Shoulder tattoo ideas

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Black lace pattern with shaded red poppies covering a person's shoulder and upper arm, in a botanical style.
Lace and poppy shoulder tattoo
Two side-by-side photos: a black fine-line mandala tattoo on a shoulder, and black silhouettes of flying figures tattooed behind an ear.
Mandala on shoulder and silhouettes behind ear
Full arm sleeve in a Japanese-influenced brushstroke style, with a black enso-style circle and red ring on the upper arm and black strokes running down the forearm.
Brushstroke circle sleeve on upper arm
Shaded grey skull with rose details in its eye sockets, beside a red rose outlined in black, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Skull with roses and a red rose on shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl and a small bird across a shoulder and upper arm, set among swirling shaded clouds.
Owl and bird on shoulder and upper arm
Black blackwork tattoo of two silhouetted figures holding hands among branches and roots, across a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Two silhouetted figures holding hands within tree roots
Colour tattoo of red roses and green leaves over a black lace-effect pattern, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Red roses in lace on an upper arm
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo reading "Don't paint me black when I used to be golden" across the upper chest near the shoulder.
Script lyric quote tattoo across upper chest
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Aime-moi pour ce que je suis, running along the collarbone towards the shoulder.
French quote in script along the collarbone
Colour botanical tattoo of white five-petalled flowers, green leaves and small orange buds across a person's upper back and shoulder.
White rose cluster on a shoulder blade
Black and grey tattoo of a treehouse in a bare tree with a ladder, tyre swing and roots, shown on the upper arm.
Treehouse and ladder on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing Snow White holding an apple, with Cinderella and Jasmine in ornate scrollwork.
Disney princesses sleeve tattoo on an upper arm
Colourful realistic tattoo on a person's shoulder and upper arm, showing a nebula with stars above a tree on a path with a silhouetted figure walking towards it.
Galaxy sky and tree landscape on upper arm
Blue Japanese-style wave sleeve tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm, with white foam crests and shaded blue water.
Blue waves sleeve on shoulder and upper arm
Colour tattoo of a golden and green phoenix with spread wings and an open beak, running from the shoulder across the chest and down the side of the ribs.
Golden phoenix across chest and ribs