Feather tattoo ideas

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Hands hold open a spiral notebook showing a colourful feather design in teal, pink and purple that breaks apart into small flying birds.
Feather dissolving into birds sketch
Black and grey flash drawing of a shaded feather breaking up into a flock of flying bird silhouettes, with no body placement shown.
Feather dissolving into flying birds
Black ink pen drawing of an ornate feather filled with swirls, dots and scalloped patterns, sketched on a white spiral notebook page.
Ornate feather pen drawing
Black and grey flash design of a woman's face framed by feathers, arrows and dense ornamental linework, with the word Sagittarius in script above.
Sagittarius woman with feathers and arrows
Painted watercolour peacock in blues and greens with detailed feather eye patterns on a white background, drawn as a standalone design rather than shown on skin.
Watercolour peacock with feather eyes
Realistic black raven in flight with wings and tail breaking up into ink splatter, with fine red lines behind it, drawn as a tattoo design on a pale grey background.
Raven in flight dissolving into ink splatter
Black and grey drawing of a feathered headdress with a beaded band and watercolour-style splashes, shown as a design on a white background rather than on skin.
Feathered headdress design drawing
Coloured drawing of a purple and teal feather that breaks apart into small flying birds, a design suited to a tattoo.
Purple feather dissolving into flying birds
Pencil sketch of an animal skull with curved horns wearing a feather headdress, with a diamond shape on the cheek, drawn on paper.
Animal skull with feather headdress sketch
Black ink drawing of a barn owl perched on a stippled skull within a diamond frame, a dotwork and blackwork tattoo design shown on tracing paper with no body placement.
Barn owl on a skull tattoo design
Pen and ink sketchbook drawings of an arrow, a feather, an antler and a revolver, with fine line shading and dotted detail on the arrowhead.
Sketched arrow, feather, antler and revolver designs
A sheet of gold metallic temporary feather tattoo designs on a white backing, with one feather set with a teal gem, shown on a dark surface.
Gold foil feather temporary tattoo sheet
Pencil drawing of a dreamcatcher with a braided hoop, three hanging feathers and a flock of birds flying off to the left, shown as a tattoo design.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and flying birds
Black line drawing of a stylised owl face with symmetrical swirls, scrollwork and feather-like wings, shown as a design on a plain white background.
Stylised owl with swirling ornament
Neo-trad tattoo design drawing of a woman with a feathered headdress, animal skulls and red gemstones, shown in grey pencil with red accents.
Neo-trad woman with feathered headdress
Black ink flash sheet of lettering quotes, including follow your dreams, let it go, you got this and be strong and courageous, decorated with arrows and feathers, with no body placement shown.
Arrow and lettering quote flash sheet
Flash sheet of five solid black, tribal-style hummingbirds in flight on a white background, a design suited to a tattoo.
Five tribal hummingbirds in flight
Two owl drawings on paper, one in outline and one shaded in black and grey, with feathers forming a Celtic knot pattern across the body.
Owl with Celtic knotwork design
Black flash design of a feather dissolving into flying birds, with the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not beside it.
Feather turning into birds with script quote
A hand presses transfer paper onto a forearm, leaving a black spiky leaf stencil design on the skin.
Black spiky leaf stencil on a forearm
Black line design of a feather with a flock of birds rising above script lettering that reads Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a white feathered background.
Feather and birds with script quote
Black and grey line drawing of a barn owl with ornate dotwork detail, surrounded by leaves, flowers and an arrow, shown as an unapplied tattoo design.
Barn owl with botanical ornament design
Black linework drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala patterns, a feather, roses and blossoms, with hanging beads and lanterns, drawn as a tattoo design.
Crescent moon with flowers and lanterns
Black and grey drawing of a pair of outstretched wings with detailed feather shading, shown on a plain pale background with no body visible.
Pair of stylised wings design
Black and grey realism style tattoo transfer designs of a hopping rabbit and two feathers on a white wooden surface, with no body placement shown.
Rabbit and feathers tattoo transfer designs
Flash design of a hummingbird in flight drawn with thin rainbow gradient lines on a pale background, suited to a fine line tattoo.
Rainbow line art hummingbird in flight
Pencil-style drawing of a dreamcatcher with feathers, ribbons, two roses and butterflies, shaded in purple-grey with a pink and yellow wash, as a tattoo design.
Dreamcatcher with roses and butterflies
Coloured pencil drawing of a pink and orange phoenix facing a green dragon in a flowing, interlocking tattoo design on white paper.
Phoenix and green dragon design
Line drawing of the words Love yourself in flowing script, framed by paisley-style flowers, feather shapes and swirling flourishes on a tan textured background.
Love yourself script with floral flourishes
Black ink drawing of a single feather in fine line hatching on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Single feather in ink linework
Flash sheet of black and white line icons on a pale blue background, including a heart on a skewer, a beer mug, a cat in a box and a galloping horse.
Line icon flash sheet on blue background
Black ink drawing of a dreamcatcher with three feathers and trailing ribbons on white paper, beside a hand with small lettering tattoos on the fingers and two black ink pens.
Dreamcatcher with feathers drawing
Black and grey drawing of an owl head with dense ornamental feather patterns and staring eyes, shown as a standalone design with no body placement.
Ornamental owl head design
Greyscale pencil drawing of a barn owl in flight with spread wings and trailing feathers, a realistic tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Barn owl in flight, pencil drawing
Fine line ink drawing of a sparrow in flight with spread wings and tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design on a cream background.
Sparrow in flight, ink drawing
Black and grey flash drawing of a cartoon cherub with dark wings, a bobbed hairstyle and soft clouds behind, resting its chin on one hand.
Cartoon cherub with wings and clouds
Black tribal-style eagle in flight on a white background, drawn with flowing, feathered brush strokes; no body placement is shown.
Stylised eagle in flight design
Greyscale pencil design of a cat's face framed by swirling feather-like shapes and small star motifs, drawn on paper with no body placement shown.
Pencil sketch of a cat with swirls
Black and grey hand-drawn flash sheet of arrow designs in a simple linework style, with no placement shown on the body.
Arrow tattoo designs sheet
Black tribal-style phoenix design with spread wings and a long, curling tail, shown as a tattoo flash drawing with no body placement.
Tribal phoenix with spread wings
Black and grey pencil sketch of a bird in flight, with its wings and tail built from musical staff lines, quaver stems and a treble clef swirl, drawn as a tattoo design.
Musical note bird design sketch
Ink drawing of a detailed owl with outstretched wings in dark brown linework and stippled shading on a pale parchment background, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Spread-wing owl design
Fine line drawing of a feather whose long stem trails into a cursive script line, sketched in dark ink on squared paper.
Feather with trailing script line design
Black fine-line drawing of two mirrored feathered wings on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Pair of mirrored feathered wings line drawing
Flash sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs on white, including a dreamcatcher, swallow, feather, leaf vine and geometric triangles.
Metallic temporary tattoo flash sheet
Black and grey realism design of an older man in profile with feathers in his hair, suited to a large tattoo piece.
Profile of an older man with feathers in hair
Black line drawing of a wolf head framed by triangles, a circle, feathers and a dreamcatcher, designed as a geometric tattoo flash.
Wolf and dreamcatcher geometric design
Flash drawing of a peacock feather with a teal and blue eye, orange and yellow rings, navy linework and curled tips, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Peacock feather design on white