Wing tattoo ideas

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Black and grey fine line tattoo of a spread-winged bird above stacked triangles and circles, on the forearm.
Geometric bird over stacked triangles on a forearm
Black tribal wings framing a central cross tattoo across a woman's bare back, photographed from behind against a dark background.
Tribal wings and cross on a back
Mirrored pair of wings drawn in Celtic interlace knotwork in brown lines on a beige background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Celtic knotwork wings design
Black ink linework drawing of an ornate design on pale paper, showing a wing, a central eye, feathers and decorative scrollwork, with no body placement shown.
Ornate wing and eye design drawing
Close crop of a greyscale shaded dragonfly tattoo on a person's lower abdomen, just above the waistband of grey jeans.
Dragonfly tattoo above the hip
Black and grey tattoo of two swallows in flight on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a beaded bracelet below.
Two swallows in flight on the wrist
Black tribal-style design of a swan with a swirling patterned wing on a white background, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Bold black tribal swan design
Pen and ink drawing of a bird with spread wings, shaded in grey with red watercolour splashes across the paper, as a tattoo design.
Red splash bird in flight
Black and grey tattoo of a padlock with a keyhole, spread wings and roses across the lower abdomen, with a navel piercing above.
Padlock, wings and roses on the abdomen
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pair of angel wings, one on each side, on the back.
Shaded angel wings on the back
Pink phoenix with spread wings in front of an orange and purple sun motif, tattooed on the upper back in a soft fine line style.
Pink phoenix on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a winged heart split in two, with each half on the back of one of two hands pressed together.
Winged heart split across two hands
Two hands with a colour nautical star on the back of one hand, LOVE on the knuckles, and Japanese-style dragon and koi tattoos on the arms and legs behind them.
Nautical star and Japanese sleeve on hands
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with dotted wing panels and a bold outline, placed on the forearm.
Butterfly tattoo on a forearm
Watercolour style tattoo of a dragonfly and dandelion seed heads in teal, pink and purple across the side of the ribs.
Watercolour dragonfly and dandelion on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a raven in flight with spread wings and smoky shading across the side of a torso on the ribs.
Raven in flight on the ribs
Colour tattoo of two bullfinches in flight on the upper back near the shoulder blade, with red breasts and blue-grey wings and loose splashes of ink.
Two bullfinches in flight on a shoulder blade
Black ink line drawing of a geometric bee with angular, hatched wings and body, shown on a white background.
Geometric bee line drawing
Black and grey dotwork butterfly with a vertical arrow and geometric triangles tattooed on a forearm.
Butterfly and arrow on a forearm
Flash sheet of seven winged ball designs in black and grey linework, with one bottom-right version shaded in gold and brown.
Winged ball flash sheet
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a reclining figure with striped patterning, a coiled snake and feathered wings across the stomach.
Reclining figure with snake and wings on stomach
Realistic colour tattoo of five blue butterflies with dark edged wings, arranged in a diagonal line across the upper shoulder.
Five blue butterflies across a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a cartoon fairy with yellow hair in a bun, a yellow dress and grey-outlined wings, on the side of the body.
Cartoon fairy in a yellow dress
Black line drawing of a dragon coiled in a circle, with raised wings and a hexagonal scaled body, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Coiled dragon with raised wings
Two hands pressed together in front of orange flowers, each with a small grey shaded wing tattoo on the back of the hand.
Grey wing tattoos on the backs of two hands
Colour butterfly tattoo with black outlines and orange, red and yellow wings on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Butterfly tattoo on upper back
Sepia pencil drawing of a winged angel with a sword standing over a crouched demon, a design suited to a large back or chest piece.
Winged angel standing over a fallen demon
Colour tattoo of a bee with translucent grey wings and a yellow and black striped abdomen on the forearm.
Bee tattoo on the forearm
Black and grey lettering and clock tattoo with an ornate scrolled frame, shown on the lower back with part of a feathered wing at the top edge.
Ornate clock face with a wing above
Sepia photo of a shaded black and grey tattoo of a seated winged figure with a long braid, placed centrally on a person's mid back.
Seated winged figure with braid on mid back
Colourful barn owl tattoo in a loose watercolour style, with the words It's only forever not long at all in black script, on a limb.
Barn owl with lyric lettering on a limb
Black winged triforce crest tattoo on a calf, with red, blue, green and yellow watercolour washes behind it.
Triforce crest with watercolour splashes on a calf
Black and grey wing tattoo with outlined feathers and soft shading across the inner forearm, beside a gold watch and bracelet on a white fur rug.
Black and grey wing on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings and a peacock-feather tail in a soft watercolour style, on the side of a person's ribs.
Watercolour phoenix on the side ribs
Colour tattoo of a red three-headed dragon curled inside a circle with black outlines, across a person's upper back.
Red three-headed dragon in a circle on a back
Black ink drawing of a bumblebee with hatched shading on its body and veined wings, with a small letter B beneath it on textured white paper.
Ink bee drawing with the letter B
Black and grey tribal-style wings tattoo covering the upper and mid back, with bold solid linework and geometric patterns.
Tribal wings across a back
Pencil sketch of a winged skull with four roses and leaves, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design on a spiral sketchbook page.
Winged skull with roses sketch
Realistic bumblebee tattoo with a ring of dots on an upper back, shaded in yellow, black and grey.
Bumblebee with dotted circle on upper back
Fine line black ink tattoo of a small winged figure on the lower abdomen, with two hands resting on the skin.
Small winged figure on the abdomen
Pencil and ink line drawing of a bat with spread wings curling around an outlined heart, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Bat wrapped around a heart line drawing
Black linework drawing of a coiled dragon with a long, spiked body and a sweeping wing shaded with a grey splatter effect, on a white background.
Coiled dragon design with a grey wash wing
Colour tattoo of two orange butterflies with black outlines and swirling black linework on the outer thigh.
Two orange butterflies with swirls on a thigh
Grey flying bird silhouettes tattooed across the upper back of a person wearing a dark strappy top, with palm trees behind.
Flying birds across the upper back
Black and grey Japanese style phoenix full sleeve tattoo covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm, shown in three side-by-side photographs.
Phoenix full arm sleeve
Black line drawing of a butterfly whose wings are formed from musical staff lines and notes, with swirling flourishes around it.
Butterfly made of musical staves and notes
Black and grey tattoo of three winged cats flying in a diagonal line across the upper arm.
Three winged cats across an upper arm
Dotwork drawing of a moth with spread wings set within overlapping outline triangles, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Moth within overlapping geometric triangles