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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Black and grey ornamental swallow tattoo with dotwork detailing on the upper arm, in traditional style.
Ornamental swallow on an 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
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
Traditional style full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, with a ship, swallows, a shark, a pin-up and banner lettering, shown in three photographs.
Traditional sailor full sleeve in three views
Traditional style tattoo of two swallows, a red and grey anchor, rope and yellow flowers across an upper arm.
Swallows, anchor and flowers on an upper arm
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