Japanese Dragon Tattoo Design Ideas

Traditional Japanese dragons are long fire-breathing serpents. They denote a level of power and rough beauty and are definitely not reserved only for Japanese people. Traditional Japanese tattoos are done in black and gray, though traditional Japanese dragons are done in colored ink; you can decide for yourself which is more appropriate for you.

Traditional Dragon

    A traditional Japanese dragon tattoo consists of its entire body winding either around your arm or leg, or your back. The whole body is considerable in length and will take up a large area of skin. In addition to the dragon, you can set it to a background of fire, traditional Japanese waves or both to portray duality or opposing equal elements. The traditional colors of the dragon vary, but the fire should be red and orange and the water blue with white highlights.

Dragon Head

    If you don't want the entire dragon or are unwilling to contribute the amount of skin necessary for an entire dragon, consider tattooing only the head of the dragon. Your artist can put a large amount of detail into the features of the dragon's face, creating green-scaled skin, bright eyes, sharp jagged teeth and a serpent's tongue. The head can also be wreathed in flame and water, forming a subtle yin yang. Traditional Japanese colors should be used for the scales and both elements.

Tribal Dragon

    Tribal dragon tattoos are an aboriginal design of intersecting jagged or rounded lines from many regions. Your artist can design these intersecting lines to form any image, including a traditional Japanese dragon. Since this type of tattoo fuses tattooing from two regions together, you can decide whether to stick to the traditional tribal color of solid black or incorporate shades of colors to pay homage to the Japanese style. Tribal tattoos generally have less detail than traditional Japanese images and can take up less space.

Celtic Dragon Tattoo Designs

Celtic Dragon Tattoo Designs. Celtic culture doesn't include Dragons on their myths but somewhere in the legends of Irish people comes in great books the medieval story of the red and white dragons. One represents Britain and the other is the invading nation. The red dragon that is said to be the protector of Wales fought to defend its land to the invading Saxons which is embodied by the white dragon. At the end, the red dragon dragged the white one back into the ocean and restored peace on their land. It was then that the King of Briton took the red dragon as a symbolism of his leadership. Still, it is used as a part of the coat of arms of the Prince of Wales as for them it symbolizes war. The Celtic societies also believed that dragons also have a connection with the Earth's magnetism and healing powers.

They even put up a sacred stone where in they believed that the body of the dragon is still there. In other views, they termed dragons to be compassionate nature that can divine the future, possess power, has a gift of vision, wisdom and has the ability to prophesy.

Tattoo Dragon | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (original title in Swedish: Män som hatar kvinnor – literally, men who hate women) is a crime novel by the late Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson. It is the first book of the "Millennium series" trilogy, which, when published posthumously in 2005, became a best-seller in Europe and the United States.

As of June 3, 2011, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo had sold over 3.4 million copies in hardcover or ebook formats, and 15 million copies altogether, in the United States.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)

The Swedish film production company Yellow Bird created film versions of the Millennium Trilogy, all released in 2009, beginning with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, directed by Danish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev. The protagonists were played by Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace. A Hollywood adaptation of the book, directed by David Fincher, was released in December 2011. The main characters were portrayed by Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara.