Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Black and grey pen drawing of an anchor tattoo design built from a ship, two swallows, a butterfly, roses, a compass and small lettering, in a fine line style.
Anchor tattoo design made of small icons
Black line drawing of an ornate butterfly with swirling filigree wings and heart-shaped motifs, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Ornate butterfly line design
Black line drawing of an elephant built from roses, daisies, a peony, lilies and leaves, with leaf-shaped ears and a flower-covered trunk, in a botanical style.
Floral elephant line drawing
Black ink flash sheet of ornate butterflies, swirling vines, flowers and music notes, drawn as tattoo designs on a white background.
Butterfly and floral swirl flash sheet
Drawn design of a skeletal ribcage and pelvis with a pink rose on the left and a blue butterfly on the right, with the text you're the only thing that's keeping me alive.
Skeleton ribcage with rose and butterfly
A symmetrical butterfly design with bold black tribal-style outlines and wings shaded from blue and purple to red and yellow, shown on a white background.
Black-outlined butterfly design in purple and orange
Black and grey drawing of a skull with butterfly wings, held up by two hands in front of a person's face against a plain grey background.
Skull and butterfly wing drawing
Flash sheet of metallic gold, silver and blue temporary tattoo designs including an anchor, butterflies, crescent moons, stars and ornamental bracelet-style bands, with no body placement shown.
Metallic temporary tattoo flash sheet
Mirrored pencil drawing of a pair of butterfly wings with a fine scroll between them, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Mirrored butterfly wings design
Black and white butterfly flash design with open wings, bold solid outlines and spotted wing borders, with no placement shown.
Monarch butterfly design, wings open
Pencilled neo-traditional tattoo design on paper showing a cat's head, a large rose, mandala-style flowers, a butterfly and a fan motif, with no body placement shown.
Cat, rose and mandala tattoo design
Overhead view of many small temporary tattoo designs, including animals, flowers, lettering and simple line motifs, scattered around a silver tin marked SUPER.
Temporary tattoo designs around a metal tin
Black and white ink drawing of a butterfly with fine veined wings and dark round spots, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Black ink butterfly with dark eye spots
Black flash design of a butterfly whose body is a treble clef and whose wings are formed from bass clef curls and note heads, shown on a plain white background.
Butterfly made of musical symbols
Pen drawing of an elephant head with dotwork shading and red-accented mandalas on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Elephant and mandalas tattoo design
Black calligraphic line drawing of a butterfly with curved antennae and sweeping wings on a white background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Stylised butterfly line drawing
Red tribal-style butterfly design with bold wings and the Greek letters delta, sigma and theta set between them, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Red tribal butterfly design with Greek letters
Flash design of a black skeleton cat holding up a blue butterfly, beside a red and gold rose and green leaves, in a traditional style.
Skeleton cat with rose and butterfly
Grid of twenty elephant tattoo designs in tribal, mandala, line and colour styles, each shown with a price and a View tattoo button.
Grid of elephant tattoo designs
Pencil and red ink drawing of an ornate butterfly wing design with swirling filigree, shown on paper with no body placement.
Ornate butterfly wing design in pencil and red ink
Colour drawing of the words BE YOU, NOT THEM in ornate orange lettering, decorated with flowers, a mushroom, bluebirds, a skull and turtles, with red swirling linework.
Be you, not them lettering design
Grid of black silhouette ornaments including swirls, flowers, leaves, butterflies and snowflakes on a white background, shown as a flash sheet.
Black silhouette ornament flash sheet
Black line drawing of a butterfly with flowers, leaves and berries arranged in a corner, shown as a botanical tattoo design rather than on skin.
Butterfly and flowers corner design
Black blackwork-style tribal butterfly design with swirling wings and curled antennae, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Tribal butterfly design in solid black
Black ink flash drawing of a pair of mirrored butterfly wings with dotted patterns and curled antennae, with no body placement shown.
Mirrored butterfly wings design
Flash sheet of metallic gold, silver, copper and black temporary tattoo designs, including feather borders, butterflies, doves and rose bands, shown without any body placement.
Metallic temporary tattoo flash sheet
Three black butterfly stencil designs on a white background, one at the top and two lower down, with wings filled in by bold solid shapes and open cut-outs.
Three butterfly stencil designs
Black ink line drawing of an ornamental cat with a butterfly beside it, filled with intricate patterns, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Ornamental cat and butterfly line design
Black line drawing of an ornate butterfly with filigree scrollwork wings and a key-shaped body, suitable as a tattoo flash design.
Ornate butterfly with key body design
Two infinity symbol tattoo designs decorated with flowers, leaves and butterflies, one in pink and red colour and one in black line art, shown without a body placement.
Infinity symbol with flowers and butterflies
Black linework drawing of a pair of legs in high heels, covered in traditional-style tattoo flash designs such as a heart banner, anchor, spider web and skull across the calves.
Traditional flash designs on drawn legs
Coloured illustration of a tree of life whose trunk forms a DNA double helix, with leafy branches, green roots, birds and butterflies on a parchment background.
Tree of life with DNA helix trunk and roots
Fine line botanical design of a tree whose trunk becomes a DNA double helix, with roots, leaves and butterflies, drawn in maroon ink on a peach background.
Tree growing from a DNA helix
Numbered traditional flash sheet of Hello Kitty tattoo designs in bold colour, including roses, a dagger, a heart, a telephone and an umbrella.
Hello Kitty traditional flash sheet
Coloured drawing of a roaring lion head with a white rose and flowing green and yellow mane, with orange butterflies, on white paper.
Lion head with rose and butterflies
Coloured drawing of a raven perched on a skull among red roses, with a bee and a blue butterfly, in a detailed botanical realism style.
Raven, skull and roses design
Black tribal-style butterfly tattoo design with sweeping wing curves and a slender body, drawn on a plain white background.
Tribal butterfly design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with two heart-shaped dreamcatchers, feathers, butterflies and script lettering, with no body placement shown.
Heart dreamcatchers and butterflies with script
Black and white line drawing of a butterfly over a circular patterned ring, with daisies, leaves and two small swallows, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Butterfly, daisies and swallows flash design
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a butterfly with wings filled with overlapping circle and flower-of-life patterns, shown on pale paper.
Geometric butterfly design
Black line drawing of a fairy with butterfly wings and swirling tribal-style linework, shown as a standalone tattoo design.
Winged fairy tribal design
Pink and purple butterfly tattoo design with black linework, a web-like wing pattern and curled swirls, drawn on a pale background.
Pink butterfly with swirling tail design
Botanical dotwork illustration of a white wolf and an orange fox in profile, framed by roses, leaves and butterflies on a grey background.
Wolf and fox profiles with florals
Black line drawing of a butterfly with outspread wings, built from dots and small oval shapes, shown as a dotwork flash design with no body placement.
Dotwork butterfly design
Pencil-style drawing of a fine-line botanical tattoo design with a curling vine, a pocket watch, a key and the words Life is what you make of it, shown on a pale pink background.
Vine, pocket watch and key design
Flash design of blue, purple and pink butterflies joined by a swirling dark line decorated with stars and dots, on a white background.
Butterflies and star swirl flash design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a black and blue butterfly with a pocket watch, its face marked with Roman numerals, on squared paper.
Butterfly and pocket watch design
Flash sheet of many small colour tattoo designs, including a swallow, butterflies, roses, a dolphin, a ladybird, a heart and a sun, with no body placement shown.
Fund-raising tattoo flash sheet with assorted designs