Dragon tattoo ideas

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Three side-by-side views of a colour tattoo of a green eastern dragon with red eyes and gold accents coiling around a calf, Japanese style.
Green eastern dragon wrapped around a calf
Black line drawing of a tribal-style dragon with spread wings and a long curling tail, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Tribal dragon with spread wings
Red dragon with black outlines coiled inside a circle, tattooed on the inside of a wrist, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Red dragon in a circle on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open-mouthed dragon head with bared teeth and spiked horns, on the forearm.
Realistic dragon head on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a roaring lion in front of a pale moon, with leaves and paws, covering a person's upper back, with a small green tribal dragon on the right shoulder.
Roaring lion and moon on a back piece
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon design with cream flame highlights, coiling across a white background.
Grey dragon with flames design
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a mythical bird with a dragon-like head and feathered wings, surrounded by clouds, covering a person's back.
Large mythical bird with clouds across a back
Colour tattoo of a blue and purple dragon with spread wings and a curled tail, placed across the upper back of a person wearing a black top.
Blue and purple dragon on upper back
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 and grey shaded dragon tattoo with spread wings and a long spiked tail, on the upper arm.
Winged dragon on upper arm
Black and grey realistic winged dragon tattoo across a woman's upper back, with wings spread and head turned to the right.
Winged dragon across a back
Black and grey dragon with red flame swirls tattooed down the side of a torso and hip, in Japanese style.
Dragon with red flames on the side
Black and grey dragon tattoo with a coiled tail and a small line of script beneath it, on a person's left side ribs.
Black and grey dragon tattoo on the ribs
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
Realistic black and grey biomechanical dragon with spread wings and a glowing red mouth, with red flames along the bottom, tattooed across a man's back.
Biomechanical dragon across a full back piece
Black and grey Japanese dragon full sleeve tattoo with scales, waves and clouds, covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Japanese dragon full sleeve
Three-panel photo of a colour full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, featuring Dragon Ball characters including Shenron and Goku.
Dragon Ball characters full sleeve tattoo
Black line drawing of an ornamental dragon with swirling scale and wing patterns, shown as a tattoo design with no placement.
Ornamental dragon line drawing
Two people hold hands, showing full colour tattoo sleeves on their forearms and upper arms, with a dragon-style design on the woman's right arm.
Colourful tattoo sleeves on two clasped arms
Black silhouette design of a horned serpent coiled around a staff, with a crown above, a crossbar with arrow tips, wings and three triangles.
Serpent dragon and crowned staff design
Colour tattoo of a blue dragon curled into a crescent with purple shading and a long tail, on the calf.
Blue dragon curled in a crescent on a calf
Black and white photo of two people holding hands, both with tattooed arms, showing a dragon and clouds sleeve on the right arm and a dagger design on the left forearm.
Tattooed sleeves holding hands
Watercolour-style tattoo of a dragon's head and wing above a sword on the calf, with a black silhouette and pink and purple wash.
Dragon and sword on a calf
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
Forearm covered in colour tattoos, including a green gecko, a dragon and lettering, with a dark t-shirt sleeve above.
Colour tattoos on a forearm
Black and grey realism full back tattoo of a dragon above a yin yang symbol, set among carved-looking clouds, waves and a Greek key border.
Dragon and yin yang full back piece
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
Line drawing of a dragon built from Celtic interlace, with blue knotted wings spread wide and a green knotted body curling below, shown on a white background.
Celtic knot dragon design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged dragon wrapped in smoke, on the outer upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey dragon on an upper arm
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
Interlaced serpent tattoo in a Norse knotwork style running down the upper arm, with dotwork shading on the scales.
Interlaced serpent on an upper arm
Black tribal dragon design with spread wings, a long curled tail and small red eyes, drawn on a plain white background.
Tribal dragon with spread wings
Traditional flash design laid out across a white body silhouette, covering the arms and torso with an eagle, snakes, dragon, peacock, pin-up, reaper and portrait.
Full-body traditional flash on a white silhouette
Black tribal-style dragon tattoo design with spiral patterns on its body and wings, drawn on a white background, with no placement shown.
Tribal dragon design with spiral patterns
Black and grey line drawing of an interlaced dragon with shaded scales, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Interlaced dragon design
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
Black and grey pencil drawing of a long serpentine dragon with a feathered head, segmented body plates and scaled sections, shown as a tattoo design.
Serpentine dragon line drawing
Black and white flash sheet of nine tattoo designs, including a flaming skull, a dragon, a wolf head, a tribal motif and a biohazard symbol.
Black ink flash sheet of skulls, dragons and tribal designs
Black tribal-style dragon design with a coiled, flowing body and spiky head, shown as a flash drawing on a white background.
Tribal dragon design
Sheet of dragon flash designs in black and grey, including a large central Chinese-style dragon with swirling tribal detailing, shown without a body placement.
Dragon flash sheet 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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned dragon head with wings, smoke and a castle, covering a person's back.
Dragon and castle back piece
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 line drawing of a coiled, serpentine dragon with filigree swirl patterns across its wings and body, shown as a standalone tattoo design on a white background.
Ornate dragon with swirling wings and tail
Two colour tattoos on arms: Ariel the mermaid with a teal tail on the upper arm, and a split-face Aurora and Maleficent with a dragon on the forearm.
Ariel and a split Aurora and Maleficent tattoo
Black and grey dragon head with Celtic knotwork wrapping across an upper arm and shoulder, with two smaller dragon heads below.
Dragon and Celtic knotwork on an upper arm