Feather tattoo ideas

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Feathered headdress watercolour design

Solid black flying raven with spread wings, drawn in a painterly blackwork style on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.

Flying raven silhouette in black

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a large red and orange feather with bold black outlines on a forearm.

Red feather on a forearm

Fine line feather design in pale white ink on a forearm, shown beside a real white feather held by a hand with red nails.

Pale feather tattoo on a forearm

Blue line tattoo of a dreamcatcher with feathers and pink and purple flowers on the outer thigh.

Dreamcatcher and flowers on a thigh

Black and grey drawing of a skull wearing a feather headdress, with crossed bones and axes beneath it on a black background.

Skull with feather headdress and crossed axes

Black ink flash drawing of a symmetrical mandala-style owl with dotwork detail, lotus motifs and hanging teardrop chains, set over a teal and purple geometric background.

Mandala owl design with teardrop drops

Blackwork and dotwork hamsa hand tattoo with an eye at its centre, shaded in grey and placed on the upper leg.

Hamsa hand with eye on a thigh

Black and grey realism drawing of a tattoo design showing a bicycle wheel with a world map, roses, an orchid and a chain, drawn on white paper.

Bicycle wheel with roses and orchid

Realism tattoo of a large eye above hands cupping an orange flower, with a feathered wing on the left, on the side of a torso.

Realistic eye, hands and flower with wing

Small black fine line tattoo of two arrows with feathered fletching on the inner forearm near the wrist, beside a white mug on a wooden table.

Two arrows on a wrist

Black and grey realistic tattoo of a bird with spread wings across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.

Bird in flight across upper back

Black and grey realistic owl tattoo on the thigh, perched on a stack of books and surrounded by looping cursive script.

Owl on books within cursive script

Colour tattoo of a owl with a clock face on its chest and a branch beneath it, on the upper arm, in green, yellow and red.

Owl with clock face on upper arm

Colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with pink flowers, green leaves and hanging feathers on the side of a thigh.

Dreamcatcher with flowers on thigh

Illustrated dreamcatcher design with a brown woven web, five hanging feathers in red, teal, brown and cream, and red and turquoise beads, on a plain white background.

Dreamcatcher with feathers and red beads

Black and grey dotwork flash design of a horned animal skull above a pair of scales holding a feather and a small object, with an ankh inside a downward triangle.

Horned skull and scales dotwork design

Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with turquoise feather tips and beads on the upper thigh.

Dreamcatcher with feathers on the thigh

Fine line black tattoo of a feather above an infinity loop, with the script words noah and toby, on the side of the torso.

Feather and infinity symbol with script lettering

Pencil drawing of a feather quill pen with curling barbs and an ornate scrolled handle, shown in black and grey on textured paper.

Quill pen design in pencil

Black and grey stag head tattoo with red-tinted antlers, a mandala ornament and feathers, placed on the outer upper thigh.

Stag head and mandala on thigh

Black and grey geometric tattoo of an arrow crossing an atom-like orbit and compass rings on the inner forearm, with a small leaf above.

Arrow over atom and compass on forearm

Fine line black tattoo of two arrows with feathered fletching running down the inner forearm near the wrist.

Two arrows on an inner forearm

Black and grey tattoo of a heron with a long beak and slender legs, drawn in fine engraved linework and stippling, on the inside of a forearm.

Heron standing on a forearm

Owl and woman portrait on upper arm

Black ink drawing of a feather with curling fine lines and small dots on a plain beige background, in a fine line style.

Feather with swirling linework

A feather drawn with black linework and blue and teal watercolour washes on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.

Watercolour feather design

Several arms lying side by side with metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos of leaves, an eye and geometric patterns on the forearms and wrists, alongside gold bangles and cuffs.

Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos on arms

Colour tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings rising from flames across the upper arm and shoulder, in a traditional style with bold black outlines.

Phoenix rising from flames on upper arm

Two small black outline animal tattoos on a woman's upper arm, with a multicoloured feather and flower tattoo beside one of them.

Outline animal tattoos on an upper arm

Back of a person's neck showing a red and orange flame-like tattoo with tapering, sweeping lines, placed at the centre of the neck below the hairline.

Red and orange flame tattoo on the neck

Black and grey hatched tattoo of an eye within feather-like lines on the wrist of a hand, shown in a black and white photo.

Hatched eye tattoo on the wrist

Black and grey dreamcatcher with shaded feathers and a script quote above it, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.

Dreamcatcher and feathers with script on ribs

Black and grey botanical tattoo on the inner forearm showing a feather with roses, small flowers and leaves, with a word written along the feather.

Feather and roses on a forearm

Colourful realism tattoo of a peacock head with feather eyes on the upper arm, shaded in greens, blues and purples.

Realistic peacock head with feather eyes

Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion wearing a feathered headdress, shown from two angles on the side of the ribs.

Lion in feather headdress on ribs

Woman seen from behind on a beach, with a small brown and gold dreamcatcher tattoo with a mandala centre and hanging feathers on her upper back.

Dreamcatcher with mandala on upper back

Small black fine line tattoo of an angel wing with a halo on the side of a torso, shown in a warm-toned phone photo.

Angel wing and halo on the side of the torso

Black and white line drawing of several kittens with bird-like wings, shown in flight across a white background.

Winged kittens in flight, line drawing

Side by side photos of two colour portrait tattoos of a moustached man with a raven and a feather, on a limb, in realism and neo-traditional styles.

Two gothic portraits of a moustached man with a raven

Solid black tribal tattoo of a stylised bird with spiral details and spiked wing feathers, placed across the upper back below the shoulder blade.

Black tribal bird on upper back

Two matching black and grey feather tattoos sit side by side on the inner side of two limbs, one angled left and one angled right.

Two matching feather tattoos side by side

Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman in a feathered headdress with a wolf above her head, drawn in neo-traditional style with red accents.

Woman with wolf headdress design sketch

Black and grey fine line dreamcatcher with a deer skull and antlers at the centre, feathers hanging below, tattooed on the outer thigh of a person in a sweater and dark shorts.

Dreamcatcher with deer skull on a thigh

Colourful hummingbird tattoo with spread wings and a long beak, shown on the top of a foot near the ankle.

Hummingbird with spread wings on a foot

Close photo of a small, shaded black and grey feather tattoo on a person's forearm, with a leopard print scarf and denim jacket visible.

Small feather tattoo on a forearm

Black and grey tattoo of a shaded wing with the script words Tomorrow is never promised Just live, on the side of the ribs.

Wing and script quote on the ribs

Realistic colour tattoo of a teal and purple feather on the side of the torso, shown in a close photograph.

Teal and purple feather on the side