Serpent tattoo ideas

164 photos and flash · 14% Blackwork, 14% Japanese · Forearm most common

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Large full back tattoo of a circular alchemical emblem with a triangle and hexagram, red serpent bands and Latin-style text around the edge, placed across the upper and middle back.
Alchemical emblem across a back
Black ink flash design of a knotwork dragon coiled inside a circle, drawn on aged parchment with a faint star behind it.
Celtic knotwork dragon in a circle
Flash sheet of seven black silhouette emblems on a tan background, including a lion head, boar, ram, serpent, fox, a creature with a spiral tail and a ring of eyes, with Japanese title text.
Seven Deadly Sins emblem flash sheet
Close-up of a Japanese style tattoo on a back and upper arm, showing a red and yellow serpent with a dark scaled head and orange eye among black and grey waves.
Japanese serpent and waves across back and arm
Close photo of a realistic shaded snake tattoo wrapping down a person's calf, with dark scales and pale markings.
Shaded snake coiled around a calf
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a dragon head and a serpent coiled around a dagger on the forearm.
Dragon and serpent around a dagger on a forearm
Black and grey coiled snake tattoo with hatched shading and bold outlines on the outer forearm, with a small curling line above its head.
Coiled snake on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of Medusa in profile, with snake hair and an ornate helmet, on the upper arm.
Medusa in profile with snake hair on upper arm
Black and grey serpent tattoo with dotwork shading and frilled fins, coiling from the shoulder down the side of the ribs.
Large serpent coiling down the ribs
Pencil drawing of a striped serpent with an open-jawed reptilian head biting its own tail to form a circle, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Striped serpent eating its own tail
Solid black silhouette of a snake coiled in an S-shape with its head raised to the left, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.
Coiled snake silhouette design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an armillary sphere and a winged staff with a serpent, with geometric lines and arrows, on the forearm.
Armillary sphere and winged staff on a forearm
Black and grey snake tattoos on the thighs of a woman in denim cut-off shorts leaning into a car.
Two snakes on the thighs
Black ink drawing of a winding snake with fern fronds, in a botanical illustration style, on a white background.
Snake and fern fronds design
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a feathered serpent wrapping around an eight-pointed star and a round shield, on a person's upper back.
Feathered serpent and star on upper back
Traditional-style tattoo on a forearm showing a yellow-rimmed compass with a red and black star, a red rose with green leaves below, and a serpent wrapping around the compass.
Traditional compass and rose on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a green sea serpent with red eyes and teeth inside a block letter F, framed by blue waves on a red background.
Green sea serpent in a block letter F
Black and grey tattoo of a standing multi-armed figure holding blades and torches, flanked by coiled serpents, on the upper arm.
Multi-armed figure on upper arm
Black line drawing of an ouroboros, a snake eating its own tail, with swirling decorative patterns along its body, on a mustard background.
Ouroboros snake design
Black and grey drawing of a coiled snake with rose shapes and leaves, shown as a tattoo design in a blackwork and botanical style.
Coiled snake with roses and leaves design
Black and red dragon tattoo with loose ink splashes wrapping around the upper arm.
Black and red dragon on upper arm
Full colour tattoo of a woman in traditional dress holding a sword before mountains and flowers, across an upper arm and shoulder.
Warrior woman with sword on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a monkey face with a blue and orange snake coiled above it, on the upper arm.
Realistic monkey and snake on an upper arm
Flash design of a black dragon with a red eye, coiling body, grey feathered wing shapes and two red orbs, shown without a body placement.
Black dragon with grey wings design
Small solid black tribal-style dragon tattoo on the forearm, shown beside a silver coin for scale.
Small dragon tattoo on forearm
Black and grey dragon tattoo design drawn on a plain white background, with a coiled serpentine body, lace-like wing detail and a horned head.
Coiled dragon tattoo design
Black ink pen drawing of a snake with its head raised, knotted into a looped four-lobed shape on cream paper, with cross-hatched shading.
Knotted snake pen drawing
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
Black and grey flash design of a ram skull with a serpent coiling around it, flanked by two blades and leaves, with the word Capricorn below.
Capricorn ram skull and serpent design
Simple black outline drawing of an ouroboros, a grey snake biting its own tail to form a circle, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Ouroboros snake eating its tail
Black and grey pencil drawing of a helmeted warrior woman with ornate scrollwork and a Greek key band, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Helmeted warrior woman with Greek key border
Large back tattoo of a purple and grey winged dragon with a serpent-like tail, with a zipper motif opening down the spine.
Winged dragon back piece with zipper
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
Black line drawing of a serpentine dragon with a curled tail and spiked back, shown as a flash tattoo design.
Black line serpentine dragon design
Black tribal-style dragon design coiled in a circle on a white background, drawn as a flash with no body placement shown.
Coiled tribal dragon design
Black fine line tattoo of a kneeling figure, a dark cloud and a serpent on a woman's upper back, shown from behind.
Kneeling figure, cloud and serpent on upper back
Solid black silhouette of a snake coiled into an S shape with its head raised to the left, drawn on a plain white background.
Coiled snake silhouette
White ink ouroboros, a serpent biting its own tail, forms a circle on the forearm in a close photograph.
Ouroboros on a forearm
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
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 stylised flash design of two bird heads on curving necks joined to a tapering tail with a spade tip, shown on a plain grey background.
Stylised bird and serpent motif
Black line drawing of a tree with an eagle perched on top, a curled creature in the trunk and serpents coiled among the roots, with dotted shading in the canopy.
Tree with eagle and serpents design
A coiled, multicoloured serpent with scaled body and botanical flourishes in flash-style illustration on a cream background, with no body placement shown.
Ornate serpent with botanical flourishes
A six-panel grid of small black fine line tattoo designs on pale backgrounds, including mountains with a moon, a tree with stars, a leaf, a serpent, and a ring with inscribed lettering.
Six small fine line tattoo designs in a grid
Black silhouette design of a horned serpent coiled around a staff, with a crown above, a crossbar with arrow tips, wings and three triangles.
Serpent dragon and crowned staff design
A bold outline of a skull entwined with a serpent, applied as a temporary stamped tattoo on a forearm.
Skull and serpent stamp on a forearm
A shirtless man in a black-trousered headstand against a black background shows a large back tattoo and forearm tattoos.
Headstand pose showing a back tattoo
Line drawing of a dragon built from Celtic interlace, with blue knotted wings spread wide and a green knotted body curling below, shown on a white background.
Celtic knot dragon design