Butterfly tattoo ideas

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Three small black butterfly tattoos in a fine line style on a person's shoulder, with a blue sky blurred in the background.
Three butterflies on a shoulder
Small black fine line butterfly tattoo on the nape of a person's neck, with hair pulled up and a hand visible at the top left.
Butterfly on the nape of the neck
Fine line black ink tattoos on both arms of a person in a brown tank top, including a heart with text, a deer with butterfly wings and a feather, on the forearms and upper arms.
Small fine line tattoos across both arms
Black and grey photo of a small fine line butterfly tattoo with swirled wings on the back of a person's neck, hair tied up.
Small swirled butterfly on the back of the neck
Close-up of a fine line butterfly tattoo with swirling tendrils on the inside of an ear, with a small stud earring below.
Butterfly and swirls on the ear
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
Blue butterfly tattoo with swirling black flourishes and dotted accents on the upper back, shaded in light and dark blue.
Blue butterfly with swirls on upper back
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
Small black fine line butterfly tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand holding a clear faceted crystal and beaded bracelets in a snowy outdoor setting.
Small butterfly tattoo on the inner wrist
Black script tattoo reading Love me for who i am, with a small butterfly and a larger shaded butterfly, on the upper chest and shoulder.
Script quote and butterflies across shoulder
Two butterflies with purple and orange wings, split across the tops of a pair of feet, with black script lettering above and below them.
Butterfly and script quote across both feet
Small colour fine line tattoo of a yellow bear with a tiny pink butterfly on the inner wrist, shown against a pale forearm.
Small bear and butterfly on a wrist
Fine line butterfly tattoo with blue and pink swirled wings and black tendrils trailing down the forearm.
Blue and pink butterfly with swirl tail
Small black outlined butterfly tattoo on the upper back, beside a dark strap top, in a simple fine line style.
Small butterfly on upper back
Back view of a shirtless person with black and grey botanical tattoos of flowers, vines and moths covering the back, shoulders, upper arms, forearms and hands.
Back and full sleeves of botanical and moth tattoos
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an eye inside an ornate triangle, with a chain and butterfly below, on the outer thigh of a person wearing a grey skirt.
Eye in triangle and butterfly on a thigh
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
Several hands clustered together showing small fine line tattoos of a bow, heart and symbols on the fingers, and a black and grey rose with pink lips on the back of one hand.
Small finger tattoos and a hand rose with lips
Black and grey pen drawing of an anchor tattoo design built from a ship, two swallows, a butterfly, roses, a compass and small lettering, in a fine line style.
Anchor tattoo design made of small icons
Black fine script reading Love me for who i am runs across the upper chest, with a small butterfly in the middle and a shaded butterfly on the shoulder.
Script quote and butterflies on the shoulder
Black script tattoo reading Carpe Diem with a small outlined butterfly beside it, placed on the inner forearm.
Carpe Diem script with butterfly on forearm
Two-panel photo of fine line black script on a side ribcage reading we loved with a love that was more than love, with a small butterfly beside the word love.
Script quote along the ribs
Fine line butterfly tattoo with black scrollwork wings and a red awareness ribbon at its centre, on a person's upper back.
Butterfly with awareness ribbon on upper back
Fine line tattoo of small butterflies in pink and brown tones scattered across the upper back and shoulder blade, with the wearer's face not shown.
Scattered butterflies across an upper back
Small fine line black and grey butterfly tattoo on the inner forearm, photographed in black and white.
Butterfly tattoo on the inner forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo of three butterflies in orange, red and teal with splashes of colour, on the inner forearm.
Watercolour butterflies on a forearm
Small black outline butterfly tattoo with swirl detail on the neck behind a person's ear, in a fine line style.
Butterfly tattoo behind the ear
Fine line tattoo of a swirl heart with an orange butterfly on the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
Butterfly and swirl heart on the forearm
Black script reading Love me for who i am runs across the upper back, with a small butterfly above it and a shaded butterfly on the shoulder.
Script quote and butterfly on the shoulder
Black and white ink drawing of a butterfly with fine veined wings and dark round spots, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Black ink butterfly with dark eye spots
Black ink infinity symbol with three script names and a small butterfly on the forearm, in a fine line style.
Infinity symbol with names and butterfly
Black ink flash drawing of a pair of mirrored butterfly wings with dotted patterns and curled antennae, with no body placement shown.
Mirrored butterfly wings design
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with curling swirls, two butterflies and small leaves on the lower back.
Infinity symbol with butterflies on lower back
Black ink line drawing of an ornamental cat with a butterfly beside it, filled with intricate patterns, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Ornamental cat and butterfly line design
Fine line botanical design of a tree whose trunk becomes a DNA double helix, with roots, leaves and butterflies, drawn in maroon ink on a peach background.
Tree growing from a DNA helix
Black and grey butterfly and flower vine tattoo running from the ankle onto the top of a foot, in a botanical fine line style.
Butterfly and flower vine on an ankle
Small blue butterfly tattoo with dark outlines on the upper back near the shoulder blade, with a thin gold chain visible at the neck.
Blue butterfly on upper back
Black and grey butterfly and daisy tattoo on the forearm, drawn in a fine line botanical style with soft shading.
Butterfly and daisy on a forearm
Fine black and grey script reading and they lived happily ever after, with faded butterflies and swirls, on the back of a woman's neck.
Happily ever after script on the neck