Shoulder tattoo ideas

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Black and grey chrysanthemum tattoo with detailed hatched petals and a bud, covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Chrysanthemum on the shoulder and upper arm
Black linework botanical tattoo of branching leaves and flowers across a shoulder and upper arm, shown from behind in a striped top.
Botanical sleeve on shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey tree tattoo across the upper arm and shoulder, with birds, a faint musical staff, a small red berry and roots reaching down the arm.
Tree with birds and roots on upper arm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a large peony with leaves and a second bloom behind it, placed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey peony on the upper arm
Black and grey realism rose and scrollwork sleeve tattoo covering both upper arms from the shoulder to the forearm, photographed from behind.
Black and grey rose and scrollwork sleeve
Colour Botanical and Neo-trad style tattoo sleeve on a woman's upper arm and shoulder, showing a red poison dart frog, a green parrot and pink flowers among leaves.
Frog, parrot and flowers on an upper arm
Black and grey mandala-style flower tattoo with dotwork detailing on the shoulder of a person wearing a cream knitted jumper.
Mandala flower tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey realistic rose tattoo framed by black lace-style flourishes on a shoulder, with a wooden cabinet and chair in the background.
Realistic rose with lace flourishes on shoulder
Fine line black tattoo of a small blossom branch with five flowers across the collarbone area of the chest.
Small blossom branch on a collarbone
Sketch-style black and red rose tattoo across the upper arm and shoulder, with fine script running down the forearm.
Sketched roses with script on upper arm
Colour sunflower tattoo with yellow and orange petals and a shaded brown and dark centre, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Sunflower tattoo on a shoulder
Black fine line botanical vine tattoo with leaves and flowers across a woman's upper back, shoulder and upper arm, shown from behind in a warm sepia photo.
Floral vine tattoo across a back and arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a blue hippo with black outlines and floral and mushroom motifs filling its body, placed on a shoulder.
Blue hippo with floral pattern on shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a gerbera daisy with hanging feathers on the upper arm and shoulder.
Gerbera and feathers on the upper arm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of blossom clusters and two swallows across the upper chest and shoulders.
Blossom and swallows across the chest
Colour botanical tattoo of a eucalyptus branch with pink gum blossoms and green leaves across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Eucalyptus branch with gum blossoms on a shoulder blade
Woman in a pale lace top with colourful botanical tattoos on her upper chest and shoulder, including a rose design and a Stop and Smell the Roses wreath lettering piece.
Floral and script tattoos on chest and shoulder
White ink floral tattoo on a bride's shoulder and upper arm, with blossoms and curling scrolls, shown beside a white glove and veil.
White floral design on a bride's shoulder
Wild rose tattoo with pink-washed petals and black and grey leaves and stems across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Wild rose tattoo on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of two blue tits perched on a branch of yellow forsythia, across the shoulder and upper back of a person in a white top.
Blue tits and forsythia on a shoulder
Black and grey shaded peony tattoo with a bold outline, placed on a woman's upper chest and shoulder, with a beach in the background.
Black and grey peony on the shoulder
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a large flower bouquet with lily-like blooms and spiky foliage covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey floral bouquet on upper arm
Black and grey botanical sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a bat, irises, foxglove-style flowers and leaves in fine engraved-style linework.
Bat and iris sleeve on upper arm
Colour chest tattoo in an art nouveau style showing a woman's face, two moths, an iris and scrolling leaves, with rose tattoos on the shoulders, shown in a three-panel collage.
Art nouveau chest piece with moths and iris
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with soft wash shading and small red stamens, on the upper shoulder and collarbone area.
Lotus flower tattoo on a shoulder
Black ink fine line tattoo of a dandelion whose seeds drift into small butterfly silhouettes beside the words what's past is prologue, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dandelion seeds and quote across upper back
Black and grey bare tree tattoo with soft shaded background covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Bare tree across an upper arm
Black fine line botanical tattoo of a curving sprig with small clustered flowers, placed on the shoulder beside a white fabric edge.
Fine line sprig of flowers on a shoulder
Fine black line tattoo of a four-leaf clover with a curling stem on the upper back near the shoulder of a person facing away from the camera.
Four-leaf clover on a shoulder
Full arm and shoulder sleeve in neo-trad style with grey acanthus scrolls, red roses and green leaves, shown on a shirtless man against a pale wall.
Acanthus and rose sleeve on an arm and shoulder
Black dandelion tattoo with seeds drifting away across a woman's upper back and shoulder, in a fine line botanical style.
Dandelion seeds blowing across a shoulder
Close photo of a shaded orange and brown maple leaf tattoo with a black outline and fine vein detail, placed on the shoulder.
Maple leaf on the shoulder
Red poppy tattoo with black lace-like scrollwork on a shoulder, shaded in a realistic style.
Red poppy and black lace on a shoulder
Side-by-side photo of a botanical floral tattoo across a shoulder and upper arm, shown as a black linework outline on the left and shaded black and grey on the right.
Floral shoulder piece before and after shading
Colour tattoo of a symmetrical folk-style floral mandala with grey shaded petals, red hearts and green leaves on the shoulder and upper back.
Folk floral mandala on a shoulder
Black and grey realism rose over sheet music on an upper arm and forearm, with a moth tattoo on the chest, shown in a three-panel photo collage.
Rose over sheet music arm sleeve
Close-up of a blue and purple mandala tattoo with petal-like motifs covering a shoulder, in fine line work.
Blue and purple mandala on a shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of a blossom vine with butterflies and small sparkles across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Blossom vine and butterflies on a shoulder blade
Black and grey traditional-style roses with leaves and fine script above them, tattooed across a woman's shoulder.
Black and grey roses with script on shoulder
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with shaded petals and a dotted centre, placed on the upper back shoulder of a person wearing a white off-shoulder top.
Shaded sunflower on a shoulder
Realistic colour tattoo of a grey Buddha head with raised hand and a pink lotus flower, set against an orange and green clouded background on the upper arm and shoulder.
Buddha and lotus on upper arm
Realistic pale pink rose with dark green leaves tattooed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Realistic rose tattoo on a shoulder blade
Fine line black botanical sprig tattoo on a person's shoulder, against freckled skin and a plain pale background.
Botanical sprig on a shoulder
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
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
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
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