Bird tattoo ideas

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Black and grey tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings and a flame outline across the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey phoenix on upper arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm in a neo-trad and realism style, showing a woman's portrait in an ornate frame with a wolf, a bird and red roses.
Woman portrait with wolf and bird on upper arm
Black and grey photograph of a bare back with arms raised overhead, showing a shaded rose and script tattoo on one upper arm and a small bird tattoo on the upper back.
Raised arms with rose and bird tattoos
Black tattoo of a flock of birds rising from the upper arm, with a dark treeline silhouette fading into the forearm, on a man in a white vest.
Flock of birds and treeline on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a swallow in flight with a touch of rust on its throat, on the upper arm.
Swallow in flight on the upper arm
Watercolour-style tattoo of two blue birds perched on dark branches across the upper arm and shoulder.
Two blue birds on a branch on the upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo on the upper arm showing a crowned crane with a fan-shaped crest, surrounded by ferns, poppies and wildflowers.
Crowned crane and botanicals on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a peacock with a turquoise, blue and orange body on an upper arm, with a dark grey shape tattooed above it.
Peacock tattoo on upper arm
Colour and black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a large bird with red flames and maple leaves across a shoulder and upper arm.
Japanese bird and maple leaves on upper arm
Realism colour tattoo of a perched raven in front of a bare tree and full moon, covering the upper arm.
Raven with moon and bare tree on upper arm
Collage of small black fine line tattoos drawn from classic books, shown on upper arms, forearms, shoulders and backs.
Literary tattoos on arms and backs
Black and grey realism tattoo covering the upper arm, showing a full moon over a cloudy sky, a woman with wind-blown hair seen from behind by a lake, and a crow on a rock.
Moonlit lake scene on upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing a swallow, a rose, stone arches and a pocket watch with Roman numerals.
Black and grey sleeve with rose and pocket watch
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of red and green tartan with a circular clan crest, a bird motif and a motto banner in a traditional style.
Tartan with clan crest on upper arm
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
Black ink birds in loose painterly strokes with orange wash across an upper arm tattoo.
Birds in flight on an upper arm
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
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
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
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
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
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 and grey Japanese style arm sleeve tattoo with a bird, swirling clouds and pink lotus flowers across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Bird and flower full arm sleeve
A small gold-coloured winged bird design on the upper arm of a woman in a long patterned dress, standing on stone steps.
Gold winged bird design on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of four numbered finch beak studies with script reading Charles Darwin 1845 on an upper arm.
Four numbered finch beak studies on upper arm
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo across a man's shoulder and chest, with further tattoos on his upper arm, forearm and ribs.
Dragon shoulder and chest piece on a muscular torso
Realistic black and grey birch trees with pink clouds and red birds across a shoulder and upper arm sleeve tattoo.
Birch trees and red birds on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a woman with wind-blown hair seen from behind, facing a moonlit sea beneath a full moon and clouds.
Moonlit shoreline scene on upper arm
Colour tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm showing a sunset sky, bare black-lined trees, red poppies and small birds in flight.
Sunset tree and poppies on shoulder
Blue songbird tattoo with black linework and watercolour-style splashes of teal and green, on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Blue bird with watercolour splashes on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a feather with purple, pink and blue watercolour washes and black birds flying off the top, on the upper arm.
Watercolour feather with birds on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo on an upper arm showing a palm tree over water, a crescent moon, a thought bubble reading CAN I LIVE, and several small icons.
Fine line icons and palm tree on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with an hourglass, compass, anchor, palm tree and pink roses.
Hourglass, compass and anchor on upper arm
Traditional style owl tattoo on an upper arm, wearing a tweed cap and argyle sweater, with a small red flower beside it.
Owl in tweed cap and argyle sweater
Traditional tattoo of two swallows above and below a LIVE FREE banner, with yellow flowers, on the upper arm.
Two swallows and LIVE FREE banner on upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing flying doves, clouds and a pocket watch.
Doves and pocket watch sleeve tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wing made of feathers across the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic wing feathers on upper arm
Realistic castle, moon and birds above a stone labyrinth tattooed across a man's upper arm and shoulder, shaded in grey with yellow-lit windows.
Castle and labyrinth sleeve on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a black raven perched over a brick house with lit windows, with a red eight-pointed star above, on an upper arm.
Raven perched on a house on an upper arm
Realistic tattoo of red birds flying over a cloudy sky, with a thorny branch and a nest of three blue eggs, on an upper arm.
Red birds and nest on an upper arm
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a teal and orange bird with long flowing feathers across an upper arm.
Teal and orange bird on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an owl with blossoms and clover across an upper arm and shoulder.
Colourful owl and blossoms on an upper arm
Full sleeve tattoo of stylised birds, leaves and geometric motifs with dotwork shading, running from the upper arm down to the forearm.
Sleeve of stylised birds and leaves
Colour realism tattoo of a barn owl perched on the upper arm, with soft purple and teal shading behind it.
Realistic barn owl on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing an eye inside a lace-edged heart above a large pink rose, with red roses, swallows and butterflies around it.
Eye in heart and pink rose on upper arm