Tattoos are a long-term investment, so it’s only logical to use good tattoo ideas and designs. With so many of them floating around on the internet, one branch, or category, has gotten a lot of attention from tattoo artists — animal tattoos. There are plenty of reasons why people choose to make these tattoos over others and they might inspire your next tattoo project, if you are in the market for one.
Animals are symbolic, as they can capture the aspects of the world around us through their beauty alone. Sometimes, we connect with an animal and want to show that visually. If we want tattoos of animals that represent strength, we will usually get a bear or a crocodile tattoo. On the other hand, if you are more of a romantic, friendly person, you can be sure that there are animal tattoo designs to depict those feelings too. So if there’s a feeling or a character trait you want to capture, there are ample tattoo designs of animals that can relate that quite successfully.
People tend to get ideas by exploring the ideas already realized. The same thing goes for animal tattoo ideas. We have compiled quite a long list of ideas you could use for that creativity boost. If you have a pet and are a bit symbolic, check out our list of pet tattoos for inspiration. We even have dog tattoos and cat tattoos to look at, so no fluffy friend is missed. If an idea caught your attention — be sure to upvote it and share it with a friend. On the other hand, if you already have a similar tattoo, be sure to comment below and tell us more about it!
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Once You Have Had A Wonderful Dog, A Life Without One Is A Life Diminished. – Dean Koontz
Dee Rutherford 2 days agoWow!
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Bird With Fancy Cup
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Vinchenski 2 days agoWhat a distinguished fellow!
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Candle Cat
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irishgoatgirl 2 days agoThis is my favourite
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Everything Looks Better With Cheese
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Powerful Katrinka 2 days agoI swore that I would never get a tattoo. However….
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Cute Cat
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Mimi La Souris 2 days agoBeeeellyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy *chpouf* <= head sound on hairy bellyyyyyy
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Maine Coon Tattoo
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Christine Buteau 1 day agoBeautifully done
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Cats Sitting Together
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Teags 2 days agoThe bottom one looks exactly like my cat Link ❤️
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Butterfly
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Somebodys grandmother 2 days agoLooks like 3d… wow
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Realistic Cat Tattoo
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tw 72 2 days agoWow!
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My Client Told Me To Tattoo Whatever I Wanted To And She Didn’t Want To See It Until The Tattoo Was Finished
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Dr 1 day agoStunning result. The person sitting obviously had reason to trust the artist.
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Got To Do One Of My Fruit Bat Tattoos
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Auntriarch 1 day agoOh dear I only just realised it’s a fruit bat and the fruit is watermelon…
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Dog Portrait Tattoo
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dReZ bEeZ 1 day agothose eyebrows!
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A Mischievous Kitty Scratching Down The Leg
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Kerstin Hauswald 2 days agoGreatly done but outch!
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Porcelain Snail Tattoo
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Vinchenski 2 days agoMum: “We have good porcelain at home!”… The porcelain at home.
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Bat Tattoo
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Suzette Morgandunlap 1 day agoThe artist Nailed this. Well Done Bravo
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Colorful Moth Tattoo
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dReZ bEeZ 1 day agonow we’re talking!
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Just A Little Dude
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Kerstin Hauswald 2 days agoVery cute!
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Cute Panda Tattoo
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irishgoatgirl 2 days agoDoesn’t look bored anyway
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Custom Baby Raccoon Tattoo For Shreema
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Kipper 2 days agoCute trash panda
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Magpies Tattoo
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Becca Kuehn 1 day agoVery pretty
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#21
Just A Little Blue Whale And Baby Squid
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Powerful Katrinka 2 days agoI don’t know about the choice of red ink, however. It looks like the poor whale is being slaughtered. Blue would have been much better.
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Cute Otters
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Becca Kuehn 1 day agoLovely otters
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#23
Custom Gecko Design
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Dr 1 day agoAdorable
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#24
Happy Little Piggy Wishes Everyone A Happiness
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Auntriarch 1 day agoWaddles!
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Herbs And A Bumble Bee For Ines. Thanks For The Lovely Day
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Suzette Morgandunlap 1 day agoThis is Beautiful. I wouldn’t want a tattoo this large. That being said, it would look Great small version. Well Done
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Two Feet Move Our Body, Four Feet Move Our Soul
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Dr 1 day agoElegant!
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Zebra
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Somebodys grandmother 2 days agoI don’t like tattoos… but this is art…
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First Tiger Tattoo
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Dr 1 day agoThis is so well-executed! Penetrating eyes …
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Sending Laika Dog To Space!
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Powerful Katrinka 2 days agoToo sad.
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Third Eye Cat
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irishgoatgirl 2 days agoI LOVE IT
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Little Cow
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Christine Buteau 1 day agoI love cows! I love it
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Butterflies
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dReZ bEeZ 1 day agothis is totally cute.!
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Good Times On This Colourful Little Quail
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BeKindAnyway 1 day agoThis is flipping STUNNING!
