Feather tattoo ideas

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Illustrated pink, purple and blue hummingbird in flight beside a caption saying a hummingbird tattoo represents overcoming difficult times.
Hummingbird design with caption text
A single blue ink drawing of a long arrow with a feathered tail on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Blue ink arrow design
Black and grey engraved flash of two skulls, one in a top hat and tailcoat and one in a feathered bonnet, drawn in fine hatched linework on a white background.
Two Victorian skulls in top hat and feathered bonnet
Black design of a feather with birds lifting away and the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, with no body part visible.
Feather, birds and script quote design
Black and grey flash drawing of a compass rose with leaves, an arrow on top and feathers hanging below, on a plain white background, with no body placement shown.
Compass rose and hanging feathers design
Black tribal-style phoenix design with purple shading, rising with outstretched wings above a long curling tail and a feather, on a white background.
Tribal phoenix with feather design
Grid of sixteen numbered metallic gold and coloured temporary tattoo designs, including arrows, feathers, chains, triangles, chevrons and a dreamcatcher, shown on white backgrounds.
Sixteen metallic gold temporary tattoo designs
Hand-drawn sheet on squared paper showing many small line symbols, including an ankh, eye, skull, owl, lion, dreamcatcher and mountains, as possible tattoo designs.
Hand-drawn sheet of small tattoo symbols
Black ink drawing of an owl design with ornate feathers and dotwork circles, shown as a tattoo-style flash sheet with no body placement.
Ornate owl ink drawing in dotwork detail
Black ink drawing of a compass rose tattoo design with feather accents on the west and south points and a dotted central medallion.
Compass rose with feathers
Sketched tattoo design of a dreamcatcher with feathers, ribbons, two roses and two butterflies, shaded in purple and pink tones.
Dreamcatcher with roses and butterflies
Black and grey flash design of two swallows flying towards each other in mirror image on an aged, parchment-coloured background, in a traditional style.
Two swallows in mirrored flight
Eight black blackwork-style tribal and ornamental tattoo designs arranged on a pale grey textured background, with no skin visible.
Set of black tribal ornament designs
A traditional flash sheet printed in cream on navy blue, showing a sheet of tattoo designs including a skull eagle crest, pistols, roses, a shark, a snake and a woman's bust.
Traditional flash sheet in cream on navy
Fine line llama head in profile with a patterned neck band, a flowing feathered mane and teal and burgundy leaves, drawn on a pale background.
Llama head with patterned mane and leaves
Hand-drawn feather design in bright marker colours with swirls, leaves and orange flowers, shown on plain paper with no body placement.
Colourful marker feather design
Hand-drawn tattoo design in black ink and red pencil showing flying silhouettes, the words Never grow up and a red feather, sketched in a spiral notebook.
Never grow up silhouettes with red feather
White line drawings of traditional tattoo flash motifs, including an eagle, skulls, a hand, a bear and a skeleton, on a black fabric tapestry hung against a white wall.
Traditional flash sheet on black fabric
Black tribal-style phoenix with swept wings and a long flowing tail on a plain white background, shown as a design for a tattoo.
Tribal phoenix design in black ink
Black tribal-style line drawing of a phoenix with spread wings and a long curling tail, above the script words Still I rise, on a white background.
Phoenix with Still I rise script
Pencil drawing of a horned owl perched among leaves and berry branches, a botanical tattoo design shown on grey paper with no body placement visible.
Owl and berry branch design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a swallow in flight, with a treble clef and music notes woven into its wings and body, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Swallow in flight with musical notes
Pencil sketch design of a howling wolf whose fur becomes a feather, with small birds rising from its tip, shown with no body placement.
Howling wolf dissolving into feather and birds
Realistic pencil sketch of a single feather curving from top right to bottom left, shown in black and grey on a white background, suitable as a tattoo design.
Realistic pencil feather sketch
White line drawing of two crossed arrows with the word adventure written in script along the shaft, on a black background, as a tattoo design.
Crossed arrows with adventure script
Black ink drawing of a tribal-style phoenix with spread wings and a long flowing tail, sketched on lined paper.
Tribal phoenix design in black ink
Line drawing of a profile skull wearing a feathered headdress with beaded bands, braids and ribbons, in pale blue and pink ink on cream paper.
Skull in feathered headdress in profile
Pencil and colour sketch of two owls for a neo-traditional tattoo design, one holding a skeleton key in its beak.
Owl with key design sketch
Black and grey pencil drawing of a cartoon owl with large eyes, lashes and a chest covered in hearts, presented as a tattoo design on paper.
Cartoon owl with heart-patterned chest
Pencil sketch of an owl perched on a branch inside a heart-shaped frame of twigs, with a crescent moon and clouds behind it.
Owl on a branch in a heart frame
Black line drawing of a peacock with eye-spot feathers and a mandala behind its head, drawn on tracing paper as a tattoo design.
Peacock with mandala halo design
Tribal-style phoenix design with outstretched wings and a long tail, drawn in black and dark red linework on a white background.
Tribal phoenix with outstretched wings
Black line drawing of a crescent moon dreamcatcher with two roses, swirling ornaments and dangling feathers, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Crescent moon dreamcatcher with roses
Hand-drawn black tribal phoenix design with spread wings and a long flowing tail, drawn in ink on lined notebook paper, with no body placement shown.
Tribal phoenix design on lined paper
Pencil flash design of two heart-shaped dreamcatchers with feathers and butterflies, above and below a line of cursive script; no body placement shown.
Heart dreamcatchers, butterflies and script on paper
A hand drawing a multicoloured feather with watercolour splashes and small birds on white paper, a design that could suit a tattoo.
Coloured feather and birds design
Pencil and ink drawing of a flock of birds lifting from a shaded feather, with the words Free yourself in cursive script, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Birds rising from a feather with Free yourself script
Sheet of metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo designs, including feathers, peacock eyes, stars, dotted arcs and script, shown on a white background with no body part visible.
Metallic feather and peacock eye temporary tattoo sheet
Pencil and ink flash design of a blindfolded woman in profile with feathered wings and an owl, shaded in a realistic black and grey style.
Blindfolded woman with owl and wings
Traditional style flash design of a cartoon fox in a green hat inside a yellow oval, with a red poppy and green leaves below, shown on a framed poster mockup.
Cartoon fox in green hat flash design
Black ink drawing of a quill feather filled with mechanical and biomechanical detail, sketched with a fine liner pen on white paper, suitable as a flash design.
Mechanical feather design in fine ink
Flash sheet of boho tattoo designs in gold, grey and black, including feathers, arrows, a hamsa hand with an eye, a play triangle and the words WILD HEART.
Boho arrows, feathers and hamsa hand design set
Black and grey flash design of two shaded roses, a Roman numeral pocket watch, a quill feather and a key over ink splatters, with no body placement shown.
Roses, pocket watch and feather flash
Black ink line drawing of a botanical bouquet of poppy, lavender, billy buttons and a feather, tied with twine, as a design sheet with no body placement shown.
Poppy, lavender and feather bouquet
Black linework drawing of a dreamcatcher with three hanging feathers and a quote lettered around the hoop, shown as a flash design.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and quote
Black ink line drawing of a face in profile with a radiating mandala, dotwork and a feather across the forehead and cheek, shown as a tattoo design.
Mandala and feather face profile design
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a skull with a pink rose, a feather, a songbird and beaded chains, with a pencil drawn in the lower right.
Skull, rose and feather design sketch
Purple and black hand-lettered Psalm 91:4 design with a feather illustration, lettering style, no body placement shown.
Psalm 91:4 lettering with a feather