Wing tattoo ideas

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Black line drawing design of a stylised bird with spread wings rising from a curling stem with spirals and a leaf, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Stylised bird with spiral stem
Black and grey realism tattoo of angel wings and a spine covering a person's back.
Angel wings and spine across a back
Two blue wing tattoos sit on the upper chest of a woman in a white pearl-studded dress, with a colourful sleeve on her upper arm.
Blue wings on the upper chest
Black and grey tattoo of a butterfly whose wings form skull faces with flower eyes, on the calf in Traditional style.
Skull and butterfly on a lower leg
Painted phoenix in orange, red and yellow with spread wings and flame-like tail feathers, drawn on white paper beside coloured pencils.
Painted phoenix in flight
Purple butterfly tattoo with black outlines and white spots, shaded to look three-dimensional with a dark shadow, on the inner forearm.
Purple butterfly on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a monarch butterfly with a soft grey shadow, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Monarch butterfly on a shoulder blade
Black and grey fairy tattoo with red-tinted wings and flying birds on the side of the ribs.
Fairy with red-tinted wings and birds
Sheet of six solid black butterfly silhouettes in varied wing shapes on a white background, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Six butterfly silhouettes on a flash sheet
Copper-coloured fine line drawing of a symmetrical moth with sunburst and zigzag wing patterns and an eye at its centre, on a dark brown background.
Copper line moth with geometric wings
Two thighs with colourful traditional tattoos: a grey wolf head and roses on the left, and a crowned shield with a bird on the right.
Wolf, roses and crowned shield on thighs
Black script reading Don't Blink over a blue watercolour splash tattoo on the side of the ribs.
Don't Blink script over blue watercolour splash
Colour tattoo of an eagle with spread wings formed from American flag stripes and white stars, with blue and red splatter, across the upper back.
Flag eagle across the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a praying angel with wings and a halo, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Praying angel with wings on upper back
Black silhouette drawing of a fairy with ornate scrolled filigree wings, shown as a design on a white background, with no body placement.
Fairy silhouette with filigree wings
Black and grey brushstroke tattoo of a small perched bird with a long tail, placed on the lower leg above a black sock.
Small bird on the lower leg
Black and red tattoo design of a sword over a red cross shield, flanked by wings, with a banner reading Accipite Armaturam Dei.
Winged sword and shield with banner
Black and grey fine line owl tattoo with spread wings, a script quote above and geometric lines below, across the upper chest.
Owl with spread wings across upper chest
Black line drawing of a butterfly with curling scrolls filling its wings, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Scrollwork butterfly tattoo design
Blue and teal watercolour-style butterfly wing tattoo with a black semicolon, on the inner forearm.
Butterfly wing and semicolon on a forearm
Winged golden ball tattoo behind an ear with teal wash shading, shown freshly done on the left and healed on the right.
Winged golden ball behind the ear
Watercolour-style hummingbird tattoo in blues, greens, purple and yellow on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour hummingbird on upper back
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a bird in flight with mandala patterns on its wings and body, placed on a person's upper back.
Mandala-patterned bird in flight on upper back
Close view of a blue butterfly tattoo with light outlines on the inner forearm of a person wearing stacked bangles.
Blue butterfly on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a large wolf head above a seated wolf holding a skull, with leafy sprigs and a feathered wing beside it.
Wolf cradling a skull on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a dragonfly with pale green wings and a blue and black abdomen, shaded on skin across the back.
Realistic dragonfly tattoo on the back
Black ink drawing of an ornately patterned insect with lace-like wings inside a circular mandala border, a design suited to fine line tattooing.
Ornate insect inside a circle frame
Black and grey pencil drawing of a honeybee with spread wings and long antennae, shown as a realistic tattoo design on a white background.
Detailed honeybee design in pencil
Colour realism tattoo of a red fox with feathered wings and leafy branches across a person's back, shown in two photographs.
Fox and feathered wings across a back
Black and grey drawing of two feathered wings meeting at a heart, surrounded by ornamental swirls, shown as a tattoo design on a peach background.
Winged heart with ornamental scrollwork design
Red and orange tribal-style phoenix tattoo in flight across the upper back, below the shoulder blade.
Red phoenix on upper back
Geometric fox tattoo with black linework, patterned black body and blue ornamental wings, placed on the upper back.
Geometric fox with blue wings on back
Realistic blue butterfly tattoo with shaded wings and a dark body, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Blue butterfly on a shoulder blade
Black line flash sheet of three small dragon designs on aged paper, with the words I am fire and I am death between them.
Three dragon designs with I am fire and I am death
Fine line sketch of a phoenix with spread wings and long flowing tail feathers, drawn as a tattoo design on white paper.
Phoenix in flight tattoo design
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing five moth designs with bold outlines and dotwork shading, taped to a brown card background.
Five moths on a flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork butterfly tattoo with spotted wings on the forearm, shown beside a dark shirt and a grey wall.
Butterfly tattoo on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a bee and a red honeycomb heart with honeysuckle and leaves on the side of a neck.
Bee and honeycomb heart on the side of the neck
Black and grey tattoo of a winged fairy beside the word Believe in script with swirls and a star, on the skin of the back.
Fairy and Believe script on the back
Outline tattoo of a dove carrying an olive branch with grey shading on the wings and a small red heart, on the lower side of the torso.
Dove with olive branch on the hip
Realistic tattoo of a cat with blue eyes and long whiskers on a forearm, with a wing shape above it in a realistic style.
Realistic cat portrait on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a tribal-style owl with a spread wing and swirling feather patterns on a white background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Tribal owl with spread wing design
Black and grey eagle tattoo with spread wings across the upper back, with a sleeve tattoo on the raised arm.
Eagle tattoo across a man's back
Black ink drawing of a bee with a small crown above its head, rendered in stippled dotwork shading on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Bee with a crown in stippled ink
Butterfly tattoo with black outlines, soft pink and grey shading and black swirling tendrils on a person's upper back.
Butterfly with swirls on upper back
Black and purple fine line tattoo of a hummingbird with long, curling feather tail across a person's upper back.
Hummingbird with flowing feathers on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a songbird with spread wings, shaded with stippled dotwork on the lower arm.
Flying songbird in dotwork shading
Colour tattoo of a golden snitch with teal wings and a thin black trailing line, placed on the outer lower leg.
Golden snitch on a lower leg