Coil tattoo ideas

32 photos and flash · 28% Realism, 16% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Black and grey coiled snake tattoo with hatched shading and bold outlines on the outer forearm, with a small curling line above its head.
Coiled snake on a forearm
Four vertical brown ink line designs, each with stacked coils, loops and a curled swirl at the base, drawn on a cream background.
Four vertical swirl motifs in brown ink
Black and grey dragon tattoo design drawn on a plain white background, with a coiled serpentine body, lace-like wing detail and a horned head.
Coiled dragon tattoo design
Full-colour Japanese-style dragon design in blue and orange with orange flame-like fins, coiled and clawed, shown on a white background.
Coiled dragon design in blue and orange
Solid black dragon design with white linework and flowing spiked fins, shown on a white background as a tattoo flash drawing.
Black tribal-style dragon design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rearing cobra with a raised hood and coiled body on the upper arm.
Cobra tattoo on upper arm
Grey line-art flash design of a rearing cobra with a diamond lattice pattern on its hood and body, shown on a plain white background.
Rearing cobra with diamond pattern
Solid black silhouette of a snake coiled into an S shape with its head raised to the left, drawn on a plain white background.
Coiled snake silhouette
Black and grey Japanese style dragon tattoo coiling from the upper back down the side and onto the ribs of a bare torso.
Black and grey dragon coiling down back and side
Fine line black tattoo of a vertical line, a small coil and looping swirls on the inner forearm, with a short line of script tattooed nearer the wrist.
Fine line loops and script on a forearm
Black and grey realistic snake tattoo on a calf, with the snake appearing to break out from a torn skin effect.
Snake emerging from torn skin on a calf
Black lettering with a black arch and a red coiled shape on the top of a foot, in a simple lettering style.
Crohns awareness lettering on a foot
Black and grey flash design of a winged dragon with its wings spread around a coiled body, with shading in silver and charcoal tones.
Winged dragon coiled in black and grey
Black and grey traditional snake tattoo coiled in an S shape across the abdomen, with bold outlines and dotted scale detail.
Coiled snake on the abdomen
Black and grey realistic tattoo of two coiling snakes with patterned scales wrapping across the ribs and side of the torso.
Coiled snakes across the ribs
Black line drawing of a coiled snake with tribal-style patterned scales on a white background, shown as a standalone design with no body placement.
Ornamental snake design
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of crossed arrows tied with rope knots across a man's forearm.
Crossed arrows and rope on a forearm
Black and grey realistic snake coiled around a round orb, tattooed on the forearm.
Coiled snake and orb on a forearm
Black and grey single-line tattoo of a curled spiral form on the inner forearm, shown in a greyscale photograph.
Minimal curled line tattoo on forearm
Simple black outline drawing of a smiling cartoon snake with a coiled body and blushing cheeks, shown as a tattoo flash design with no placement.
Cartoon snake coiled on white
Black line drawing of a dragon coiled in a circle, with raised wings and a hexagonal scaled body, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Coiled dragon with raised wings
Black linework drawing of a coiled dragon with a long, spiked body and a sweeping wing shaded with a grey splatter effect, on a white background.
Coiled dragon design with a grey wash wing
Traditional style colour tattoo of an ornate dagger wrapped with a dark coil, surrounded by orange flowers and dark green leaves, on the side of the ribs.
Dagger and flowers on the ribs
Realistic brown snake tattoo being worked on a forearm, with the artist's gloved hands and tattoo machine visible.
Realistic snake tattoo on a forearm
Colour biomechanical skull with a coiled spine tattoo on a lower leg, set against red and grey shading in a realistic style.
Biomechanical skull and spine on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a red and black coiled snake with orange and teal dots and a small butterfly above it, placed across the centre of a person's chest.
Coiled snake and butterfly on chest
Black and grey snake tattoo with a sunburst behind its head, wrapping across the inner forearm in a traditional blackwork style.
Black snake and sunburst on a forearm
Realism tattoo of an orange tattoo machine above a black lace garter band on the outer thigh.
Tattoo machine with lace garter on thigh
Realistic biomechanical sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and elbow, with a pressure gauge dial and red coil detail.
Biomechanical sleeve with pressure gauge
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey tattoo machine with orange flames and a black battery across the back of a hand.
Tattoo machine on the back of a hand
Black and grey snake tattoo with scaled detail coiled around an upper arm, its head near the shoulder.
Snake coiled around upper arm
Pencil sketch of a snake coiled around a lotus flower, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Snake coiled around a lotus flower