Dragonfly tattoo ideas

189 photos and flash · 32% Fine line, 17% Botanical · Back most common

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Black tribal-style dragonfly design with swirling Polynesian-inspired patterns filling the wings, shown on a white background.
Tribal dragonfly design
Black line drawing of an ornate dragonfly design with filigree swirls and gear details on its wings, with a key forming its body, shown without any skin or placement.
Ornate dragonfly and key design
Black and grey dotwork-style dragonfly design with ornate wings, a jewelled body and dotted chains hanging beneath, drawn on a lilac grey background.
Ornate dragonfly with dotted chains design
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo on an arm showing a blue cartoon character similar to Stitch holding a small frog, with pink flowers and a glass jar of fireflies.
Cartoon character sleeve with flowers and a jar
Colour fine line tattoo on an upper arm showing a dragonfly, a bee, a dark bird and grass stems with red flowers, beside a framed print of the same design.
Insects, bird and grasses on an upper arm
Colour dragonfly tattoo with rainbow-toned wings and a black outline, placed on the lower back above denim.
Rainbow dragonfly on lower back
Black line drawing of an ornate dragonfly with mandala-style patterned wings above a dotted geometric circle, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Ornate dragonfly design with geometric circle
Purple brushstroke dragonfly tattoo design with a loose trailing line below it, drawn on a plain off-white background.
Purple brushstroke dragonfly design
Multicoloured watercolour-style dragonfly tattoo on a person's upper back and shoulder, with the words Never give up in black script beneath one wing.
Watercolour dragonfly with never give up script
Black and grey dotwork dragonfly tattoo with mandala-style floral wings running down the calf.
Mandala dragonfly on a calf
Woman seen from behind in a black dress, showing black and grey floral and bird tattoos across her back, upper arm and forearm.
Floral and bird tattoos on back and arms
Realistic colour tattoo of a dragonfly with purple and blue wings and a green body, placed on a person's chest.
Realistic dragonfly on a chest
Hand-drawn sheet on squared paper showing many small line symbols, including an ankh, eye, skull, owl, lion, dreamcatcher and mountains, as possible tattoo designs.
Hand-drawn sheet of small tattoo symbols
Small black fine line tattoo of a dragonfly with detailed wings on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Fine line dragonfly on upper back
Colourful watercolour-style dragonfly tattoo with blue, purple and pink wings on the inner upper arm.
Watercolour dragonfly on the upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a dragonfly with swirling blackwork patterns filling its wings, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Dragonfly with swirled wings
Watercolour-style dragonfly tattoo with black linework and pink, purple and teal washes on a person's upper back.
Watercolour dragonfly on the upper back
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a radial dragonfly mandala with three dragonflies above it, on a limb.
Dragonfly mandala with three dragonflies
Colour tattoo of a dragonfly, a butterfly and clusters of pink, purple and blue five-petalled flowers on a person's skin, in a botanical style.
Dragonfly, butterfly and flowers on skin
A flash sheet of small black tattoo designs on white, including a snake, sun, butterfly, dragonfly, flower and frog, shown in a simple bold tribal-style outline.
Black tattoo flash sheet of small motifs
Black line drawing of a dragonfly tattoo design with tribal-style wings and a column of three red hearts forming its body.
Dragonfly with heart-shaped body design
Three black ink dragonflies drawn one above another on a white background, each with ornamental swirled patterns inside the wings.
Three dragonflies with ornate wings
Colour Botanical and Realism tattoo on an upper arm showing orange and pink lilies, a hummingbird, a praying mantis and a bee against a turquoise watercolour-style background.
Lilies and hummingbirds on upper arm
Black and grey dragonfly tattoo with patterned wings and scrolling swirls across the upper back.
Dragonfly with swirls on upper back
Colour tattoo of a dragonfly with a blue body, pink-tinted veined wings and a soft grey shadow on pale skin.
Blue and pink dragonfly tattoo on skin
Black line drawing of an ornate dragonfly with patterned wings and a segmented body, shown as a tattoo flash design on a white background.
Ornamental dragonfly line drawing
Black ink drawing of a dragonfly with daisy-like flowers and swirling scrollwork, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Dragonfly and flowers design
Realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with a dragonfly and a pale petal on an upper arm.
Open pocket watch with dragonfly wings
Colour tattoo of a dragonfly with orange, black-striped wings and a purple body, spread across a woman's upper chest.
Dragonfly across the upper chest
Close crop of a greyscale shaded dragonfly tattoo on a person's lower abdomen, just above the waistband of grey jeans.
Dragonfly tattoo above the hip
Watercolour style tattoo of a dragonfly and dandelion seed heads in teal, pink and purple across the side of the ribs.
Watercolour dragonfly and dandelion on ribs
Black and grey dragonfly tattoo framed by ornate scrollwork and dotwork geometric patterns across the neck, shoulders and chest.
Dragonfly and scrollwork across neck and chest
Purple and pink dragonfly tattoo with black outlined swirls on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dragonfly with swirling tails on upper back
Black and white drawing of two dragonflies with mesh-patterned wings, their tails curving to form a heart shape on a white background.
Two dragonflies forming a heart
Small painterly dragonfly tattoo with teal wings and a green body hovering above teal water ripples, on bare skin.
Dragonfly over water ripples
Colourful patterned dragonfly tattoo in fine line and neo-traditional style on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade, with small stars and a pink curve below.
Patterned dragonfly on a shoulder blade
Black and white photo of a small black dragonfly tattoo, in fine line style, centred on the upper back of a person with their hair in a bun.
Small dragonfly tattoo on upper back
Fine line dragonfly tattoo with grey wings and a blue body, with the script words I love you more than you know trailing from its tail across the upper back.
Dragonfly with script quote on a shoulder blade
Fine line black and grey dragonfly tattoo with teal accents and swirling scrollwork across the top of a foot, with glitter nail varnish on the toes.
Dragonfly and swirls on the top of a foot
Blue and teal dragonfly tattoo with shaded, patterned wings on the top of a foot, set against a cloudy sky, with dark blue painted toenails.
Blue dragonfly tattoo on the top of a foot
Black and grey geometric dragonfly tattoo with faceted wings on the side of a person's ribs.
Geometric dragonfly on the ribs
Blue ornate tattoo flash design of a cannabis leaf filled with paisley scrollwork, peacock feathers, a dragonfly and a fleur-de-lis on a pale grey background.
Ornate blue cannabis leaf with peacock feathers
Small fine line black tattoo of a dragonfly with detailed wings on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Fine line dragonfly on the shoulder
Realistic colour tattoo of a pink lily with yellow stamens and two dragonflies on the upper back.
Pink lily and dragonflies on the upper back
Black and grey dragonfly tattoo on the ribs of a person lying on a checked bedsheet, with further tattoos on the upper arm and thigh.
Dragonfly tattoo on the ribs
Black linework flash design of a dragonfly with outstretched wings, surrounded by grey stars and ending in a looping swirl tail, with no body placement shown.
Dragonfly with stars and a swirling tail
Colour tattoo of a dragonfly with blue and green swirl-patterned wings and black scrollwork, placed on the upper back.
Dragonfly with swirls on upper back
Pencil or ink flash design of three dragonflies and an ornate key with filigree scrollwork, drawn in fine line with light pink accents.
Three dragonflies and an ornate key