Dragon tattoo ideas

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Black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo with scaled body, wings and clawed feet across an upper arm, shown in four close-up panels.
Black and grey dragon on an arm
Full body Japanese-style tattoo with green and orange dragons, koi and goldfish over black wave-patterned ground across the chest, arms and thighs.
Full body Japanese irezumi with dragons and koi
Japanese style tattoo of a red and grey dragon with open jaws and claws, its head on the chest and its body wrapping over the shoulder and upper arm.
Red and grey dragon across chest and shoulder
Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a green dragon and an orange tiger among pink cherry blossoms and clouds.
Dragon and tiger back piece with blossoms
Black and grey Japanese style dragon tattoo covering a man's back, with swirling clouds and scaled body detail.
Dragon back piece in black and grey
Colour tattoo of a teal dragon head with green eyes, purple accents and yellow claws, in a Japanese style, on a lower leg, shown in a two-panel photo.
Teal dragon head on a calf
Both arms of a person in a white sleeveless garment are covered in colour and grey tattoo sleeves with roses and a dragon-like figure, from upper arm to wrist.
Full sleeves on both arms
Full back tattoo of a black and grey Japanese dragon with red flames and swirling clouds, covering the upper and mid back.
Japanese dragon back piece with red flames
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo with its head on the chest and its body wrapping over the shoulder and upper arm.
Dragon across chest and shoulder
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a dragon and an eye with wave and cloud details on a lower leg, above black trainers with a floral swoosh.
Japanese dragon and eye tattoo on a calf
Black and grey Japanese-style tattoo sleeve with a dragon and cloud motifs covering a person's lower leg, shown in a street setting.
Black and grey Japanese-style leg sleeve with dragon
Colourful Japanese-style tattoo of a green dragon and an orange and blue koi fish wrapped around a black and white yin yang symbol, shown on skin.
Dragon and koi yin yang tattoo
Black and grey Japanese style dragon with red and white cherry blossoms tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Dragon and cherry blossoms on ribs
Diptych of a Japanese style colour tattoo on a lower leg, showing a black and grey cat with teal eyes wrapped around a blue and orange dragon with swirling cloud motifs.
Cat and dragon tattoo on a lower leg
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
Japanese style tattoos on a pair of thighs, with a black linework dragon and flower on the left and a shaded black and grey tiger with maple leaves on the right.
Tiger and dragon tattoos on both thighs
Woman seen from behind with a large Japanese-style dragon tattoo in grey and gold tones across her back, with a tribal armband on her upper arm.
Dragon tattoo across a woman's back
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
Woman in a white mesh bikini showing a black Japanese-style dragon tattoo that wraps from her hip down onto her thigh.
Black dragon tattoo across hip and thigh
Colour Japanese-style dragon tattoo wrapping from the hip down the outer thigh of a woman in white bikini bottoms.
Red and green dragon wrapping hip and thigh
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 tattoo of an anime-style girl in a red outfit hugging a white dragon, with blue sky and a grey dragon behind, on a forearm.
Anime girl hugging a white dragon on a forearm
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
Black and grey Japanese style dragon tattoo running down a person's back from the shoulder to the waist.
Black and grey dragon across a back
Full leg tattoo of a red, gold and black Japanese-style dragon running from the thigh down to the ankle.
Red and gold dragon tattoo down a leg
Black and grey Japanese style back tattoo with curling waves, a scaled creature and lotus flowers, extending down the left arm in a sleeve.
Back and arm sleeve with waves and dragon
Three-view photo of a full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a shaded grey dragon head at the shoulder with red blossom branches and smoke down the arm, in a Japanese style.
Dragon and cherry blossom full sleeve
Full arm sleeve of a blue Japanese-style dragon with red flames, its head on the shoulder and body wrapping down the upper arm and forearm.
Blue Japanese dragon sleeve on an arm
Japanese style dragon leg sleeve with red cherry blossoms running from the thigh down to the ankle, shown on a leg resting on a tattooist's paper.
Japanese dragon leg sleeve with cherry blossoms
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
Man with a full back tattoo of green dragons, grey clouds and a cross, with blackletter lettering across the lower back and sleeve tattoos on his upper arms.
Japanese back piece with dragons and clouds
Full body Japanese style tattoo with koi, dragon and lotus motifs across the arms, chest and legs of a seated person against a black background.
Japanese bodysuit with koi and dragon
Back view of a full back Japanese style tattoo of dragons among red clouds and waves, with colour and grey shading, extending down onto the thighs.
Full back dragon tattoo
Full sleeve Japanese style tattoo of a teal dragon with red accents, swirling waves and pink peonies, shown on an arm from two angles.
Japanese dragon full sleeve
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
Black ink dragon tattoo with a coiled, swirling body running down the upper back, partly under a striped sun hat.
Dragon tattoo on upper back
Pencil drawing of a Japanese-style dragon coiling above chrysanthemum flowers, with wind lines, designed as a tattoo piece.
Japanese dragon with chrysanthemums
Colour Japanese-style dragon tattoo across the chest, shoulder and upper arm, set against black and grey clouds.
Red dragon across chest and shoulder
Japanese style dragon tattoo in red, orange and cream over dark green-black scale ground, across a hip and thigh with a white cloth wrapped around the waist.
Red and green dragon on hip and thigh
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
Black and grey Japanese style dragon tattoo covering a man's shoulder, upper arm and chest, photographed in black and white.
Black and grey dragon on shoulder and chest
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo covering a torso and upper arm, with a pagoda, an oni demon holding prayer beads, clouds and a dragon on the sleeve.
Pagoda and oni demon torso and sleeve
Japanese full sleeve tattoo with a samurai mask, koi, lotus flowers, a green dragon and waves, shown on an upper arm next to its flash design.
Samurai, koi and dragon Japanese full sleeve
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a red spotted mythical beast with turquoise mane and flames across a full back, set against dark grey clouds.
Red spotted mythical beast across a full back