Shoulder tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realistic wing tattoo on the upper back with script reading A brother's love will forever protect you, beside a grey Chinese character.
Wing and script tattoo on upper back
Two photos: fine-line black script reading 'We're all stories in the end' across the upper back near the shoulder, and a bold black Deathly Hallows symbol with Mickey Mouse ears tattooed on skin.
Script quote and Deathly Hallows with mouse ears
Black fine line script reading I refuse to sink, with a small anchor at the end, on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
I refuse to sink script and anchor on shoulder
Close-up of a black ink lettering tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates on a shoulder, above a grey top.
Coordinates tattoo on a shoulder
Back view of a black and grey heartbeat line tattoo with an outlined heart across the upper back and shoulders, with lettering on both upper arms.
Heartbeat line and heart across upper back
Fine line script tattoo reading Believe, with a teal ribbon in place of the letters li, on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Believe script with teal ribbon on shoulder
Black and white photo of a muscular man's back with a large grim reaper tattoo with a scythe, arched lettering reading Sons of Anarchy and California, and arm tattoos.
Grim reaper and lettering across a back
Dark blue-black silhouettes of birds in flight rise across the upper back toward the shoulder, with the script words Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly beneath them.
Flock of birds and script quote on upper back
Colour flower in a red pot and a black and grey whale tattoo, with small script lettering on the skin, in a close photo of two people's bare skin.
Flower in pot and whale tattoos on two people
Two black and grey script lettering tattoos on shoulders, reading Like Mother and Like Daughter, each finished with small heart shapes.
Matching Like Mother and Like Daughter script tattoos
Black fine script reading Love me for who i am runs across the upper chest, with a small butterfly in the middle and a shaded butterfly on the shoulder.
Script quote and butterflies on the shoulder
Fine black script reading wanderlust on a shoulder, with a rocky beach and sea behind.
Wanderlust script on a shoulder
Black and grey shaded roses with Never give up Never back down script tattooed across a shoulder and upper back.
Never give up script with roses on shoulder
Three black and grey photos of fine line sun rays with script lettering reading You are my sunshine and My only sunshine, placed on the upper back and shoulder blade.
Sun and script lettering tattoos on the back
Black script tattoo reading lights will guide you home across the upper back and shoulder of a person with their head turned away.
Script quote across a shoulder and upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a dandelion dissolving into flying birds, with script lettering running along the upper shoulder and chest.
Dandelion seeds becoming birds with script on shoulder
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
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 script lettering with scroll flourishes running across a shoulder and upper back.
Scripted quote with flourishes on shoulder
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
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 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 script lettering arranged in the shape of a cross across the upper back, with a smaller script tattoo near the left shoulder.
Script cross tattoo across the upper back
Black script reading Love me for who i am runs across the upper back, with a small butterfly above it and a shaded butterfly on the shoulder.
Script quote and butterfly on the shoulder
Black and white photo of a woman's bare back with two fine line swallows over the shoulder blades and a small script tattoo running down the side.
Two swallows and script on a back
Black script reading Let it go surrounded by teal and blue snowflakes and a soft lavender wash, tattooed on the shoulder.
Let it go script with snowflakes on a shoulder
Black and grey butterfly tattoo on a shoulder, with the words I'm a walking travesty but I'm smiling at every thing forming the trailing wing.
Butterfly with quote on the shoulder
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
Fine line black anchor with handwritten script reading I refuse to sink, tattooed on the top of a shoulder near the collarbone.
Anchor and 'I refuse to sink' script on shoulder
Realistic pink roses with green leaves and a small script quote tattooed across a woman's shoulder and upper chest.
Pink roses and script on shoulder
Black script lettering reading individuality, tattooed across a person's shoulder, with a soft-focus background.
Individuality in script on a shoulder
Black lettering tattoo in a serif typeface reading Strength is what we gain from the madness we survive, across a shoulder and upper back.
Strength quote tattoo on a shoulder
Black fine line infinity symbol with the word run in script on a shoulder, with a teal top at the upper left.
Infinity symbol with run script on shoulder
Black and grey realistic orchids with flowing script lettering across an upper arm and shoulder tattoo.
Black and grey orchids with script on upper arm
Black script lettering reading sic parvis magna across a man's upper back near the shoulder, with framed pictures on the wall behind.
Script lettering across a shoulder
Black and white photo of a shirtless torso showing fine line Chi-Rho symbols on both shoulders, a small cross on the abdomen and letters on the upper arms.
Chi-Rho symbols, cross and letters on torso
Two women seen from behind, one with the word DUDE in black blackletter script across her upper back, the other with sweet in black script above her shoulder blade and a colour lily tattoo on her
Dude and sweet lettering with a lily on two backs
Two people seen from behind, each with a black script quote on the shoulder, one reading I'll love you forever and the other a matching phrase.
Matching script quotes on two shoulders
Black lettering reading Love Never Fails beside a star of interlocking hearts tattooed on a shoulder.
Love Never Fails script and star on shoulder
Black script lettering tattoo reading 'never settle for anything less than butterflies' across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote across a shoulder blade