Collarbone tattoos for women are little something, and always sexy; big or small, complex or simple, these collarbone tattoos for women will change your look for good.
Or the collarbone or clavacle – that little bit of flesh that sticks out between your shoulder and your chest. Like all things small, there is something endearing about it; not as exposed as the arm nor the neck, but if you wear a low-cut or strapless top, some ink on the collarbone will give others a preview of your personality.
Female collarbone tattoos suggest a dainty and sensual-looking design. They can appear right on the bone, above the bone, closer to the neck or below the bone. Since the collarbone connects the shoulder blade, the chest, and the neck, we usually see a tattoo seek to morph on two or even three of these placements.
If you’re looking for a subtle way to add femininity to your overall appearance, the collarbone is a great spot to consider. There’s a tattoo out there for every possible style preference. Whether you want something small, simple and delicate, or bold, wild and intricate, these collabone tattoos will give you inspiration for your choice of the next piece of ink.
Are collarbone tattoos painful?
It depends entirely on the sensitivity of the more sensitive tattoo owner and the placement: the thinner the skin, the more it hurts to tattoo from it.
The collarbone is a boney area with thin skin, it’s a very surpod painted area, so be prepared mentally for a little more pain. But, if you’re one of those super sensitive folkes I have two methods to avoid some of that pain.
Get it tattooed above or below it rather than smack on it. The farther from the bone, the less painful it will be theoretically.
Go with something simple and small. One of those simple quote tattoos. One word go with, cause they will be less time (and therefore less costly too).
Important Disclaimer: this content of collarbone tattoos for women is provided purely for the purpose of inspiration. Please don’t copy and imitate. If you like these tattoos, please follow their artists and encourage them.
Collarbone tattoos for women with meaning
Whimsical swirl collarbone tattoo
This could be the collarbone tattoo idea you’ve been looking for, especially since the low-relief swirl pattern follows the line of the collarbone. The central alignment and clean lines make the perhaps complex tattoo look simple, sleek and balanced.
Symmetrical vine tattoo
Vines, leaves or flowers can be customised at the whim of the tattooist: here, the owner of this bikini could have varied the size or adjusted the position of the motifs, in order to establish the right relationship to the contours of her body. She could have also multiplied or simplified the motifs by varying their number. You can add or subtract flowers. J’adore tattooing symmetrical tattoos because these are really nice. The trick with it is that the simpler you keep it, the better.
Tassel and lace ornamental collarbone tattoo for women
However, for a good tattoo, as long as it’s pretty, it doesn’t have to be meaningful. This shoulder tattoo serving as an accessory, it’s just jewellery, making it more dainty and akin to a woman’s jewellery by adding tassels and lace. The size doesn’t matter because the lines are simple and don’t overwhelm visual space.
Wind and flower collarbone tattoo for women
This watercolour, called ink collarbone, might look like an abstract brush stroke from a distance. If you look closely, you can see the flowers follow the brushstroke. That’s how the artist makes the invisible wind visible.
Abstract ink wash stroke tattoo
If the clavicle is not one’s favourite canvas, then look no further than here, as you will see that the design has been extended further across the shoulder, or forearm. This abstract calligraphy tattoo goes with the flow of these free open spaces. Moreover, the capriciousness of this composition creates the impression that it belongs to a romantic and creative individual.
Floral shoulder and collarbone tattoo
Experience says: when you have an inked shoulder and collarbone, you do not need to be particularly colourful. See this one for a brilliant example of the form, where the extraordinary detail of the flowers, moon and foliage would shine in black and white too.
Stunning flower arm and collarbone tattoo
For example, if you want to tattoo something bigger on the collarbone, put it underneath the bone so you have a bit more space to work with, such as this more girly type of a flower tattoo.
Black camellia flower collarbone tattoo
The camellia flower (Camellia japonica) is flower that symbolises love, friendship and affection. This tattoo is a simple message to you or that person you are thinking about. It’s also the state flower in Alabama, USA. This tattoo is another great choice for your self-love. We all need this kind of reminders, we can be the best version of ourselves if we are aware how loveable we are.
Hydrangea flower tattoo
Flowers of hydrangea are generously given but this flower tattoo has just two petals on her collar bone. She is merely starting to blossom.
