Shoulder tattoo ideas

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Black and grey dotwork and realism tattoo of an owl, jellyfish and spiral forms with dotted geometric lines across a person's back and upper arm.
Owl and sea creatures across back and arm
Black and grey realism full arm sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a Roman numeral clock face, gears, a key, a rose and a pocket watch.
Clock, rose and feather full sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sailing ship in a storm with lightning and a compass on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Sailing ship in a storm with compass on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a red rose with green leaves on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, shown in soft natural light.
Red rose tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm
Realistic colour half sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a swirling nebula and starry sky above a tree on a path with a silhouetted figure.
Galaxy and tree half sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of armour plates, a winged Celtic cross and chainmail across a man's upper arm and shoulder, with a torn skin effect at the edges.
Armour and Celtic cross on upper arm and shoulder
Back of a woman with a realistic pink butterfly tattoo, black outlined with white dots and a dark grey shadow beneath it, on her left shoulder blade.
Pink butterfly with cast shadow on a shoulder blade
Realism black and grey sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with teal swallows, a pocket watch, a Roman numeral clock face, and a skull and rose on the back.
Realism clock, bird and skull sleeve
Realistic colour tattoo of a red cardinal perched on a dark branch, with grey flowers, across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Cardinal on a branch across a back and shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a star under peeling skin, filled with words such as friendship, freedom and love, on a shoulder and upper arm.
Torn skin star with virtue words on upper arm
Realism tattoo of a silver zipper opening the skin over the shoulder to reveal red muscle fibres beneath.
Zip opening skin to red muscle on shoulder
Black and grey shaded roses with leaves and buds tattooed across an upper arm and shoulder, worn by a person in a red and blue striped top.
Shaded roses on an upper arm
Black and grey photo of a shaded realistic tattoo of a flock of bats spreading across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Flock of bats across upper back
Colour tattoo of black palm trees against a blue, orange and red sunset sky, covering the upper arm and shoulder in a realistic style.
Palm trees at sunset on upper arm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a chickadee in flight with spread wings, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Chickadee in flight on the upper back
Black and grey shaded feather tattoo on the shoulder, with its tip breaking into flying birds that continue across the upper chest.
Feather dissolving into birds on shoulder
Two photos of a rose tattoo on the shoulder, one in magenta and purple with dark leaves, the other in greyscale.
Rose tattoo on the shoulder in colour and greyscale
Realism tattoo of a leaping largemouth bass with a lure, dead tree stumps and a fisherman in a boat, across a man's back and shoulder.
Leaping bass and angler across back and shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Buddha face with lotus flowers and a hand on the upper arm and shoulder of a person wearing a black vest top.
Buddha and lotus flowers on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of three pink roses with dark green leaves across the upper arm and shoulder of a person wearing a black top.
Three pink roses on an upper arm
Two rose tattoos on a pair of shoulders: a blue rose with green leaves on the left and a black and grey realism rose on the right.
Blue and grey rose tattoos on both shoulders
Black and grey realism tattoo of an octopus wearing a top hat and round spectacles and holding a steaming teacup, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Top-hatted octopus with teacup on shoulder blade
Black and grey realism rose with black lace-style linework across a shoulder and upper chest.
Shaded rose and lace ornament on shoulder
Colour realism-style tattoo of a vintage poppy bouquet with red, pink and cream blooms and green leaves across a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Vintage poppy bouquet on upper arm
Realism tattoo of red roses, a pocket watch and sheet music with black and grey scrollwork across the upper back and shoulder.
Roses, pocket watch and sheet music on a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and cursive script across the shoulder and upper arm.
Black and grey orchids with script on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings and swirling smoke across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Black and grey phoenix across a shoulder blade
Colour realism tattoo of a deer with large antlers bursting through torn skin on a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Deer emerging through torn skin on upper arm
Japanese-style landscape tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a grey pagoda, cherry blossom, red maple, rocks and rushing water.
Japanese pagoda landscape on upper arm
A realistic black widow spider tattoo with red markings on the top of a person's shoulder, with a black strap visible at the top of the frame.
Black widow spider on a shoulder
Circular colour tattoo of a sunset landscape with pine trees and a purple and orange sky, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Sunset landscape with pine trees in a circle
Black and grey realism wolf head tattoo with smoky swirls across a woman's shoulder and upper back.
Wolf head tattoo on a shoulder
Realistic black and grey chest tattoo of a Guy Fawkes mask surrounded by red roses and dark foliage, spanning the upper chest and shoulders.
Guy Fawkes mask and red roses on chest
Colour botanical tattoo of a dahlia, poppy and pink blossom with lavender sprigs and green leaves across a woman's shoulder and upper back.
Dahlia and poppy flowers on a shoulder
Realistic botanical tattoo of grey chrysanthemums with purple blooms and black ants, spanning the back of a person's neck and shoulder.
Floral tattoo with ants on neck and shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a star with torn skin edges revealing words such as freedom and love, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Torn skin star with words on upper arm
Split image showing a faded lion outline on a bare upper back on the left and a black and grey realism roaring lion tattoo on the shoulder on the right.
Roaring lion realism, before and after
Colour realism Star Wars full sleeve tattoos covering both arms of a bare-chested man, showing a stormtrooper, R2-D2 and a Han Solo figure.
Star Wars full sleeves on both arms
Black and grey realism tattoo of plate armour across a shoulder and upper arm, with an eagle emblem on the arm and a helmeted figure on the shoulder plate.
Plate armour shoulder and arm tattoo
Close-up of a shaded pink rose tattoo with green leaves on a woman's shoulder, partly covered by a white knit jumper.
Pink rose on a shoulder
Before and after split of a black and grey realism wing cover-up over an older tribal design on the upper arm and shoulder.
Tribal shoulder piece covered by a shaded wing
Black and grey dotwork whale tattoos with fine dotted geometric lines across a full arm sleeve on the upper arm and forearm.
Whales and geometric lines on an arm sleeve
Colour tattoo of pansies in purple, yellow, pink and white with green leaves, spreading across the shoulder and upper arm.
Pansies across shoulder and upper arm
Realism tattoo of a hummingbird above two red roses and grey leaves, shown across the upper arm and shoulder in three photographs.
Hummingbird and red roses on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull wrapped in banknotes, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull wrapped in banknotes on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a human skull framed by pink roses and grey scrollwork on the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic skull and roses on an upper arm
Realistic grey-shaded lily tattoo with red stamens and a curling vine across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Shaded lily on a shoulder and back
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of stacked skulls, wisps of smoke and a shadowed figure, shown on the upper arm, shoulder and forearm from three angles.
Skulls and smoke full arm sleeve