Cloud tattoo ideas

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Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a geisha in an orange kimono beside pink lotus flowers and green lily pads, with arm sleeves visible.
Full back piece with geisha and lotus flowers
Black linework flash of an Eastern-style dragon coiling through clouds, a design suited to a Japanese style back or sleeve tattoo.
Eastern dragon with clouds
Back view of a shaved-headed man with a realistic red-mouthed snake tattoo across his back, with colourful floral and grey Japanese-style sleeves on both arms.
Realistic snake across a full back tattoo
A sheet of blue line and solid wave designs in a Japanese-influenced style, arranged in rows on a white background.
Sheet of blue wave designs
Black and grey Japanese-style tattoo of a roaring tiger with clouds and flowers across a person's chest and shoulder.
Roaring tiger tattoo on chest and shoulder
Coloured Japanese-style flash design of a roaring tiger among bamboo and swirling clouds, with a small frog holding a leaf in the lower right corner.
Tiger and bamboo flash with frog in rain
Japanese style colour design of a red oni with thunder drums, blue dragons and swirling clouds, shown as a full drawing with no body placement.
Red oni with dragons and thunder clouds
Colour Japanese-style phoenix tattoo with clouds and foliage covering a man's shoulder and upper arm, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Phoenix tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Woman in a striped top and blue underwear lifts her shirt, showing a black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo on her side and thigh and a rose tattoo on her hand.
Dragon on hip and thigh with rose on hand
Back view of a man with a red and black Japanese-style dragon on his left shoulder and upper back, and a black spine tattoo running down the centre.
Red dragon and black spine across a back
Full back tattoo of a snake coiled around a skull with waves and clouds, in grey shading with small orange accents, placed across the back.
Snake and skull full back piece
Painted Japanese style design of a green snake coiling around pink and yellow lotus flowers over dark swirling clouds, shown on a flat back torso cutout.
Snake and lotus back design on a painted torso
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a black and white cat with red lightning, a red and white mountain and light blue clouds on the leg.
Cat with lightning and mountain on a leg
Black line tattoo of a lotus flower with waves and clouds in a Japanese style across a person's stomach above white underwear.
Lotus and waves across the abdomen
Black and grey Japanese-style wave tattoo covering a forearm, with a cloud motif near the elbow and solid black bands near the wrist.
Japanese waves and clouds on a forearm
Black and grey Japanese style full back tattoo of a helmeted warrior, swirling clouds and a tiger, with a peony on the upper arm.
Full back warrior and tiger piece
Two colour Japanese oni mask tattoos on the backs of hands, one green and one red, edged with gold swirling clouds.
Twin oni masks on the backs of hands
Torso and both arms covered in a Japanese style tattoo of an eagle, cherry blossoms, clouds and koi in black, grey, pink and yellow ink.
Full body Japanese tattoo with eagle and cherry blossoms
Black ink tattoo on the side of the body showing a crescent moon with clouds, sun rays and a wave, in fine line and stippled dotwork.
Moon, sun and wave on the side
Black line drawing of a Japanese shishi lion with peonies and swirling waves, styled as a tattoo design on paper, with no body placement shown.
Japanese shishi lion with peonies and waves
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a tiger and pink lotus flower with blue waves on the outer thigh of a woman's leg.
Tiger and lotus on a thigh
Black and white photograph of a woman kneeling with her back to the camera, showing a Japanese-style dragon and cloud tattoo across her back and upper arm while she raises a katana overhead.
Japanese back tattoo with raised katana
Large Japanese style dragon tattoo covering a person's back, with grey scales, red accents and black clouds.
Japanese dragon across a full back
Black and grey pencil drawing of a geisha with a flowered parasol, a fan and cherry blossom, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Geisha with parasol and fan
Back tattoo in black and grey shading, showing a large skull surrounded by outlined roses and swirling clouds, in a Japanese-influenced style, across the upper and mid back.
Back piece with skull and roses in black and grey
Colour Japanese style tattoo on an upper arm showing a crane in flight, a red sun, grey clouds, waves and orange and red maple leaves.
Crane, red sun and clouds on an upper arm
Black and grey Japanese style sleeve tattoo on a forearm, showing a foo dog, an oni mask, a skull, a pagoda and swirling clouds.
Japanese sleeve with lion, oni and pagoda
Full sleeve Japanese-style dragon tattoo in grey and red with red flames, shown on the upper arm and forearm of a shirtless man.
Dragon sleeve with red flames
Line drawing of a Japanese-style peony and chrysanthemum design with swirling waves and clouds on a dark background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Japanese peony and wave design
Japanese style flash drawing of a green and red dragon coiling over black and grey waves, with a small cartoon figure in a yellow robe beside it.
Green dragon flash with wave background
Woman seen from behind with a full-back Japanese style tattoo of a dragon and waves, extending over the upper arms and thighs.
Full back and leg Japanese dragon tattoo
White line drawing of a whale built from stylised waves on a navy background, with a tiny boat and figures in the sea, drawn as a flash design.
Whale formed from waves and a small boat
Illustration of a hairless cat with a Japanese style koi fish, waves and clouds tattoo in blue and black, leaning over a pale hairless cat.
Tattooed hairless cat with a koi and waves design
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a seated Guanyin holding a lotus, with sunburst rays and clouds, on a forearm.
Seated Guanyin with sunburst on a forearm
Full-colour Japanese style flash drawing of a snarling tiger among bamboo leaves and clouds, with a small frog below, shown without a body placement.
Tiger, bamboo and frog flash design
Black and grey Japanese dragon with clouds, maple leaves and a rose across a forearm, shown from three angles.
Japanese dragon and maple sleeve on a forearm
A pencil sketch on tracing paper of a horned warrior holding a spear above a second armoured figure, in a Japanese-influenced tattoo design with clouds and a large circle behind.
Horned warrior with spear, tattoo sketch
Colour tattoo of a grey kaiju monster breathing a blue flame, surrounded by red flames and orange clouds, on the lower leg.
Kaiju monster breathing fire on a calf
Large Japanese style back tattoo of a green dragon and a grey dragon among clouds and cherry blossoms, spanning the upper back and shoulders.
Twin dragons across a back piece
Black and grey Buddha face tattoo covering a person's back, with clouds, two praying monks and cloud work extending onto the upper arms.
Buddha face and monks across a back
Black and grey swallow tattoo with cloud-like patterned fills on the side of the ribs, with a coloured sleeve tattoo partly visible at the left edge.
Swallow tattoo on the ribs
Black line drawing of a stylised animal leaping beside a blossom branch and curling cloud shapes, in a Japanese-influenced flash style.
Stylised animal with blossom branch
Red-brown line drawing of a Japanese dragon coiling through wisps of cloud, with cherry blossoms, as a tattoo design sketch.
Japanese dragon with cherry blossoms
Black and grey Japanese style flash design of a coiling dragon with lily-like flowers and cloud motifs on a white background.
Black and grey dragon with flowers and clouds
Colour Japanese style full back tattoo design showing a pig-headed figure in a patterned robe, surrounded by orange flames, clouds and a snake.
Pig-headed figure in flames, Japanese back design
Black and grey Japanese style phoenix tattoo covering a man's upper arm and shoulder, with feathers and wisps of cloud, shown in two photos.
Phoenix full sleeve in black and grey
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo covering a person's back, with a coiling body, clawed feet and wispy cloud-like smoke.
Black and grey dragon across a back
Full back tattoo of an ornate colourful skull surrounded by clouds, beads and red peony flowers, in a neo-traditional style on a bare back.
Ornate colourful skull full back piece