Silhouette tattoo ideas

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

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A flash sheet of eight black wolf silhouettes in varied poses, including howling, walking, sitting and running, on a white background.
Eight wolf silhouette poses on a sheet
Solid black silhouette of the state of Ohio with tree roots spreading beneath it, drawn as a design on a plain white background.
Ohio silhouette with roots
Black silhouettes of seven birds in flight on a white background, with the words let it go in cursive script beneath them.
Flying birds with let it go script
A red ornate frame holds a Tattoo Bar sign above scattered temporary tattoo designs in script lettering, a silhouette and a peacock on a yellow surface.
Tattoo Bar sign with temporary tattoo designs
Grid of twenty elephant tattoo designs in tribal, mandala, line and colour styles, each shown with a price and a View tattoo button.
Grid of elephant tattoo designs
Grid of black silhouette ornaments including swirls, flowers, leaves, butterflies and snowflakes on a white background, shown as a flash sheet.
Black silhouette ornament flash sheet
Solid black silhouette of a greyhound head with ears, combined with swirling black and white filigree scrolls in a blackwork style design.
Greyhound head with scrollwork
Flash sheet of six numbered black silhouette designs of antlered deer heads, some combined with hearts and a small bow, shown on a white background.
Six buck silhouette designs on a flash sheet
Black single-line drawing of a sitting cat in profile, looking left, with a curled tail, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Minimalist sitting cat line drawing
Black silhouette design of a small fairy and several flying figures on a white background, shown as a standalone design with no body part visible.
Silhouetted flying figures design
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
Black silhouette design of three birds flying in a diagonal line against a plain white background.
Three birds in flight silhouette
Black and grey drawing of a fairy silhouette in mid-flight, with shaded swirled wings and scattered star sparkles on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Fairy silhouette with swirled wings and stars
Black line drawing of an elephant with mandala patterns across its body and a raised trunk, shown on a mint green background.
Mandala elephant design
Black line drawing of Belle and the Beast in profile, with a small red rose held near the Beast's face, shown as a flash design.
Belle and the Beast profile line art with rose
Black fine line book stacks, quotation marks, Peter Pan silhouettes and quote lettering shown as a flash sheet, with the designs applied to a forearm in the lower right photo.
Book and quote designs on forearms
Black silhouette flash design of two swallows in flight above the words we only part to meet again, in a serif typeface on a white background.
Two swallows above a quote
Solid black silhouette drawing of an arrow with three hanging feathers and beaded cords on a white background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Arrow and feathers silhouette design
Solid black silhouette design of a mermaid with flowing hair, swirling curls and a long fin-like tail on a cream background, shown as tattoo flash with no body placement.
Mermaid silhouette flash design
Three lotus flower designs stacked vertically: a solid black silhouette, an outlined version, and a fine-line version, shown on a white background.
Three lotus flower designs in black
White cut-out stencil of a seated mythical creature with a flowing mane and a curled tail, on pale blue stencil film, for a tattoo design.
Seated mythical creature silhouette stencil
Sheet of solid black cat silhouette designs in varied poses on a white background, with no tattoo or body placement shown.
Black cat silhouette flash sheet
Black and white flash design of a stag head silhouette with hand-lettered text reading We will forever be wild and free over a row of pine trees.
Stag silhouette with lettering and pine trees
Solid black silhouette of a winged fairy holding a thin wand, a flash style design with no placement on skin.
Fairy silhouette holding a wand
Solid black silhouette stencil of a spiky-haired clawed figure with three long blades on each forearm, shown on a white background.
Clawed figure silhouette stencil
Black ink design of a fairy silhouette with wings sitting on a crescent moon, drawn on a white background.
Fairy silhouette sitting on a crescent moon
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
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
Black silhouette design of a stylised goddess figure with raised arms, a white spiral on the belly and a crescent moon on each side, on a white background.
Triple moon goddess silhouette with spiral
Pencil drawing of two facing profile silhouettes filled with starry space, UFOs, Earth and a green mountain landscape under the words The Truth and Is Out There.
Twin profiles with UFOs and mountains
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design with a curling scroll reading Embrace your Madness, a pocket watch, a top hat, playing card suits and a silhouette of Alice falling.
Alice in Wonderland quote scroll design
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 silhouette design of a city skyline with the Space Needle at its centre, shown on a plain white background.
Space Needle and city skyline silhouette
Dark grey silhouette drawing of two seated cats on a branch, with their tails curling together to form a heart, on a pale background.
Two cats on a branch with heart tails
Black silhouette tattoo design of a pair of feathered wings above a long tapering central spike, drawn on a plain white background.
Symmetrical black wings with a long spike
Black tribal-style line design of a sitting cat with pointed ears and a curling tail, drawn on a plain white background.
Stylised cat tattoo design
Black and white drawing of a paw print design filled with bare trees and a forest scene, shown without any body placement.
Forest-filled paw print design
Black ink design of a heart formed by two abstract figures, with a curling stem and swirled buds on the right side.
Heart formed by two figures with a swirl stem
A grid of fifteen solid black cross silhouettes on a white background, with ornate, pointed and flared arm shapes, shown as flash designs with no body placement.
Fifteen decorative cross designs
Black and grey line drawing design of a feather that breaks apart into a flock of flying birds, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Feather dissolving into a flock of birds
Solid black bear silhouette in a blackwork design, with white spiral swirls and dots cut into the body, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Black bear silhouette with spirals
Black ink flash design of a white silhouetted creature framed by swirling waves, scale patterns and fine dotwork.
Silhouette within swirling waves
Two black line drawings of infinity symbols, one with a detailed feather across it and one with silhouetted birds in flight, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Infinity symbols with a feather and birds
Black silhouette design of an infinity symbol with a dachshund standing on the upper curve and paw prints trailing off to the right.
Infinity symbol with dachshund and paw prints
Black dotwork drawing of a walking bear filled with pine trees and birds, shown on white paper as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Bear silhouette filled with pine forest
Flash design of a teal watercolour cat with gold eyes, leafy foliage, a full moon and a small silhouetted cat on a branch.
Cat and moonlit foliage design
Coloured drawing of a tattoo design showing two galaxy-filled Sailor Moon silhouettes on crescent moons, an orange and pink moon brooch above, and black and grey mandala flowers below.
Sailor Moon crescents and mandala flowers design
Solid black silhouette of an anchor with a rope wrapped around its shaft and arms, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Anchor with coiled rope design