Snake tattoo ideas

372 photos and flash · 32% Traditional, 15% Realism · Forearm most common

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Black fine-line lettering and a black caduceus symbol on the inner wrist of a person wearing a white floral dress, styled as a lettering tattoo.
Caduceus and diabetic alert wrist tattoo
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat head with red ears, wide staring eyes and a dotted starry background, on a limb with other tattoos nearby.
Black cat head with red ears on a limb
Colour traditional tattoo of a winged staff with snakes and Type 1 and Diabetic banners on the forearm, shown in three photos.
Winged staff with Type 1 Diabetic banners
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 tattoo of a Medusa head with snakes, wings and wheat ears within a triskelion, on the upper back.
Medusa and triskelion on the upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm, shown inside a diamond shape with a moon, pine trees and mountains above wavy horizontal bands.
Moon and mountains in a diamond on a forearm
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
Colour tattoo sleeve with red apples, leaves and green snake scales across the chest, shoulder and arm of a shirtless man against a black background.
Apples and snake sleeve on chest and arm
Black and grey tattoo on the inner wrist showing a grey caduceus with wings beside the words type one and the symbols I, greater than, caret and v in a simple lettering style.
Caduceus and type one lettering on a wrist
Large colour tattoo on a back of a spiral serpent over a fine dotted geometric pattern, with red script strands hanging below.
Spiral serpent and script on a back
Black and grey Medusa face with pale snakes coiling through her hair on the forearm, shaded in a realistic style.
Medusa with snakes on a forearm
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
Black and grey realistic tattoo of two coiling snakes with patterned scales wrapping across the ribs and side of the torso.
Coiled snakes across the ribs
Black and white ink snakes coiled together across a forearm, rendered in blackwork and dotwork style.
Intertwined snakes on a forearm
Pen and ink drawing of a tattoo design showing a snarling wolf, coiled snake, rosary and red mandala, in a neo-traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Wolf, snake and mandala tattoo design
Black and grey tattoo of a skull with a snake coiled through it, shown on the outer forearm.
Skull and snake on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of a solid black rose entwined with pale stippled snakes, with three small outlined geometric shapes above it.
Black rose and white snakes on a forearm
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
Photograph of a hand on dark leather with thin black and yellowish bands and a small black snake tattoo wrapped around one finger.
Snake and bands around a finger
Black ink tattoo of a caduceus with wings and a heartbeat line ending in an outlined heart, on the side of the torso.
Caduceus and heartbeat line on the side
Realistic brown and tan snake tattoo with shaded scales coiling from the shoulder down across the chest.
Realistic snake tattoo across the chest
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a hare wrapped in a snake, with roses and leaves above and an eye in a triangle below.
Hare, snake and botanical upper arm piece
Black and grey pencil drawing of a geisha holding a katana with a snake coiled around it, surrounded by cherry blossoms, flames and a skull, in a Japanese style design.
Geisha with katana and snake flash
A traditional flash sheet printed in cream on navy blue, showing a sheet of tattoo designs including a skull eagle crest, pistols, roses, a shark, a snake and a woman's bust.
Traditional flash sheet in cream on navy
White line drawings of traditional tattoo flash motifs, including an eagle, skulls, a hand, a bear and a skeleton, on a black fabric tapestry hung against a white wall.
Traditional flash sheet on black fabric
Traditional style flash drawing of a snake coiled around a dagger, in black linework on textured tan paper.
Snake wrapped around a dagger
Woman in a pale floral mini dress with traditional-style tattoos of a peacock on the upper arm, a snake on the other arm, a wolf head on the knee and further designs on the neck and legs.
Peacock, wolf and snake tattoos with floral dress
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
Three views of a leg tattoo on the calf and ankle showing a wolf head with blue eyes, honeycomb hexagons, pink cherry blossoms and a geometric line design in neo-traditional style.
Wolf, honeycomb and blossom leg tattoo
Red pencil sketch of a woman with flowing hair entwined with a snake and surrounded by flowers and leaves, drawn as a tattoo design.
Woman and snake floral design sketch
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
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
Seated person with a black ink traditional-style heart banner reading MOTHER and a draped figure on the inner forearm, with TAKE CARE lettering on the back of the hand.
Mother banner and take care lettering on forearm
Black linework tattoo of a snake eating its own tail in a circle around a hexagon with inner double lines, on plain skin.
Ouroboros snake around a hexagon
Black and grey realistic snake coiled around a round orb, tattooed on the forearm.
Coiled snake and orb on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a scaled snake, open flowers and dotted geometric lines on the outer forearm.
Snake and flowers on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of an elephant inside a long snake-like outline on the upper arm, with a grey t-shirt sleeve above.
Fine line elephant in a snake outline on upper arm
Close-up of a black and grey skull and entwined snake tattoo on an upper arm, with a wooden wand held beside it and a green dress in the background.
Skull and snake tattoo on an upper arm
Close-up of a dark snake tattoo on a person's chest, partly covered by layered silver necklaces with sword pendants, with tattoos visible on the forearm.
Snake tattoo on chest beneath layered necklaces
Black ink tattoo of a snake eating its tail forming a circle around a tree and crescent moon, placed on the centre of the chest.
Ouroboros with tree and moon on chest
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
Black and grey tattoo of a lace-cuffed hand gripping a dripping snake head, shown in two close-up photographs, one above a LUCKY banner.
Snake-headed hand with lace cuff
Black and grey fine line tattoos on a forearm, including a wand, a snake with a skull, Deathly Hallows symbols and the number 9 3/4.
Wand, snake and Deathly Hallows forearm set
Close photo of a shaded grey snake tattoo with dark spots and a pink tongue on the upper arm, set against green foliage.
Coiled snake with green foliage on upper arm
Overhead view of two people in bed with traditional style tattoos of a snake, roses and a panther head on their legs, forearm and hand, with breakfast plates beside them.
Traditional tattoos on legs and forearms in bed
Traditional style tattoo of a grey snake coiled around two daggers with green drips, on the outer arm.
Snake wrapped around two daggers on an arm