Wing tattoo ideas

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Pencil sketch of a small bird with outstretched wings and feathered detail, drawn in red and blue coloured pencil on cream paper, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Bird with spread wings pencil sketch
Two matching foot tattoos: a pink and blue feather with flying birds and the words I'll be your wings on the left foot, and a black anchor with birds and the words and I'll be your anchor on the right
Feather and anchor foot tattoos with matching script
Black tribal-style bird design with sweeping wings and curling tail feathers, with a small red heart at its chest, drawn on a white background.
Tribal bird with swirling tail and red heart
Fine line dragonfly tattoo with grey wings and a blue body, with the script words I love you more than you know trailing from its tail across the upper back.
Dragonfly with script quote on a shoulder blade
Black and grey script reading Sometimes you have to fall before you can fly, with grey wings and two pink zebra-striped hearts on a person's side ribs.
Winged hearts with script quote on ribs
Black line drawing flash design of a winged pincushion with two skulls on pins and a curled banner reading Sew or Die, in a traditional style.
Winged pincushion with skulls and Sew or Die banner
Fine line black and grey dragonfly tattoo with teal accents and swirling scrollwork across the top of a foot, with glitter nail varnish on the toes.
Dragonfly and swirls on the top of a foot
Black dragon design with lace-patterned wings coiling into a long serpentine tail, drawn on a plain white background, with no body placement shown.
Lace-winged dragon design
Pencil drawing of a hummingbird in flight with long tail feathers, a fine line tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Hummingbird in flight tattoo design
Traditional-style tattoo of an anchor with wings, rope and a U.S.N. banner on the upper shoulder.
Anchor and wings with U.S.N. banner
Black and white tribal-style dragon design with a curling tail, drawn as a stencil-like flash image with no body part shown.
Tribal dragon design
Black fine line drawing of a stylised bird with sweeping curved wings and a tapering tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Fine line flowing bird design
Dotwork wing tattoo on the side of a neck behind the ear, with faint green and pink shading at the upper edge of the feathers.
Dotwork wing tattoo behind the ear
Colour phoenix tattoo with flame-toned wings and curled black linework across the upper back, seen from behind on a woman with her face turned away.
Phoenix tattoo across a woman's upper back
Reddish-brown stylised phoenix tattoo with a swirling tail on a person's upper back.
Stylised phoenix with swirling tail on back
Black and grey tribal-style bird tattoo with a swirling feathered tail wrapping from the ankle onto the top of the foot.
Tribal bird and swirl tattoo on ankle
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a winged hooded figure with a skull face and eyes in its feathers, covering a man's back and shoulders.
Winged skull figure across a back
White line drawing on black of a winged cherub with curly hair holding a heart-shaped banner that reads Clarence Alabama, in a traditional flash style.
Cherub with heart banner
Black and grey bee tattoo on the top of a foot, framed by a white ornate border held over the skin.
Bee tattoo on the top of a foot
Fine line tattoo of pink, blue and purple butterflies with a dotted swirling trail and small stars on the outer thigh.
Butterflies and stars on a thigh
Small red and orange fine line tattoo of a stylised bird with spread wings on the inside of a wrist.
Red bird with spread wings on a wrist
Black and grey realism angel wings tattoo spanning the upper back of a person with short dark hair, photographed from behind.
Angel wings tattoo across the upper back
Shaded swallow tattoo in flight on an upper arm, mostly grey with a rust-coloured throat, set against pale skin and a white top.
Swallow in flight on an upper arm
Blue and teal dragonfly tattoo with shaded, patterned wings on the top of a foot, set against a cloudy sky, with dark blue painted toenails.
Blue dragonfly tattoo on the top of a foot
Realistic black, grey and blue moth tattoo covering the back of a hand, with a second faded moth partly visible above the wrist.
Realistic moth tattoo on the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with open wings on the inner forearm, shaded to look three-dimensional against a dark background.
Monarch butterfly on an inner forearm
Black and grey geometric dragonfly tattoo with faceted wings on the side of a person's ribs.
Geometric dragonfly on the ribs
Flash design of a red and orange dragon with spread blue-winged membranes and a flame tipped tail on a dark grey background.
Orange and blue winged dragon design
Black and grey drawing of a phoenix in flight with feathered wings and a long sweeping tail, surrounded by ink splashes, shown as a tattoo design on a plain background.
Phoenix with ink splash wings
Black silhouette tattoo of an adult holding a child's hand, with a purple heart balloon and blue wings, on a limb.
Parent and child silhouette with heart balloon
Two small solid black silhouettes of birds in flight tattooed on the back of a hand, beside a beaded bracelet.
Two birds in flight on the hand
Realistic owl tattoo on the upper back with black and red paint splashes and red WATCH OUT lettering across the lower half.
Realistic owl with splatter and red lettering
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a bat with leaves and a daisy across the shoulder and upper chest.
Bat and leaves on a shoulder
Black script lettering reading I will never walk alone, framed by a swirling wing-like flourish, tattooed on the outer side of a foot in a before and after pair of photographs.
Script quote with swirl flourish on a foot
Solid black tribal-style eagle design with wings spread wide and talons extended, shown on a white background.
Tribal eagle with spread wings
Colour tattoo of a hummingbird in flight with a swirling tail, shaded in red, orange and yellow with teal edging, on skin.
Hummingbird with swirling tail
Black and grey moth tattoo with a dotted circular halo and three diamond drops on the forearm.
Moth with dotwork halo and diamond drops on forearm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, wings and a banner reading 15-04-2017, on the forearm.
Pocket watch with wings and date banner
Small fine line black tattoo of a dragonfly with detailed wings on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Fine line dragonfly on the shoulder
Black ink drawing of a bird head with layered feathers and loose quills on a cream background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Bird head and feathers ink drawing
Four shaded colour butterfly tattoos spread across a woman's bare upper back, with orange, red and teal wings.
Four butterflies across a back
Small black and grey swallow tattoo in flight on a person's ribs, seen through the open armhole of a dark sleeveless top.
Swallow in flight on the ribs
Colour full arm sleeve tattoo with a Sailor Moon character, a red rose, a cat, a heart and crescent moons over a galaxy background, on the upper arm and forearm.
Sailor Moon galaxy full sleeve
Colour tattoo of a fairy with pink wings above a flower, with two butterflies and a trail of stars across the lower back.
Fairy, butterflies and stars on lower back
Colour tattoo of blue and purple feathered wings with a pink heart at the centre, across the lower abdomen above a white bikini bottom.
Winged heart tattoo on lower abdomen
Solid black silhouette of a bird in flight tattooed on the inner wrist, with a book cover visible behind the arm.
Flying bird silhouette on a wrist
Colour realism tattoo of a blue and orange hummingbird with long green tail feathers on a person's side ribs.
Hummingbird with long tail on ribs
Pastel colour tattoo of a winged unicorn rearing up with a rainbow mane, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Winged unicorn on an inner forearm