Back tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a large flower with a black outline and watercolour-style yellow, orange, brown and blue wash, placed on a person's upper back.
Watercolour-style flower on upper back
Back view of a woman with short blonde hair showing a colourful floral tattoo of sunflowers and lilies on her right shoulder blade, plus a small dark tattoo at the nape.
Floral piece on a shoulder blade and small nape tattoo
Back of a woman in a mustard open-back top, with a mirrored cherry blossom branch tattoo across the upper back and a small blossom cluster lower down.
Cherry blossom branches across upper back
Colourful butterflies and a blossoming branch tattoo across a woman's upper back, shown in a botanical style.
Butterflies and blossom branch on upper back
Dark henna mandala with floral and swirl motifs covering a woman's upper back, with matching henna on her raised right hand.
Henna mandala on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses with lace-style ornament and hanging drops across a woman's upper back.
Three roses with lace on upper back
Black and grey botanical bouquet tattoo of roses, peonies and small flowers with leaves, placed on a woman's upper back between the shoulder blades.
Vintage floral bouquet on upper back
Colour lotus flower tattoo in red and orange with bold black outlines and a dangling chain detail, placed on the upper back.
Red lotus flower tattoo on back
Black and grey realistic thistle stems and flowers tattooed down the centre of a woman's back, with a coloured tattoo visible on her upper arm.
Thistle vine tattoo running down the spine
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a tied bouquet of lily of the valley stems and leaves across the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Lily of the valley bouquet on a shoulder blade
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a large weeping willow tree across a person's upper back.
Weeping willow tree across upper back
Colour tattoo of a purple rose with green leaves and two orange butterflies with script names on the wings, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Purple rose and two butterflies on upper back
Side-by-side photos of matching script tattoos on the upper back, one reading Like Mother in grey and one reading Like Daughter in colour, each with a dandelion.
Matching dandelion script tattoos on the upper back
Black lace-style ornamental tattoo covering a woman's back, with scrollwork and floral motifs running down the spine.
Black lace-style back tattoo
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with trailing roots across the back, shown from behind.
Bare tree with roots across a back
Back view of a woman with a fine line script tattoo running down her spine and a shaded black and grey rose on her upper arm.
Script down the spine with a rose on the arm
Pink and purple butterfly tattoo with black botanical vine scrolls and leaves across the lower back.
Butterfly and vine scrolls across the lower back
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with green leaves and a stem running down the centre of a person's back, with script beside the stem.
Sunflower with script down the spine
Colour tattoo of sunflowers, Celtic knots, a seated fairy and a butterfly across a person's upper back, in a neo-traditional style with black outlines.
Sunflowers, Celtic knots and a fairy on a back
White ink botanical tattoo of a lotus flower with leaves and swirling vines across the upper back and shoulder blade.
White ink lotus and swirls on upper back
Black and grey rose tattoo with a long stem on a person's upper back, shaded in soft, watercolour-like washes.
Black and grey rose on upper back
Black and grey blackwork owl tattoo with feathered wings and floral sprigs across the upper back, with hands with black nails resting on the shoulders above it.
Owl with feathered wings on upper back
Red and black lotus tattoo with an Om symbol above it on the lower back, with fine swirling linework and dotwork accents.
Om and lotus on lower back
Back view of a woman with a botanical tattoo of roses and foliage across her upper back, while a cream satin dress is tied at her waist.
Floral back tattoo with cream satin dress
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, leaves and thorny stems with a skull on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Black and grey roses and skull on upper back
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a ponytail.
Lotus mandala tattoo on upper back
Red poppy tattoo with a black outline, soft watercolour-style shading and a long black stem running down the centre of a person's back.
Red poppy with black stem on the back
Two women seen from behind, each with a matching black botanical tattoo of a heart-shaped tree with swirling vine branches and roots on the upper back.
Matching heart-shaped tree tattoos on two backs
Colourful watercolour style hibiscus flowers with green leaves tattooed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour hibiscus flowers on a shoulder blade
Black and grey fingerprint flower tattoo with a script word family on the upper back and shoulder, shown in two side by side photos.
Fingerprint flower with family script
Black fine line and dotwork tattoo of a botanical sprig with leaves and bell-shaped flowers curling into a spiral, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Botanical spiral sprig across the upper back
Black ink mandala and lotus tattoo in fine line style on a woman's upper back, running from the nape towards the shoulder blades.
Mandala and lotus tattoo on the upper back
Black and grey botanical bouquet tattoo with flowers, leaves and a tied ribbon on a woman's upper back, above a black lace dress.
Botanical bouquet on upper back
Watercolour-style red poppy tattoo with a closed bud and long stems running down the lower back.
Red poppies down the lower back
Blue shaded floral tattoo of hibiscus-style blooms and leaves across the upper back, in a blue-toned botanical style.
Blue floral spray on a upper back
Woman seen from behind with a large pink and red peony tattoo on her upper back, with grey leaves, a rock and three small butterflies, in a Japanese-influenced botanical style.
Peony and butterfly back piece
Black and grey neo-traditional style tattoo of roses, paisley scrollwork and a skull-like motif across a shoulder and upper back.
Rose and paisley shoulder back tattoo
Botanical green fern tattoo running down the centre of a bare back, between the shoulder blades, with the hair worn up in a bun.
Green fern tattoo down the spine
Colour tattoo of a green hummingbird feeding from pink cherry blossom on a branch across a person's upper back.
Hummingbird and cherry blossom on a back
Colourful painterly hummingbird feeding from a yellow flower, tattooed across a person's upper back below the shoulder blade.
Hummingbird and flower on upper back
Black ink tattoo on the upper back showing a silhouette of a girl blowing dandelion seeds, with the word Mom in cursive script above.
Mom script and dandelion silhouette on upper back
Pink lotus flower tattoo with soft shading across the lower back, above the waistband of blue jeans.
Pink lotus on the lower back
Small black rose tattoo with a curled stem on the upper back near the shoulder blade, shown from behind against a dark background.
Small black rose on upper back
Realistic cherry blossom tree tattoo with pink flowers and a shaded grey trunk spanning a person's back.
Cherry blossom tree across the back
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with cherry blossom flowers and eye-patterned feathers across a person's upper back.
Phoenix and blossom on a upper back
Colour tattoo of pink magnolia blossoms and buds on a branch, in a soft botanical style, across the side of a bare back.
Pink magnolia branch across the back
Botanical tattoo of a leafy vine with red berries and a thin script line running down the centre of a person's back, placed along the spine.
Leafy vine with berries down the spine
Back of a woman's shoulder showing a colourful botanical wreath tattoo with black script reading Always and forever in the centre, in a Botanical and Lettering style.
Floral wreath with script lettering on a shoulder