Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Printed realistic blue butterfly design with a soft grey shadow on a white card, placed beside a ruler on a wooden surface.
Blue butterfly design on white card
Flash sheet of three black tribal designs, each combining butterfly wings with a central heart, drawn with swirling solid linework on white.
Three tribal butterfly and heart designs
Black and grey flash sheet of separate tattoo designs including a bird, skull, anchor, key, compass rose, moth, butterfly and a sailing ship, with no body placement shown.
Black and grey tattoo flash sheet
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design with two roses, a pocket watch, a butterfly and a strand of beads, drawn on paper with no body placement shown.
Rose, pocket watch and butterfly design
Two pencil sketches of tattoo designs showing flowers, leaves and butterflies, one in blue pencil and one in graphite.
Floral and butterfly tattoo design sketches
Line drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman in profile inside an ornate oval cameo frame, with scrolls, flowers, a rose and butterflies, shown without a body placement.
Cameo portrait with roses and butterflies
Pencil-style drawing of a dreamcatcher with feathers, ribbons, two roses and butterflies, shaded in purple-grey with a pink and yellow wash, as a tattoo design.
Dreamcatcher with roses and butterflies
Drawing of a butterfly-style design with spiderweb wings, curled tendrils and a dark central body, shaded in lilac and purple on a white background.
Web-winged butterfly design in lilac
Painted tattoo design of black butterfly silhouettes over purple, pink and blue watercolour splashes, drawn on pale paper.
Watercolour butterflies in black and purple
Botanical flash design of a clock face wreathed in flowers and leaves, with a hummingbird above and a butterfly below, drawn in teal and brown on a cream background.
Clock with hummingbird and butterfly
Six black and white butterfly illustrations in varied wing patterns, arranged on a white background, suitable as tattoo flash designs.
Six black and white butterfly designs
Red line drawing of a heart with a butterfly perched on its top edge, with flowing, tapered strokes on a white background.
Butterfly and heart line design
Black and grey tattoo design with the words She is clothed in strength and dignity, framed by blossom branches and two butterflies.
Proverbs 31:25 lettering with blossom and butterflies
Black ornamental flash design of a butterfly made from swirling scrolls and open circles on a white background.
Swirl butterfly flash design
Hand-coloured botanical flash design of three butterflies and pink buds on a curling vine, drawn on white paper.
Butterflies and flowering vine design
Flash sheet of three floral bouquets in teal, blue and orange with a monarch butterfly and the script words Always and Forever, in a flat illustrated style.
Floral bouquets with Always and Forever script
Flash-style drawing of a skull wreathed in pink blossoms, leaves, a butterfly and a hummingbird, in muted pastel washes and black ink on a cream background.
Skull with blossoms and butterfly
Sketched tattoo design of a dreamcatcher with feathers, ribbons, two roses and two butterflies, shaded in purple and pink tones.
Dreamcatcher with roses and butterflies
Black and grey tattoo flash designs printed on a phone case, including a large butterfly, a compass, chevrons, a rose and a microphone.
Tattoo flash sheet printed on a phone case
Traditional style flash drawing of a sailing ship framed by red roses, a yellow butterfly and crabs, drawn on paper.
Ship, roses and butterfly flash design
Black linework butterfly design with lace-like wing patterns, dotted trailing lines and a soft pink wash, drawn on paper as a flash design.
Lace-patterned butterfly design
Black ink and watercolour drawing of a butterfly whose wings and body are formed from pink flowers and leaves on a peach background.
Butterfly made of pink blossom
Illustrated design of a woman with a sugar skull face, a feather headdress, roses, butterflies and a skull, drawn in a mixed black, grey and colour style.
Sugar skull woman with feather headdress
Black linework butterfly flash design with purple shaded wings, scrolling tendrils and a white background.
Purple tribal butterfly design
Pencil flash design of two heart-shaped dreamcatchers with feathers and butterflies, above and below a line of cursive script; no body placement shown.
