Swallow tattoo ideas

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

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Black flash sheet of traditional swallows in flight at varied sizes and angles, drawn in solid black on a white background with no body placement shown.
Flying swallows flash sheet
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
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
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 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 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
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