Silhouette tattoo ideas

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

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Solid black feather tattoo on a person's upper back with a flock of birds flying off from its tip towards the shoulder.
Feather and birds on a shoulder
Small solid black silhouette of a sitting cat with its tail curled, tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand with yellow painted nails.
Sitting cat silhouette on the wrist
Solid black silhouette design of an archer drawing a bow while riding a maned lion, with no body placement shown.
Archer on a lion, black silhouette design
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
Small solid black silhouette tattoo of a figure with a hat-like shape on the upper arm, below a blue and white striped sleeve.
Small black silhouette tattoo on upper arm
Small solid black guitar silhouette tattoo on the inner wrist, shown with a hand making the rock horns gesture against a textured white wall.
Guitar silhouette tattoo on wrist
Realism tattoo of a maple leaf filled with autumn trees and an animal silhouette, in yellow, orange and brown, on the forearm.
Autumn forest scene inside a maple leaf
Blue silhouette birds rise across a shoulder blade above the script words Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly, on the upper back.
Flock of birds and script on a shoulder
Two small solid black tattoos on wrists, one of the Eiffel Tower and one of the Empire State Building, with the hands held together.
Eiffel Tower and Empire State Building on wrists
Small solid black swan silhouette tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with blue water and sky behind.
Black swan on the inner wrist
Forearm tattoo of an elephant silhouette filled with pink and orange roses and green leaves on a black background, in a botanical style.
Rose-filled elephant silhouette on a forearm
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
Collage of four cat images: two black line and silhouette cat designs on white, a lying black cat on pink, and a small black and grey sitting cat tattoo on a person's upper back.
Black cat designs and a cat tattoo on upper back
Solid black silhouette design of a cartoon cat wearing a Batman costume, with a bat emblem on the chest, a cape and a bow on its head, shown without any body placement.
Batman-styled cat silhouette design
Red and black tartan squirrel silhouette tattoo with white highlight lines on the lower leg.
Tartan squirrel silhouette on a calf
Black silhouette tattoo wrapping around an upper arm, showing a girl, an owl in a tree, a rabbit and mushrooms in a blackwork style.
Silhouette girl, owl and tree on an upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of three birds in flight on the side of a woman's bare back, shown from behind.
Three small birds on a woman's back
Small solid black bird silhouettes in a loose flock across the inner forearm near the wrist, with the same design shown on white at right.
Flock of birds on a wrist
Black and white lettering design in the shape of a rabbit standing upright, with the words I must become the lion hearted girl set in hand-drawn script.
Rabbit silhouette filled with lettering
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo on the inner wrist, shown against a dark background.
Small black cat silhouette on a wrist
Black silhouette of an adult lifting a child overhead with a script quote beneath, tattooed on the upper arm in black ink.
Silhouette of a figure lifting a child with script quote
Black and grey tattoo of a singer in profile holding a microphone, set inside a solid black diamond on the lower leg.
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
Colour tattoo of a bear silhouette filled with pine trees and a purple to orange sunset, in neo-traditional style on the forearm.
Bear silhouette with pine forest and sunset
A solid black crow silhouette tattoo facing left on the upper back, with a dark strap visible at the top edge of the frame.
Crow silhouette on a upper back
Dotwork tattoo of a bare tree silhouette over a stippled grey field with an olive circle, on the side of the ribs.
Dotwork tree and olive circle on the ribs
A small solid black cat silhouette tattoo with a raised tail on pale skin, placed on the arm.
Black cat silhouette tattoo on skin
Black ink tattoo of a crow perched on bare branches across the inner wrist, in a solid blackwork silhouette style.
Crow perched on branches on a wrist
Forearm tattoo of black silhouetted figures drifting across rainbow watercolour splashes, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Silhouetted figures in rainbow watercolour on forearm
Grid of six flash sheets showing black and grey wing tattoo designs in varied feather patterns, with one small red splatter motif.
Wing designs flash sheet
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
Black linework tattoo of a mother holding a child in silhouette, with three red hearts, on a person's upper back.
Mother and child silhouette with hearts on back
Colour tattoo of black palm tree silhouettes against a blue sky and orange and purple sunset, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Palm trees at sunset on upper arm
Solid black tattoo of two stick-style figures on a forearm, one with angel-like wings and one with bat-like wings and pointed ears.
Two winged figures on a forearm
Solid black abstract bird shape with a looping tail tattooed on the inner wrist, photographed close up.
Abstract bird and loop on wrist
Solid black silhouette tattoo of an electric guitar on the back of a hand, which rests over a sunburst electric guitar on a wooden floor.
Electric guitar tattoo on the back of a hand
Black fine line tattoo of a sitting cat seen from behind, with a curled tail, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Cat silhouette tattoo on a forearm
Black fairy silhouette tattoo with spiral-patterned wings and a trail of small stars on the neck, behind the ear.
Fairy silhouette with stars behind the ear
Small solid black Mickey Mouse head silhouette tattoo on the side of a pointing index finger, photographed outdoors.
Mickey Mouse silhouette on a finger
Solid black silhouette of a lipstick kiss mark with a white line across the middle, shown as a design with no skin visible.
Lipstick kiss mark silhouette
Black silhouette design of a dancing fairy releasing small butterflies, set against pale grey swirling floral filigree.
Fairy silhouette with butterflies
Fine black line tattoo of a cat in profile with a dotted echo outline on the inner forearm.
Cat outline on a forearm
Black ink dotwork drawing of a walking bear whose body is filled with pine trees, with birds flying above, shown on white paper beside a gel pen.
Bear silhouette filled with a pine forest
Black ink tattoo of a silhouetted figure rowing a boat over wavy lines, with a line of script beneath, on an upper arm.
Rowing boat over waves with script quote
Black fine line tattoo of a stylised cat with curling scroll flourishes on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Stylised cat with swirls on upper back
Four small solid black bird silhouettes in flight across the top of a bare foot, with a beaded anklet above them.
Four flying birds across a foot
Black silhouette tattoo with pink splashes across the upper arm and shoulder, photographed against a dark background.
Black silhouette and pink splash on upper arm
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