Claw tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white stylised creature design with a large spiral on its body and small bud-like sprigs along its back, shown on a plain white background.
Stylised black creature with spiral and sprigs
Solid black tribal design of a stylised scorpion with curled spiral tail and claws, drawn on a white background.
Black tribal scorpion design
Pen and ink drawing of a tattoo design showing a snarling wolf, coiled snake, rosary and red mandala, in a neo-traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Wolf, snake and mandala tattoo design
Black ink dragon tattoo with a coiled, swirling body running down the upper back, partly under a striped sun hat.
Dragon tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a skeletal dragon with a glowing blue eye and teal and orange wings, in a traditional style, on the side of the body.
Skeletal dragon on the side of the body
Pencil and colour sketch of two owls for a neo-traditional tattoo design, one holding a skeleton key in its beak.
Owl with key design sketch
Black and grey pencil drawing of a cartoon owl with large eyes, lashes and a chest covered in hearts, presented as a tattoo design on paper.
Cartoon owl with heart-patterned chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horror character in a fedora with a bladed glove, on the upper arm.
Horror character portrait with bladed glove
Black line drawing of a three-eyed woman with a leaf crown, a choker and clawed hands holding smoking orbs, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Three-eyed woman with leaf crown flash
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a red foo dog with green swirling clouds and a skull on a forearm, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Foo dog and skull on a forearm
Colour Japanese-style dragon tattoo across the chest, shoulder and upper arm, set against black and grey clouds.
Red dragon across chest and shoulder
Black and grey drawing of a black bear standing upright on its hind legs, mouth open in a roar, on a white background.
Standing black bear roaring
Realism colour tattoo on a calf of a scarred horror villain in a teal brimmed hat, with long metal blades on a glove, set against a red background.
Horror villain with bladed glove on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a horned, furry monster in a red and white striped top, holding a small crowned figure, on the outer thigh.
Horned monster with a crowned figure on thigh
Colour Japanese-style dragon tattoo with green scales and white whiskers, set among red clouds, on a forearm.
Green dragon with red clouds on an arm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a zombie pin-up in a corset and fishnets, flanked by two roses on a red splatter background, in a neo-traditional style.
Zombie pin-up with roses and blood splatter
Black ink linework drawing of an ornate design on pale paper, showing a wing, a central eye, feathers and decorative scrollwork, with no body placement shown.
Ornate wing and eye design drawing
Pencil sketch of a striped tiger descending head first with its tail curled at the top, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Descending tiger pencil sketch
Black line drawing of a snarling cat with a scaled body, clawed paws and blossom flowers, in a Japanese style tattoo design.
Snarling cat with scales and flowers
Black ink tattoo of a pair of scissors cut through a horizontal line, with clawed hands on the upper chest and left shoulder, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Scissors and clawed hands across the chest
Colour tattoo of a red three-headed dragon curled inside a circle with black outlines, across a person's upper back.
Red three-headed dragon in a circle on a back
Pencil and ink line drawing of a bat with spread wings curling around an outlined heart, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Bat wrapped around a heart line drawing
Black and grey flash drawing of a ribcage with a crab claw below, a flower rosette behind, the word Cancer and a short verse printed underneath.
Cancer zodiac ribcage and crab flash
Two large cat tattoos on a pair of calves, a colour tiger on the left leg and a black panther on the right, both in a bold Japanese and traditional style.
Tiger and panther on the calves
Bear paw print filled with Celtic knotwork in copper tones on a black background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Bear paw with Celtic knotwork
Pencil sketch of a small bird with outstretched wings and feathered detail, drawn in red and blue coloured pencil on cream paper, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Bird with spread wings pencil sketch
Black and white tribal-style dragon design with a curling tail, drawn as a stencil-like flash image with no body part shown.
Tribal dragon design
Black line drawing of a Japanese-style dragon with scaled body, clawed feet and swirling flames and clouds, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Japanese dragon with flames line drawing
Colour Japanese-style dragon tattoo with green scales and red flames wrapping around a person's upper thigh, with legs resting on a cream fluffy blanket.
Green and red dragon on a thigh
Black and grey blackwork chest tattoo of open scissors cut by a horizontal line, with clawed hands and leaf-like shapes on the shoulders and chest.
Scissors and claws across a chest
Matching blackwork and dotwork bear paw tattoos with ornate feather-like patterning on the top of both feet.
Bear paws with ornate patterning on both feet
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the thigh of monsters from Where the Wild Things Are, with a boy holding a sceptre among green leaves.
Where the Wild Things Are monsters on a thigh
Drawn tattoo design of a green dragon coiling through grey swirling clouds in a Japanese style, shown on a parchment-coloured background.
Green dragon among grey clouds design
Black and grey outline tattoo of a heart formed by a curved claw-like shape and a heart line containing paw prints, on skin.
Heart outline with paw prints and a claw
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Stitch, blue with pink ears and a toothy grin, on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Stitch character on upper back
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a snarling lion with raised claws above a red rose, sitting on the calf.
Snarling lion and rose on a calf
Flash design of a silver dragon coiling around an orange tiger that is mid-roar, with Chinese characters at the lower right, in Japanese-style tattoo artwork.
Silver dragon and tiger design
Traditional style scorpion tattoo in teal, brown, red and yellow with bold black outlines on the thigh.
Traditional scorpion tattoo on a leg
Black and grey dragon tattoo wrapping from the upper arm across the ribs, with a smaller flaming dragon on the thigh against a warm gold background.
Black and grey dragon across ribs and arm
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo wrapping around the outer thigh and hip, with its head and open jaws at the top.
Black and grey dragon wrapped around a thigh
Flash sheet of four black ink dragon designs with swirling tails and bold linework, shown on a white background.
Four black dragon designs on a flash sheet
Bold red traditional tattoo of a rampant heraldic lion with black outlines and shading, on the forearm.
Red rampant lion tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey linework tattoo of two clawed hands over a stippled dark shape, with a crescent moon above, on a lower leg.
Clawed hands and crescent moon on a lower leg
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a dinosaur head with a textured, brush-stroked background, on the side of the torso.
Realistic raptor head on the side of the torso
Black and grey Japanese dragon tattoo wrapping from the hip down the outer thigh, with its head and open jaws near the hip.
Japanese dragon wrapping hip and thigh
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a crouching winged creature across a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Winged creature sketch on upper arm
Solid black flash design of a stylised dragon-like creature with a curling spiral tail and sweeping wing-like spikes, on a white background.
Black silhouette dragon with spiral tail
Black and grey realism forearm tattoo of ravens in flight over a pine forest, with a large raven perched at the lower forearm, shown from two angles.
Ravens and pine forest on a forearm