Snake tattoo ideas

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

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Back view of a shaved-headed man with a realistic red-mouthed snake tattoo across his back, with colourful floral and grey Japanese-style sleeves on both arms.
Realistic snake across a full back tattoo
Pencil drawing of a design with a star of life, a snake, ECG trace and paramedic equipment on a stretcher, shown without any body placement.
Star of Life with snake and paramedic kit
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged caduceus with two snakes wrapped around a staff, placed on the back.
Winged caduceus with snakes on the back
Close photo of a realistic shaded snake tattoo wrapping down a person's calf, with dark scales and pale markings.
Shaded snake coiled around a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of Medusa in profile, with snake hair and an ornate helmet, on the upper arm.
Medusa in profile with snake hair on upper arm
Full back tattoo of a snake coiled around a skull with waves and clouds, in grey shading with small orange accents, placed across the back.
Snake and skull full back piece
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in a winged headdress and beaded necklaces, holding a snake, on the side of a torso.
Egyptian-style woman with snake on side
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open toothed jaw with a snake wrapping through it on a man's neck, with a coloured eye in a triangle on the chest below.
Toothed creature jaw and snake on neck
Colour realism tattoo of a monkey face with a blue and orange snake coiled above it, on the upper arm.
Realistic monkey and snake on an upper arm
Pen drawing of a shaded skull wrapped in roses and leaves, with a snake coiled at its base, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Skull, roses and snake design drawing
Pen drawing of a tattoo design sheet with a green-inked snake entwined in ivy, a shaded grey snake and a small botanical sprig, shown on textured paper.
Snake, ivy and leaf sprig design sheet
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with snakes coiled around it, on a lower leg, with an open-mouthed snake head at the base.
Realistic woman's face with snakes on a calf
Realism tattoo on a thigh showing a shaded grey face with red lips, with a grey scaled snake emerging from the mouth and a red forked tongue.
Snake emerging from lips on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rearing cobra with a raised hood and coiled body on the upper arm.
Cobra tattoo on upper arm
Split before and after image of an upper arm: a blue outline eye sketch over a faded bird and snake tattoo on the left, and a colourful realistic galaxy eye with a blue iris on the right.
Galaxy eye cover-up on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing an eye with a heart and Q on the pupil, above a rose wrapped in banknotes and a skull.
Eye, rose and banknotes on a forearm
A realistic green snake tattoo with grey shading wraps around the outer thigh, its head turned to the left.
Green snake on a thigh
Black and grey realistic snake tattoo on a calf, with the snake appearing to break out from a torn skin effect.
Snake emerging from torn skin on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded skull with a snake coiled around it, on the side of a person's ribs.
Skull and snake tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of Medusa with snakes for hair on the upper arm, with a partly visible rose tattoo below.
Medusa portrait on upper arm
Realistic black and grey cobra with its hood raised, coiling down the upper arm, shown in a photo of a tattoo on skin.
Realistic cobra on an upper arm
Full back tattoo in colour and black and grey, showing red poppies, pink flowers, black lace patterning and a dragon head at the lower back.
Poppies, lace and dragon across a full 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
Realism black and grey tattoo of a large skull across the chest and stomach, with the word INSOMNIA above it and further tattoos on the neck, upper arm and forearm.
Full torso skull and dark imagery tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of Medusa with snakes coiled through her hair on an arm, shown in three side-by-side panels.
Medusa portrait with snakes on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged caduceus with two snakes coiled around a staff, placed on the torso.
Winged caduceus with two snakes
Black and grey realism style snake tattoo coiling around the ankle and across the top of a bare foot, with black painted toenails.
Snake tattoo wrapping around an ankle and foot
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
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 Medusa face with pale snakes coiling through her hair on the forearm, shaded in a realistic style.
Medusa with snakes on a forearm
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
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 realistic snake coiled around a round orb, tattooed on the forearm.
Coiled snake and orb on a forearm
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
Realistic brown snake tattoo being worked on a forearm, with the artist's gloved hands and tattoo machine visible.
Realistic snake tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos of a shaded skull, ship wheel and snake on a forearm, with an anchor and roses on the back of the hand.
Skull, ship wheel and anchor on forearm and hand
Black and grey realism portrait of a woman with white eyes and snakes in her hair, set within an ornate filigree frame on the thigh.
Woman with snakes in ornate frame on thigh
Black and grey realism sleeve on a woman's arm, showing a scaled snake, a camera and a portrait tattooed on the forearm and upper arm.
Black and grey sleeve with snake and camera
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 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
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
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
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
Realism-style black and grey tattoo of a large skull and eye across a man's chest and stomach, with a snake and flowers on the shoulder and arm.
Black and grey skull and eye torso tattoo