Swallow tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey traditional swallow tattoo with small flowers on each of two wrists, photographed palms turned toward the viewer.
Matching swallow and flower wrist tattoos
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design showing an anchor wrapped in rope, a swallow and two skulls, with no body placement visible.
Anchor, swallow and skulls tattoo design
Sepia drawing of a swallow in flight beside cursive script reading and in time, this too shall pass.
Swallow in flight with cursive quote
Close-up of a traditional-style swallow tattoo on a shoulder, its dark body filled with an orange and red rose and green leaves.
Swallow with rose fill on a shoulder
Traditional style flash sheet of red and black heart designs, including a dagger through a heart, a rose with a MOM banner, and swallows with LOVE ALWAYS lettering.
Traditional heart flash sheet
Traditional tattoo of two swallows above and below a LIVE FREE banner, with yellow flowers, on the upper arm.
Two swallows and LIVE FREE banner on upper arm
Realistic shaded tattoo of a swallow in flight in red, brown and cream tones, on the ankle and lower leg.
Swallow in flight on an ankle
Colour traditional-style tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing an eye inside a lace-edged heart above a large pink rose, with red roses, swallows and butterflies around it.
Eye in heart and pink rose on upper arm
Black and grey swallow in flight beside purple and grey chrysanthemums and leaves across an upper arm and shoulder.
Swallow and chrysanthemums on an upper arm
Black and white illustration of four swallows in flight, shaded in a realistic style, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Four swallows in flight
Three solid black silhouette swallows in flight on a white background, shown as a tattoo design sheet.
Three swallows in flight silhouette
Small black and grey tattoo of a swallow in flight, with soft shading on the wings, on pale skin.
Swallow in flight in black and grey
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
Realistic colour tattoo of a flying swallow with red throat and dark blue head on the outer ankle and lower leg.
Flying swallow on an ankle
Realistic colour tattoo of two swallows in flight on the left side of a torso, one above the other across the ribs.
Two swallows on the ribs
Black ink flowing script reading Love never fails, with small birds perched and flying among the letters, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Love never fails script lettering design
Realistic colour tattoo of two swallows in flight across the outer thigh, with blue heads and backs and shaded brown wings.
Two swallows in flight on a thigh
Black cursive lettering reading Stay Strong with small blue watercolour swallows flying across it on a plain grey background.
Stay Strong script with blue swallows
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a swallow, two roses and a key on banners with lettering, placed on the side of the ribs.
Swallow, banners and roses on ribs
Traditional style flash design of a red-haired mermaid with an anchor, two swallows, roses and a banner reading The Little Mermaid, in colour.
Mermaid, anchor and swallows flash
Black script lettering reading She is clothed in strength and dignity, with three swallows, tattooed along the side of a foot.
Swallows and script quote on a foot
Black outlined swallow in flight with soft grey shading on pale skin, in a traditional style.
Swallow in flight, black outline
Traditional style tattoo of a black and grey swallow carrying a branch of pink blossom, placed on the upper back.
Swallow carrying a blossom branch on the back
Traditional style flash sheet of repeating tattoo designs, including daggers through skulls, swallows, pin-up women, hearts, roses and a scorpion, on a tan background.
Traditional flash sheet with skulls, hearts and pin-ups
Hand-drawn colour pencil design for a full arm sleeve showing a compass rose, clouds, swallows, a sailing ship, waves, jellyfish, manta rays, an anchor and a treasure chest.
Nautical sleeve design with compass and ship
Black and grey traditional flash design of a swallow perched on an ornate anchor wrapped in rope, with a ship's wheel hanging below.
Swallow perched on an anchor with ship's wheel