Tail tattoo ideas

751 photos and flash · 19% Fine line, 9% Blackwork · Forearm most common

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Black fine line tattoo of a mermaid with swirling hair and scroll details on the calf.
Mermaid line tattoo on a calf
Black ink drawing of a tribal-style phoenix with spread wings and a long flowing tail, sketched on lined paper.
Tribal phoenix design in black ink
Black and grey dotwork and geometric tattoo of a bird with spread wings on an arm, with overlapping circular arcs over its body.
Bird in flight with circular overlays on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a galloping horse with a soft shaded mane, sitting on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Running horse on upper back
Hand-drawn tattoo design of a fox with an orange body, white-tipped tail, green leaves and blue swirls on white paper, with no placement shown.
Fox with leaves and swirls design
Black blackwork tattoo of a striped tiger with a curling tail on the calf, shown in a close photo against a dark background.
Striped tiger tattoo on a lower leg
Black line drawing of a peacock with eye-spot feathers and a mandala behind its head, drawn on tracing paper as a tattoo design.
Peacock with mandala halo design
Tribal-style phoenix design with outstretched wings and a long tail, drawn in black and dark red linework on a white background.
Tribal phoenix with outstretched wings
Black and grey cartoon tattoo of two monkeys on a stomach, one bent over and the other pulling at its tail, above jeans.
Two cartoon monkeys across the stomach
Hand-drawn black tribal phoenix design with spread wings and a long flowing tail, drawn in ink on lined notebook paper, with no body placement shown.
Tribal phoenix design on lined paper
Cartoon-style cow tattoo on a man's stomach, with the navel forming a dark spot on the cow's side and a yellow flower on its head.
Cow tattoo on a stomach
Neo-traditional style tattoo flash design of a dark-haired mermaid wearing an octopus headpiece, with a Black Pearl banner and a red background.
Mermaid with octopus and Black Pearl banner
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo of a grey kitten peeking out from a pepperoni pizza slice, on a leg.
Kitten peeking out of a pizza slice
Shaded colour mermaid tattoo with purple and teal scales and an orange starfish, placed across a person's upper back.
Mermaid with starfish on upper back
Fine line flash sheet of five cats curled up asleep inside circular frames, drawn in black linework on white.
Five curled cat designs in circles
Traditional-style cartoon cow tattoo with black spots, a collar bell and a pink udder, placed on the stomach beside the navel.
Cartoon cow on a belly
Colour tattoo of a purple and black dragon in a realistic style across a person's upper back, with orange and pink clouds behind it.
Purple dragon across upper back
Colourful geometric tattoo of a stylised animal with a curled tail on the forearm, shaded in orange, yellow and magenta.
Geometric stylised animal on a forearm
Black and white stencil style drawing of the Pokémon Squirtle with a solid black shell, swirled tail and floating bubbles, shown as a design with no body placement.
Squirtle line art design in black ink
Fine line black cat outline tattoo with pink and blue watercolour splashes, sitting on the forearm.
Cat outline with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a shark filled with mandala-style ornaments, shown on the side of the body beside a white line stencil of the same design.
Ornamental shark on the side of the body
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat with large round eyes and a curled tail, sitting on a lower leg.
Sphynx cat tattoo on a calf
Solid black silhouette of a roaring lion with a full mane, walking across tufts of grass on a white background.
Roaring lion silhouette over grass
Black tribal-style dragon design with spread wings, a segmented body and a barbed tail, shown as a drawing on a white background.
Tribal dragon with spread wings
Black swirling linework drawing of a stylised fox sitting with its tail curled forward, on a tan textured background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Swirling black fox design on tan
Fine line tattoo of a cat in profile facing right, with a curving tail, on the ankle.
Cat in profile on an ankle
Cartoon monkey tattoo with black outlines and brown and white shading on the lower back, shown upside down with its bottom raised.
Cartoon monkey bent over on lower back
Black outline tattoo of a cat head with whiskers above a curled tail line on the forearm, in a fine line style.
Cat head and curled tail on forearm
White silhouette of a mermaid with flowing hair, a curled tail and one arm raised, shown as a tattoo design on a pale teal background.
Mermaid silhouette tattoo design
Black tribal swirl tattoo with scrollwork and a central ornament running along the ribs and side of a torso in a sepia-toned photograph.
Tribal swirl tattoo along the ribs
Small black cat tattoo in fine line style with a curling tail, on the lower back above a white waistband.
Black cat with curling tail on lower back
Side by side photos of a solid black tribal dragon tattoo on a lower leg, before and after a rework with grey shading and highlighted outlines.
Black tribal dragon on a calf, before and after
Black ink tribal dragon design on white paper, with a horned head facing left, spiked wings and a barbed tail, shown without any body placement.
Tribal dragon design in solid black
Black line drawing of a stylised bird in flight with decorative swirled feathers on the wings and tail, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Stylised bird in flight line drawing
Colour fine line tattoo of a mermaid with flowing red hair and a blue peacock-feather tail, sitting on the lower back above jeans.
Mermaid with peacock-feather tail on lower back
Black and white line drawing of a stylised serpent with a feathered crest biting its own tail to form a circle, in a bold tribal-inspired design.
Serpent eating its tail in a circle
Black and white line drawing of a mermaid silhouette with flowing hair and a curling tail, surrounded by bubbles, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Mermaid with bubbles tattoo design
Back view of a dark ink phoenix with outstretched wings and a long flowing tail, tattooed in the centre of the upper back.
Phoenix on upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a horned, furry monster in a red and white striped top, holding a small crowned figure, on the outer thigh.
Horned monster with a crowned figure on thigh
Bold black tribal-style dragon design with green shaded wings on a white background, a flash design with no body placement shown.
Black and green tribal-style dragon design
Colour tattoo of a red-haired cartoon mermaid with a teal tail on a forearm, shown beside a separate teal tail design.
Cartoon mermaid on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line black cat tattoo on a woman's upper chest near the collarbone, with a maroon top visible below.
Single-line cat outline on the upper chest
Black tribal-style gecko design with white swirl cutouts along its body and curled tail, shown on a white background with no body part visible.
Tribal gecko design
Close photo of a bold black tribal-style scorpion tattoo with small red eyes on the upper arm of a person with light skin.
Tribal scorpion tattoo on the upper arm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a cat in profile with a green eye and a curving tail, on the side of a leg.
Cat profile outline tattoo on a leg
Black and grey realism design of a mermaid with long flowing hair, her scaled tail curling into a circle around her, surrounded by smoke-like swirls.
Mermaid curled within a scaled tail
Fine black line tattoo of a sitting cat with its tail curling into a small loop, placed on the inner lower leg above the ankle.
Line-drawn cat on the ankle
Black ink tattoo of a seated cat seen from behind, filled with swirling ornamental linework, on a forearm against a dark background.
Ornamental cat silhouette on a forearm