Back tattoo ideas

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Black and grey fine line tattoo of lace-like ornament, hearts and florals covering a woman's back.
Lace-style back tattoo with hearts
Back view of a woman in a black open-back knit top showing a small fine line botanical tattoo of a lavender sprig on her upper back.
Fine line lavender sprig on upper back
Colourful tree tattoo across a back, with red, pink, orange and green foliage, a shaded brown trunk and small falling leaves.
Seasonal tree across a back
Watercolour-style owl tattoo perched on a branch, with teal, purple and orange splashes, on the upper back.
Watercolour owl on a branch
Colour tattoo across the upper back of a fine-line Art Nouveau style woman with autumn vine leaves, grapes and green swirling tendrils.
Art Nouveau woman with grape vines on back
Colour tattoo of a cartoon R2-D2 style robot wearing Hello Kitty ears and a red bow, placed centrally on a person's upper back.
R2-D2 robot with Hello Kitty ears and red bow
Black and grey script lettering reading Mangubat with long swirling flourishes, tattooed across the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Script lettering across upper back
Small black fine line tattoo of a set of scales on the upper back near the shoulder, with a purple top and a brick wall behind.
Scales of justice on upper back
Black and grey tribal eagle tattoo with spread wings across a man's upper back, photographed from behind.
Spread-winged eagle across upper back
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading We live with the scars we choose on the lower back of a person lying on a bed.
Script quote tattoo on lower back
Black and grey tattoo of a tree with roots, blossoms and butterflies across a woman's back, photographed from behind.
Tree and butterflies across a back
Black lettering tattoo of the names Lance and Autumn, each inside a looping heart outline, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two names in heart script on upper back
Black fine script reading Someday over rainbow watercolour splashes on the upper back of a person with dark hair.
Someday script over watercolour splashes
Black and white photo of a shirtless man seen from behind in a forest, with a bold black triskele tattoo on his upper back near the shoulder blade.
Triskele tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a black sugar skull cat with pink roses, green bones and red hearts on a person's upper back, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull cat on upper back
Dotwork and fine line tattoo of a hot air balloon above a tower and a boat, with pink and green accents, across the upper back.
Hot air balloon over tower and boat on back
Black ink tattoo of a volleyball on a heartbeat line above script lettering, placed on the upper back.
Volleyball heartbeat line with script quote
Two circular world map globe tattoos in red and brown tones across a person's upper back, showing the Americas on the left and Africa on the right.
Twin globe maps across upper back
Black fine line script reading Lance and Autumn, each inside an outlined heart, on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script names in two hearts on upper back
Two side-by-side photos of a man's torn-skin tattoo revealing an American flag across his upper chest and shoulder, and across his upper back.
American flag torn-skin design on shoulder and back
Colour tattoo of a yin and yang design on a shoulder blade, with pine trees and exposed roots on one side and teal ocean waves on the other.
Yin yang with pine forest and ocean waves
Realistic colour tattoo of a sea turtle swimming against a teal and blue ocean background, on the upper back.
Realistic sea turtle tattoo on skin
A colourful seahorse tattoo filled with paisley-style patterns, sitting on the upper back below the neck.
Ornamental seahorse on upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading heaven has taken my hero across the upper back, just below the neck, with hair in a bun above it.
Script quote across upper back
Black lettering tattoo across a woman's upper back, with an ornate decorative initial A and a four-line verse in a gothic-style serif, photographed from behind.
Quote lettering across a woman's upper back
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind with her hair in a bun, showing a small fine line Taurus zodiac symbol on her upper back.
Taurus symbol on upper back
Colour realism portrait tattoo of four women in an oval gold frame on a person's back, set against a bright pink background.
Four women portrait in an oval frame on back
Two cartoon tattoos side by side: a winged pony with a blue mane on the thigh, and a cherub with a curl on the upper back.
Winged pony and cherub tattoos on thigh and back
Colour tattoo across a person's upper back showing a uterus with pink flowers, a banner reading My Uterus and the words Is Beautiful, with a rainbow vulva design below.
Uterus, flowers and banner on a back
Black ink ornamental lotus flower tattoo with mandala-style detail on the upper back, just below the nape of the neck.
Ornamental lotus flower on the upper back
Black abstract tattoo of solid and outlined circles, dots and thin lines running down the middle of a person's lower back, in a fine line and blackwork style.
Abstract circles and lines down the spine
Full colour peacock tattoo running down the side of a bare back, with a teal neck and green and gold eye feathers in a neo-traditional style.
Peacock tattoo down the back
Small black script tattoo near the right shoulder blade of a woman with her hair in a bun, wearing a white dress with a pearl-trimmed back and bow.
Small script tattoo on upper back and shoulder
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back showing a grey spaceship, a pink, green and yellow spiral, pink flowers and the words I AIM TO MISBEHAVE.
Spaceship and spiral on upper back
Colour tattoo of a green leafy bundle with white flowers and a banner reading I found within me an invincible summer, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Leafy banner with quote on a shoulder blade
Black ink sak yant tattoo across a woman's back, with a vertical line of Thai script, a star, two tigers at the lower back and a tribal design on the left side.
Sak yant back piece with two tigers
Shaded blue butterfly with black tribal heart and swirl shapes tattooed on the lower back, above the waistband of jeans.
Blue butterfly and tribal heart on the lower back
Two black and grey butterfly tattoos sit on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed from behind with her hair pulled up.
Two butterflies on upper back
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with three hanging feathers and small birds across a person's upper back, with a small dog resting beside the shoulder.
Dreamcatcher tattoo across upper back
Black and grey lace-style floral tattoo running down the side of the back and ribs, with scrollwork, leaves and hanging bead chains.
Lace-style floral tattoo on ribs and back
A black and red Northwest Coast style thunderbird tattoo with outstretched wings and a human-like face spans the upper back.
Thunderbird design across upper back
Black tribal-style swirl tattoo with a small turtle across a person's upper back, shown in a sepia photograph.
Tribal swirl and turtle tattoo on back
Black ink tattoo of a mathematical equation with a cube root, set in a fine, handwritten style on the lower back, with white lace fabric above it.
Algebraic equation tattoo on skin
Black ink fine line tattoo of palm trees above a curling wave, across the upper back of a person wearing a pink string bikini top.
Palm trees and wave across a back
Black ink ornamental mandala tattoo running down the centre of a woman's upper back, with her hair tied up in a bun.
Ornate mandala tattoo down the upper back
Black and teal fine script quote with swallows, swirls and a purple and teal butterfly tattooed across a person's upper back.
Swallows, swirls and script quote on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head wearing a crown, placed centrally on a woman's upper back.
Crowned lion on upper back
Back of a shoulder with a colourful blue and orange butterfly above a grey shaded dandelion with drifting seeds, in a botanical style.
Butterfly and dandelion on a shoulder