Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Small fine line tattoo of a cartoon bear in soft yellow with a tiny red butterfly, on the inner wrist.
Cartoon bear and butterfly on a wrist
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
Two realistic blue butterflies tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm, shown in soft shading against pale skin.
Two blue butterflies on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a butterfly, a lily-like flower and swirling vine linework across the top of a foot.
Butterfly, flower and vines on a foot
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
Fine line butterfly tattoo with blue shaded wings and black swirling tendrils on pale skin.
Blue butterfly with swirling tendrils
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
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
Small solid black tribal-style butterfly tattoo with swirled wings and two dots, on the wrist of a light-skinned arm.
Small black tribal butterfly on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, a feather, a pocket watch, butterflies and cursive script along the ribs and side of the torso.
Roses, feather and script on a side torso
Small fine line tattoo of a tan bear resembling Winnie the Pooh with a tiny pink butterfly, on the inner wrist.
Small bear and butterfly on a wrist
Full colour realism floral sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a red rose, daisies, pansies, a hibiscus and a blue butterfly.
Realistic floral sleeve on upper arm and shoulder
Realism style tattoo sleeve on the upper arm with grey shaded roses, a gold keyhole, scrollwork and a butterfly over faded script.
Roses, keyhole and scrollwork on upper arm
A grid of small fine line tattoos in black ink on the neck, upper back, wrists, hands and ankle, including an infinity symbol, a feather and the word imagine.
Collage of small fine line tattoos
Colour realism floral sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a red rose, daisies, pansies, a hibiscus, a hummingbird and a blue butterfly.
Realistic floral sleeve with rose and butterfly
Small black and grey tattoo of three butterflies on the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a close phone photo.
Three butterflies on the wrist
Close photograph of a purple butterfly tattoo with black outlined wings and a purple ribbon running through its body, on the lower back.
Purple butterfly and ribbon on the back
Colour realism tattoo of a red rose, white daisies, pansies and a blue butterfly covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic floral sleeve with rose and daisies
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
Colour realism floral sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, featuring a large red rose, purple pansies, white daisies and a blue butterfly.
Floral colour sleeve with rose and butterfly
Small red and blue butterfly tattoo on the ankle, with shaded pink wings, blue edges and thin red antennae.
Red and blue butterfly on an ankle
Forearms with gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos of a peacock feather, a peacock eye, a leaf sprig and a lattice band, with blonde hair falling across them.
Gold and silver metallic designs on forearms
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
Black line tattoo of a dreamcatcher, feathers and geometric diamonds running down the side of a body from ribs to thigh, in a fine line style.
Dreamcatcher and feather side piece
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
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 ink butterflies rise up the spine and a musical staff with notes sits low on the back of a woman in a red dress, in a garden setting.
Butterflies and music notes across a back
Neo-traditional butterfly tattoo with purple shaded wings and a realistic eye in each wing, placed on the side of the ribs.
Butterfly wings with eyes on the side ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses with water droplets and leaves on an upper arm, with a ribbon swirl running behind them.
Black and grey roses on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two pocket watches with a butterfly and flowers on a lower leg.
Pocket watches and butterfly on a calf
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with a trailing orange ribbon and red boxing gloves, on the outer calf.
Monarch butterfly and boxing gloves on a calf
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses with fine line swirls and a butterfly, running down the calf towards the ankle.
Three roses and a butterfly on a lower leg
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
Colour botanical skull tattoo made of sunflowers, roses and a butterfly, on the outer forearm of a person wearing a grey jumper.
Floral skull on a forearm
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
Colour realism tattoo of red, orange and purple flowers with a blue butterfly and an orange butterfly across an upper arm sleeve.
Realistic flower sleeve with butterflies