realism tattoo of a green hummingbird on a shoulder blade, with the black script words This too shall pass curving beneath it.
Hummingbird and script on a shoulder
Colour realism tattoo of a feather shading from green to pink that breaks into small birds, with the word Grandma in script below, on the upper chest.
Feather dissolving into birds with script
Black script tattoo reading 'The earth has music for those who listen...' with three black swallows in flight, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Swallows and quote script on upper back
Tattoo on an arm of a semicolon and the words this too shall pass in black script, with a black bird silhouette and teal and pink splatter marks.
Semicolon and script with a bird and watercolour splashes
Black and grey tattoo design of birds taking flight beside the script words Don't be afraid to fly, shown without any body placement.
Birds in flight with 'Don't be afraid to fly'
Black script tattoo reading Let it be with three small birds in flight, on the inner forearm near the wrist, in a lettering style.
Let it be script with three birds on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Breathe, with a flock of small black birds rising from the final letters, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Breathe script with flying birds
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner wrist showing an infinity symbol with the word faith and heb 11:1 beneath, with three small birds flying above.
Infinity symbol, faith script and birds on wrist
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a bird on a branch, with a ribbon banner spiralling down the forearm bearing a quote.
Bird and quote banner on a forearm
Two forearms with matching fine line black script tattoos reading I love you mama and I love you more, each with two bird silhouettes in flight.
Matching script and bird tattoos on forearms
Black script lettering, three black bird silhouettes and a shaded purple and blue feather tattooed across the top of a foot, in a realism and lettering style.
Feather, birds and script quote on a foot
Black line drawing of a bold, graffiti-style word with a rising sun, clouds, flowers, feathers and a bird, designed as a lettering piece for a tattoo.
Bubble lettering with sun, clouds and flowers
Black silhouette of a raven in flight with a distressed texture, above the script word Nevermore on a pale grey background.
Raven in flight above the word Nevermore
Black and grey realism feather tattoo with flying birds and Beautiful Disaster script lettering on the side of the ribs.
Feather and birds with lettering on ribs
Small black fine-line script reading free, with a bird in flight at its end, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script word free with a flying bird on upper back
Black silhouette design of birds lifting from a feather above the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a white feathered background.
Feather and flying birds with script quote
Black silhouette of a raven perched on a thin curving branch above the word Nevermore in flowing script, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Raven on a branch above Nevermore script
Colour and black ink tattoo on a lower leg showing an open birdcage, birds flying out, pink cherry blossom branches and the words Faith Hope Love in script.
Birdcage and cherry blossom on a calf
Black script tattoo reading 'to thine own self be true' with a small bird beside it, on the inner wrist, worn with stacked silver bangles.
Script quote with a small bird on the wrist
Fine line black script reading inhale the future exhale the past with a flock of small birds above it, on a person's shoulder and upper chest.
Script quote and birds on a shoulder
Black script lettering of a three-line quote with flying bird silhouettes, tattooed across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bird silhouettes and quote on upper back
Six-panel collage of feather tattoos in black ink on ribs, collarbone, back, ankle and neck, some with flying birds and one with script.
Feather tattoos in six placements
Back of a woman with blonde hair showing a black script tattoo reading live free with three birds in flight, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Live free script with birds on upper back
Black and grey realism feather tattoo with swirls, small birds and a script quote across the upper back.
Feather and script quote on upper back
Two fine line black script tattoos of the word Ohana on a forearm, one with three bird strokes and one with two hibiscus flowers.
Ohana script with birds or hibiscus flowers on a forearm
A grid of cross stitch chart designs in traditional tattoo flash style, including swallows, hearts, roses, a pin-up, a cherry pair and lettering, on a grey background.
Sheet of cross stitch tattoo-style flash designs
Fine line black script reading not all those who wander are lost, with three small birds above it, across a woman's upper chest near the collarbone.
Birds and script quote across the collarbone
Woman in a lace bra and open plaid shirt, showing a traditional-style rose and bird tattoo on her ribs, script lettering on her upper chest, and a rose and portrait design on her thigh.
Rose and bird tattoos on torso and thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a feather with small birds and the script words free yourself on a person's upper back.
Free yourself script and feather on upper back
Black ink tattoo on the upper back showing a witch on a broomstick, three birds, the words books are proof humans can do magic, and two geometric symbols.
Witch, birds and quote on upper back
Black script tattoo reading Follow your dreams with small birds beside the word dreams, on the top of a foot above a black high-heeled shoe.
Follow your dreams script with birds on foot