Tail tattoo ideas

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

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Black dotwork and geometric linework tattoo of a leaping animal with a curled tail and a dotted arc above it, shown on skin in a circular crop.
Geometric leaping animal with dotted arc
Colour tattoo of a hummingbird in flight with a swirling tail, shaded in red, orange and yellow with teal edging, on skin.
Hummingbird with swirling tail
Solid black tribal-style cat design with spiral patterns and a curled tail, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Tribal black cat with spiral tail
Black and grey tattoo of a galloping horse with a flowing tail, shaded with light highlights, on the upper back.
Running horse on upper back
Black tribal-style stencil of a stylised cat running vertically, with a long curling tail at the top and a angular face near the base, shown on a plain white background.
Vertical tribal cat design
Rainbow-coloured mermaid tattoo with flowing red hair and a blue to green tail, sitting on the upper arm.
Rainbow mermaid on upper arm
Black line outline of a seated cat with pink, purple and blue watercolour splashes, tattooed on a forearm.
Watercolour cat outline on a forearm
Black and grey shaded fox tattoo with its tail curled round, on the outer upper arm of a person in a pink top.
Seated fox on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a seated fox with orange and purple watercolour-style shading, surrounded by dotwork circles and line flowers, on the outer forearm.
Fox and flowers on a forearm
Solid black silhouette design of an archer drawing a bow while riding a maned lion, with no body placement shown.
Archer on a lion, black silhouette design
Black and grey fine line mermaid tattoo with flowing hair, bubbles and skulls in her tail, on the outer thigh.
Mermaid with skulls on a thigh
Black ink tattoo of a stylised sitting cat with a long curled tail, on a shoulder.
Black line cat tattoo on a shoulder
Collage of four cat images: two black line and silhouette cat designs on white, a lying black cat on pink, and a small black and grey sitting cat tattoo on a person's upper back.
Black cat designs and a cat tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a mermaid with a bold black outline, red hair, a purple shell top and a blue and green tail, on the lower leg.
Mermaid outline with coloured tail on a lower leg
Black line drawing of a sleeping cat curled into a round shape, with its tail spiralling out to the left, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Sleeping cat curled with spiral tail
Purple flash design of a mermaid silhouette with swirling hair and a curled tail, holding a fish, shown without any body placement.
Mermaid silhouette with swirling hair
Solid black tribal-style dragon design with swirling tail and flame-like spines on a white background, shown without a body placement.
Black tribal dragon design
Black fine line tattoo of a sitting cat seen from behind, with a curled tail, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Cat silhouette tattoo on a forearm
Two matching cartoon cat tattoos on the inner wrists, one white with angel wings and one grey with devil horns and a tail, both with pink bows and hearts.
Matching angel and devil cat wrist tattoos
Black and grey fine line phoenix tattoo with spread wings and long trailing tail across a person's upper back, photographed from behind.
Phoenix on upper back
Black tribal lion design in mid-stride with a flowing mane and raised front paw, drawn on a plain white background.
Tribal lion design
Black line drawing of a rearing unicorn with ornate swirling linework in its mane, tail and body, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Rearing unicorn with swirling mane line drawing
Fine line black tattoo of a sitting cat with its tail curling into a heart and a trail of paw prints on the calf, shown as a matching pair.
Matching cat and paw print calf tattoos
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a sitting cat with sketchy black outlines on the upper thigh.
Watercolour-style cat tattoo on a thigh
Black fine line tattoo of a seated cat with a looping, swirling tail on the outer lower leg near the ankle.
Stylised cat with swirling tail on a lower leg
Black and grey swallow tattoo with swept wings and a curling tail on the upper back, photographed from behind.
Swallow tattoo on upper back
Black ink fine line tattoo of a sitting cat with whiskers and a curled tail on the outer lower leg.
Black ink cat outline on a lower leg
Black fine line outline tattoo of two cats seen from behind, sitting side by side with their tails meeting to form a heart, on the forearm.
Two sitting cats with a heart tail
Colour tattoo of a fox in a faceted geometric style on the upper arm, with orange, red and yellow panels and black outlines on the tail and legs.
Geometric fox on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a cat head outline with a long wavy tail ending in a paw print, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Cat outline with paw print on the wrist
Black and grey tattoo of monkeys across a person's stomach, with one monkey's tail curling around the navel, above low-rise jeans.
Monkeys across a stomach
Traditional style colour tattoo of a charging red bull with a black mane and tail and cream horns, on a area of skin.
Charging red bull on skin
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Siamese style cat with an ankh, scarab and winged collar on the thigh.
Egyptian cat with ankh and scarab on thigh
Black fine line tattoo of a seated cat with a halo, wings and a star, placed on the inner wrist.
Winged cat with halo on a wrist
Black ink drawing of a sitting cat filled with ornamental tribal patterns on a cream background, suited to a blackwork tattoo design.
Sitting cat in tribal patterns
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a sleeping cat curled up with its tail wrapped around, on the forearm, with soft grey shading.
Sleeping cat curled up on an arm
Black line drawing of a dragon in a bold tribal-style outline, with a raised wing, coiled body and spiral tail, on a white background.
Tribal-style dragon design with curled tail
Black dotwork ouroboros, a serpent eating its own tail forming a braided-looking ring, on the upper back of a woman with dark hair.
Ouroboros serpent on upper back
Black and grey swallow tattoo with a curling tail and small heart, above the script line 'You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it'.
Swallow with quote on skin
A mermaid tattoo in grey-green ink on a preserved piece of skin, displayed in a sealed glass jar, in a traditional style.
Preserved mermaid tattoo on skin in a jar
Black line drawing of a stylised bird with a crested head and long, eye-tipped feathers in a tail, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stylised bird with long feathered tail
Dark ink tattoo of a grinning Cheshire Cat with one blue-filled eye and the words 'we're all mad here' trailing into a dotted tail, on the ankle.
Cheshire Cat grin and 'we're all mad here' on ankle
Colour tattoo of a small cartoon fox with a flowing orange tail on the side of a hip, and a small round orange and black flame tattoo on the wrist of a hand resting on dark denim.
Fox creature and flame circle tattoos on hand and hip
Realistic squirrel tattoo in shaded grey and brown on a thigh, with a festival award plaque held beside the leg.
Squirrel tattoo on a thigh
Watercolour-style mermaid tattoo with red hair, a teal tail and black linework across the side of the ribs.
Watercolour mermaid on the side ribs
Realistic coloured tattoo of a fox with feathered wings, leafy branches and a long curling tail across a person's back and side.
Fox with feathered wings across a back
Colour tattoo of a crouching orange fox with a long bushy tail curling up the upper arm, shaded in black and grey.
Crouching fox on an upper arm
Flash sheet of four black ink dragon designs with swirling tails and bold linework, shown on a white background.
Four black dragon designs on a flash sheet