Feather tattoo ideas

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Pencil sketch of an abstract geometric design with overlapping angular planes, a spiral and small circles, drawn in black and grey as a possible tattoo design.
Geometric pencil sketch of an abstract animal head
Flash sheet of red and blue filigree ornaments, swirls, rosettes and crescent moon phases, with the word Marked in blue script across the centre.
Red and blue ornament and moon phase flash sheet
Black ink drawing of a stylised peacock with a raised crest and long tail feathers, drawn on lined notebook paper as a tattoo design.
Black ink peacock design
Black and grey fine line flash design of an eye above a moth inside a triangle, with roses, feathers and a crescent moon, drawn on tracing paper taped to a wall.
Eye, moth and roses within a geometric triangle
Black design of a feather releasing flying birds beside the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a white feathered background.
Feather and birds with script quote
Black and white flash sheet of an ornate elephant surrounded by paisley, mandala, floral, feather, tribal triangle and om designs, all in black linework.
Ornamental elephant and motif flash sheet
Packaged temporary tattoo designs showing nine fine line feathers in pink, purple, gold, green and orange on a cream card with gold foil lettering.
Feather temporary tattoo designs
Black and grey pencil drawing of a phoenix with spread wings, flames and long flowing tail feathers, a design suitable for a large tattoo.
Phoenix with flowing tail feathers
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an owl perched above a pocket watch, with cherry blossom branches and a crescent moon, drawn in neo-traditional style.
Owl, pocket watch and blossom design
Black ink dotwork flash design of a wolf head merged with a woman's face, with a crown, skulls, ram horns, flowers and a hot air balloon.
Wolf and woman surreal design with skulls
Black and grey flash drawing of a Chinese-style dragon coiling on the left and a phoenix with spread wings on the right, with no body placement shown.
Dragon and phoenix tattoo design
Flash sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs, including arrows, chevrons, swallows, a dreamcatcher, feathers and triangles, on a white background.
Gold metallic flash sheet with arrows and birds
Pencil drawing of a shaded tattoo design with two roses, a beaded dreamcatcher, feathers and petals, in a neo-traditional style.
Roses and dreamcatcher tattoo design
Greyscale pencil sketch of a front-facing eagle head with narrowed, intense eyes and a hooked beak, drawn as a possible tattoo design.
Pencil sketch of a fierce eagle head
Pencil sketch of a cartoon owl perched on a heart-shaped branch with leaves, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Owl perched on a heart-shaped branch
Dark ink drawing of a feather quill dipping into a splashing ink pot, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Feather quill dipping into an ink pot
Black and grey pencil drawing of two poppy flowers crossed by three arrows, a botanical and realistic tattoo design shown on paper with no body placement.
Two poppies and three arrows in pencil
Black ink drawing of a front-facing owl with a geometric patterned face, feathers and talons, styled as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Geometric owl design in black ink
Traditional style flash design of a grey owl with orange eyes carrying an envelope, with two banners reading Don't count your owls until they have been delivered, set against blue clouds and stars.
Owl carrying an envelope with banner scrolls
Blue ink drawing of a phoenix with spread feathered wings and a tail curling into a scroll-like swirl, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Phoenix with spread wings and swirling tail
Black and grey pen and ink drawing of a large owl with intense eyes, framed by bare, twisting branches on a white background.
Stern owl with bare branches in ink
Several temporary tattoo designs on a wooden table, including a dreamcatcher with feathers, crossed arrows, an anchor and script lettering.
Temporary tattoo sheets with dreamcatcher and script
Realistic pencil drawing of two owls arranged in a yin yang circle, one with a yellow eye, shown as a tattoo design.
Yin yang owls design
Black and grey realism tattoo design of a howling wolf and a horse framed by spread wings, antlers and a branch with hanging feathers.
Howling wolf and horse with wings and antlers
Black and grey flash drawing of a front-facing owl with detailed patterned feathers and a mandala-style chest, with no body placement shown.
Front-facing owl with ornate linework
Black ink drawing of an owl with a sugar skull woman's face on its chest, gripping a branch, in a dotwork and neo-trad style with no body placement shown.
Owl and sugar skull woman design on a branch
Black and grey pencil sketch of a hummingbird in flight with its wings spread and a long thin beak, drawn as a tattoo design.
Hummingbird in flight, pencil sketch
Black linework design of a bird of prey with spread wings over blue watercolour splashes, with the word Ravenclaw in script beneath it.
Spread-wing bird design with Ravenclaw script
Pencil sketch flash design of a dreamcatcher with feathers, flowers and the words Hope, Love, Family, Dream and Believe, shown as a black and grey drawing.
Dreamcatcher sketch with words and flowers
Black linework flash design of a cartoon T-rex with feathered crest and leafy wreath, with the words We Need More Teeth, drawn in fine line on paper.
T-rex with leaves and We Need More Teeth
Black ink drawing of a crab with moon phases on its shell, a feather, a flower, shells, an anchor and a CANCER banner, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Zodiac crab with moon phases and banner
Three black ink arrow designs drawn on paper in a fine line style, with chevron fletching, dotted shafts and solid or outlined arrowheads, suited to tattoo flash.
Three arrows drawn in black ink
Pen sketch of a compass rose with N, E, S and W points, a circle with inner spokes, and an arrow flanked by two feathers, drawn as a tattoo design.
Compass and dreamcatcher arrow design
Pen and ink drawing of two feathers in a dotwork and fine line style, one shaded in black and grey and the other filled with orange tones, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Two ornamental feathers in ink and orange
Black pen sketch of a fine line arrow design with a feathered tail, a looped bow motif and a spiral, drawn on lined notebook paper.
Arrow with feather fletching and bow motif
Black fine line script reading alis volat propriis, ending in a detailed feather, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.
Alis volat propriis script with feather
Black and grey pencil drawing of a skull in profile wearing a layered feather headdress, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Skull in feathered headdress in profile
Flash sheet of pastel tattoo designs including a horned skull, a crab, palm trees, watchful eyes and a seahorse in a bottle, in a neo-trad style.
Pastel flash sheet of skulls, eyes and palm trees
Black and grey flash drawing of a front-facing owl with scaled chest, striped feathers and bold eyes, on a plain light background.
Symmetrical owl design
Pen and ink drawing of a barn owl with detailed feather dotwork and botanical leaves, drawn as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Ornate barn owl design with leaves
Black and grey geometric design of an eagle head and flowing feathers, drawn with hatched triangular linework on a textured background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Geometric eagle head in black and grey
Black and grey flash sheet of seven numbered swan designs, ranging from sketchy brushwork to clean single-line outlines.
Seven swan designs on a flash sheet
Pencil drawing of two feathers above a circle, with curving swoosh lines and scrolled foliage below, drawn as a possible tattoo design.
Pencil sketch of feathers, a ring and scrolls
Realistic red and white feather drawing on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Red feather illustration
Black and grey drawing of a tattoo design showing a sugar skull with butterflies, roses and feathers, shown on paper with no body placement.
Sugar skull with butterflies and roses
Flash sheet of six black line infinity symbol designs, featuring a feather, a rose, birds, music notes, hearts and interlocked loops.
Infinity symbol flash sheet with six designs
Black and grey realistic drawing of a feather curving diagonally across a pale background, with soft shading along its barbs and a fluffy base.
Shaded feather design
Neo-traditional flash design of a hand holding a black feather quill dripping with blood, with a rose tattooed on the back of the hand and a lace cuff at the wrist.
Hand holding a bloodied quill with rose