Shoulder tattoo ideas

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Small colour tattoo of a peacock feather with green, teal and yellow tones and a curled tail on the upper shoulder of a woman seen from behind.
Small peacock feather on a shoulder
Four-panel photo of a black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a skull, roses, a clock, a microphone and text banners, running from shoulder to wrist.
Black and grey skull full sleeve
Pale white-ink rose outline with scrolling leaves across a bare shoulder and upper back, in a botanical style.
White ink rose on a shoulder
Realism tattoo on the shoulder and upper arm showing a silver zipper opening the skin to reveal red muscle fibres beneath.
Zipper opening to muscle on a shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of turnips, an onion and leafy stems covering a woman's upper arm, drawn in fine engraved-style linework.
Root vegetables and leaves on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, roses, butterflies and a banner reading Ashana on an upper arm and shoulder.
Pocket watch, roses and butterflies on upper arm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of two hummingbirds across the upper chest and shoulder, with green, yellow and teal splashes behind them.
Two hummingbirds on chest and shoulder
Woman seen from behind with arms raised, showing a rose tattoo on her upper arm and shoulder in muted red and grey ink.
Rose tattoo on upper arm
Upper arm sleeve tattoo in black and grey shading with a ship wheel, waves and a banner reading of the Sea, with pink flowers and a compass star.
Ship wheel sleeve with banner and flowers
Chest tattoo of an outlined geometric house in dotwork and black ink, with fine-line flower stems and red dotted rays, plus a number on the shoulder.
Geometric house and flower stems on chest
Two people stand back to back showing matching mandala tattoos on their arms, a crescent moon on the left and a circular mandala on the right.
Matching crescent and mandala shoulder tattoos
Black and grey script tattoo reading Virgo with a shaded wing detail, placed on the shoulder.
Virgo script with shaded wing
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, poppies and buds covering a shoulder and upper arm.
Roses and poppies across a shoulder
Red and black hibiscus and poppy flowers with sketchy linework and small insects, covering an upper arm and part of the shoulder.
Hibiscus and poppy flowers on an upper arm
Two-panel photo of a soft-shaded botanical tattoo of pink roses and green leaves on a woman's shoulder and upper chest.
Pink rose vine across a shoulder
Back of a person showing a black ink lace-like scrollwork tattoo with flowers and leaves across the shoulder blade.
Black lace scrollwork across a shoulder blade
Fine line black tattoo of dandelion seeds drifting across the collarbone, with a dandelion clock turned into a hot air balloon on the upper chest.
Dandelion seeds and hot air balloon on a collarbone
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of a haunted house, bats, a full moon and skeletal figures across the shoulder and arm, shown from three angles.
Haunted house and graveyard full sleeve
Realistic colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly on a shoulder, shaded to look three-dimensional with a cast shadow on the skin.
Monarch butterfly on a shoulder
Photo of a shoulder tattoo of two blue butterflies with grey smoky swirls and small black sparkles, shaded to look three-dimensional.
Blue butterflies with grey smoke swirls on a shoulder
Black and grey roses and an ornamental cross across a woman's chest and shoulders, with colour tattoos on her forearm and hand, in a neo-traditional style.
Rose and ornamental cross chest tattoo
Shaded grey owl perched on a black branch with pink blossoms, tattooed across a shoulder.
Owl on a blossom branch on a shoulder
Black tribal tattoo with a sun motif and swirling bands across the shoulder and upper arm.
Tribal sun tattoo on upper arm
Two black and grey traditional roses with leaves, one on each upper chest near the shoulders, on a person wearing a black off-shoulder top.
Twin black and grey roses on the collarbones
Black tribal tattoo with a central plumeria flower and swirling linework across the upper back and shoulder of a woman with her hair up.
Plumeria and tribal swirl on a shoulder
Diptych of a shaded horseshoe tattoo with turquoise beads, 'EST 1994' lettering and two feathers tied with cord, placed on a shoulder.
Horseshoe and feathers on a shoulder
Neo-traditional style colour tattoo of a winged hourglass with vines and flowers on the upper arm and shoulder, shown in three views.
Hourglass with wings on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a shoulder, with concentric rings of dots that grow denser near the shoulder cap and fade out across the upper arm.
Dotwork circles fading across a shoulder
Black fine line dandelion tattoo on a shoulder, with seeds drifting off across the upper back.
Dandelion seeds drifting across a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of the Good Shepherd holding a lamb and a staff, with a halo and sunburst, across a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Good Shepherd with lamb on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a winged hourglass beneath an eye in a triangle, surrounded by numbers, on an upper arm and shoulder.
Winged hourglass and eye in triangle on upper arm
Realism tattoo of an angel within plate armour and chainmail covering the shoulder and upper arm, shown from two angles.
Angel in armour on shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a bearded man wearing a crown of thorns above a veiled woman with eyes lowered, framed by flowing drapery.
Realistic religious portrait sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a cicada above mandala and lace-like geometric patterns with flowers, shown in four panels.
Cicada and mandala full sleeve
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo of a winged classical statue and a sculpted figure with foliage, covering the upper arm and shoulder, with a forearm view alongside.
Black and grey classical sculpture sleeve
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a skeletal deer, a crescent moon, a dahlia at the shoulder and fine geometric lines.
Skeletal deer and dahlia on upper arm
Three-panel photo of an ornamental tattoo covering a person's shoulder and upper arm, with purple spirals and feather-like forms and a green and yellow mandala on the shoulder cap.
Ornamental shoulder and upper arm sleeve
Two fine line tattoos in a diptych: a small black twig on the upper chest near the shoulder, and a dotted star constellation across the upper back.
Twig and star constellation fine line tattoos
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a horse head in a bridle and spiked headpiece, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Horse head with spiked headpiece on shoulder
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with detailed petals and a shaded centre, placed on a woman's shoulder in fine line botanical style.
Sunflower tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey realistic raven with pink roses tattooed across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Raven and roses across a back
Two people seen from behind with matching black script tattoos on their shoulders, reading You Are My Sunshine and My Only Sunshine beside small sun rays.
Matching sunshine quote tattoos on the shoulders
Black fine line ornamental tattoo of hanging drops and dotted motifs across a woman's shoulder and upper chest, with a pendant shape near the upper arm.
Ornamental filigree tattoo across shoulder and chest
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading iloveyou on the top of a shoulder near the collarbone.
Script iloveyou on a shoulder
Colourful neo-traditional chest and shoulder tattoo showing a woman's face, an iris, scrollwork, a butterfly and roses, shown in three photo panels.
Floral chest and shoulder tattoo with a woman's face
Black tribal tattoo of bold circles, spirals and sweeping blades covering a shoulder and upper arm, in a blackwork style.
Tribal shoulder tattoo with spirals and circles
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bulldog's wrinkled face covering the upper arm and shoulder of a bearded man in a black vest.
Realistic bulldog portrait on upper arm
Green and white trillium flowers and leaves tattooed down the upper arm and onto the shoulder, in a botanical style.
Trillium flowers on upper arm