Wing tattoo ideas

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Black and grey traditional style drawing of a bird diving head first with raised wings and a small yellow eye, shown as a tattoo design.
Diving bird flash design
Two matching butterfly tattoos with black linework and pink shading, one on each of two wrists placed side by side.
Matching butterfly wrist tattoos
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a heart formed by two feathered wings on the inner forearm, with a gold bangle at the wrist.
Winged heart on the forearm
Fine line dragonfly tattoo with purple outlined wings and black swirling tails on the lower abdomen.
Dragonfly with swirls on the lower abdomen
Realism style tattoo of a kneeling winged angel holding a red flower, placed on a person's lower back.
Kneeling angel with red flower on lower back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a death's-head hawkmoth with a skull pattern on its thorax, placed on the stomach above the navel.
Death's-head hawkmoth on the stomach
Japanese-style dragon tattoo in pale blue linework on a lower leg above the ankle, against a black background with blue lighting.
Dragon tattoo on a lower leg
Neo-traditional style phoenix tattoo in red, orange, yellow and teal on a person's calf, with swirling flame and cloud shapes behind the bird.
Colourful phoenix tattoo on the lower leg
Realistic pink and black butterfly tattoo with a soft drop shadow on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pink 3D butterfly on upper back
A butterfly design in purple, blue and teal with black borders and spotted wing edges, shown on a white card beside a ruler.
Purple and teal butterfly design
Black and grey geometric thunderbird tattoo with spread wings across the inner forearm.
Geometric thunderbird on the inner forearm
Collage of six butterfly and moth tattoos on the back, thigh and upper arm, in watercolour, neo-traditional and bold outline styles.
Butterfly and moth tattoos on skin
Colour tattoo of a green cartoon hummingbird with a long beak and pink patches on the upper back.
Green cartoon hummingbird on upper back
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a tiger face with butterfly wings, green eyes and a pink nose, on a leg with bold black outlines.
Tiger face with butterfly wings on a leg
Black line drawing of a striped bee with hatched wings holding a banner that reads HAPPY, shown as a tattoo design.
Bee with a HAPPY banner
Solid orange bee design with striped abdomen, antennae and spread wings on a white sheet, resembling a tattoo stencil or transfer.
Bee design on white transfer sheet
Black and grey realistic monarch butterfly tattoo with red-dotted wing edges on the inner forearm, shown in two photos beside a quote panel.
Monarch butterfly on a forearm
Black and white flash sheet of Egyptian tattoo designs including a profile queen, a sphinx, an ankh, an Eye of Horus, a winged scarab, Anubis and pyramids.
Egyptian motif flash sheet
Black bat tattoo with purple, curled-tip wings on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bat with purple wings on the upper back
Back of a person with a large black and grey neo-traditional hawk tattoo, wings spread across the back, with talons visible at the hip.
Black and grey hawk across a full back
Full-colour realism tattoo across a woman's upper back showing pink roses, an anatomical heart, a pocket watch and translucent blue insect wings.
Roses, heart and pocket watch across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a swallow in flight with a touch of rust on its throat, on the upper arm.
Swallow in flight on the upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bird with outstretched wings in a geometric style, placed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Geometric bird in flight on upper back
Black and grey pencil drawing of a dragon and a phoenix facing each other in a heart-like curve, shaded in fine detail, shown as a tattoo design.
Dragon and phoenix facing design
Black line drawing of an owl with spread wings, a skull, roses and leaves, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Owl with skull and roses design
Black and grey double-headed eagle tattoo on a woman's upper back, with handwritten script lettering to its right, shown in a close-up below.
Double-headed eagle on upper back
Neo-trad style butterfly tattoo in teal, blue and purple with black outlines, sitting on the upper arm.
Teal and purple butterfly on upper arm
Black ornate butterfly tattoo with dotwork detail and curled antennae on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornate butterfly tattoo on the upper back
Black single-line drawing of a dragonfly design with two pairs of looped wings, small dots at the body and a long curling tail on a plain white background.
Dragonfly line drawing
A red-brown line tattoo of a stylised phoenix with a curled tail, sitting on the side of the ribs.
Stylised phoenix with swirl tail on ribs
Black and grey realistic angel wings drawn as a tattoo design, with the words "That which does not kill me makes me stronger" running between them, on a white background.
Angel wings with quote script
Pastel purple and green butterfly tattoo on an ankle, surrounded by coloured stars, black swirls and dotted trails.
Butterfly and stars on an ankle
Traditional-style moth tattoo with black outlines and soft pink and grey shading on the back of a hand.
Moth tattoo on the back of a hand
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a forearm showing a split face, with a golden-haired woman on one side and a green-skinned horned woman on the other, a dragon head above and a pink rose below.
Split face portrait with dragon and rose on forearm
Bold black-outlined winged griffin tattoo with pink accents across the back of a person's neck.
Winged griffin on the back of the neck
Realistic colour tattoo of butterflies and grey shaded flowers across a woman's shoulder and up onto the side of her neck, with a bra strap visible.
Realistic butterflies and flowers across a shoulder and neck
Colour tattoo of purple and blue butterflies framing a script quote about wings and flying, shown in two photos of skin.
Butterflies with a script quote about wings
Black and pink butterfly tattoo with a pink ribbon wrapped around its body, sitting on the top of a foot.
Butterfly and ribbon on a foot
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading unfold your wings across the upper chest and collarbone area.
Unfold your wings script across upper chest
Black and grey wing tattoo across the ribs and a mandala design on the forearm of a woman in a black bikini standing in the sea.
Wing and mandala tattoos on a woman in a bikini
Black and grey tribal eagle tattoo with spread wings across a man's upper back, photographed from behind.
Spread-winged eagle across upper back
Black ink flash drawing of a symmetrical bird with long, flowing feather-like strokes, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Symmetrical bird design with flowing feathers
Stylised orange and yellow phoenix tattoo design with flowing tail feathers and heart shapes, shown on a plain white background.
Orange phoenix design with heart-shaped feathers
Realistic red and teal butterfly tattoo with grey shadowing, placed on the lower abdomen above denim jeans.
3D red butterfly on the abdomen
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in an oval frame with a large rose and script lettering across the upper arm and shoulder.
Portrait and rose on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull and ornate pocket watch with feathered wings on the upper arm.
Skull and pocket watch with wings
Flash sheet of twelve watercolour-style butterfly designs in orange, blue, purple, green, yellow and pink, stacked vertically on a white background.
Stacked watercolour butterfly flash sheet
Black tribal-style butterfly design on a white background, with bold swirling wings and a curled tail, shown as a standalone stencil-style drawing.
Tribal butterfly design in black