Shoulder tattoo ideas

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Realistic shaded tattoo of layered armour plates across a shoulder and upper arm, in brown and grey tones.
Realistic armour plate shoulder tattoo
Black and grey realistic roses with leaves covering the shoulder and upper back of a person wearing a dark top.
Black and grey roses across a shoulder
Realistic colour tattoo of two red lilies with green leaves across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade.
Red lilies across a shoulder blade
Black and grey realism lion head in profile with tribal swirl patterns across the face, tattooed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Lion head with tribal swirls on upper arm
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
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
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
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
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with green leaves across a shoulder and upper chest, in a botanical style.
Sunflower tattoo across shoulder and chest
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
Realistic grey dolphin head tattoo on a shoulder, with soft shading, a detailed eye and a dark pectoral fin beneath it.
Realistic dolphin head on a shoulder
Shaded pink lily tattoo with black swirling scrollwork across the upper back and shoulder blade, in a realistic botanical style.
Pink lilies with swirls on upper back
Back of a woman's shoulder with a realistic colour tattoo of orange flowers and grey shaded scrollwork, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Orange flowers and scrollwork on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of bare trees, flying birds and a small door across the upper arm and shoulder, shown from three angles.
Bare trees and birds on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoos of wings across a shirtless man's upper back and shoulder, with script and detailed shading on the upper arm.
Winged back piece with script on the shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and flower buds with cursive script across the shoulder and upper arm.
Black and grey orchids and script on upper arm
Black and grey realism and dotwork elephant tattoo with a lotus mandala above and sunflowers on the upper arm.
Elephant with lotus mandala on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wolf's head on the upper arm, with a pine forest and mountain scene fading in below it.
Wolf and forest on upper arm
Upper arm tattoo of a songbird in flight among raspberries, leaves and pink wild roses, in soft grey shading with muted colour.
Songbird and wild roses on an upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with pink roses and grey feathers on the upper arm and shoulder.
Dreamcatcher and roses on an upper arm
Colour floral tattoo across a shoulder and upper arm, with a purple iris, pink and red poppy-like blooms, a white hydrangea and green leaves.
Floral shoulder and upper arm tattoo
Black and grey botanical tattoos of a flowering vine on the shoulder and a shaded hibiscus on the upper arm, with a dark tattoo on the forearm, in a Realism style.
Botanical vine and hibiscus tattoos on the arm
Black lace-style chest tattoo with a shaded key inside an oval frame, extending onto the left shoulder and upper arm.
Lace collar tattoo with key centrepiece
Before and after photo of a shark tattoo on an upper arm, with a faded black outline on the left and a colour realism cover-up on a teal ocean background on the right.
Shark shoulder cover-up, before and after
A colour nebula over a black and grey mountain range, tattooed across the shoulder and upper arm, shown beside a digital version of the same design.
Nebula and mountain range on an upper arm
Black and grey realism skull tattoo on an upper arm, framed by outlined roses, a compass star and a pocket watch.
Skull, rose and compass on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses with shaded leaves on a person's shoulder.
Black and grey roses on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and three shaded roses with dewdrops, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Pocket watch and roses on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of three pink roses with green leaves covering the shoulder of a person in a grey top.
Pink roses on a shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane and two shaded roses, on the upper arm and shoulder, with script above it.
Lion head and roses on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded skull framed by paisley filigree across the upper back and shoulder blade, shown in a close-up and a detail panel.
Skull and paisley on a shoulder blade
Colour realism floral sleeve on a woman's upper arm, with a pink rose at the shoulder, orange and pink blooms, and a lotus flower below.
Full floral sleeve with roses and lotus on upper arm
Black and grey skull tattoo with roses, butterflies and a cobweb on an upper arm and shoulder, shown in two side-by-side views.
Skull and roses on an upper arm
Realistic black and grey lion head roaring above clouds, tattooed across an upper arm and shoulder.
Roaring lion and clouds on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of chainmail and plate armour covering the upper arm and shoulder, with a white tree emblem on a dark shield.
Armoured shoulder with white tree emblem
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling lion's head with a full mane, spanning the upper chest and top of the shoulder.
Snarling lion head on upper chest