Wing tattoo ideas

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Two black and grey traditional swallows in flight, one above the other, tattooed on a person's back.
Two swallows on the back
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
Traditional style butterfly tattoo with blue and green wings, bold black outlines and curled antennae, on the top of a foot or ankle.
Blue and green butterfly on the foot
Black and white photo of a barn owl tattoo with spread wings on a person's upper back, shaded in a realistic style, placed between the shoulder blades.
Barn owl with spread wings on upper back
Photograph of five shaded blue butterflies with black-edged wings tattooed down a person's back in a realistic style.
Five blue butterflies down the back
Two matching blue butterfly tattoos on forearms, one with the word Daughter and the other with Mother in script above and below the wings.
Matching butterfly tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey blackwork tattoos on a woman's upper back, showing a solid black triangle with a crescent above and a winged design on the right shoulder blade.
Triangle and wings across a woman's upper back
Small black dragonfly tattoo on the inner wrist, worn beside gold chain and beaded bracelets.
Small dragonfly tattoo on a wrist
Red, black and grey traditional-style tattoo on an upper arm, with black wings, a yin yang style swirl, a red demon face and the words Angel and Demon.
Angel and demon wings on upper arm
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
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a hunched winged figure with crosses behind it, on the outer upper arm.
Winged figure on upper arm
Small black blackwork tattoo of a winged crest made of triangles, placed on the inner forearm of a person wearing a grey top.
Triangle crest with wings on a forearm
Purple brush-stroke drawing of a dragonfly with spiralled wing tips and a long wavy trail, on a white background.
Purple brush dragonfly with flowing tail
Black ink drawing of a butterfly with intricate swirling lace-like wings and curling antennae, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Lace-winged butterfly design
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
Neo-traditional tattoo of a shaded grey bat in flight above pink and burgundy peonies with green leaves, on an upper arm and shoulder.
Bat and peonies on an upper arm
Colourful watercolour-style butterfly tattoo with black linework and dotted outlines on the forearm.
Watercolour butterfly on the forearm
Large grey phoenix tattoo with long flowing tail feathers across a woman's back, with a small star and a small character tattoo nearby.
Phoenix tattoo across a woman's back
Black and grey tattoo design of a swallow with outstretched shaded wings, a heart cut out of each tail streamer, and two rounded shapes with closed eyes at its head.
Swallow with heart cut-outs in flight
Black fine line tattoo of a bird with outstretched wings built from circles and radiating lines, placed on the forearm.
Geometric bird in flight on forearm
Small fine line outline of a butterfly on the inner wrist, shown with the palm facing the camera and the ink faded to a pinkish tone.
Butterfly tattoo on the inner wrist
Black ink butterfly tattoo with lace-like wing patterns and dotted trailing lines, in a blackwork style, on a person's upper back over the shoulder blade.
Lace-patterned butterfly on a shoulder blade
Black and grey dotwork and realism tattoo of an owl, jellyfish and spiral forms with dotted geometric lines across a person's back and upper arm.
Owl and sea creatures across back and arm
Black and grey upper arm tattoo of two birds and roses with white linework on a dark shaded background, with script above.
Birds and roses on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the outer thigh showing a stag and owl head split down the middle with wings, above a triangle and circle motif.
Split stag and owl head with triangle on thigh
Colour realism style tattoo of a hummingbird in flight in pink, purple, blue and orange on the upper arm, with black outlines on the tail feathers.
Hummingbird in flight on an arm
Black ink line drawing of an abstract winged bird with a swirled tail and a column of decreasing dots, on textured white paper.
Abstract winged bird line drawing
Flash design of a pair of stylised phoenix wings in red, orange and yellow with black outlines and feather detail, shown without a body placement.
Pair of fiery phoenix wings
Fine line dragonfly tattoo with teal and purple wings and black swirling tail and antennae, on a person's back.
Teal and purple dragonfly on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged figure with head bowed and long hair, shown on skin.
Winged figure with bowed head tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face on a calf, with lettering on the thigh and a winged design on the hip, shown on a bed.
Black and grey portrait tattoo on a leg
Neo-traditional flash design of a pair of spread wings framing a unicorn head, two roses, a key and crossed swords, in teal and cream.
Winged unicorn, rose and sword design
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eagle with spread wings on the side of the ribcage.
Black and grey eagle on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of armour plates, a winged Celtic cross and chainmail across a man's upper arm and shoulder, with a torn skin effect at the edges.
Armour and Celtic cross on upper arm and shoulder
Realistic colour tattoo of a hummingbird in flight on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade, seen from behind.
Hummingbird tattoo on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of two butterflies on the side of a torso, one solid black with pale markings and one detailed with hatched wing linework.
Two butterflies on the side of the torso
Solid black winged emblem with a central triangle and circle tattooed on the upper back, in a blackwork style.
Winged triangle emblem on upper back
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a circular emblem with a stylised bird and wing shapes and a small star burst, shown on plain skin.
Circular bird emblem tattoo in solid black
Traditional colour tattoo of an eyespot moth with grey wings, orange and brown accents and black outlines, placed on the stomach above the navel.
Eyespot moth above the navel
Black and grey realism tattoo of blindfolded Lady Justice with wings, holding scales and a sword, covering a person's full back.
Blindfolded Lady Justice across a full back
Black ink tattoo of a winged scarab beetle with an eye motif above and a sun disc below, in dotwork and blackwork style on the forearm.
Winged scarab beetle with eye and sun on forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue jay in flight on the side of the ribs, with detailed feather shading in blue and grey.
Blue jay tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a heart formed by feathered angel wings on the lower forearm, with a silver coin placed above it for scale.
Feathered wings forming a heart on the forearm
Back of a woman with a realistic pink butterfly tattoo, black outlined with white dots and a dark grey shadow beneath it, on her left shoulder blade.
Pink butterfly with cast shadow on a shoulder blade
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 and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a raven with spread wings and claws gripping a branch, running down the forearm.
Raven with spread wings on a forearm
Black script lettering reading She flies by her own wings runs across the ribs on a person's side, with a floral top lifted beside it.
Script quote along the ribs
Colour tattoo of an owl with outstretched wings decorated with swirling filigree, placed on the outer thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Owl with patterned wings on thigh