Silhouette tattoo ideas

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

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Black silhouette design of a seated cat inside a crescent moon, with a five-pointed star to the left, shown as a flash-style drawing.
Cat and star within a crescent moon
Sheet of hand-drawn bird silhouette designs, each set against a rainbow watercolour wash, with a partial hand visible at the left edge.
Bird silhouettes with rainbow watercolour washes
Black and grey realism forearm tattoo of a silhouetted man on a bridge, a domed building with spires and a pocket watch, with script lettering above.
Pocket watch and city skyline on forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a full moon with two silhouetted figures on a spiral hill, bats and clouds, placed across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Full moon, spiral hill and bats on upper back
Small solid black silhouette of a seated cat tattooed on the inner wrist, with a hand raised above the leg in the background.
Small black cat on a wrist
Black crow silhouette perched on bare branches tattooed on the wrist of a hand with dark nail polish.
Crow perched on a branch on the wrist
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 thunderbird silhouette tattoo with outstretched wings on the forearm of a woman standing in a garden.
Thunderbird silhouette on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a man in a dark jacket playing an electric guitar, with crowd silhouettes and a script signature.
Black and grey guitarist portrait on a forearm
Small black silhouette tattoo of a witch riding a broomstick with a cat on the upper arm of a woman with long brown hair.
Witch on broomstick with cat on upper arm
Three small black fine line birds in flight on a woman's upper chest near the collarbone, with a pink knit sweater and an ornate ring visible.
Three small birds in flight on collarbone
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a mermaid with a raised arm and tail on the inner wrist.
Mermaid silhouette on a wrist
Black and teal mermaid silhouette tattoo with swirling teal and black vines on pale skin.
Mermaid silhouette with teal tail and vines
Black and grey silhouette of a head in profile with a keyhole and small house shape inside, tattooed on the abdomen.
Profile silhouette with keyhole on abdomen
Black and white photo of a solid black silhouette tattoo of a woman holding an umbrella and a broom, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Floating silhouette with umbrella on wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a cat silhouette framed by ornate lace-style floral filigree on a person's upper back.
Cat silhouette within lace-style floral filigree
Black outline drawing of a cat seen from behind, sitting with its tail curled round to the right, on a white background.
Sitting cat outline seen from behind
Black fairy silhouette with swirled wings and a dotted star trail on the neck behind the ear, in a solid black tattoo.
Fairy silhouette and star trail behind the ear
Three tiny black silhouettes of birds in a line on the inner wrist, in a fine line style, shown in a soft-focus photograph.
Three small birds on a wrist
Black blackwork tattoo of a bare tree with a small bird perched on a branch, with shaded foliage at the base, on the inner forearm of a person in a grey satin dress.
Bare tree silhouette with a bird on a forearm
Black tribal dragon design on a white background, rearing up with spiked wings, clawed forelimbs and a curled tail, shown as a flat flash drawing.
Tribal dragon silhouette design
Small black palm tree tattoo on the side of a finger, with a hand raised against a palm tree and blue sky.
Small palm tree tattoo on a finger
Black silhouette design of a standing dog on an infinity symbol with paw prints, shown as a flash drawing on a white background.
Dog silhouette on infinity symbol with paw prints
Small black silhouette tattoo of a collie dog's head in profile, placed on the side of the torso above the waistband of jeans.
Collie head silhouette on the side of the torso
Black and grey tattoo of a Mickey Mouse head silhouette filled with ornamental scrollwork and a heart, shown on smooth skin.
Filigree Mickey Mouse head silhouette
Colour tattoo of a featureless female silhouette with red and orange flowing swirls and a purple outline, on the outer thigh.
Woman silhouette with flowing swirls on thigh
Black silhouette of a swallow in flight, surrounded by grey swirls, splashes and small birds on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without skin.
Swallow silhouette with grey swirls
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black silhouette profile inside an ornate oval cameo frame with scalloped edges, on the side of the ribs.
Cameo silhouette in ornate frame
Flat-lay of black clothing and boots beside a flash-style design of three black silhouette birds with small script, shown without a body placement.
Black outfit flat lay with bird tattoo design
Fine line tattoo of five girls in dresses on the back, four drawn in outline and one solid black silhouette at the right.
Five girls in dresses on the back
Small black fine line tattoo of a sitting cat with a curled tail, placed on the ankle.
Sitting cat tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a woman's face with a tall beehive hairstyle and dark lips, on the forearm.
Stylised woman portrait with beehive hair on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm showing two helicopters, a pointing man's face and silhouetted figures rappelling from ropes.
Helicopters and rappelling figures on shoulder
Black fine line pine tree tattoo running vertically along the middle of a person's bare upper back, with long blonde dreadlocks over one shoulder.
Pine tree tattoo on upper back
Black tattoo of Jack and Sally silhouettes holding hands on a swirling hill, with the script quote 'We can live like Jack and Sally if we want' beside it, on bare skin.
Jack and Sally silhouettes on a spiral hill with quote
Solid black silhouette tattoo of two seated cats on the upper chest, with their tails curling together to form a small heart outline.
Two cats with heart tails on chest
Line drawing flash design of a silhouetted figure on a crescent moon above a latticed heart and two roses with leaves, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Silhouette figure on crescent moon with heart and roses
Blue tattoo on the upper arm near the elbow showing a Totoro-style silhouette and a figure under an umbrella within a forest of trees.
Totoro silhouette with umbrella on upper arm
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo on the upper back of a woman with long brown hair, photographed from behind.
Black cat silhouette on upper back
Large black and grey back tattoo of a gothic night scene with bats, a moon, a silhouetted couple, a tower and twisted trees, with small red flowers.
Gothic night scene across a full back
Small solid black silhouette of a bird in flight tattooed on the side of a woman's neck above the collarbone, with a black leather jacket collar visible.
Small bird tattoo near the collarbone
Watercolour style thigh tattoo of flying silhouettes passing a clock tower below a moon with a ship, set on a splash of pink, blue and teal.
Peter Pan silhouettes and clock tower on thigh
Solid black silhouette tattoo of two birds perched on a leafy branch, placed on the ankle of a bare foot.
Two birds on a branch on the ankle
Black ink tattoo of a bare tree with fine branches on the lower back of a person kneeling in black underwear, with a striped top draped over the shoulders.
Bare tree tattoo on lower back
Two matching Mickey Mouse head tattoos on the inner wrists, one in black outline and one solid black, each with a small heart.
Matching Mickey Mouse wrist tattoos
Black silhouette tattoo design of Peter Pan characters flying through a trail of stars beside the script words never grow up.
Never grow up with Peter Pan silhouettes
Five small solid black silhouette birds in a rising line across the inner forearm near the wrist, shown on a hand against a blurred green background.
Five birds flying across a forearm