Feather tattoo ideas

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Black ink drawing of a feather design, with geometric linework on the upper half and dotwork shading that darkens to solid black at the base.
Geometric feather design
Flash sheet of seven hand-drawn arrows with patterned feather fletchings in teal, pink, red and yellow, shown in black linework on a white background.
Seven decorative arrows flash sheet
Drawing of a stylised dark brown bird with red, orange and yellow wing feathers and teal leaves and stars, presented as a tattoo design.
Stylised bird with flame-coloured wings
Black and grey line drawing of a compass rose with cardinal letters and a shaded feather below, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Compass rose and feather design
Pen drawing of a shaded feather with the script words free yourself, live your dreams above it, as a tattoo design on paper.
Feather with 'free yourself' script design
Black and grey shaded design of a bird in flight with sweeping wings and a curling tail, drawn on a plain white background.
Flying bird with swirling tail design
Black ink drawing of a geometric feather design with hatched and stippled panels, shown on plain cream paper with no body placement.
Geometric feather design in black ink
Black line drawing of an elephant head wearing a feathered headdress, with a medallion, flowers and dotted chains, shown as a tattoo design on a cream background.
Elephant head with feathers and dotted chains
Drawing of a geometric owl in flight, built from faceted feather shapes in teal, blue, brown and cream on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Geometric owl in flight
Flash sheet of gold and black metallic temporary tattoo designs, including a feather, crescent moons, arrows, a yin yang, chevrons and the words Love and Believe.
Gold and black metallic temporary tattoo flash sheet
Black and grey flash sheet of tattoo designs including a pipe, key, skull cameo, feather, tobacco tin, compass, pocket knife, matchbox and honeycomb, set on a dotted background.
Flash sheet of pipe, key, skull and feather
Black ink tribal-style drawing of a phoenix with sweeping wings and flame-like tail feathers on a pale background.
Tribal phoenix design
Tattoo design of an infinity symbol with the words Love and Family in script, decorated with a green feather, leaves and purple and teal butterflies.
Infinity symbol with love and family script
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a lion head in profile with feathered wings and a lotus flower beneath it.
Winged lion and lotus design sketch
Sheet of gold, silver and pink metallic temporary tattoo designs, including an elephant, a dreamcatcher, a heart, a rose and mandalas.
Gold and pink temporary tattoo sheet
Two black and grey dotwork flash designs in a sketchbook: a shaded rose cluster with leaves over a cracked triangle, and a geometric deer skull with antlers, feathers and flowers.
Rose and geometric deer skull dotwork designs
Pencil line drawing of a hamsa hand tattoo design with an om symbol, an eye, flowers, a diamond and feather motifs, on pale paper.
Hamsa hand design with om and eye
Black line drawing of a cross-shaped tattoo design in fine line style, with a dreamcatcher at the centre, feathers and curling leafy vines.
Dreamcatcher cross with feathers and vines
Pencil sketch design of a shaded feather with a flock of birds rising from its tip and the script words sometimes you gotta fall before you fly along its length.
Feather with birds and script quote
Black ink drawing of decorative script lettering with shaded capitals, swirling flourishes and a leaf motif, drawn on paper beside a black fineliner pen.
Script lettering with flourishes
Pen line drawing on graph paper of a fern frond, several feather and frond designs, a swirl and a hummingbird head, suitable as fine line tattoo flash.
Fern fronds, feathers and hummingbird sketch
Black and grey illustration of a raven with a small red eye, its feathers dripping ink above an ink bottle labelled INK with its lid beside it.
Raven dripping ink over an ink bottle
Black line drawing of an open birdcage with two roses, a bird flying out, a feather and a padlock, in a fine line style with no body placement shown.
Open birdcage with roses and a flying bird
Flash sheet of four black and grey tattoo designs: crossed arrows with a diamond, crossed arrows with a rose, solid crossed arrows, and crossed feathered arrows with letters and dots.
Crossed arrow tattoo flash sheet
Black and grey flash design of a dotwork mandala above feathers, butterflies, arrows and stars, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Mandala and feather dreamcatcher design
Flash design of a cartoon peacock with a large round head, shaded black and grey feathers and blue-eyed tail plumes on a white background.
Cartoon peacock with blue-eyed feathers
Black ink drawing of a crow in flight with painterly feathers on a plain white background, shown as a standalone blackwork-style design.
Flying crow in black ink
Symmetrical black line drawing of an ornate owl built from paisley, leaf sprig and mandala motifs, shown as a tattoo design on plain white.
Ornate owl design in paisley linework
Black and grey geometric feather drawing built from angular facets, shaded from white at the top to dark grey at the tip, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Geometric feather design
Loose pink sketched line drawing of a pair of wings with a vertical ribbon-like stroke, shown as a tattoo design on a pale background.
Pink winged ribbon line drawing
Traditional style flash drawing of a cartoon wolf wearing a yellow hat with a black band and green feather, and a green bow tie.
Cartoon wolf in a yellow hat
Two pencil drawings of doves with outstretched wings, one seen from the front and one from the side, shown as tattoo design sketches on a white background.
Two dove designs with spread wings
Pencil drawing of a shaded feather that breaks into a flock of birds, with the words take those broken wings and learn to fly written along it.
Feather turning into flying birds
Black and grey pencil drawing of a dreamcatcher with a mandala-style web, beaded strands and three feathers, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Dreamcatcher with feathers drawing
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design with feathers, an arrow, a crystal, a crescent moon, stars and a flower inside a circle, shown on cream paper.
Feathers, arrow and night sky in a circle
Black and grey line drawing of a dreamcatcher with flowers on the hoop, feathers hanging below and small birds flying off to the left, shown as a tattoo design.
Dreamcatcher with flowers and feathers
Black and grey phoenix design with red cherry blossom flowers and petals, drawn in a Japanese style with no body placement shown.
Phoenix with cherry blossoms design
Pencil sketch of a wolf head with branching antlers and long feathers trailing from its muzzle, drawn on white paper as a tattoo design.
Wolf with antlers and feathers sketch
Black and grey pencil drawing of a young child in profile wearing a feathered headdress with a beaded band and star medallion, a design that could be used as a tattoo.
Child profile in a feathered headdress
Black and white tattoo flash sheet with designs including a origami crane, feather, cross, sugar skull, anchor, heart, diamond and geometric triangles.
Black and white tattoo flash sheet
Black ink feather outline with purple and pink watercolour washes on white paper, a fine line tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Watercolour feather design
Hand-coloured drawing of a tattoo design showing a teal-tipped arrow wrapped in a vine of small magenta flowers, with a magenta feathered fletching.
Arrow entwined with flowering vine
Pencil drawing of a feathered arrow design with a wrapped shaft and ornate arrowhead, shown diagonally on pale paper, with no body placement visible.
Feathered arrow tattoo design
White line-art design on a black background of two interlaced birds with knotwork patterns and fan-shaped tail feathers, in a blackwork style.
Interlaced twin birds knotwork design
Three pencil sketches of owl heads on pale paper, the largest in the foreground with detailed feather and eye linework, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Pencil sketches of owl heads
Black geometric line drawing of a feather made of angular facets, shown on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Geometric feather line drawing
Black ink drawing of an ornate feather filled with paisley, mandala and floral patterns on a white background.
Ornate feather design in black ink
Black line drawing of a dreamcatcher with a flower of life centre, three hanging catchers, feathers and stars, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Dreamcatcher line drawing design