Silhouette tattoo ideas

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

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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 silhouette flash design of a flock of birds in flight, rising diagonally from lower left to upper right on a white background.
Flock of birds in flight
Flash sheet of solid black cat silhouettes in varied poses, shown as tattoo designs with no body placement visible.
Black cat silhouette flash sheet
Solid black silhouette design of a theropod dinosaur skeleton in side view, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Dinosaur skeleton silhouette design
Solid black silhouette of a seated cat inside an ornate baroque oval frame, shown as a flat design with no body placement.
Cat silhouette in an ornate cameo frame
Solid black silhouette design of an anchor with a flock of birds flying up from its shank, on a white background, suitable for a blackwork tattoo.
Anchor with birds taking flight design
Black silhouette design of four birds perched on a branch, with the word LOVE picked out in white letters across their bodies, in a blackwork style.
Four birds on a branch spelling LOVE
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
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
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
Solid black stencil-style design of two figures in silhouette, filled with an American flag pattern of stripes and stars, with no body placement shown.
Stars and stripes figures silhouette
Solid black frog silhouette design with raised limbs and splayed toe pads, drawn as a flash-style tattoo design on a white background.
Black frog silhouette design
Solid black silhouette of a songbird in profile, with white floral and scroll shapes cut into the body, shown as a blackwork-style tattoo design.
Songbird silhouette with white floral detail
Sheet of thirteen black silhouette dragon designs in Japanese-influenced style, shown as flash on a white background.
Collection of black dragon designs
Four solid black bat silhouette designs stacked vertically on a white background, each with distressed, cracked white speckling across the wings.
Four bat silhouette designs
Black line drawing of a heart outline with a solid black paw print inside it, a tattoo design in a bold blackwork style.
Paw print inside an outlined heart
Black and grey tattoo design of a dandelion seed head dissolving into a flock of birds, shown as a standalone drawing with no body placement.
Dandelion seed head turning into birds
Black silhouette design of birds lifting off from the tip of a bullet, shown as a blackwork flash drawing on a white background.
Birds rising from a bullet
Black silhouette design of a dancing fairy releasing small butterflies, set against pale grey swirling floral filigree.
Fairy silhouette with butterflies
Black lace-patterned fairy silhouette with sweeping wings and a flowing dress, shown as a design drawing on a white background with no body placement.
Lace-winged fairy silhouette
Black blackwork-style flash design of a central figure surrounded by a radiating ring of keyblades on a white background.
Radial keyblade design with central figure
Black silhouette of a hummingbird feeding from a dark flower with long trailing stamens, shown as a blackwork tattoo design on a pale grey background.
Hummingbird feeding from a dark flower
Black ink flash design of a crescent moon framing three pine trees on a plain white background.
Crescent moon with three pine trees
Solid black tribal-style cat design filled with spiral swirls, shown as a flash drawing on a white background with no body placement visible.
Tribal swirl cat design
Black tribal-style design of a slender fairy figure with swirling butterfly wings, drawn in solid black ink on a white background.
Tribal fairy with butterfly wings
Solid black silhouette drawing of a dragon with a curling single-line body and a large spiked wing, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Dragon silhouette design
Two black and white line drawings of sitting cats, one filled with floral vines and the other a solid silhouette dotted with hearts, both wearing collars.
Two sitting cats, one floral and one with hearts