Wing tattoo ideas

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Black ink drawing of a spread-winged eagle with ornamental feather patterns, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Patterned eagle in flight
Black ink drawing of a cicada with detailed wing veins, shown from above on a tan kraft paper background, in a vintage natural history style.
Cicada drawing on kraft paper
Black and grey stippled drawing of a skull with bat-like wings spread either side, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Winged skull design in black and grey
Black ink line drawing of a stylised dragonfly with large looped wings and a curling swirl tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Dragonfly line design with swirling tail
Fine line tattoo of a woman in profile with a black raven wing, red blush dots and blue hair shading, on the forearm.
Woman in profile with a raven on a forearm
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with outstretched wings and a swirling tail on the inner forearm.
Phoenix tattoo on a forearm
Two black and grey butterfly tattoos sit on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed from behind with her hair pulled up.
Two butterflies on upper back
Flash sheet of butterfly designs: four full-colour butterflies at the top and a grid of black line butterfly designs below, none shown on skin.
Butterfly flash sheet in colour and line
A black and red Northwest Coast style thunderbird tattoo with outstretched wings and a human-like face spans the upper back.
Thunderbird design across upper back
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with blue, teal, pink and purple wings edged in black, sitting on the upper shoulder with a soft shadow beneath it.
Blue and teal butterfly on a shoulder
Pencil sketch outline of a fairy wing with curled tips on white paper, a tattoo design shown without any body placement.
Fairy wing sketch outline
Coloured illustration of a phoenix design with swirled wings and a long tail in red, orange and green on a yellow background, shown without any body placement.
Phoenix with swirling wings and tail
Black script reading too beautiful for earth with a shaded grey angel wing, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Too beautiful for earth script and wing on a wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of three swallows in flight, soft shaded, on the side of the ribs.
Three swallows in flight on the side
Two solid black dragonfly designs in a bold, stylised graphic style, one angled upward and one viewed from above, shown on a white background with no skin visible.
Two dragonflies in bold black silhouette
Black and teal fine script quote with swallows, swirls and a purple and teal butterfly tattooed across a person's upper back.
Swallows, swirls and script quote on upper back
Traditional black and grey moth tattoo across the back of a hand, with a feather tattoo on the wrist and letters on the fingers.
Moth on the back of a hand
Back of a person with short dark hair showing large realistic black and grey angel wings tattooed across the upper back and shoulders.
Black and grey wings across upper back
Fine line black script reading Take these broken wings and learn to fly, curving down the ribs beside a small bird silhouette.
Script quote and bird on ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a dragonfly on a shoulder, with the script line 'I love you more than you know' trailing from its tail.
Dragonfly and script quote on shoulder
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with spread wings across the upper back, its feathered tail trailing down the spine to the lower back in a shaded realistic style.
Phoenix with peacock feather tail on back
Black line drawing of a symmetrical pair of angel wings with detailed feather layering on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Pair of angel wings line drawing
Photo collage of a Cracker Jack tattoo transfer booklet showing coloured cartoon designs of a fish, a frog, a winged roller skate and a clown, with a printed instructions page.
Cracker Jack temporary tattoo transfers
Black and grey drawing sheet of several butterflies on a white background, with hatched and stippled wing patterns and one large swallowtail-style butterfly at the top.
Butterfly study sheet in black and grey
Black script tattoo on a person's upper back reading Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, with a feather and a flock of birds rising from it.
Feather and birds with script quote on upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a dog in a blue hooded robe with clasped hands, framed by yellow and red roses and a winged skull.
Dog in hooded robe with roses and skull
Bold black flash design of spread wings meeting a circular emblem with a stylised monogram at the centre, shown on a white background.
Spread wings with a central circular emblem
Black and grey skeletal dragon tattoo with ribbed wings and a long curled tail, across the outer thigh.
Skeletal dragon on a thigh
Black and grey ink drawing of a Weeping Angel statue with wings spread and hands over its face, with DON'T BLINK lettering below, shown as a tattoo design.
Weeping Angel with Don't Blink lettering
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of two swans with spread wings flanking three roses above a knuckleduster with dripping ink, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Swans, roses and knuckleduster design
Line drawing of a figure with a black and purple tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, beside a blue gradient dragon design with dotwork scales and a curled tail.
Blue dragon designs with an arm tattoo outline
Black and grey realism tattoo of a feather with swallows flying off it, on the outer side of a thigh.
Feather with swallows on the side of a thigh
Black and white flash sheet of three stylised bat head designs stacked vertically, with engraved wings and stippled shading.
Three stacked bat head designs in black ink
Two green and teal butterflies with black outlines tattooed on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up.
Two butterflies on a wrist
Black ink birds in loose painterly strokes with orange wash across an upper arm tattoo.
Birds in flight on an upper arm
Loose sketch of a red cardinal bird in flight with outstretched wings and tail feathers, drawn in black ink with a pink and red watercolour wash.
Cardinal bird in flight sketch
Black and grey tattoo of a grim reaper with a scythe above a kneeling winged figure, placed on a man's chest.
Grim reaper and kneeling angel on chest
Flash sheet of black wing designs in silhouette, tribal and feathered styles, arranged in rows on a white background.
Wing designs flash sheet
Black and grey realism sleeve on an arm, with roses, wings, stars and script reading Family and Angel, shown below a black t-shirt.
Black and grey sleeve with roses and wings
Colour tattoo of a cartoon bird with a red beak, blue-grey wings and orange feet on the forearm.
Cartoon bird on the forearm
Black ink tattoo of a half face in profile merged with a wing shape on the forearm, drawn in loose sketchy linework.
Half face and wing on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink and teal ribbon with angel wings, a halo and the word Mom, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ribbon with angel wings and halo on upper back
Dark line drawing of a stylised bird with a curled crest, swept wings and spiral tail on a forearm, in a henna-like style.
Stylised bird design on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of three swallows in flight across the side of a torso.
Three swallows in flight on the side
Colour tattoo of a stylised phoenix with orange, yellow and red shading and a swirling tail, on the back of a person's neck.
Stylised phoenix on the back of a neck
Fine line tattoo of a butterfly wing in black hatching beside a purple semicolon, placed on the ankle.
Butterfly wing and semicolon on an ankle
Black ink drawing of a tribal-style dragon with a spiked head and sweeping wings, shown as a flash design on white paper.
Tribal dragon design in black ink
Colour tattoo of two bluebirds flying out of an open birdcage on the calf, set against a pink cloud background in a neo-traditional style.
Bluebirds leaving a birdcage on a calf