Plum flower and snake collarbone tattoo for women
Plum flowers, blooming in the winter, so perseverance and prosperity under harsh time befits this tattoo. Snake is the symbol of femme fatale. Beautiful women should not be underestimated.
Pomegranate collarbone tattoo
The collarbone is not that large an area, so realist tattoos with realistic size and detail can be hard to do. However, in this pomegranate tattoo, the size has been kept short enough to still get all the beautiful detail across. To remove the often cliché flower association, fruits are used instead. We don’t want you to become a human plate, but if you have a savage sweet tooth for food, this cute little collarbone ink might just be for you!
Blueberries and flower tattoo and flower tattoo
Tattoo nº6 Another fruit tattoo! This time a tattooist try to add more forms and colours, adding blueberry flowers, roses and a spider that hangs on the and of the branch.
Dandelion flower collarbone tattoo
Dandelion seeds carry in the wind. Therefore dandelions highlight letting go. If you are looking for a tattoo to get over grief or a past relationship, dandelions will be your ideal meaningful tattoo for collarbone.
Two-color flower collarbone tattoo
Such an easy one to over-colour, especially for a little one, and too many colours running amok and you lose tonal control. But to keep the buds to two colours and it’s clean and minimal.
Delicate floral swirl tattoo
And, finally, botanical motifs have enduring popularity because they are adaptable. You can always five-a-side the line to make it perform with the topography-like anatomy-then use the leaves at the terminal end of the branch to lasso the eye, forcing a closer look.
Small cherry blossom and petals
This little flower has to go somewhere because, without the petals flying, it’s just too plain; just so much black inchiro, nothing special. The petals take the ink and uplift the picture, giving it movement where there is no actual motion.
Blue rose collarbone tattoo
Pink, red and sometimes white are the normal colours of the roses we encounter day-to-day, but blue is exotic and hard to find. Perhaps the flowers are as rare as their symbol.
Beautiful ornamental collarbone tattoo for women
Another tat across the shoulders. It takes a large tattoo like this to remain feminine, so symmetric is a must when you get bigger. Try this if you are a large tat lady.
Oriental landscape fan tattoo
The crane and the paper fan are alike motifs of oriental tattoos. The crane represents a sense of fealty or high moral principle. And the fan is the perfect space for the landscape tattoo. If you have an Asian family, this little, porcelain-toned tattoo honours the source.
Snake and sword collarbone tattoo
The sword and the serpent are both talismans; this tattoo, worn together, is a kind of protective shield against evil energy. The floral accents and the crescent moon soften the whole thing, making it more sweet and feminine.
Adorable ray fish collarbone tattoo
Are you a fan of the ocean and ocean wildlife? Then your favourite sea animal would be the best way to go for your next ink. And one good thing about water creatures like fish or mermaids is that they flow naturally. This makes your tattoo look more dynamic and alive.
Phoenix collarbone tattoo
Phoenix has long been the icon of rebirth and power. This bracelet tattoo depicts a phoenix while it´s flying away. The feathers glowing by itself as if they were red-hot flames, beautiful and powerful at the same time.
Tiny dragon collarbone tattoo
Dragon tattoos tend to be immense and frightening: these three little ones are simple, small and sweet instead.
Flying birds collarbone tattoo
Flocks of birds swimming away from your sternum, or a phoenix tattooed soaring up your back, will look stunning and work in step with the bone structure. Bird tattoos come in handy when you’re just starting out as a tattoo artist. Designing a tattoo that just fits into the skin folds between the collarbones helps a beginner perfect their evenness when applying skin cross-hatching.
Small hummingbirds tattoo
If getting bird tattoos on your collarbone, take time to select a species whose meaning you identify with – hummingbirds mean joy and good luck.
Pink birds collarbone tattoo
Tattooing a bunch of birds doesn’t mean the client wants the same bird copied over and over again, and his tattooist knows that. So the artist went ahead and put in different bird postures, they provide a nice rhythm to the design and some variation.
Tiny feather tattoo
A feather seems a perfect candidate for a girly tattoo but we shouldn’t forget that a feather is quite a complicated thing to tattoo. If you don’t get enough detail, the feather won’t look natural, and if you get too much detail, it’ll look heavy.
