Shoulder tattoo ideas

41 photos and flash · 24% Lettering, 22% Fine line · Shoulder most common

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Realism-style pencil drawing of a woman's back and shoulder with a rose-grey pencil portrait and colourful butterflies across the shoulder blade, designed as a back tattoo.
Woman's back with butterflies and colour drips
Black ink tattoo of a feather that breaks up into flying birds, running from the upper back over the shoulder towards the side of the neck, shown in two photographs.
Feather dissolving into birds on shoulder and neck
Black and grey realism tattoo of two birds perched on a bare branch, placed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two birds on a branch across a shoulder blade
Back view of a muscular man in a cap with a black tribal tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder blade, with a band continuing down the side of the back.
Black tribal tattoo on arm and shoulder blade
Fine line black script lettering tattoo across the upper back, spread over several lines of text beside the shoulder blade.
Script quote tattoo across the upper back
Woman seen from behind with dark script lettering tattooed across her upper back and shoulder, wearing a red patterned dress with gold straps.
Script lettering across upper back
Black and white photo of a man's bare upper back with hands behind his head, showing the word artist in lowercase sans-serif lettering between the shoulder blades, in Lettering style on the Back.
Word tattoo across the upper back
Photograph of a botanical ivy tattoo in green ink with grey vine lines, running across a bare shoulder and down the upper arm, with a beach behind.
Green ivy tattoo across a shoulder and upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of birds flying from a dandelion seed head across the upper back and shoulder, shown from behind.
Birds and dandelion seeds across a shoulder
Black and white photo of a fine line wave tattoo on the upper back of a woman whose hair covers her face, with one hand raised to her head.
Fine line wave on upper back
Four-panel photo of a bald person with black peony and mandala tattoos covering the scalp, neck, shoulders and upper chest, in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Peony and mandala tattoo across scalp, neck and back
Black and white photo of two people with matching fine script tattoos reading hakuna matata, one upside down on the upper back and one on the shoulder.
Matching hakuna matata script on two shoulders
Black and grey tribal geometric tattoo across a shoulder and upper back, with linework that appears pale against dark skin.
Tribal patterned shoulder and upper back