Tail tattoo ideas

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Fine line black outline of a sitting cat with a curled tail, tattooed on the lower leg near the ankle.
Small cat silhouette on a lower leg
Colourful seated lion tattoo on the inner forearm, drawn in a bold stylised neo-trad style with orange, red and yellow tones.
Seated lion on a forearm
Small black cat silhouette tattoo with a curled tail on the wrist, shaded in black ink on pale skin.
Black cat silhouette on a wrist
Small black and grey cartoon cat tattoo with large eyes and a striped tail, shown on the inner forearm against a white fur backdrop.
Cartoon cat on a forearm
Black and grey drawing of a stylised bird in flight with swept wings and a long curling tail, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stylised bird in flight design
Black ink illustration of two horned monster creatures and a smaller figure with a crown-like crest, shown on the outer calf in a fine stippled drawing style.
Fantasy creatures tattoo on a lower leg
Fine line black tattoo of a cat with its tail curling up, above a trail of paw prints with one red heart, on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Black cat and paw prints on the chest
Diptych of a Japanese style colour tattoo on a lower leg, showing a black and grey cat with teal eyes wrapped around a blue and orange dragon with swirling cloud motifs.
Cat and dragon tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey dotwork seahorse tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm, shown beside a seahorse design built from dots on a tan background.
Seahorse tattoo on a shoulder in dotwork
Pencil drawing of a stylised bird with outstretched wings and a swirling tail, a tattoo design on paper with no body part shown.
Stylised winged bird design in pencil
Painted neo-traditional mermaid design with long flowing black hair, red accents and a scaled tail curling around bubbles, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Mermaid design with flowing black hair
Colour traditional tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings in orange, red and yellow on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Phoenix on upper back
Full arm sleeve tattoo in a watercolour style showing a mermaid with flowing red hair and a green tail, with blue splashes, covering the upper arm and shoulder down to the forearm.
Watercolour mermaid full sleeve
Fine line fox with leafy sprigs and a long flowing tail tattooed on a forearm, in black and grey ink.
Fox and foliage on a forearm
Drawing of a tribal-style dragon design in black ink with blue shading, with spiked wings and a long curling tail, on a white background.
Blue and black tribal dragon design
Three repeated views of a colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat grinning from beneath a pink curled tail, on a lower leg, with a lightning bolt and a green dinosaur nearby.
Cheshire Cat with pink spiral tail on a leg
Small black ink tattoo of a coiling dragon with a spiral tail on the inner wrist, photographed close up against a dark background.
Small dragon tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey pencil drawing of a mermaid with wind-swept hair, a shell top and a curling wave-shaped tail, shown as a tattoo design.
Mermaid with flowing hair and wave tail
Traditional style colour tattoo of a blue-spotted stingray with orange ringed spots and black outlines, on the upper arm.
Blue-spotted stingray on an arm
Black ink line drawing of a winged dragon and a phoenix with flame-like tail swirls, shown as two tattoo designs on a white background.
Dragon and phoenix tattoo designs
Black line drawing of a standing cat with its tail raised, filled with swirls and dots in a blackwork style on a cream background.
Ornamental cat design
Traditional colour tattoo of a skeleton mermaid with flowers in her hair, her scaled tail wrapped around a red anchor, on a limb.
Skeleton mermaid and anchor on a leg
Black solid-outline tattoo of a small monkey with a curled tail on the inner wrist, shown in a simple tribal-influenced style.
Small monkey with curled tail on a wrist
Black line drawing of a mermaid with long flowing hair and scaled tail, framed by curling wave ornaments, in a fine line style.
Mermaid with swirling waves line drawing
Seahorse design made of ornate swirling linework filled with rainbow colour on a plain white background, with no body placement shown.
Rainbow swirl seahorse design
Solid black tribal phoenix tattoo with spread wings and flame detail across a person's back.
Tribal phoenix across the back
Black ink line drawing of a stylised phoenix with swirling feathers and a long curling tail on a plain pale background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Flowing phoenix line design
Dark grey silhouette drawing of two seated cats on a branch, with their tails curling together to form a heart, on a pale background.
Two cats on a branch with heart tails
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of the grinning Cheshire Cat hanging upside down with a striped tail on the forearm, shown in a wide view and a close-up.
Cheshire Cat on a forearm
Full-colour phoenix tattoo in a neo-traditional style across a person's back, with spread wings in purple, blue and green and flowing red and blue tail feathers.
Colourful phoenix across a back
Black tribal-style line design of a sitting cat with pointed ears and a curling tail, drawn on a plain white background.
Stylised cat tattoo design
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a mermaid holding a shell beside a moon, placed on the outer thigh.
Mermaid with shell on a thigh
Fine line drawing of a fox mid-stride with a long, sweeping tail curling upwards, in black ink on a cream background.
Fox line drawing with curled tail
Colour tattoo of a cartoon ginger cat with large glossy eyes and a curled striped tail, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Big-eyed ginger cat on a shoulder blade
Black ink tattoo of a hummingbird filled with lace-style floral patterns, sitting across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Lace-patterned hummingbird on upper back
Realistic tattoo of a small blue and brown wren with a long tail on the inner wrist and forearm.
Blue wren on the inner wrist
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a pin-up mermaid with an anchor and scaled tail across the side ribs.
Mermaid and anchor on the side ribs
Red and black tribal-style fox tattoo with swirling ornament on the side of a torso, just above the waistband of jeans.
Swirl-patterned fox on the side of the torso
Small colour cartoon tiger tattoo with black outlines and orange stripes, shown on bare skin.
Cartoon tiger tattoo on skin
Colour tattoo of a giraffe and seahorse hybrid with orange patched spots, a blue eye and a curled tail, on the side of a torso near the ribs.
Giraffe seahorse hybrid on the ribs
Colourful galaxy-filled cat silhouette tattoo on the inner forearm, with blue, purple and teal shading and small white star sparkles.
Galaxy cat silhouette on a forearm
Bold black ink tattoo of a striped cat with a curled tail on the shoulder blade area of a person's upper back.
Striped cat with curled tail on a shoulder
Black tattoo of a cat silhouette whose body forms a treble clef, with a long thin curling tail, on the side of a torso beside black and white striped clothing.
Cat and treble clef on the side
Colour tattoo of a red dragon wrapped around a dark green orb, with a long curling tail, on a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Red dragon coiled around an orb on a shoulder
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a rope-wrapped anchor with two mermaids, one above and one below, on an upper arm.
Anchor and two mermaids on an upper arm
Two matching black dragon tattoos on the inner wrists and forearms, mirrored so the dragons face each other.
Matching mirrored dragons on two wrists
Black line drawing of a curling dragon with swept wings and a spiked tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Curling dragon line design
Graphite pencil drawing of a phoenix with wings raised and a long swirling tail, a tattoo design sketch in a fine line style on a strip of paper.
Pencil sketch of a phoenix with flowing tail