Silhouette tattoo ideas

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

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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
Temporary tattoo sticker sheet showing a colourful feather and a black feather, each with a flock of birds, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Feather and bird flock temporary tattoo design
Black silhouette design of six bats flying in a diagonal line on a white background, decreasing in size towards the bottom.
Six bats in a descending flight line
Black abstract silhouette of a parent and child with green swirls and a pink lotus tattooed on a forearm.
Abstract parent and child with lotus on an arm
Black tribal-style design of a slender fairy figure with swirling butterfly wings, drawn in solid black ink on a white background.
Tribal fairy with butterfly wings
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a seated animal with a long curled tail on the forearm near the wrist.
Seated animal silhouette on a forearm
Fine black outline tattoo of a seated cat seen from behind, with whiskers and a curled tail, on the inside of an ankle.
Cat outline on an ankle
Two forearms shown side by side with a watercolour-style tattoo of a howling wolf, a bare tree, a flying bird and a yellow moon on the forearms.
Wolf, tree and bird across two forearms
Collage of three tattoos: a fine line Mickey Mouse head outline with the word dream on the upper back, a small script mark behind an ear, and a black Mickey silhouette with patterned fill on the
Mickey Mouse outline tattoos in a three-image collage
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back showing an oval view of a green valley with a winding path and distant mountains, beside an open round door, framed by black silhouettes of a tower, birds and
Open round door landscape on upper back
Black ink tattoo on skin of a silver fern leaf formed from marching soldier silhouettes, with the script words Lest we forget beneath it.
Silver fern of marching soldiers with Lest we forget
Sheet of black dragon tattoo designs in tribal and silhouette styles, shown as flash on a white background.
Dragon tattoo designs in black silhouette
Solid black silhouette drawing of a dragon with a curling single-line body and a large spiked wing, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Dragon silhouette design
Black ink tattoo of two silhouetted birds on a branch with a small heart knot and a script quote above, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Birds on a branch with quote across the upper back
Black and white flash design of a giraffe head and neck in solid black silhouette with broken, angular patch shapes on the neck.
Giraffe head silhouette design
Three solid black silhouette swallows in flight on a white background, shown as a tattoo design sheet.
Three swallows in flight silhouette
Black silhouette tattoo of a flock of five birds in flight along the side of the ribs.
Flock of birds in flight on the ribs
Fine line tattoo on a forearm of dandelion seeds drifting upward with script words and a dark silhouetted figure at the base, with pink and blue accents.
Dandelion seeds and script on a forearm
Black ink flash design of a bare tree with a small figure on a swing, birds flying up and away, and curved script reading she said close your eyes, and free your mind, you're free to fly.
Tree, swing and birds with script lyric
Close-up of a black silhouette tattoo of leafy shapes and vines across the top of a foot, near the ankle, with a black braided anklet and blue toenail polish.
Black silhouette tattoo on top of a foot
Small black silhouette tattoo of three birds in flight on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up against a dark background.
Three birds in flight on a wrist
Solid black tribal-style silhouette of two facing deer with antlers, with a heart shape formed by the lower outlines, on a white background.
Two facing deer and heart silhouette
Small black pine tree silhouette tattoo with trailing vertical strokes on a woman's ribs, in a blackwork style.
Pine tree silhouette on the ribs
Black and grey traditional style flash design of a skeleton framed by banners reading COME BACK TO LIFE, with a VERB banner at the top.
Skeleton with come back to life banners
Two black and white line drawings of sitting cats, one filled with floral vines and the other a solid silhouette dotted with hearts, both wearing collars.
Two sitting cats, one floral and one with hearts
Black tattoo of a Tinker Bell silhouette with a looping wand trail and outlined stars on the inner forearm.
Tinker Bell silhouette with stars on wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of a row of birds in flight on a forearm, with a silver bracelet on the wrist and water behind.
Row of small birds on a forearm
Back view of a woman with a long blonde braid, showing a small black tattoo of three birds on her upper back near the shoulder blade.
Three birds tattoo on upper back
Black silhouette design of a girl holding a parasol while balancing on a tightrope above a crocodile rising from ripples in water.
Girl with parasol on a tightrope over a crocodile
Black botanical tattoo of three birds perched on a twig and a flock of birds flying up towards the shoulder, placed on the upper chest and collarbone.
Birds on a branch across the collarbone
Realism-style tattoo of a reddish-brown feather with black silhouetted birds flying above it, on the upper arm.
Feather and flying birds on upper arm
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo sitting behind a person's ear, shown in a black and white close-up photograph.
Small cat silhouette behind the ear
Two realistic tattoos: a black and grey face merged with a city skyline on an upper arm, and a colour bird silhouette with a forest scene on a forearm.
Cityscape portrait and bird forest tattoos on arms
Forearm tattoo of a green flying figure silhouette above the black script Take me to Neverland, with a dotted green trail.
Peter Pan silhouette and Neverland script on forearm
Small black Botanical tattoo of a bare tree with birds flying off it, on the inner wrist of a hand held up in the photo.
Bare tree and birds on a wrist
Black ink tattoos of book spines, quotation marks and handwritten script quotes across a man's crossed forearms, in fine line style.
Book spines and literary quotes on forearms
Black silhouette tattoo of a fairy holding a dandelion clock on the upper back, with birds and seeds drifting up towards the neck.
Fairy with dandelion clock and birds on upper back
Solid black silhouette of a fairy in a leaping pose with raised arms and shaded blue wings, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.
Fairy silhouette with blue wings
Black blackwork tattoo of three pine trees in silhouette on the upper arm.
Three pine trees on an upper arm
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
Small black silhouette of a fairy with wings tattooed on the outer ankle, photographed against a blurred purple background.
Fairy silhouette on an ankle
Two side-by-side photos: a black fine-line mandala tattoo on a shoulder, and black silhouettes of flying figures tattooed behind an ear.
Mandala on shoulder and silhouettes behind ear
Three black hummingbird silhouettes with soft rainbow-coloured wing tips tattooed on skin.
Three hummingbirds with rainbow wing tips
Solid black silhouette of a giraffe head and neck with angular white patches, shown as a stencil-style flash design with no body placement.
Giraffe head silhouette design
Small black deer silhouette tattoo with antlers on the upper back, photographed in warm light.
Deer silhouette tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a parent holding a child in a black outline with blue and teal shading, with Italian script below, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Parent and child with Italian script on upper back
Black blackwork tattoo of two silhouetted figures holding hands among branches and roots, across a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Two silhouetted figures holding hands within tree roots