Dinosaur Tattoos

[Hunter Morrow]

I was wondering if anybody had any examples of these? I'm thinking of getting one this fall. I saw a ton of the Japanese/Asian Dragon tattoos. They were all excellently done but something seemed a little off and phony to me. Kinda seemed like a snake with legs. But it got me thinking that when I was a kid I was a SUPER dinosaur fanatic. I studied 'em, went on fossil digs and things like that. So I did some image searches for them and some common themes seem to be...

"Dapper"/Tycoon Dinosaurs. You know, dinosaurs with things like Top Hats, Monocles, Canes, Business Suits, Pocketwatches, etc...

Or they are doing something a dinosaur wouldn't do, like ride a skateboard, go surfing, eat an ice cream cone.

I think they are pretty neat but I don't think they fit me too well.

The first is a coverup, the second is a "original" tattoo

Calf Tattoos

It seems that the most popular dinosaur to tattoo is a Tyrannosaurus Rex. The next most common is a Velociraptor. A popular place to put these is the calves as opposed to the arms

I was just wondering if anybody had some good images and ideas for dinosaur tattoos?

[Androosh]

I'd be interested in seeing a solid dino tattoo...because I've never seen a good one. I'm talking about a dino free of monocles, ice cream cones, books...

[Hunter Morrow]

Never seen a good one? Like the mythical pro wrestling or sports tattoo that doesn't suck the big one. Well, I've always been up for a good challenge.

[Gregor]

One of the members here had a cool as fuck dino backpiece afai can remember ?

[Hands On]

I remember Chad Koeplinger doing a cool T-Rex a while back. Good luck finding a pic.

Quick search turned up this one by Uncle Allan... The Blog of Uncle: Grrr arrggghh...

[Ursula]

Done by my fiancé James Buie at TCB tattoo in Toronto years ago...

[Ursula]

This is the Uncle Allan tattoo that @Hands On was referring to in his/her post.

[Cork]

The classic raptor riding an old time bicycle.

Tattoo by Alex Vidaud, at Nautilus Tattoo in Newington CT

Gunnar

[Jennifer Stell]

Triceratops. By Richard Stell

[Androosh]

@Jennifer Stell - that's the stuff right there.

[Gregor]

@Ursula thats a beauty !!

[Hands On]

This is the Uncle Allan tattoo that @Hands On was referring to in his/her post.

that's the one... and his, for future reference. ;)

@Jennifer Stell ... hell yeah!!! richard crushes another thread!

[Texas Chris]

My buddy Ben has a full arm of Dinosaur pieces done by Fil Wood in Leeds Uk. Those are a couple from his blog. Really nice guy and good tattos.

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[Liz Stitch Ellis]

Not quite like the other ones but I have a dino too :)

[Nicholbum]

Here's the best one I've seen. Couldn't save the pic directly though. Photo real Raptors Reed Leslie | These pages feature gorgeous tattoos of landscapes, plants, and animals.

[Jay P]

Here's a T-Rex on the back my girlfriend's calf. I think it's pretty much her favourite tattoo. Done by Matty D'Arienzo from Melbourne AUS when he was in London. This was taken straight after so it's a bit angry. I love it!