Wing tattoo ideas

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Black linework tree with sparse branches and leaves, its trunk flowing down into a bird with spread wings, tattooed on the inner forearm in a botanical style.
Tree and bird on a forearm
Colour photo of a neo-trad tattoo on a thigh showing two winged unicorns inside a gem-edged oval with pastel wash and small stars, with purple gem hearts at top and bottom.
Pastel winged unicorns in a gem frame on a thigh
Colour realism tattoo of a green hummingbird on a shoulder blade, with the black script words This too shall pass curving beneath it.
Hummingbird and script on a shoulder
Pastel illustration of a fluffy-headed bat hanging upside down, with a blue ribbon reading EVERYTHING and WILL BE OKAY, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Upside-down bat with Everything will be okay ribbon
Neo-traditional tattoo of a blue and yellow moth with a crescent moon on a red geometric circle, across a person's upper back.
Moth and crescent moon on a back
Loose pink sketched line drawing of a ribbon shaped like an awareness ribbon with feathered angel wings on a white background.
Pink ribbon with angel wings
Black ink drawing of a winged dragon perched above a Celtic triquetra knot, in a blackwork style, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Dragon with Celtic triquetra knot design
Colour realism tattoo of a blue and teal dragonfly with pink-tipped eyes, placed on the side of the torso.
Blue dragonfly tattoo on skin
Close-up of a colourful butterfly tattoo in blue, green, purple and pink with black outlines, placed inside the ear.
Butterfly tattoo inside the ear
Black line drawing of a hummingbird in flight with a long beak and stylised wings, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Hummingbird line drawing
Black and grey pencil drawing of a kneeling anime-style fairy with large sheer wings and flowers in her hair, shown as a tattoo design.
Kneeling fairy with large wings
Black script tattoo reading All that you need now is in your soul, with a small black heart and wing on the side of the torso above the waistband.
Script quote with heart and wing on the side torso
Black and white design of a pentagram framed by five interlaced Celtic knotwork ravens, with a knotted star at its centre, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Celtic knot pentagram with five ravens
Pencil drawing of a phoenix with outstretched wings and flowing tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Phoenix with spread wings
Black and grey tattoo of a raven head within knotwork wings, with an eight-armed symbol above it, on the upper back.
Raven and knotwork wings on upper back
Two black and grey swallows in flight tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a silver beaded bracelet below.
Two swallows on a wrist
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a crouching winged creature across a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Winged creature sketch on upper arm
Teal and pink butterfly tattoo with black outlines and dark antennae, shown on the forearm.
Teal and pink butterfly on a forearm
Photograph of two small black outlined wings tattooed on the upper arm, with shading filling the feathers.
Two small wings on an upper arm
Black blackwork tattoo of a bat with spread wings in front of a spired gothic castle, on the calf near the knee.
Bat and gothic castle on a leg
Black ink flash sheet of seven butterfly designs on white paper, drawn in bold tribal-style linework with swirling flourishes and no body placement shown.
Butterfly flash sheet in black linework
Black and grey owl and skull tattoo with feather wing detail on the forearm, drawn in fine etched linework with soft shading.
Owl and skull on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a golden snitch with grey shaded wings and the script words It's Real For Us, on the lower back.
Golden snitch with script on the lower back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a kneeling winged Egyptian figure holding an ankh, on the inner upper arm.
Winged Egyptian figure with ankh on upper arm
Greyscale pencil drawing of a magpie in flight with spread wings and tail feathers, shown as a realistic tattoo design on plain paper.
Magpie in flight pencil drawing
Black and grey realistic bee tattoo with shaded wings and the words 'You're the bee's knees but so am I' above and below it, on a calf.
Bee with pun lettering on a calf
Realistic black and grey dragonfly tattoo with translucent wings on the skin near the shoulder.
Dragonfly tattoo on a shoulder
Pencil sketch of a pair of angel wings with layered feathers and shaded quills, drawn on lined notebook paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Pencil sketch of a pair of angel wings
Small dark dragon silhouette tattoo in black and grey ink on a woman's upper chest, just below the collarbone.
Dragon silhouette on upper chest
Realistic sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing red roses and a grey shaded bird with spread wings.
Realistic red roses and bird on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged angel with a halo holding a sword, with ravens in bare branches across the shoulder and upper arm.
Angel and ravens on upper arm and shoulder
A gold and orange design of a tiger's face and striped markings forming butterfly wings, with antennae, on a black background.
Tiger and butterfly hybrid design in gold
Teal and black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with a stag head and a winged golden snitch, framed by swirling ornaments, on a forearm.
Deathly Hallows, stag and snitch on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with black and red wings edged in orange, surrounded by dark swirling tendrils, in a bold neo-traditional style on pale skin.
Winged butterfly with red and orange swirls
Black blackwork-style butterfly tattoo with a lace pattern, shaded wings and small pale flower details, placed on the side of a person's lower back.
Lace-pattern butterfly on the lower back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an owl above a sugar skull with red roses and a diamond, on a lower leg, shown in three side-by-side panels.
Owl and sugar skull on a calf
Two pink and purple butterfly designs with black swirling outlines and scattered pink, purple and blue stars on a white background.
Two butterflies with stars design
Gold textured geometric winged design with a vertical line of dots on a black background, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Gold geometric winged motif
Drawing of a phoenix with spread black and grey wings, a red rose at its breast and red petals falling around it, on aged paper.
Phoenix with spread wings and red rose
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate oval clock face with numerals and a line of script in its scrolled frame, on the back, with a wing tattoo partly visible above.
Ornate clock face with quote
Black script lettering, three black bird silhouettes and a shaded purple and blue feather tattooed across the top of a foot, in a realism and lettering style.
Feather, birds and script quote on a foot
Bold black phoenix with sweeping wings and a long tail feather, drawn as a flash design on a plain white background.
Flowing black phoenix design
Black and grey dotwork butterfly tattoo with detailed wings and antennae on the inner forearm, with part of a mandala design visible at the lower left.
Butterfly tattoo on the forearm
A grid of nine black and white dragonfly tattoo designs with swirling, tribal-style wing patterns on a white background.
Nine black dragonfly tattoo designs
Colour traditional tattoo of an owl with spread wings on a chest, with a black swirl background and a Japanese wave sleeve on the upper arm.
Owl with spread wings on chest
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bird's nest with an egg, twigs and a feather on the upper arm.
Bird's nest with eggs on an upper arm
Five metallic gold and black temporary tattoo sheets on a white background, showing butterflies, wings, chains, lettering, arrows, feathers and geometric shapes.
Metallic temporary tattoo design sheets
Blue butterfly tattoo with a central eye and dotted wing edges, in traditional style, on the upper back.
Blue butterfly with eye on upper back