Shoulder tattoo ideas

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Black serif lettering reading And the tree was happy runs along the top of a shoulder in a warmly lit close-up photo.
Quote tattoo along the shoulder
Two people show matching black script lettering tattoos reading shall never drift apart, placed along the collarbone and upper shoulder.
Matching script quote tattoos on two collarbones
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rampant winged lion with a flowing mane, covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Winged lion on shoulder and upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a cat curled around a heart outline on the shoulder, shown in a greyscale photo.
Cat curled around a heart on a shoulder
Black blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a gridded globe with birds flying off it, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Globe with flying birds on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose with soft shaded background on a person's upper back and shoulder.
Realistic black and grey rose on a shoulder
Close-up of a small heart tattoo with bold black outline, blue and yellow stripes and flat colour, on the shoulder area of pale skin.
Blue and yellow heart on skin
Fine line botanical tattoo of a dandelion seed head and orange bloom with green stems and leaves, placed on a shoulder.
Dandelion sprig on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with pink roses, grey feathers and blue beads across the upper arm and shoulder, in a realistic style.
Dreamcatcher and roses on an upper arm
Two matching black outline cat tattoos holding umbrellas with stars, one on a shoulder and one on an upper arm, with a red gem tattoo below.
Cats with umbrellas on shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a seated Buddha with a lotus and a halo on the upper arm and shoulder, with floral ornament and script on the forearm.
Seated Buddha and lotus sleeve on an arm
Black and grey tattoos on a woman's shoulder, upper arm, chest and abdomen, shown with a studded leather and band-logo vest and fingerless gloves.
Tattooed torso in studded rock vest
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with green leaves across a shoulder and upper chest, in a botanical style.
Sunflower tattoo across shoulder and chest
Close view of a large dark grey scale pattern tattoo covering a shoulder and upper arm, with a small script tattoo on the chest above.
Scale pattern tattoo over shoulder and upper arm
Colour botanical tattoo of blossoms and leaves across a woman's back and side, with a swallow on the shoulder and small script near the waist.
Floral back piece with swallow and script
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger's face with roses on an upper arm, with a small butterfly above near the shoulder.
Realistic tiger and roses on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a peacock feather on a person's upper chest near the shoulder, with teal fronds and an orange, pink and blue eye.
Peacock feather tattoo on shoulder and chest
Black fine line script reading inhale the future exhale the past, with a flock of birds flying above it on a shoulder.
Script quote and birds on shoulder
Colour tattoo of pink peonies with small blue flowers and green leaves across an upper arm and shoulder, in a botanical style.
Pink peonies and blue blossoms on an upper arm
Colour tattoo on a woman's upper back and shoulder blade showing a black silhouette of a tree with a swing and falling leaves against a blue, pink and orange sunset.
Tree and swing silhouette at sunset on a shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of peonies, roses and dotwork swirls across a woman's chest and shoulder, with a black dress neckline below.
Peony and rose chest and shoulder piece
Woman seen from behind with a long grey braid, showing a pale grey snowflake tattoo on her shoulder blade.
Snowflakes on a shoulder
Realism tattoo of a star with torn-skin edges filled with words such as friendship, family and love in red, across a shoulder and upper arm.
Torn-skin star with words on shoulder
Black ink bamboo stalks and leaves with Japanese-style calligraphy down the back, extending onto the shoulder, with small red seal stamps.
Bamboo and calligraphy across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl with spread wings across the shoulder and upper chest of a person in a green top.
Owl with spread wings on shoulder and chest
Black and grey tree tattoo with branching limbs and roots covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Tree tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a crowned skull holding a sword across a full sleeve on the upper arm and shoulder, shown from three angles.
Crowned skull with sword on a full upper arm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with ornate filigree, long hair, smoke and a decorated pistol across the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skull woman with pistol on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, small flowers and leaves covering a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Black and grey roses across shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey floral tattoo with roses and leaves across the shoulder and upper arm, with a rose on the upper arm and a darker forearm piece below.
Floral tattoos on shoulder and upper arm
Colour tattoo on a shoulder of a compass star with pink blossoms and green leaves in a neo-traditional style.
Compass star and pink flowers on a shoulder
Colourful realistic full sleeve tattoo on an arm with a hummingbird, a robin, sunflowers, dahlias, pansies and blackberries, shown in three views.
Floral realism full sleeve with birds and sunflower
Realism tattoo of a stone stairway rising through clouds and light rays, with pink birds, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Stairway through clouds on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a moonlit castle on a hill above rippling blue water, with a full moon, stars and a dark silhouette at the top, across the upper arm and shoulder in a bold neo-traditional style.
Moonlit castle night scene on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo sleeve of leopard print spots with shaded roses, covering the shoulder and upper arm of a person in a white top.
Leopard print and roses sleeve on shoulder
Full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm in Japanese style, with orange, green and red lotus-like motifs, swirling clouds and layered scale patterns.
Colourful ornamental sleeve on upper arm
Realistic pink poppy tattoo with blue and pink watercolour washes and black linework, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Pink poppies with watercolour splashes on upper arm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon donkey Eeyore sitting beside a red bow, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Eeyore with a red bow on the shoulder
Two people's upper backs show black script tattoos, one reading "These words you should always remember..." and the other "...To you, my heart I surrender." with a small arrow beneath.
Matching quote tattoos on two upper backs
Black and grey swirling floral tattoo across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade, photographed from behind.
Swirling floral tattoo on upper back
Colour full sleeve tattoo on both arms of a man in a grey vest, showing Fallout imagery including Vault Boy, a Nuka Cola logo, a power armour helmet and an explosion across the upper arm and shoulder.
Fallout full sleeve with Vault Boy and Nuka Cola
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box among planets, stars and swirling orange rings on the upper arm and shoulder.
TARDIS and planets on a shoulder
Three photos of lion tattoos on an upper arm and shoulder: a realistic roaring lion in black and grey, a shaded lion head with a mane, and a rough, mostly grey lion design with red fill.
Lion tattoos at three price points
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a large gardenia-like flower with leaves, palm fronds and vines covering the shoulder and upper arm, shown in three photographs.
Gardenia and foliage on shoulder and upper arm
Colour and black-line tattoo of four fluffy soot sprites with big white eyes holding small green, pink and orange stars, placed on the shoulder.
Four soot sprites with coloured stars on a shoulder
Back of a woman showing a black and grey geometric compass tattoo with moon phases on the shoulder, with red maze lines running down toward the shoulder blade.
Compass and maze tattoo across a shoulder blade
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a detailed bee inside a dotted diamond outline with a small triangle above, on a shoulder.
Bee within a dotted diamond on a shoulder
Realistic red hibiscus flowers and green leaves tattooed down the upper back, shown from behind on a woman in a loose white dress.
Red hibiscus flowers down a back