Claw tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
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
Large Japanese style dragon tattoo covering a person's back, with grey scales, red accents and black clouds.
Japanese dragon across a full back
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
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
Realistic black and grey dragon tattoo with spread wings and a long curled tail across a man's upper back and shoulder blade.
Winged dragon across a back
Black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo covering a person's back, with a coiling body, clawed feet and wispy cloud-like smoke.
Black and grey dragon across a back
Large blackwork tattoo of a grinning shadowy creature with sharp claws and pale eyes on a person's upper back, with a small skull-like figure holding a bone at its lower left.
Grinning shadow creature on upper back
Colour tattoo of a blue and purple dragon with spread wings and a curled tail, placed across the upper back of a person wearing a black top.
Blue and purple dragon on upper back
Black and grey realistic winged dragon tattoo across a woman's upper back, with wings spread and head turned to the right.
Winged dragon across a back
Black and grey Japanese style dragon tattoo coiling from the upper back down the side and onto the ribs of a bare torso.
Black and grey dragon coiling down back and side
Realistic black and grey biomechanical dragon with spread wings and a glowing red mouth, with red flames along the bottom, tattooed across a man's back.
Biomechanical dragon across a full back piece
Realistic colour tattoo of a bladed metal glove with long curved fingers and dripping blood, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bladed glove tattoo on upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling black panther with a raised curled tail, yellow claws and red accents, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Snarling black panther on the upper back
Black and grey realism full back tattoo of a dragon above a yin yang symbol, set among carved-looking clouds, waves and a Greek key border.
Dragon and yin yang full back piece
Full back tattoo of a black and grey Japanese dragon with red flames and swirling clouds, covering the upper and mid back.
Japanese dragon back piece with red flames
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grey scorpion with red accents beside a pink hibiscus flower on a person's upper back.
Scorpion and hibiscus on the upper back
Red dragon tattoo with spread wings and dark grey shading on the skin of the back.
Red dragon tattoo on the back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a large bird with spread wings across a person's upper back, shown from behind.
Realistic bird with spread wings on a back
Black and grey Japanese style dragon tattoo running down a person's back from the shoulder to the waist.
Black and grey dragon across a back
Black and grey Japanese style bird with detailed feathers and a talon, tattooed across a shoulder and upper back.
Japanese bird and cloud design on shoulder
Realistic colour tattoo of a striped-sleeved, bladed glove with long claws ripping through torn, bloodied skin on a person's upper back.
Bladed glove tearing through skin on upper back
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 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
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
Japanese style full back tattoo design in colour, showing a blue oni demon, a dragon head and a scaled serpent with red claws on a torso outline.
Oni and dragon full back design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned demon with glowing eyes and clawed hand, with smoke and stone ruins, covering a person's full back.
Horned demon across a full back