Tail feather tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a blue peacock with a long curling green tail and orange flowers on a person's upper back.
Peacock and orange flowers on a back
Red and black phoenix tattoo with spread wings and long trailing tail feathers on the side of a person's ribs.
Red phoenix on the ribs
Black and grey realism phoenix tattoo with spread wings across a bare back, its long tail feathers with eye motifs trailing down towards the lower back.
Phoenix tattoo across the back
Close photo of a fine line black tattoo of a bird with long swirling tail feathers on the lower abdomen, beside the navel.
Fine line bird on the lower abdomen
Black and grey brushstroke tattoo of a small perched bird with a long tail, placed on the lower leg above a black sock.
Small bird on the lower leg
Colour tattoo of a blue and purple bird with spread wings and long trailing tail feathers on the side of the ribs.
Blue bird with long tail feathers on ribs
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a mythical bird with a dragon-like head and feathered wings, surrounded by clouds, covering a person's back.
Large mythical bird with clouds across a back
Black ink line drawing of a stylised phoenix with spread wings and flowing tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design on white with no body placement.
Phoenix with spread wings line design
Tribal-style phoenix tattoo in black and red ink across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Tribal phoenix on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a bird with long tail feathers and talons on a lower leg, shaded in traditional style.
Black and grey bird tattoo on a calf
Colour tattoo of a rising phoenix with outstretched wings and swirling orange and red tail feathers, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Orange phoenix tattoo on upper back
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
Black ink infinity symbol with looping script lettering above a tribal-style bird with a long flowing tail, tattooed on a person's ribs.
Infinity script and bird on ribs
Large colour phoenix tattoo with spread wings in red, orange and yellow across a woman's back, shown from behind.
Phoenix across a woman's back
Colour tattoo of a blue bird with a pink chest and a long scrolling tail, placed across the upper back.
Blue bird with scrolling tail on upper back
Phoenix tattoo across the side of a torso, with a shaded wing, a detailed head and long black linework tail feathers.
Phoenix with wings on the side of the torso
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with spread wings and a long feathered tail across a person's upper back.
Phoenix across upper back
Realism-style colour tattoo of a teal phoenix with spread wings and orange-tipped tail feathers wrapping down across the ankle.
Teal phoenix with trailing orange tail on ankle
Black and grey geometric dotwork tattoo of a swallow in flight on a lower leg, with its wings spread and tail feathers extending down toward the ankle.
Geometric dotwork swallow on a lower leg
Full-colour neo-traditional tattoo of a rooster with blue and orange plumage and a red comb, placed on the thigh.
Colourful rooster on the thigh
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with spread wings and long trailing tail feathers across the side of the ribs.
Phoenix tattoo across the ribs
Colour tattoo of a bird in flight with a black lace-patterned wing and red and black feathers, placed on the side of the ribs.
Red and black bird with lace wing on ribs
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings, running from the thigh down past the knee to the calf of a bare leg.
Colourful phoenix running down a leg
Two people stand side by side showing matching black and grey dotwork bird tattoos running from the upper arm to the forearm, with a chest tattoo visible on one of them.
Matching bird tattoos on two arms
Pencil drawing of a phoenix in flight with spread wings and long tail feathers, surrounded by curling scroll shading, on a sketchbook page.
Phoenix with swirling feathers sketch
Bold black phoenix with sweeping wings and a long tail feather, drawn as a flash design on a plain white background.
Flowing black phoenix design
Full-colour phoenix tattoo in neo-traditional style with bold outlines, spreading its wings across a person's upper back.
Rainbow phoenix tattoo across the upper back
Full back tattoo of a phoenix in Japanese style, with red and orange flames on its head and wing, black and grey feathers, and a small colour sun low on the lower back.
Phoenix across a full back
Full colour Japanese style phoenix tattoo with blue body, purple and green wings and orange tail feathers across a person's upper back.
Colourful phoenix across a back
Black tribal-style phoenix with outstretched wings and flowing tail feathers, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Tribal phoenix design in flight
Coloured pencil drawing of a stylised phoenix with long swirling tail feathers, shaded in soft blues, greens, yellows and violet on a white background.
Flowing phoenix bird design
A red tribal-style phoenix design with swirling tail feathers and outstretched wings on a white background, shown as a stencil-style drawing with no body placement visible.
Red tribal phoenix design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a phoenix with spread wings and long sweeping tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design.
Phoenix in flight design
Full-colour neo-traditional phoenix tattoo with spread wings and a long tail of feathers, placed across the upper back.
Colourful phoenix across upper back
Full-colour traditional-style tattoo of a peacock with a curved neck and eye-patterned tail spanning a bare back.
Peacock tattoo across a back
Colour tattoo of a phoenix rising through red, orange and yellow flames on an upper arm, with a swirling tail.
Phoenix rising in flames on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a golden and green phoenix with spread wings and an open beak, running from the shoulder across the chest and down the side of the ribs.
Golden phoenix across chest and ribs