Tail tattoo ideas

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Traditional-style flash drawing of a mermaid with a flower crown, long hair and a spotted tail, painted on textured paper.
Spotted mermaid flash design
Bold black line drawing of a sitting cat in profile with a curled tail, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Sitting cat outline design
Black ink tribal-style lion design with swirling linework and a flame-like tail, drawn on paper as a tattoo flash sketch.
Tribal lion with flame tail
Black and grey pencil drawing of a fox with a spiralling, swirl-patterned tail, offered as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Swirl-tailed fox design
Black tribal-style dragon design with a flared head and sweeping tail wrapping around an open circle, drawn in bold solid linework on a white background.
Tribal dragon coiling around a circle
Black line drawing of a cat's head in profile with three whiskers and a long sweeping tail on a white background.
Cat in profile line design
Hand-drawn flash design of a curled fox with a red heart above its paws and script quotation wording around it, with no body placement shown.
Curled fox with heart and script
Two cat silhouettes sit side by side, their tails curling together to form a heart, shown as a grey filled version on the left and an outline version on the right.
Two cats with a heart-shaped tail outline
Black and grey neo-traditional design of a raccoon with feathered wings, a Roman numeral clock face, a heart padlock and hanging keys, drawn on paper.
Raccoon with clock and feathered wings
Black and white pen drawing of a stippled cat-like creature with large ears, circular eyes and a crescent-shaped dotted tail, shown on paper.
Stippled cat creature drawing
Painted design of a grinning grey cat with pale blue eyes and blue-striped fur, emerging through a swirling smoky wash on white paper.
Grinning cat emerging from smoke
Black line drawing of a stylised sitting cat with a curled tail and swirling linework, with a script quote running down its back, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Stylised sitting cat with script quote
Black ink drawing of a standing lion, filled with paisley, mandala and swirl ornament, on white paper.
Ornate lion line drawing
Black ink drawing of a stylised peacock with a raised crest and long tail feathers, drawn on lined notebook paper as a tattoo design.
Black ink peacock design
Pencil drawing of a mermaid with long hair seated on a ship's anchor whose top forms a heart, shown as a flash design.
Mermaid and heart anchor design
Black and grey flash drawing of a Chinese-style dragon coiling on the left and a phoenix with spread wings on the right, with no body placement shown.
Dragon and phoenix tattoo design
Pencil sketch of a leaping fox with a long swirling tail, drawn as a tattoo design with fine linework and soft shading.
Leaping fox with swirling tail design
Pencil sketch sheet of four cute chibi baby dragons with wings and curled tails, one with a butterfly, suitable as tattoo flash.
Chibi baby dragon sketch sheet
Blue ink drawing of a phoenix with spread feathered wings and a tail curling into a scroll-like swirl, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Phoenix with spread wings and swirling tail
Black tribal-style panther design with flowing curved lines, clawed paws and a curled tail, shown on a white background as a flash drawing.
Tribal panther design, black silhouette
Coloured neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid in an oval cameo frame, with a teal tail, fish, an anchor and a banner reading SIREN.
Mermaid cameo with fish and a SIREN banner
Black ink sketch of a winged dragon in a rearing pose with claws raised, drawn on cream paper, shown as a design for a tattoo.
Winged dragon ink sketch
Retro-style flash drawing of a dark-haired mermaid with a teal tail, surrounded by orange fish, pink coral and stylised waves, with no body placement shown.
Vintage mermaid with fish and coral
Black line drawing of an ouroboros, a snake eating its own tail, with swirling decorative patterns along its body, on a mustard background.
Ouroboros snake design
Traditional style flash drawing of a dark-haired mermaid with a green scaled tail, holding a pink shell over her chest, surrounded by black stars on a parchment background.
Traditional mermaid flash with stars
Black ink line drawing of a faceless mermaid with swirling hair, a patterned tail and a dragonfly, suitable as a tattoo design.
Mermaid with dragonfly line drawing
Black ink tribal-style drawing of a wolf with swirling patterns and a flame-like tail, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Tribal wolf with flame tail
Flash sheet of solid black cat silhouettes in varied poses, shown as tattoo designs with no body placement visible.
Black cat silhouette flash sheet
Solid black silhouette design of a theropod dinosaur skeleton in side view, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Dinosaur skeleton silhouette design
Colourful stylised drawing of a songbird with blue swirl patterns on its head and a patterned, feathered tail, on a white background.
Stylised bird illustration
Pencil drawing of a fox turned to look over its shoulder, with shaded fur, a bushy tail and a raised foot, on a plain white background.
Fox sketch looking over its shoulder
Black and grey pin-up style illustration of a crowned mermaid with white curled hair, a pearl necklace and a seahorse tail, on a grey-blue background with bubbles.
Mermaid with crown and seahorse tail
Black ink drawing of a xenomorph-style creature seated in lotus position inside a circle formed by its segmented tail, in a blackwork style, shown as a tattoo design.
Meditating xenomorph within a tail circle
Black tribal-style dragon design on a white background, with spread wings, a swirling head crest and a coiled, spiked tail.
Tribal dragon with coiled tail design
Black ink line drawing on white paper of a woman with billowing hair and one arm outstretched, her body trailing into flowing wisps, shown as a design sketch and not a tattoo on skin.
Flowing-haired female figure line drawing
Black tribal-style design of a crouching winged gargoyle on a white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Tribal winged gargoyle design
Black line drawing of a sleeping cat with closed eyes, whiskers and its tail curled around its body, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Sleeping cat with curled tail line drawing
Stylised phoenix design in flowing gold and pink linework with spread wings and a long feathered tail, shown on a dark navy background.
Gold and pink phoenix in flight
Black and white illustration of a fantail bird with a fanned tail of patterned feathers, drawn as a flash-style design with no body placement shown.
Stylised fantail bird design
Traditional-style flash drawing of a dark-haired mermaid pin-up with a shell bra and green scaled tail, surrounded by small stars on a cream background.
Mermaid pin-up with shell top
Pencil drawing of an Egyptian-inspired winged cat holding an ankh pendant, shown as a flash design for a tattoo.
Winged cat with ankh pencil design
Coloured pencil drawing of a stylised green hummingbird in flight, with a red and yellow fading tail and water droplets on its wings, suitable as tattoo flash.
Green hummingbird with water droplets
Solid black tribal dragon design with interlocking knotwork body and swirling tail, shown on a white background as a flash drawing.
Tribal dragon design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a winged dragon with a red eye, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Winged dragon tattoo design
Sheet of coloured cartoon temporary tattoo designs showing Ariel, Flounder and Sebastian from The Little Mermaid on a white background.
Little Mermaid characters temporary tattoo sheet
Bold black ink scorpion design with a curled tail and pincers on a white background, shown as a drawn design with no body part visible.
Black ink scorpion design with curled tail
Black line drawing of a cat sitting upright with its head turned up and to the left and its tail curled around its body, shown as a flash design.
Sitting cat line drawing
Pencil sketch of a big-eyed, round cat-like creature hanging by its paws from two ropes, with a fluffy tail, drawn on cream paper beside a pencil.
Big-eyed cat creature hanging from ropes sketch