Back tattoo ideas

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Black ink crescent moon filled with mandala-style patterns on a woman's upper back, shown in a wide view and a close-up of the shoulder.
Crescent moon mandala on upper back
Black and grey mountain range tattoo with pine trees on the upper back, framed below by dotted geometric triangle lines.
Mountain range with pine trees on upper back
Black ink tattoo of a compass rose within a mandala pattern near the upper back, with a fine-line arrow and feather fletching running down the spine, shown in three photos.
Compass and arrow down the back
Realistic black and grey portrait of a man in a feathered headdress, shown in profile, set within a geometric mandala tattooed across a back and shoulder.
Feathered portrait with geometric mandala on back
Colourful nautilus shell tattoo with a red geometric flower of life pattern behind it, placed on the upper back.
Rainbow nautilus shell over a flower of life on back
Black lettering arranged in a diamond shape across the upper back, with the words shine, on you crazy and diamond set in bold blocky capitals.
Lettering diamond on a upper back
Black and grey photograph of a bare back with a long vertical ornamental tattoo of mandalas and flowers running down the spine, in a fine-line botanical and geometric style.
Ornate mandala spine tattoo on a back
Black and grey fine line lotus mandala tattoo centred on the upper back, with dangling dots below the flower.
Lotus mandala on upper back
Person seen from behind with a full blackwork tattoo covering the back, buttocks and legs, featuring a lattice spine panel, swirling motifs and hexagon patterns.
Full back and legs blackwork tattoo
Black fine line tattoo of a triangle with an inscribed circle and a vertical line of script on the upper back.
Triangle, circle and script on the upper back
Two arms and the upper back of a figure on a black background, covered in grey and red geometric star and flower tattoos on the upper arms, forearms and shoulders.
Geometric sleeve tattoos on both arms
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 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
Fine line black and grey geometric mandala tattoo on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Geometric mandala on a shoulder blade
Small white mandala tattoo between the shoulder blades on the upper back of a tanned woman lying face down on white bedding.
White mandala tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo centred between the shoulder blades on a person's upper back, photographed from behind.
Mandala tattoo on upper back
Back view of a man with a large black tribal tattoo covering his back and upper arms, with bold solid shapes and fine interlocking patterns.
Full back tribal tattoo with arm sleeves
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a central om symbol on the upper back of a woman with long brown hair.
Mandala with om symbol on upper back
Black and grey back tattoo of a winged figure with outstretched feathered wings and sketched geometric lines, spanning the upper back.
Winged figure across upper back
Teal mandala tattoo with layered petals and a central spiral across a person's upper back, with dark braided hair falling over one shoulder.
Teal mandala on upper back
Black geometric tattoo of stacked diamonds and linked lines running vertically across the upper back, in a geometric style.
Vertical geometric motif on upper back
Black dotwork sun tattoo with a stippled centre and pointed rays, centred on the upper back.
Dotwork sun on upper back
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with dotwork shading at the centre, placed in the middle of the upper back.
Mandala tattoo on upper back
Black geometric tattoo of a clock face, a key and descending dots running down the centre of a person's back.
Clock, key and dots down the spine
Black fine-line geometric tattoo of circles, triangles and radiating lines running down the centre of a woman's back, placed on the back.
Geometric line tattoo down a back
Black and grey shaded diamond tattoo on the lower back of a woman with long dark hair, photographed from behind.
Diamond tattoo on lower back
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with swirling scrollwork and a blackletter E at the east point, on the upper back.
Compass rose tattoo on upper back
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a running hare with dotted geometric lines and the words MAKE YOUR LUCK, on a person's upper back.
Running hare with geometric lines on upper back
A full arm sleeve in Japanese style, with black ground, grey wind-swept clouds, red cherry blossoms and a pink geometric cube pattern across the upper arm, shown from several angles.
Japanese cloud and blossom arm sleeve
Black ink tattoo of an ornately patterned elephant with a yin yang on its head, across the upper back of a person wearing a pink open-back top.
Ornate elephant with yin yang on upper back
Back tattoo of seven coloured chakra symbols running down the spine, with a black ornamental lotus and small bird on the upper back and shoulder.
Seven chakra symbols down the spine
Black and grey dotwork-shaded compass rose tattoo with a fleur-de-lis and scrolls on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Compass rose with scrollwork on upper back
Black and grey lettering tattoo spelling Coexist across the upper back, with each letter replaced by a religious or science symbol.
Coexist lettering across upper back
Black ink tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle, circle and vertical line, with script lettering along its edges on the back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with script quote on back
Black moon phase tattoo in a vertical line down the spine on a bare back, shown in simple geometric circles.
Moon phases down the spine
Black and grey blackwork tattoo running down the spine of a bare back, with a geometric arrowhead motif at the base.
Spinal tribal band ending in an arrowhead
Black fine line geometric arrow tattoo running down the centre of a person's upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Geometric arrow tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a honeycomb mandala with purple petals and two bees, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Honeycomb mandala with bees on a shoulder
Black and grey photograph of a fine line and dotwork lotus tattoo with the script words Dreaming is believing and a vertical endless knot on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Lotus and script quote on upper back
Black ink star tattoos of varying sizes, some outlined and some solid, scattered diagonally down the centre of a person's back.
Scattered outlined and solid stars on the back
Black and white photo of a small fine line paper plane tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Paper plane on upper back
Black and white photo of a back with fine-line tattoo of curving parallel lines that run down the spine and cross over the lower back.
Curved parallel lines across lower back
Colour tattoo on upper back of a Flower of Life circle in rainbow linework above a shaded purple and magenta lotus.
Flower of Life and lotus across upper back
Black geometric tattoo of stacked diamonds and arrow-like points running down the centre of a person's upper back, in a Geometric style.
Geometric diamond motif down the spine
Black geometric tattoo of an arrow with a compass rose at its centre, running vertically along the upper back.
Arrow and compass on upper back
Dotwork mandala tattoo on the upper back with blue teardrop panels holding white lightning bolt, triangle, skull and animal motifs around a lotus centre.
Mandala with blue symbol panels on upper back
Black and grey castle tattoo with a full moon and mountains inside a dotted triangle, placed across the upper back.
Castle, moon and mountains on upper back
Black and grey dotwork and realism tattoo of an owl, jellyfish and spiral forms with dotted geometric lines across a person's back and upper arm.
Owl and sea creatures across back and arm