Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing small feet, butterflies and a script name in fine lettering.
Script name, feet and butterflies on a forearm
Black and teal fine script quote with swallows, swirls and a purple and teal butterfly tattooed across a person's upper back.
Swallows, swirls and script quote on upper back
Back of a shoulder with a colourful blue and orange butterfly above a grey shaded dandelion with drifting seeds, in a botanical style.
Butterfly and dandelion on a shoulder
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 and grey butterfly, lily and swirling vine tattoo across the top of a foot, shaded in a realistic style.
Butterfly and lily on the top of a foot
Colour tattoo of a blue and pink butterfly above script reading Life is a Beautiful Struggle, with a trail of smaller butterflies, on the upper arm or thigh.
Butterflies and Life is a Beautiful Struggle script
Neo-traditional tattoo of bright butterflies and pink cherry blossoms running down a lower leg, with a flip-flop visible at the ankle.
Butterflies and blossoms down a lower leg
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh showing an owl on a branch with pink blossoms, a pocket watch and a monarch butterfly.
Owl, pocket watch and butterfly on a thigh
Two green and teal butterflies with black outlines tattooed on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up.
Two butterflies on a wrist
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a skull with a monarch butterfly, a rose and a rosary with a cross, on a limb.
Skull, butterfly and rose with rosary in realism
Two people show matching small infinity symbol tattoos with pink butterflies on their upper backs, with script inside the loop.
Matching infinity and butterfly tattoos on upper backs
Solid black butterfly silhouettes decrease in size as they trail from the nape of a woman's neck towards her upper back.
Butterflies trailing down the back of the neck
Fine line tattoo of a butterfly wing in black hatching beside a purple semicolon, placed on the ankle.
Butterfly wing and semicolon on an ankle
Black and grey butterfly tattoo trailing diagonally across the lower back, with shaded wings and small butterflies in a cluster.
Butterfly trail across the lower back
Black ink tattoo of a plumeria flower, a butterfly and a tribal-style swirling band on the lower leg, in a botanical style.
Plumeria and butterfly on a lower leg
Black and grey tattoo of three butterflies, stars and swirling lines across an ankle and the top of a foot.
Butterflies and stars on an ankle and foot
Upper back tattoo of the words Your battle is my battle above a pink ribbon inside swirling fine line butterfly wings, with the word Mom written on the ribbon.
Pink ribbon butterfly with 'Your battle is my battle'
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
Back view of a large green and orange realistic butterfly tattoo spanning the back, with a star on the upper back and a sleeve on the raised arm.
Butterfly with wings across a back
Realism tattoo on a calf of a woman's face, half skull, with a clock face with Roman numerals behind her head and a blue and orange butterfly wing over one eye.
Clock and skull portrait on a calf
Botanical tattoo of pink and purple lilies, grey butterflies and dotted vines running down a person's back.
Lilies and butterflies down the back
Small purple butterfly tattoo with a black outline and black accents on the inner wrist of a hand.
Small purple butterfly on inner wrist
Large realistic butterfly tattoo in black, grey and red with swirling linework, running down the side of a person's back.
Butterfly with red shading on a back
Black tribal butterfly tattoo with swirling patterns and small blue dots, on the top of a foot, in blackwork style.
Tribal butterfly on the foot
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 lettering tattoo of the name Ashley with a butterfly and swirling flourishes across the top of a bare foot.
Script name and butterfly on a foot
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
Black fine line tattoo of a butterfly made from scrolls and curls, sitting on the side of the ribs.
Scrollwork butterfly on the ribs
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
Small pink butterfly tattoo with a bold black outline and black dot details, sitting on the inner forearm.
Small pink butterfly on a forearm
Black and red butterfly tattoo with fine vine swirls across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade.
Butterfly and vine swirls on upper back
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
Black and grey realism roses with a red butterfly and vines across a person's upper back, shaded in a botanical style.
Black and grey roses with a red butterfly on a back
Teal and grey butterfly with flowers and vines wrapping from the calf down over the ankle in a botanical style.
Butterfly and flowers on ankle and calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses with a ribbon-like swirl and a small butterfly on an upper arm.
Two realistic roses on an upper arm
Full-colour realism tattoo of pink lilies and butterflies with swirling stems running down the centre of a person's back.
Lilies and butterflies across a back
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
Full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder in realistic colour, showing a red rose, daisies, pansies, a hummingbird and a blue butterfly.
Colourful floral sleeve with rose and butterfly
Watercolour-style butterflies in red, orange and pink on a woman's forearm, with a matching butterfly design sheet shown above on a white background.
Watercolour butterflies on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink blossom branch with a hummingbird and three butterflies on the side of a thigh.
Pink blossom branch with hummingbird and butterflies
Black and red poppy tattoo with butterflies, vine and a camera on a person's back, in a botanical style with realistic shading.
Red poppies, butterflies and camera on a back
Realism tattoo of a woman's face on the forearm, with a tear of blood running from the eye, bloodied lips and small black butterflies near the nose.
Realistic face with bloodied eye on forearm
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
Shaded purple and grey butterflies with a flowing ribbon tattoo on the arm.
Butterflies and ribbon on the arm