Shoulder tattoo ideas

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Black fine line outline of a heart with the word Vegan in script lettering, tattooed on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Vegan script inside an outline heart
Black and grey Japanese style chrysanthemum tattoo spreading across a person's upper back and over the shoulder.
Chrysanthemums across a back and shoulder
Realistic colour tattoo of a pale pink and white rose with dark green leaves on a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Realistic white rose on a shoulder blade
Black tribal-style tattoo covering the chest, shoulder and upper arm, with a greyscale realistic panel of stars and a figure on the upper arm and a geometric band on the forearm.
Tribal chest, shoulder and arm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing the word NAVY, stars, a warship and a torn flag with the number 43.
Navy warship and torn flag on upper arm
Black fine-line script tattoo reading 'To live in the hearts you leave behind is not to die' running across a shoulder, with a small outlined heart at the end.
Script quote across the shoulder
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace that rises into jagged peaks, placed on a shoulder and upper back.
Heartbeat line tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey Japanese style bird with detailed feathers and a talon, tattooed across a shoulder and upper back.
Japanese bird and cloud design on shoulder
Black and grey dotwork fish tattoo spanning the upper chest and shoulder, with fine geometric lines and wave-like fronds beside it.
Dotwork fish tattoo on chest and shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a moon with a human face and a capsule lodged in one eye, on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Moon face with capsule on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and handwritten script lettering across the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey orchids with script on upper arm
Black fine line floral sleeve tattoo with a large rose at the shoulder, running down the upper arm and forearm of a woman in a black vest top.
Floral sleeve with roses on an arm
Fine line script tattoo of the word serendipity on a woman's upper arm near the shoulder, with more thin script running along her inner forearm.
Script word tattoos on shoulder and forearm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a skull with a daisy on the upper arm, an eye on the forearm and a cube pattern near the wrist.
Skull and daisy full sleeve with eye and cube pattern
Black fine line tattoo of a feather on the upper chest dissolving into a flock of birds rising over the shoulder.
Feather and flying birds on the shoulder
Colour tattoo of an open birdcage with pink and blue flowers on the upper arm and shoulder, with a small swallow in flight above it.
Birdcage and flowers on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a green camper van framed by red roses and green leaves, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Camper van and roses on an upper arm
Atom tattoo with three orbits, arrowheads and a red and teal nucleus in black and grey linework on a shoulder.
Atom with orbits on a shoulder
Back of a shoulder showing an abstract black ink brush stroke tattoo with a red splash and a small blue dot, in a mixed colour design.
Brush strokes and red splash on a shoulder blade
Colour neo-trad style tattoo of a pink cartoon dog and a green-faced cartoon character with a purple nose, placed on a shoulder.
Two cartoon characters on a shoulder
Black tribal tattoo with a sun face on a shirtless man's chest, continuing over the shoulder and down the upper arm and forearm in a Polynesian-inspired blackwork style.
Tribal sun chest and full arm sleeve
Black silhouette tattoo of a flock of birds rising from the lower neck and across the shoulder blade of a woman with a braided updo, against a pale sky.
Flock of birds across a back
Colour botanical tattoo of a red rose with buds, green leaves and small red berries on a woman's shoulder, shown from behind in a white vest top.
Red rose sprig on a shoulder
Black and grey shaded hummingbird tattoo with swirling flourishes sitting on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Hummingbird with swirls on a shoulder blade
Black and white photo of a white ink ornamental tattoo with paisley and scroll patterns across a person's shoulder and upper arm, seen from behind.
White ink ornamental tattoo on shoulder
Full-colour botanical tattoo of purple rhododendron, red and orange poppies and blue flowers with green leaves across the upper arm and shoulder.
Colourful wildflower bouquet sleeve on upper arm
Full Japanese-style sleeves on both arms and a chest piece, with pink and yellow koi, cherry blossoms and black-grey waves, shown on a shirtless torso.
Japanese koi and blossom full sleeves
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a nautilus shell spiral with dotted construction lines, sitting on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Nautilus spiral on upper chest
Realistic red rose tattoo with grey shaded leaves across the upper back and shoulder.
Red rose on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo on a woman's shoulder and upper arm showing a pink hibiscus, a Roman numeral clock face with a gear, yellow plumeria and butterflies, in a realistic painted style.
Hibiscus and clock face on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a charging bull in red, orange and blue over a green and red stock chart on a chest, with an eye tattoo on the shoulder.
Charging bull over stock chart on chest
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of peonies, leaves, a songbird and a birdcage across a woman's chest and shoulder.
Peonies, songbird and birdcage across chest
Black botanical vine tattoo of five-petalled flowers running from the neck down over the shoulder blade on a woman's back.
Floral vine tattoo across a shoulder and back
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded wing joined to a flowing script letter, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Shaded wing and script letter on a shoulder blade
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree with birds flying away from its branches, on the upper back and shoulder blade.
Bare tree and birds on a shoulder
Side view of a man's arm covered by a colourful Japanese style full sleeve tattoo featuring a fierce figure, a moon and foliage on the upper arm and shoulder.
Japanese full sleeve with warrior figure
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman in profile inside an ornate cameo frame with pearl beading, with outlined scrollwork across the shoulder.
Cameo portrait and scrollwork on upper arm
Colour realism peacock feather tattoo running from the shoulder down the upper arm, with a bright blue eye near the base.
Peacock feather tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Three views of a red ink ornamental sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, featuring a central lotus-like mandala, spiralling vines and dotted shading.
Red ornamental mandala sleeve on upper arm
Black outline linework of cartoon characters and objects covering a man's upper arm and shoulder in a full sleeve design.
Cartoon character sleeve outline on upper arm
Blue and teal mandala tattoo with layered petals and dotted rings, placed on the top of a shoulder.
Blue mandala tattoo on shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a crouched figure in front of blurred stadium-style lights.
Crouched figure in a realism piece on the shoulder
Watercolour style lotus flower tattoo in blue, teal, pink, orange and yellow with black linework, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Watercolour lotus on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a mountain range above the script words the mountains are calling on skin, placed on the upper shoulder or back.
Mountain range and script quote on shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of a gothic house, bats, a full moon, graveyard crosses and a bare tree across a woman's shoulder and upper back.
Gothic house and graveyard on a shoulder
Black script tattoo reading All good things are wild and free, with a shaded feather and small birds, across a woman's upper chest and shoulder.
Feather and quote across a shoulder
Small fine line black ink tattoo of an ornate sofa with scrolled arms on the shoulder, with a tiny dotted line above it.
Small ornate sofa on a shoulder
A realistic purple and blue butterfly tattoo with dark outlines and shaded wings, sitting on a person's shoulder.
Purple butterfly tattoo on shoulder