Wing tattoo ideas

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Black and grey blackletter lettering and a winged design across the chest and stomach of a hooded person, with tattooed arms.
Blackletter chest and arm tattoos
Brown ink sketch of a tattoo design with a treble clef as the body, musical notes on the wings and curled swirls, shown on cream paper with no body placement.
Winged treble clef design sketch
Realistic black raven in flight with wings and tail breaking up into ink splatter, with fine red lines behind it, drawn as a tattoo design on a pale grey background.
Raven in flight dissolving into ink splatter
Two people hold hands to show matching colourful swallow tattoos on their wrists, one in green and orange and one in purple and yellow.
Matching swallow tattoos on two wrists
Flash drawing of a flying swallow with black lace-like linework, cream floral details and deep red wings, with no body placement shown.
Swallow with lace-pattern body and red wings
Flash sheet of three black tribal designs, each combining butterfly wings with a central heart, drawn with swirling solid linework on white.
Three tribal butterfly and heart designs
Black tribal-style dragonfly design with swirling Polynesian-inspired patterns filling the wings, shown on a white background.
Tribal dragonfly design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a crouched winged angel with large feathered wings and loose feathers across the upper and lower back.
Crouched angel with wings on a back
Pink flamingo tattoo in dotwork style on a person's upper back, with a patterned wing and long thin legs.
Pink flamingo tattoo on upper back
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a Medusa head with snakes, wings and wheat ears within a triskelion, on the upper back.
Medusa and triskelion on the upper back
Colour hummingbird tattoo with an outline flower and black dots on a forearm, shown in three angled views.
Hummingbird and flower on a forearm
Three black hummingbird silhouettes with rainbow-coloured wings tattooed on the upper arm, in a flying formation.
Three hummingbirds on an upper arm
Solid black tribal tattoo of a winged figure with a sweeping, flame-like tail on the upper back.
Tribal winged figure on the upper back
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with shaded wings on the upper arm of a person wearing a black t-shirt.
Butterfly tattoo on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of two angel wings on the inner wrist of a raised hand, resting on cream fur.
Pair of angel wings on the wrist
A green-eyed owl tattoo with a dotted green body and dark shaded wings on the thigh of a person wearing black fingerless gloves.
Green owl tattoo on a thigh
Realistic chest tattoo of an owl with spread wings in orange, yellow and grey, with fine geometric lines below, placed on the centre of a man's chest.
Owl with spread wings on a chest
Large shaded angel wings tattoo spanning the back, with feathers in brown and grey tones and warm rust accents.
Angel wings across a back
Colour traditional tattoo of a green and yellow nautical star, red flames and a grey wing on a forearm, with a tattooist in black gloves working in the background.
Nautical star and flames on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a dragon with spread wings and a tail curling into a circle, shaded in brown tones on a pale yellow background.
Coiled dragon design in a circle
Woman seen from behind with a large dark back tattoo and a colourful floral forearm tattoo, wearing a sheer white top with beaded embellishment.
Back and forearm tattoos with a beaded white top
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a honeybee with detailed shaded wings on the upper arm.
Small bee tattoo on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of an armoured winged female warrior with a sword and red cape, covering the upper arm in a neo-traditional style.
Armoured winged warrior on an upper arm sleeve
Traditional style tattoo of a black and red moth with a central eye motif and fern fronds on skin.
Moth with fern fronds in traditional style
Black and grey dotwork moth tattoo with crystal-like geometric wings on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Geometric moth on a shoulder blade
Black line drawing of a fairy with a bun, flowing hair and large wings on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Fairy with wings line drawing
Black and grey tattoo on the inner wrist showing a grey caduceus with wings beside the words type one and the symbols I, greater than, caret and v in a simple lettering style.
Caduceus and type one lettering on a wrist
Colourful neo-traditional style moth tattoo with teal wings, a pink heart on the body and dangling beaded chains with yellow teardrops on skin.
Teal moth with pink heart and beaded chains
Red line drawing of a dragon in flight with spread wings and a long trailing tail, shown on a plain white background as a tattoo design.
Red line drawing of a flying dragon
Flash sheet of five solid black, tribal-style hummingbirds in flight on a white background, a design suited to a tattoo.
Five tribal hummingbirds in flight
Black ink tattoo of a bird skeleton with feather-like shading on the inner wrist and forearm.
Bird skeleton tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey moth tattoo with ornate patterned wings on a forearm, with a crossed keys tattoo with scrollwork near the wrist.
Moth and crossed keys on a forearm
Small black and grey shaded wing tattoo on the outer ankle, with a black shoe and floral print fabric in the background.
Small wing tattoo on an ankle
Black flash design of a feather dissolving into flying birds, with the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not beside it.
Feather turning into birds with script quote
Black tribal-style winged dragon above a shaded pentagram medallion with a small red stone, tattooed across a woman's upper back.
Winged dragon and pentagram across upper back
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a fairy silhouette beside a bare tree with drifting leaves, on the outer leg.
Fairy silhouette beside a bare tree
Black line drawing of an ornate dragonfly design with filigree swirls and gear details on its wings, with a key forming its body, shown without any skin or placement.
Ornate dragonfly and key design
Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm showing a winged armoured angel with a spear standing over a fallen figure.
Winged warrior angel on an upper arm sleeve
Black flash design of a bird silhouette in flight beside the script words 'don't just fly... soar', with no body placement shown.
Bird silhouette with 'don't just fly... soar' script
Black ink design drawing of a stylised bird with patterned wings and a long tail that curls into spirals, shown on a plain white background.
Stylised bird with swirling tail
Black and grey dotwork line drawing of a hummingbird in flight, with a clock face and floral detail on its head and wing.
Hummingbird with clock dial design
Traditional style tattoo of a black swallow pierced by an arrow with red, yellow and teal accents, on the upper arm.
Swallow and arrow on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork-style dragonfly design with ornate wings, a jewelled body and dotted chains hanging beneath, drawn on a lilac grey background.
Ornate dragonfly with dotted chains design
Black linework flash sheet on tan paper with designs including a winged key, open book, wand, winged snitch, owl with envelope, sorting hat and hourglass.
Wizarding themed flash sheet
Black line design of a feather with a flock of birds rising above script lettering that reads Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a white feathered background.
Feather and birds with script quote
Illustration of a hairless cat with black and grey tattoo designs of roses, a swallow, a wing and '7 Lives' script, wearing a maroon bow with a skull charm.
Tattooed hairless cat with rose and swallow
Two black ink line drawings of a moth with detailed patterned wings, sketched on cream paper and shown as a design rather than on skin.
Patterned moth line drawing
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged cherub kneeling and cradling a small bird, placed on the back.
Cherub holding a songbird on the back