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Dogs And A Daughter
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Disinforminationalisticalities 8 hours agoI think the one on the right looks more like the one on the left than the one on the left looking more like the one on the right, but I could be mistaken, the lighting is a little off.
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Cartoon Raccoon Tattoo
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Nicole Hanna 1 day agoVery cute… But I think it’s a kitty not a raccoon!!
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Rabbit For Laura
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Dr 1 day agoBeautiful!
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Humpback Whale
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Another Day, Another Fox
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Beautiful Butterfly
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dReZ bEeZ 1 day ago
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Fruit Bat
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Claire Cochrane 2 days agoVery nice, such a lovely!
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Deer
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Nogard 2 days agoOh deer…
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Squid Tattoo
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irishgoatgirl 2 days agoThis one’s for Zara!
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Koala Bear
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Lydia 1 day agosmoking !
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#44
Cute Rabbit Tattoo For Paige
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Becca Kuehn 1 day agoCute bunny
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#45
Wolf Cover Up
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Evi Meuris 1 day agoStunning!
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#46
Small Dainty Dotwork Sea Turtle
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Dr 1 day agoThus is done SO well. You can somehow also sense the water and the movement.
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Little Phoenix
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Animal Tattoo Ideas
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Jaguar
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dReZ bEeZ 1 day agowow that’s a super long tail!
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Ladybug
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BeKindAnyway 1 day agoMy very first tattoo was of a little ladybug. With rainbow wings. I was 16 and used my library card as identification at the tattoo shop. Good ol days. This is very cute.
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Birds Linework
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#52
Lucky Chickens In Love
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Tito Goon Goon Smith 16 hours agoLesbihens
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#53
Arpeggi Tattoo
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Iris the cloud 18 hours agoGIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME
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#54
Our Shark Friend, The Manta Ray And The Seal
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Mimi La Souris 2 days agothis person is allergic to manta (yes, it’s a joke)
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#55
Cute Fawn Tattoo
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dReZ bEeZ 1 day agoI don’t understand how this is “cute”.. this one makes me wanna go grab my old skool 3d glasses!
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Nature Sleeve
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Becca Kuehn 1 day agoWow that’s gorgeous!
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Bunny For @iwantgototheseaside
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Mimi La Souris 2 days ago1 for the bunny !
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#58
Two Cute Little Friends
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Becca Kuehn 1 day agoCute
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Snake Wrap From Today
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Portrait Of The Beautiful Dog At Jade
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#61
Small Cat Engraved On The Back Of A Hand
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GreythatEnby 1 day ago (edited)*ENGRAVED* the title looks wrong
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Tiger Tattoo
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Dr 1 day agoA great sense of menace!!
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I Have Wings
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dReZ bEeZ 1 day agonow that’s whacky
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Cute Whale Tattoo
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Kerstin Hauswald 2 days agoNice!!
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Little Bird
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Turtle Tattoo
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Becca Kuehn 1 day ago (edited)I’ve always loved turtles and tattoos.
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Cute Couple Tattoo
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ίＣίŦᵃт 21 hours agoUm… What kind of juice?
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Small Squid Tattoo
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GreythatEnby 1 day ago*Zara summoning noises*
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Cute Dog Tattoo
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dReZ bEeZ 1 day ago
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Thank You Both For Getting These Matchy Merlion Tattoos
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#71
Fish Forearm Tattoo
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dReZ bEeZ 1 day agoomg I thought that was a guy’s chest!
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Frog Tattoo
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Shawnna Clement 2 days agoYou mean iguana?
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Lion Healed
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Puffin
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Mike Fitzpatrick 7 hours agoVery cool.
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#75
Some Fun Kitty Florals
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dReZ bEeZ 1 day agomy friend has one just like this!
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Crocodile Tattoo
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Turtle Tattoo
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Pelewai EveisReal 1 day agoOof! We call this the “blow out turtle”!
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Otter Tattoo
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#79
Little Nut Eater
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Phyzzi 14 hours ago*blinks* that’s a, um, interesting way of putting it.
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Flashes
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Lisa Lolo 1 day agoIt bugs me that their placement isn’t completely symmetrical. (Hihi bugs) Otherwise the nicest thing on this list.
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Fun Little Gap Filler
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Nogard 2 days agoThat spider needs help
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Butterfly Tattoo
She knew exactly what she wanted! She wanted a butterfly. She just didn’t know which one. It was really hard for her to decide. For two months we courted one after the other, I ask if she has made a decision and she sends me another picture of a butterfly.
In the end, we ran into each other at a meeting of “Emek Hefer Independents”, a meeting of businesswomen, and there a final decision was made on the selected sketch… which was changed again at the last minute.
But all the changes are dwarfed compared to the smile she had when I finished and she looked in the mirror.
Such a smile reminds me every time how much I love my job.
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Healed Opossum
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Araminta 1 day agoI love opossum
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Fish Tattoo
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#85
Piece Worked Today At Night
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