Snake tattoo ideas

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

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Japanese style tattoo flash of a red and gold snake coiled among colourful chrysanthemums and black swirling waves.
Snake and chrysanthemums with waves design
Black ink fine line drawing of a woman's face framed by feathers and a curling tentacle, shown as a tattoo design on white paper with no body visible.
Woman portrait with tentacle and feathers
Traditional style flash design of a skull pierced by a dagger, with a snake coiled around it and the words MAKE OR DIE beside it, drawn in black and mustard with halftone shading.
Skull, dagger and snake flash design
Pencil and ink sketch of Medusa, a woman with snakes for hair, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Medusa sketch with snake hair
Two black and grey Japanese style tattoos on the top of a pair of feet, one showing a rat and the other a cat and snake, both set among clouds.
Rat and cat with snake on feet in Japanese style
Black and grey traditional tattoos on a man's upper arm and chest, including a panther head, a snake coiled around a woman's face, a cross and a stag head.
Traditional panther, snake and stag tattoos on arm and chest
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
Black outlined Hogwarts house crest tattoo with red, green, gold and blue watercolour splashes and drips on a calf.
Hogwarts crest watercolour tattoo on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a red and black snake coiled around a spoked wheel, with two red flowers, on the outer thigh.
Snake coiled around a wheel on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo sleeve on a forearm showing an eye, a snake, a skull and flowers, with a panther head tattooed on the ribs above jeans.
Traditional sleeve with eye, snake and skull
Two black and grey tattoo transfer designs on a white wooden surface, a coiled snake above and a running fox below, both drawn with realistic shading and placed on no body part.
Snake and fox tattoo transfer designs
Realistic green viper coiled across a back tattoo, with a red rose below and dark smoke and purple shapes above.
Green viper and red rose on the back
Black ink line drawing on paper of an interlaced snake design surrounded by ornamental leaves and swirls, drawn as a tattoo flash sketch.
Interlaced snake design with leaf filler
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
Black and grey snake tattoo with a sunburst behind its head, wrapping across the inner forearm in a traditional blackwork style.
Black snake and sunburst on a forearm
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
Pencil-style drawing of a coiled cobra with green watercolour washes and the word Slytherin in script beneath it, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Coiled snake with Slytherin lettering
Small black and grey tattoo of a skull entwined with a snake on the inner forearm of a person holding a wand.
Skull and snake tattoo on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snake coiling around a hand that holds an apple, with banknotes and feathers, on the side of the ribs.
Snake and hand with banknotes on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of Medusa's face framed by snakes, shown on the upper arm.
Medusa face with snakes on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoos on a leg in bath water, showing a rose, a snake, a matryoshka doll and a hot air balloon with an ornate basket.
Traditional rose, doll and balloon tattoos on a leg
Full back tattoo in traditional style showing a black snake coiled between red roses, sun faces, dripping apple and blue waves, with forearm and upper arm tattoos visible.
Traditional back piece with snake, roses and sun faces
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a rearing cobra with its hood spread, covering the upper arm.
Cobra with raised hood on upper arm
Realistic black and grey snake tattoo coiling up a lower leg, with cream highlights on its scales, placed on the calf.
Realistic snake on a calf
Black and grey realism style snake tattoo wrapping around the ankle and up the lower leg of a foot with black painted toenails.
Black and grey snake wrapped around an ankle
Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a roaring tiger, a coiled snake, flowers and wave motifs, in black and grey shading.
Tiger and snake back piece
Black and grey pencil drawing of a dragon with spread wings coiled around a shaded human skull, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Dragon wrapped around a skull
Colour tattoo of the Hogwarts school crest with a lion, a snake and ribbon banners, shown on the forearm.
Hogwarts crest with banners on forearm
Pink flash sheet of black and pink horror designs including a skeleton, werewolf head, coffin, raven, snake, bats, eyes and a severed hand.
Horror flash sheet with skeleton and werewolf
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
Black ink eye tattoo on a finger with a dotted mandala flower on the back of the hand and a red and yellow snake tattoo at the side.
Eye, mandala and snake on the hand
Black and red medical alert tattoo on the inner wrist reading Meniere's Disease and Vertigo, with a red snake-and-staff symbol and MEDIC ALERT lettering around it.
Medical alert wrist tattoo for Meniere's disease
A grid of twelve flat, outlined flash designs in blue, red, green and light blue, including a snake and dagger, a MOM heart, a skull, a ship and a diamond.
Grid of twelve flat flash designs
Coloured skull and snake tattoo with green glowing eyes and green scale detail, placed on a forearm.
Skull and snake on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos on two forearms, showing a shaded rose and leaves on the left arm and a banner, snake and skull on the right forearm.
Rose and banner lettering on forearms
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of Medusa with green skin and snake hair, a winged gold headpiece and arrows, on the upper arm.
Medusa with arrows on an upper arm
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
Traditional flash sheet of tattoo designs in bold colour, including a skull with crossbones, a hand with flowers, a snake and heart, mushrooms and a frog.
Traditional flash sheet with skull, hand and snakes
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey Egyptian-style cat with a gold cobra, gold collar and orange eyes, covering a person's upper back.
Egyptian cat and cobra on a back
Traditional style medical alert tattoo on the inner wrist, showing a red cross, blue ring and grey caduceus with the word DIABETIC beneath.
Diabetic medical alert caduceus on a wrist
Black tribal-style butterfly design with flame-like wings and a coiled figure down the centre, shown on a white background.
Tribal flame butterfly design
Lower leg covered in black and grey traditional tattoos, including a snake, a dagger and roses, with a black cat sitting beside it on a carpet.
Traditional leg sleeve with black cat on carpet
Traditional style flash drawing of a black coiled snake with an open mouth, showing fangs and red and yellow accents, with no body placement shown.
Coiled snake with open jaws
A man in a dark grey t-shirt with a Washington state map print shows black and grey tattoos of a snake, geometric shapes and a skull on his forearms and upper arm.
Arm tattoos with snake and skull under a home t-shirt
Close-up of a thigh with colourful traditional tattoos of a yellow rose, a snake and an eye, partly covered by black lace-up shorts.
Traditional rose and snake on a thigh
Black and grey traditional tattoo covering a stomach, with a panther head, roses, a skull, a spider web and a pin-up head.
Traditional stomach piece with panther, roses and skull
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged syringe wrapped in a snake, with DIABETIC T1 lettering above it, on a forearm.
Winged syringe and snake on a forearm
A black and white flash sheet with red accents, showing traditional tattoo designs themed around the number thirteen, including a cat, skull, dagger, heart and eye.
Thirteen themed traditional flash sheet