I have several of each, tattoos, and piercings.
I have a dragon at the base of my spine:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/shelldoo/tat.jpg
I have wings & a twist down my spine:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...doo/tat004.jpg
I have a fish on my upper thigh and a heart on my boob (no pics of those)
I am planning a sugar skull on my neck, a phoenix to cover the heart on my boob, a spider web to cover some scars on my arm from surgeries last year, chinese symbols for woman, wife, mother, friend on the inside of my wrists, and a vine w/ each of my kid's birth flowers along my ribcage.
Piercings: I have a tragus, industrial helix, eyebrow, nostril, labret, navel, and verticals in both nipples. I plan on getting crossbars on the nipples, horizinal eyebrow, web, and possibly hood and tongue.