Tail tattoo ideas

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

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Small black and grey realism tattoo of a humpback whale diving on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Humpback whale on the shoulder
Colour tattoo of a mouse in a red circus uniform and star-topped hat, holding a cane and balancing on a red ball, on the upper arm.
Circus mouse balancing on a ball
Black fine line tattoo of a seated cat outline with a curling tail on the outer upper arm.
Single-line cat on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a small raptor style dinosaur with a curled tail, on the calf.
Dotwork raptor on a calf
Colour tattoo of a blue and purple dragon with spread wings and a curled tail, placed across the upper back of a person wearing a black top.
Blue and purple dragon on upper back
Black ink line drawing of a sitting cat looking upwards, with whisker strokes and a curled tail, in a minimal brush style.
Sitting cat line drawing
Colour tattoo of a dark-haired mermaid with closed eyes and a teal scale tail, surrounded by red fish, on a forearm.
Mermaid with red fish on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon mouse with closed eyes and large purple and blue fairy wings, shaded in soft greys, on the upper arm.
Cartoon mouse with fairy wings on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a cat lying down with a curled spiral tail on pale skin.
Fine line cat with spiral tail
Black and grey shaded dragon tattoo with spread wings and a long spiked tail, on the upper arm.
Winged dragon on upper arm
Blue and black pencil drawing of a stylised fox-like creature with a long, curling, swirl-patterned tail, on white paper.
Swirl-tailed fox design in blue
Black stencil design of a mermaid holding a trident, with a scaled tail and flowing hair, shown on a plain white background.
Mermaid with trident stencil
Fine line black outline tattoo of a fox curled into a heart shape on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fox curled into a heart on a forearm
Black and grey realistic winged dragon tattoo across a woman's upper back, with wings spread and head turned to the right.
Winged dragon across a back
Colourful botanical tattoo of a cat silhouette filled with blue, white and red flowers, across the upper back of a person with their head turned away.
Floral cat silhouette on upper back
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with spread wings across the upper back, its long swirling tail running down towards the lower back.
Phoenix rising across a back
Black stylised flash design of two bird heads on curving necks joined to a tapering tail with a spade tip, shown on a plain grey background.
Stylised bird and serpent motif
Colour realism tattoo of a griffin with an eagle head, white and grey wings and a golden lion body, set against a pale blue and pink cloud background on a limb.
Griffin with eagle head and wings on clouds
Colour tattoo of cartoon Mario in a red raccoon suit with a striped tail, drawn in bold black outlines on a limb.
Cartoon Mario in raccoon suit on an arm
Black and grey dragon tattoo with a coiled tail and a small line of script beneath it, on a person's left side ribs.
Black and grey dragon tattoo on the ribs
Full colour neo-traditional phoenix tattoo with spread wings in red, orange and yellow across a person's back.
Phoenix across a full back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a snarling red-mouthed T-rex with olive and salmon scales, wrapping around a lower leg.
Neo-trad T-rex on a lower leg
Small black and grey tattoo of two cats seen from behind, standing side by side above a thin horizontal line, on the side of the ribs.
Two cats seen from behind on the ribs
Black ink drawing of a snarling tiger with bold striped shading, crouched on rocks, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Snarling tiger on rocks design
Realistic black, grey and pink striped animal tail tattoo curling down the centre of a person's back.
Striped animal tail across the back
Colour tattoo of the Pokémon Vulpix, a orange fox-like creature with a flowing tail, on the forearm, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Vulpix tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a seated mermaid with flowing hair and a scaled tail on the back of a calf.
Seated mermaid on a calf
Black single-line drawing of a sitting cat in profile, looking left, with a curled tail, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Minimalist sitting cat line drawing
Colour tattoo of a leaping fox with a curling tail and a swirl beneath it, placed on the upper thigh.
Leaping fox on the upper thigh
Teal line drawing of a mermaid with scale details and a tapering tail on a white background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Teal mermaid line drawing
Black tribal-style design of a stylised bird in flight with swirling tail feathers, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Stylised bird in tribal swirls
Colour tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a teal tail and surrounding bubbles, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Red-haired mermaid on upper arm
Two tribal-style creature tattoos on an arm, the upper one in red and black with a fox-like head and the lower one in blue and black with a long tail.
Two tribal creature tattoos on an arm
Solid black dinosaur skeleton tattoo running along the inside of a forearm, shown in two stacked photos.
Dinosaur skeleton tattoo on a forearm
Black tribal-style phoenix tattoo with outstretched wings and a swirling tail on the lower leg above the ankle.
Tribal phoenix tattoo on lower leg
Fine line tattoo of a seated cat outline with pink, blue and purple watercolour splashes on the forearm.
Cat silhouette with watercolour splashes on forearm
Colour tattoo of a grinning Cheshire Cat with blue eyes and a purple and pink spiral body and striped tail, placed on the upper thigh.
Cheshire Cat with spiral body on thigh
Fine line black tattoo of a slender cat with a curled tail on a person's upper back, with a real black cat resting its head on the shoulder.
Black cat tattoo on an upper back
Black ink line drawing of a mermaid with octopus tentacles and flowing hair, a neo-traditional style tattoo design on torn grey paper.
Mermaid and octopus flash design
Black line drawing of an ornamental dragon with swirling scale and wing patterns, shown as a tattoo design with no placement.
Ornamental dragon line drawing
Colour tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings and swirling tail feathers in orange, red and yellow, on a person's upper back.
Phoenix tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a blue dragon curled into a crescent with purple shading and a long tail, on the calf.
Blue dragon curled in a crescent on a calf
Colour fine line tattoo of a mermaid with flowing red hair and a teal peacock feather tail, placed on the lower back.
Mermaid with peacock tail on lower back
Two matching solid black cat silhouette tattoos with heart-shaped tails and script words Mother and Daughter on a pair of forearms.
Matching cat silhouette tattoos for mother and daughter
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of a small winged bird with a curling tail on the inner wrist, shown with the hand raised.
Simple winged bird line tattoo on wrist
Colour tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings and a long swirling tail across the upper back, shown on a person with short blonde hair.
Multicoloured phoenix on upper back
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a mermaid with a flowing orange and red tail and blue splashes, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour mermaid on upper back
Hand-drawn tiger design looking back over its shoulder, with black ink on the head and shoulders shading to purple, blue and green on the body, legs and tail.
Tiger design with black, purple, blue and green stripes