Silhouette tattoo ideas

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

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Two forearms with matching black and yellow Batman-style emblem tattoos, each with a black figure silhouette in the centre.
Matching Batman logo tattoos on forearms
Black cat silhouette sitting inside an ornate scrolled oval frame, a blackwork tattoo on the forearm.
Cat silhouette in ornate oval frame
Black fairy silhouette with wings and a wand above the script words Believe in yourself, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fairy silhouette and quote on a forearm
Black and grey line tattoos of a book stack, quote marks and lettering on a man's forearms, with small line drawings near the wrist.
Book stack and quotes on forearms
Black ink tattoo of a bird silhouette beside Hebrew lettering on the inner wrist, in a lettering style with a simple silhouette motif.
Bird and Hebrew lettering on a wrist
Fine line outline of a seated cat with a soft pink and blue watercolour wash on the inner wrist.
Cat outline with watercolour wash on wrist
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a standing figure with tousled hair on the inner forearm, in a blackwork style.
Black silhouette figure on a forearm
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a mermaid reaching upward, with a small fish and a crab, on the inner wrist.
Mermaid silhouette with fish and crab on wrist
Black fine line book stacks, quotation marks, Peter Pan silhouettes and quote lettering shown as a flash sheet, with the designs applied to a forearm in the lower right photo.
Book and quote designs on forearms
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on a forearm showing three silhouetted figures, wisps of smoke and a triangle, circle and line symbol beside small script.
Silhouette figures and triangle symbol on forearm
Two photos of a black and grey blackwork forest tattoo on a forearm, showing pine trees and a small bear silhouette fading into dark ground near the wrist.
Black forest scene with a bear on a forearm
Close-up of a small fine line tattoo of five black birds in flight running down the inner forearm towards the wrist.
Five birds in flight on a forearm
Small solid black giraffe tattoo on the inner forearm, worn beside a beaded bracelet below a rolled green jacket sleeve.
Small giraffe tattoo on forearm
Close view of a small solid black world map silhouette tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a person in a red polka dot shirt and black trousers behind.
Small world map tattoo on a forearm
Small solid black hummingbird silhouette tattoo on the forearm near the wrist, with a gold chain bracelet above it.
Hummingbird silhouette on a forearm
Black and grey forearm tattoo of pine tree silhouettes beneath a shaded geometric mandala, shown in three vertical panels.
Pine forest and mandala on a forearm
Two side-by-side photos of solid black silhouette tattoos on the inner wrist and forearm, one showing a winged fairy and the other a leaping pointed-hat figure.
Fairy and pointed-hat figure silhouettes on wrists
Forearm tattoo of two black silhouetted figures in suits under an umbrella, beneath a colourful watercolour-style cloud with rain drips and a small bird.
Umbrella and watercolour rain on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Don't be Delicate, Be Vast and Brilliant, with small flying birds trailing across a forearm, in lettering style.
Script quote with birds on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a silhouetted man standing atop a spiral of stacked books beneath a stippled galaxy.
Silhouetted figure on stacked books under a starry sky
Black and grey photograph of a small tattoo of two flying swallows above the script phrase 'you can go now' on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Two birds and script on the inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork pine tree running down the inner forearm of a man wearing a red and black checked shirt, with a thin single line forming the trunk.
Pine tree silhouette on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo on the forearm showing a man in profile with a pompadour, with a couple kissing inside his silhouette.
Couple kissing within a pompadour silhouette
Black outline tattoo on the inner wrist showing a figure in a pointed hat beside two creatures with long tails.
Outlined figure and creatures on a wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of five birds in flight rising up the inner forearm, shown in a Fine line style.
Flock of birds on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of a small solid airplane silhouette tattoo on a forearm, beside a knitted sleeve and a metal watch strap.
Small airplane tattoo on forearm
Two wrists pressed together showing small black fine line bird tattoos, with two birds perched on a wire on the left wrist and a single bird on the right.
Two wrists with matching bird tattoos
Small black cat silhouette tattoo with a curled tail on the wrist, shaded in black ink on pale skin.
Black cat silhouette on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a large bird silhouette filled with a misty forest and a small distant figure, on the forearm.
Bird silhouette with forest scene on forearm
Fine line tattoo of small black birds perched on a thin wire running across the inner forearm, with a hand resting against a tree trunk.
Birds on a wire along a forearm
Black and grey realistic wolf head tattoo on the forearm, with a smaller silhouetted animal scene below it.
Realistic wolf head above a silhouette scene
Small black tattoo on the forearm of a person in a navy top, showing a triangle with a striped skyline silhouette above the words Forever Young in script.
Forever Young script under a skyline triangle
Two wrists side by side, each with three small solid black bird silhouettes in flight, placed on the forearm near the wrist.
Matching bird silhouettes on two wrists
Black and grey photograph of a flock of solid black bat silhouettes tattooed down the inner forearm, with a hand with dark nail polish visible at the bottom of the frame.
Flock of bats on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading 'To have faith, is to fly' above a solid black silhouette of a flying figure on the inner wrist.
Script quote and flying figure on a wrist
Small black airplane silhouette tattoo on a forearm, photographed in black and white beside an aircraft window.
Small airplane silhouette on a forearm
Black silhouette of walking figures and an animal in a line along a fine outlined mountain range, tattooed on the forearm in black ink.
Silhouette procession across mountains on arm
Fine line tattoos of three small black birds in flight on the inner wrist, with a matching trio on another person's shoulder and a partly visible finger tattoo at the top left.
Three small flying birds on wrist and shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wolf head above a stag silhouette in a misty landscape, on a forearm.
Wolf head and stag silhouette on a forearm
Four small solid black bird silhouettes in a diagonal row on a woman's inner forearm, with a white lace top behind.
Four birds flying on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork armband tattoo on a forearm, with stippled shading fading into a dark treeline-like edge and a small dot above it.
Dotwork band with treeline on forearm
Colourful galaxy-filled cat silhouette tattoo on the inner forearm, with blue, purple and teal shading and small white star sparkles.
Galaxy cat silhouette on a forearm
Solid black silhouette tattoo of three orcas arranged in a circle on the inside of a wrist, against a plain white background.
Three orcas on a wrist
Black and white photo of a small fine line airplane silhouette tattoo on a forearm, with a knitted cuff and an aircraft window behind it.
Small airplane silhouette on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a flowering cactus, a sombrero and a red and orange sunset inside a circle, on a forearm.
Cactus and sombrero sunset on a forearm
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a soaring bird silhouette on the inner wrist, with the open palm raised towards the camera.
Small bird silhouette on the wrist
Solid black mermaid silhouette tattoo on the inner wrist, with the tail curving downwards towards the hand.
Mermaid silhouette on the inner wrist
Two matching Mickey Mouse silhouette tattoos on the inner wrists, one in a thin black outline and one solid black, each with a small heart in the ear.
Matching mouse silhouette wrist tattoos