Shoulder tattoo ideas

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Black dotwork tattoo of a circular moon with a constellation and cloud shapes on a person's shoulder.
Moon with constellation and clouds on shoulder
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an ornate hummingbird with swirling filigree wings and tail, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornate hummingbird on the upper back
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
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping squares and circles forming a spiral across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Overlapping geometric spiral on shoulder blade
Fine black script reading wanderlust on a shoulder, with a rocky beach and sea behind.
Wanderlust script on a shoulder
Black ornate filigree tattoo with swirls, drops and dotted chains across a woman's shoulder and upper back, in fine line and dotwork style.
Ornate filigree chandelier tattoo on a 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
Grey sunflower tattoo with shaded centre and outlined petals on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone, in a botanical fine line style.
Sunflower tattoo on a shoulder
Fine line tattoo of small butterflies in pink and brown tones scattered across the upper back and shoulder blade, with the wearer's face not shown.
Scattered butterflies across an upper back
Black linework mandala and paisley tattoo covering a shoulder and upper arm, with a fine-line henna-style pattern.
Mandala and paisley shoulder piece
Black and white photo of a fine line botanical tattoo of a bare branch with a small bird perched on it, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bird perched on a branch across a shoulder blade
Black and grey tattoo of an engraved hand releasing strings from which dotwork planets, including a ringed Saturn, hang across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Hand holding planets on the upper back
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
Fine black line sketch of a small girl in a dress with her shadow beside her, on the upper back shoulder of a woman wearing a dark strap top.
Small sketched girl in a dress on a shoulder
Black ink fine line tattoo of a swallow flying out of an open birdcage with script lettering above it, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Swallow leaving a birdcage on the shoulder
Small fine line tattoo of a cat wearing a striped scarf, with a curled tail and green eyes, on the shoulder blade of a person seen from behind.
Cat in a striped scarf 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
Small black fine line tattoo of a fern frond inside a thin circle, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Fern inside a circle on the shoulder
Close-up of a tiny fine line black ink swallow tattoo on a person's shoulder, with a grey top visible below and a black and white chevron backdrop.
Small fine line swallow on a shoulder
Small black fine line cross tattoo on the back of a shoulder, with a second tattoo partly visible near the neck.
Small cross on a shoulder blade
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 shaded feather tattoo with soft blue, pink and purple watercolour splashes behind it, placed on the shoulder.
Feather with watercolour splashes on a shoulder
Black and grey mandala tattoo on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, with fine line petals, leaves and swirls around a dotwork centre.
Mandala tattoo on a 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 and white photo of a shirtless man seen from behind, with a fine line circle tattoo on his shoulder and upper arm and a long thin line running down his back.
Fine line circle and line tattoo on shoulder and back
Two black outline geometric bird tattoos sit near the shoulder blades of two people, one larger on the left and one smaller on the right.
Geometric bird tattoos on two shoulders
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
Small black bird silhouettes in flight tattooed across a shoulder and collarbone, shown in a black and white photograph.
Flock of birds on a shoulder
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
Colour fine line tattoo of a blue yarn ball pierced by a crochet hook with swirling blue lines, placed on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Yarn ball and crochet hook on the shoulder
Fine line gold world map outline tattoo on a woman's upper back, with a partly visible gold script on her left shoulder.
Gold world map outline on upper back
Pink hibiscus flower with black scrollwork and pink swirls covering the upper back and shoulder, in a botanical fine-line style.
Pink hibiscus and swirls on a shoulder
Black and grey fine line poppy tattoo on the upper shoulder and chest of a person wearing a black off-shoulder top.
Poppy flower tattoo on the shoulder
Black linework botanical tattoo of poppies, a seed pod and wildflowers wrapping around a shoulder and upper arm.
Poppies and wildflowers wrapping a shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of wildflowers, leaves and bramble berries covering the upper arm and shoulder of a person in a black top.
Botanical wildflower sleeve on upper arm
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
Small black fine line open book tattoo on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone, shown in a close crop above a red knit jumper.
Open book on a shoulder
Fine line tattoo of two arrows with geometric heads and feathered tails on a shoulder, in black ink with light grey shading.
Two arrows on a shoulder
Black fine line mandala tattoo with dotwork detail covering a woman's shoulder, shown from the side with her face out of frame.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black fine line tattoo of a feather breaking up into small flying birds, sitting on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone.
Feather dissolving into birds on a shoulder
Collage of six photographs showing black and grey feather tattoos on the ribs, shoulder, back, ankle and neck, some with birds or script beside them.
Feather tattoos in a six-photo collage
Back view of a woman on a beach showing a small black fine line wave tattoo on her left shoulder.
Small wave tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of poppies and fern fronds covering a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Poppies and fern on an upper arm
Fine line black feather tattoo on a woman's shoulder, photographed against a bright backlit background.
Small feather tattoo on a shoulder