Dragon tattoo ideas

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Black linework flash of an Eastern-style dragon coiling through clouds, a design suited to a Japanese style back or sleeve tattoo.
Eastern dragon with clouds
Pastel-coloured Japanese-style dragon design winding around peony blossoms and leaves on a cream background, drawn as a flash piece.
Pastel dragon and peonies design
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a koi fish on the upper arm and a dragon with flowers and waves across the shoulder and chest.
Black and grey koi and dragon shoulder piece
Japanese style colour design of a red oni with thunder drums, blue dragons and swirling clouds, shown as a full drawing with no body placement.
Red oni with dragons and thunder clouds
Black and grey pen drawing of a coiled Japanese-style dragon with a open mouth, horns, whiskers and claws, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Coiled Japanese-style dragon design
Two people shown from behind with full body Japanese-style tattoos, the left in black and grey with a dragon and bird, the right in colour with a warrior figure and peonies.
Full body Japanese tattoos seen from behind
Woman in a striped top and blue underwear lifts her shirt, showing a black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo on her side and thigh and a rose tattoo on her hand.
Dragon on hip and thigh with rose on hand
Back view of a man with a red and black Japanese-style dragon on his left shoulder and upper back, and a black spine tattoo running down the centre.
Red dragon and black spine across a back
Two tattooed people in a Japanese style: a woman with a grey oni mask on her stomach and a man with a full colour sleeve and an oni mask on his chest.
Two people with Japanese style tattoo sleeves and torsos
Black and grey dragon tattoo running down the back of a person with a raised arm, in Japanese style, with a branch-like tattoo on the upper arm.
Black and grey dragon across a back
Black and grey flash drawing of a Chinese-style dragon coiling on the left and a phoenix with spread wings on the right, with no body placement shown.
Dragon and phoenix tattoo design
Black and grey Japanese style dragon and phoenix tattoo covering the full back, with the dragon coiling over the right shoulder and the phoenix spreading its wings on the left.
Dragon and phoenix across a back
Black and white photograph of a woman kneeling with her back to the camera, showing a Japanese-style dragon and cloud tattoo across her back and upper arm while she raises a katana overhead.
Japanese back tattoo with raised katana
Black and grey pencil drawing of a Japanese-style dragon design with a spiked mane, scaled body and clawed foot, shown as a flash sketch.
Dragon design with spiked mane and claws
Large Japanese style dragon tattoo covering a person's back, with grey scales, red accents and black clouds.
Japanese dragon across a full back
Black ink dragon tattoo in a Japanese style, coiling from the side of the abdomen across the hip and down onto the thigh.
Dragon tattoo wrapping hip and thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a geisha holding an open parasol with ink splash details, covering a person's full back, with small red accents.
Geisha with parasol across a full back
Japanese style dragon with cherry blossoms and grey smoke tattooed across the top of a foot and up the ankle.
Dragon and cherry blossoms on a foot
Black and grey dragon tattoo with a detailed head and scaled body wrapping from the hip down the outer thigh.
Dragon tattoo across hip and thigh
Pencil sketch of a Japanese-style dragon with claws, whiskers and a scaled body, drawn in blue and red pencil for a tattoo design.
Japanese dragon design in pencil
Japanese style tattoo of a samurai oni mask in a helmet, with cherry blossoms and a golden dragon, across an upper arm and shoulder.
Samurai oni and dragon on upper arm
Full sleeve Japanese-style dragon tattoo in grey and red with red flames, shown on the upper arm and forearm of a shirtless man.
Dragon sleeve with red flames
Full-colour Japanese-style dragon design in blue and orange with orange flame-like fins, coiled and clawed, shown on a white background.
Coiled dragon design in blue and orange
Japanese style flash drawing of a green and red dragon coiling over black and grey waves, with a small cartoon figure in a yellow robe beside it.
Green dragon flash with wave background
Woman seen from behind with a full-back Japanese style tattoo of a dragon and waves, extending over the upper arms and thighs.
Full back and leg Japanese dragon tattoo
Colour tattoo of a blue-grey and green Eastern-style dragon coiling across a person's upper back, shown in a Japanese style.
Blue and green dragon across a back
Black and grey Japanese dragon with clouds, maple leaves and a rose across a forearm, shown from three angles.
Japanese dragon and maple sleeve on a forearm
Large Japanese style back tattoo of a green dragon and a grey dragon among clouds and cherry blossoms, spanning the upper back and shoulders.
Twin dragons across a back piece
Colour drawing of a silver Japanese-style dragon with orange flame accents, coiling through blue stylised waves, as a tattoo design.
Silver dragon with blue waves and orange flames
Red-brown line drawing of a Japanese dragon coiling through wisps of cloud, with cherry blossoms, as a tattoo design sketch.
Japanese dragon with cherry blossoms
Black and grey Japanese style flash design of a coiling dragon with lily-like flowers and cloud motifs on a white background.
Black and grey dragon with flowers and clouds
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo covering a person's back, with a coiling body, clawed feet and wispy cloud-like smoke.
Black and grey dragon across a back
Full arm sleeve tattoo in Japanese style showing a blue-green scaled serpent, red flames and dragon heads, shown from three angles.
Full sleeve with dragons and serpent in Japanese style
Green dragon tattoo with black outlines and shaded scales on the side of a hip and waist.
Green dragon on a hip
Two photographs on a magazine page show a bare male torso with a black and grey Japanese style tiger with red accents on the ribs and a dragon and cloud sleeve on the upper arm.
Japanese tiger and dragon sleeve on torso
Black and grey line drawing of a coiling Eastern dragon with a flaming pearl, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body placement.
Eastern dragon with a flaming pearl
Upper arm tattoo of a geisha holding a folding fan beside a dragon, in grey shading with red accents, Japanese style.
Geisha with fan and dragon on upper arm
Full body Japanese style tattoo with dragons, chrysanthemums and clouds across the chest, arms and thighs of a man in white briefs.
Full body Japanese irezumi with dragons and chrysanthemums
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
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 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
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 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 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
Black and grey Japanese dragon full sleeve tattoo with scales, waves and clouds, covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Japanese dragon full sleeve
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 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