Shoulder tattoo ideas

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Grey sunflower tattoo with shaded centre and outlined petals on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone, in a botanical fine line style.
Sunflower tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey Japanese style phoenix tattoo covering a man's upper arm and shoulder, with feathers and wisps of cloud, shown in two photos.
Phoenix full sleeve in black and grey
Black blackwork tribal sleeve with circular motifs and rosettes covering a man's upper arm and shoulder, shown from three angles.
Tribal sleeve with circular motifs on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of the USMC eagle, globe and anchor emblem inside a circle of lettering, on the upper arm and shoulder.
USMC eagle, globe and anchor on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a star with peeled skin edges revealing words such as freedom, love and family, with a faint leaf sprig at the top left.
Torn skin star with words on shoulder
Colour botanical tattoo of sunflowers, red poppies and purple berries with green leaves and ink splashes, across a woman's shoulder and upper arm, seen from behind.
Sunflowers and poppies on a shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey tribal tattoo with a large circular motif and sweeping spiked shapes across the upper arm and shoulder.
Tribal circle tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two peonies, small blossoms and leaves across a shoulder and upper arm, seen from behind.
Black and grey peony piece on a shoulder
Large colour sunflower tattoo with black outlines on a woman's shoulder, with a red rose partly visible below it, in a Botanical neo-traditional style.
Sunflower tattoo on a shoulder
Fine line tattoo of small butterflies in pink and brown tones scattered across the upper back and shoulder blade, with the wearer's face not shown.
Scattered butterflies across an upper back
Black linework mandala and paisley tattoo covering a shoulder and upper arm, with a fine-line henna-style pattern.
Mandala and paisley shoulder piece
Black and grey photo of a bold blackwork tribal tattoo covering a shoulder and upper arm, with a swirl and chevron bands.
Bold tribal band on a shoulder
Full arm sleeve tattoo in Japanese style showing a blue-green scaled serpent, red flames and dragon heads, shown from three angles.
Full sleeve with dragons and serpent in Japanese style
Black and white photo of a fine line botanical tattoo of a bare branch with a small bird perched on it, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bird perched on a branch across a shoulder blade
Two people seen from behind, each with a butterfly tattoo and a script quote on the shoulder blade, in black and brown shading.
Matching butterfly and quote tattoos on shoulder blades
Solid black tattoo of a stylised swirling symbol enclosed in a circle, sitting on the shoulder and upper arm.
Black swirl symbol in a circle on shoulder
Two side-by-side photos: a black ink wash cat curled on a forearm, and a colourful watercolour-style bird on a shoulder.
Ink wash cat on forearm and bird on shoulder
Black and grey dandelion with drifting seeds and the script quote 'Staring down the barrel of a 45, but I'm alive' across the shoulder and upper chest.
Dandelion and script quote on shoulder
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo on an upper arm, featuring a large rose, a central mandala flower and fine ornamental linework.
Floral mandala sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with shaded petals and a dark centre on the shoulder and upper arm of a person whose long hair partly covers their face.
Sunflower tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey script lettering with scroll flourishes running across a shoulder and upper back.
Scripted quote with flourishes on shoulder
Back shoulder tattoo of a bird in flight with sketchy black linework and blue, purple and pink watercolour washes, with the word freedom in script beside it.
Watercolour bird with freedom script on upper back
Colour tattoo of a red rose with angular geometric shapes, teal accents and black drips on a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Red rose with geometric shapes on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of the Joker character with white-green hair and a dark blue coat, set against blue watercolour splashes and orange embers on the upper arm.
Joker portrait tattoo on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a skull with red butterflies, lace and beaded chains on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull with butterflies and beads on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a pink ball of yarn with blue knitting needles and loops of thread, outlined in black, on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone.
Ball of yarn and knitting needles on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a yellow sunflower with a teal geometric centre and black outlines, placed on the upper shoulder.
Sunflower with mandala centre on shoulder
Neo-traditional style illustration of a dark-haired pin-up woman with a red rose in her hair, with blue line roses shown across her shoulder as a tattoo design.
Pin-up portrait with rose and shoulder roses
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo covering the upper back and shoulders, seen from behind.
Geometric mandala back piece
Black and grey tattoo of an engraved hand releasing strings from which dotwork planets, including a ringed Saturn, hang across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Hand holding planets on the upper back
Black fine line script reading This too shall pass across a woman's upper shoulder, with her face cropped out of the frame.
Script quote tattoo on a shoulder
Fine black line sketch of a small girl in a dress with her shadow beside her, on the upper back shoulder of a woman wearing a dark strap top.
Small sketched girl in a dress on a shoulder
Realistic coloured floral sleeve tattoo covering an upper arm and shoulder, with roses, pansies and sunflowers.
Floral sleeve with roses and pansies
Black ink tattoo of three star shapes linked by a dotted line, running from the collarbone up towards the shoulder.
Three stars across collarbone and shoulder
Black ink fine line tattoo of a swallow flying out of an open birdcage with script lettering above it, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Swallow leaving a birdcage on the shoulder
Colour tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings rising from flames across the upper arm and shoulder, in a traditional style with bold black outlines.
Phoenix rising from flames on upper arm
Small fine line tattoo of a cat wearing a striped scarf, with a curled tail and green eyes, on the shoulder blade of a person seen from behind.
Cat in a striped scarf on a shoulder
Close-up of a shoulder tattoo with a blue and teal wash city skyline, a thin black heartbeat line and four pink stars beneath it.
City skyline, heartbeat line and four stars on shoulder
Two matching shoulder blade tattoos of the word Ohana in fine line script beside a pink flower, shown in two photos.
Matching Ohana script and flower tattoos
Fine line black script lettering with a pink and blue watercolour poppy on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone.
Script and poppy on the shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, leaves and trailing vines across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Floral shoulder and upper arm tattoo
Shirtless man with a colour traditional winged emblem and two stars on his chest, with tattooed sleeves on both arms and tattoos across his stomach.
Winged emblem chest piece with full sleeves
Cheshire Cat grin tattoo with curling script lettering on an upper arm and shoulder, finished with blue and green watercolour splashes.
Cheshire Cat grin on an upper arm
Black script tattoo reading inhale the future exhale the past with a small flock of birds in flight, on a shoulder.
Quote and birds on a shoulder
Black and grey realistic cherry blossom branch tattoo spreading across a shoulder and upper back.
Cherry blossom branch on a shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of lupin spikes, dahlia-like blooms and leaves spreading from the collarbone across the upper chest.
Black and grey flower cluster on the upper chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of ribs wrapping over the shoulder blade on a person's upper back.
Ribcage tattoo over shoulder blade
Three views of a colourful dotwork sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing animal figures, concentric circles and red dot patterns.
Dot-patterned full arm sleeve with animal figures