Swallow tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style colour tattoo of a swallow in flight beside red rosebuds and gold leaves on the upper arm.
Swallow and rosebuds on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of two roses, a Roman numeral pocket watch and swallows with scrollwork across an upper arm, shown in three side-by-side views.
Roses, pocket watch and swallows on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a blue and red swallow above a gold compass rose, framed by red flowers and green leaves on the upper arm.
Swallow and compass on an upper arm
Black line floral mandala tattoo across the underbust, with a swallow and sleeve tattoo also visible on the chest and upper arm.
Floral mandala underbust tattoo
Neo-trad style colour tattoo of a purple and pink swallow with swirling wings and a green eye on the upper arm.
Purple and pink swallow with swirl wings
Person in a car driving with a traditional-style arm sleeve featuring swallows and banners, with a geometric tattoo on a passenger's thigh in the foreground.
Traditional sleeve and thigh tattoos in a car
Traditional style sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, featuring red roses, a ship in a bottle and a dagger in bold colour.
Traditional rose and ship sleeve on arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a red heart with a MOM banner, a blue swallow and green leaves on the upper arm.
Swallow and heart with MOM banner on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a glass bottle holding a small red heart, with red and yellow flowers, dark green leaves and part of a swallow, on an upper arm.
Bottle with heart and flowers on an arm
Black ink illustration of a woman with a hair bun and tattoos of a swallow, skull and Darth Vader helmet on her upper arm, traditional style.
Tattooed woman with blaster illustration
Colour tattoo of a swallow in flight on the inner upper arm, with a red throat and shaded grey and brown wings.
Swallow in flight on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two swallows, a ball of yarn with crossed knitting needles and a ribbon banner on the upper arm.
Swallows and yarn ball with banner
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's profile with a swallow in a ring of yellow dots, on the upper arm.
Profile face and swallow in a dotted circle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bird in flight on the upper arm of a woman wearing a navy vest top and a leather suspender strap.
Bird in flight on an upper arm
Close photo of a traditional style blue swallow tattoo with black and yellow wings and a pink bow, on the upper arm.
Traditional swallow with pink bow on upper arm
Traditional style swallow tattoo with red flowers on the upper arm, shown in black, grey, blue and red ink.
Swallow and red flowers on an upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a swallow in flight with wings spread, on the inner upper arm.
Swallow in flight on an upper arm
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
Black and grey traditional arm sleeve tattoo with a skull in a bottle, a lady portrait and roses across the upper arm and forearm.
Traditional black and grey arm sleeve
Heavily tattooed upper arm and forearm in traditional style, with a swallow and a banner design, cradling an orange cat.
Traditional tattoo sleeve holding an orange cat
Close crop of a woman in a black bra with skeleton hand cups, showing black ink swallows and script on her chest and shoulder and a floral tattoo on her upper arm.
Swallows and script on chest and upper arm
Realism black and grey sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with teal swallows, a pocket watch, a Roman numeral clock face, and a skull and rose on the back.
Realism clock, bird and skull sleeve
Black and grey tattoo of two swallows above the Roman numerals XVIII IX MMX on the upper arm, with a script tattoo partly visible at the top right.
Two swallows and Roman numerals on upper arm
Black and grey realistic swallow tattoo on the upper arm, with wings spread and head angled downward.
Swallow on an upper arm
Both forearms with colourful traditional tattoos of yellow and blue roses, swallows, stars and Chinese characters, with palms held open toward the camera.
Traditional rose and swallow sleeve on both arms
Traditional style swallow with red roses and green leaves tattooed on an upper arm, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Swallow and roses on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional swallow with script lettering and a feathered headdress portrait on a person's upper arm.
Swallow and headdress portrait on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an open birdcage with pink and blue flowers on the upper arm and shoulder, with a small swallow in flight above it.
Birdcage and flowers on an upper arm
Full arm sleeve in traditional style with a sailing ship, shark, swallow, pin-up and roses scattered with small stars, shown in three photographs on the upper arm and forearm.
Traditional nautical full arm sleeve
Colour traditional tattoo of an hourglass filled with skeletons and skulls, beside a red rose and a coffin, on the upper arm, with a swallow tattoo at the edge of the frame.
Hourglass with skeletons and coffin on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a black swallow pierced by an arrow with red, yellow and teal accents, on the upper arm.
Swallow and arrow on an upper arm
Traditional-style tattoos of a swallow, a ship, an eye and a banner on a man's arm, with a chest script partly visible above a white printed tank top.
Swallow, ship and banner tattoos on an arm
Coloured traditional-style illustration of a woman in profile with a swallow and diamond on her neck and chest and a skull on her upper arm.
Traditional-style woman with swallow, diamond and skull
Traditional style tattoo sleeve on an upper arm, with a swallow near the shoulder, a pin-up woman in a hat and red roses.
Traditional swallow and pin-up sleeve on upper arm
Four views of a black and grey upper arm tattoo of swallows perched on wires above long grass blades, in a painterly blackwork style.
Swallows on wires and grass across an upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a dagger with a green glow, a red rose, green leaves and a blue banner reading GERONIMO, set against black rays.
Dagger, rose and Geronimo banner on upper arm
Traditional style sleeve on a man's left arm, showing a swallow, a ribbon banner and a ship, with a script tattoo partly visible on his chest.
Traditional sleeve with swallow and ship on left arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an ornate birdcage with a bird inside and a swallow flying out, above a banner of text on the upper arm.
Birdcage and swallow on an upper arm
Shaded swallow tattoo in flight on an upper arm, mostly grey with a rust-coloured throat, set against pale skin and a white top.
Swallow in flight on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of swallows on wires, an open pocket watch, pearl beads and handwritten script across the upper arm and shoulder.
Swallows and pocket watch on upper arm
Black and grey ornamental swallow tattoo with dotwork detailing on the upper arm, in traditional style.
Ornamental swallow on an upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a swallow in flight on the upper arm, below a rolled white shirt sleeve.
Swallow in flight on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a pine forest, birds and a swallow across the upper arm and shoulder, shown in three photographs.
Pine forest, birds and swallow on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of two blue and orange swallows with blue forget-me-not flowers, placed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Swallows and forget-me-nots on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoos on a forearm and upper arm, including a swallow, a rose and dotwork dots, with a bird head on the hand.
Traditional arm sleeve with rose and swallow
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a swallow, a dagger, a rope-framed seascape and a rose with leaves on an upper arm.
Swallow, dagger and rose on an arm
Neo-traditional swallows flying among peony flowers and leaves tattooed across an upper arm, with soft pink tones on the petals.
Swallows and peonies on an upper arm
Small black swallow tattoo in a traditional style on the upper arm of a person wearing a patterned top and denim shorts.
Swallow tattoo on upper arm