Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Full arm sleeve in traditional style with a sailing ship, shark, swallow, pin-up and roses scattered with small stars, shown in three photographs on the upper arm and forearm.
Traditional nautical full arm sleeve
Colourful traditional arm sleeve on the upper arm and forearm, with a woman's face in grey and pink, a red rose, a dagger and a butterfly.
Traditional arm sleeve with woman, rose and butterfly
Black and grey traditional butterfly and moth tattoos on the inner forearms and elbows of a person with raised arms.
Butterflies and moths on both forearms
Black and white vintage photograph of four women seen from behind, each with traditional-style tattoos of butterflies, birds and florals on the hips and buttocks.
Four women with hip tattoos, vintage photograph
Traditional style tattoo of a dagger through a red rose with black leaves on the chest, flanked by two butterflies on the ribs.
Dagger and rose with butterflies on torso
Bold traditional butterfly tattoo with black wings and red flowers on the back of a hand, with a fine line map outline on the forearm.
Butterfly with red flowers on the hand
Traditional style colour tattoo of a butterfly with a red crescent moon, green leaves and a red flower on a leg.
Traditional butterfly with crescent moon
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
Colour tattoos of roses, a cat and a butterfly in a traditional style on the thighs and calves of a person wearing denim shorts and layered chains.
Roses, a cat and a butterfly on both legs
Traditional colour tattoo of a butterfly with orange flowers, dark leaves and the word MUM beneath it, on an arm.
Traditional butterfly with flowers on an arm
Two matching traditional tattoos on the thighs, each showing a black and grey butterfly above a flower with red accents and dripping drops.
Matching butterfly and flower thigh tattoos
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
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with dotted wing panels and a bold outline, placed on the forearm.
Butterfly tattoo on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a red-rimmed eye with blue tears on a leg, with a butterfly above it and a green creature below.
Eye with tears and butterfly on a leg
Black and grey tattoo of two swallows, roses and a butterfly across a torso, in a traditional style on the ribs and stomach.
Swallows, roses and a butterfly on the torso
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a cat silhouette in an oval cameo frame with flowers and a pearl drape, on a person's upper back.
Cat cameo on upper back
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
Woman seen from behind in a seated pose with hands pressed together, showing black and grey rose and ornamental tattoos across her back and upper arms.
Black and grey roses across a woman's back and arms
Two clasped hands with traditional tattoos of a butterfly, a cat head, a heart and a lily on the hands and forearm.
Hands with butterfly, cat and lily tattoos
Traditional style tattoos of red roses, a butterfly and an animal head on the calves of two legs resting on a floral bedsheet.
Traditional roses and animal tattoos on legs
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
Traditional style butterfly tattoo in black, red and green on the upper arm, with an ornate patterned wing design.
Ornate butterfly on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a red and black coiled snake with orange and teal dots and a small butterfly above it, placed across the centre of a person's chest.
Coiled snake and butterfly on chest
Traditional style tattoos across a woman's back and upper arm, including a large butterfly, a red rose and a spider web.
Traditional back and arm sleeve
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
Two legs in black canvas trainers covered in colourful traditional style tattoos of roses, birds and flowers on the calves and lower legs.
Traditional leg sleeve with roses and birds
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
Blue butterfly tattoo with a central eye and dotted wing edges, in traditional style, on the upper back.
Blue butterfly with eye on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo on an upper arm of a dotwork camping scene with mountains, pines and a tent, framed by red roses and a black butterfly.
Camping scene, butterfly and roses on upper arm
Black and grey traditional butterfly tattoo across the lower back, with part of a coloured tattoo visible at the left edge.
Butterfly tattoo on the lower back
Two raised legs in red Converse trainers show bold traditional tattoos on the calves, including a butterfly, a rose, a spider and a ship's wheel.
Traditional leg tattoos with red Converse trainers
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
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
Traditional style full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, with a ship, swallows, a shark, a pin-up and banner lettering, shown in three photographs.
Traditional sailor full sleeve in three views
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a pink frosted donut with sprinkles, cat ears and whiskers, placed on the elbow beside a butterfly tattoo.
Cat-eared donut tattoo on an elbow
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
Collage of six butterfly and moth tattoos on the back, thigh and upper arm, in watercolour, neo-traditional and bold outline styles.
Butterfly and moth tattoos on skin
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
Colour traditional-style tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing an eye inside a lace-edged heart above a large pink rose, with red roses, swallows and butterflies around it.
Eye in heart and pink rose on upper arm
Three photographs of pocket watch tattoos on forearms: a realistic black and grey watch with a bee, a traditional watch with a red rose, and a coloured watch with a cracked dial.
Pocket watch tattoos on forearms, three examples
Purple and blue outlined butterfly tattoo in a traditional style on the top of a foot, with painted toenails visible.
Purple butterfly on the top of a foot
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