Shoulder tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of black palm trees against a blue, orange and red sunset sky, covering the upper arm and shoulder in a realistic style.
Palm trees at sunset on upper arm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a chickadee in flight with spread wings, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Chickadee in flight on the upper back
Black and grey shaded feather tattoo on the shoulder, with its tip breaking into flying birds that continue across the upper chest.
Feather dissolving into birds on shoulder
Black and teal tattoo on an upper arm showing pine tree silhouettes, distant hills and two large snowflakes, with the shoulder visible at the top of the frame.
Pine forest and snowflakes on upper arm
Black fine line contour lines curve over a shoulder, with a flower of life geometric design on the upper arm below.
Contour lines and flower of life on shoulder
Two photos of a rose tattoo on the shoulder, one in magenta and purple with dark leaves, the other in greyscale.
Rose tattoo on the shoulder in colour and greyscale
Black linework tattoo of sunflowers, a peony and daisies covering the shoulder and upper arm, in a botanical style.
Sunflower and peony shoulder tattoo
Black script tattoo reading Love Never Fails on a shoulder, beside a bold heart and knot motif.
Love Never Fails script and knot on shoulder
Colour tattoo of a cartoon ginger cat with large glossy eyes and a curled striped tail, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Big-eyed ginger cat on a shoulder blade
Black and grey wild rose tattoo with leaves on a shoulder, shown in a black and white photo of a bare-chested person.
Wild rose tattoo on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of purple, magenta and pale blue roses with green leaves, small butterflies and fine dotted drapes across a shoulder and upper arm.
Coloured roses and dotted drapes on a shoulder
Two tiny solid black heart tattoos, one on a shoulder near the collarbone and one on the upper chest of a second person.
Two small black heart tattoos on chest and shoulder
Black and white photo of a woman's upper arm with fine line handwritten script near the shoulder and three thin horizontal bands below it.
Script lettering and lines on upper arm
Black lettering quote with four small bird silhouettes tattooed along the collarbone and top of the shoulder.
Four birds and a quote along the collarbone
Black tribal tattoo in Polynesian style covering the upper arm, shoulder and chest of a bare-chested man against a dark background.
Polynesian tribal shoulder and chest tattoo
Black mandala tattoo with radiating petals and dotted edges on a woman's shoulder and upper chest, with a long braid hanging to one side.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Realism tattoo of a leaping largemouth bass with a lure, dead tree stumps and a fisherman in a boat, across a man's back and shoulder.
Leaping bass and angler across back and shoulder
Black ink Polynesian tribal tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm, with spirals, triangles and diamond bands on bare skin.
Polynesian tribal tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Small black fine line wave tattoo on a woman's shoulder, with a turquoise pendant necklace and a white crochet bikini top visible.
Small wave tattoo on a shoulder
Fine line constellation tattoo of dots and small star shapes on the shoulder of a person photographed from behind inside a car.
Star constellation tattoo on a shoulder
Woman seen from behind with her hair in a bun, showing colour botanical tattoos on her left upper arm and both shoulder blades.
Floral tattoos on a woman's back and arms
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Buddha face with lotus flowers and a hand on the upper arm and shoulder of a person wearing a black vest top.
Buddha and lotus flowers on upper arm
Fresh colour tattoo of a stylised animal outlined in black on a shoulder, filled with blue and orange with red shading.
Stylised animal tattoo on shoulder
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a large tree silhouette with two cats on its branches against soft smoky shading.
Cats in a tree silhouette on the upper arm
Black fine line cursive lettering reading free your mind on a shoulder, shown in two photographs.
Free your mind script on the shoulder
Two people's shoulders in black and white, each with a small fine line outline tattoo of a hand on the upper shoulder.
Matching outline hands on two shoulders
Back of a woman with a botanical tattoo covering the upper back, shoulder and upper arm, including a pink lotus, a grey rose, a sunflower and a blue peony.
Botanical floral back piece with sunflower and lotus
Realistic colour tattoo of three pink roses with dark green leaves across the upper arm and shoulder of a person wearing a black top.
Three pink roses on an upper arm
Blue watercolour-style deer tattoo with a Deathly Hallows triangle symbol and the word Always on a woman's shoulder.
Watercolour deer and Deathly Hallows on shoulder
Five small grey bird silhouettes flying in a loose diagonal line across a shoulder, in a close phone photo.
Five small birds on a shoulder
Bold black ink tattoo of a striped cat with a curled tail on the shoulder blade area of a person's upper back.
Striped cat with curled tail on a shoulder
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a rainbow rose with bold outlines and dark wash shading, on the shoulder.
Rainbow rose on a shoulder
Black ink tattoo of a shaded feather with birds lifting away and a handwritten quote in script, across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Feather and quote on a shoulder blade
Two rose tattoos on a pair of shoulders: a blue rose with green leaves on the left and a black and grey realism rose on the right.
Blue and grey rose tattoos on both shoulders
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an octopus with blue and yellow tentacles curling over a woman's left shoulder and upper arm, seen from behind.
Octopus tentacles across a shoulder
Fine line black tattoos on a woman's upper arm and upper back, showing a world map, a compass rose with an arrow, a small paper plane and the word wanderlust in script.
Fine line world map, compass and wanderlust script
Shirtless torso with black script lettering across the chest, an eagle on the upper chest and neck, and tribal-style blackwork on the shoulder and upper arm.
Script lettering, eagle and tribal chest and arm tattoos
Photograph of a botanical ivy tattoo in green ink with grey vine lines, running across a bare shoulder and down the upper arm, with a beach behind.
Green ivy tattoo across a shoulder and upper arm
Black dotwork spiral tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder, shown from behind with the neck and hair visible.
Dotwork spiral on the shoulder
Shirtless man with a black tribal pattern tattoo across his shoulder and chest, with a smaller spiked band along his side above the waistband of his jeans.
Black tribal chest and shoulder piece
Black and grey mandala tattoo with an infinity symbol at its centre, placed on the top of a shoulder.
Mandala with infinity symbol on shoulder
Colour tattoo of a red dragon wrapped around a dark green orb, with a long curling tail, on a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Red dragon coiled around an orb on a shoulder
Seven small butterflies in blue and pink ink fly across a woman's shoulder and upper chest, with the largest at the lower right.
Flock of butterflies on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of an octopus wearing a top hat and round spectacles and holding a steaming teacup, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Top-hatted octopus with teacup on shoulder blade
Colour botanical tattoo of pale flowers and grey-green leaves across a shoulder and upper chest, with red and blue flowers tattooed nearby.
Botanical flowers and leaves on chest and shoulder
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a green hillside path, a long-eared dog, a red animal and green leaves with white flowers.
Landscape and animals on upper arm
White ink tattoo of roses and scrolling filigree across a shoulder and upper chest, worn above a dark top.
White ink roses across shoulder and chest
Black and grey realism rose with black lace-style linework across a shoulder and upper chest.
Shaded rose and lace ornament on shoulder