Shoulder tattoo ideas

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Three views of a dotwork geometric tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with a black and grey circular lattice, red lotus-style petals and a cube pattern below.
Geometric mandala sleeve on upper arm
Colour butterfly tattoo with black-edged wings in blue, purple and green, shaded to look three-dimensional, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Blue and green butterfly on a shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of Jack Skellington with bats and swirling lines across a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Jack Skellington upper arm and shoulder piece
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo with red poppies, a bird, a skull and German text, shown from two angles on an arm.
Bird, poppies and skull full sleeve
Colour traditional tattoo of an owl with two red roses covering the upper arm and shoulder of a person in a white vest top.
Owl and roses on an upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of an orange marigold with yellow-edged petals and green leaves, outlined in black, on a shoulder.
Marigold tattoo on a shoulder
Close view of a pale, white-ink style scrolling filigree tattoo across a bare shoulder, upper back and upper arm.
Pale swirling filigree on shoulder and arm
Colourful peace symbol tattoo on a shoulder, with sun faces, stars, clouds, flowers, a globe and a butterfly in a bold illustrative style.
Peace symbol with sun and nature panels on shoulder
Black and grey snake tattoo with tribal swirls wrapping over the shoulder and upper arm.
Snake with tribal swirls on upper arm
Black ornamental winged bird tattoo spanning the upper back and onto the upper arms, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Ornate winged bird tattoo across a back
Realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with large orange lilies, skulls and green leaves on a dark background.
Orange lily and skull full sleeve
Realistic black and grey tattoo of an eye with lightning and mechanical gears across the upper arm and shoulder, with small touches of blue and red.
Realistic eye and gears on upper arm
Black and grey sketchy-style bird with spread wings tattooed across a man's upper back and shoulder blade, with typewriter lettering on the upper arm.
Sketchy bird in flight across upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a moonlit street with a tall clock tower and a figure in a top hat and long coat walking away.
Moonlit London street on upper arm
Woman seen from behind with dark script lettering tattooed across her upper back and shoulder, wearing a red patterned dress with gold straps.
Script lettering across upper back
Realism tattoo of three grey nails driven into the skin with red blood drips and dark shadows, on a man's shoulder and upper chest.
Three nails with blood drips on shoulder
Two matching fine line script quote tattoos in black ink sit along the collarbone and upper shoulder of two people, shown in a four-panel collage.
Matching script quotes along the collarbone
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with three birds in flight and script lettering, on the shoulder.
Infinity symbol with birds on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork mandala with a central Om symbol and curved horn shapes, tattooed across a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Om mandala on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of flowers and leaves wrapping around a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey flowers and leaves on upper arm
Red peony and rose tattoo with black leaves on a woman's upper chest near the shoulder, shown beside a white lace top.
Red peony cluster on the upper chest
Black and grey blackwork tribal flame tattoo with a thin-line infinity loop and curled ends, placed on a shoulder.
Tribal flame and infinity swirl on shoulder
Fine line black tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds that turn into birds, across a woman's upper back near the shoulder.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds on a shoulder
A gloved tattooist works with a machine on a black tribal blackwork design on a shoulder.
Tribal blackwork being tattooed on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork peony tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm of a person wearing a grey top, against a dark background.
Black and grey peony on shoulder and upper arm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading if i could fly on a shoulder, with a striped top at the edge of the frame.
Fine line script quote on the shoulder
Black and grey realism armour tattoo with an eagle and scrollwork on the upper arm and shoulder, beside a red and blue outline of the same design.
Eagle armour tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an orange poppy and sprigs of lavender curving across a shoulder and upper arm, in a botanical style.
Poppy and lavender on the upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye with long lashes and a large letter N on a person's upper back and shoulder, with lettering beside it.
Realistic eye with large N on a shoulder
Black tribal cross tattoo with spiked and thorned details on a man's upper arm and shoulder, shown in black and grey ink.
Tribal cross tattoo on an upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pink and red dahlia with green leaves on the upper back near the shoulder.
Dahlia tattoo on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a fox standing in front of a red and yellow sun on the upper arm and shoulder, with loose black linework.
Fox and sunset on upper arm
Close-up of a small black fine line script tattoo reading iloveyou on the upper back near the shoulder.
Script phrase below the shoulder
Close-up of a fine line botanical tattoo of three poppies in red and blue outline, running from the shoulder down the upper arm.
Poppies in red and blue line on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a rubber duck dressed as Batman, with a black cowl, bat symbol and orange beak, on a person's shoulder.
Batman-themed rubber duck on a shoulder
Black and grey circular tattoo of a crescent moon, stars, waves and a whale tail in fine line and dotwork on the upper back near the shoulder.
Moon, waves and whale tail in a circle on a shoulder
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a breaking wave with an orange sun inside the curl, set against a sunset sky, on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Colourful breaking wave and sunset on shoulder
Photo of a flying red dragon tattoo with black outlines on the upper back near the shoulder, with a grey tribal tattoo to the left.
Red dragon tattoo on upper back
Woman in a white top with black and grey botanical tattoos of roses and leaves on her raised upper arm, shoulder and upper chest.
Floral tattoos on arm and chest
Close view of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos on a wrist, forearm and upper arm, with ornate, geometric and dotted designs.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos on arm
Fine line tattoo of a dog and a cat touching noses, in black ink on the back of a shoulder.
Dog and cat nose to nose on a shoulder
Abstract black ink splatter tattoo across a man's shoulder blade and upper arm, with a red flower shape on his upper back.
Abstract ink splatter across shoulder and back
Realism colour tattoo of a purple rose with water droplets across the shoulder and upper arm, above a camera lens, bird and portrait panel.
Purple rose and camera sleeve on upper arm
Colour tattoo of pink and blue succulent flowers with grey leaf shading across the upper arm and shoulder.
Succulent flowers on upper arm and shoulder
Blue and black fern frond tattoo curving from the shoulder down the upper arm, drawn in botanical style.
Fern frond across shoulder and upper arm
Colour tattoo of autumn maple leaves, a branch and a teal owl across a shoulder and upper arm, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Autumn maple leaves and owl across the shoulder
Abstract brush stroke tattoos in blue, teal, red and orange with black dots, across the shoulders, upper arms and upper chest of a person in a black bandeau top.
Painterly brush stroke tattoos on shoulders
Black and grey script tattoo reading Stay Strong with a shaded feather across the top of a shoulder near the collarbone.
Stay Strong script with feather on shoulder