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
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
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 dotwork drawing of a curved claw or horn shape with small hatched marks, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Stippled curved claw design
Black dotwork tattoo of two clasped hands with long nails on the inner wrist and forearm.
Clasped hands on the inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hut standing on chicken legs with claws, placed on the outer thigh.
Hut on chicken legs on a thigh
Two mirrored black and grey raven tattoos with sketchy linework and dotwork shading, one on each thigh.
Twin raven tattoos on thighs
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bird with a fish-like head and clawed feet on a calf, with hatched and dotted shading.
Fish-headed bird on a calf
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a raven with spread wings and claws gripping a branch, running down the forearm.
Raven with spread wings on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and geometric paw tattoos with claws on the tops of both bare feet, with black toenail polish.
Matching paw tattoos on both feet
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
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
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 blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a horned owl with a third eye and clawed feet, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Horned owl with third eye on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a skeletal raptor-like dinosaur in shaded dotwork on the inner forearm.
Dinosaur skeleton on a forearm