Back tattoo ideas

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Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a woman with curly hair hugging a dark circular galaxy with coloured planets and a ringed Saturn, placed on the upper back.
Woman embracing a galaxy on the upper back
Black dotwork and linework tattoo of a tent, pine trees, a campfire and stars on a person's upper back.
Camping scene on upper back
Black and grey photograph of a small fine line stag head tattoo with branched antlers, placed centrally on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Small stag head on upper back
Black and grey fine line dotwork tattoo of a constellation-like design with arrows, circles and starbursts across the upper back.
Fine line constellation across the upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a compass rose, world map outline and passport stamps across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Compass and world map on shoulder
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with an om symbol on a person's upper back, with a hand resting beside it bearing the words This too shall pass.
Mandala back tattoo with om symbol
Black and grey silhouette tattoo of an adult lifting a child against a circle, placed centrally on a person's upper back.
Silhouetted figure lifting a child on a back
Small black fine line cicada tattoo with dotwork shading on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cicada tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala with small red-tipped buds tattooed across the upper back.
Lotus mandala across upper back
Black henna-style floral and dotted lace design across a person's lower back and hips, above red underwear.
Henna-style lace design on lower back
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the upper back of a woman with her hair tied up, set in a wooded background.
Lotus mandala on upper back
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo with geometric lines across a woman's upper back, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Dotwork lotus on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a raven in flight on a person's upper back, with its wing and body formed from a bare tree.
Raven and bare tree on upper back
Open book tattoo with black linework, dotwork shading and pink, blue and orange watercolour splashes on the upper back.
Open book with watercolour splashes
Colour tattoo of a lily, daisy, blue rose and peacock feather with dotted vines across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Lily, daisy and peacock feather on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a mountain, dotted sun and cable car cabins inside a triangle, on the upper back.
Mountain and cable car in a triangle on upper back
Black ink mandala-style lotus flower tattoo with dot accents on a woman's upper back, seen from behind in a wooded setting.
Mandala lotus on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a back showing a girl seated in a basket of red apples beneath tall trees and birds in flight.
Girl with apples in a wooded scene on the back
Back of a woman with her hair in an updo, showing a dotwork tattoo of dots and drops forming a pendant down the spine, with a band of dots over the upper arm.
Dotwork pendant design across a woman's back
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo with scrolling ornamental flourishes across the back of the neck and upper back.
Ornamental lotus tattoo on the upper back
Black ink lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork detail centred on a woman's upper back, with dots running above and below it.
Lotus mandala on upper back
Black and grey bare tree tattoo with fine line branches and stippled dotwork shading on the trunk and roots, across the upper back below the neck.
Bare tree tattoo across the upper back
Black and orange lotus flower tattoo with a dotted line and small star motifs below it, on a woman's upper back.
Lotus flower with dotted trail on upper back
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a sun, circles, triangles and a crescent moon on a person's upper back, drawn with fine lines and dotwork.
Geometric sun and moon on the upper back
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo with layered petals and a mandala-style centre, placed on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Lotus mandala on upper back
Black ink ornamental elephant tattoo with dotwork and mandala-style patterns across the upper back of a woman with blonde hair.
Ornate elephant on upper back
Green and teal peacock tattoo with dotwork shading and fine line feather detail on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Peacock tattoo on a upper back
Pink flamingo tattoo in dotwork style on a person's upper back, with a patterned wing and long thin legs.
Pink flamingo tattoo on upper back
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with lotus-like petals and hanging chain drops, placed across the upper back.
Mandala with hanging chains on upper back
Black and grey dotwork moth tattoo with crystal-like geometric wings on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Geometric moth on a shoulder blade
Black ornamental tattoo across a woman's upper back, resembling a jewelled necklace with a central mandala pendant, floral motifs and dotted drops, seen from behind.
Mandala necklace design across upper back
Black geometric rose tattoo with dotwork stippling and a single drip below it, placed on the upper back.
Geometric rose on upper back
Large colour tattoo on a back of a spiral serpent over a fine dotted geometric pattern, with red script strands hanging below.
Spiral serpent and script on a back
Black and grey lotus tattoo with paisley mandala linework and dotwork shading across the upper back.
Lotus and mandala on upper back
Dotwork and linework tattoo of a sitting fox with its tail curled, framed by wheat stalks, leaves and red flowers in a circle, on a person's upper back.
Fox and wreath on upper back
Black fine-line mandala tattoo with dotwork shading centred on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Mandala tattoo between the shoulder blades
Black and grey photograph of a woman seen from behind with a dotwork lotus tattoo centred on her upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Lotus tattoo on upper back
Woman seen from behind with a large black dotwork mandala tattoo across her back and mandala tattoos on both forearms.
Mandala back piece with forearm mandalas
Black and grey dotwork mandala with a solid black triangle at its centre, tattooed across the upper back of a person with a shaved head.
Mandala with solid triangle across upper back
Black and grey dotwork butterfly inside a diamond outline, tattooed centrally on the upper back below the neck.
Butterfly in a diamond on the upper back
Black ink tattoo of a hippo filled with mandala-style patterns, sitting on the upper back.
Ornamental hippo on upper back
Back tattoo of stacked planets and fine geometric lines running down the spine, mostly black and grey with one blue planet.
Stacked planets down the spine
Black dotwork mandala tattoo across the nape and upper back of a woman with her hair pinned up, shown from behind.
Ornamental mandala tattoo on upper back
Black and grey tattoo on the upper back of a feather that breaks into a flock of birds flying upwards, in fine line and dotwork shading.
Feather breaking into a flock of birds on the back
Black and grey dotwork compass rose tattoo with mandala detailing on a person's upper back, with N, E, S and W letters.
Dotwork compass rose on upper back
Back of a woman showing a black and grey geometric compass tattoo with moon phases on the shoulder, with red maze lines running down toward the shoulder blade.
Compass and maze tattoo across a shoulder blade
Black and grey tattoo of a castle, crescent moon and stars rising from an open book on the upper back, with a small circle and triangle symbol at the base of the book.
Castle rising from an open book on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a lace-style keyhole heart with leaves and teardrops across a person's upper back.
Lace heart keyhole design on upper back