Star tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a star with peeled skin edges revealing words such as freedom, love and family, with a faint leaf sprig at the top left.
Torn skin star with words on shoulder
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo covering the upper back and shoulders, seen from behind.
Geometric mandala back piece
Black ink tattoo of three star shapes linked by a dotted line, running from the collarbone up towards the shoulder.
Three stars across collarbone and shoulder
Close-up of a shoulder tattoo with a blue and teal wash city skyline, a thin black heartbeat line and four pink stars beneath it.
City skyline, heartbeat line and four stars on shoulder
Shirtless man with a colour traditional winged emblem and two stars on his chest, with tattooed sleeves on both arms and tattoos across his stomach.
Winged emblem chest piece with full sleeves
Black and grey shaded tattoo of large outlined stars and swirling smoke-like shading across a shoulder and upper arm.
Stars and swirls across shoulder and upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of Van Gogh's Starry Night, with swirling blue and green sky, yellow stars and a dark cypress tree, on a shoulder and upper back.
Starry Night reproduction across shoulder and back
Realistic tattoo of a star torn open through skin on the upper arm and shoulder, filled with words including FRIENDSHIP, FAMILY, FREEDOM and a red LOVE.
Torn-skin star with words on an upper arm
Photograph of a large surreal tattoo on a person's upper back and shoulder, showing a glowing blue night sky with a moon and small planets framed by swirling brown organic shapes, with a tiny standing
Night sky and moon across a shoulder blade
Black compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters on a man's shoulder and upper arm, shown in traditional style.
Compass rose on a shoulder
Full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm in neo-traditional style, showing a snarling brown bear head against a starry night sky with green and yellow swirls.
Colour sleeve with bear and night sky
A seated woman with colour tattoos on her forearm and shoulder, outline stars on her thigh and a red and green snake on her calf, on a black leather sofa.
Star and snake tattoos on bare legs
Realistic colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a girl on a swing against a starry night sky above a glowing planet.
Girl on a swing over a starry planet
Colour tattoo of a watercolour-style galaxy with pink, purple and blue clouds and small star sparkles across the upper arm and shoulder.
Watercolour galaxy on an upper arm
Black tattoo on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, with a solid black cap breaking into fine line scribbles, small numerals and an outlined star.
Blackwork shoulder cap fading into fine line scribbles
Fine line crescent moon with swirling scrolls and small stars, shaded in grey, tattooed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Crescent moon and stars on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a spiral galaxy with small white star dots, covering the top of a shoulder.
Spiral galaxy tattoo on shoulder
Traditional style full arm sleeve tattoo in bold colour across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm, featuring a rosette, a grey skull in a hat, roses and an orange flower.
Traditional full sleeve with skull and roses
Shirtless man with a colourful traditional-style tattoo of a galaxy, planets and a crescent moon on his chest, with roses and an eye on both arms.
Full colour galaxy chest and arm sleeves
Traditional style tattoo of a yellow crescent moon framing a dark mountain landscape under stars, with black leaves and red berries, on the shoulder and upper arm.
Crescent moon landscape on a shoulder
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two pink roses, a star and an eye in a triangle on a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Roses, star and eye on upper arm
Colour tattoo of anime characters with stars and bubbles across the upper arm and shoulder, shown in three photographs.
Anime characters on an upper arm and shoulder
Black lettering reading Love Never Fails beside a star of interlocking hearts tattooed on a shoulder.
Love Never Fails script and star on shoulder
Colour realism tattoo of palm trees on a beach under a red and orange galaxy sky, running across the shoulder and upper arm.
Palm trees, beach and galaxy sky on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a full moon above a dark pine forest and a starry purple and teal sky, covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Night sky, moon and pine forest on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a glowing red sun, a small blue planet, an asteroid and metallic spacecraft parts across an upper arm and shoulder.
Sun, planets and spacecraft on an arm sleeve
Black fine line tattoo of three star shapes joined by a dotted line, running from the collarbone up towards the shoulder.
Three star motifs with dotted line on shoulder
Two arms and the upper back of a figure on a black background, covered in grey and red geometric star and flower tattoos on the upper arms, forearms and shoulders.
Geometric sleeve tattoos on both arms
Colour realism tattoo of planets, asteroids and a nebula across the upper arm and shoulder, shown from three angles.
Space scene with planets on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a kangaroo breaking through a torn Australian flag on the shoulder.
Torn Australian flag with kangaroo
Three views of a dotwork geometric tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with a black and grey circular lattice, red lotus-style petals and a cube pattern below.
Geometric mandala sleeve on upper arm
Colourful peace symbol tattoo on a shoulder, with sun faces, stars, clouds, flowers, a globe and a butterfly in a bold illustrative style.
Peace symbol with sun and nature panels on shoulder
Black ornamental winged bird tattoo spanning the upper back and onto the upper arms, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Ornate winged bird tattoo across a back
Black and grey circular tattoo of a crescent moon, stars, waves and a whale tail in fine line and dotwork on the upper back near the shoulder.
Moon, waves and whale tail in a circle on a shoulder
Black script lettering reading Take this to your grave and i'll take it to mine, with an orange star and a yellow crescent moon with an orange star, on a shoulder.
Lyric script with stars and moon on shoulder
Black and grey geometric dotwork tattoos cover a man's arms, shoulders and upper chest, with mandala and hexagon patterns.
Geometric dotwork sleeves on arms and chest
Black and grey ornamental tattoo with a crescent, lotus and hanging diamond motifs across the upper arm and shoulder.
Crescent and lotus ornament on upper arm
Fine line constellation tattoo of small dots joined by thin lines, placed on the shoulder in a black and grey photograph.
Constellation tattoo on the shoulder
Fine line constellation tattoo of connected dots and thin black lines across the upper back, shoulders and arms.
Constellation linework across upper back
Realistic colour half sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a swirling nebula and starry sky above a tree on a path with a silhouetted figure.
Galaxy and tree half sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a star under peeling skin, filled with words such as friendship, freedom and love, on a shoulder and upper arm.
Torn skin star with virtue words on upper arm
Fine line constellation tattoo of dots and small star shapes on the shoulder of a person photographed from behind inside a car.
Star constellation tattoo on a shoulder
Fine line black tattoo of three small stars on a shoulder and collarbone, with a second panel showing the same stars above printed book text.
Three small stars near the collarbone
Small black script word Always with four asterisk-style stars beside it, tattooed on a shoulder in a sepia photograph.
Always script with stars on a shoulder
Colour tattoo reproducing Van Gogh's The Starry Night on a woman's upper back and shoulder, with swirling blue and yellow sky and a dark cypress tree.
Starry Night tattoo on the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a star with torn skin edges revealing words such as freedom and love, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Torn skin star with words on upper arm
Black and grey sleeve tattoo of a ship's wheel, waves, clouds and script reading 'of the Sea', with pink flowers, on an upper arm and shoulder.
Ship's wheel and sea sleeve on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of lily-style flowers, stars and swirls covering the upper arm and shoulder, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Flowers and stars on upper arm and shoulder