Silhouette tattoo ideas

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

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Solid black silhouette pine tree tattoo on an ankle, with a white paper stencil of the same tree beside it.
Pine tree silhouette on an ankle
Flash drawing of three coral lilies and green swirling vines beside a solid black silhouette shape on a white background.
Lily and vine flash design
Colour tattoo of a sitting cat silhouette filled with pink and peach flowers and green leaves on a navy background, on the back of a lower leg.
Floral cat silhouette on a calf
Black ink fine line tattoo of a dandelion whose seeds drift into small butterfly silhouettes beside the words what's past is prologue, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dandelion seeds and quote across upper back
Black and grey photograph of a person's legs with tall pine tree silhouette tattoos running from thigh to ankle, in a botanical style.
Pine tree silhouettes down both legs
Black ink tattoo of a bare tree with small red accents and a flock of birds flying across the upper back, in a botanical silhouette style.
Bare tree and birds on upper back
Small colour tattoo of a cat silhouette filled with blue and purple galaxy shading, with blue flowers and fern sprigs, on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Cat silhouette with galaxy and flowers on collarbone
Small black Botanical tattoo of a cluster of five pine trees on the upper arm, shown in a close side view against a pale wall.
Pine tree cluster on upper arm
Black and grey pine forest silhouette tattoo on the back of a lower leg, fading into dark shading near the ankle.
Pine forest silhouette on a calf
Black silhouette flash design of a skeleton standing among twisting branches, vines and leaves on a white background.
Skeleton entwined with branches
Black silhouette of a tree with curling, swirling branches and three birds perched among them, shown as a design drawing rather than on skin.
Swirling tree silhouette with birds
Black silhouette of a dandelion seed head with seeds drifting away, alongside handwritten script reading whatever will be, will be, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Dandelion seeds with 'whatever will be' script
Black silhouette of a bare tree with fine branches and three flying birds tattooed across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Bare tree and birds on a shoulder
Watercolour style fine line tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds that turn into small birds, across the shoulder blade of a person.
Dandelion seeds and birds on a shoulder
Small solid black bare tree tattoo on the back of a person's neck, with hair tied up and a grey knitted top at the shoulders.
Bare tree tattoo on the nape of the neck
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a sitting cat silhouette inside a crescent moon, with vines and flowers, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cat silhouette in a moon with flowers on a back
Black fine line tattoo of a Roman numeral clock face with silhouetted figures, framed by three roses and leaves, on the outer thigh of a person in shorts.
Clock and roses on a thigh
Solid black blackwork leaf tattoo on the forearm near the wrist, with sharply lobed edges against pale skin.
Solid black leaf tattoo on forearm
Black tattoo of a bare branch with three small birds in flight, placed on a woman's upper chest near the collarbone.
Bare branch and three birds on a collarbone
Two solid black pine tree silhouette tattoos on the backs of a person's calves, shown from behind with tan ankle boots and a grassy park behind.
Twin pine tree silhouettes on the calves
Black fine line pine tree tattoo running vertically along the side of a person's ribs, with a dark top and jeans in view.
Pine tree tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of two sketchy trees framing a small standing figure on the forearm, with grey paving stones behind.
Two trees and a figure on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a raised fist and a kneeling figure inside a laurel wreath, on a forearm.
Raised fist and kneeling figure in laurel wreath
Colour tattoo of a maple leaf filled with a forest scene and deer silhouettes, in a botanical style, on the upper arm.
Maple leaf with forest scene on upper arm
Fine line black tree tattoo covering the calf, with a small solid black animal silhouette sitting near the ankle.
Branching tree and animal silhouette on a calf
Black blackwork tattoo of a horse silhouette filled with grasses and wildflowers, with a small tuft of grass above it, on light skin.
Horse silhouette filled with grasses
Black and white photo of a fine line botanical tattoo of a bare branch with a small bird perched on it, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bird perched on a branch across a shoulder blade
Side of a torso showing a black cat silhouette filled with pink roses and foliage, tattooed on the ribs, in a botanical style.
Rose-filled cat silhouette on the ribs
Solid black pine tree tattoo on the left side ribs, shown in a close photo of a person pulling back a dark top.
Pine tree on the ribs
Black tattoo of a sitting cat with a white-faced head, surrounded by red swirling vines, flowers and stars on a forearm.
Cat silhouette with red vines on a forearm
Small solid black palm tree tattoo on the upper back of a woman wearing a black bikini top, photographed in bright sunlight.
Small palm tree tattoo on upper back
Black and white photo of a bare winter tree tattoo in solid black ink on a person's lower back, in a botanical style.
Bare tree tattoo on lower back
Healed tattoo across a woman's upper back showing a shaded dandelion, drifting seeds turning into black birds, and the script quote "Inhale the future, exhale the past".
Dandelion seeds becoming birds with script on back
Black silhouette tree tattoo with purple and teal watercolour washes behind the canopy, sitting on the upper back.
Black tree silhouette with watercolour splashes on the back
Small black silhouette of a pine tree tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist, photographed against a floral bedsheet.
Single pine tree on the forearm
Colourful botanical tattoo of a cat silhouette filled with blue, white and red flowers, across the upper back of a person with their head turned away.
Floral cat silhouette on upper back
Colour tattoo of a Mickey Mouse head silhouette filled with flowers in teal, pink and purple on a lower leg, with bold black outlines.
Floral Mickey Mouse silhouette on calf
Black botanical tattoo of a bare tree with birds lifting off its branches, placed centrally on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Bare tree with birds on upper back
Blackwork and dotwork tattoo of bare trees and branches in solid black silhouette on the forearm, with stippled red and black dots fading into the skin above and below.
Tree silhouettes in a forest on a forearm
Back view of a small solid black bare-branched tree tattoo at the base of a woman's neck, with her hair in a bun and a grey jumper.
Bare tree tattoo at the base of the neck
Black and grey photo of a fine black branch tattoo with a small perched bird on the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Bird perched on a branch on the upper back
Three lotus flower designs stacked vertically: a solid black silhouette, an outlined version, and a fine-line version, shown on a white background.
Three lotus flower designs in black
Small solid black pine tree tattoo on the upper arm near the shoulder, against a blurred green background.
Small pine tree on an upper arm
Black tattoo of a bare tree with birds in flight, in a solid black silhouette style, on the side of the ribs.
Bare tree and flying birds on the side
Fine line tattoo of two bird silhouettes on a blossoming branch under a crescent moon, with the script words to the moon and back, on the side ribs.
Birds on a branch with moon on the ribs
Black blackwork tattoo of a pine tree silhouette inside a circle, with a long trunk line, on the back of a lower leg.
Pine tree in a circle on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a tree silhouette whose canopy breaks into scattered dots, on the side of a torso in a black and white photo.
Tree dissolving into dots on the side
Solid black palm tree silhouette tattoo on the back of a calf, photographed on a sandy beach with the sea behind.
Palm tree tattoo on a calf