Minimalist feather tattoo design but executed spot on, realistic with shaded black tones that creates the illusion of movement on the skin.
Killer whale tattoo
The flowers, butterflies and rampant cartoonisation of the whales’ faces (sorry, killer or otherwise, they’re cute as hell, and they’re all girls!) make this a cardinal, nail-bed.) What we do know, though, is that many of the people entering tattoo parlours in the United Kingdom in the 1970s were working class, floating-voter Trot-sympathisers, newly free of the social judgments of their parents and ready to embrace the T-shirt-and-undies monks of hind and knee. Sailors were cool; monks were cooler.
Dori cartoon tattoo
This tattoo isn’t a strict replication of a cartoon character. Dory in Finding Nemo: a tattoo based on a cartoon character. Rather, the tattoo artist takes artistic license and draws the character in an abstract way, and then colours it with Gorgo’s signature colours.
Whale and hearts collarbone tattoo
Boring tattoo outline? Boost the interest level with some watercolouring, like this delicate whale tatt.
Dainty flower and butterfly tattoo
Two heads are better than one. A butterfly and a flower are both lovely when isolated, but together the ink gains colour and shape freedom.
Vincent Van Gogh butterfly collarbone tattoo
If you are a more artistic individual, incorporating the art of your chosen painter with the subject of their work could be right up your street. Tattooist Tilda has done many a butterfly sleeve – but by making them all unique, here we need only watch as the butterfly itself transfixes, enthralling and entrancing. Read our interview with her here.
Tiny Pisces fish tattoo
To keep it quiet under standard circumstances, the collarbone strikes a good chord: nobody sees it yet, with the appropriate garb you can flaunt it.
Stars tattoo on the collarbone
These two: stars and the moon make ideal delicate little tattoos. You can put them shoulder to shoulder, like spotlights. But you can also sprinkle them all over to fill a larger space, as in this example.
Small pin tattoo on the collarbone
Here’s one of my favourite super-subtle tattoos. Notice how the pin on her cheek has a space line just above where it pierces through, fooling the eye into thinking it goes through the skin?
Floral player collarbone tattoo
Is there a song that you associate with a particular time, or do you find it the perfect material for your brain’s pleasurable response to a bad day? If the answer is yes then a player tattoo, or any one of your favourite on-screen performers, is going to change the game.
One-word collarbone tattoo
Choose the right one word; it says so much. It could be a motto or your creed, if there is one! If letter tattoo designs aren’t girly enough for you, then add a flower.
Promise – meaningful collarbone tattoo for women
They may keep a promise together for a lifetime. This tattoo may keep a promise alive for a lifetime. This little girl tattoo is of two hands, about to do a pinky promise. The red string also links them together forever. This cute tattoo may be between two friends or partners.
Small wave and moon tattoo
Colours make a tattoo magic. Like this little wave rolling up on a starlight night. She’s so tiny, but so lovely. And her rainbow colours really make the piece pop.
Mountain collarbone tattoo for women
Mountains are about the spirit of expeditions and challenges. If you’re a person who relates to the mountain, then you should definitely try this type of ink.
Let it fly
Nothing wrong with dropping some baggage along the way. Allowing yourself to let go of sadness and anger can be beautiful, and this little bit of title legible over a small meaningful collarbone tattoo sends the same message. Its petals are carried away by the wind, becoming flying butterflies. It reminds a person that even if you were to fly away, better things lay ahead.
Tiny moon and plane
Were you a moon dreamer when you were a kid? If you were, this tiny tattoo is for you.
It shows a plane flying around the moon, presumably on its way back to Earth. It’s made up of basic shapes and lines. But those are enough to tell a story.
Zodiac constellation matching collarbone tattoos for women
Zodiac tattoos are all about glyphs, constellations and symbols; these matching Leo tattoos are a display of Leo pride using constellations. For you and your best friend who hold true to astrology, consider matching best friend tattoos like this.
Cute cat tattoo
A design like this comes to the heart of a cat-person should you own cats too, and preferably a litter of them. The cat tattoo is rendered in watercolours, and does more than just celebrate the individuality of each cat. Its wearer also celebrates her fluffy friends.
