Shoulder tattoo ideas

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Fine line black script reading I am enough on a shoulder, shown in a sepia photograph with a pearl pendant necklace.
I am enough script on a shoulder
Black tribal tattoo with spiral and swirl motifs covering a shoulder and upper arm.
Tribal spiral piece on a shoulder
Dark brown mandala design with dotted petals on a person's shoulder, shown from behind, with a henna-style finish.
Mandala design on a shoulder
Realistic tattoo of a green eye with long lashes and grey feathers beneath it, placed on the upper shoulder.
Realistic green eye and feather on shoulder
Realistic black and grey rose tattoo with leaves and a bud across a woman's shoulder and upper back, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Black and grey roses across a shoulder and back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl, a skull wearing a feathered headdress and a wolf across the shoulder and upper arm.
Owl, skull and wolf on an upper arm
Two photographs of butterfly tattoos on a woman's upper back: a black linework butterfly with swirling vines on the left, and blue and teal butterflies on the shoulder blade on the right.
Butterflies on upper back and shoulder blade
Black ink mermaid tattoo with flowing hair and a long tail wrapping down the upper arm, drawn in a loose, sketchy blackwork style.
Mermaid tattoo on upper arm
Colour botanical tattoo of poppies, paintbrush-style red flowers and foliage covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Wildflower bouquet on upper arm and shoulder
Black and grey realism octopus tattoo with tentacles wrapping down the upper arm and shoulder.
Octopus tattoo wrapping an arm
Colour botanical tattoo of a pink cherry blossom branch wrapping over the upper arm and shoulder of a person in a white polka dot top.
Cherry blossom branch on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of plate armour covering a shoulder and upper arm, with an eagle emblem on the upper plate and a figure with lettering on the pauldron.
Plate armour shoulder piece with eagle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a deer head with antlers among pine trees, with a RIP banner, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Deer and forest sleeve on upper arm
Neo-traditional rose tattoo in teal, pink, purple and orange, with black hatched leaves, placed on a shoulder and upper chest.
Multicoloured rose on a shoulder
Black and grey compass rose with a mandala-style border and script lettering reading to seek a Great Perhaps, on a shoulder and upper chest.
Compass rose and script quote on shoulder
Small black bird silhouettes in flight tattooed across a shoulder and collarbone, shown in a black and white photograph.
Flock of birds on a shoulder
Two people seen from behind on a beach, each with a metallic elephant tattoo on the shoulder blade, and the woman also wearing a silver patterned armband tattoo.
Metallic elephant tattoos on two backs
Back tattoo of black and grey wildflowers in front of an orange watercolour-style sun, with fine radiating lines, small birds and a script banner across the upper back and shoulder.
Wildflowers and orange sun across the back
Black and grey tattoo across a man's upper back and shoulder showing a hockey mask, a bladed glove, a doll face, chains and a knife, in a realistic collage style.
Horror film collage across back and shoulder
Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing two roses and a pocket watch with Roman numerals.
Roses and pocket watch sleeve
Realistic colour tattoo across a back and shoulder, showing torn skin that reveals an old orange map beneath, with a blue compass rose at the centre.
Torn skin revealing a compass and old map
Colour realism tattoo of Van Gogh's Starry Night, with swirling blue and green sky, yellow stars and a dark cypress tree, on a shoulder and upper back.
Starry Night reproduction across shoulder and back
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with the words You Are My Sunshine in script above it, on a person's shoulder.
Sunflower with script on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a seated fairy with lavender-tinted wings among swirling foliage, on the upper back by the shoulder blade.
Fairy and foliage scrollwork on a shoulder blade
Black and white photo of a woman's shoulder and upper chest showing a script lettering tattoo near the collarbone, with her hand resting on her chest.
Script tattoo on a shoulder, black and white
Small black and grey realism tattoo of a humpback whale diving on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Humpback whale on the shoulder
Close-up of a black fine line script tattoo reading Expecto Patronum on a person's shoulder, against a dark background.
Expecto Patronum script on shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of fern fronds running from the collarbone over the shoulder, with a hand resting on the chest.
Black fern leaves across a shoulder
Colour fine line tattoo of a blue yarn ball pierced by a crochet hook with swirling blue lines, placed on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Yarn ball and crochet hook on the shoulder
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a sailing ship, rose, ship's wheel and anchor across an upper arm and shoulder.
Sailing ship, rose and anchor on upper arm
Fine line gold world map outline tattoo on a woman's upper back, with a partly visible gold script on her left shoulder.
Gold world map outline on upper back
Black outline circle tattoo on the upper shoulder of a woman with a dark bob who holds a cigarette to her mouth, against a pale grey background.
Black outline circle tattoo on a shoulder
Black outline tattoo of three daisy-style flowers with light grey shading across the shoulder and upper arm.
Three daisies on a shoulder and upper arm
Colour and grey tattoo across a shoulder blade showing a yellow moon, a spiral hill, two silhouetted figures, a graveyard fence and carved pumpkins.
Moon, spiral hill and pumpkins on a back
Two pink daisy flowers with yellow centres and dark grey script lettering on the side of a neck and shoulder.
Pink daisies and script on neck
Black and grey realistic wing tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder blade, photographed with the arm raised and the back turned to the camera.
Black and grey wing across upper arm and back
Realistic tattoo of a star torn open through skin on the upper arm and shoulder, filled with words including FRIENDSHIP, FAMILY, FREEDOM and a red LOVE.
Torn-skin star with words on an upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a large poppy, a daisy-like flower and leaves across a shoulder and upper back, drawn in bold outline.
Poppy and daisy across a shoulder
Watercolour compass rose tattoo with black linework and a letter N, set on blue, pink and orange washes across a shoulder.
Watercolour compass rose on a shoulder
Pink hibiscus flower with black scrollwork and pink swirls covering the upper back and shoulder, in a botanical fine-line style.
Pink hibiscus and swirls on a shoulder
Realistic colour sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a hummingbird, red poppies, poppy seed heads and a blue butterfly, shown from two angles.
Hummingbird and red poppies on a full arm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman wearing a lace mask, with mechanical ribbed shapes above her head, across a person's shoulder and upper arm.
Lace-masked woman portrait on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red cardinal perched on a branch with pink blossoms and a beaded chain, placed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Cardinal and blossom on upper arm
Black and grey fine line poppy tattoo on the upper shoulder and chest of a person wearing a black off-shoulder top.
Poppy flower tattoo on the shoulder
Black and grey fern fronds tattooed over the shoulder and upper arm of a person wearing a dark top and several silver rings.
Fern tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull breaking through torn skin on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull emerging through torn skin on upper arm
Black linework botanical tattoo of poppies, a seed pod and wildflowers wrapping around a shoulder and upper arm.
Poppies and wildflowers wrapping a shoulder
Colour and black ink tattoo of a dandelion, music notes, two orange butterflies and a quote in script across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Dandelion and music notes with script on a shoulder