Dragon tattoo ideas

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Colour Japanese-style dragon tattoo with green scales and white whiskers, set among red clouds, on a forearm.
Green dragon with red clouds on an arm
Two hands with a colour nautical star on the back of one hand, LOVE on the knuckles, and Japanese-style dragon and koi tattoos on the arms and legs behind them.
Nautical star and Japanese sleeve on hands
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
Back view of a woman with a full Japanese-style back tattoo showing a geisha in a kimono, cherry blossom and a lantern, against a pink wall.
Japanese geisha back piece with cherry blossom
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
A colourful Japanese-style tattoo sleeve covering a leg from thigh to calf, with a yellow creature, a red fish and green clouds.
Colourful Japanese-style leg sleeve
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
Coloured Japanese-style dragon tattoo with red cherry blossoms across the upper back, with a small set of symbols to the right.
Dragon and cherry blossoms across a back
Black and grey Japanese style leg sleeve on a seated person, with a hannya mask on the calf and a scaled creature with fangs across the thigh.
Hannya mask and clouds leg sleeve
Full back tattoo of a green dragon coiled around black bamboo stalks and pink peonies, in a Japanese style with realistic shading, placed on the upper back.
Dragon and peonies on a back
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
Japanese-style dragon tattoo with red clouds and black scales wrapping down a leg from the thigh to the calf.
Japanese dragon leg tattoo
Full body Japanese style tattoo covering a man's arms, chest, back and legs, with a dragon, cherry blossoms, clouds and waves in bright colour on grey shading.
Full body Japanese bodysuit tattoo
Colour Japanese-style dragon tattoo with green scales and red flames wrapping around a person's upper thigh, with legs resting on a cream fluffy blanket.
Green and red dragon on a thigh
Japanese style colour tattoo of a black cat holding an arrow above a red and teal dragon, shown on a limb in two side by side photos.
Black cat and dragon in Japanese style
Black line-work Japanese-style dragon with cherry blossoms wrapping around the upper arm and shoulder, shown without shading or colour.
Dragon and cherry blossoms on upper arm
Black and grey Japanese style sleeve tattoo with an oni mask, dragon and skulls on a man's forearm, beside a woman with floral tattoos on her upper arm.
Japanese sleeve with oni mask and skulls
Large Japanese-style dragon tattoo in grey shading with red flowers and falling petals, across a person's thigh.
Dragon and red blossoms on a thigh
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
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a horned owl with spread wings and a red dragon, framed by grey clouds, across the left ribs of a torso.
Owl and dragon across the ribs
Japanese style colour tattoo of a black cat and a green dragon among waves, covering the upper arm and shoulder, shown in a close-up alongside a detail view.
Cat and green dragon on an upper arm
Front and back views of a full body Japanese style tattoo with a large orange koi, cherry blossoms and grey waves across the back, arms, torso and legs.
Full body Japanese irezumi with koi and cherry blossom
Black and grey Japanese style dragon tattoo with peony flowers wrapping around the side of a thigh and hip.
Dragon and peonies on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a geisha with a parasol across a full back, with a small dragon design on the arm.
Geisha with parasol on a full back
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
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo wrapping around the outer thigh and hip, with its head and open jaws at the top.
Black and grey dragon wrapped around a thigh
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
A colourful Japanese-style dragon tattoo with orange and blue scales runs down a leg onto the ankle, where cherry blossom sprigs sit beside a white strap heel.
Dragon tattoo on a leg in white heels
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a grey dragon with red stripes and cherry blossom branches across the top of a foot and ankle.
Japanese dragon and cherry blossom on a foot
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a black spotted cat with a red and grey serpent and a blue dragon head on the side of the torso.
Spotted cat with snake and dragon
Black and grey Japanese dragon tattoo wrapping from the hip down the outer thigh, with its head and open jaws near the hip.
Japanese dragon wrapping hip and thigh
Black and grey Japanese style dragon coiled around a sword with red accents, tattooed on the forearm.
Dragon and sword on a forearm
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
Man seen from behind with a full colour Japanese style tattoo covering his back, arms and legs, including dragons, flowers and a golden disc.
Full body Japanese style back and limb tattoo
Back of a woman with a large Japanese dragon and cloud tattoo, with colourful peony and chrysanthemum sleeves on her arms.
Japanese dragon back piece with peonies
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
Full back tattoo of red poppies, pink flowers, black lace and a dragon head in mixed botanical and Japanese style across the upper and lower back.
Poppy, lace and dragon back piece
Japanese style full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a red koi carp, purple lotus flowers, cherry blossoms and clouds, shown from three angles.
Koi and lotus full sleeve
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
Colour tattoo of a snarling tiger with bamboo leaves and clouds in a Japanese style on a forearm.
Snarling tiger with bamboo on forearm
Japanese-style dragon tattoo in pale blue linework on a lower leg above the ankle, against a black background with blue lighting.
Dragon tattoo on a lower leg
Seated man shown from the neck down, covered in a full Japanese style tattoo with a dragon and phoenix on the arms and a deity figure across the chest and abdomen.
Full body Japanese tattoo with dragon and phoenix
Colour tattoo of a white and teal eastern dragon among red clouds and small black soot sprites on a person's side ribs, in Japanese style.
Eastern dragon with red clouds on ribs