Book tattoo ideas

228 photos and flash · 25% Lettering, 23% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Fine line black tattoo of an open book with a script quotation on the upper back of a woman with her hair pinned up.
Open book with quote on upper back
Black ink tattoo across the upper back with the words books are proof humans can do magic, flying birds, a triangle with a circle and line, and a trident.
Quote, birds and symbols across upper back
Full back tattoo in colour showing roses, a tree, a frog playing a banjo, a pocket watch and stacked books on a bare back.
Large back piece with roses, tree and banjo frog
Black and grey realism tattoo collage covering a man's entire back, with a woman smoking, an open book, film strips, a film reel and a figure holding a pistol.
Film-themed collage across a full back
Black and grey fine line tattoo down the side of a bare back, showing a bird neck, a dotted rain cloud and stacked open books with a small green sprout.
Bird, cloud and open books on a back
Black ink tattoo on the upper back with a bird and arrow, four small birds, the words books are proof humans can do magic, a triangle symbol and a trident.
Birds, quote and symbols on upper back
Colour tattoo of a sleeping fox curled on a stack of books, placed on the lower back.
Sleeping fox on a stack of books
Black and grey realism tattoo of a black cat sitting on an old book beside a rose and thorny vines, with Latin script below, on a person's upper back.
Black cat, rose and book on a back
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a steaming teacup on a stack of books, placed on the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Teacup and stacked books on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall tower of books with loose pages flying off, a reader partly hidden behind an open book, across the upper back.
Tower of books on a upper back
Open book tattoo with black linework, dotwork shading and pink, blue and orange watercolour splashes on the upper back.
Open book with watercolour splashes
Black and grey realism tattoo across a bare back, with a spine made of stacked books, a small figure in a long dress reaching up, and a ladder and scrollwork beside it.
Book spine and reaching figure on a back
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree growing from an open book with small birds in flight, placed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Bare tree growing from an open book on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of stacked and open books in blue, red and brown above the script words "the world was hers for the reading" on the upper back.
Books and quote across the upper back
Black and grey tattoo of an open book and quill with a scroll of Italian script on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Open book and quill with Italian script
Black ink tattoo on the upper back reading books are proof humans can do magic, with a silhouetted broom rider, flying birds, a triangle with a circle and a trident symbol.
Quote with broom, birds and symbols on upper back
Black and grey photograph, seen from behind, of an open book with feathers and a quill pen tattooed across a woman's upper back.
Open book and quill on upper back
A small tattoo of a white cat lying across a stack of books, with soft coloured splashes behind it and a tiny blue heart, placed on the upper back.
Cat asleep on a stack of books
Collage of small black fine line tattoos drawn from classic books, shown on upper arms, forearms, shoulders and backs.
Literary tattoos on arms and backs
Collage of owl tattoos in fine line, traditional and realism styles on backs, arms, ankles and chests.
Owl tattoos in a varied collage