Back tattoo ideas

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Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with hanging feathers and beaded chains across the upper back, in a fine line botanical style.
Lotus mandala with hanging feathers on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of shaded flowers and flowing scrollwork across the upper and mid back.
Shaded flowers and swirls across a back
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a person's upper back, reading Words, are our most inexhaustible source of magic, set in a serif typeface below the shoulder blade.
Quote tattoo on the upper back
Close side view of a person in a navy ribbed top with one arm raised, showing a very small black fine line tattoo on the upper back below the arm.
Tiny fine line mark on upper back
Black and grey dotwork butterfly tattoo with detailed wing veins spanning the upper back, with a second partial butterfly visible at the top right.
Large butterfly tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork elephant tattoo filled with mandala patterns, sitting across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Mandala-filled elephant on a upper back
Black and grey tribal spiral tattoo with bold curved shapes across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Tribal spiral tattoo across upper back
Black fine line tattoos on a person's upper back, including a botanical sprig with cones above a hanging stick, an outlined stag bust with an arrow, and a compass design.
Botanical sprig and stag bust on a upper back
Black and grey tattoo of two birds in flight with long tails and white highlights on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two birds in flight on upper back
Black linework tattoo of overlapping squares, circles and radiating lines centred on a person's upper back, in a geometric style.
Overlapping geometric shapes across a back
Black fine line tattoo of a marionette hanging from strings with a small bow, placed on the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Marionette on strings across the upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon framing a mandala with lotus-like petals, placed on the upper back.
Moon and mandala on upper back
Teal and black feather tattoo with tribal swirl detailing on the upper back.
Teal feather with tribal swirls on the back
Black and grey tattoo of a winged Egyptian goddess kneeling with outstretched wings, with a winged ankh above, across the upper back.
Winged Egyptian goddess on a back
Black and white photo of two people seen from behind, one with a black anchor tattoo on the upper back and the other with a small black anchor on the upper arm, in front of a wall of traditional
Matching anchor tattoos in a studio
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo on the upper back and shoulder showing a skull with flowers and leaves growing from its crown and roots trailing below.
Skull with flowers and roots on a shoulder blade
Black ink tattoo of the word faith in script inside an outlined fish shape, placed on the lower back above the waistband of blue jeans.
Faith script inside a fish outline on the lower back
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses over the shoulder and a skull-faced woman on the back, shown from behind.
Roses and skull portrait across back
Large Japanese-style back tattoo of a geisha in a circle, surrounded by cherry blossom branches, a red sun, a mountain, a folding fan and kanji.
Geisha and cherry blossom back piece
Realistic blue and green butterfly tattoo with black outlines and yellow spots on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Blue butterfly on a shoulder
Black and grey realistic fawn tattoo with a spotted coat on the upper back, with hair visible above and a beaded necklace at the lower edge.
Fawn tattoo on the upper back
A tattoo artist uses a machine to add purple and black linework to a client's back, with a second tattoo visible on the artist's forearm.
Tattooing in progress on a client's back
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
Colourful botanical tattoo of a tree with a rose-like canopy and black roots across the upper back, in a neo-traditional style.
Tree with rose canopy on a upper back
Black and grey photograph of a phoenix tattoo with swirling scrollwork across a woman's lower back and side, shown from behind with long dark hair.
Phoenix tattoo across a back and ribs
Back of a woman with a neo-trad style chandelier and two roses tattooed across her upper back, shaded in grey with purple and pink accents.
Chandelier and roses across a upper back
Woman seen from behind with a full-back Japanese style tattoo of a dragon and waves, extending over the upper arms and thighs.
Full back and leg Japanese dragon tattoo
Small gold feather design on the upper back of a woman wearing a pink strappy bikini top, with long dark hair falling forward.
Gold feather on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a vertical looped symbol with a dot at the top, placed centrally on the upper back.
Fine line looped symbol on the upper back
Black script tattoo of the words 'The pain you feel today... is the strength you feel tomorrow' across the lower back, just above a waistband.
Script quote tattoo across the lower back
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
Black fine line lotus tattoo centred on the upper back of a woman with short hair, with a dotted line running down below it.
Lotus tattoo on upper back
Fine line black ink lotus flower tattoo with a vertical ornamental stem on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Lotus flower with ornamental line on upper back
Back view of a shirtless person with reddish-brown hair, showing a black and grey mountain range tattoo across the upper back.
Mountain range across upper back
Black handwritten script lettering tattooed across a person's upper back and shoulder blade, with a hand resting on the shoulder.
Script quote across a shoulder blade
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading but the fighter still remains, placed on the middle of a person's back.
Fine line script quote on the mid back
A woman seen from behind shows a gold metallic mandala design on her upper back, in a blue halter top, with a sunny white wall behind her.
Gold mandala on 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 fine line tattoo of Totoro holding a leaf, placed on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Totoro outline on a shoulder blade
Blue brush-stroke enso circle tattoo on the upper back of a woman with dark hair, seen from behind against a turquoise wall.
Blue enso circle on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a water lily, lily pads and a koi fish with ripples, placed across a person's upper back.
Water lily and koi 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 outline tattoo of a cat with a long curling tail and a trail of paw prints, placed on the lower back.
Cat with paw print trail on lower back
Black and white photo of a woman leaning back, with fine line constellation tattoos across her neck, shoulders and upper chest.
Constellation tattoos across neck and chest
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo running vertically down a person's upper back, with small marks along the line, in a fine line style.
Fine line vertical marks down the spine
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull formed from a bare, twisted tree across a person's upper back, with roots spreading below.
Skull formed by a bare tree on a back
Black and grey full back tattoo of illustrated women, peacock feathers and cherubs in a detailed Art Nouveau style, shown across the upper and middle back.
Full back tattoo of figures and peacock feathers
Fine line black tattoo of a simple cartoon figure with round eyes and a small nose on the lower back, above the waistband of blue jeans.
Simple cartoon figure on the lower back