Hermit Crab with Earth Shell Upper Arm — tattoo by Dylan de Lange

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A neo-traditional tattoo of hermit crab with earth shell, placed on the upper arm. Done in full colour. By Dylan de Lange at Fine Line.

Key facts

• Tattoo by: Dylan de Lange at Fine Line, Durban, South Africa
• Style: Neo-Traditional 100%
• Shows: Hermit crab 60% · Earth shell 40%
• Placement: Upper Arm
• Colour: Color
• Pain here: Mild, 2 of 5; healing: easy

Details

• What makes it recognisable: subject 50 · color 35 · style 15
• Visibility here: easy to cover
• Tags (each opens similar tattoos): Neo-Traditional · Crab · Planets & Space · Upper Arm · Color

How we know

• Photo: provided by the studio; on TatSeek since 2026-09-23, with credit and a link back. The work belongs to the artist. Image rights
• Description and tags: TatSeek Vision Scan, an AI reading of each photo (Claude, by Anthropic) under written rules and a closed tag vocabulary, checked against photos labelled by hand. Shares of the picture are visual estimates, not measurements. Nothing about the person in the photo is recorded. How tagging works (Vision Scan v3)