Claw tattoo ideas

236 photos and flash · 26% Japanese, 19% Realism · Upper arm most common

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Black and grey dotwork griffin with outstretched wings, surrounded by leafy vines, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Griffin with foliage on the side ribs
Colourful watercolour-style crab tattoo on a person's upper back near the shoulder, with a printed crab design shown at the top right.
Watercolour-style crab on upper back
Black linework flash of an Eastern-style dragon coiling through clouds, a design suited to a Japanese style back or sleeve tattoo.
Eastern dragon with clouds
Black ink flash design of a knotwork dragon coiled inside a circle, drawn on aged parchment with a faint star behind it.
Celtic knotwork dragon in a circle
Pastel-coloured Japanese-style dragon design winding around peony blossoms and leaves on a cream background, drawn as a flash piece.
Pastel dragon and peonies design
Black ink tribal-style lion design with swirling linework and a flame-like tail, drawn on paper as a tattoo flash sketch.
Tribal lion with flame tail
Black and grey snarling tiger with pink blossoms and green leaves in a Japanese style, covering a forearm.
Tiger and blossom on a forearm
Traditional style flash drawing of a clawed glove hand with a banner reading Never Sleep, in red, teal and brown.
Clawed hand with Never Sleep banner
Full back tattoo of a red-eyed dragon with open jaws, lightning and a stone tower, in realism style, placed across the back with sleeve tattoos visible on both arms.
Dragon and castle across a back
Traditional colour tattoo of a crab with red, green and brown shading and bold black outlines, shown on a limb of pale skin.
Crab tattoo in traditional style
Black silhouette design of a three-headed dragon with its body curled inside a circle, shown as a bold blackwork flash design with no body placement.
Three-headed dragon in a circle
Black and grey pen drawing of a coiled Japanese-style dragon with a open mouth, horns, whiskers and claws, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Coiled Japanese-style dragon design
Black ink drawing of a tiger curled into a circle, with bold stripes and a skull-like shape formed in the negative space, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Curled tiger design in black ink
Traditional style tattoo of a reptile head with spiny ridges and clawed forelimbs on the back of a hand.
Reptile head on the back of a hand
Black and grey shaded dragon tattoo with spread wings and a curled tail across the upper back.
Black and grey dragon on upper back
Black and grey realism dragon tattoo with spread wings across a person's back, with the head turned to the right and mouth open.
Black and grey dragon across a back
Colour full sleeve tattoo of Wolverine, Venom, Iron Man and Spider-Man on an arm, shown from three angles.
Marvel characters full sleeve with Wolverine and Venom
Black tribal-style panther design with flowing curved lines, clawed paws and a curled tail, shown on a white background as a flash drawing.
Tribal panther design, black silhouette
Black ink sketch of a winged dragon in a rearing pose with claws raised, drawn on cream paper, shown as a design for a tattoo.
Winged dragon ink sketch
Tribal-style bird design with spread wings, clawed feet and a forked tail, drawn in dark teal with red and white accents on a black background.
Tribal bird with spread wings
A bold black panther tattoo with green eyes and a snarling face, in a blackwork style, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Black panther on upper arm
Black blackwork-style tattoo on an upper arm showing a blue police box, with a swirling dragon-like shape and dotted spatter around it.
TARDIS within a black tribal swirl on upper arm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a Japanese-style dragon design with a spiked mane, scaled body and clawed foot, shown as a flash sketch.
Dragon design with spiked mane and claws
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two wolf-like creatures locked together in a circular frame on the upper arm.
Two wolf-like creatures entwined on upper arm
Large Japanese style dragon tattoo covering a person's back, with grey scales, red accents and black clouds.
Japanese dragon across a full back
Two black dotwork tattoos on a person's thighs, a conch shell on the left and a scallop shell on the right, with a partial claw tattoo at the left edge.
Conch and scallop shells on thighs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a howling werewolf in front of a full moon and dark trees on an upper arm.
Howling werewolf under a moon
Grey shaded scorpion tattoo with blue blackletter word Scorpio above it, on the side of a person's ribs.
Shaded scorpion with Scorpio lettering on ribs
Black and white photograph of a large tribal-style eagle tattoo with spread wings across a person's upper back and shoulder blade, with the head turned away from the camera.
Eagle tattoo across a shoulder blade
Black and grey dragon tattoo with a detailed head and scaled body wrapping from the hip down the outer thigh.
Dragon tattoo across hip and thigh
Black and grey line drawing of a feather pendant hanging from a beaded cord with claw-shaped charms, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Feather and bead necklace design
Colour tattoo on a person's chest showing two horned, furry monsters sitting on green grass with a small cat-like figure beside them on a blue wash background.
Horned creatures and a cat on the chest
Pencil sketch of a Japanese-style dragon with claws, whiskers and a scaled body, drawn in blue and red pencil for a tattoo design.
Japanese dragon design in pencil
Black and grey scorpion tattoo with shaded body and curled tail on the upper thigh, next to a striped black and white ribbon waistband.
Scorpion tattoo on upper thigh
Full-colour Japanese-style dragon design in blue and orange with orange flame-like fins, coiled and clawed, shown on a white background.
Coiled dragon design in blue and orange
Colour tattoo of a crab with a brown, pink and blue mandala-style flower for its body and blue and purple claws, in a neo-traditional style on a limb.
Crab with mandala body in colour
Black and grey pencil drawing of a winged dragon with a red eye, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Winged dragon tattoo design
Colour tattoo of a blue-grey and green Eastern-style dragon coiling across a person's upper back, shown in a Japanese style.
Blue and green dragon across a back
Black and grey Japanese dragon with clouds, maple leaves and a rose across a forearm, shown from three angles.
Japanese dragon and maple sleeve on a forearm
Solid black dragon design with white linework and flowing spiked fins, shown on a white background as a tattoo flash drawing.
Black tribal-style dragon design
Traditional style flash design of a black panther with yellow eyes and a red rose, set against a torn pink and red background.
Black panther and rose flash design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of three ravens wrapped around a central eyeball with yellow lightning bolts and stars, across the outer thigh.
Ravens, eye and lightning on a thigh
Black and grey realistic dragon with a shaded head and scaled body, claws gripping a sphere, tattooed on the upper arm.
Black and grey dragon gripping a sphere on upper arm
Black and grey engraved-style drawing of a winged dragon with an open mouth and coiled tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Winged dragon tattoo design
Black and grey drawing of a skull with bat wings and a small bat at its jaw, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on white paper.
Winged skull with bat design
Colour drawing of a silver Japanese-style dragon with orange flame accents, coiling through blue stylised waves, as a tattoo design.
Silver dragon with blue waves and orange flames
Black ink Japanese-style tiger design climbing downward with a curled tail, beside the kanji 虎, printed on orange textured paper.
Tiger with kanji on orange paper
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a skeletal raptor dinosaur running across the upper back near the shoulder blade, shown in two photos.
Skeletal raptor dinosaur on a shoulder