Back tattoo ideas

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Black ink hamsa hand tattoo with an eye motif, ornate patterned linework and Hebrew lettering, on a person's upper back.
Hamsa hand with Hebrew lettering on upper back
Black geometric arrow tattoo with a crescent, circles and dots on a woman's upper back, with her face out of frame.
Geometric arrow tattoo on upper back
Black line mandala tattoo with dotwork detail on the upper back of a person with long hair, in fine line style, sitting below the neck.
Ornamental mandala tattoo on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a blue hibiscus with green leaves, a blue butterfly and a diamond on the upper back and shoulder blade, with a grey ankh tattoo above.
Blue hibiscus and butterfly on a shoulder
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with black and grey tattoos covering both legs and a small tattoo at the back of the neck, walking on a grassy coastal dune.
Black and grey leg tattoos on a coastal walk
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a pale child with yellow eyes holding a box, flanked by a masked rabbit figure and a wolf, with the word Korn above.
Surreal child and animals on a back piece
Black fine line paisley and lace-style tattoo across a woman's upper back and shoulder, with a row of red geometric cross shapes beneath it.
Paisley lace and red geometric upper back piece
Colour tattoo of a mermaid with a green tail rising from blue and white waves across the lower back, in a traditional style.
Mermaid rising from waves on lower back
Blackwork tribal tattoo in blue-grey ink on a person's upper back, with a small asterisk above and tiny lettering below.
Tribal shape on upper back
Colour tattoo of the grinning Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland, in pink and purple stripes, on the side of a lower back above a waistband.
Cheshire Cat tattoo on the lower back
Small black outlined butterfly tattoo on the upper back, beside a dark strap top, in a simple fine line style.
Small butterfly on upper back
Black and grey back tattoo of Alice in Wonderland scenes, including playing card soldiers, a chequered path, a mushroom and a white rabbit, covering the whole back.
Alice in Wonderland back piece
Black and grey script lettering tattoo on the lower back of a person in a grey crop top and white shorts, photographed from behind in a mirror.
Script tattoo on lower back
Colour tattoo of a blue-grey and green Eastern-style dragon coiling across a person's upper back, shown in a Japanese style.
Blue and green dragon across a back
Black and grey tattoo of a tree atop a globe with root-like branches forming land shapes, on a person's upper back.
Tree and globe on upper back
Black typewriter-style lettering across the upper back of a woman seen from behind in a hot tub, reading I'm the hero of this story.
Quote tattoo across the upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of ornamental script running vertically down the centre of a woman's back, photographed in black and white.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Black fine line and dotwork tattoo of nested triangles on a line with arrow ends, placed centrally on the upper back below the neck.
Nested triangles with arrow line on upper back
Realism tattoo of a Siamese cat face with blue eyes and whiskers on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Siamese cat face on upper back
Full back tattoo in black and grey realism showing a pentagram, faces, an angel, a boombox, a factory and hooded figures, placed across the back.
Full back collage tattoo in black and grey
Black and grey fine line tree with stippled leaves and spreading roots, tattooed across the upper back near the neck.
Tree with roots on upper back
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a ship's wheel with a coiled rope and anchor, with compass star points, on a person's upper back.
Ship's wheel and anchor on the upper back
Black and grey floral tattoos on the upper arms and upper back of a woman with a blonde bob, shown from behind in a black open-back dress.
Floral tattoos on arms and upper back
Black and grey script tattoo reading With pain comes strength across the upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed in black and white.
Script quote across upper back
Large traditional-style back tattoo of a hooded grim reaper holding a rifle, with arched Sons of Anarchy lettering above and California below, placed across the upper and middle back.
Grim reaper lettering across a back piece
Black and grey photograph of the words One Life One Chance in cursive script tattooed across a person's upper back, with the head and hair cropped at the top of the frame.
One Life One Chance script on upper back
Black lace-pattern tattoo with scrolls, leaves and fine netting running from the neck down the spine and across the lower back.
Black lace-pattern tattoo across the back
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back showing two seated cats, one black and white and one calico, framed by green vines with red and blue flowers.
Two cats and floral vines on the back
Black tattoo of a girl in a striped dress reaching upward, in a solid blackwork style, on a person's upper back below the shoulder blade.
Girl in a dress reaching up on upper back
Large black-outlined world map tattoo across a person's back, with countries filled in colour, placed across the shoulder blades.
World map across a back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of lilies with sketched linework and ink splatter across the upper back, near the neck.
Lily bouquet across upper back
Black fine line script tattoo reading 'I will fear no evil for you are with me' across the upper back near the shoulder.
Handwritten script quote on upper back
Woman seen from behind with a black and grey lettering tattoo running vertically down her upper back, with a second small tattoo visible near her lower back.
Vertical lettering tattoo on upper back
Black and grey skull tattoo with shaded roses across the upper back of a woman seen from behind, wearing a white bra.
Skull and roses across the upper back
Black and grey realistic owl tattoo with spread wings covering the upper back, with ornamental feather detail and a central medallion.
Owl with spread wings across upper back
Red tattoo of a pentagram inside a circle with flame-like rays, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Red pentagram sun on upper back
Black fine line script reading 1 Corinthians 16 14 with a cross running through it, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Corinthians reference and cross on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a circle filled with arcs, dots and script-like marks on a person's upper back, with a small star outline above it near the neck.
Circular script tattoo on upper back
Black and grey wildflowers with a red swirling sun and small birds, tattooed across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Wildflowers and red sunburst on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a feather on the upper back that breaks apart into a flock of birds rising towards the shoulder.
Feather dissolving into flying birds on upper back
Colour tattoo of three stars in purple, pink and teal with black swirling lines across the upper back.
Coloured stars and swirls on upper back
Black fine line heart tattoo made of fingerprint whorls, placed on the upper back.
Fingerprint heart tattoo on upper back
Black and grey botanical flower tattoo with fine linework on the upper back of a woman in a white crop top, in a forward fold on a yoga mat.
Floral tattoo on upper back
Black and grey pocket watch with red cherry blossom branches and teal accents, tattooed across the upper back and shoulder.
Pocket watch and cherry blossom on a shoulder blade
Colourful neo-traditional fox head tattoo with geometric ornament across the upper back of a person with tied-up red hair.
Fox head with geometric ornament on back
Black and grey script lettering reading two lines of verse across a person's upper back, over the shoulder blade area.
Two lines of script lettering across upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of angel wings and a spine covering a person's back.
Angel wings and spine across a back
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with layered petals and a central rosette, placed centrally on the upper back of a person seen from behind.
Dotwork mandala tattoo on upper back