Horse tattoo ideas

202 photos and flash · 23% Realism, 15% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black and grey realism back tattoo showing Zeus holding a lightning bolt, an eagle, a rearing horse on a shield, an owl and Greek temple columns.
Greek mythology back piece in black and grey
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey unicorn with a purple mane, pink roses, red ribbons and a crescent moon on the thigh.
Unicorn with roses and crescent moon on a thigh
Black solid-fill horse silhouette tattoo across the side of a person's ribs, in a blackwork style.
Horse silhouette on the ribs
Black line drawing of a rearing horse built from triangular geometric facets on a plain white background.
Geometric rearing horse line design
Realism style tattoo of a rearing skeletal winged horse with a barbed tail on the forearm, with partial script lettering below.
Skeletal winged horse on forearm
Black single-line drawing of a galloping horse with a flowing mane on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Galloping horse line drawing
Black tribal-style design of a winged horse head with flowing mane on a plain white background.
Tribal winged horse design
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a rearing horse with flowing mane and swirling ornamental patterns on the outer thigh.
Rearing horse with ornamental detail on thigh
Black ink tattoo of three rearing horses in a vertical line with a dashed trail ending in a small curl, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Three rearing horses in a dashed trail on a forearm
Black silhouette design of a tree of life inside a circular Celtic knotwork border, with two ravens on a branch and a horse and rider figure.
Tree of life with ravens and Celtic knotwork
Colour tattoo of a unicorn head in profile with a fine black outline and soft watercolour washes in pink, purple, blue and green on skin.
Watercolour unicorn head tattoo
Colour tattoo of a unicorn head with a pink, purple and blue gradient mane, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Gradient unicorn head on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of a unicorn head with a flowing mane and purple crystals in a watercolour style, on the calf.
Unicorn head with crystals on a leg
Colour tattoo of a galaxy-filled unicorn silhouette inside a black triangle outline on the thigh, with a teal watercolour wash behind it.
Galaxy unicorn in a triangle on a thigh
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a brown horse head in a bridle with red poppies and yellow scrollwork, on the outer thigh.
Horse head and poppies on a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey horse head with a black curled mane, teal plumes and a pearl bridle, placed on the outer thigh.
Horse head with pearl bridle on thigh
Colour tattoo of a unicorn head with a pastel rainbow mane and golden horn, outlined in black, on the top of a foot.
Rainbow mane unicorn head on a foot
Black and grey tattoo of a galloping horse with a flowing mane on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Galloping horse tattoo across the upper back
White ink tattoo of a stylised horse with patterned linework on the forearm.
White ink horse on a forearm
Fine line black ink tattoo of a unicorn head in profile, its horn shaped like a waffle cone with melting ice cream, on the forearm.
Unicorn with ice cream horn on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo sleeve on the upper arm showing a helmeted classical warrior, a horse head and a bearded figure, shown from three angles.
Classical warrior and bearded figures sleeve
Realism tattoo of a horse head with a flowing mane on the upper arm, shaded in black and grey.
Horse head portrait on upper arm
Close photo of a bent arm with a sketchy winged creature in blue and purple on the upper arm, with script lettering and a pink rose on the forearm.
Winged creature and script on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horse head wearing a bridle with a windswept mane, placed on the upper back.
Horse head with bridle on upper back
Black linework flash design of a woman with flowing hair, flowers and three winged horses, in a neo-traditional style, drawn on white paper.
Woman with pegasus and flowers design
Fine line black outline tattoo of a horse head inside a heart on a forearm, shown beside an identical design on a second arm.
Matching horse-in-heart tattoos on forearms
Fine line black tattoo on the inner forearm showing a polo rider on horseback with mallet, above the script word Lauren, with Ralph in script above the rider.
Polo rider and script names on the wrist
Black line drawing of a mechanical horse with cogs and swirling flourishes, shown as a tattoo design.
Mechanical horse with gears
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horse with a flowing mane across a person's upper back, with a solid black silhouette of a running horse below.
Horse portrait and silhouette on a back
Colour tattoo of a galloping brown horse in front of a waving American flag, on the upper arm.
Galloping horse over American flag
Colour tattoo of a bearded sea god with a trident and a blue horse among turquoise waves, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Sea god and blue horse on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a horse head with a pearl bridle and orange flowers, placed on the forearm.
Horse head with bridle on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a horse head wearing a bridle, with flowing mane, on the upper arm.
Realistic horse head with bridle on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cowboy on a barrel racing horse, with the words Courage is being scared, across a woman's upper back.
Barrel racer and horse with quote on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo covering a full back, showing a mounted knight with a raised sword, a shield, a horse, a cross and a city skyline, with the subject's back to the camera.
Mounted knight with raised sword across a full back
Black linework geometric unicorn tattoo rearing up on the ankle, made of straight faceted lines.
Geometric unicorn on the ankle
Black and white flash sheet of tattoo designs on a phone case, including a fox head, compass, bird, spider webs, playing card suits and a rope knot.
Black ink flash sheet with spider webs, compass and fox
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 dotwork tattoo of a horse's head and mane in front of a mandala, on the outer thigh.
Horse with mandala on a thigh
Realism back piece of a lion and classical figures across a torso, shown in a four-panel collage in black and grey with warm brown tones.
Lion and classical figures back piece
Black and grey geometric unicorn head tattoo on a lower leg, with dotwork shading and triangular shards breaking away below it.
Geometric unicorn head on a calf
Two hands held together with a small unicorn head tattooed on the side of each index finger, one outlined with pink shading and one in grey.
Matching unicorn tattoos on fingers
Black tribal-style design of a horse head with a flowing mane and sweeping swirl lines, drawn on a cream gradient background.
Tribal horse head with flowing swirls
Watercolour-style horse head tattoo on the top of a foot, with black script lettering reading live life beneath it.
Watercolour horse head and script on a foot
Black line-art sheet titled Moon Glyphs, showing labelled symbols such as Hope, Fire and Water above a row of moon phase designs from new moon to waning crescent.
Moon glyphs and phase symbols design sheet
Black and grey tattoo of a horse head within a flowing mane outline, sitting on the upper arm.
Horse head with flowing mane on upper arm
Bold black and white horse head design in a stencil style, with pointed ears, a flowing mane and a solid muzzle.
Horse head in bold black linework
Fine line black tattoo of a horse head merged into a heartbeat trace, with the script words with every heartbeat beneath it, on the side of a thigh.
Horse head heartbeat line with script