Back tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a red cherry blossom branch with brown stems and pink buds across the lower back, in a botanical style.
Cherry blossom branch on lower back
Traditional black and grey rose tattoo with bold outlines and stippled shading across the back of a shaved head neck, with a snake and wave tattoo below on the upper back.
Black and grey rose on the back of the neck
Pale white ink paisley and mandala tattoo with dotwork detail across the lower back of a person with tanned skin.
White ink paisley design on lower back
Watercolour-style fine line tattoo of green leaves and red berries with script along a branch, running down a woman's spine on her back.
Leafy branch and script down the spine
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two crossed revolvers above a ribbon banner reading Don't Tread On Me, on the lower back.
Crossed revolvers with Don't Tread On Me banner
Black fine line swirls with dotwork accents and a small flower across a person's upper back, shown in a sepia photograph.
Swirling linework and flower on upper back
Black and grey shaded lotus flower tattoo with a long stem on the upper back, seen from behind.
Shaded lotus flower on upper back
Colour tattoo of a stylised buck symbol filled with green and brown camouflage pattern and outlined in red, on the lower back above jeans.
Camouflage buck symbol on the lower back
Blue and black silhouetted birds in flight across the upper back, with the script lettering Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly, in a Lettering style on the shoulder blade.
Flock of birds and script quote on upper back
Black feather tattoo on the upper back that breaks apart into a flock of flying bird silhouettes towards the shoulder.
Feather dissolving into birds on the back
Two women seen from behind, each with a matching black ink elephant tattoo with ornate patterned detail on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Matching elephant tattoos on two backs
Dark script tattoo reading Saved by grace running across the upper back of a person with long dark hair.
Saved by grace script on upper back
Back of a woman with a large realistic black and grey tattoo of sphynx cats, a skull and roses covering the upper and lower back.
Sphynx cats and roses across a back
Back tattoo of an autumn tree with red and orange leaves, a bird on a branch and two black silhouettes sitting at its base.
Autumn tree with two silhouettes on the back
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a person's upper back reading hand wash warm water, mild soap, like dry, do not machine dry and do not iron, with four laundry symbols beneath.
Care label text and laundry symbols on upper back
Colour tattoo of red poppies with green leaves and a closed bud on a person's upper back, in a bold traditional style.
Red poppies on upper back
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a winged angel with praying hands and a yellow halo, placed between the shoulder blades on a person's upper back.
Angel with praying hands on upper back
Black line mandala tattoo with a feather motif covering the upper and middle back, in a geometric style.
Mandala and feather tattoo across a back
Black script lettering reading Numquam timebunt umbrae along the upper arm of a person with their arm raised, shown from behind.
Latin script quote on upper arm
Black fine lettering reading "i am because you were" in a clean sans-serif font across the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Lowercase quote tattoo on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a sitting cat silhouette inside a crescent moon, with vines and flowers, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cat silhouette in a moon with flowers on a back
Black and white photo of a black lettering tattoo on a person's upper back, a quote in typewriter-style text reading Even the moon, master of the sea, illuminator of the night, has her craters.
Moon quote lettering on upper back
Realism style black and grey angel wings tattoo shaded across the upper back of a person seated at a wooden counter.
Angel wings tattoo across a 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
Full back tattoo of a purple electric guitar framed by grey skulls, pink roses and wings, with banners reading Where words fail and music speaks, in Traditional and Neo-trad style.
Guitar, skulls and roses across a back
Black and grey tattoo of four moths stacked vertically down the centre of a person's back, linked by dotted lines, with a small semicolon above.
Four moths stacked down a spine
Colour swallow tattoo with a red throat and blue-black wings, set inside a thin black circle on a person's upper back.
Swallow in a circle on a upper back
Black and grey fine line dragonfly tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair pulled up.
Dragonfly tattoo on the upper back
Realistic red and black feather tattoo on the upper back, between the shoulder blades, with the person's hair visible above.
Red feather on upper back
Black ink tattoo of the word Believe in cursive script with swirls and a small cross, on a person's upper back.
Believe script with swirls on upper back
Fine line black cross tattoo on the upper back, near the left shoulder blade, of a woman with her hair in a bun and a denim jacket slipped off one shoulder.
Small cross tattoo on upper back
Black fine line script tattoo of the words God is within her, she will not fall, Psalm 46:5, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Psalm 46:5 script across upper back
Colour tattoo of a cartoon wizard with round glasses and a red and gold scarf riding a broomstick, with a golden snitch, on a person's lower back.
Cartoon wizard on broomstick with golden snitch
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
Large Japanese style dragon tattoo covering a person's back, with grey scales, red accents and black clouds.
Japanese dragon across a full back
Realistic skull tattoo with a red rose above it and red ink splashes, on the upper back of a person.
Skull and red rose on upper back
Black ink tattoo of an ornate cross with scrolled filigree details, placed centrally on the upper back.
Ornate cross on upper back
Close-up of small black outline star tattoos on the lower back above denim shorts, in a fine line style.
Four star outlines on the lower back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of paisley swirls and flowers across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Paisley and floral design across a upper back
Large black and grey gnarled tree tattoo with bare branches and roots covering most of a person's back, seen from behind.
Gnarled tree tattoo across a 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 linework tattoo on a person's upper back showing an arched gateway flanked by trees, a star and crown motif, and a four-line verse beneath, placed on the back.
Arched gateway and verse on upper back
Back view of a person with long dreadlocks showing a large teal linework tattoo of geometric lines and spirals across the upper back and shoulder blades.
Teal geometric linework across a back
Black ink paisley and floral tattoo across the upper back and shoulder blade, with a henna-inspired linework style.
Paisley and flower back tattoo
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo centred between the shoulder blades on the upper back of a woman tying her hair into a bun.
Mandala tattoo on upper back
Black compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters and a fleur-de-lis on the upper back of a woman wearing a striped top.
Compass rose tattoo on upper back
A small black cross tattoo in fine line style sits on the side of a woman's back, below her shoulder, while her long hair covers her face.
Small black cross on a woman's back
Black and grey peony tattoo with leaves and stem on the upper back near the shoulder blade, shaded with fine stippling.
Peony and leaves on a shoulder blade