Swallow tattoo ideas

650 photos and flash · 46% Traditional, 20% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black ink drawing of two swallows in flight, with fine hatching and stippled dotwork on the wings and bodies, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Two swallows in flight
Sheet of assorted temporary tattoo designs including koi, arrows, a hummingbird, a skull, owls and hearts, mostly black with some colour.
Assorted temporary tattoo designs sheet
Two black and grey traditional swallow designs on white fabric, each with a ribbon banner reading HIS on the top and HERS below.
Traditional swallow designs labelled his and hers
Three hand-coloured traditional flash designs on paper, showing a red heart, a blue rose and a blue swallow, each with a scroll banner carrying names.
Heart, rose and swallow flash designs
Black ink drawing of three swallows in flight over grey wash and small dots, shown as a design on white paper.
Three swallows in flight
Traditional style flash designs of a swallow, a rose, a dagger, a sparrow, blossoms and a heart, painted in colour on pale paper.
Traditional flash sheet with swallow, rose and dagger
Black and white line drawing of a butterfly over a circular patterned ring, with daisies, leaves and two small swallows, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Butterfly, daisies and swallows flash design
Traditional flash design laid out across a white body silhouette, covering the arms and torso with an eagle, snakes, dragon, peacock, pin-up, reaper and portrait.
Full-body traditional flash on a white silhouette
Traditional style flash sheet in navy line work showing an anchor with rope, a swallow in flight, a three-masted sailing ship and a cluster of roses on a white background.
Nautical flash sheet with anchor, swallow, ship and roses
Traditional flash drawing of three swallows in blue, red and orange, one with a small orange flower and green leaves, and one holding a cream scroll banner.
Three swallows in traditional flash
Black line drawing of a stylised swallow in flight with scrolled wings and curled tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stylised swallow line drawing
Flash sheet of many small colour tattoo designs, including a swallow, butterflies, roses, a dolphin, a ladybird, a heart and a sun, with no body placement shown.
Fund-raising tattoo flash sheet with assorted designs
Black and grey flash design of dandelion seeds drifting into swallows, with the script line Every breath is a second chance.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds with script quote
Black silhouette flash design of two swallows in flight above the words we only part to meet again, in a serif typeface on a white background.
Two swallows above a quote
Black ink line drawing of a swallow, two roses, a crown and beaded chains with leaves and dotwork, drawn on pale tracing paper as a botanical tattoo design.
Swallow, roses and crown design sketch
Sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs showing arrows, chevrons, swallows, a dreamcatcher, feathers and a pair of crossed arrows.
Gold metallic temporary tattoo sheet with arrows and
Black silhouette design of three swallows in flight with the script words every little thing gonna be alright, on a plain white background.
Three swallows in flight with script quote
Flash sheet of metallic gold and silver tattoo designs including arrows, feathers, chevrons, a swallow, a dreamcatcher and an infinity symbol.
Metallic gold and silver arrow and feather flash sheet
Black ink drawing of a swallow above a speech-bubble shape containing the handwritten quote about desire and fire, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Swallow and quote design on paper
Black and grey tattoo flash design covering a phone case, with swallows, a moth, a compass, a rose, a microphone and chevrons in a traditional style.
Black and grey flash sheet of swallows and a moth
Traditional flash drawing of two swallows with red flowers and green leaves, one carrying a heart and the other an envelope, shown on cream paper with no body placement.
Two swallows with a heart and envelope
Flash sheet of tattoo designs in yellow, black and grey showing swallows, a peacock feather, arrows, moon phases, a sun and script words on a white background.
Yellow and black bird, feather and arrow flash sheet
Black and grey drawing of a stylised bird in flight with swept wings and a long curling tail, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stylised bird in flight design
Traditional-style flash design of a pin-up woman with sugar skull face paint holding a red apple, with a swallow, roses and a banner reading Wash Your Fruits.