Adorable dog and butterflies
Life is finite: tattoos are forever: and when we are tattooed with the names and likenesses of our life’s best friends, we freeze the happy times forever. They will stay.
Resting tiger on the collarbone
Girls are getting tiger tattoos, too. For ladies, Tattooist Bium selects a sleeping tiger in order to reveal ‘the quiet side of the beast’.
Wolf collarbone tattoo
Wolves may be wild carnivores, but they are also fiercely loyal to their packs, and use complex strategies when hunting. This tells us that a realistic wolf tattoo conveys the wearer’s loyalty and good sense.
Dragonfly shoulder and collarbone tattoo
Like all body art, too, creativity makes a difference. While the dragonfly’s tail is straightened and its wings no longer symmetrical, the artist has moved away from the general look of the insect by suggesting the dragonfly is about to fly. Not a great departure. Other than that, it fits the shape of the collarbone nicely.
Floral sword
A dagger is the property of a fighter. A highly carved dagger covered with flowers is the sign of a strong woman.
Balance one-word collarbone tattoo
A one-word tattoo on the collarbone is going to hurt more than the same dull-looking or ‘serif-killer’ bullshit beneath the fatty tissue at your collarbone. Get it simple so it stays on point. Then get it done!
Listen to your heart
But even as tattoos of quotations are emblematic, they’re layered too. They can be lovely, not just meaningful. You find a quote that you like; you choose the words, you pick a font, you decide the shape and the flourishes: an elegant and lasting form.
Girly name tattoo on collarbone
Not sure what tattoo to get? You can’t go wrong with your name. A flower makes it a little cuter.
As always I need you
Another thing about collarbone tattoos is that they’re mostly tattoos for other people to see, not for the wearers. A collarbone tattoo is memorable because someone values that particular part of you highly. So when we think of collarbone tattoos as a message or statement for someone, this makes sense: ‘As always, I need you.’ That’s sweet for a beloved. It will win their heart every time they look at it.
Small initial collarbone tattoo
It’s hard to get more basic than a first tattoo. An initial is at least as abstract as an inherently representational name tattoo, but it can be the first letter of a name, or a place or a word. It’s minimalist, and it nails both of those.
Small black heart
a heart tattoo is a girly and sweet choice, particularly if you mess it up with a drippy pink ink. If you still can’t manage to resist the temptation of sweetness, balance out your heart with black ink.
Tiny line and heart collarbone tattoo for women
Collarbones are also great because they are only good for small linear or geometric tattoos. This one clocks in at pixie size, and it’s not only small but cute. It’s also a no-brainer as a first: the liner is easy to do and, because there’s not a lot of colours or shading and not many moving parts, it’s simple to pull off.
Is a collar bone tattoo painful?
The ring is similarly difficult to get tattooed like the sternum tattooing because there are a lot of pinpricks in the skin. The skin is again also difficult to tattoo due to the fact that it moves on the bones.
Where do you tattoo your collar bone?
It’s got interesting structure to it with the clavicle, and that means that it can be placed in any position, whether it be under the collarbone, going down the arm, or embedded into a bigger piece over the chest. 11. Roses Roses are a safe option when you’re not sure what you want, but just know you don’t want to fall into a cliché. And there’s a good chance roses still won’t be on your top ten. 12. Chains It’s an inverse strategy to the tiger and skull guys. Opt for a chain tattoo if you don’t want people going near your hedge.
Do clavicle tattoos hurt?
According to Desmond, it hurts too: The pain is intense because it’s like tattooing your upper leg. The [needles] get under [the skin]. It’s also difficult to place tattoos … because skin changes [its position] around protruding bone depending upon how you are sitting.
Do collarbone tattoos age well?
And if you’re like most people in most cases, even losing a lot of weight won’t mean more of your upper chest is exposed. You can keep those custom tats under your collar for years – if you can abide the neck and shoulder pain. If you can do that, you’ll obviously grow into your new body shape gradually.
Is a collarbone tattoo a good first tattoo?
The upper collarbone is one of the least painful places to get tattooed, because, with the exception of ageing, it doesn’t stretch that much.