Shoulder tattoo ideas

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Greyscale lion head tattoo with pink flowers and leaves on a person's upper arm and shoulder, in a neo-traditional style.
Lion head with pink flowers on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of an owl perched on a gnarled bare tree with a nest of owlets, across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Owl and bare tree on a shoulder blade
Black and grey realistic roses with small script above them, tattooed across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Black and grey roses on a shoulder
Black and grey shaded dragon tattoo running from the shoulder down the upper arm, with its horned head resting on the shoulder.
Black and grey dragon across shoulder and arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a star with peeled skin edges revealing words such as freedom, love and family, with a faint leaf sprig at the top left.
Torn skin star with words on shoulder
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with shaded petals and a dark centre on the shoulder and upper arm of a person whose long hair partly covers their face.
Sunflower tattoo on a shoulder
Realistic colour tattoo of the Joker character with white-green hair and a dark blue coat, set against blue watercolour splashes and orange embers on the upper arm.
Joker portrait tattoo on upper arm
Realistic coloured floral sleeve tattoo covering an upper arm and shoulder, with roses, pansies and sunflowers.
Floral sleeve with roses and pansies
Black and grey realistic cherry blossom branch tattoo spreading across a shoulder and upper back.
Cherry blossom branch on a shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of lupin spikes, dahlia-like blooms and leaves spreading from the collarbone across the upper chest.
Black and grey flower cluster on the upper chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of ribs wrapping over the shoulder blade on a person's upper back.
Ribcage tattoo over shoulder blade
Realistic pink rose tattoos across a person's shoulder and upper arm, photographed from behind.
Two pink roses on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses with leaves and water droplets, covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Black and grey roses on a shoulder
Realistic colour tattoo on a woman's upper back showing pink roses, an anatomical heart, a pocket watch and blue-grey wings.
Roses, heart and pocket watch across a back
Realistic red poppy tattoo with grey swirl linework across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Red poppies across a shoulder and upper arm
Realistic colour butterfly tattoo with orange, pink and yellow wings edged in black, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Realistic butterfly on a shoulder blade
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 realism tattoo of a winged woman in a loose dress on the upper arm, with a feathered wing across the shoulder blade.
Winged woman tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of oak leaves, acorns and pine sprigs across a man's upper chest and shoulder.
Oak leaves and acorns on chest and shoulder
Shaded pink rose tattoo with soft white highlights on a shoulder, photographed against a blurred indoor background.
Pink rose tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey butterfly tattoo on a shoulder, with the words I'm a walking travesty but I'm smiling at every thing forming the trailing wing.
Butterfly with quote on the shoulder
Realistic tattoo of a green eye with long lashes and grey feathers beneath it, placed on the upper shoulder.
Realistic green eye and feather on shoulder
Realistic black and grey rose tattoo with leaves and a bud across a woman's shoulder and upper back, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Black and grey roses across a shoulder and back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl, a skull wearing a feathered headdress and a wolf across the shoulder and upper arm.
Owl, skull and wolf on an upper arm
Black and grey realism octopus tattoo with tentacles wrapping down the upper arm and shoulder.
Octopus tattoo wrapping an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of plate armour covering a shoulder and upper arm, with an eagle emblem on the upper plate and a figure with lettering on the pauldron.
Plate armour shoulder piece with eagle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a deer head with antlers among pine trees, with a RIP banner, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Deer and forest sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo across a man's upper back and shoulder showing a hockey mask, a bladed glove, a doll face, chains and a knife, in a realistic collage style.
Horror film collage across back and shoulder
Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing two roses and a pocket watch with Roman numerals.
Roses and pocket watch sleeve
Realistic colour tattoo across a back and shoulder, showing torn skin that reveals an old orange map beneath, with a blue compass rose at the centre.
Torn skin revealing a compass and old map
Colour realism tattoo of Van Gogh's Starry Night, with swirling blue and green sky, yellow stars and a dark cypress tree, on a shoulder and upper back.
Starry Night reproduction across shoulder and back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a seated fairy with lavender-tinted wings among swirling foliage, on the upper back by the shoulder blade.
Fairy and foliage scrollwork on a shoulder blade
Small black and grey realism tattoo of a humpback whale diving on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Humpback whale on the shoulder
Black and grey realistic wing tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder blade, photographed with the arm raised and the back turned to the camera.
Black and grey wing across upper arm and back
Realistic tattoo of a star torn open through skin on the upper arm and shoulder, filled with words including FRIENDSHIP, FAMILY, FREEDOM and a red LOVE.
Torn-skin star with words on an upper arm
Realistic colour sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a hummingbird, red poppies, poppy seed heads and a blue butterfly, shown from two angles.
Hummingbird and red poppies on a full arm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman wearing a lace mask, with mechanical ribbed shapes above her head, across a person's shoulder and upper arm.
Lace-masked woman portrait on upper arm
Black and grey fern fronds tattooed over the shoulder and upper arm of a person wearing a dark top and several silver rings.
Fern tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull breaking through torn skin on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull emerging through torn skin on upper arm
Realistic blue poison dart frog tattoo with black and white spotting and shaded edges, sitting on a woman's shoulder blade.
Blue poison dart frog on shoulder
Realism style pink rose and blossom tattoo with black lace and a dangling chain ending in an anchor, across a shoulder and upper arm.
Rose, lace and anchor on shoulder and upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and a bud, set on a shoulder blade over a soft grey wash.
Cherry blossom branch on a upper back
Black and grey realism wolf head with oak leaves, acorns and moon phases across an upper arm sleeve, with a dotwork mandala at the shoulder.
Wolf and oak sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of storm clouds and a rolling wave across a man's shoulder and upper arm.
Clouds and wave on a shoulder
Colour realism tattoo of two pink roses, a rosebud and green leaves across a shoulder, with soft watercolour-style wash behind the flowers.
Pink roses and bud on shoulder
Black and grey realistic cherry blossom tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder of a woman wearing a dark vest top.
Cherry blossom sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo across a man's back showing a crucifixion scene with angels and an INRI inscription, with sleeve tattoos on both upper arms.
Crucifixion back piece with angels and sleeves
Realistic pink roses with green leaves and a small script quote tattooed across a woman's shoulder and upper chest.
Pink roses and script on shoulder