Back tattoo ideas

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Colour traditional tattoo of a pepperoni pizza slice with a banner reading NOT, flanked by RIOTS and DIETS lettering, on a person's upper back.
Pizza slice with Riots Not Diets lettering
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a sailboat on rippling sea inside a circle of sunburst rays, on the upper back.
Sailboat at sea in a circle on upper back
Colour tattoo of a light blue classic Volkswagen Beetle with purple smoke clouds, in a neo-traditional style, on a person's upper back.
Classic VW Beetle with smoke on upper back
Red and black blackletter letter with the script phrase Your Pain Is A Gift tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Quote and blackletter letter on upper back
Two photos of a black dotwork tattoo on the upper back showing an Eye of Horus inside a dotted circle, above a triangle and mandala design.
Eye of Horus with dotwork mandala on upper back
Fine line black and grey heart tattoo filled with mandala and paisley patterns and a script word, on a person's upper back.
Heart mandala with script on upper back
Colour sunflower tattoo with a bold dark outline and green leaves, placed between the shoulder blades on the upper back of a woman with her hand raised to her hair.
Sunflower tattoo on upper back
Black lettering reading Not all those who wander are lost, with two small bird silhouettes, tattooed on a woman's upper back near the neck.
Quote and two birds on upper back
Botanical tattoo across the upper back showing five plant stages growing from seed to sunflower, with the words How strange it is to be anything at all beneath.
Five-stage plant growth with a quote on upper back
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a heart-shaped padlock with skull-headed keys and ribbons, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Heart padlock and skull keys on a back
Black and grey typewriter-style lyric tattoo across the upper back of a woman with sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Typewriter lyric text across a woman's back
Back view of a shirtless person with black and grey botanical tattoos of flowers, vines and moths covering the back, shoulders, upper arms, forearms and hands.
Back and full sleeves of botanical and moth tattoos
Colour tattoo of an eagle with spread wings formed from American flag stripes and white stars, with blue and red splatter, across the upper back.
Flag eagle across the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a praying angel with wings and a halo, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Praying angel with wings on upper back
Black and grey tribal tattoo across the upper back and shoulder of a shirtless man working on the engine of a yellow car.
Tribal tattoo on the upper back while working on a car
Traditional colour peacock tattoo across a woman's back, with part of another tattoo visible on her upper arm.
Peacock tattoo across a woman's back
Sketch-style skull with purple and blue poppies and anemone flowers tattooed across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Skull and poppies across a back
Black and grey fine line and dotwork sprig of leaves and flower clusters tattooed on a person's upper back, shown from behind.
Botanical sprig tattoo on upper back
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a long-haired cat's face with detailed fur and whiskers, placed on the upper back.
Long-haired cat portrait on upper back
Black ink dotwork tattoo of stacked lotus and mandala motifs linked by a dotted line down the centre of a woman's back.
Vertical mandala and lotus tattoo down the spine
Black lettering tattoo in Devanagari script arranged in a spiral around a central symbol, placed across a person's upper back.
Devanagari script spiral on upper back
A thin black horizontal brushstroke tattoo sits on the upper back near the neck of a woman in a white top with red trim.
Single black brushstroke line on upper back
Bare back of a woman with a vertical line of planets, including one ringed like Saturn, running down her spine and a world map tattoo on her shoulder blade, with red and blue continents.
Solar system down the spine and world map on shoulder
Colour botanical tattoo of pink roses, buds and small blossoms with green leaves across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Pink roses and blossoms on upper back
Small black fine line tattoo of an owl perched on a leafy branch, placed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Owl on a branch on the upper back
Watercolour style tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised and a blue wash behind it, placed on a person's upper back.
Watercolour elephant on upper back
Black and grey realistic tattoo of two adult elephants and three young walking in a line across the upper back, with stippled shading.
Elephant family walking across upper back
Colour realism tattoo on the back of a woman's profile inside an outline map of Africa, with a beaded necklace and white and red headdress.
Woman in profile within a map of Africa
Black and grey dotwork back piece of a central lotus, ornate mandala motifs and geometric bands, placed across the upper and lower back.
Dotwork mandala back piece
Colour botanical tattoo of three red poppies with black centres and green stems and leaves, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Red poppies on upper back
Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box on a woman's upper back, with a tattooist's gloved hands working at the lower edge of the frame.
TARDIS tattoo on upper back
Photo of a botanical orchid vine tattoo across a person's upper back and shoulder, with black outlines and soft pink and grey shading.
Orchid vine across a shoulder blade
Back view of a woman with her hair in a bun showing a small black fine line tattoo of a crescent moon, a sun with a face and another crescent moon stacked down the centre of the upper back.
Sun and crescent moons on upper back
Colourful realistic octopus tentacle tattoo wrapping over a person's shoulder and upper back, shown from behind.
Colourful octopus tentacles across shoulder and back
Close-up photo of a tattoo on the upper back made to look like a bloody wound, with red and brown splatter, dripping lines and a dark ring in the centre.
Bloody wound effect tattoo on upper back
Pink lotus flower with black ornamental mandala linework and teal shading, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Lotus and mandala on upper back
Watercolour-style hummingbird tattoo in blues, greens, purple and yellow on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour hummingbird on upper back
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a bird in flight with mandala patterns on its wings and body, placed on a person's upper back.
Mandala-patterned bird in flight on upper back
Black and grey fine line script reading No Regrets, tattooed on a person's back in a close, softly lit photo.
No Regrets script lettering on skin
Large Japanese style back tattoo of a green dragon and a grey dragon among clouds and cherry blossoms, spanning the upper back and shoulders.
Twin dragons across a back piece
Solid black lace-style tattoo with scrolling leaves and a net pattern running down the right side of a bare back.
Black lace tattoo down the back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a tree growing from a globe, with leaves forming the shapes of land, across a woman's upper back.
Tree and leaves on a globe on upper back
Back tattoo of a shield with a double-headed eagle and a rivet border, shaded in red and grey across the upper back.
Double-headed eagle shield on back
Colour tattoo on the back of a witch hat, black script reading Defy Gravity, and a wand ending in a yellow star, with scattered black stars.
Defy Gravity script with witch hat and wand
Black and grey tree of life tattoo inside a circle, with roots below and birds flying off the branches, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Tree of life with birds on upper back
Black script lettering reading live without regrets, with a swirled flourish beneath, across the upper back.
Live without regrets script across upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of a dragonfly with pale green wings and a blue and black abdomen, shaded on skin across the back.
Realistic dragonfly tattoo on the back
Colour realism tattoo of a red fox with feathered wings and leafy branches across a person's back, shown in two photographs.
Fox and feathered wings across a back