Serpent tattoo ideas

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

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Three pencil sketches of snakes coiled inside shield-shaped crests, drawn as possible tattoo designs.
Three snake crest sketches in pencil
Black, grey and gold drawing of a coiled snake with stippled dotwork rays behind its head, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Coiled snake with gold discs
Pencil drawing of a feathered serpent design in the style of Mesoamerican stone carving, with a detailed head and a coiled, segmented body on a pale background.
Feathered serpent design in pencil
Black and grey shield crest tattoo on the inner forearm, showing animal figures and an open book in fine linework with soft shading.
Shield crest tattoo on a forearm
Painted dragon design with spread bat-like wings, clawed feet and a long scaled tail coiled at the bottom, shown on a plain background with no body placement.
Winged dragon with coiled scaled tail
Colour tattoo of a cartoon character with yellow eyes and horns, coiled around a red tail, with the quote What fun is there in making sense? on the calf.
Cartoon character and quote on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a green and black snake with red markings coiled around red roses and green leaves on a forearm.
Snake coiled around roses on a forearm
Black line drawing of a serpentine dragon with a spiked back, tall wing-like fins and a curled tail, shown on a plain white background.
Serpentine dragon with spiked back and wings
Brown ink line drawing of a vertical interlaced knotwork design with two stylised beast heads at the top, suitable as a tattoo flash design.
Interlaced knotwork with two beast heads
Black and grey brush-stroke dragon with red accents running up a forearm, in a loose ink wash style.
Brush-stroke dragon on a forearm
Black and grey drawing of a tall Norse-style design with interlaced knotwork, a central round knot, a sword-like form and stylised animal heads, shown on plain paper.
Norse knotwork and beast design
Drawing of a long white dragon entwined with green vines and leaves, holding a small red orb, shown as a tattoo design on a brown background.
White dragon with green vines
Solid black tribal-style dragon design with a coiled, serpentine body on a white background, shown as a drawing with no body part visible.
Tribal dragon design, vertical
Black line drawing of a horned Hannya mask with prayer beads, smoke swirls and a coiled dragon, a Japanese style tattoo flash design.
Hannya mask with horns and prayer beads
Solid black tribal-style design of a dragon whose serpentine body loops into an infinity symbol, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Dragon forming an infinity symbol
Colour flash drawing of a serpentine dragon with a long horned head, filled with pastel teal, pink and purple and decorated with black scrollwork, in a neo-traditional style.
Pastel serpentine dragon flash design
Black outline drawing of a stylised dragon with scale patterning and spiral details, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Stylised dragon line drawing
Colour tattoo of a green and rainbow mythical creature with swirling flame-like scrolls and golden bells, on the outer thigh.
Colourful mythical creature with swirls on a thigh
Painted flash design of an interlaced Celtic knotwork serpent with a pale skull-like head, in blue-grey, ochre and rust on a parchment background.
Celtic knotwork serpent with skull head
Black line drawing of a stylised dragon head with scale-patterned neck and interlaced ribbon body, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Interlaced dragon head line drawing