Horned Bat Wing Shoulder Tattoo

A black horned face with striped horns, curled hair, and symmetrical bat wings sits as a compact emblem high on the rounded outer shoulder.

Style: Blackwork
Placement: Arm, Shoulder
Motif: Succubus
Good for: First tattoo
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About this design

What the design shows

A face looks straight outward from the center of this compact black emblem. Two tall curved horns rise above a parted hairline, each horn divided into narrow horizontal ridges that grow wider at the base. Heavy dark brows, angled eyes, a small sharp nose, and black lips give the face its direct expression. Curled hair breaks into separate tapered locks below each cheek and ends at a central pointed strand beneath the chin. Bat wings leave the head at ear level and stretch evenly left and right. Each wing has a long upper sweep, three membrane points below, and thin black ribs separating the open white cells. Solid black fills the hair, horns, and wing membranes while the face remains mostly open. The preview places the emblem high on the outer shoulder, about thumb-to-palm size, with horn tips angled toward the neck and wing tips following the shoulder curve.

In this design

striped curved horns
front-facing face
black curled hair
symmetrical bat wings
pointed wing membranes

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Placement

Placement and size

The on-skin view puts this small symmetrical piece on the rounded outer shoulder, with the wing tips crossing the cap and the horns pointing toward the neck. It can also sit at the upper chest, above the elbow, on a flat calf, or at the nape. Keep it around palm width so the horn ridges and individual wing cells do not fuse. On a smaller placement, remove some horn bands and reduce the lower hair curls while maintaining the central face and the three-point wing shape.

Patchwork

Building it into a patchwork

This dense black emblem has medium weight in a small footprint. It works well at the top of a shoulder grouping, with separate stars or thorns extending beyond the wingtips. A small crescent over one horn, two black dots below the chin, or a narrow web fragment near an outer wing can support its graphic style. Do not place another filled black shape flush against the wings. Preserve a clear skin ring around the pointed membranes and hair ends so the emblem does not visually flatten into one dark patch.

Small pieces that pair with it

A small crescent tucked above the right horn
Two black dots below the pointed chin lock
A tiny web strand beyond the left wingtip
A four-point star beyond the right wingtip

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For your artist

Notes for your tattoo artist

01Set the nose and chin on the centerline before placing either horn.
02Keep the horn ridges visible as separate light bands.
03Match the three lower membrane points on both wings.
04Leave the face lighter than the surrounding hair and wing fill.

Made and reviewed

How this design was made

Design: Generated with AI image tools under our direction, then reviewed by the Patchwork Tattoos team: a readable outline, the same design in the clean and on-skin views, and a reviewed Builder piece.
Page notes: Written from the clean design and the on-skin preview of this exact design, then checked against both pictures.
Last reviewed: 2026-10-03
Your tattoo: A concept for planning. Your artist will redraw it for your skin, placement and size, so the finished tattoo will differ from the image.
License: Free to download and use as the reference for your own tattoo and to share with your artist. Selling the file or republishing it in a collection is not allowed.

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