Silhouette tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black cat silhouette tattoo on the back of a woman's neck, with a tabby cat resting on her shoulder.
Cat silhouette tattoo on the nape
Black silhouettes of marching soldiers with barbed wire and red and blue ribbon elements on an upper arm tattoo, set against red and grey clouds.
Marching soldier silhouettes with barbed wire on upper arm
Small colour tattoo of a black seated figure silhouette on a blue crescent moon with pink stars, on the side of the body.
Seated silhouette on a blue crescent moon
Two matching fine line profile silhouette tattoos on forearms, one showing a figure with a feathered cap and one with hair in a bun, in black ink.
Matching profile silhouettes on forearms
Black ink drawing of a walking bear filled with pine trees and flying birds, shaded with dots and fine hatching on white paper.
Bear silhouette filled with pine forest
Close photo of a solid black silhouette of a leaning figure beside shaded grey stacked books with a red ribbon, tattooed on the thigh.
Black silhouette figure beside stacked books on thigh
Small dark blue palm tree tattoo on the inner forearm, held up against a black wrought iron gate.
Small palm tree on the inner forearm
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo behind a person's ear, with dark hair pulled back and a hair pin visible.
Small black cat tattoo behind the ear
Black silhouette design of a fairy with butterfly wings sitting on a crescent moon and holding a star, with sparkles drifting behind.
Fairy silhouette on a crescent moon
Back of a person with a scattered flock of small black bird silhouettes tattooed across the upper back and shoulder blade area.
Flock of birds across the upper back
Black silhouette design of a branch with two squirrels, red hearts and small birds, drawn as a flash or stencil with no body placement shown.
Squirrels and hearts on a branch
Black and grey tattoo on the ribs of a feather with shaded barbs that breaks up into a flock of flying bird silhouettes.
Feather dissolving into flying birds on ribs
Fine line black tattoo of two small birds in flight on the inner forearm, with a woman resting her hand against her chin.
Two small birds on a forearm
Colour tattoo of two cat silhouettes seen from behind, outlined in black, sitting on a lower leg against pink, purple, blue and orange splashes.
Two cat silhouettes with colour splashes
Small black fine line tattoo of two birds perched on a thin branch across the inner wrist and forearm.
Two birds on a branch on the wrist
Small solid black bird silhouette tattoo on the side of a finger, with a teal painted nail in the frame.
Small bird silhouette on a finger
Three people show matching solid black butterfly silhouette tattoos in groups of three on the inner wrists.
Matching butterfly silhouettes on wrists
Black and grey pine tree silhouettes forming a forest treeline on a lower leg, fading into dotwork shading towards the ankle.
Pine forest treeline on lower leg
Black silhouette tattoo design of three swallows in flight above the words MATTHEW 6:26 on a white background.
Three swallows and Matthew 6:26
Black single-line outline drawing of a sitting cat with its tail curled at the base, shown as a design on a plain white background.
Sitting cat line drawing
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of the Rebel Alliance symbol above a desert scene with domed dwellings, a lone silhouette and twin suns, in a neo-traditional style with bold black outlines.
Rebel Alliance symbol over a desert sunset
Black silhouette tattoo of a person with tousled hair and a red stripe down the centre, on the inner forearm, above a white wristband and a beaded bracelet.
Black silhouette portrait on a forearm
Two hands clasped together, each showing a pair of tiny black fine line bird silhouettes tattooed on the back of the hand.
Two small birds on clasped hands
Small black ink mountain range tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a casual photo against a dark tiled floor.
Small black mountain range on a wrist
Hand-drawn tattoo design in black ink and red pencil showing flying silhouettes, the words Never grow up and a red feather, sketched in a spiral notebook.
Never grow up silhouettes with red feather
Small solid black poodle silhouette tattoo with a textured fill on the back of a hand, near the wrist.
Poodle silhouette on the back of a hand
Close-up of two small solid black bird silhouettes in flight on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Two small birds on a wrist
Black ink tattoo of a tree inside a bold, brushed circle, placed on the upper back of a person with auburn hair.
Tree inside a brush circle on upper back
Black botanical tattoo of three silhouetted birds perched on a thin vine with curls and leaves, on the upper back.
Three birds on a curling vine on the back
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
Small black silhouettes of birds in flight forming a loose line across the lower back, above white denim shorts.
Flock of birds on the lower back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a howling wolf on a forearm, with a mountain range and bare trees filling the wolf's body.
Howling wolf with mountain and trees on a forearm
Black line drawing of overlapping Mickey and Minnie Mouse head outlines, with a red polka-dot bow on Minnie's ear and the word LOVE in script beneath, on a cream background.
Mickey and Minnie silhouettes with LOVE
Collage of four couple tattoos in fine black and blue linework, including script reading to and beyond on wrists, Mickey and Minnie on hands, MRS and MR on forearms, and a kissing silhouette on a
Matching couple tattoos in a four-photo collage
Black and grey tattoo of a small silhouetted figure with soft grey shading above its head, beside a tiny Roman numeral III, on the outer thigh.
Small silhouette figure with Roman numeral on thigh
Black fine line tattoo design of four birds in flight rising above a vertical script word, shown on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Flying birds above a vertical script word
Small black cat silhouette tattoo on a lower leg, with a purple butterfly and a smaller blue butterfly above it.
Black cat silhouette with two butterflies on a leg
Solid black cat silhouette with blue eyes, sitting beside three paw prints that trail up the side of the ribs.
Black cat silhouette with paw prints on ribs
Colour neo-trad tattoo on the thigh showing a Mickey Mouse head outline with a dark castle silhouette against an orange and purple sky, with red mandala patterns in the ears and base.
Mickey silhouette castle on thigh
Small black silhouette birds in flight form a diagonal line across the side of a person's ribs in a black ink tattoo.
Flock of birds across the ribs
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red scrolled heart with orange lilies, green leaves and a black silhouette, on a person's upper back.
Heart, lilies and leaves on upper back
Black silhouette design of a flock of birds flying upward beside fine script reading "with my God given Grace I will carry on", shown on a plain white background.
Flock of birds with script quote
Solid black silhouette tattoo of two facing profiles on the upper arm of a woman with long hair and a raised arm.
Two facing silhouettes on the upper arm
Small black silhouette tattoo of three birds in flight on a woman's upper back near the shoulder, with a long braid falling over the other shoulder.
Three birds in flight on a shoulder
Black and grey realism style tattoo of an eye inside a red triangle with radiating rays, above a solid black suited figure, on the lower leg.
Eye in a red triangle with a suited figure
Neo-traditional back tattoo of Mufasa standing on a rock beside a circular sunrise with Mufasa and Simba silhouettes and the words Remember Who You Are.
Mufasa and Simba sunrise across the back
White TARDIS police box silhouette with black slit detailing on a plain black background, shown as a stencil-style design.
TARDIS police box design
Black ink tattoo of a stretching cat in loose brush-stroke linework, placed on the side of the ribs.
Black brush-stroke cat on ribs