Back tattoo ideas

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A red rose with a green stem and leaves, surrounded by pink, blue and black watercolour splashes, tattooed on a person's upper back.
Red rose with watercolour splashes on upper back
Black and grey angel wings with detailed feather linework cover the upper back of a bare-backed person, with the head partly visible at the top of the frame.
Angel wings across the upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'The pain you feel today... is the strength you feel tomorrow' across the lower back, above a grey waistband.
Script quote tattoo across the lower back
Back tattoo of a gnarled tree with teal cherry blossoms and shaded grey roots, in Botanical and Japanese style across the upper and lower back.
Blossoming tree across a back
Black and grey fine line script reading nothing gold can stay with a small flower sketch, tattooed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade, with hair falling across the skin.
Nothing gold can stay script on upper back
Back of a woman's neck and upper back showing a black and grey brushstroke-style flower tattoo with ink dots and a thin dotted line below it.
Black and grey flower on upper back
Colour tattoo of a red cardinal perched on a branch with olive leaves, placed on the upper back in a traditional style.
Cardinal perched on a branch on the upper back
Two women show matching black script tattoos of the word love inside an infinity heart, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Matching love heart tattoos on two backs
Four shaded footprints in brown and black beside a script quote reading when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you, tattooed on skin.
Four footprints with a script quote
Colour tattoo of a black swallow filled with red, orange and yellow roses and green leaves, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Swallow filled with roses on upper back
Black and grey Japanese style chrysanthemums and a serpent tattooed across the back and legs of a woman lying face down on a treatment bed.
Chrysanthemums and serpent across legs and back
Colourful falling leaves tattoo in a botanical style across the upper back, curving over the shoulder blade.
Falling autumn leaves across a back
Fine line tattoo of a butterfly and the word love within an infinity symbol on the upper back, near the neck, with small star shapes around it.
Butterfly and love infinity on upper back
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grey scorpion with red accents beside a pink hibiscus flower on a person's upper back.
Scorpion and hibiscus on the upper back
Colour watercolour-style tattoo of a world map with blue, purple, green and pink splashes and drips across the upper back.
Watercolour world map on upper back
Lower back tattoo of a dreamcatcher with dark feathers, flanked by two black tribal-style bands, shown in a close photograph of the skin.
Dreamcatcher with tribal bands on lower back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a globe showing continents, with the words Isaiah 6:8 and Here I am, Lord. Send me. across the upper back.
Fine line globe with Isaiah 6:8 on upper back
Realism back tattoo in black and grey showing a busy garage workshop with mechanics working on cars, oil barrels and a vehicle on a lift.
Garage workshop scene across a full back
Fine line grey tattoo of three swallows in flight on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Three swallows on upper back
Large realism back tattoo in black and grey showing an Africa map, two winged angels, a compass and portraits, with a red and grey Liverpool crest on the upper arm sleeve.
Africa map and angels back piece
Small black cross tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun and her arms raised.
Small cross tattoo on upper back
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo of a seated girl beside playing cards inside an ornate scrolled frame, on a woman's upper back.
Alice and playing cards on upper back
Close view of a pale, white-ink style scrolling filigree tattoo across a bare shoulder, upper back and upper arm.
Pale swirling filigree on shoulder and arm
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the back with a bold cross, a flock of bird silhouettes and a script quote.
Cross, birds and script quote on the back
Back of a woman with a watercolour-style tree tattoo in blue, orange and red washes with fine black branches, across the upper and mid back.
Watercolour tree across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dove with outstretched wings on the lower back.
Dove in flight on the lower back
Fine line black tattoo of a circular geometric design with the words Hello, Sweetie below it, on the upper back of a person with pink hair.
Circular script design and quote on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a rose bouquet with smaller flowers and sprigs, on the upper back of a woman with blonde hair and a white lace top.
Rose and floral bouquet on upper back
Black ornamental winged bird tattoo spanning the upper back and onto the upper arms, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Ornate winged bird tattoo across a back
Mostly black and grey Neo-trad tattoo of an ornate heart padlock and key with butterflies and faint purple swirls across a person's upper back.
Heart padlock and key with butterflies on the back
Colour tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat holding a coin with script lettering, in a Japanese style, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Maneki-neko lucky cat on upper back
Black lettering tattoo of the phrase Stuff your eyes with wonder in a typewriter-style font on the upper back.
Quote reading Stuff your eyes with wonder
Black and grey and colour tattoo on a person's upper back showing a yellow rose with green leaves, three black birds and the quote about the most poetical topic in the world.
Yellow rose, birds and quote on upper back
Black and grey sketchy-style bird with spread wings tattooed across a man's upper back and shoulder blade, with typewriter lettering on the upper arm.
Sketchy bird in flight across upper back
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a crowned lion above a lamb, with the script Romans 1:16 along the bottom.
Lion and lamb back tattoo with Romans 1:16
Photograph of a realistic colour portrait tattoo of a smiling man with dark curly hair, set against a teal wash, on the upper back.
Realistic colour portrait on upper back
A shaded cross tattoo styled as a worn baseball with red stitching, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Baseball-stitched cross on upper back
Black ink Japanese lettering runs vertically down the centre of a person's bare back, photographed from behind.
Vertical Japanese script down the spine
Woman seen from behind with dark script lettering tattooed across her upper back and shoulder, wearing a red patterned dress with gold straps.
Script lettering across upper back
Black fine line script reading I will see you again, with three small bird silhouettes above it, tattooed on a person's upper back.
"I will see you again" script with three birds
Full back tattoo in colour realism showing a grinning teal cat, a tall skeletal figure beside a stitched rag-doll figure, a pink moon, bats and a bare tree, placed across the lower back.
Moonlit skeleton couple and grinning cat on back
Black tribal-style tattoo of stylised wings with a central knot and swirls across the lower back.
Winged knot tattoo on the lower back
Black and grey triple moon tattoo with a tree of life in the centre, shown on the upper back with a filigree design above a flash drawing of the same motif.
Triple moon with tree of life across the upper back
Black and grey ornamental floral mandala tattoo across the upper back of a woman in a peach open-back dress, with smaller tattoos on her arm.
Ornate floral mandala on upper back
Black ink tattoo of a feather on a person's upper back, with its quill edge breaking into a flock of flying birds that climb towards the shoulder.
Feather dissolving into birds on a back
Black and white photo of a fine line Roman numeral lettering tattoo running down the centre of a woman's upper back.
Roman numerals down the upper back
Grey scrollwork heart around a red keyhole with three grey skeleton keys and red ribbons, tattooed on the back.
Keyhole heart with three skeleton keys
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork tattoo of a woman with closed eyes and windswept hair filled with stars and moons, on the upper back.
Woman with starry flowing hair on upper back