Silhouette tattoo ideas

1,248 photos and flash · 14% Blackwork, 13% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black castle silhouette with pink and yellow fireworks and the words Keep Dreaming in script, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Castle silhouette with fireworks and script
Colour tattoo of a black cat silhouette sitting on a blue shaded crescent moon, placed on the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Black cat on a blue crescent moon on the back
Neo-traditional tattoo on a leg of a head wearing a knitted beanie and tartan scarf, with the face filled by mountains, pines and a teal sky.
Mountain landscape within a head in a knit beanie
Close-up of five black bird silhouettes in flight tattooed on a shoulder near the collarbone, with a white lace top in the frame.
Five birds in flight on a shoulder
Black fine line tattoo of a cat sitting in the curve of a treble clef, with a thin trailing tail, on a shoulder.
Cat and treble clef on a shoulder
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the upper back, with flourished script inside a teardrop of scrollwork around a silhouetted head and sailing ship.
Script and silhouette on upper back
Small solid black mermaid silhouette with two fish tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Mermaid silhouette on the inner wrist
Bold black line drawing of a sitting cat in profile with a curled tail, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Sitting cat outline design
A small solid black lion silhouette tattoo on the top of a foot, shown in a solid black silhouette style.
Small black lion silhouette on a foot
Black silhouette of a cat seen from behind, sitting above a diagonal trail of black paw prints on a white background, shown as a flash design.
Cat silhouette with paw print trail
Watercolour and ink tattoo design on paper showing Big Ben, a flying Peter Pan silhouette, a moon with a ship and a dark ink circle around the scene.
Big Ben and Peter Pan watercolour design
Solid black treble clef tattoo on the ankle, with a silhouetted figure with one arm raised standing on top of the clef.
Treble clef with silhouetted figure on ankle
Black silhouette of a dachshund with a teal collar, held aloft by a teal balloon on a thin line, tattooed on the lower leg.
Dachshund silhouette holding a teal balloon
Black fine line script reading alis volat propriis with a small bird silhouette in flight, shown on a pale grey background.
Alis volat propriis script with bird
A man in a grey t-shirt with a black silhouette print of a profile and hands, showing black and grey traditional tattoos of a lighthouse, moths and a hot air balloon on his forearms and upper arms.
Man in grey tee with silhouette print and arm tattoos
Black silhouette tattoo of small flying figures trailing from the ankle across the top of a foot, with a denim jeans cuff visible above.
Flying silhouette figures trailing across an ankle
Black tribal-style design of a bird with outstretched wings, filled with white scrollwork and swirls on a plain white background.
Spread-wing bird with scrollwork
Black blackwork and dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a mermaid silhouette above a castle, coral and an open shell with a pearl.
Mermaid silhouette and shell on a calf
Small black silhouettes of five birds in a flight line across the ankle and top of a bare foot, photographed on a wooden floor.
Flock of birds on an ankle
Solid black silhouette pine tree tattoo on an ankle, with a white paper stencil of the same tree beside it.
Pine tree silhouette on an ankle
Fine line black tattoo of a dotted trail with loops leading to a small dark figure on the inner forearm, above a tiled floor.
Dotted trail and small figure on forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a flock of birds flying diagonally across the upper back, from near the shoulder blade towards the spine.
Flock of birds across a upper back
Black silhouette of two flying figures with purple watercolour splashes and lettering on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Silhouetted flying figures with quote on upper back
A black silhouette of a woman with red butterflies rising from her head, beside red script on the upper back, reading I am not afraid to keep on living.
Butterflies and silhouette with script on upper back
Ten numbered black silhouette hibiscus flower designs on a white background, some solid and some outlined, shown as possible tattoo stencils.
Ten hibiscus flower designs
Black and grey photograph of a small solid black cat silhouette tattoo sitting behind a person's ear, with the hairline visible above it.
Small cat silhouette behind the ear
Black ink drawing on white paper of a semicolon with three swallows flying from its top, shown as a tattoo design on a lined notebook page.
Semicolon and swallows design drawing
A small solid black silhouette of a walking cat with a raised tail, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Walking cat silhouette on a forearm
Black script quote reading Our flaws are what makes us perfect, with four solid bird silhouettes, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Quote with four flying birds on ribs
Flash drawing of three coral lilies and green swirling vines beside a solid black silhouette shape on a white background.
Lily and vine flash design
Colour tattoo of a sitting cat silhouette filled with pink and peach flowers and green leaves on a navy background, on the back of a lower leg.
Floral cat silhouette on a calf
Small black bird silhouettes in a scattered flock across a shoulder, in black ink.
Flock of birds across a shoulder
Solid black stencil-style tattoo of a figure mid-throw holding a bouquet with small red flowers, on the side of the ribs.
Figure throwing a bouquet on the ribs
Three solid black silhouette birds in flight tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Three flying birds on the wrist
Colour tattoo of a lakeside landscape with mountains, a large tree and two silhouetted figures sitting by the water, on the calf.
Lakeside landscape with two figures on a leg
Back of a person showing a tattoo of a guitar body shape filled with a red and orange sunset, trees and a tent, with a dark treeline forming the neck on the upper back.
Guitar silhouette landscape across upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a seated cat silhouette filled with pine trees, on the inner forearm.
Cat silhouette filled with pine trees on a forearm
Black silhouette tattoo of a flock of birds flying diagonally down the back of a neck and onto the upper back.
Flock of birds on the back of the neck
Black castle silhouette with the word Believe beneath it, surrounded by blue, green, purple, red and yellow fireworks, on the lower leg.
Disney-style castle with fireworks and Believe on a lower
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with three male symbols and arrows, silhouetted figures inside the circles and a dark spider-like shape behind them.
Three male symbols with silhouetted figures
Two matching black and grey dotwork cats seen from behind, sitting, tattooed on the inner forearms.
Pair of sitting cat tattoos on forearms
Black ink fine line tattoo of a dandelion whose seeds drift into small butterfly silhouettes beside the words what's past is prologue, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dandelion seeds and quote across upper back
Black tattoo of four hairstyle silhouettes with the words The Big Bang Theory along the upper arm.
Hairstyle silhouettes and text on upper arm
Black and grey photo of a small solid cat silhouette tattoo on the neck, just behind an ear.
Small cat silhouette behind the ear
Back view of a person sitting on grass, with a small solid black pine tree tattoo in a silhouette style on the upper back.
Pine tree tattoo on upper back
Black London skyline tattoo on the side of a thigh, showing Tower Bridge, Big Ben, the London Eye and three birds in solid black ink.
London skyline silhouette on a thigh
Solid black silhouette of a swallow in flight on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Swallow in flight silhouette
Black and grey swallow tattoos flying in a line up the outside of a foot and ankle, shown in a fine line and silhouette style.
Flock of swallows on a foot