Character tattoo ideas

213 photos and flash · 20% Fine line, 15% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Woman seen from behind with a curly updo, wearing a beaded dress with crossed straps, showing a fine black lettering tattoo running vertically down her upper back.
Vertical script tattoo down the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of Yoda wielding a lightsaber across the upper back, shown in normal light and under UV light.
Yoda with a lightsaber on the upper back
Back of a woman with a red plum blossom branch and a vertical column of characters tattooed over the upper right back, with red petals falling down towards the spine.
Plum blossom branch on a upper back
Black vertical lettering tattoo running down the centre of a person's upper back from the nape, photographed from behind.
Vertical script tattoo down the upper back
Back tattoo of pink cherry blossoms with black shading running down the spine, interspersed with black characters, in a Japanese style on the upper and mid back.
Cherry blossom and characters down the back
Black fine line tattoo of Totoro holding a leaf, placed on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Totoro outline on a shoulder blade
Black and white photo of a bare upper back with a vertical column of black Asian-style characters and a small eye motif, in lettering style on the back.
Vertical characters on a upper back
Colour cartoon tattoo of a baby creature with a spiky grey head and curled blue tail, shaded in blue and grey on the lower back above a waistband.
Cartoon baby creature with curled blue tail
A man in an inverted yoga pose shows a tall black and grey script and figure tattoo running down the centre of his back, styled as lettering, against a black background.
Vertical script and figure tattoo down a back
Black fine-line script tattoo in three vertical columns on the upper back, below blonde hair, with looping characters and thin strokes.
Vertical script tattoo on upper back
Large grey phoenix tattoo with long flowing tail feathers across a woman's back, with a small star and a small character tattoo nearby.
Phoenix tattoo across a woman's back
Black ink tattoo of a vertical column of small characters down the centre of a woman's bare back, photographed from behind.
Vertical characters down the spine
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and a bird with a red throat, plus two small characters, on a person's upper back.
Cherry blossom branch and bird across upper back
Colour tattoo of a small fairy in a green dress with blue wings on the upper back, drawn in a simple cartoon style.
Fairy with blue wings on upper back
Colour tattoo of two cartoon pony characters in black suits, one standing tall with rainbow mane and the smaller one beside her, on the upper back.
Two cartoon ponies in suits on the back
Black and grey vertical lettering in small blocky characters runs down the spine of a bare back, from the nape towards the lower back.
Vertical script line down the spine
Black and grey photo of a column of small fine line lettering tattooed down the centre of a person's back.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Black and grey fine line lotus with a vertical column of script characters running down the centre of a person's upper back.
Lotus and script down the spine
Woman seen from behind in a white open-back top, with a fine line black tattoo of small vertical characters running down the middle of her back.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Three black-outlined cartoon cat faces with blue bows, in a fine line style, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Three cartoon cats with blue bows on the upper back
Realistic grey skulls with red daisy-like flowers and black swirling linework across a person's upper back.
Two skulls and red flowers on a back
Black linework tattoo of a Moomin character standing on a pile of rounded stones with two small stars above, placed on the upper back.
Moomin character on stones on the back
A woman with curly hair shows a vertical column of black non-Latin lettering tattooed down the centre of her upper back, between the straps of her beaded dress.
Vertical script tattoo down the upper back
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a folding fan with cherry blossoms, falling petals and black characters on the upper back.
Fan and cherry blossom on upper back
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with a triangle motif at its centre, placed on the lower back of a person wearing a maroon top.
Mandala tattoo on the lower back