Serpent tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white line drawing of a stylised serpent with a feathered crest biting its own tail to form a circle, in a bold tribal-inspired design.
Serpent eating its tail in a circle
Black linework drawing of a coiled dragon with a long, spiked body and a sweeping wing shaded with a grey splatter effect, on a white background.
Coiled dragon design with a grey wash wing
Black and grey dotwork calf tattoos showing a full moon, crystals, a cactus, an open hand with an eye in the palm, a moth and morel mushrooms.
Moon, crystals, cactus and eye hand on both calves
Colour tattoo of a Star of Life with a serpent entwined around a staff, outlined in black with a quote curved around it, on a leg.
Star of Life with serpent and lettering
Solid black design of a cross with arrowhead ends, a coiled serpent and a ring at the centre, topped by a crown and two wings, on a white background.
Black cross with serpent, wings and crown
Line drawing of a slender snake with black skin, red and white bands and a black head, shown as a flash design on a plain white background.
Banded snake design on white
Black dragon design with lace-patterned wings coiling into a long serpentine tail, drawn on a plain white background, with no body placement shown.
Lace-winged dragon design
Black linework tattoo of a skull with a serpent coiled beneath it on the forearm, in a traditional style.
Skull and serpent on a forearm
Full body Japanese style tattoo covering a man's arms, chest, back and legs, with a dragon, cherry blossoms, clouds and waves in bright colour on grey shading.
Full body Japanese bodysuit tattoo
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey snake coiled in a green shield crest with scrollwork, on the upper thigh.
Green snake in a shield crest on a thigh
Japanese style colour tattoo of a black cat holding an arrow above a red and teal dragon, shown on a limb in two side by side photos.
Black cat and dragon in Japanese style
Black line-work Japanese-style dragon with cherry blossoms wrapping around the upper arm and shoulder, shown without shading or colour.
Dragon and cherry blossoms on upper arm
Black tribal flash design of two facing dragons with spiked wings and an intertwined serpentine body, in a blackwork style.
Twin dragons with intertwined body design
Japanese-style drawing of a samurai skull in a helmet, surrounded by a serpent, skulls, white chrysanthemums and red lightning on a dark smoky background, with no body placement shown.
Samurai skull and serpent with chrysanthemums
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm, with a mandala on the shoulder and a serpent over geometric bands.
Mandala shoulder and serpent sleeve on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a red and black coiled snake with orange and teal dots and a small butterfly above it, placed across the centre of a person's chest.
Coiled snake and butterfly on chest
Japanese style tattoo flash of a red and gold snake coiled among colourful chrysanthemums and black swirling waves.
Snake and chrysanthemums with waves design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a horned owl with spread wings and a red dragon, framed by grey clouds, across the left ribs of a torso.
Owl and dragon across the ribs
Black and grey line drawing of a winged serpent holding a skeleton key in its mouth, beside a heart-shaped padlock with butterflies.
Winged serpent with key and heart padlock
Black line drawing of a dragon in a bold tribal-style outline, with a raised wing, coiled body and spiral tail, on a white background.
Tribal-style dragon design with curled tail
Black dotwork ouroboros, a serpent eating its own tail forming a braided-looking ring, on the upper back of a woman with dark hair.
Ouroboros serpent on upper back
Traditional style scorpion tattoo in teal, brown, red and yellow with bold black outlines on the thigh.
Traditional scorpion tattoo on a leg
Mirrored Celtic knotwork design with two green and blue dragon heads on a black background, drawn as a tattoo-style flash with no body placement shown.
Symmetrical Celtic knot dragons
Black and grey tattoo of a feathered serpent head with carved stone styling and glyphs on a block, across a man's shoulder and upper chest.
Feathered serpent on shoulder
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a black spotted cat with a red and grey serpent and a blue dragon head on the side of the torso.
Spotted cat with snake and dragon
Bold black tribal-style dragon tattoo with a small red flame on a lower leg, shown in a close photograph.
Tribal dragon on a lower leg
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on an upper limb showing an eye within a triangle, a rose, a green serpent, a banner reading BLACK and a book at the base.
Eye, rose and serpent colour piece on a limb
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stepped pyramid, a feathered serpent and a skull on the forearm, running down towards the wrist.
Stepped pyramid, serpent and skull on forearm
Black and grey interlace knotwork tattoo on a back, showing a tree above two serpent heads and a triquetra at the base, in Blackwork style.
Knotwork tree and beasts across a back
Green watercolour-style snake tattoo with a dark outline, coiled in an S shape with its head raised, on the upper thigh.
Green watercolour snake on thigh
Colour tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder showing Pokémon-style creatures, a white bird, snowflakes and flowers, shown in three side-by-side views.
Pokémon characters sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo covering a full back, showing a horned demonic creature with glowing eyes, a serpent and a skeletal hand among stone ruins.
Horned demon and serpent across a full back
Black traditional-style tattoo of a skull with a serpent coiling down the forearm, ending in a small skull at the tail.
Skull and serpent on a forearm
Black and white line drawing of two mirrored winged horses rearing above an intertwined scaled serpent, framed by fine feather-like filigree, suitable as a tattoo flash design.
Symmetrical winged horses and serpent design
Japanese style full back tattoo design in colour, showing a blue oni demon, a dragon head and a scaled serpent with red claws on a torso outline.
Oni and dragon full back design
Full back tattoo of red poppies, pink flowers, black lace and a dragon head in mixed botanical and Japanese style across the upper and lower back.
Poppy, lace and dragon back piece
Black and grey Slytherin crest tattoo with scrollwork and a serpent on the upper thigh of a person standing outdoors in a busy public area.
Slytherin crest tattoo on a thigh
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
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 and grey Japanese style snake wrapping around two peony flowers with leaves, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Snake and peonies on a thigh
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 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
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
Pencil sketch of a skull with a serpent coiling out of its jaws and looping down to a broken tail, drawn in grey shading on white paper.
Skull and serpent pencil design
Black linework tattoo of a naga serpent, lotus flowers and swirling waves covering a leg from thigh to calf.
Naga serpent and lotus leg tattoo
Black and grey flash design of a yin yang symbol wrapped by a serpent-like form, with a wolf head at the top and feathered wings spreading on both sides.
Yin yang with wolf heads and wings
Glowing UV-reactive tattoo of a skull with a serpent coiled down through it, shown in blue-white on a forearm.
Skull and serpent on a forearm under UV light