Serpent tattoo ideas

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

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Black pencil drawing of a snake coiled around a staff, with fine hatching and stippled scales, on white paper beside a mechanical pencil.
Snake coiled around a staff
A realistic green snake tattoo with grey shading wraps around the outer thigh, its head turned to the left.
Green snake on a thigh
Interlaced serpent tattoo in a Norse knotwork style running down the upper arm, with dotwork shading on the scales.
Interlaced serpent on an upper arm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a long serpentine dragon with a feathered head, segmented body plates and scaled sections, shown as a tattoo design.
Serpentine dragon line drawing
Black and grey flash design of a triangle with POWER, COURAGE and WISDOM on banners, with a sword and shield beside it.
Triangle with Power, Courage and Wisdom banners
Black tattoo of a snake coiled around a straight staff, centred on the upper back.
Snake coiled around a staff on upper back
Black tribal-style dragon design with a coiled, flowing body and spiky head, shown as a flash drawing on a white background.
Tribal dragon design
Black line drawing of a coiled, serpentine dragon with filigree swirl patterns across its wings and body, shown as a standalone tattoo design on a white background.
Ornate dragon with swirling wings and tail
Black and grey flash design of a warrior's face framed by an eagle, a bear, a wolf and a Celtic knot, set within a cracked stone opening.
Warrior face with eagle, bear and wolf design
Colourful Hogwarts house crest tattoo on a forearm, with a lion, serpent, badger and eagle around a central H, a banner reading DRACO and a Latin motto, in a traditional style.
Hogwarts house crest on a forearm
Black dotwork and white-ink snakes coil together on the inner forearm in a blackwork-style tattoo.
Intertwined snakes on a forearm
Solid black tribal-style dragon design on a white background, coiling vertically with clawed feet and a spiked back, shown as a standalone stencil-style design.
Black tribal-style dragon design
Fine line and watercolour tattoo on the forearm showing a small figure with yellow hair on a curved planet beside a dashed orbit, planets and blue and purple washes.
Small figure on a curved planet with watercolour sky
Black and grey Japanese style chrysanthemums and a serpent tattooed across the back and legs of a woman lying face down on a treatment bed.
Chrysanthemums and serpent across legs and back
Black and grey back tattoo in a Japanese style, with a central lotus flower, a moth, a serpent and swirling clouds across the full back.
Full back piece with lotus and moth
Painted drawing of a long serpentine dragon with teal and green watercolour washes, grey ink linework and a whiskered head, drawn as a tattoo design.
Teal watercolour serpent dragon design
Black and grey Celtic knotwork sleeves cover both arms, with a circular tree of life design on the upper back, in a black and white photo of a shirtless man with raised arms.
Celtic knotwork sleeves and tree of life back piece
Black and grey flash design of a winged dragon with its wings spread around a coiled body, with shading in silver and charcoal tones.
Winged dragon coiled in black and grey
Woman in a white mesh bikini showing a black Japanese-style dragon tattoo that wraps from her hip down onto her thigh.
Black dragon tattoo across hip and thigh
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a skull with a snake coiling through it, on the forearm.
Skull and snake on a forearm
Large Japanese-style back tattoo of a geisha with pink flowers in her hair, a red and green serpent, waves and chrysanthemums, shown across a person's upper back.
Geisha and serpent back piece
Black and grey Japanese style dragon tattoo running down a person's back from the shoulder to the waist.
Black and grey dragon across a back
Black tribal-style dragon design drawn on a plain white background, with no body placement shown.
Tribal dragon design
Black ink line drawing of a segmented serpent biting its own tail in a circle, with the lettering Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration set around the edge.
Circular serpent design with quote lettering
Digital illustration of a dragon coiled in a circle around a red and gold triskelion, set on a parchment-style background with faint script, with no body placement shown.
Coiled dragon around a red and gold triskelion
Digital drawing of two interlaced dragon heads above a Celtic triquetra knot, in purple and teal marbled ink on a tan background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Celtic dragons and triquetra knot design
Back view of a woman in a black dress with black and grey wing tattoos on her shoulder blades, an ouroboros on the mid-back and bands on her upper arm.
Wings and ouroboros on a back
Black and grey realism design of Medusa, with a woman's face framed by coiled snakes and rippling water below, shown on a dark background.
Medusa with snakes in black and grey
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an anchor wrapped in rope and a serpent, with two sharks, bubbles and a sunburst behind, in dotwork and blackwork shading.
Anchor with rope, sharks and serpent design
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling leopard entwined with a black and blue snake on a lower leg, in red, blue and black ink.
Leopard and snake wrapped around a leg
Black and red Celtic knotwork design in a ring, with two dragon heads at the top, shown as a flash drawing on a white background.
Celtic knotwork ring with two dragon heads
Colour neo-traditional leg tattoo across the thigh and calf, showing a woman's face framed by swirling hair and jewels, with a wing and a dragon below.
Woman portrait and dragon leg sleeve
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo of a stylised green and teal creature with script lettering and red zigzag details on an upper arm and shoulder.
Stylised creature with script on upper arm
Engraved-style line drawing of an ouroboros serpent forming a circle, entwined with roses, buds and leaves on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Ouroboros serpent with roses
Black and grey realistic snake tattoo running in an S-curve along the side of a bare torso, above black lace underwear.
Snake tattoo on a side torso
Traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman's head wrapped by a three-eyed serpent, with a red and orange rose and green leaves below.
Woman, serpent and rose on upper arm
Black and grey traditional snake tattoo coiled in an S shape across the abdomen, with bold outlines and dotted scale detail.
Coiled snake on the abdomen
Pencil sketch on paper of an abstract serpent-like creature with an open jaw, loose flowing lines and floating rectangular shapes, a tattoo design study rather than a tattoo on skin.
Pencil sketch of an abstract serpent creature
Close photo of a sinuous dragon tattoo on the side of a torso, drawn in loose brushstroke-style black ink with blue and pink splashes.
Brushstroke serpent dragon on the ribs
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an angel with a spear, a woman's portrait, a skeleton and a chained figure.
Full sleeve of angels and a woman's portrait
Black line drawing of a coiled snake with tribal-style patterned scales on a white background, shown as a standalone design with no body placement.
Ornamental snake design
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 tattoo of a heraldic crest shield with a lion, a serpent, a badger and a large central letter H, on a person's upper back.
Heraldic crest shield tattoo on upper back
Black ink drawing of two snakes with scale texture, interlocking in a circle on a plain tan background, shown as a tattoo design.
Two snakes intertwined in a circle
Black linework tattoo of a wavy snake made of radiating tick marks, with a faceted geometric head, running down the inside of a forearm against a dark background.
Wavy snake of radiating ticks on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an ouroboros serpent eating its own tail, with a patterned orange, blue and grey body, on a patch of skin.
Ouroboros serpent on skin
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
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