Shadow tattoo ideas

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Realistic green and black butterfly tattoo with soft shadowing on the upper shoulder and collarbone area.
Green butterfly on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly in a realistic style, with orange and black wings and a soft grey shadow beneath it on the skin.
Monarch butterfly with cast shadow
Black and grey realism tattoo on the inner forearm showing two eyes peering through a cracked stone opening, with a helmet-like shape at the lower edge.
Realistic eyes behind cracked stone on a forearm
Orange butterfly tattoo with black edging and a soft cast shadow, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone of a person wearing a grey top.
3D orange butterfly on upper chest
Realism-style tattoo of a pink butterfly with a dark drop shadow on the upper back near the shoulder blade, seen from behind.
Pink 3D butterfly on upper back
Black and grey realistic butterfly tattoo with a soft drop shadow, sitting on the upper back near the shoulder.
Shaded butterfly on upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with a soft shadow beneath it, on the side of a leg.
Monarch butterfly with cast shadow on a leg
Colour realism tattoo of a pink and blue butterfly with a grey cast shadow, sitting on a person's shoulder.
3D butterfly on a shoulder
Realistic purple butterfly tattoo with black edging and white spots, casting a grey shadow, on a person's shoulder.
3D purple butterfly on a shoulder
Black hand-lettered quote design reading Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you, with a feathered arrow and a flowing underline, on a white background.
Keep your face toward the sunshine quote with arrow
Colour realism tattoo of a monarch butterfly with a soft grey shadow, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Monarch butterfly on a shoulder blade
Pink butterfly tattoo with black and white dotted edges and a soft grey shadow, sitting on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Pink butterfly with shadow on a shoulder blade
Fine black line sketch of a small girl in a dress with her shadow beside her, on the upper back shoulder of a woman wearing a dark strap top.
Small sketched girl in a dress on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo on the ribs showing two hands clasped together, with their shadow forming a side profile of a head.
Hands casting a profile shadow on the ribs
Realistic pink butterfly tattoo with black edging and a dark drop shadow on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pink butterfly on upper back
Realism tattoo of a black and grey bicycle with orange rims and a cast shadow, on the lower back.
Realistic bicycle tattoo on lower back
Black ink cartoon pandas sit either side of a shaded green awareness ribbon in a tattoo on the lower leg near the ankle.
Two pandas and a green ribbon on the ankle
Realistic 3D butterfly tattoo in pink and blue with black edging, placed on the shoulder with a soft cast shadow beneath it.
3D butterfly on a shoulder
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two smiling cartoon toast slices, one with purple jam and one with peanut butter, on a limb.
Jam and peanut butter toast characters on a limb
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a small pale figure in a dark fading patch on the outer thigh, with a light blue top and purple bed behind.
Black and grey figure tattoo on a thigh
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
Black and grey tattoo of a snail looking through a telescope on a tripod, drawn in fine hatched linework on the lower leg.
Snail and telescope on a leg
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two hands with solid black shadow shapes behind them, on the side of the torso.
Dotwork hands with black shadow on side
Realistic orange and black butterfly tattoo with a soft grey shadow on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
3D monarch butterfly on upper back
Realistic pink butterfly tattoo with a dark drop shadow on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pink 3D butterfly on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shadowy human figure with smoky, fading edges on a lower leg calf.
Shadowy figure tattoo on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo on the ribs of clasped hands beside the shadow silhouette of a head in profile.
Clasped hands and shadow profile on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a street lantern beside a quote in script lettering, on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Lantern and quote on a upper back
Printed realistic blue butterfly design with a soft grey shadow on a white card, placed beside a ruler on a wooden surface.
Blue butterfly design on white card
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a hunched, horned creature with a snout and clawed hands, sitting on the outer thigh.
Seated horned creature on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a hand with red painted nails and a pale green cuff on a forearm, with a dark grey shadow silhouette behind it.
Hand with red nails and shadow on forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a dark shadowy figure with a reaching hand across a shoulder, with a swirl design continuing onto the upper arm.
Shadowy figure tattoo on a shoulder
Photograph of a realistic pink butterfly tattoo with black edging and a dark cast shadow, placed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pink 3D butterfly on the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tree, leafy on one side and bare on the other, with a flock of birds lifting away on a forearm.
Tree dissolving into birds on a forearm
Realistic orange and black butterfly tattoo with a cast shadow on the upper chest, below the collarbone.
Orange butterfly with shadow on chest
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with soft shading and a drop shadow on a woman's shoulder blade.
Butterfly tattoo on a shoulder blade
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate mirror frame beside a lettered quote in blackletter style, on the side of a person's ribs.
Quote and ornate mirror on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lit lamp post on the upper back, with a script quote reading Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times.
Lamp post and quote on upper back
Colour tattoo of a monarch butterfly with blue forget-me-not flowers on a vine, placed on the upper back.
Monarch butterfly and forget-me-nots on the back
Black and grey realistic portrait tattoo of a woman with curled hair and a cigarette, with ornamental sleeve designs on her arms, on a person's left side ribs.
Realistic black and grey portrait on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rolled stack of banknotes on the upper arm, with a printed design reference visible at the right.
Rolled banknotes on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling corgi wearing a gold headband and red collar, set in front of a triangle pattern on a calf.
Corgi in a headband inside a triangle pattern
Colour tattoo of Snoopy in sunglasses and a red jumper marked JOE COOL, sitting on the inner forearm with a small cast shadow beneath.
Joe Cool Snoopy on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a small gremlin-like creature standing on the calf, with a grey shadow of a hand and claw behind it.
Gremlin creature with shadow on a calf