Shoulder tattoo ideas

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Black fine line vine and leaf tattoo across the back, shoulder and upper arm of a woman photographed from behind with her hair up.
Vine and leaf tattoo across a back
Split image showing a faded lion outline on a bare upper back on the left and a black and grey realism roaring lion tattoo on the shoulder on the right.
Roaring lion realism, before and after
Colour realism Star Wars full sleeve tattoos covering both arms of a bare-chested man, showing a stormtrooper, R2-D2 and a Han Solo figure.
Star Wars full sleeves on both arms
Two black script quote tattoos on the shoulders of two people's backs, one reading Together forever, never apart and the other reading Maybe in distance but never in heart.
Matching script quote tattoos on two shoulders
Black and grey botanical sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing bleeding hearts, strawberry plants, flowers and leaves in fine detailed linework.
Bleeding heart and strawberry plant sleeve
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a rising sun over teal waves and pine trees, with grey clouds on the shoulder, shown on an upper arm from three angles.
Sun, waves and clouds on an upper arm
Black and white photo of a back covered in an antique world map tattoo, spanning the shoulders, neck and upper arms.
Antique world map tattoo across back
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and green leaves, spanning the shoulder and upper arm of a person wearing a black top.
Cherry blossom branch across a shoulder
Colour tattoo of peonies, violet anemone-style flowers, green leaves and two moths across an upper arm and shoulder, in a botanical style.
Peonies and moths on an upper arm
Botanical tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm, showing pale peach wild roses with green leaves, dark ferns, succulent-style blooms and small red berries, in a neo-traditional style.
Wild roses and ferns on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork skull tattoo on a shoulder, with a scalloped crown filled with raindrop dots and wave lines.
Skull with raindrops on the shoulder
Black botanical tattoo of a rose with leaves and a long stem on a person's upper back near the shoulder, worn with a red top.
Black rose on a shoulder
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a red rose, a pocket watch with Roman numerals and outlined roses.
Rose and pocket watch sleeve on upper arm
Fine line script tattoo reading 'Ohana in dark ink on the upper shoulder near the collarbone, with blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail.
'Ohana script tattoo on the shoulder
Black and grey sleeve tattoo of a ship's wheel, waves, clouds and script reading 'of the Sea', with pink flowers, on an upper arm and shoulder.
Ship's wheel and sea sleeve on an upper arm
Black line tattoo of Totoro sitting on a branch with red cherry blossoms, placed on a shoulder, in a Japanese-inspired style.
Totoro and cherry blossoms on a shoulder
Pink and grey rose tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with a dotwork flower behind the roses and a banner reading Fearless below.
Two roses and a dotwork flower on upper arm
Colour botanical tattoo of a sunflower with a ladybird and green leaves on a woman's shoulder.
Sunflower and ladybird on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a sunflower, marigold and perched bird down an upper arm, with a swooping bird and FORGIVE ribbon across the shoulder.
Sunflower and bird upper arm with ribbon
Black and grey realism tattoo of plate armour across a shoulder and upper arm, with an eagle emblem on the arm and a helmeted figure on the shoulder plate.
Plate armour shoulder and arm tattoo
Gold metallic temporary tattoos of a triangle, a chevron line and a feather on a bare back, with a Roman numeral XII band on the upper arm.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on a shoulder
Close-up of a shaded pink rose tattoo with green leaves on a woman's shoulder, partly covered by a white knit jumper.
Pink rose on a shoulder
Black and grey tribal tattoo with swirling blackwork shapes covering the shoulder and upper arm of a shirtless man.
Black tribal piece across shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo on an outer thigh, photographed with a black Metallica bodysuit and fingerless gloves.
Black and grey thigh tattoo with band top
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a dandelion with drifting seeds on the upper back, near the shoulder blade, of a woman in a dark strappy dress.
Dandelion seeds tattoo on upper back
Fine line script tattoo reading The only exception on the upper back, with a small line symbol on the forearm, seen from behind.
Script quote on upper back
Black and grey Japanese-style wave tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, with swirling curls and shaded crests.
Black and grey wave sleeve on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a stylised fish with red and orange flame-like fins and scale shading, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Stylised fish with red flame fins on upper arm
Black tribal sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, with bold geometric bands, chevrons and solid black blocks in a Polynesian-inspired style.
Tribal shoulder and upper arm sleeve
Black lettering tattoo in an invented-looking script running in a curve over the shoulder, ending in an arrow pointing down the upper arm.
Curved script tattoo with arrow on shoulder
Colourful tattoo copying a child's crayon drawing of stick figures and shapes on a shoulder, with the original paper drawing held up beside it.
Child's crayon drawing tattooed on shoulder
Black outline elephant tattoo with a patterned headdress and orange flowers across the shoulder and upper back.
Elephant and orange flowers on a shoulder
Black dotwork mandala tattoo of concentric rings of dots radiating from a central point, across the outer shoulder and upper arm.
Dotwork mandala on the shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two honey bees with detailed wings on a shoulder and upper back.
Two bees on a shoulder
Colour Botanical tattoo of peach peony flowers with green leaves and buds across a woman's shoulder and upper arm, outlined in black.
Peach peony and leaves on a shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three daisies with bold outlines and soft shading, sitting across the shoulder and upper arm.
Three daisies across a shoulder
Close-up of a woman's shoulders showing two black fine line script quote tattoos, one on each collarbone near the shoulder.
Two script quotes along the collarbones
Black and grey photograph of a person's bare back showing a large tribal-style blackwork ornament on the lower back and a small flower tattoo on the upper shoulder.
Tribal lower back piece with small flower on shoulder
Colour tattoo of caricatured Doctor Who faces around a blue police box on an upper arm, with the printed design held up beside it.
Doctor Who caricatures and TARDIS on upper arm
Before and after split of a black and grey realism wing cover-up over an older tribal design on the upper arm and shoulder.
Tribal shoulder piece covered by a shaded wing
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a compass rose, world map outline and passport stamps across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Compass and world map on shoulder
Black and white photo of matching fine line triple moon tattoos on a shoulder and a wrist, with a small branch tattoo on a hand.
Matching triple moon tattoos on shoulder and wrist
Botanical tattoo of red poppies and dark green foliage with black linework across the shoulder and upper arm.
Red poppies with foliage on a shoulder
Dark mandala tattoo with a floral centre and dangling dots on the shoulder, with a second design partly visible on the upper back.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork whale tattoos with fine dotted geometric lines across a full arm sleeve on the upper arm and forearm.
Whales and geometric lines on an arm sleeve
Close photo of a leopard print tattoo in black and orange-brown ink across the upper arm and shoulder, with a leopard print top visible behind it.
Leopard print tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo of pansies in purple, yellow, pink and white with green leaves, spreading across the shoulder and upper arm.
Pansies across shoulder and upper arm
Upper arm and shoulder sleeve tattoo of a shaded rose and blue butterfly over lace-like scrollwork, shown from three angles.
Rose and butterfly sleeve on upper arm