Character tattoo ideas

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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
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
Red and black plum blossom branch tattoo with a red square seal stamp on the left side of a person's ribs, in a Japanese-influenced botanical style.
Plum blossom branch and seal on ribs
Black cherry blossom tattoo with a curling stem and a small character beneath it, sitting on the inner wrist and forearm.
Cherry blossom and swirl on a wrist
Thigh with a coloured portrait of a woman framed by flowers, a black and grey sailing ship in a rope border, and a small teal lotus with pink characters above it.
Portrait, ship and lotus tattoos on a thigh
Black and grey botanical sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing Totoro holding an umbrella, with smaller Totoro figures and soot sprites among leaves.
Totoro and soot sprites on upper arm
Colour illustration of a botanical sleeve design with a golden skull, pink roses, green vines and blue butterflies, shown beside a character with a tattooed upper arm and forearm.
Skull, roses and butterflies sleeve design
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
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
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
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and dark grey stems, beside black characters, on the top of a foot.
Cherry blossom branch and characters on a foot
Colour tattoo of a faceted grey Totoro-style character with red poppies and small black soot sprites on a calf.
Totoro with red poppies on a calf