Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Black ink traditional flash sheet of butterflies and moths, including a central moth with a woman's face, skulls, tigers and a lantern, on cream paper.
Butterfly and moth flash sheet
Black line drawing of a stylised bee with butterfly-like striped wings, curled antennae and a patterned abdomen on a white background.
Stylised bee with swirled antennae
Pencil sketch of two unicorn heads with monarch-style butterflies, drawn as a tattoo design on plain paper with no body part shown.
Two unicorns with butterflies pencil design
Black line drawing of a butterfly at the start of a swirling musical staff with notes and scrolls, shown as a tattoo design on a grey background.
Butterfly and music staff swirl design
Two black lace-style butterfly tattoo designs on a white background, one with dotted wing panels and one with mesh wing panels, both with dangling dotted chains.
Two lace-winged butterfly designs
Black ink flash design of a butterfly with ornamental swirling wings and long curled antennae, shown without any body placement.
Ornamental swirl butterfly design
Pencil drawing of a botanical tattoo design with a climbing vine, tulip-style flowers and three butterflies, shaded in black and grey.
Vine with tulips and butterflies
Black and grey vintage-style flash sheet showing a key, crown, stag, anchor, butterfly, teacup, sailing ship, fox, camera, swallow and arrows, with no tattoo on skin.
Vintage flash sheet of keys, crown, ship and fox
Solid black silhouette design of a fairy in a dancing pose with large butterfly-style wings, shown on a white background.
Fairy silhouette with butterfly wings
Pencil and ink drawing of a woman's face framed by roses, peonies, a butterfly and a dragonfly, a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.
Woman portrait with roses and butterfly
Black line drawing of hand-drawn lettering reading Look for Beauty, Listen with Love, Live to Inspire, with a swirled butterfly, hearts and flourish dividers, shown as a tattoo design.
Look for Beauty lettering with butterfly
Flash sheet showing a colour floral skull with butterflies and ribbon, a black and grey skull with a spiked crown, and JANE lettering beside a deer silhouette.
Floral skull, misfit skull and deer flash sheet
Black geometric butterfly with dotwork shading on a lilac and blue painted background, mounted in a wooden embroidery hoop.
Geometric butterfly in an embroidery hoop
Digital drawing of a purple butterfly with black swirls, dots and a grey sunburst, shown as a flash design with no skin visible.
Purple butterfly with black swirls
Black ink line drawing of a sitting elephant spraying a cluster of butterflies from its trunk, with the word Always in script, drawn on plain paper.
Elephant spraying butterflies design
Black ink sketch of a tattoo design with songbirds, hummingbirds, butterflies and bees among cherry blossom branches, with no body placement shown.
Birds, butterflies and blossom sketch
Realism-style pencil drawing of a woman's back and shoulder with a rose-grey pencil portrait and colourful butterflies across the shoulder blade, designed as a back tattoo.
Woman's back with butterflies and colour drips
Pencil sketch sheet of four cute chibi baby dragons with wings and curled tails, one with a butterfly, suitable as tattoo flash.
Chibi baby dragon sketch sheet
Black ink design of the word Imagine in flowing script, with two butterflies and ornamental swirls, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body placement.
Imagine script with butterflies and swirls
Flash sheet of twelve awareness ribbon tattoo designs in purple pencil, some with the words Hope, Survivor and Faith, and others with wings, hearts and flowers.
Awareness ribbon tattoo flash sheet
Line drawing of six butterflies in a diagonal row, shaded from red at the top through orange, yellow, green and blue to purple, on a white background.
Six rainbow butterflies in a diagonal line
Line drawing of two purple butterflies with black outlines and curled antennae on a beige background, shown as a flash design with no body placement visible.
Two purple butterflies design
Black ink drawing of two moths above a circular mandala of flowers and leaves, in a dotwork and linework style, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Moths and mandala with flowers in black ink
Flash sheet of four black line infinity symbols, each ending in a different motif: dispersing butterflies, flying birds, a musical note with the word music, and three outlined hearts.
Four infinity symbol designs with varied motifs
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala patterns and a central butterfly motif, with stippled dotwork edges, as a tattoo design.
Crescent moon mandala with butterfly
Black and grey drawing of a tattoo design showing a sugar skull with butterflies, roses and feathers, shown on paper with no body placement.
Sugar skull with butterflies and roses
Black and grey flash sheet of moths and butterflies in a traditional style, arranged in rows on a mottled grey background.
Sheet of moths and butterflies
Black line drawing of an ornamental butterfly design with swirling filigree wings and dotted detailing, shown on a white background.
Ornamental butterfly tattoo design
Black outline drawing of a butterfly with interlaced Celtic knotwork filling its wings, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Celtic knot butterfly line drawing
Traditional style butterfly design in red, yellow, teal and green with black outlines, shown as a drawing with three red drops beneath it.
Traditional butterfly flash with red flowers
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a Roman numeral clock face with a monarch butterfly, orchids and ornamental swirls, with no body placement shown.
Clock, orchids and butterfly design sketch
Realistic drawing of a butterfly whose wings are human skulls, shaded in sepia and brown tones on a beige background.
Skull-winged butterfly design
Flash design of pink, purple and blue butterflies with curling ribbon swirls and small stars on a white background.
Butterflies and swirls flash sheet
Black silhouette flash design of a butterfly resting beside a five-petalled flower and leaves, with swirling stems, shown on a white background.
Butterfly and flower design
Black line drawing of a teacup and saucer with swirling steam, a heart-shaped handle and a small butterfly on the saucer, shown as a tattoo design.
Teacup with steam, heart handle and butterfly
Eight pencil and ink drawings of chest piece tattoo designs, including mandalas, lace, a tiger, scrollwork and swallows with roses.
Chest piece design sketches collage
Black filigree design of a butterfly with scrolled wing panels on a white background, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Filigree scroll butterfly design
Black ink drawing of a butterfly made of swirling tribal-style curls, with a diagonal trail of small spirals and squares, drawn on plain paper as a tattoo design.
Swirl butterfly with dotted trail design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with two butterflies, swirling scrolls and outlined stars arranged in a vertical column.
Butterflies, swirls and stars design
Realistic tattoo design of a large skull framed by an ornate silver scrollwork border of roses, with sunflowers, butterflies and a lake landscape inside, shown as a flat design with no body placement.
Skull and roses in an ornate frame
Black ink line drawing of a heart built from flowers, leaves, swirls and cursive lettering, a flash-style design with no placement on skin.
Heart made of flowers and swirls in pen
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman's face framed by flowing hair and feathers above a wolf or lion head, with a butterfly below, drawn on translucent paper.
Woman, wolf and butterfly design sketch
Drawing of a purple awareness ribbon with a butterfly on top and the script Strength through Weakness on a peach background.
Purple ribbon and butterfly design
Black line drawing of a butterfly with ornate wings above a vine of three hibiscus flowers and leaves, shown as a tattoo design on plain white.
Butterfly and hibiscus vine design
Sheet of six solid black butterfly silhouettes in varied wing shapes on a white background, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Six butterfly silhouettes on a flash sheet
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a butterfly with lotus flowers and swirling vines, shown as a drawing rather than on skin.
Butterfly and lotus flower design sketch
Black line drawing of a butterfly with curling scrolls filling its wings, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Scrollwork butterfly tattoo design
Black and grey fine line drawing of a woman's face framed by snakes, a rose, a bird and a butterfly, shown as a tattoo design.
Woman's face with snakes and flowers