Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Grey stencil design of a scorpion with a swirling butterfly above its raised tail, on a white background.
Scorpion and butterfly stencil design
Black ink drawing of an ornate butterfly with acanthus scroll wings and leaf detail, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Ornate butterfly design
Traditional coloured tattoo design of a monarch butterfly over a mountain sunset, framed by red roses, wheat and hops, shown on a white background.
Roses, mountains and butterfly design
A grid of cross stitch chart designs in traditional tattoo flash style, including swallows, hearts, roses, a pin-up, a cherry pair and lettering, on a grey background.
Sheet of cross stitch tattoo-style flash designs
Line drawing of a stylised butterfly with blue and black wings and curved antennae on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Blue and black butterfly line design
Black tribal-style butterfly design with flame-like wings and a coiled figure down the centre, shown on a white background.
Tribal flame butterfly design
Black line drawing of a tattoo design in a traditional style, showing a hand holding a letter with a heart, two roses, leaves and a butterfly, on a tracing sheet.
Hand holding envelope with roses and butterfly
Black ornamental butterfly design made of swirling scrolls, dots and small flowers on a white background.
Ornate swirl butterfly design
Flash-style design of two black palm trees, a red hibiscus with green leaves and two small butterflies on a cream background, with no body placement shown.
Palm trees and hibiscus flash design
Pencil and ink drawing of a tattoo design showing a Roman numeral clock with an orchid, rose, butterfly and beaded chains, in black and grey, with no body placement shown.
Clock, butterfly and orchid design drawing
Illustrated tattoo design of a face split into a woman's side and a skull, with a Roman numeral clock behind the head and a colourful butterfly wing over one eye.
Half skull, half woman with clock face
Black line drawing of a butterfly formed from musical staff lines and notes on a cream background, shown as a flash design.
Butterfly made of musical staves and notes
A butterfly design in purple, blue and teal with black borders and spotted wing edges, shown on a white card beside a ruler.
Purple and teal butterfly design
Fine line ink drawing of a seated elephant whose trunk releases a cluster of butterflies, with the word Always written beside its hind leg.
Elephant blowing butterflies with the word Always
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a shaded butterfly and rose, stars, swirls and the script words No Place Like Home.
Butterfly, rose and script design sketch
Black line drawing of Winnie the Pooh holding a large balloon, with Piglet and a butterfly beside him, shown as a design for a tattoo.
Winnie the Pooh floating with a balloon
Black ink flash sheet of ornate butterfly, dragonfly, hummingbird, flower and ladybird tattoo designs.
Ornamental insect and hummingbird flash sheet
Sheet of black line drawings of traditional tattoo designs, including roses, skulls, swallows, snakes and anchors, arranged as a character grid.
Traditional tattoo flash glyph sheet
Black linework flash design of a vertical sleeve layout with a skeleton face, butterfly, voodoo doll with pins, bat-winged figure, Alice-style girl and teacups.
Tim Burton style character sleeve design
Flash sheet of twelve watercolour-style butterfly designs in orange, blue, purple, green, yellow and pink, stacked vertically on a white background.
Stacked watercolour butterfly flash sheet
Black tribal-style butterfly design on a white background, with bold swirling wings and a curled tail, shown as a standalone stencil-style drawing.
Tribal butterfly design in black
Black line drawing of four butterflies on a vertical vine of dotted scrolls, a fine line flash design with no body placement shown.
Vertical butterfly and scroll flash design
Flash sheet of butterfly designs: four full-colour butterflies at the top and a grid of black line butterfly designs below, none shown on skin.
Butterfly flash sheet in colour and line
Black and grey drawing sheet of several butterflies on a white background, with hatched and stippled wing patterns and one large swallowtail-style butterfly at the top.
Butterfly study sheet in black and grey
Black line drawing of the word Smile in flowing brush script, with three outlined butterflies, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Smile script with three butterflies
Flash sheet of black silhouette tattoo designs in a botanical style, showing flower sprays, swirling vines, butterflies and birds on a white background.
Black silhouette floral and bird flash sheet
Black and grey line drawing of a feather entwined with flowers, ferns and a small butterfly, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Feather, flowers and fern tattoo design
Flash design of a watercolour-style skull with a butterfly, leafy branches and a Roman numeral clock, drawn in ink on a white background.
Skull, butterfly and clock design
Coloured pencil tattoo design of pink lilies, butterflies and lotus flowers with a script letter R, in a botanical style.
Lilies and butterflies with lotus flowers
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with lilies, butterflies, curling vines and dotted bubbles, drawn as a flash sheet with no body placement shown.
Lilies, butterflies and vine sketch
Three-stage tattoo design of a pocket compass with a butterfly across the dial, shown as line art, greyscale shading and full colour.
Compass and butterfly design in three stages
Flash sheet of six stacked colour designs with swirling flourishes, including butterflies, apples with leaves, a cloud with lightning bolt and a pink star.
Six colourful swirl and motif flash designs
Black linework drawing of a stylised butterfly with long swirling tendrils on white paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Stylised butterfly with flowing linework
Packaged sheet of gold and silver metallic Batman temporary tattoos, including bat symbols, stars, a chain bracelet design and a butterfly motif, on a white backing.
Batman temporary tattoo sheet in gold and silver
Black ink flash drawing of a butterfly with patterned wings and a flowing fine line vine trailing downward, shown on a plain white background.
Butterfly with flowing vine line design
Black ink drawing of a butterfly with patterned wings perched on a thin, swirling vine, shown as a fine line tattoo design.
Butterfly and swirling vine design
Black line drawing of a tattoo flash design with two butterflies, lily flowers, swirling stems and dots, suited to a sleeve or back piece.
Butterflies and lilies flash design
Character map sheet of black tribal tattoo-style designs, including butterflies, hearts, dragons, suns and scorpions, arranged in a grid of labelled cells.
Tribal tattoo design font specimen sheet
Black and grey drawing of two large monarch butterflies with smaller butterflies scattered around them, a tattoo design for use on skin.
Monarch butterflies in flight
Coloured pencil drawing of a green, blue and brown butterfly above black swirling vines and green leaves, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Butterfly and swirling vine design
Product photo of a packaged sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos featuring Superman shield logos, stars, hearts, a butterfly and chain bracelet designs.
Gold metallic Superman temporary tattoo sheet
A grid of black and grey ornamental silhouette designs of birds and animals, including a swan, toucan, owl, heron, cat and butterfly, drawn as flash for tattoo use.
Ornamental black and grey animal and bird designs
Black line drawing of gladiolus flowers on tall stems with two butterflies, in a botanical fine line style, suitable as a tattoo design.
Gladiolus and butterflies line drawing
Traditional style flash sheet of repeating tattoo designs, including daggers through skulls, swallows, pin-up women, hearts, roses and a scorpion, on a tan background.
Traditional flash sheet with skulls, hearts and pin-ups
Line drawing of an ornate heart design with feathers, swirls and small roses in teal, green and red watercolour tones on a white background.
Heart and feather doodle design
Four black and grey butterfly designs stacked vertically on a white background, with detailed wing veining and stippled dot shading.
Four butterfly designs in black ink