Dragon tattoo ideas

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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
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a thigh showing two stylised figures facing each other inside a heart frame, with a green dragon below.
Two figures and a dragon in a heart on a thigh
Black and white drawing of a circular tattoo design split into four quadrants, showing a sword in a ring, a dragon, a snowflake and a sun, framed by rope and swirl borders.
Four-part design with sword, dragon, snowflake and sun
Sheet of thirteen black silhouette dragon designs in Japanese-influenced style, shown as flash on a white background.
Collection of black dragon designs
Two matching black and grey dragon tattoos with stippled wings on the wrists, each with a small character beside it, against a dark brick wall.
Matching dragon tattoos on two wrists
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
Mixed colour and black linework tattoo of an anime-style girl with a white masked spirit, a dragon and small black soot sprites on the thigh.
Anime girl and spirits on a thigh
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
Colour tattoo of a skeletal dragon with a glowing blue eye and teal and orange wings, in a traditional style, on the side of the body.
Skeletal dragon on the side of the body
Black tribal-style dragon design with a long horn, open jaw and swirling tail, shown as a flat drawing rather than on skin.
Tribal dragon design with swirling tail
Black and grey dragon tattoo across the upper back with Chinese characters above and below, shown on a woman with her hand raised to her head.
Dragon and characters down a woman's back
Black and grey dragon tattoo on the side of a torso and floral tattoos on the chest and upper arm, with the face cropped out of frame.
Dragon and floral tattoos on torso and arm
Black design of two dragons with their necks curving into a heart shape around a central sword, drawn in solid black on a white background, as a blackwork-style flash design.
Two dragons framing a sword in a heart shape
Pencil drawing of a Japanese-style dragon coiling above chrysanthemum flowers, with wind lines, designed as a tattoo piece.
Japanese dragon with chrysanthemums
Solid black blackwork flash design of a winged serpent curled into a ring around a six-pointed star made of interlocking triangles.
Black serpent ring with triangle star
Black and grey traditional tattoo designs printed on a white sweatshirt, including swallows over a clasped-hands heart, a rose with a banner, a stag and an anchor.
Tattoo designs printed on a white sweatshirt
Colour tattoo of a purple and black dragon in a realistic style across a person's upper back, with orange and pink clouds behind it.
Purple dragon across upper back
Four bold black brush calligraphy characters on white, labelled dragon, patience or endurance, book and peace, shown as a tattoo design sheet.
Four calligraphy characters with English labels
Black tribal-style dragon design with spread wings, a segmented body and a barbed tail, shown as a drawing on a white background.
Tribal dragon with spread wings
Black and grey realistic dragon biting its own tail in a circle, tattooed across the upper back.
Dragon coiled in a circle on upper back
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
Bold black blackwork-style design of a serpent head biting a ring of spiked discs, each with a central dot, on a plain white background.
Serpent head and spiked ring design
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
Side by side photos of a solid black tribal dragon tattoo on a lower leg, before and after a rework with grey shading and highlighted outlines.
Black tribal dragon on a calf, before and after
Black ink tribal dragon design on white paper, with a horned head facing left, spiked wings and a barbed tail, shown without any body placement.
Tribal dragon design in solid black
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
Several wrists meet in a circle showing small black character tattoos, a dragon, and a few coloured cartoon tattoos of a strawberry and a caterpillar.
Matching small wrist tattoos in a circle
Bold black tribal-style dragon design with green shaded wings on a white background, a flash design with no body placement shown.
Black and green tribal-style dragon design
Black line drawing of a Norse-style interlaced knotwork design with a stylised animal head at the upper right, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body part visible.
Norse interlace beast knotwork design
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
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
Close-up of an open mouth with red lipstick, showing a tongue tattoo of horses, dragons and flames in muted gold and brown tones.
Painted scene tattooed on a tongue
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
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
Colour tattoo of a red three-headed dragon curled inside a circle with black outlines, across a person's upper back.
Red three-headed dragon in a circle on a back
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
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
Pencil drawing of a cheerful baby dragon hatching from a cracked egg, with its wings forming a heart shape and a small butterfly nearby.
Baby dragon hatching with heart-shaped wings
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
Black and grey tribal dragon tattoo with spread wings covering the upper and middle back, photographed against a brick wall.
Tribal dragon with spread wings across a back
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