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Two people seen from behind, each with a fine line script quote tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder, one with a flock of birds and one with a feather.
Matching quote tattoos on upper backs
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 white photo of a woman's bare back with arms raised, showing a fine line cursive script lettering tattoo on her left shoulder blade.
Cursive script quote across a back
Collage of four fine line travel tattoos: a world map across a upper back, a Wander Lost banner on a forearm, a small airplane on a back, and a compass rose on a wrist.
Collage of four travel tattoos
Colourful tattoo of a swirling tree with curling branches and pale orange, pink and teal rings, placed across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Swirling tree on a shoulder blade
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a kneeling winged Egyptian figure with outstretched wings across the upper back.
Winged Egyptian figure on upper back
Black script lettering tattoo across the upper back of a woman with long wavy hair, wearing a black lace top and grey beanie.
Script tattoo across upper back
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading With pain comes strength across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Script quote across upper back
Black and grey butterfly tattoo on the upper arm beside a cursive script quote across the back, shown from behind.
Butterfly and script quote on arm and back
Small fine line tattoo of short horizontal marks and dots on the back of a person in an orange dress on a sandy beach.
Small line and dot tattoo on the back
Black lettering tattoo of an infinity symbol with the word love and three flying birds above, on a woman's upper back.
Infinity, love and birds on upper back
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
Blue ornamental cannabis leaf tattoo with filigree patterns across the upper back.
Ornamental cannabis leaf on upper back
Two people seen from behind, each with a black script quote tattoo across the upper back, one reading 'If there ever comes a day when we can't be together'.
Matching script quote tattoos on two upper backs
Small solid black silhouette of three birds on the upper back near the shoulder blade of a woman with a long blonde braid, wearing a white lace bandeau.
Three birds on the upper back
Back of a man showing a large black and grey realistic tattoo of a veiled face with lowered eyes, with colourful biomechanical tattoos on both upper arms.
Veiled face back piece with biomechanical sleeves
Full-colour tattoo of an Art Nouveau woman in a yellow dress with red flowers in her hair, with swirling vines, across a person's upper back.
Art Nouveau woman tattoo across 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 fine-line script tattoo in three vertical columns on the upper back, below blonde hair, with looping characters and thin strokes.
Vertical script tattoo on upper back
Black outline stars of varying sizes with small sparkles run down the upper back from the nape, on a woman with her arms raised.
Outline stars trailing down the 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 and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with typewriter-style lettering tattooed across her upper back and sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Typewriter text tattoo across upper 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 and grey realistic angel wings tattooed across the upper and mid back of a person seated with their face turned away.
Angel wings across a back
Black and white photo of a fine line outline world map tattoo on a woman's upper back, below her braided hair.
Outline world map on upper back
Back and upper arm of a person with abstract painterly brushstroke lines in blue, green, pink and orange, with thin black linework sweeping from the shoulder down the back.
Abstract brushstroke lines across back
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 an Art Nouveau style woman with red flowers in her hair and vines, across the upper back.
Art Nouveau woman with flowers on a back
Colour tattoo of a vintage Edison-style light bulb with a visible filament, shaded in teal and blue, on the upper back.
Edison light bulb on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bird with spread wings across a shoulder and upper back, photographed in black and white.
Flying bird tattoo across a shoulder
Black line tattoo of a simple doodled creature with dot eyes and a striped base, above a row of pine trees and the words i am not a gun, on a back shoulder.
Doodle creature and pines on upper back
Back of a woman showing a colourful Japanese style back piece of cherry blossom and flowers, with a green snake sleeve on the arm and a woman portrait tattoo on the upper arm.
Japanese back piece with cherry blossom and arm sleeve
Colour tattoo of a perched falcon on a branch with pink peonies and pale poppies, across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Perched falcon with peonies on a shoulder blade
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a classic muscle car in three-quarter view across the upper back.
Classic muscle car on upper back
Black and grey butterfly tattoo on upper back with tiger faces shaded into the wings, with a touch of blue on the right wing.
Tiger-wing butterfly 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
Colour traditional tattoo of a peacock with red flowers and leaves above a large feathered tail, across a person's upper back.
Peacock and red flowers across a back
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 tattoo of the words Not all those who wander are lost in a serif font, flanked by two small bird silhouettes, on the upper back below the neck.
Quote and two birds on upper back
Woman seen from behind in a gym with a small fine line script tattoo of a short phrase on her upper back near the shoulder blade.
Small script tattoo on upper back
Back of a person showing a large watercolour-style phoenix tattoo in red, orange and yellow with black splatter marks, spreading across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Watercolour phoenix across upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a crescent moon entwined with blossom flowers and a sitting cat, on a person's upper back.
Crescent moon with cat and blossom on upper back
Black and grey butterfly tattoo on an upper back, with its wings made of banknote designs and the word MONEY above it.
Butterfly made of banknotes on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of three hummingbirds in flight across the lower back, with soft shaded clouds behind them.
Three hummingbirds in flight on the lower back
Realistic tattoo of a silver chain with a shaded crown charm and a small pink heart charm across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Crown and charm chain on upper back
Black and grey Celtic knot tattoo shaped like a heart with a looped tail, on the upper back.
Celtic knot heart on upper back
Shaded pink ribbon tattoo looping into a heart shape on the lower back, with grey shadow along its edges.
Pink ribbon forming a heart