Shoulder tattoo ideas

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Black fine line botanical vine tattoo with leaves and flowers across a woman's upper back, shoulder and upper arm, shown from behind in a warm sepia photo.
Floral vine tattoo across a back and arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a map outline with a small heart inside, on the shoulder of a person whose head is bowed, in sepia tone.
Map outline tattoo on a shoulder
Neo-traditional tattoo of a blue hippo with black outlines and floral and mushroom motifs filling its body, placed on a shoulder.
Blue hippo with floral pattern on shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a gerbera daisy with hanging feathers on the upper arm and shoulder.
Gerbera and feathers on the upper arm
Realistic green and black butterfly tattoo with soft shadowing on the upper shoulder and collarbone area.
Green butterfly on a shoulder
Fine line black script reading Until the very end, with three small stars and a Deathly Hallows symbol, tattooed on a shoulder.
Script quote and Deathly Hallows symbol on a shoulder
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a koi fish on the upper arm and a dragon with flowers and waves across the shoulder and chest.
Black and grey koi and dragon shoulder piece
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of blossom clusters and two swallows across the upper chest and shoulders.
Blossom and swallows across the chest
Colour botanical tattoo of a eucalyptus branch with pink gum blossoms and green leaves across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Eucalyptus branch with gum blossoms on a shoulder blade
Black linework dreamcatcher-style tattoo with hanging diamond shapes across a woman's shoulder and upper arm, in black ink.
Geometric dreamcatcher tattoo on shoulder
Black fine line script tattoo reading create beautiful moments across a tanned shoulder, with a sandy beach blurred behind.
Script quote across the shoulder
Woman in a pale lace top with colourful botanical tattoos on her upper chest and shoulder, including a rose design and a Stop and Smell the Roses wreath lettering piece.
Floral and script tattoos on chest and shoulder
White ink floral tattoo on a bride's shoulder and upper arm, with blossoms and curling scrolls, shown beside a white glove and veil.
White floral design on a bride's shoulder
Wild rose tattoo with pink-washed petals and black and grey leaves and stems across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Wild rose tattoo on a shoulder
A neo-traditional compass rose with a red wash and the words Families are the compass that guide us, tattooed across a man's chest and shoulder.
Compass and family quote on chest
Large grey shaded angel wings tattoo across the upper back, with a small colour rose and leaf piece on the shoulder.
Angel wings across the upper back
Black script lettering reading There's Faith In Love across the upper back and shoulder, photographed from behind.
Script quote 'There's Faith In Love' on shoulder
Colour tattoo of two blue tits perched on a branch of yellow forsythia, across the shoulder and upper back of a person in a white top.
Blue tits and forsythia on a shoulder
Upper arm and shoulder tattoo of a winged wolf head inside a diamond frame of runes, with knotwork above, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Wolf in runic frame on upper arm
Bold black blackwork wolf head tattoo with a lattice-patterned mane across the upper chest and shoulder of a bare-chested man.
Wolf head tattoo on upper chest
Large black tribal tattoo covering a man's shoulder, upper arm and part of his chest, with bold swirls and geometric bands.
Tribal shoulder, arm and chest tattoo
Black and grey shaded peony tattoo with a bold outline, placed on a woman's upper chest and shoulder, with a beach in the background.
Black and grey peony on the shoulder
Small black bird silhouettes in a scattered flock across a shoulder, in black ink.
Flock of birds across a shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a large flower bouquet with lily-like blooms and spiky foliage covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey floral bouquet on upper arm
Black fine line script reading All good things are wild and free, with a feather and small birds, across a woman's shoulder and collarbone.
Script quote and feather on a shoulder
Black linework tattoo of overlapping circles and arcs with red and blue wash on the upper arm and shoulder of a man in a dark top.
Overlapping circles and arcs on upper arm
Full sleeve tattoo in pastel colour on an upper arm and forearm, showing cartoon bears, a pony, rainbow, clouds, stars and hearts.
Pastel cartoon bears and ponies full sleeve
Colour realism sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a tree with glowing branches, two embracing figures in the trunk, roots and green aurora sky.
Tree of embracing figures on an upper arm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with a chain and Roman numerals, placed on a man's upper chest and shoulder.
Pocket watch tattoo on upper chest
Black and grey botanical sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a bat, irises, foxglove-style flowers and leaves in fine engraved-style linework.
Bat and iris sleeve on upper arm
Three people seen from behind, each with a matching black bare tree and birds tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Matching bare trees with birds on three backs
Colour chest tattoo in an art nouveau style showing a woman's face, two moths, an iris and scrolling leaves, with rose tattoos on the shoulders, shown in a three-panel collage.
Art nouveau chest piece with moths and iris
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with soft wash shading and small red stamens, on the upper shoulder and collarbone area.
Lotus flower tattoo on a shoulder
Realistic tattoo of red lips and a treble clef over a music staff with notes, shaded in grey on the shoulder.
Lips and music staff on a shoulder
Black ink fine line tattoo of a dandelion whose seeds drift into small butterfly silhouettes beside the words what's past is prologue, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dandelion seeds and quote across upper back
Back view of a person with long wet black hair covering the head, showing black ink tattoos across the upper back and shoulders.
Back tattoos under wet black hair
Colour tattoo of a blue police box with flames, swirls and a yellow starburst across the upper arm and shoulder.
TARDIS and flames on upper arm
Colourful watercolour-style snowflake tattoo with paint splashes on the top of a shoulder, the flake left as pale skin.
Watercolour snowflake on a shoulder
Black and grey bare tree tattoo with soft shaded background covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Bare tree across an upper arm
Black fine line botanical tattoo of a curving sprig with small clustered flowers, placed on the shoulder beside a white fabric edge.
Fine line sprig of flowers on a shoulder
Fine black line tattoo of a four-leaf clover with a curling stem on the upper back near the shoulder of a person facing away from the camera.
Four-leaf clover on a shoulder
Full arm and shoulder sleeve in neo-trad style with grey acanthus scrolls, red roses and green leaves, shown on a shirtless man against a pale wall.
Acanthus and rose sleeve on an arm and shoulder
Colour Japanese-style phoenix tattoo with clouds and foliage covering a man's shoulder and upper arm, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Phoenix tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Black linework mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and teal accents, wrapping over the shoulder.
Teal and black mandala on shoulder
Colour tattoo of a blue butterfly with orange markings and black outlines on a woman's shoulder.
Blue butterfly on a shoulder
Two people shown from behind with full body Japanese-style tattoos, the left in black and grey with a dragon and bird, the right in colour with a warrior figure and peonies.
Full body Japanese tattoos seen from behind
Fine line black ink tattoo of two stacked arrows with geometric heads and feathered fletching on a woman's shoulder.
Two fine line arrows on the shoulder
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a paper plane with ink splatter on a person's shoulder.
Paper plane tattoo on a shoulder