Tail tattoo ideas

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

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Bold red traditional tattoo of a rampant heraldic lion with black outlines and shading, on the forearm.
Red rampant lion tattoo on a forearm
Black line drawing of a stylised phoenix with swirling wings and a flowing tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Stylised phoenix line design
Fine line drawing of a sleeping cat with a curled tail, resting on a horizontal line, in black ink on a white background.
Sleeping cat line drawing
Black tribal-style phoenix tattoo with outstretched wings and a swirling tail, placed across the lower back.
Phoenix tattoo on the lower back
Small black outline of a sitting cat with a curled tail on a forearm, filled with pink, purple and blue watercolour-style splashes.
Outline cat with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Black ink tribal dragon design with a flowing mane and swirling tail, drawn in a blackwork style on white paper.
Tribal dragon design
Black and white pen drawing of two dragons curled together in a yin and yang arrangement, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Yin and yang dragons drawing
Black and grey tattoo design drawing of an ornamental phoenix with spread wings and trailing feathers, shown on a plain white background.
Ornamental phoenix with spread wings
Black and grey tattoo of a winged, horse-like dragon with a long tail, running across the side of the torso.
Winged dragon horse on the side of the body
Fine line black tattoo of a small rodent with a curling tail and leaves, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Rodent with leafy tail on upper chest
Black tribal-style gecko tattoo with a curling tail, sitting on the outer forearm against a dark background.
Tribal gecko on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a seated Egyptian-style cat wearing a collar with a pendant, running down the side of the ribs.
Seated Egyptian cat on the ribs
Black fine line outline tattoo of a cat with an arched back and raised tail, on the side of a ribcage.
Fine line cat on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a grinning Cheshire cat head atop a skeletal cat with a curling tail, on a leg.
Grinning Cheshire cat over a skeletal cat
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a cat stretching one paw upwards with its tail curled, on the outside of an ankle.
Cat reaching up on an ankle
Pencil drawing of a phoenix with outstretched wings and flowing tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Phoenix with spread wings
Watercolour-style tattoo of a fox-like creature with flowing orange tails on the upper arm.
Fox creature with flame tails on upper arm
Solid black mermaid silhouette tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, in a blackwork style.
Mermaid silhouette on the inner wrist
Fine line tattoo of a small cat with an orange striped tail and tiny script beside it, placed on a forearm.
Small cat outline with striped tail on a forearm
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a sleeping cat with a red peony and green leaves across the top of a foot.
Sleeping cat and peony on the foot
Black silhouette tattoo of a creature with pink inner ears and a trailing tail of small star dots on the outer upper arm.
Black creature with a star trail on the upper arm
Fine black line tattoo of a stretched cat with a curled tail on the side of the body, in a fine line style.
Stretching cat outline on the side
Colour tattoo of a dark-haired mermaid with closed eyes and a teal scale tail, surrounded by small red fish, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Mermaid with red fish on a wrist
Solid black cat tattoo with a tall curling tail on the lower back, shown against pale skin.
Black cat with raised tail on the back
Colour tattoo of a reclining mermaid holding a red flower, with the script line Do you suppose she's a wild flower? beneath her, on the side of the ribs.
Mermaid with wild flower quote on ribs
Fine line black outline tattoo of a sitting cat seen from behind, with a curling tail, on the calf.
Sitting cat outline on a lower leg
Fine black line tattoo of a cat in profile with a curling tail and a green filled eye, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Cat in profile on a wrist
Traditional style colour tattoo of a green, yellow and red bird with a swirling tail on the side of a torso.
Colourful bird with swirling tail on side
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a green grinning cat-like creature with glowing pink eyes, bony yellow claws and a striped tail, on a lower leg.
Green grinning cat creature on a calf
A painterly dragon tattoo in red, orange, blue and yellow across the upper back and shoulder blade area.
Red and blue dragon on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a cat with a curling tail and two paw prints, placed behind the ear on the neck.
Cat and paw prints behind the ear
Ink drawing of a lion head in profile with flowing mane and the word Leo in script, a tattoo flash design in a blackwork-style linework.
Leo lion head with script on paper
Black ink tattoo of a stretching cat with a curled tail and a trail of paw prints running up a shoulder.
Cat and paw prints on a shoulder
Pencil sketch of a dragon coiling around a wolf that sits below it, drawn in soft shaded linework as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Dragon and wolf entwined pencil design
Black panther tattoo on the upper arm, with blue glowing outlines visible under ultraviolet light.
Black panther tattoo on upper arm under UV light
Colour geometric tattoo on the inner forearm of a figure with a checkered red and orange top, a stippled dotwork sphere and a faceted teal tail.
Geometric figure with faceted tail on forearm
Purple and blue dragon tattoo with spread wings and a coiled tail on a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Purple dragon tattoo on upper arm
Black and teal mermaid silhouette tattoo with swirling teal and black vines on pale skin.
Mermaid silhouette with teal tail and vines
Black ink drawing of a stylised peacock with eye-marked tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design on lined paper with no body placement visible.
Stylised peacock tattoo design
Black outline tattoo of a slender dragon with raised wings and a curling tail, wrapping from the ankle onto the side of the foot.
Dragon outline on an ankle
Coloured illustration of a skeletal mermaid with a skull, flowing hair and fishbone tail, holding an open shell with a pearl, drawn as a tattoo design.
Skeletal mermaid holding a shell
Black outline drawing of a cat seen from behind, sitting with its tail curled round to the right, on a white background.
Sitting cat outline seen from behind
Dark teal tribal-style bird tattoo with a swirling tail on the inner wrist of a raised hand against a black background.
Teal bird tattoo on the wrist
Black ink tattoo of the Cheshire Cat's wide grin and striped tail on an ankle, shown in a sepia-toned photograph.
Cheshire Cat tattoo on an ankle
Black tribal dragon design on a white background, rearing up with spiked wings, clawed forelimbs and a curled tail, shown as a flat flash drawing.
Tribal dragon silhouette design
Sketched flash design of a winged creature wrapped around a compass rose, drawn in dark teal ink with a small red N above the compass.
Winged creature wrapped around a compass rose
Black tribal-style manta ray tattoo with a long tail running down the spine, and a smaller turtle on the lower back of a woman's bare back.
Manta ray and turtle on a back
Black stylised phoenix in flowing swirls and feather-like lines on a plain grey background, drawn as a flash design.
Stylised black phoenix design