Bird tattoo ideas

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

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Realism style tattoo of a shaded purple feather with black birds rising from its tip and script lettering beside it, on the side of a torso.
Purple feather with birds and script on the side
Fine line tattoo of six small birds in flight above the script words Life goes on... on a woman's upper back near the shoulder.
Birds in flight and script on shoulder
Black ink script reading Breathe with three small birds in flight, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm, in a lettering style.
Breathe script with three birds on wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of four birds in flight above the script words life is a beautiful struggle, across the ribs.
Birds and script quote on the ribs
Black fine line script reading alis volat propriis with a small bird silhouette in flight, shown on a pale grey background.
Alis volat propriis script with bird
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design: an infinity symbol with the words be strong believe in cursive script, with small birds flying across the lines on lined paper.
Infinity symbol with 'be strong believe' script and birds
Black and white photo of the word freedom in serif lettering on a wrist, with a small bird silhouette above the final letters.
Freedom lettering with bird on wrist
Flash sheet of six black line infinity symbol tattoo designs, several with handwritten or block lettering such as family, sister and always, and some with bird silhouettes.
Infinity symbol tattoo designs with words
Black script quote reading Our flaws are what makes us perfect, with four solid bird silhouettes, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Quote with four flying birds on ribs
Black and grey script lettering reading Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today, with a feather and a bird above it, across a man's upper back.
Script quote with feather across upper back
Black fine line script reading All good things are wild and free, with a feather and small birds, across a woman's shoulder and collarbone.
Script quote and feather on a shoulder
Black ink design of an anchor with a looping line leading to a flock of birds and the script words carry with me the weight of the sea, shown on a white background.
Anchor and birds with script quote
Black and white photo of a forearm with black script reading Take these broken wings and learn to fly, with a small bird silhouette beside the text.
Script quote and bird on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a dreamcatcher with two feathers, the script word Dream and small birds on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and the word Dream on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a windswept tree breaking into birds, with a script quote below it, across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Windswept tree and script quote on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of the words let it be with a swirling tail and three small swallows, on the top of a woman's foot.
Let it be script and swallows on a foot
Two wrists pressed together showing matching fine line tattoos of the word sisters within an infinity symbol, each with three small birds above.
Matching sisters infinity tattoos on wrists
Black fine line script reading not all those who wander are lost, with two small bird silhouettes, tattooed on the outer side of a bare foot on wet sand.
Quote and birds tattoo on the side of a foot
Two wrists side by side, each with a matching black lettering tattoo of an outlined heart, a small wing and the word Sisters, with a bracelet on each wrist.
Matching sisters heart and wing wrist tattoos
Fine line black script tattoo reading free on the upper chest near the collarbone, with three small birds flying up from the end of the tail.
Free script with birds on the collarbone
Black fine line script tattoo reading inhale the future exhale the past, with four birds in flight, on a shoulder.
Script quote and flying birds on shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of four birds flying above an infinity symbol with the word faith in script, on the shoulder of a person seen from behind.
Four birds and infinity script on shoulder
Small black fine-line script reading warrior with a bird silhouette in flight, tattooed on the inner wrist of a light-skinned hand.
Warrior script and bird on a wrist
Black crown design filled with white mountain and pine tree linework, with the lettering you my are king and PSALM 44:4, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Crown with mountains and lettering
Black fine line script reading Love with a small bird above it, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Love script and small bird on a wrist
Watercolour-style tattoo on the upper arm showing a teal and pink heart inside a pink and teal circle, with a dandelion, two small birds and the script words The struggle is part of the journey.
Heart, dandelion and quote on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird on a thin wavy line leading to the word Believe, on the inner wrist of a clenched hand.
Believe script and bird on wrist
Black design of a feather releasing flying birds beside the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a white feathered background.
Feather and birds with script quote
Fine line black script tattoo reading Be the change with three small birds, on the side of a foot.
Be the change script with birds on a foot
Fine line black script reading if you're a bird I'm a bird with three small bird silhouettes, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Three birds and script quote on a wrist
Blue-grey handwritten quote and a line drawing of a serotonin molecule tattooed on a forearm, with a small bird at the bottom edge.
Serotonin molecule and quote on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a bird silhouette with speech bubbles and a boxed caption in lettering.
Black bird silhouette with quote lettering
Black ink tattoo across the upper back with the words books are proof humans can do magic, flying birds, a triangle with a circle and line, and a trident.
Quote, birds and symbols across upper back
Black ink flash design of two birds and the lettering I am flawed if I'm not free, with swirling flourishes, shown on a white background.
Two birds and quote lettering design
Black fine line script tattoo reading "I must go" with a small rose and a bird outline on the inner forearm.
"I must go" script with a small rose on a forearm
Fine line black infinity symbol with three small birds in flight and the word faith in script on the upper back.
Infinity symbol with birds and faith
Black lettering reading Not all those who wander are lost, with two birds in flight, on a woman's upper back beside purple flower heads.
Quote and birds on upper back
Blue silhouette birds rise from the shoulder blade, with the script lettering Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly beneath them on a person's upper back.
Flock of birds and script quote on back
Calvin and Hobbes tattoo on an upper arm, with the boy and tiger lying in grass beside a dark tree and the words I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up.
Calvin and Hobbes quote on upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of the script word fé joined to a line drawn bird, on the inner arm.
Fine line script and bird on forearm
Black fine line infinity symbol with three birds in flight and the word Always in script, shown as a temporary tattoo on the inner wrist.
Infinity symbol with three birds and Always script
Colour tattoo of a flying hummingbird with the script II Cor. 7:14 beside it, on the upper back.
Hummingbird with II Cor. 7:14 script
Black and grey tattoo on an upper back showing a shaded feather, a flock of birds and the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not.
Feather, birds and quote on upper back
Neo-traditional thigh tattoo of an ornate black frame holding handwritten script, with swallows and red roses below.
Script frame with birds and roses on a thigh
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird on a wavy line leading to the word Believe, on the inner wrist of a clenched hand.
Bird and Believe script on the wrist
Blue and black silhouetted birds in flight across the upper back, with the script lettering Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly, in a Lettering style on the shoulder blade.
Flock of birds and script quote on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner wrist showing an infinity symbol with the word faith, the reference heb 11:1 and three birds in flight above.
Infinity symbol with faith and birds on a wrist
Two matching black and grey shoulder tattoos of three birds on a branch, with script reading Where you go, I'll go and Where you stay, I'll stay.
Matching bird and script shoulder tattoos