Tiny But Mighty – Hummingbird Tattoo Guide (70+ Examples!)

To help you with your research for your next tattoo design, we went on a hunt through Instagram to find the best hummingbird tattoo ideas.

Take a look below to check them out all:

Getting a small hummingbird tattoo doesn’t have to be at the expense of artistic details!

Even at less than 2-3 inches, you can get a unique hummingbird tattoo with or withour color, more or less realistic.

Common placements are on the arms, mostly wrists and forearms, but ribs, too.

If you want your tattoo to be small but without too many details, a simple hummingbird tattoo is the way to go.

It can be just a simple hummingbird tattoo outline, or even composed out of cleverly done light shadow work.

When it comes to simple tattoos, less details adds to the harmony and elegance of the design.

Many who have grew up seeing hummingbirds, have seen them around flowers in their closest environment.

If you now want to get a hummingbird with flowers tattoo, you might want to use the most common flowers that attract them for the design.

Alternatively, you can use birth flowers of your loved ones that you want to portray, too.

There are many hummingbird species that come in shades of grey and black.

Still, when people opt for a black and white hummingbird tattoo, it doesn’t necessarily have to be for realism.

Many people want to keep their tattoos in the same style or shade, which makes choosing no color a no brainer!

The incredible color combinations that hummingbirds come in can feel almost surreal, especially in zoomed in photografies such as these.

Fuchsia pink, emerald green, sun-bright orange and royal purple are commonly seen colors when researching hummingbirds.

So, of course, the impact is seen also in tattoo art. Colorful hummingbird tattoos come in a wide color palette, as well as in many different tattoo styles.

To continue the previous section, watercolor hummingbird tattoos represent a subgroup of it.

The watercolor tattoos are usually bigger, as the mild, desaturated splashes are more spread out to follow through with the watered down effect.

The hummingbird is at its center, more zoomed in to feature its cute face, making it a very feminine tattoo style.

Hummingbirds have long been a staple elements of the old school American tattoo style.

The traditional hummingbird tattoo features bright red, yellow and green color, with strong black outline, putting an accent on the hummingbird avian features.

The gentle style of the fineline tattoos comes in perfect when it comes to hummingbird tattoos, perfectly depicting their gracious flight and hovering in the air.

Fineline hummingbird tattoo can be done in various sizes, and for various placements, making it a modern and universally liked style that will not go out of style.

In the case of a geometric hummingbird tattoo, there are a couple of approaches you can take.

The hummingbird itself can be done in the form of geometric lines, in some cases creating just the outline.

On the other hand, it can be done in a manner where the geometric elements are around the hummingbird, creating a fun composition.

Many tattoo artists go for the ultimate challenge – real-life sized tattoo in photographic details.

The realistic hummingbird tattoo feels like this small bird is fluttering on the wearer’s skin, especially when done in color.

It’s a special moment in time that we feel privileged to witness.

In nature, hummingbirds and butterflies are commonly seen around the same flowers.

When done as a hummingbird and butterfly tattoo, they are portrayed on top of colorful flowers that attract them.

This tattoo can have a strong memorial meaning, portraying one loved one as a hummingbird and the other through the butterfly.