Back tattoo ideas

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Black and grey shaded angel wings above the script words Mum and Love you forever, tattooed on the lower back.
Angel wings and Mum script on lower back
Dark grey tattoo of the Hawaiian island chain on a person's upper back, close to the shoulder blade.
Hawaiian island chain on upper back
Realism style tattoo of two swallows in flight across a woman's upper back, shaded in grey with small red accents on their faces.
Two swallows in flight across a back
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo covering a torso and both arms, with dotwork shading and blackwork bands.
Geometric mandala torso and sleeve tattoo
Four small black sea turtles in a diagonal line with faint wave shading on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Four sea turtles across upper back
Realism-style tattoo of a pink butterfly with a dark drop shadow on the upper back near the shoulder blade, seen from behind.
Pink 3D butterfly on upper back
Fine line paisley and floral mandala tattoo in brown ink across the upper back, over the shoulder blade.
Paisley mandala on a shoulder blade
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged angel slumped over a stone pedestal with the word ONCE and a laurel wreath, across a person's upper back.
Winged angel on a pedestal across the back
Black tribal-style cat with a striped, curled tail tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Tribal cat with striped tail on upper back
Black and white top-down photo of a shirtless rider on a motorcycle, showing an outlined butterfly and rose tattoos on the upper back.
Butterfly and roses on a rider's back
Back view of a person with long red hair, showing a colourful mandala tattoo with botanical sprigs on the upper back and shoulder, with a canyon landscape behind.
Mandala and botanical tattoo on upper back
Back view of a woman with her hair in a loose braid, showing a small fine line tattoo of three mountain peaks between her shoulder blades.
Small mountain range tattoo on 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
Large watercolour-style tattoo across a woman's back showing an elephant with tusks and a woman's face framed by red and pink flowers.
Watercolour elephant and woman across the back
Fine line script tattoo reading lux in tenebris across the upper back, shown in a black and white photo of a person with their hair in a loose bun.
Small script phrase on upper back
Black linework tattoo of a phoenix with spiral wings and a long flowing tail across the upper back, shown in black and white.
Spiral-winged phoenix across upper back
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo with a central Om symbol and swirling linework on a person's upper back.
Lotus with Om symbol on upper back
Black and grey spine design tattooed down the centre of a woman's back, seen from behind as she sits cross-legged on a bed.
Spine design down a woman's back
Woman seen from behind by the sea with a row of metallic dots down her spine and gold and silver temporary designs on her arms.
Metallic temporary tattoos on a back and arms
Black fine line tattoo of a serotonin molecular structure with the word warr;or in serif lettering, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Serotonin molecule and warr;or script on upper back
Black tribal tattoo of sweeping bands across a bare shoulder and upper back, in a blackwork style.
Tribal band tattoo on shoulder and back
Colour tattoo of a fractal spiral in yellow, red, blue and green across a man's back and shoulder, viewed from behind.
Multicolour fractal spiral across a back
Back of a person with a fine line black script tattoo of the word timshel on the upper back near the shoulder.
Timshel script on upper back
Back of a woman's neck and upper back with a large black-ink ornamental mandala tattoo in fine line detail, with her dark hair tied up.
Ornate mandala tattoo across neck and upper back
Blue-grey compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W lettering in script, placed centrally on a person's upper back.
Compass rose tattoo on upper back
Black and grey photo of a fine line script tattoo reading dreamer of impossible dreams across the upper back near the shoulder.
Fine line script quote on the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a barn owl in flight across the upper back, with spread wings and talons extended.
Barn owl in flight on a shoulder blade
Black and grey realism tattoo of gnarled tree trunks and branches arranged in staggered rectangular panels across a person's upper back.
Gnarled tree trunks in panels on a back
Colour tattoo of a flying hummingbird with the script II Cor. 7:14 beside it, on the upper back.
Hummingbird with II Cor. 7:14 script
Black and grey winged dragon tattoo with a long curling tail, shaded in grey across the upper back.
Winged dragon tattoo on upper back
Red flower clusters fill a map outline of South America, a botanical tattoo on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
South America map filled with red flowers on back
Black botanical tree with roots and branches tattooed across a woman's bare back, photographed from behind with her hands raised to her hair.
Tree and roots across a back
Fine line black outline city skyline tattoo above a script quote on a person's back.
City skyline and script quote on the back
Black and white photograph of a woman kneeling with her back to the camera, showing a Japanese-style dragon and cloud tattoo across her back and upper arm while she raises a katana overhead.
Japanese back tattoo with raised katana
Black and grey lotus flower tattoos stacked down the spine on a bare back, linked by dotted lines.
Lotus flowers down the spine
Small black and grey shaded rabbit tattoo, seated upright in profile, on the lower back above the waistband of jeans.
Small rabbit tattoo on the lower back
Red and purple dotwork tribal tattoo with black accents spanning a person's shoulder blade and upper back.
Red dotwork tribal design on a shoulder and back
Large solid black tribal tattoo across a man's upper back and down the spine, photographed from behind in a bathroom.
Tribal back tattoo down the spine
Close view of a shoulder and upper back with a white ink botanical tattoo of roses, leaves and scrolling stems, shown as pale raised outlines on skin.
White ink roses and scrolls on shoulder
Black tribal tattoo with two horizontal blue wave bands in the centre, sitting on the lower back.
Tribal swirl with blue waves on lower back
Back view of a woman with a bold neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat with green eyes arching on a pink crescent moon, placed on her upper back.
Black cat on a pink crescent moon on upper back
Collage of six colourful watercolour-style tattoos, including a wolf head, a splashed bird across a woman's upper back and shoulder, an elephant on an upper arm, and an orange sun on a man's arm.
Watercolour wolf, bird, elephant and sun tattoos
Lower back tattoo of the Little Prince beside a stream of birds, small stars and an orange planet, with French script beneath, in a fine line style.
Little Prince scene across the lower back
Black and grey tattoo on an upper back showing a shaded feather, a flock of birds and the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not.
Feather, birds and quote on upper back
Colour tattoo of a green shamrock above a gold scroll banner reading Luck of the Irish, on the upper back.
Shamrock with Luck of the Irish banner
Black and grey tattoos of wings across a man's back and shoulder, with script on the shoulder blade and a detailed sleeve on the upper arm, photographed from behind.
Winged back piece and arm sleeve
Watercolour style fine line tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds that turn into small birds, across the shoulder blade of a person.
Dandelion seeds and birds on a shoulder
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