Heart dreamcatchers, butterflies and script on paper
Coloured pencil drawing of a tattoo design with pink and purple lilies, an orange patterned butterfly and black swirling vines, with no body placement shown.
Lilies, butterfly and swirls tattoo design
A flash sheet of small black tattoo designs on white, including a snake, sun, butterfly, dragonfly, flower and frog, shown in a simple bold tribal-style outline.
Black tattoo flash sheet of small motifs
Grey pencil-style drawing of a cartoon creature sitting beside a small heart and a butterfly, with the script words There's always something worth living for beneath.
Cartoon creature with butterfly and quote design
Drawing of a dreamcatcher with green and purple butterfly wings and small silhouetted butterflies on a yellow and pink background.
Dreamcatcher with butterfly wings
Coloured drawing of a tattoo design with pink plumeria-style flowers, a blue butterfly and black scrollwork on a white background.
Pink flowers and butterfly tattoo design
Purple and teal butterfly design with a purple awareness ribbon running down its centre and the word HOPE in the upper right, shown as a standalone drawing with no body part visible.
Butterfly with awareness ribbon and HOPE
Pencil drawing of a skull design surrounded by butterflies, hibiscus-style blooms and daisies, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Skull with butterflies and flowers
Solid black tribal-style butterfly wings design on a plain white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement visible.
Tribal butterfly wings design
Black line design of a butterfly with cut-out wing panels, set within an open heart outline and accompanied by a five-petal flower, leaves and petals, on a white flash sheet.
Butterfly within a heart with flowers
Greyscale tattoo design drawing of a butterfly above a pocket watch with Roman numerals, with a ribbon banner reading Memories last forever.
Butterfly and pocket watch with script banner
Black and grey flash design of dandelion seeds drifting up from an ornate silhouette with butterflies and flowing script lettering, on a white background.
Dandelion seeds and script design
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a pair of ornate scissors whose blades form the body of a butterfly with outstretched wings.
Butterfly scissors design
Flash sheet of four butterfly tattoo designs labelled Beauty, Freedom, Femininity and Change, with a flame-like orange and black butterfly, a red swirled butterfly, and a black butterfly.
Four butterfly designs on a flash sheet
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing a swallow with roses, a butterfly, a tiger head, a snake, a skull in a beanie, a woman with a rose in her hair and an eye.
Traditional flash sheet with swallow and tiger
Flash sheet of a multicoloured butterfly heart above several black high heel shoes decorated with white flowers.
Butterfly heart and floral high heel shoes flash
Black line drawing of a butterfly whose wings are formed from musical staff lines and notes, with swirling flourishes around it.
Butterfly made of musical staves and notes
Design of a skull in a samurai helmet with crossed katana, pink flowers and an oni mask, in a Japanese style.
Samurai skull with katanas and flowers
Pencil drawing of a cheerful baby dragon hatching from a cracked egg, with its wings forming a heart shape and a small butterfly nearby.
Baby dragon hatching with heart-shaped wings
A sheet of metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo designs showing fairies on crescent moons, chains, a necklace, butterflies and dotted bands.
Metallic gold and silver fairy, chain and butterfly designs
Traditional-style flash designs of cartoon characters from Bob's Burgers, shown as coloured paper prints on a dark background, including a rose and a butterfly.
Bob's Burgers character tattoo flash designs
Six solid black butterfly designs in a blackwork style with detailed wing patterns, arranged in two rows on a white background.
Six black butterfly designs
Black ink drawing of an ornate butterfly surrounded by mandala-style patterns and dangling beaded chains, in a dotwork style, shown as a design with no body placement.
Mandala butterfly tattoo design
Coloured line drawing of a tree whose trunk forms a double helix, with leafy branches, roots, birds and butterflies, styled as a botanical tattoo design.
Tree of life with DNA helix trunk and roots