Back tattoo ideas

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Watercolour-style red poppies on a woman's shoulder, upper arm and upper back, joined by a black heartbeat line with a red thread running through it.
Poppies and heartbeat line across shoulder and back
Black fine line tattoo of small arrows running down a woman's spine, photographed from behind in denim cut-off shorts.
Arrow line running down the spine
Black fine line tattoo of an arrow with leafy stems on the upper back, below dark hair.
Arrow with leaves on upper back
Woman soaking in a bath strewn with flowers, showing a dark ornamental circular tattoo on her upper back.
Circular design tattoo on upper back in a flower bath
Woman seen from behind on a sunny beach with silver metallic scale, eye and feather designs on her upper arm and back.
Silver metallic scale and feather tattoos
Black and grey Japanese style dragon tattoo running down a person's back from the shoulder to the waist.
Black and grey dragon across a back
Black fine line tattoo of two facing profile outlines on the lower back, with a single unbroken line style.
Two facing profiles in fine line
Black fine line script reading Sometimes you gotta fall before you fly, with black bird silhouettes and a shaded purple feather on a person's upper back.
Birds, feather and script quote on a back
Black and grey fine line mountain range tattoo with softly shaded peaks across the upper back of a person with dark hair pulled aside.
Mountain range tattoo on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a palm tree, a yellow hibiscus and pink plumeria flowers with green leaves, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Palm tree and hibiscus on the upper back
Black and grey geometric bird in flight tattooed on skin, built from fine lines, overlapping circles and dotwork, placed on the back.
Geometric bird in flight on the back
Six-panel black and white collage of tattoos: a shaded rose, the word Hope on an arm, beautiful in script, a lotus on a back, be kind to yourself on a forearm, and a fine stem on the upper back.
Collage of rose, lettering and botanical tattoos
Black dotwork and blackwork mandala tattoo with a central lotus motif, spanning the upper back and nape of the neck.
Ornamental mandala tattoo across upper back and neck
Black and grey realism tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings and swirling smoke across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Black and grey phoenix across a shoulder blade
Fine line black compass rose merged with an atom diagram, tattooed centrally on the upper back below the neck.
Compass and atom tattoo on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a blue dragon and a red dragon facing each other to form a heart shape on the upper back.
Blue and red dragons forming a heart on back
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo running vertically down a person's upper back, in a lettering style.
Fine line script down the spine
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey pocket watch with purple and blue flowers and a teal banner, placed on the upper back.
Pocket watch and flowers on a shoulder blade
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box with purple flowers, an orange marigold and pink bell flowers on a person's upper back.
TARDIS and flowers on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of two orange and yellow seahorses with blue bubbles on skin, likely the back, shown beside a green and black stylised seahorse flash design.
Two seahorses with bubbles, tattoo and flash
Woman seen from behind with long hair, showing a dark dotwork mandala tattoo on the middle of her back.
Dark mandala tattoo on upper back
Small black fine line wave tattoo on the upper back of a person wearing a blue bra, with a tiled floor and a chair in the background.
Fine line wave on upper back
Black ink tattoo on the upper back below the neck showing a bird silhouette with arrows, a flock of small birds, the Deathly Hallows triangle symbol, a trident and the words books are proof humans can
Birds, Deathly Hallows symbol and quote on upper back
Black script lettering reading Dreams are our escape from reality on the upper back near the shoulder blade, seen over a white vest top.
Script quote across upper back
Black tribal-style tattoo of a clock face with swirling bands on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Tribal clock tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two adult elephants leading three calves in a line across the upper back.
Elephant family walking across the upper back
Black and grey tattoo of three shaded roses with leaves on the upper back near the shoulder blade, seen from behind.
Three black and grey roses on a shoulder blade
Small black fine line geometric arrow tattoo running down the centre of a person's upper back, with a black strappy top framing it.
Vertical geometric arrow tattoo on upper back
Blue and black tattoo of two roosters facing a central pot with leaves, across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Two blue roosters and a pot on the back
Black ornamental mandala tattoo spanning the upper back of a woman with long dark hair draped over one shoulder.
Ornate mandala tattoo across upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Roman numeral clock face with exposed gears and a 3D cracked edge, placed on the upper back.
Cracked clock face on upper back
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind with a small solid black cross tattoo between her shoulder blades on the upper back.
Small cross tattoo on upper back
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of a horizontal line with two downward triangles, one dotted, on the upper back of a woman with her hair up.
Fine line triangles on upper back
Small black outline triangle tattoo on the upper back, seen from behind on a person with blonde hair falling forward.
Small outline triangle on upper back
Colour tattoo of a spread-winged owl perched on a lantern, with bare branches and an orange sunset, on the lower back.
Owl and lantern across the lower back
Small red lettering tattoo of a short phonetically spelled word on the lower back, above dark camouflage leggings.
Small red word tattoo on the lower back
Black and grey moth tattoo with shaded wings on the upper back, just below the base of the neck.
Moth tattoo on upper back
Back of a person with a black and grey traditional style tattoo of roses, clasped hands holding a scroll that reads Everything we left unsaid, and a small coloured rose at the left shoulder, placed
Roses and clasped hands with script across upper back
Black ink outline of a dolphin in loose, sketchy strokes on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dolphin outline on upper back
Back of a person with a thin black script lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of the spine, shown on bare skin.
Vertical script line along the spine
Black tattoo of a cross and a flock of birds rising from the shoulder, with lettering along the upper back, in a lettering style.
Cross and birds with script on upper back
Collage of four black and grey tattoos on a torso: swirling roses on the ribs, a tribal band at the waist, a dotwork mandala on the chest and a feather with script on the lower back.
Four tattoos on ribs, chest and back
Realistic green winged dragon lizard tattoo with shaded scales and a long curled tail, on the upper back of a woman with dark hair.
Green winged dragon lizard on upper back
Black and grey tree tattoo with birds rising towards the neck and a line of handwritten script across the upper back.
Bare tree, flying birds and script on upper back
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with script text on a woman's upper back, shown with gold chain body jewellery.
Sunflower and script tattoo on upper back
Dark blue dotwork tattoo of dots, strands and a teardrop pendant across a woman's upper back and down her upper arm.
Dotwork drape across the upper back
Large abstract back tattoo in black ink and red splashes, showing a vinyl record, turntable, bare tree and the word turn, placed across the back and side of the torso.
Abstract turntable and tree back piece
Black and grey realism wolf head tattoo with smoky swirls across a woman's shoulder and upper back.
Wolf head tattoo on a shoulder