Sugar skull pin-up with swallow and apple
Traditional style flash design of two swallows over clasped hands with red roses and green laurel, shown on a round board and in a white frame beside a vintage camera.
Swallows holding hands in traditional flash style
Black line drawing flash of a swallow with spread wings, a pair of scissors, two roses and a CREATE banner, in a traditional style.
Swallow, scissors and roses with CREATE banner
Flash sheet of around a dozen black silhouette bird designs, including hummingbirds, swallows and peacock-like birds, with no placement shown.
Flash sheet of stylised black bird designs
Cream baby cardigan with traditional swallows beside a bodysuit printed with anchors and banners, next to a chalk swallow drawing on a dark grey background.
Swallow designs on baby cardigan and bodysuit
Black line drawing design of a script quote reading I think i'll miss you forever like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky, with silhouetted birds, shown on a white background.
Script quote with flying birds
Black and grey tattoo design of a swallow with outstretched shaded wings, a heart cut out of each tail streamer, and two rounded shapes with closed eyes at its head.
Swallow with heart cut-outs in flight
Traditional-style flash design of a hot air balloon with red roses, a swallow and the words TIME FOR AN ADVENTURE, printed on a black shower curtain.
Hot air balloon flash on a shower curtain
Red line drawing on tracing paper of a compass, swallow, rose and feather with banners reading Never Forget and Where you're from, in a traditional style.
Compass, swallow and rose stencil
Traditional style black and grey tattoo flash of a crying crescent moon face, a woman in profile with a rose and swallow in her hair, and the words I HOPE YOU'RE MISERABLE.
Crescent moon, woman and rose design
Black traditional-style swallow flying over waves and a sun, printed as a graphic on a grey vest top against a teal wooden background.
Traditional swallow over waves design
Black line drawing of a swallow in flight with stippled dotwork shading on its wings and body, shown as a flash design on an off-white background.
Swallow in flight, dotwork flash design
Blue flash design of a swallow in flight, with white swirling filigree cut into its wings and body, in a Traditional style.
Swallow silhouette with swirl cutouts
Teal hatched illustration of a swallow in flight on a white background, presented as a tattoo design.
Swallow in flight, teal illustration
Black and white line drawing of a tattoo design with a diamond-faceted heart, two roses, two swallows and ribbon scrolls, shown on paper beside pens and an iPod.
Diamond heart, roses and swallows design sheet
Black line flash sheet of traditional tattoo designs, most featuring the number 13, including a rose, skulls, a swallow, a butterfly, a dagger and a heart with a banner.
Thirteen themed flash sheet
Traditional flash design of two swallows, five-point stars, red roses and a cream flower on a scroll banner reading LIVE LOVE SOCIAL WORK, with no body placement shown.
Swallows, roses and a banner reading Live Love Social Work
Black fine line drawing of a stylised swallow with curling tail swirls and a trailing vine of leaves, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Swirling bird and leaf vine line design
Pencil drawing of two swallows facing each other above a branch of small blossoms, a traditional-style tattoo design in black and grey.
Two swallows with blossom branch
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of an ornate dagger through a heart, with a Valentine banner, rays and a swallow.
Dagger, heart and swallow flash design
Black ink drawing of a swallow in flight with spread wings and a forked tail, suitable as a tattoo design in a traditional style.
Swallow in flight, black linework
Black linework drawing on paper of a tattoo design with a swallow, an hourglass, flower blooms, leaves and dotted beads, with no body part shown.
Swallow, hourglass and flowers design
Black line drawing of two swallows and a dagger, with a banner reading Crochet or Die, in a traditional flash style.
Swallows and dagger with Crochet or Die banner
Three traditional style swallow designs in flight, drawn in blue, red and orange with black outlines on a cream background.
Three swallows in flight
Flash drawing of a flying swallow with black lace-like linework, cream floral details and deep red wings, with no body placement shown.
Swallow with lace-pattern body and red wings