Shoulder tattoo ideas

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

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Small realistic hummingbird tattoo in green and dark tones on a woman's upper shoulder, with long brown hair falling across her back.
Hummingbird tattoo on the upper shoulder
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 realism style tattoo of chains wrapping across a shoulder and down the upper arm, shown from two angles.
Chain wrap tattoo on shoulder and upper arm
Back view of a person with wet dark hair, showing a dark grey world map tattoo on the bare shoulder while looking out over calm turquoise sea.
World map tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a shoulder, with concentric rings of dots that grow denser near the shoulder cap and fade out across the upper arm.
Dotwork circles fading across a shoulder
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
Close-up of an abstract tattoo of black and red brushstrokes sweeping across a bare shoulder.
Abstract brushstroke tattoo on a shoulder
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 white photo of a woman's shoulder and upper chest showing a script lettering tattoo near the collarbone, with her hand resting on her chest.
Script tattoo on a shoulder, black and white
Black and grey portrait tattoo of a woman with a voluminous updo and bare shoulder on the upper arm.
Woman portrait with updo on upper arm
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
Colour butterfly tattoo with black-edged wings in blue, purple and green, shaded to look three-dimensional, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Blue and green butterfly on a shoulder
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
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 grey sunflower tattoo with shaded petals and a dotted centre on the top of a shoulder, photographed with a warm vintage-style filter.
Sunflower tattoo on a shoulder
A realistic purple and blue butterfly tattoo with dark outlines and shaded wings, sitting on a person's shoulder.
Purple butterfly tattoo on shoulder
Two shoulder tattoos side by side: a grey-shaded daisy beside the script words You are my sunshine, and a colour sunflower beside the script words My only sunshine, both in fine lettering.
Daisy and sunflower script tattoos on the shoulder
Black and grey butterfly tattoo with soft shading and a drop shadow on a woman's shoulder blade.
Butterfly tattoo on a shoulder blade
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 photograph of a fine line script tattoo running across the shoulder, with long hair falling over the upper back.
Fine line script tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey lace-style tattoo of a flower and scrolling vine across a woman's shoulder and upper chest.
Lace-style flower tattoo on shoulder and chest
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
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with blue, teal, pink and purple wings edged in black, sitting on the upper shoulder with a soft shadow beneath it.
Blue and teal butterfly on a shoulder
Black ink blackwork tribal sleeve of spirals and triangles covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Tribal arm sleeve with spirals