Back tattoo ideas

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Shaded red hibiscus flower with black ornamental swirls across the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Red hibiscus with black swirls on upper back
Close photo of a pink, orange and yellow watercolour-style sun mandala with a central spiral and paisley petals on the upper back.
Pink sun mandala on upper back
Realistic red rose tattoo with grey shaded leaves across the upper back and shoulder.
Red rose on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo on a woman's shoulder and upper arm showing a pink hibiscus, a Roman numeral clock face with a gear, yellow plumeria and butterflies, in a realistic painted style.
Hibiscus and clock face on a shoulder
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading fear is the mind killer, running diagonally across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Fear is the mind killer script across the back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded balloon on the upper back, with the handwritten script phrase Sometimes you need to let things go trailing from its string.
Balloon and script quote on upper back
Fine line black script tattoo of a quote framed by flowers and leaves, placed on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Script quote and flowers on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman's face in a striped headscarf with black wings and red roses, on the back.
Winged woman with roses in traditional style
Black tribal-style wings with a central cross tattoo across a woman's upper back, viewed from behind.
Tribal wings and cross across a back
Fine line black tattoo of a mountain range with small birds on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Fine line mountain range on upper back
Black silhouette tattoo of a flock of bats across the upper back and shoulder blade of a woman wearing a purple macrame top.
Flock of bats on upper back
Black botanical vine tattoo of five-petalled flowers running from the neck down over the shoulder blade on a woman's back.
Floral vine tattoo across a shoulder and 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 and grey realism tattoo of a street lantern beside a quote in script lettering, on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Lantern and quote on a upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded wing joined to a flowing script letter, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Shaded wing and script letter on a shoulder blade
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree with birds flying away from its branches, on the upper back and shoulder blade.
Bare tree and birds on a shoulder
Black line tattoo of a police box with roses, poppies and leaves across a person's upper back, seen from behind.
Police box and roses across a 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 fine line tattoo of a balloon on the upper back near the shoulder blade, with the script words Sometimes you need to let things go trailing from its string.
Balloon and quote on the upper back
Black and grey realistic butterfly tattoo with dotted wing borders on the upper back, below the nape of the neck.
Monarch butterfly on upper back
Large black and grey realism tattoo across a full back showing a top-hatted goblin holding a lantern, with bats, mushrooms and skulls.
Top-hatted goblin with money bag on a full back
Black blackletter text tattoo across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade, with a hand adjusting the strap of her grey tank top.
Blackletter quote across upper back
A tattoo artist in blue gloves works with a red tattoo machine on a colourful traditional-style snake on the lower back.
Snake tattoo being inked by an artist
Colour tattoo of a seated mermaid with flowing purple hair and a green scaled tail, placed on the upper back.
Mermaid with purple hair on upper back
Back view of a man with a solid black cedar tree tattoo centred on his upper back, in a tattoo studio with flash sheets on the walls.
Cedar tree 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 blackwork sun with a solid filled centre and flame-like rays, tattooed on a woman's upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Black sun tattoo on a shoulder blade
Colour realism tattoo of a red rose, rosehips, green leaves and three paintbrushes on a person's upper back, with a red thread curling beside it.
Rose and paintbrushes across the back
Dark, intricate peacock and paisley floral design across the upper back, in a botanical style, appearing to be henna-style rather than tattoo ink.
Peacock and paisley design on upper back
Black and grey photo of a continuous single-line tattoo of a stag head with long branching antlers, placed across the upper back.
Stag head across the upper back
Large colour phoenix tattoo with spread wings in red, orange and yellow across a woman's back, shown from behind.
Phoenix across a woman's back
Colour mandala tattoo on the side of a person's torso, with a black script line on the upper back, photographed from behind.
Colour mandala tattoo and back script
Black ink tattoo of an anchor woven through an infinity symbol, with the script words 'I refuse to sink' beneath it, on a person's back.
Anchor and infinity with 'I refuse to sink' script
Small black compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W points in fine line style on the upper back of a woman with her hands in her hair.
Compass rose tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a red tulip with green and blue leaves, outlined in black, on a person's upper back below the neck.
Red tulip on upper back
A small, realistic-style tattoo of a bee in orange, yellow and black with translucent wings, placed on the upper back.
Small realistic bee on the upper back
Colour botanical tattoo of a eucalyptus branch with pink flowers and green leaves on a person's back, beside real pink eucalyptus blossom.
Eucalyptus branch tattoo with pink blossoms
Back of a woman with two traditional-style pin-up tattoos in red and grey, one with two swallows and one with an anchor, across the upper back.
Twin seated pin-up figures with swallows on a back
Black butterfly tattoo with flowing swirl linework and small butterflies across the upper back, in a fine line style.
Butterfly and swirls across upper back
Black and grey serif lettering tattoo on a person's upper back reading I am the architect of my own Destruction, with a small flourish beneath.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Traditional style tattoo of an anatomical heart formed from red anemone, white rose and orange dahlia flowers, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Anatomical heart made of flowers on upper back
Black and grey photograph of a typewriter-style lettering tattoo reading I was a drizzle and she was a hurricane, running diagonally across the upper back near the shoulder.
Typewriter quote across the upper back
Black and grey traditional back piece showing an eagle, a steamship inside a heart-shaped frame with flowers, and a snake coiled around a skull on the neck.
Traditional back piece with eagle and ship
Colour traditional-style moth tattoo in teal, pink and red on the upper back of a person with blonde hair in a bun.
Moth tattoo on upper back
Black and grey photograph of a small fine line geometric tattoo of a vertical line above a nested diamond, on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Small geometric diamond on upper back
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of blue waves running down a bare back, with pink and orange lotus flowers at the lower back.
Blue waves and lotus flowers across a back
Black script lettering reading Goonies never say die across the lower back, with soft grey shading.
Goonies never say die script on lower back
Colour tattoo of a red chrysanthemum with blue ribbon-like petals and small goldfish, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Chrysanthemum with goldfish on a shoulder blade