Silhouette tattoo ideas

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Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing a black silhouette of a woman holding a magnifying glass, framed by the words THIS ABOVE ALL TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE and pink and yellow flowers.

Silhouette with magnifying glass and quote on a calf

Black blackwork tattoo of a pair of antlers with a small dotted arc between them, placed on the calf in a black and white photo.

Antler silhouettes with dotted arc on a leg

Two black silhouette tattoos on the backs of a person's calves, one showing a man in a suit with a red tie, the other an abstract dark figure.

Silhouette figures on both calves

Black lettering tattoo forming a dog silhouette with a black collar and small red heart tag, on the calf.

Dog silhouette made of lettering on a calf

Red and black tartan squirrel silhouette tattoo with white highlight lines on the lower leg.

Tartan squirrel silhouette on a calf

Singer silhouette in a black diamond

Black and grey tattoo of an adult and a child holding hands in silhouette, walking, on the calf.

Adult and child silhouettes on a calf

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stag whose antlers are drawn as bare branches, with a forest texture filling its body, on a calf.

Stag with branching antlers on a calf

Colour tattoo on a leg of the character Scar from The Lion King, split into angular coloured panels, with lion silhouettes under a teal moon above.

Scar from The Lion King in geometric colour

Colour tattoo of a starry galaxy-filled figure silhouette inside a scalloped shell on the lower leg, with a bold black outline and pink and orange wash behind.

Galaxy silhouette in a shell on the calf

Fine line black outline tattoo of a sitting cat seen from behind, with a curling tail, on the calf.

Sitting cat outline on a lower leg

Colour tattoo of a Totoro outline filled with a misty forest and a dark figure holding a red umbrella, on the calf.

Totoro outline with forest scene on calf

Colour realism tattoo on a lower leg showing a dark silhouette of a figure with outstretched arm against green trees and an orange and red sunset.

Silhouetted figure in a sunset landscape

Black tattoo of a film strip with a dark silhouette and ink drips on a leg, surrounded by other black linework tattoos of a ship, birds and high heeled legs.

Film strip with ink splash on a calf

Realism style tattoo of a black and grey woman silhouette dissolving into red petals on the lower leg.

Woman silhouette dissolving into red petals

Colour tattoo of a stylised abstract human figure in red, yellow, blue and black, sitting on the calf.

Abstract figure tattoo on a calf

Black and grey tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship silhouetted against a pale moon, with its reflection on water, on a calf.

Sailing ship silhouette against a moon on a calf

Abstract geometric tattoo on a lower leg in yellow, orange and blue-grey, with a halftone face, a circular silhouette and green splatter.

Geometric shapes and silhouette on a calf

Ornamental fox silhouette tattoo on the lower leg, filled with swirling linework that shifts from orange at the top to pink and red lower down.

Ornamental fox silhouette on a calf

Black shark silhouettes and one fine line shark outline tattooed down the outer leg, from thigh to calf.

Shark silhouettes down a leg

Two solid black silhouette tattoos of figures sit on the backs of a person's calves, below a houndstooth skirt and red boots.

Two silhouette figures on the calves