Wing tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a blue and purple bird with spread wings and long trailing tail feathers on the side of the ribs.
Blue bird with long tail feathers on ribs
Pencil drawing of a winged angel with head bowed and arms crossed, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Winged angel pencil design
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a mythical bird with a dragon-like head and feathered wings, surrounded by clouds, covering a person's back.
Large mythical bird with clouds across a back
Realistic colour dragonfly tattoo with purple and blue shaded wings and a green body, placed on a person's chest.
Realistic dragonfly tattoo on the chest
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
Colour traditional butterfly tattoo with red, teal, orange and brown wings and bold black outlines, shown on an arm.
Traditional butterfly on an arm
Sheet of metallic flash designs including a pair of angel wings, a cross, a gold feather, a heart of stars, a short script word and teardrop bands, in gold, silver and black.
Wings, cross and star designs on a temporary tattoo sheet
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged figure with spread wings and a Celtic knot below, across a person's upper back.
Winged figure with Celtic knot on back
Black and grey realism tattoo of large feathered angel wings spanning the upper and mid back, with a small symbol on the nape of the neck.
Feathered angel wings across a back
Fine line black ink script reading Jeremiah 29:11 above a wing-like flourish, tattooed on the wrist.
Jeremiah 29:11 script with wing flourish on wrist
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
Shaded sunflowers and a fairy with pink wings on a person's upper back, with black and grey shading and touches of pink and green.
Sunflowers and fairy across upper back
Black and grey shaded dragon tattoo with spread wings and a long spiked tail, on the upper arm.
Winged dragon on upper arm
Two orange bat-style wing tattoos with dark outlines and purple shading sit either side of the upper back.
Orange wings on upper back
Black and grey dotwork bee tattoo with flower and leaf sprigs spread across the centre of the chest.
Bee and flowers across the chest
A large eagle in flight tattooed on a person's upper back, with black wings and blue, green, purple and yellow splashes of colour.
Splashed eagle in flight on upper back
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
Black and grey fine line dragonfly tattoo with a long trailing tail on the upper back of a person with their hair in a bun, photographed from behind.
Dragonfly tattoo on upper back
Black line drawing of a horned owl with spread wings holding a scroll banner with script lettering, shown as a traditional-style tattoo design on paper.
Owl with spread wings and script banner
Fine line black tattoo of a wing rising from a treble clef style swirl on the side of the ribs, with light shading along the feathers.
Winged treble clef on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo across a man's back showing a crucifixion scene with angels and an INRI inscription, with sleeve tattoos on both upper arms.
Crucifixion back piece with angels and sleeves
Several tattooed arms and hands wrapped together, showing a black and grey figure on a forearm, a compass design on an upper arm and small lettering on the fingers.
Intertwined tattooed arms and hands
Black and grey dragon with red flame swirls tattooed down the side of a torso and hip, in Japanese style.
Dragon with red flames on the side
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 and grey traditional tattoo of a butterfly, a bird with spread wings and roses across the ribs and side of a torso.
Butterfly, bird and roses on the ribs
Black and grey realism eagle tattoo with a Harley-Davidson bar and shield logo on a man's upper arm.
Eagle and bar and shield logo on upper arm
Black blackwork-style tribal butterfly design with swirling wings and curled antennae, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Tribal butterfly design in solid black
Small fine line gold metallic bee tattoo on the inner wrist, seen against a warm wooden background.
Small gold bee on the wrist
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
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of two swallows in flight on a person's upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Two swallows in flight on a shoulder blade
Black ink flash drawing of a pair of mirrored butterfly wings with dotted patterns and curled antennae, with no body placement shown.
Mirrored butterfly wings design
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
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a hummingbird in flight with swirling trails and two feathers, on the forearm.
Hummingbird and feathers on a forearm
Black and grey script tattoo reading Angels never leave, they're always at your side, with a feathered angel wing, on the side of a body.
Angel wing and script quote on the side
Full colour neo-traditional phoenix tattoo with spread wings in red, orange and yellow across a person's back.
Phoenix across a full back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a songbird in flight with spread wings, sitting on the upper chest.
Songbird in flight on the upper body
Black and grey realism back piece of a blindfolded Lady Justice holding scales and a sword, with cherubs and a ship across the upper back.
Blindfolded Lady Justice back piece
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with roses and wing-like leaves across a stomach, shown on a torso in a white top.
Butterfly and roses across the stomach
Black and grey line drawing of a falcon-headed Eye of Horus with fine hatched feathers, dotted tails and lotus-like terminals, shown as a standalone design.
Falcon-headed Eye of Horus design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bird in flight carrying a dreamcatcher with feathers, across the upper back of a woman with her head turned away.
Bird with dreamcatcher on upper back
Black and grey bee tattoo with a crown above it on a forearm, drawn in fine line with dotwork shading.
Bee and crown on a forearm
Black and grey swallow in flight tattooed on the neck behind an ear, in a Traditional style.
Swallow tattoo behind the ear
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo on the thigh of a stag head merged with an owl, with a triangle and circle symbol above and a dotted vertical line.
Split stag and owl head with geometric symbols
Two feet on a wooden deck, each with a small fine line bee and dotted flight trail tattooed on the top of the foot.
Matching bee tattoos on two feet
Three black butterfly stencil designs on a white background, one at the top and two lower down, with wings filled in by bold solid shapes and open cut-outs.
Three butterfly stencil designs
Black and grey tribal phoenix tattoo with spread wings across a man's upper back, shown in a black and white photograph.
Tribal phoenix with spread wings on upper back
Colourful butterfly tattoo on a forearm, with blue wings, black lace-like detail and loose yellow, orange and red splashes in a painterly style.
Blue butterfly with paint splashes on a forearm
Black ink drawing of two swallows in flight, with fine hatching and stippled dotwork on the wings and bodies, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Two swallows in flight