Back tattoo ideas

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Woman seen from behind in a black dress, showing black and grey floral and bird tattoos across her back, upper arm and forearm.
Floral and bird tattoos on back and arms
Collage of four photos: two matching traditional-style forearm tattoos of linked hands in front of an orange sun, a tiny eye tattoo on the upper back, lettering reading LOVE, HOPE and DREAM on the
Four small matching tattoos on arms and back
Small colour tattoo of a green four-leaf clover with a dark centre and shaded petals, placed on the lower back beside jeans and a blue fabric.
Green four-leaf clover on lower back
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of two ornate, scrolling fish curving down the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Ornamental fish tattoo on upper back
Black script lettering reading this too shall pass across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote on upper back
Solid black tattoo of a cross with three birds flying upwards above it, placed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cross and three birds on upper back
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo centred on the upper back, with a row of dots running down from it.
Lotus mandala on upper back
Black and grey tattoos of wings across a shirtless man's upper back and shoulder, with script and detailed shading on the upper arm.
Winged back piece with script on the shoulder
Black and grey dragon tattoo across the upper back with Chinese characters above and below, shown on a woman with her hand raised to her head.
Dragon and characters down a woman's back
Black script reading Love me for who i am across the upper back, with a small bird and a shaded butterfly near the shoulder.
Quote and butterflies near the shoulder
Fine line tattoo of a bird with outstretched wings and curling swirls below it on a person's upper back, with a small pink accent at the centre.
Bird with swirls on upper back
Colour tattoo of a vintage-style map of the Great Lakes with a compass rose, across a person's upper back, with their head cropped out of frame.
Great Lakes map and compass across a back
Two photos of a purple, pink and blue owl tattoo with paint-splash details on the upper back, shown in a watercolour style.
Watercolour-style owl on upper back
Colour tattoo of a blue-grey pipe shape with pink joints across the lower back, with jeans waistband pulled down.
Pipe tattoo across the lower back
Bare back of a woman with a long black blackwork line tattooed from the nape of the neck down the centre of the spine.
Single black line down the spine
Full back tattoo in realism style showing a red-haired woman in a red hood holding a lantern, with a snarling wolf above her on the upper back.
Lantern-carrying woman and wolf on a back
Small black fine line tattoo of a dragonfly with detailed wings on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Fine line dragonfly on upper back
Black and grey mountain range tattoo with hatched peaks, pine trees and a dotted diamond border, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Mountain range tattoo on upper back
Black and grey realistic wolf head tattoo across the upper back of a person lying face down on a bed.
Realistic wolf head on a back
Black and grey tattoo of three ornately patterned elephants walking in a line, with trunks linked, across the upper back.
Three patterned elephants walking across a back
Black serif capital lettering tattooed vertically down the centre of a person's lower back, shown in a Lettering style on the Back.
Vertical lettering down the spine
Large black and grey realism tiger tattoo covering a man's back, with bamboo leaves framing the big cat as it steps forward.
Tiger and bamboo back piece
Colour tattoo of Eeyore the donkey hanging upside down from a red balloon on the upper back, in a neo-traditional style.
Eeyore hanging from a red balloon on upper back
Black fine line outline of the world map tattooed across a woman's upper back, seen from behind against patterned wallpaper.
World map outline tattoo on upper back
Geometric tribal diamond column in gold ink running down the middle of a woman's back, photographed from behind on a sunny beach.
Diamond column tattoo down the spine
Close photo of a fine line tattoo of a sitting cat with a curled tail on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Sitting cat fine line tattoo on upper back
Fine line black outline of the world map tattooed across a person's upper back and left shoulder blade, with dark hair falling over the right side.
World map outline across upper back
Colour tattoo across a person's upper back showing a red-haired mermaid on a rock beneath a cratered moon against a blue, orange and green nebula.
Mermaid on a rock beneath a moon on the back
Black fine line infinity symbol tattoo with the words life and love in script on the lower back, with an anchor hanging from the loop.
Infinity anchor with life and love script
Two people stand side by side showing matching small solid black tattoos of three dots in a row on their upper backs near the shoulder.
Matching three-dot tattoos on two backs
Colour cartoon-style tattoo of the Vault Boy character giving a thumbs up inside a dark grey cog, on skin of the back.
Vault Boy thumbs up in a gear
Realistic colour tattoo of a peanut with a textured brown shell and dark shading, sitting on the lower back above white jeans.
Realistic peanut tattoo on lower back
Black and grey phoenix tattoo with spread wings and a long feathered tail across a person's upper back.
Phoenix across upper back
Two people sit side by side showing black fine line script tattoos on their upper backs, one reading Together forever, never apart and the other reading maybe in distance, but never in heart.
Matching script quotes on two upper backs
Black dotwork and linework lotus tattoo with mandala-style petals and single dots above and below, sitting on the upper back.
Dotwork lotus flower on the upper back
Black linework origami crane tattoo with a blue and purple watercolour wash on the upper back, in a fine line and geometric style.
Origami crane with watercolour wash on upper back
Black ink lace-style ornamental tattoo covering a woman's back, running from the neck down the spine.
Black lace-style ornamental tattoo on a back
Black and grey fine line lotus mandala tattoo with dangling drop details on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Lotus mandala tattoo on upper back
Black script reading dream by day with a bird perched on a branch on the upper back, beside a Celtic knot tattoo on the upper arm.
Dream by day script and bird on shoulder
Solid black brush-stroke tattoo running down the side of a man's back beside the spine, shown in a close-up panel beside it.
Black brush stroke down a back
Realism tattoo of a shaded skull with a red rose above it and red and black splatter effects, on a person's upper back.
Skull and red rose on upper back
Two photos of a black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the lower back, shown close up and at a wider angle.
Black and grey mandala on the lower back
Colour tattoo of a hot air balloon with three portrait medallions, a lettered basket and an anchor, in neo-traditional style with dotwork, on a person's upper back.
Hot air balloon with portraits on upper back
Black ink crescent moon tattoo with ornamental patterned linework and scrollwork on a person's upper back, shown from behind.
Ornate crescent moon on upper back
Watercolour-style macaw tattoo in red, orange and blue spreading across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Watercolour macaw on upper back
Close-up of a fine-line black script tattoo reading Today is a gift on the upper back of a person with short dark hair.
Today is a gift script on upper back
Colour tattoo of pink, purple and teal flowers, butterflies and small stars in a sweeping vertical line across a person's back.
Flowers, butterflies and stars down a back
Colour fine line tattoo of a nerve cell with branching dendrites and an orange axon, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Neuron tattoo on upper back