Heart tattoo ideas

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Black fine line script tattoo reading "i carry your heart" along the upper back and shoulder of a woman with dark wavy hair.
Script quote across upper back
Black script lettering reading Once you go black you never go back, above an outline map of Africa with I heart AFRICA inside it, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Africa map and script quote on upper back
Realistic red anatomical heart tattoo with grey shading and black script quotes above and below it, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Anatomical heart with script quote on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo of a peacock with red flowers and leaves above a large feathered tail, across a person's upper back.
Peacock and red flowers across a back
Realistic tattoo of a silver chain with a shaded crown charm and a small pink heart charm across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Crown and charm chain on upper back
Black and grey Celtic knot tattoo shaped like a heart with a looped tail, on the upper back.
Celtic knot heart on upper back
Shaded pink ribbon tattoo looping into a heart shape on the lower back, with grey shadow along its edges.
Pink ribbon forming a heart
Light metallic ornamental design with paisley and lotus-like motifs on a woman's upper back, photographed from behind.
Metallic ornamental design on upper back
Colour tattoo of a purple tribal butterfly with orange flowers, purple outlined hearts and green stems on the lower back.
Tribal butterfly, hearts and flowers on lower back
Black and grey full back tattoo of a dragon over a heart shield, framed by Celtic knotwork, runes and skulls, in a Realism style on the back.
Full back piece with dragon and Celtic knotwork
Black ornamental heart tattoo made of swirling scrollwork and leaf shapes, sitting on the upper back.
Ornate heart tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an ornate floral heart and dotted chain drapes across a woman's upper back and nape, photographed from behind.
Ornamental floral back piece with dotted chains
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head inside an ornate scrolled heart frame, centred on the upper back.
Lion head in an ornate heart on upper back
Small black-outlined elephant with grey shading reaching up to a pink heart balloon, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Elephant holding a pink heart balloon
Black lace-style floral tattoo with scrolls, leaves and a large rosette across the back, in a botanical blackwork style.
Black lace-style floral tattoo on the back
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty dressed as a nurse, holding a syringe, placed in the middle of a person's upper back.
Hello Kitty nurse tattoo on upper back
Fine line tattoo of two birds perched on a power line with a small red heart above them, on the upper back of a woman holding a camera.
Two birds on a wire with a red heart
A multicoloured puzzle-piece heart design on the upper back of a woman with long dark hair, on a wooden pier by the water.
Puzzle heart on a upper back
Black and grey engraved-style anatomical heart tattoo with three I am. phrases and partial script text across the upper back.
Anatomical heart with I am. lettering on upper back
Two photos of a black handwritten script tattoo on a person's upper back, one fresh and red, one healed, reading a short message to a mum with a small outline heart.
Handwritten message tattoo on upper back
Pink and red floral heart tattoo with swirling vines, leaves and blossoms on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Floral heart tattoo on upper back
Fine line tattoo on the back of paw prints with the names kato, max, lucy and sammy, red hearts and the words The road to my heart is paved with paw prints.
Paw prints with pet names and red hearts
Fine line infinity heart tattoo with two names in script and soft blue and purple wash, on the back.
Infinity heart with script names
Black and grey Celtic knot tattoo of interlaced hearts inside a circle, shaded to look three-dimensional, on the upper back.
Celtic knot heart in a circle on the back
Two women seen from behind, each with a matching black fine line heart and infinity tattoo with the word love in script on the upper back.
Matching heart and love tattoos on the upper back
Two people show matching shaded padlock tattoos with pink heart-shaped panels, with script reading Like Mother and Like Daughter, on their upper backs.
Matching heart padlock tattoos on two shoulders
Colour realism tattoo of a blue dragon and a red dragon facing each other to form a heart shape on the upper back.
Blue and red dragons forming a heart on back
Cartoon collage of eleven tattoo designs, including a PIN and password on the chest, an Apple logo on an upper arm, and the words Mrs Christian Grey on a ribbon.
Eleven badly judged tattoo ideas illustrated
Black knotwork vine tattoo with small red, yellow, blue and teal flowers, a heart and a butterfly, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Knotwork vine with coloured flowers on upper back
Fine line black outline tattoo of the state of Florida with a small red heart on the east coast, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Florida outline with red heart on the back
Black outline tattoo of a heart intertwined with an infinity symbol, centred on the upper back of a woman in a purple bikini top at the beach.
Heart and infinity tattoo on upper back
Small fine line tattoo of a red filled heart joined to a black heartbeat line, on the lower back above jeans, in a black and white photo with the red highlighted.
Red heart with heartbeat line on the lower back
Small fine line tattoo of an envelope outline with a red heart in its centre, placed at the base of the neck on the upper back, fine line style.
Envelope with red heart on upper back
Black and red tribal tattoo of two intertwined wolves with heart and swirl motifs, across the upper back.
Two tribal wolves across the upper back
Realistic shaded tattoo of a grey corset lacing with a red bow and French script banner across the lower back.
Corset lacing and red ribbon on lower back
Back of a woman with two traditional-style pin-up tattoos in red and grey, one with two swallows and one with an anchor, across the upper back.
Twin seated pin-up figures with swallows on a back
Traditional style tattoo of an anatomical heart formed from red anemone, white rose and orange dahlia flowers, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Anatomical heart made of flowers on upper back
Black and grey traditional back piece showing an eagle, a steamship inside a heart-shaped frame with flowers, and a snake coiled around a skull on the neck.
Traditional back piece with eagle and ship
Small cartoon whale tattoo in teal and pink with a black outline and a heart-tipped spout, placed on the lower back.
Cartoon whale with heart spout on lower back
Fine line black tattoo of a dog and cat sitting side by side beneath a trail of paw prints leading up to a heart, on the upper back.
Dog and cat with paw prints and heart
Colour realism tattoo of a lion's head across a woman's upper back, framed by black mandala-style ornament and teal shading on the shoulder.
Realistic lion with mandala ornament on upper back
Realism tattoo of grey shaded roses and an ornate heart locket with a red ribbon across the shoulder and upper back, with the date 23.08.2013 written below.
Roses and heart locket on a shoulder
Realistic tattoo of two strips of bacon curled into a heart outline, with a dark black border, on skin over the upper back.
Bacon strips forming a heart
Fine line tattoo on the back showing a teal cross and a blue-to-purple heartbeat line leading to a red heart, above black script reading Faith Hope Love.
Faith Hope Love script with cross and heart
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a blue and purple owl perched on a branch with a golden heart keyhole and key, placed on the upper back.
Blue and purple owl with heart padlock on the back
Black and white photo of a person's bare back showing a crown above bold ASSHOLE lettering with cross motifs, plus traditional sleeve tattoos on the raised arms and a word on one hand.
Crown and lettering across a back
Small purple swirl heart tattoo with lilac shading on the lower back, above the waistband of a pair of jeans.
Purple swirl heart on the lower back
Black and grey realism style tattoo across a person's back showing a man in a suit walking a tightrope, with a heart hanging on one side and a brain on the other.
Tightrope walker balancing heart and brain on a back