Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Black and grey hatched ink drawing of a butterfly wing merging into a dark rose, shown as a design on white paper.
Butterfly and rose ink drawing
A blue and purple butterfly with spotted wing edges, printed on a white square transfer sheet against a dark grey background.
Blue and purple butterfly transfer design
Black and grey flash design of a rib cage, rose, dagger, skull and butterfly with banners reading Can we create something beautiful and destroy it, in traditional style with dotwork shading.
Rib cage, skull and butterfly with banner text
Three black and grey butterfly drawings stacked vertically on a white background, shown as tattoo flash designs with no body placement.
Three black and grey butterfly designs
Chart of twelve black silhouette animals decorated with Celtic knotwork, each labelled with a name and date range, under the heading Celtic Animal Zodiac.
Celtic animal zodiac flash sheet
Black line flash sheet of semi colon tattoo designs, including anchors, wings, flowers, butterflies, dragonflies and hearts, with prices noted at the top.
Semi colon tattoo flash sheet
Black and grey drawing of a shaded skull with feathered wings, butterflies and a compass, sketched on tracing paper beside a pen.
Winged skull with butterflies design
Black ink drawing of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals, a peacock butterfly and a smaller butterfly, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Pocket watch and butterflies drawing
Black linework drawing of a stylised butterfly with curling scroll wings and a slim body on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Swirling butterfly tattoo design
Drawing of a tattoo design showing a dreamcatcher with feathers, ribbons, two roses and butterflies, shaded in pink and purple tones.
Dreamcatcher with roses and butterflies
Black line drawing of a symmetrical butterfly with intricate cogs, clock-like gears and swirling filigree across its wings, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Steampunk gear butterfly line design
Black silhouette design of a dancing fairy releasing small butterflies, set against pale grey swirling floral filigree.
Fairy silhouette with butterflies
Black and grey dotwork drawing of ornate scissors whose handles and blades form butterfly wings, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Butterfly-winged scissors design
Black ink line drawing of a stylised butterfly with flowing wings and curled swirling antennae on a plain white background.
Black line butterfly design
Hand-drawn botanical flower design with spiral tendrils, striped leaves and a small butterfly, shaded in yellow and green with black ink.
Stylised flower with spirals and leaves
Black and grey line drawing of a winged serpent holding a skeleton key in its mouth, beside a heart-shaped padlock with butterflies.
Winged serpent with key and heart padlock
Black line stencil of a butterfly over a geometric star design, held up on a clear transfer sheet by a hand with black nail polish.
Butterfly over geometric star stencil
Japanese-style flash of an orange lion dog among gold clouds and grey waves, with a pink peony and a small butterfly, intended for a back or sleeve tattoo.
Lion dog and peony flash design
Black and white engraved drawing of a swallowtail butterfly with spread wings, shown as a possible tattoo design with no body placement.
Swallowtail butterfly line drawing
White zip pouch printed with traditional-style tattoo flash designs of Hello Kitty, swallows, roses, hearts and a dagger in red, blue and green.
Hello Kitty tattoo flash zip pouch
Solid black silhouette design of a butterfly with swirling vine stems, leaves and dots on a white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Butterfly and leaf vine design
Pencil sketch design of a fox lying down among leaves and flowers, with a faint butterfly outline, drawn on cream paper.
Sketched fox with flowers
Solid black silhouette design of a seated fairy with wings on looping vines, with a small butterfly to the right, drawn on a plain white background.
Fairy silhouette on swirling vines
Digital flash design of a rainbow butterfly, outlined and filled stars and black swirling linework on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Butterfly and stars design with swirls
Flash sheet of 30 small tattoo designs in Japanese style, pairing kanji characters with animals, flowers and symbols such as a rose, tiger, koi carp and dragon, each with an English label.
Kanji and animal tattoo flash sheet
Colourful flash drawing of a butterfly with yellow, orange, pink and purple wings, two purple flowers and curling swirls, with no body placement shown.
Butterfly and flowers design
Flash sheet of small solid black tattoo designs including a swallow, clover, heart, rose, skull, cat, anchor and unicorn head, arranged in rows on a white background.
Black tattoo flash sheet of small icons
Line drawing of a tattoo design showing two red butterflies with black swirling vines and small flowers on a white background.
Two butterflies with swirls and flowers design
Black ink flash sheet of seven butterfly designs on white paper, drawn in bold tribal-style linework with swirling flourishes and no body placement shown.
Butterfly flash sheet in black linework
A gold and orange design of a tiger's face and striped markings forming butterfly wings, with antennae, on a black background.
Tiger and butterfly hybrid design in gold
Two pink and purple butterfly designs with black swirling outlines and scattered pink, purple and blue stars on a white background.
Two butterflies with stars design
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
Five metallic gold and black temporary tattoo sheets on a white background, showing butterflies, wings, chains, lettering, arrows, feathers and geometric shapes.
Metallic temporary tattoo design sheets
A grid of black butterfly designs in varied wing shapes, from detailed linework to solid silhouettes, shown on a white background.
Black butterfly flash sheet
Grid of sixteen flash designs including an anchor, bird silhouette, clefs, bow, diamond, hearts, flowers, a dinosaur and butterflies, with no body placement shown.
Flash sheet of sixteen small motifs
Black line drawing of a butterfly made of geometric triangular facets, shown as a framed print on white, with no body placement.
Geometric butterfly line drawing
Black line drawings of butterflies and blossom branches on a white background, arranged as a botanical flash sheet for tattoo designs.
Butterflies and blossom branches design sheet
A grid of sixteen black and grey butterfly line drawings and silhouettes on a white background, shown as tattoo design options with no body placement.
Grid of sixteen butterfly designs
Flash design of a butterfly with stained-glass style wings in yellow, green and orange, with a red rose at its centre and black outlines.
Stained glass butterfly with rose design
Black ink dotwork drawing of a butterfly with open wings on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Stippled butterfly design
Black and grey flash sheet of decorative alphabet letters A to Z, each with floral swirls, and some with small butterflies, in a lettering style.
Decorative alphabet letters A to Z with swirls
Graphite sketch of two lilies, a butterfly and swirling lines with the word Love in script, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Lilies, butterfly and Love script design
Coloured neo-traditional style flash drawing of a large-eyed owl on a branch beside red roses, butterflies and falling petals, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Owl with roses and branch design
Black ink drawing of a butterfly above an open hand, with dotwork shading on the wings, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Butterfly above an open hand design
Black linework tattoo design on tracing paper showing an hourglass with scrollwork, a butterfly and blossoms, with no body placement shown.
Hourglass with butterfly and flowers design
Black and grey flash drawing of two swallows in flight above a moth with spotted wings, on a pale background.
Two swallows and a moth flash sheet
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a rose, a compass and two butterflies, shown on paper beside a purple pencil.
Rose, compass and butterflies design
Black ink line drawing of an infinity symbol with the words live, laugh and love along it, and a butterfly on the right, drawn on white paper as a tattoo design.
Infinity design with words and butterfly