Silhouette tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of three birds in flight on the inner wrist and forearm.
Three small birds on an inner wrist
Solid black handprint tattoo on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed from behind.
Handprint tattoo on upper back
Black silhouette tattoo of flying Peter Pan characters, including a small fairy, trailing down the skin behind an ear on the neck.
Flying silhouettes behind the ear
Close photo of a black line tattoo of three birds in flight on a woman's shoulder, with a black strappy top and green trees behind.
Three birds in flight on a shoulder
Black and grey butterfly tattoo on the upper back, with its wings breaking up into flying bird silhouettes.
Butterfly dissolving into birds on upper back
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
Black ink tattoo of four running horses in silhouette, spaced in a diagonal row across the ribs on a side view of the torso.
Four running horses along the ribs
Close photograph of a black minimal cat silhouette with a trail of paw prints and a small red heart on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Black cat and paw prints on upper chest
Black fine line tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds towards three birds, with the script 'i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)', on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dandelion seeds, birds and script on a shoulder
Small fine line black bird tattoos flying across a woman's shoulder, with a cameo necklace and red lipstick visible above.
Small birds in flight on a shoulder
Black ink tattoo of a bare tree, flying birds and a silhouetted forest on a forearm, with the hand raised open above it.
Bare tree and birds on a forearm
Small solid black blackwork raven silhouette perched on the side of a finger, shown in black and white.
Raven silhouette on a finger
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
Four solid black eagle silhouettes with spread wings on a white background, drawn as flash designs with no body placement shown.
Four black eagle designs in flight
Black ink tattoo on the upper back showing a silhouette of a girl blowing dandelion seeds, with the word Mom in cursive script above.
Mom script and dandelion silhouette on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo wrapped around the forearm like a band, showing a shaded forest silhouette with a small moon above the treeline.
Forest band tattoo on a forearm
Blue-ink tattoo of a flock of birds rising above the words Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly, across a person's upper back.
Flock of birds and script on upper back
Black silhouette tattoo of a bare tree with branches spreading upward and three birds in flight above it, on the inner forearm.
Bare tree and birds on a forearm
Black outlined Mickey Mouse silhouette filled with filigree scrollwork and a red rose, tattooed on the thigh.
Mickey Mouse silhouette with rose on thigh
Black wolf silhouette tattoo standing on a rocky outline with one foreleg raised, placed on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Wolf silhouette on upper chest
Small solid black giraffe silhouette tattoo on the back of a hand near the wrist, against a dark background.
Giraffe silhouette on the back of a hand
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a triangle with a circle and a silhouetted figure against blue trees, above black script reading Don't let the Muggles get you down darling.
Deathly Hallows triangle and quote on a forearm
Close photo of a hand held up in a forest, with a small black pine tree tattoo on the palm below the thumb.
Small pine tree tattoo on the palm
Black ink tattoo on a limb showing a large outlined circle enclosing three smaller rings with upward arrows, silhouettes and a spider, with the words keep running below.
Three circles with arrows and keep running text
Black tower silhouette with a red sun, two birds, a small cloaked figure and a red rose tattooed on an upper arm.
Tower silhouette with red sun and rose on upper arm
Small black silhouette tattoo of five birds in flight in a row on a woman's shoulder, in a minimal fine line style.
Five birds in flight on the shoulder
Black ink dotwork drawing of a tattoo design shaped as a light bulb, showing a child silhouette beside a bare tree, a full moon and birds, with no body placement visible.
Light bulb with child, tree and moon
Black and grey realism tattoos of a feather with a flock of birds rising from its tip, on both forearms of a person in a black top.
Bird flock rising from feathers on both forearms
Small black fine line tattoo of four silhouette figures in a curved row, decreasing in size, on an ankle above a white sneaker.
Row of silhouette figures on an ankle
Solid black silhouette design of a seated fairy with wings on looping vines, with a small butterfly to the right, drawn on a plain white background.
Fairy silhouette on swirling vines
Two small solid black birds in flight, a fine line tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm.
Two small birds on an inner wrist
Black ink tattoo on an upper arm showing a dark animal silhouette inside an oval with mushrooms, leaves and swirling linework.
Animal, mushrooms and leaves on an upper arm
Solid black silhouette tattoo of dandelion seed heads lifting small human figures, placed on the side of the ribs.
Dandelion silhouettes carried by seeds
Black silhouette tattoos of four flying figures in a sequence across the top of a foot, on a light background.
Four flying silhouettes across a foot
Black and grey tattoo on the outer thigh of a cat with green eyes, its body filled with a sketchy forest scene of bare trees and a small cabin.
Black cat over a forest scene on thigh
Solid black stylised design of a flame or bird with spiked wing-like feathers rising from a pointed base, on a white background.
Stylised black flame and wing design
Several arms show small black silhouette tattoos of birds in flight in a line across the wrists and inner forearms.
Flock of birds tattoos on wrists
Sheet of seven numbered black silhouette designs of nine-tailed foxes with white linework, in seated, leaping and standing poses.
Seven nine-tailed fox designs
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bare tree, a flock of birds in flight and a dark forest silhouette on the inner forearm.
Bare tree and birds on a forearm
Black script reading To live would be an awfully big adventure across the top of a foot, with a flying silhouette and pink, green and purple swirls.
Peter Pan quote with flying silhouette on foot
Solid black silhouette design of a howling wolf with pine trees inside a circle, drawn as a flash-style image with no body part shown.
Howling wolf silhouette in a moon circle
Black silhouette tattoos of two small flying figures and a crescent with dots on the side of an ankle, above a dark shoe.
Flying silhouettes and crescent on an ankle
Small solid black cat silhouette with a red collar tattooed on the neck behind the ear.
Black cat with red collar behind the ear
Small black castle silhouette inside a thin crescent arc on the outer side of an ankle.
Castle silhouette in an arc on an ankle
Two matching deer silhouette tattoos side by side on forearms, the right one with the word love in script beneath, shaded in blue and pink.
Matching deer silhouettes on forearms
Three solid black silhouettes of birds in flight on the inner wrist, with a pearl and rhinestone heart bracelet worn just below them.
Three birds in flight on the inner wrist
Small solid black bird silhouette tattoo on the top of a foot, shown in bright daylight.
Bird silhouette on a foot
Black tree with flowers and butterflies, some in red, across a bare back, with a small silhouette figure on the right side.
Tree and butterflies across a back