Feather tattoo ideas

3,392 photos and flash · 23% Realism, 21% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Pencil-style sketch design of a skull with a pink rose, a feather, a small bird and beaded chains, drawn on skin.
Skull, rose and feather pencil design
Three views of a large Japanese style rooster tattoo with long tail feathers and a teal peony on a thigh and leg.
Rooster and peony down a leg
Close crop of a woman in a black strappy dress wearing a gold dreamcatcher necklace, with a small green script tattoo on her upper chest near the shoulder strap.
Script tattoo near collarbone, dreamcatcher necklace
Shaded bull skull with curved horns inside a dreamcatcher hoop with beads and two hanging feathers, tattooed on the upper back.
Bull skull and dreamcatcher on the upper back
Pencil drawing of a barn owl with spread wings carrying a scroll banner inscribed with the words "It's only forever not long at all", a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Barn owl with script banner design
Black and grey pen drawing of a lace-patterned feather and a shaded rose with leaves, a botanical design sketched on paper.
Feather and rose design on paper
Close photo of a gold metallic feather design on the wrist, beside a stack of gold bangles on a pale sheet.
Gold feather on wrist with bangles
Black ink drawing of an ornate calligraphic letter with floral and leaf filling and stippled dotwork outlines, shown on white paper beside a quartz cluster and a fine liner pen.
Ornate floral lettering design in fine ink
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a black and white cat wearing a grey hat with a feather, set inside an ornate gold frame on a calf.
Tuxedo cat in a hat in a gilded frame
Black and grey realism tattoo of a feather, an ink pot and an ink splatter on the forearm.
Feather and ink pot on a forearm
Black dotwork and blackwork tattoo of an owl with a rose below it, placed on the outer thigh.
Owl and rose on the thigh
Neo-traditional barn owl tattoo with spread wings and a pale blue mandala behind it, on the calf.
Barn owl on a calf
Drawing of a tattoo design with the word Free in black cursive script beside a feather shaded in rainbow colours, shown on a plain grey background.
Rainbow feather and script Free design
Eight wing designs in a grid, mixing black outline drawings and solid black silhouettes, suitable as tattoo flash.
Eight wing designs in outline and silhouette
Colour realism tattoo of an owl's face on the back of a hand, with a Roman numeral clock face and gears on the palm.
Owl and clock on the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of a chestnut horse head in profile with a flowing mane of blue and pink wisps and feathers, on a shoulder.
Horse with feathered mane on shoulder
Black and grey fine line geometric arrow tattoo running down the inner forearm, with a diamond arrowhead and feathered fletching.
Geometric arrow on a forearm
Realistic brown feather with teal wisps and orange-brown birds rising from it, tattooed on a person's ankle and lower leg.
Feather dissolving into birds on an ankle
Illustrated flash design of three decorated arrows, one with leaves, one with yellow feathers and one in black and white with leaves, suitable as a tattoo design.
Three decorated arrows with leaves and feathers
Black ink drawing of a horned wolf with a third eye resting above a stippled skull, with a feather beside it, in a dotwork style.
Horned wolf and skull design
Flash sheet of seven vertical geometric arrow designs in black linework and dotwork on a cream background, with no body placement shown.
Geometric arrow flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork owl tattoo with a mandala-patterned body and wings, on the side of a person's ribs.
Mandala owl on the ribs
Two people seen from behind, each with a fine line script quote tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder, one with a flock of birds and one with a feather.
Matching quote tattoos on upper backs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull in profile wearing a feathered headdress, placed on the calf.
Skull in feathered headdress on a calf
Small black fine line tattoo of four arrows running up the inner forearm near the wrist, on a hand held against a blurred light background.
Four fine line arrows on the wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate key with a clock face and a feather, on the side of the ribs.
Ornate key with clock face on the side ribs
Black ink dotwork and line drawing of a woman's profile with hummingbirds, a mandala, feathers and a compass rose, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Woman with hummingbirds and mandala design
Grey shaded wing tattoo on a woman's ankle, with the foot in a beige suede studded high heel.
Wing tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo design of an owl with a sugar skull face, flanked by small flowers on a plain background.
Owl and sugar skull design
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a cat's head with feathered detail below, on the upper arm of a person in a dark sleeve.
Cat head on an upper arm
Realistic painted drawing of a blue feather with grey-white tips on a plain white background, suitable as a tattoo design.
Blue feather illustration
Black and grey abstract flowing swirl tattoo with sweeping curved lines on the inner forearm, shown beside a line drawing of the same design.
Abstract flowing swirl tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress, with a skull in a teal circle, on the upper arm.
Woman with feather headdress and skull on arm
Flash sheet of around a dozen black silhouette bird designs, including hummingbirds, swallows and peacock-like birds, with no placement shown.
Flash sheet of stylised black bird designs
Fine line tattoo of an arrow with feathered fletching and an open arrowhead, curving across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fine line arrow and feather on forearm
Three-panel collage of forearm tattoos: a small black fine-line heart swirl with a star, a colour feather in pink and orange, and a black and grey feather with shading.
Three feather and heart tattoos on forearms
Close photo of a fine line feather tattoo with soft pink, blue and orange wash on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Feather with pastel wash on upper chest
Black and grey realistic angel wings tattooed across the upper and mid back of a person seated with their face turned away.
Angel wings across a back
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a stylised bird with folded wings and a banner reading PRETTY BIRD, on the upper arm.
Pretty Bird banner tattoo on upper arm
White metallic dreamcatcher with a mandala and hanging feathers across the upper arm and shoulder, shown in fine line detail.
White dreamcatcher and mandala on upper arm
Black geometric armband tattoo with bands of zigzag and interlocking lines wrapped around a person's upper arm, with a red and grey feather tattoo partly visible below.
Geometric armband tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bird with spread wings across a shoulder and upper back, photographed in black and white.
Flying bird tattoo across a shoulder
Black line drawing of a bird in flight with flowing swirls, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Flying bird with swirling tail
Black and white photo of a fine line feather tattoo on the inner forearm, with the quill running down the centre and delicate barbs on either side.
Fine line feather on a forearm
Sheet of black ink crow and raven silhouettes in varied flight and perching poses, drawn on white paper as tattoo flash.
Ink crow silhouettes flash sheet
Black and white diptych of two swan tattoos on an upper arm: a solid swan with dotted fading wing on the left, and a fine line outline swan on the right.
Swan tattoos on the upper arm, solid and outline
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch, a rose and feathers with the script words One Life and One Chance on the upper arm.
Pocket watch and rose with One Life, One Chance
Black and grey owl tattoo perched on a bare branch beneath a full moon, shown across the upper arm and shoulder in three photographs.
Owl and full moon on an upper arm