Feather tattoo ideas

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Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with two heart-shaped dreamcatchers, feathers, butterflies and script lettering, with no body placement shown.
Heart dreamcatchers and butterflies with script
White mandala and dreamcatcher design with hanging feathers on the palm of a hand, worn alongside silver rings and blue nails.
White mandala dreamcatcher on a hand
Black and grey tattoo design of a shaded feather that breaks apart into a flock of bird silhouettes rising upward, shown on a white background.
Feather dissolving into flying birds
Colourful peacock feather tattoo with the words Let it be in black script on the lower abdomen, beside a navel.
Peacock feather with script on the abdomen
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bird with spread wings and talons gripping a branch, on the upper arm.
Diving bird on an upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an arrow with overlapping circles and thin lines on the forearm, photographed against a dark background.
Arrow with geometric circles on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a lighthouse and a sailing ship inside an oval frame, with a rope, feathers and a yellow flower.
Lighthouse and sailing ship on upper arm
Neo-traditional elephant head tattoo wearing a red jewelled headdress and teal feather, set within a teal-outlined orange diamond, on a limb.
Elephant with feather headdress in a diamond
Black and grey swallow tattoo with lace-patterned wings in blackwork style, placed on the side of the ribs.
Lace-patterned swallow on the ribs
Black and grey realistic owl tattoo on a forearm, shown perched with large dark eyes and finely shaded feathers.
Realistic owl tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a cross framed by two angel wings that form a heart shape, on the upper arm.
Cross and angel wings on upper arm
Brown henna-style dreamcatcher with three hanging feathers on the side of a torso, just above the navel.
Henna dreamcatcher on the side of the torso
Colourful feather tattoo on a forearm in teal, blue, green and pink with black linework and dotwork detail.
Colourful feather on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a feather quill with a trailing line and small dots on the inner wrist, photographed against a green background.
Feather quill on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a black and orange phoenix with flame swirls on the side of a torso, above the hip, worn above jeans.
Phoenix and flame swirls on the side
Pencil drawing of a phoenix with wings spread wide, rising through stylised flames beneath a faint circular sun, shown as a tattoo design.
Phoenix rising through flames
Black and grey shaded tattoo of an infinity symbol made from a horseshoe and feather, with the word fearless in script, on the side of the ribs.
Infinity horseshoe and feather with script word
Pencil sketch of a pair of angel wings with layered feathers, shaded in soft grey on a pale background, suitable as a tattoo design reference.
Pencil drawing of a pair of angel wings
Line drawing flash of a winged heart-shaped padlock with an ornate filigree pattern, a ribbon and a key below, shown as an unplaced tattoo design.
Winged heart padlock with key design
Black ink drawing of a longhorn bull skull flanked by roses and feathers on a pale background, shown as a tattoo design.
Bull skull with roses and feathers
Four black-outlined arrows with feather fletching hang over blue, purple, pink and orange watercolour splashes in a fine line style on the upper arm.
Watercolour arrows on upper arm
Colourful phoenix tattoo in orange, red, yellow and blue on a forearm, with a wrist full of bangles and a patterned top visible.
Phoenix tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey feather tattoo running down the centre of a woman's upper back, shaded with realistic detail.
Feather tattoo down the upper back
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an anchor with a shaded feather on the upper arm, photographed from the side.
Anchor and feather on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a quill feather beside an ink bottle on the upper back, near the nape of the neck.
Quill feather and ink bottle on upper back
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with hanging feathers on the upper back and shoulder of a person with long hair, in a black and white photograph.
Dreamcatcher tattoo on upper back
Small black fine line arrow tattoo with a triangular head and layered feather fletching, on the inner wrist and forearm of a person resting on a grey knitted jumper.
Small arrow tattoo on the wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a soaring bird with fine line geometric circles and dotted arcs on the forearm.
Soaring bird with geometric lines on a forearm
Black line tattoo of an angel wing beside the script words Angels never leave, They're always at your side, in fine lettering on the side of a body.
Angel wing and script quote on the side of the body
Close crop of a woman's lower torso with a black and grey realism style feather tattoo on the lower abdomen, beside a patterned bikini bottom.
Shaded feather on lower abdomen
Woman seen from behind kneeling at the water's edge, with a large blackwork tribal tattoo across her back and arm and red, green and pink colour accents.
Full back tattoo with tribal sleeve at the shore
Back of a woman with her hair tied up, showing a pair of fine line black outlined wings with teal wash fills across the upper back.
Teal wing pair across upper back
Back of a woman with dark bob hair showing a blue and grey tattoo of lilies, a daisy, a rose and a peacock feather across her shoulder blade and upper arm.
Floral and peacock feather shoulder tattoo
Black and grey pencil drawing of a bird with feathered wings that curve up into a heart shape above its body, shown as a tattoo design.
Winged bird with heart-shaped wings
Back and upper arm tattoo of rainbow-coloured angel wings in a neo-traditional style, photographed with the arms raised.
Rainbow angel wings across the back
Two forearms side by side: the left has a fine line outline of an arrow, and the right has a bold black geometric arrow made of stacked chevrons and a diamond.
Arrow tattoos on two forearms
Colourful neo-traditional phoenix tattoo with peacock-style feathers across the outer thigh, with a pink lace garment visible above it.
Colourful phoenix and feathers on a thigh
Fine line black arrow tattoo running vertically down the side of the ribs, with a feathered shaft and a pointed tip.
Vertical arrow tattoo on the ribs
Black line drawing flash of an owl wearing a beaded necklace, perched above a rose and an all-seeing eye in a triangle, with a cross on the left, in a neo-traditional style; no body placement is
Owl, rose and all-seeing eye line drawing
Black and grey geometric mandala and feather tattoo along the side ribs and hip of a person lying on a pale sofa.
Mandala and feather tattoo on the ribs
Four black and grey dotwork wolf head designs arranged in a grid, each decorated with intricate ornamental patterning.
Four ornate wolf head designs
Large back tattoo of a blue bevelled cross flanked by grey shaded angel wings, with red tones behind the top of the design, placed across the upper back.
Blue cross with angel wings on a back
Black and grey realism owl head tattoo with scale-pattern feathers inside a black diamond shape on the upper arm, shown in a close-up and a wider view.
Owl head tattoo on upper arm
Blue ink line drawing of a phoenix with outstretched wings and a long, swirling tail in fine line style, shown on plain white paper.
Phoenix in flight line drawing
Fine line black tattoo of a hovering hummingbird with dotwork shading on the wings, on the upper arm.
Hummingbird on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a black and grey knight helmet with red and orange feather plumes on the upper arm, with part of another coloured tattoo visible at the top left.
Knight helmet with red plumes on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a raven with wings spread across the shoulder, shown in four photographs from different angles.
Raven with spread wings on a shoulder
Black ink dreamcatcher tattoo pair with feathers running down the outer thigh, shown in a sepia-toned photo.
Two dreamcatchers and feathers on a thigh