Dragon tattoo ideas

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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
A watercolour and ink dragon design with blue, violet and red washes, drawn as a flash sheet suitable for a tattoo.
Watercolour dragon design in blue and violet
Black ink line drawing of a slender dragon with a curled tail and spiky wings, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Minimalist dragon line drawing
Colour tattoo of a snarling tiger with bamboo leaves and clouds in a Japanese style on a forearm.
Snarling tiger with bamboo on forearm
Black line drawing of an ornamental dragon with swirling tribal-style patterning, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornamental black line dragon design
Black tribal-style dragon tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade, with a black bra strap visible.
Tribal dragon on upper back
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
Black and grey coiled dragon tattoo on the outer thigh of a woman in a black mesh-panel swimsuit, with the head near the hip.
Coiled dragon on an outer thigh
Black and grey pencil drawing of a dragon and a phoenix facing each other in a heart-like curve, shaded in fine detail, shown as a tattoo design.
Dragon and phoenix facing design
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a forearm showing a split face, with a golden-haired woman on one side and a green-skinned horned woman on the other, a dragon head above and a pink rose below.
Split face portrait with dragon and rose on forearm
Black and grey Celtic knotwork dragon tattoo on a calf, with interlaced bands, a scaled crest and a triquetra-style knot at the base.
Celtic knotwork dragon on a calf
Sheet of black line drawings of traditional tattoo designs, including roses, skulls, swallows, snakes and anchors, arranged as a character grid.
Traditional tattoo flash glyph sheet
Black and grey drawing of a symmetrical horned dragon face with pale glowing eyes, shown as a tattoo design on a plain dark background.
Horned dragon face design
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 and grey skeletal dragon tattoo with ribbed wings and a long curled tail, across the outer thigh.
Skeletal dragon on a thigh
Black tribal-style dragon design with bold solid shapes and interlaced curling tail, shown as a flash drawing on a plain white background.
Tribal dragon design in solid black
Line drawing of a figure with a black and purple tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, beside a blue gradient dragon design with dotwork scales and a curled tail.
Blue dragon designs with an arm tattoo outline
Black tribal-style dragon flash design with a coiled S-shaped body and spiked head, drawn in solid black on a white background.
Tribal dragon design in black
Black ink drawing of a tribal-style dragon with a spiked head and sweeping wings, shown as a flash design on white paper.
Tribal dragon design in black ink
Black ink tattoo of a dragon curled around a twenty-sided die, with a spiral tail and smaller dice, on the inner forearm.
Dragon and dice on a forearm
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo across a man's shoulder and chest, with further tattoos on his upper arm, forearm and ribs.
Dragon shoulder and chest piece on a muscular torso
Pencil sketch of a bearded wizard holding a staff, with a dragon curling over his head and wisps of smoke around the figure, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Bearded wizard and dragon design sketch
Realistic dragon head with horns, scales and clawed feet in a shaded, colour style across the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic dragon head and claws on upper arm
Black tribal-style dragon design with swirling wings and a spiral tail wrapped around a pentagram inside a circle, drawn on white.
Tribal dragon with pentagram circle
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
Colourful cartoon-style full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a Mad Hatter with a green top hat, a clown and a dragon on the upper arm and forearm.
Cartoon character full sleeve
Painted dragon design with spread bat-like wings, clawed feet and a long scaled tail coiled at the bottom, shown on a plain background with no body placement.
Winged dragon with coiled scaled tail
Colour tattoo of a cartoon character with yellow eyes and horns, coiled around a red tail, with the quote What fun is there in making sense? on the calf.
Cartoon character and quote on a calf
Black tribal-style dragon design drawn on cream paper, with flowing blackwork flames, a swirling tail and small open circles at the base.
Tribal dragon design with swirling tail
Black line drawing of a serpentine dragon with a spiked back, tall wing-like fins and a curled tail, shown on a plain white background.
Serpentine dragon with spiked back and wings
Pencil sketch of a Japanese-style dragon surrounded by cherry blossoms, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Dragon and cherry blossom design sketch
Brown ink line drawing of a vertical interlaced knotwork design with two stylised beast heads at the top, suitable as a tattoo flash design.
Interlaced knotwork with two beast heads
Colour Japanese-style dragon tattoo with green scales and wave details on the side of a person's torso, above the waistband of their jeans.
Green dragon tattoo on the side of the torso
Hand-drawn neo-traditional design of a golden dragon coiled around a grey skull, shown as a flash sheet with no body placement.
Golden dragon coiled around a skull
Black and grey brush-stroke dragon with red accents running up a forearm, in a loose ink wash style.
Brush-stroke dragon on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a dark dragon breathing orange fire above a lighthouse on the sea, shown on the inner forearm.
Dragon breathing fire on a forearm
Black tribal-style dragon tattoo with a curling body and a sphere near the base, running down the side of the torso.
Tribal dragon tattoo on the side of the torso
Sheet of black dragon tattoo designs in tribal and silhouette styles, shown as flash on a white background.
Dragon tattoo designs in black silhouette
Solid black silhouette drawing of a dragon with a curling single-line body and a large spiked wing, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Dragon silhouette design
Black and grey realistic dragon tattoo with a scaled body and spiked head wrapping across an upper arm, with shaded smoke-like details behind it.
Black and grey dragon on upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a tribal-style dragon with a raised head, spiked back and a curling tail, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Tribal dragon line drawing design
Drawing of a long white dragon entwined with green vines and leaves, holding a small red orb, shown as a tattoo design on a brown background.
White dragon with green vines
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a dragon-headed carp among waves, covering a thigh.
Black and grey carp and waves on a thigh
Solid black tribal-style dragon design with a coiled, serpentine body on a white background, shown as a drawing with no body part visible.
Tribal dragon design, vertical
Coloured drawing of a teal Celtic knotwork cross with a grey dragon coiled around it and its wings spread, on a black background.
Dragon wrapped around a Celtic cross