Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with a butterfly on the upper arm.
Woman portrait with butterfly on upper arm
Three purple butterflies in a realistic style sit on the back of a hand, with a smiling woman's lips and chin visible at the top of the frame.
Three purple butterflies on a hand
Two photos of small black butterfly tattoos on an ankle, the left one beside an orange sandal strap and the right one above a leather chair.
Small butterfly tattoos on ankles
Colour tattoo of a sitting cat silhouette filled with pink flowers and multicoloured dots, with a small blue butterfly above its raised paw, on a lower leg.
Cat silhouette with flowers on a calf
Black fine line tattoo of a butterfly outline formed from a colon-like pair of dots and a semicolon, on the inner forearm.
Butterfly outline made from punctuation marks
Fine line brown outline of a butterfly on the top of a foot near the ankle, with dark painted nails visible at the top right.
Butterfly outline on a foot
Realism back tattoo of two shaded grey roses set within black lace ornament, with teal and red butterflies across the upper back.
Lace back piece with roses and butterflies
Black script tattoo reading Love me for who i am with a small butterfly above the words, across the upper chest near the shoulder.
Script quote and butterfly across the chest
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
Colour tattoo of two butterflies on a person's upper back near the shoulder, one shaded red and one shaded blue, with dark outlines.
Two butterflies on the upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a blossom vine with butterflies and small sparkles across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Blossom vine and butterflies on a shoulder blade
Two small black butterflies with stippled wing detail, one larger and one smaller, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Two butterflies on a forearm
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 and grey realism tattoo of a butterfly with open wings above a shaded rose on the forearm.
Butterfly and rose on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, roses, butterflies and a banner reading Ashana on an upper arm and shoulder.
Pocket watch, roses and butterflies on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a peony, green leaves and a butterfly wrapping up a forearm, in soft pink and green with grey shading.
Peony and butterfly on a forearm
Black silhouette of a figure with red butterflies drifting from its head, tattooed across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Silhouette releasing red butterflies on upper back
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with eyespot wings in teal, red, orange and brown, in a bold neo-traditional style, on the upper chest.
Colourful butterfly with eyespots on chest
Colour monarch butterfly with soft shading and grey swirling vine lines on the ankle, in a fine line and realism style.
Monarch butterfly and vine on ankle
Close-up of a butterfly tattoo in a tribal-style design, with bold black swirled outlines and purple, pink and blue fill, on skin.
Tribal-style butterfly on skin
Three realistic black and grey butterfly tattoos with soft shadows, one near the neck and two across the upper back and shoulder.
Three butterflies on neck and upper back
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
Black and grey tattoo on the back of a neck showing a shaded butterfly with the word Faith in script and small stars along a swoosh, in lettering style.
Butterfly and Faith script on the neck
Realistic colour tattoo of a red rose with buds, leaves and two butterflies across a woman's upper back.
Red rose and butterflies on upper back
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
Colour realism tattoo of a dark purple and orange butterfly resting beside a pink thistle bloom on the side of the torso.
Realistic butterfly and thistle on the torso
Colour tattoo of an awareness ribbon filled with puzzle pieces, framed by black linework butterfly wings with red accents, on the inside of a forearm.
Puzzle ribbon butterfly on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly on a shoulder, shaded to look three-dimensional with a cast shadow on the skin.
Monarch butterfly on a shoulder
Watercolour style tattoo on a thigh showing blue and orange butterflies, an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and soft splashes of purple and orange.
Watercolour butterflies and pocket watch on thigh
Photo of a shoulder tattoo of two blue butterflies with grey smoky swirls and small black sparkles, shaded to look three-dimensional.
Blue butterflies with grey smoke swirls on a shoulder
Close view of a small black silhouette butterfly tattoo cluster on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade and neck.
Butterfly silhouettes on upper back
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
Fine line sketch tattoo of a woman in profile with butterflies and teal accents running down a woman's upper arm and forearm.
Sketched woman and butterflies on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cat's face with a butterfly beside it on the upper back, shaded in soft purple and blue with orange eyes.
Cat face and butterfly on a shoulder blade
Black and grey traditional butterfly tattoo centred on a chest, shown under an open sleeveless denim shirt.
Butterfly tattoo on the chest
Black and grey small butterfly tattoo with soft shading on the inner forearm, near the wrist, with metal beaded bracelets worn above it.
Small butterfly on the forearm
Realistic coloured tattoo on a forearm showing a pocket watch with visible gears, a red rose and two butterflies.
Pocket watch, rose and butterflies on a forearm
Black and grey butterfly and ornamental tattoo stacked down the centre of a woman's back, seen in a black and white photograph.
Butterfly stack down the spine
Black fine line tattoos of a triangle on a finger, a small butterfly on the inner wrist and a swirl on the hand, shown in black ink against white fabric.
Small fine line triangle, butterfly and swirl tattoos on
Colour tattoo of three pink butterflies with dark outlines along a wavy pink and yellow swirl on the top of a foot.
Pink butterflies on a foot
Black script tattoo reading Forever 18 with a small butterfly, sitting on the lower torso above a yellow bikini bottom.
Forever 18 script tattoo on lower torso
Realistic blue butterfly tattoo with dark outlines and soft shading on the upper back near the shoulder.
Blue butterfly on upper back
Small colour tattoo of a red and blue butterfly with outstretched wings on the ankle, shown against a dark background.
Red and blue butterfly on an ankle
Colour realism tattoo of a peacock butterfly framed by red flowers across the centre of a woman's chest, worn with a white bralette.
Peacock butterfly with red flowers on chest
Black filigree butterfly tattoo with a blue and pink ribbon at its centre, on a person's upper back below the shoulder blade.
Filigree butterfly with ribbon on upper back
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
Colourful neo-traditional chest and shoulder tattoo showing a woman's face, an iris, scrollwork, a butterfly and roses, shown in three photo panels.
Floral chest and shoulder tattoo with a woman's face