Phoenix tattoo
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Spread wings, a long trailing tail, sometimes a dragon circling beside it.
A phoenix tattoo has a fairly settled look across the web, and a good part of it comes from Japanese ink painting. That brush style is where our short selection sits too: sumi-e, with feathers suggested by washes of ink rather than hard outlines. Pieces like these need room, so think forearm or shoulder blade rather than wrist.
Picturing your bird another way, wings folded or wide open? Order it as a custom design, minimum 3 copies.
Fresh from the paper it looks faint, almost see-through, and that's normal. Over the following day or two the blue-black comes through.
Other birds: bird tattoos. Other legends: fantasy designs. For the brushwork itself, browse Japanese-style tattoos.
