Heart tattoo ideas

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Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a geisha in an orange kimono beside pink lotus flowers and green lily pads, with arm sleeves visible.
Full back piece with geisha and lotus flowers
Traditional tattoo of a grey-shaded sailing ship with red sunburst, waves and a Sail On banner, on the upper back.
Sailing ship with Sail On banner on upper back
Black and grey hamsa hand tattoo with an eye, lotus flowers and dotwork detail across the upper back.
Hamsa hand with eye and lotus on the back
Back of a person with a full back tattoo of ornate black linework florals and mandala motifs, with a heart tattoo on the forearm.
Full back floral mandala linework tattoo
Black and grey tribal tattoo with a central heart motif on the lower back, shown from behind.
Tribal lower back tattoo with heart
Black lettering reading Once you go black you never go back sits above an outline of Africa with a heart and the words I AFRICA inside, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Script quote and Africa outline on upper back
Small colour tattoo of two dark tribal-style figures forming a heart with pink flowers and swirling vines, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Heart of two figures with pink flowers on upper back
Black and grey Celtic knot tattoo with shaded ribbon-like loops, sitting centre back between the shoulder blades.
Interlaced Celtic knot on upper back
Traditional back tattoo of a woman's face framed by red roses, two swallows and a heart with clasped hands, covering the full back.
Traditional back piece with woman, roses and swallows
Black and grey upper back tattoo of a grey companion cube with a pink heart, flanked by black angel wings and a halo, with slight redness around the skin.
Companion cube with wings and halo on upper back
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope with a heart on the shank and the words Have Heart beneath, on the upper back.
Anchor and heart with Have Heart script
Black ink tattoo on the upper back reading Love above a heart containing basketball seam lines, with Basketball written beneath in lettering.
Love basketball heart on upper back
Colour tattoo of a phoenix in red, orange and yellow with black shading, spanning a person's lower back, with a small heart below it.
Phoenix across the lower back
A pink tattoo of a heart made from flowers and swirling vines, sitting on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pink flower heart on upper back
Small fine line black tattoo of an arrow with a heart at its centre, on the lower back below a black bra strap.
Arrow and heart on the lower back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage film SLR camera with a small red heart in the lens, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Film camera tattoo on upper back
Black anchor with a pink bow and heart knot tattooed on the upper back of a person with short hair, in a traditional style.
Anchor and pink bow on upper back
Colour tattoo of a symmetrical folk-style floral mandala with grey shaded petals, red hearts and green leaves on the shoulder and upper back.
Folk floral mandala on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of the Bride of Frankenstein and Frankenstein's monster face to face inside a heart with a spiderweb, on the upper back.
Bride of Frankenstein and monster in a heart
Fine line tattoo of two cartoon elephants touching trunks beneath a small red heart, placed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two elephants with a red heart on a shoulder blade
Two fine line tattoos of a mother holding a child: a wrist design with two small red hearts and flowing lines below, and a black outline design on the upper back.
Mother and child line tattoos on wrist and upper back
Black and grey tattoo across the upper back of three heart-shaped frames with script names, with a blue star and a smaller heart above.
Three hearts with script names on upper back
Black and grey Traditional back tattoo on the back, featuring Volkswagen Beetles, wings, flames, a VW heart and stars.
Volkswagen-themed back piece in black and grey
Grey shaded hummingbird with pink bleeding heart flowers and sketchy black linework on a person's upper back.
Hummingbird and bleeding hearts on upper back
Black tribal-style hummingbird tattoo with a small red heart on the upper back.
Tribal hummingbird with a red heart on the back
Black and grey realism tattoo across a person's upper back showing a man in a tailcoat walking a tightrope, with an anatomical heart and a brain hanging from the pole.
Tightrope walker balancing heart and brain on back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the word Hunter in script, joined by a heartbeat line and a small heart, on skin of the upper back.
Script name with heartbeat line on upper back
Blue script tattoo reading Everything happens for a reason with a small heart, across the upper back beneath a pink bra strap.
Script quote "Everything happens for a reason" on upper back
A red heart with grey and blue feathered wings, in a bold neo-traditional style with dark outlines, on the middle of a person's back.
Winged heart on the back
Realistic colour tattoo on a woman's upper back showing pink roses, an anatomical heart, a pocket watch and blue-grey butterfly wings with gears.
Roses, heart and pocket watch on upper back
Black and white photo of a small fine line key-shaped tattoo on the upper back of a person lying face down on a striped pillow.
Small key tattoo on upper back
Watercolour style tattoo on the upper back with black linework circles, two hearts in red and black, and blue and purple washes.
Watercolour circles and hearts on upper back
Black ink anchor entwined with an infinity symbol and a small heart, above the script words Love anchors the soul, tattooed on the upper back.
Anchor and infinity with script on upper back
Black ink hamsa hand with ornate lace-like patterns running down the centre of a woman's back, seen from behind.
Hamsa and lace design along the spine
Neo-trad tattoo of a shaded red heart with grey winged wings, black swirling vines and a small ladybird, on the lower back.
Winged red heart with swirls on the back
Fine black line tattoo of the word Love in looping script inside a heart outline, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Looped Love script in a heart on upper back
Two people seen from behind with matching black and grey heart tattoos reading Mother Daughter across the upper back.
Matching mother and daughter heart tattoos on backs
Four small tattoos in a vertical line on the lower back, showing a red diamond, a black spade, a red heart and a black club, each with ornamental swirl detail.
Four playing card suit motifs on lower back
Gold and turquoise metallic temporary tattoo of feathers, elephants and a mandala across a woman's back and upper arm.
Gold and turquoise feather and elephant back design
Fine line black tattoo of Snoopy sitting and gazing up at a small red heart, placed on the back of a person's body.
Snoopy looking up at a red heart
Collage of four tattoos: outline giraffes on forearms, watercolour hearts on wrists, a fine line clover on a wrist, and script reading I am because you are on shoulder blades.
Giraffes, hearts, clover and script tattoos
Colour tattoo of a brown tree with rainbow heart-shaped leaves and four swallows in flight, in a neo-traditional style, on the back.
Rainbow heart tree with swallows
Back view of a black and grey heartbeat line tattoo with an outlined heart across the upper back and shoulders, with lettering on both upper arms.
Heartbeat line and heart across upper back
Watercolour-style monarch butterfly and handwritten script on a woman's upper back, with a black circle and a small heart beside it, placed on the shoulder blade.
Watercolour butterfly and script on upper back
Black lace heart tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade, with a flock of small black birds flying away from it in blackwork style.
Lace heart with birds on upper back
Black fine line heart tattoo made of fingerprint whorls, placed on the upper back.
Fingerprint heart tattoo on upper back
Fine line black and grey heart tattoo filled with mandala and paisley patterns and a script word, on a person's upper back.
Heart mandala with script on upper back
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a heart-shaped padlock with skull-headed keys and ribbons, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Heart padlock and skull keys on a back