Owl tattoo ideas

727 photos and flash · 21% Neo-trad, 17% Realism · Forearm most common

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Flash sheet of black brush-style kanji characters, each with a small red English translation printed beneath it.
Kanji character flash sheet with translations
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl's face and wings on the upper arm and shoulder, held beside a printed reference photo of the same owl.
Owl portrait on upper arm
Realistic owl tattoo with teal eyes and a teal background with branches, shown on the forearm in two side-by-side photos.
Realistic owl on a forearm
Small solid black owl tattoo with fine swirling vine lines on the inner wrist, shown in a close photograph of a forearm and hand.
Owl and swirls on the inner wrist
Watercolour-style owl tattoo in purple, orange and blue with yellow eyes and a keyhole on the inner forearm.
Watercolour owl with keyhole on forearm
Colour tattoo of an owl face with glowing orange eyes and shaded feathers across the back of a hand, with red and orange flames rising up the wrist.
Owl with glowing orange eyes on a hand
Pencil sketch of two owls perched together, one behind the other, drawn in fine feathered linework as a possible tattoo design.
Two owls in pencil sketch
Black and grey ink splash drawing of an owl's face with two staring eyes, shown on a plain white background.
Owl face in ink splash
Two matching shaded black and grey owl tattoos perched on branches, one on each forearm, with the wearers' hands clasped at the bottom of the frame.
Matching owls on two forearms
Black ink drawing of a wide-eyed owl holding a daisy, shaded with stippling and scalloped feather detail, sketched on white paper in a spiral sketchbook.
Owl and daisy ink drawing
Traditional style colour tattoo of an owl perched on a branch with pink flowers, on the upper thigh of a person kneeling in a white skirt.
Owl on a branch on a thigh
Black and grey ornate owl tattoo with stippled feather detail and a patterned head, shown on a forearm.
Ornate owl on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of an owl with two red roses covering the upper arm and shoulder of a person in a white vest top.
Owl and roses on an upper arm
Black and grey owl tattoo perched on a branch on the inner forearm, with patterned feathers in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Owl on a branch on the forearm
Black and grey flash drawing of an owl face merged with a hamsa hand, with a mechanical pencil resting across the paper.
Owl and hamsa hand flash design
Teal sketch design of a perched owl with pine branches, a pine cone, a pocket watch and wisps of smoke, drawn on cream paper.
Owl and pocket watch tattoo design
Black outline tattoo of an owl with roses, beaded chains and a face in a medallion on a person's ribs, with a skull tattoo on the forearm at the left edge.
Owl and roses on the ribs
Pencil drawing of a cartoon owl with closed eyes, scalloped wing feathers and a row of scalloped feet on a plain paper background.
Sleepy owl line drawing
Colourful flash design of an owl in a top hat surrounded by roses, speakers and a trumpet, with the words Make Some Noise across the top, drawn in bold black outlines.
Owl in a top hat with roses and speakers
Colour tattoo of autumn maple leaves, a branch and a teal owl across a shoulder and upper arm, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Autumn maple leaves and owl across the shoulder
Realistic owl head tattoo with a yellow-amber eye and soft grey feathers, placed on the calf of a leg.
Owl head tattoo on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon fox and hound inside an ornate oval frame topped with an owl, above pink roses, on the thigh.
Cartoon fox and hound with roses on a thigh
Black and grey flash drawing of an owl in flight with spread wings, shown in detailed blackwork feather linework with no body placement.
Owl in flight with spread wings
Black ink owl tattoo on the upper back of a woman with long hair pulled to one side, shown in black and white.
Owl tattoo on the upper back
Colour tattoo of a barn owl within a leafy wreath on the upper arm, with a soft blue wash behind the bird.
Barn owl in a foliage wreath on upper arm
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
Side-by-side view of an upper arm: on the left, raised scar tissue with no tattoo; on the right, a colour traditional owl and rose tattoo on the same arm.
Owl and rose tattoo on upper arm, before and after
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
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
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
Traditional style flash drawing of a red anatomical heart with black rays, surrounded by an arrow, an owl's eye and a rose, with no body placement shown.
Anatomical heart with rays flash design
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
Colourful neo-traditional full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing an owl, a woman's profile, red roses, a clock and a rabbit on a purple background.
Neo-traditional full sleeve with owl and roses
Small watercolour-style owl tattoo in purple, pink and red with a starry crown, on the side of the ribs.
Watercolour owl on the ribs
Traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an owl, red roses, a snarling wolf head and a woman with a pearl necklace against black clouds and orange flames.
Owl, wolf and rose full sleeve
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
Coloured drawing of an owl perched on branches beside a pocket watch on a chain, with a pale moon behind, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Owl with pocket watch and chain
Black ink flash design of a winged owl beneath an all-seeing eye in a triangle, with a skull, banner and geometric patterns on a cream background.
Owl, all-seeing eye and skull tattoo design
Black and grey owl tattoo with spread wings, a green gem and a dotwork sunburst, with an arrow beneath, on a torso in traditional style.
Owl with spread wings and arrow on the torso
Black and white photo of a barn owl tattoo with spread wings on a person's upper back, shaded in a realistic style, placed between the shoulder blades.
Barn owl with spread wings on upper back
Realism tattoo of an owl with a glowing orange eye merging into a shaded skull, in black and grey with one colour accent, on a limb.
Owl and skull on a limb
Colour tattoo of a turquoise owl perched on a bare branch before a grey moon, with purple swirls, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Turquoise owl and moon on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork and realism tattoo of an owl, jellyfish and spiral forms with dotted geometric lines across a person's back and upper arm.
Owl and sea creatures across back and arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the outer thigh showing a stag and owl head split down the middle with wings, above a triangle and circle motif.
Split stag and owl head with triangle on thigh
Colour realism tattoo of an owl with bright green eyes and a blue-grey beak on a forearm.
Realistic owl tattoo with green eyes
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl face inside a postage stamp design on the upper arm.
Owl portrait in a postage stamp
Colour tattoo of an owl with outstretched wings decorated with swirling filigree, placed on the outer thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Owl with patterned wings on thigh