Wing tattoo ideas

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Black tribal-style dragon design with a red flame trail from its mouth, drawn as a flash sheet on a white background.
Tribal dragon breathing fire
Black and grey caduceus with red stethoscope tubing forming a heart, a heartbeat line and the word Pacemaker in script on a forearm.
Caduceus and stethoscope heart on a forearm
Black and grey linework owl with spread wings across the chest and ribs, with a feather tattoo on the side of the hip, in a black and white photo.
Owl with spread wings across the chest
Black and grey script reading Believe in the run with a winged running shoe tattoo on the side of a foot near the ankle.
Believe in the run script and winged shoe on a foot
A grid of colourful sugar skull flash designs with bows, hearts, wings, roses and crossbones, shown as drawings rather than tattoos on skin.
Sugar skull and bow flash sheet
Drawing of a stylised dark brown bird with red, orange and yellow wing feathers and teal leaves and stars, presented as a tattoo design.
Stylised bird with flame-coloured wings
Traditional-style winged heart tattoo with a teal top hat, red roses and a banner on the abdomen, above the waistband of blue jeans.
Winged heart and roses on the abdomen
Traditional-style winged sailing ship design with a globe and banner, printed in red and grey on the back of a black t-shirt.
Winged sailing ship design on a t-shirt
Flash-style drawing of a butterfly with turquoise, yellow and red wings on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Turquoise and red butterfly design
Small black and grey dragonfly tattoo with shaded wings on the inner wrist and forearm of a person in a white top.
Small dragonfly on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two honey bees with detailed wings on a shoulder and upper back.
Two bees on a shoulder
Black and grey shaded design of a bird in flight with sweeping wings and a curling tail, drawn on a plain white background.
Flying bird with swirling tail design
Colour tattoo of a stylised insect with blue and green swirling wings and black dot details, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Blue and green swirl insect on a wrist
Ink drawing of a skeleton with many arms raised around a halo and a full moon, with feathered wings behind the skull, in navy and cream.
Multi-armed skeleton with moon and halo
Black fine line script tattoo reading "Take these broken wings and learn to fly" with a small bird silhouette on the forearm.
Quote and bird on a forearm
Before and after split of a black and grey realism wing cover-up over an older tribal design on the upper arm and shoulder.
Tribal shoulder piece covered by a shaded wing
Fine line black and grey wing tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand with white nails, against a floral patterned sleeve.
Small wing tattoo on a wrist
Black ink drawing of a raven with wings spread in mid-flight on a white background, with loose, brushed edges and no body placement shown.
Flying raven in black ink
Realistic-style thigh tattoo of a stack of books with pages curling into wing shapes, above the script 'I've lived a thousand lives'.
Stacked books and page wings on a thigh
Drawing of a geometric owl in flight, built from faceted feather shapes in teal, blue, brown and cream on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Geometric owl in flight
Neo-traditional tattoo of an owl with a sugar skull beneath it, shaded in black and grey with blue accents, on the outer thigh.
Owl and sugar skull on a thigh
Realistic orange and black butterfly tattoo with a soft grey shadow on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
3D monarch butterfly on upper back
Black tribal-style butterfly design with swirling wings and curled antennae on a plain white background.
Tribal butterfly design
Small solid black cupid silhouette drawing a bow, with the word Shit. in typewriter lettering, on an upper arm.
Cupid silhouette with word on upper arm
Colourful Neo-trad style tattoo of a green and orange phoenix with peacock feathers across the side of the ribs.
Phoenix and peacock feathers on ribs
Black and grey traditional tattoo on the forearm showing two pistons, a banner reading LET'S BO, wings and an oval emblem with stars.
Pistons, wings and stars on a forearm
Small black fine line cicada tattoo with dotwork shading on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cicada tattoo on upper back
Black ink tribal-style drawing of a phoenix with sweeping wings and flame-like tail feathers on a pale background.
Tribal phoenix design
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a lion head in profile with feathered wings and a lotus flower beneath it.
Winged lion and lotus design sketch
Woman seen from behind with a black linework tattoo on her upper back, featuring a large animal head and a vertical column of geometric blocks down the spine.
Geometric and animal linework across a back
Fine line black dragonfly tattoo with detailed mesh-like wings on the upper back, with a small Roman numeral VI below its long tail.
Dragonfly across the upper back
Colour flash design of a blue and pink bird on a flowering branch with the script Never Clip My Wings and two music notes.
Bird on a branch with Never Clip My Wings script
Painterly tattoo of a bird in flight with black and white wings and an orange breast, placed on a person's upper back.
Flying bird on upper back
Black and grey wings tattoo on the lower leg of a person wearing silver snakeskin-effect platform heels.
Wings tattoo on a calf above silver heels
Black and white photo of two hands with TRUE and LOVE lettering on the fingers and a shaded lion head with wings on the backs of the hands, a small child's hands resting on top.
TRUE and LOVE lettering across the knuckles
Solid black tribal design of a stylised winged figure with a long tapering tail on a white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Tribal winged figure design
Three black tribal-style butterfly designs with swirling wing patterns, shown separately on a white background.
Three tribal butterfly designs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bee with spread wings over a honeycomb pattern on the inner upper arm.
Bee over honeycomb dotwork on upper arm
Small black winged triangle emblem tattoo on the outer ankle, shown against a wooden floor.
Winged triangle emblem on an ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a feathered wing on the left side of a person's ribs, with the person lying on white fur.
Feathered wing tattoo on the ribs
Fine line geometric butterfly tattoo in black ink across the upper back, with faceted wings built from straight lines.
Geometric butterfly on the upper back
Ornate winged crest design in white and gold on a black background, with a golden triforce at its centre and paisley-style patterns across the wings.
Winged triforce crest design
Small purple butterfly tattoo on the inner wrist, with soft shading across the wings and a silver bracelet beside it.
Purple butterfly on a wrist
Black and grey fine line dragonfly tattoo with detailed wings on the inner forearm of a person wearing a red top.
Dragonfly on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of an ornamental eagle in flight with red and black feathers, placed on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Ornamental eagle in flight on a shoulder blade
Two-panel photo of colour traditional tattoos on an upper arm and forearm, including a blue rose, a woman's face, a skull cross, a winged heart labelled Rocker and a shield reading Victory or Death.
Traditional rock-themed arm tattoos
Black line geometric tattoo of a bird with spread wings merging into a scorpion tail, with faceted shards, across a man's chest.
Geometric bird and scorpion on chest
Neo-traditional tattoo of pale scrolling ornaments over purple and teal waves on a limb, shown fresh and glossy with ointment.
Scrolling ornament and waves on a limb