Dragon tattoo ideas

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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
Pastel-coloured Japanese-style dragon design winding around peony blossoms and leaves on a cream background, drawn as a flash piece.
Pastel dragon and peonies design
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
Black and grey pen drawing of a coiled Japanese-style dragon with a open mouth, horns, whiskers and claws, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Coiled Japanese-style dragon design
Black and grey flash drawing of a Chinese-style dragon coiling on the left and a phoenix with spread wings on the right, with no body placement shown.
Dragon and phoenix tattoo design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a Japanese-style dragon design with a spiked mane, scaled body and clawed foot, shown as a flash sketch.
Dragon design with spiked mane and claws
Pencil sketch of a Japanese-style dragon with claws, whiskers and a scaled body, drawn in blue and red pencil for a tattoo design.
Japanese dragon design in pencil
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
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
Colour drawing of a silver Japanese-style dragon with orange flame accents, coiling through blue stylised waves, as a tattoo design.
Silver dragon with blue waves and orange flames
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
Black and grey line drawing of a coiling Eastern dragon with a flaming pearl, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body placement.
Eastern dragon with a flaming pearl
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon design with cream flame highlights, coiling across a white background.
Grey dragon with flames design
Flash design of a red, orange and yellow Japanese-style dragon coiling through black clouds, with no body placement shown.
Japanese dragon among clouds and flames
Black linework flash drawing of a Japanese-style dragon coiling among peony, cherry blossom, wave and cloud motifs, with no body placement shown.
Japanese dragon with peonies and cherry blossoms
Pencil drawing of a coiling Japanese-style dragon with scaled body, clawed feet and flowing whiskers, drawn as a tattoo design in black and grey.
Coiling dragon design in pencil
Black and grey pencil drawing of a coiling Japanese-style dragon with scaled body, clawed feet and wispy cloud-like flames, shown as a tattoo design.
Japanese dragon design in graphite
Full-colour Japanese style dragon design with grey scales, red flame-like swirls and yellow claws, grasping a black and white pearl, shown on a white background.
Japanese dragon with flaming pearl design
Colour flash design of a monkey king in gold and green armour holding a staff, with red dragons, leaves and waves, in Japanese style.
Monkey king with red dragons and golden staff
Black and grey drawing of a Japanese-style dragon coiling through clouds above a swirling wave, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Japanese dragon with clouds and swirling wave
Painted Japanese-style design of a tabby cat with a white dragon wrapped around its body and red flames along its tail, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Tabby cat and dragon design
Black and grey Japanese style dragon design with clouds, scales and claws, drawn on paper with no body placement shown.
Black and grey dragon with clouds
Sheet of thirteen black silhouette dragon designs in Japanese-influenced style, shown as flash on a white background.
Collection of black dragon designs
Line drawing of a Japanese-style dragon, lion-like mask and lotus flowers over waves and clouds, with pink wash shading, as a tattoo design.
Japanese dragon and lotus flash design
Pencil drawing of a Japanese-style dragon coiling above chrysanthemum flowers, with wind lines, designed as a tattoo piece.
Japanese dragon with chrysanthemums
Pencil drawing of a feathered phoenix-dragon hybrid wrapped around swirling cloud scrolls, in a Japanese-influenced tattoo design style.
Phoenix and dragon with cloud scrolls
Flash sheet of bold black Japanese-style dragons and kanji characters labelled wealth, wisdom and love, with small red accents.
Dragons and kanji flash sheet
Pen drawing of a tattoo design on a woman's torso in a bikini, showing a Japanese style dragon and mermaid along the ribs and hip.
Dragon and mermaid design on a torso
Black line drawing of a coiling Eastern dragon with swirling clouds, in a Japanese-influenced style, shown on a white background.
Eastern dragon with swirling clouds
Full body suit design of a red Japanese dragon with yellow claws, chrysanthemums and clouds across the back, arms and thighs.
Red dragon full body suit design
Black line drawing of a Japanese-style dragon with scaled body, clawed feet and swirling flames and clouds, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Japanese dragon with flames line drawing
Drawn tattoo design of a green dragon coiling through grey swirling clouds in a Japanese style, shown on a parchment-coloured background.
Green dragon among grey clouds design
Red and graphite sketch of a geisha holding a sword, with a dragon tattoo design drawn across her shoulder and chest in Japanese style.
Geisha with dragon shoulder tattoo sketch
Flash design of a silver dragon coiling around an orange tiger that is mid-roar, with Chinese characters at the lower right, in Japanese-style tattoo artwork.
Silver dragon and tiger design
Flash sheet of 30 small tattoo designs in Japanese style, pairing kanji characters with animals, flowers and symbols such as a rose, tiger, koi carp and dragon, each with an English label.
Kanji and animal tattoo flash sheet
Pencil line drawing of a Japanese-style dragon head and demon mask surrounded by flowers and scales, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Japanese dragon and flower sketch on paper
Full-colour Japanese style dragon design with green scales, red fins and clouds on black, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement visible.
Green and red dragon design with wind chime
Black and grey Japanese style illustration of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a dragon, with a tattoo-style design on her upper arm and a parasol behind her.
Kimono woman with dragon and parasol
Japanese style full back tattoo design in colour, showing a blue oni demon, a dragon head and a scaled serpent with red claws on a torso outline.
Oni and dragon full back design
Black and grey drawing of a coiled, scaled dragon with fin-like crest and clawed feet, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Black and grey coiled dragon design
Five Japanese-style full back tattoo designs drawn on paper sheets, showing dragons, an oni mask, a warrior with a sword, a woman and waves in colour.
Japanese back piece designs on painted sheets
Sepia drawing of a geisha with hair sticks and closed eyes, with a dragon and wave design and a patterned sleeve, in a Japanese style.
Geisha and dragon tattoo design
Black line drawing of a Japanese-style dragon coiling upward beside a flaming pearl, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Dragon and flaming pearl line drawing
Pencil sketch of a Japanese-style dragon surrounded by cherry blossoms, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Dragon and cherry blossom design sketch
Black line drawing of a horned Hannya mask with prayer beads, smoke swirls and a coiled dragon, a Japanese style tattoo flash design.
Hannya mask with horns and prayer beads
Black and grey pencil drawing of a Japanese-style sleeve design showing a samurai mask, koi, dragon, peony and waves, with no body part visible.
Japanese sleeve design with samurai, koi and dragon
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon design surrounded by swirling clouds and cherry blossoms, drawn as a tattoo flash sheet.
Japanese dragon with clouds and blossom