Back tattoo ideas

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Colour phoenix tattoo in orange, red and yellow with spread wings and purple swirls across a person's upper back.
Phoenix tattoo on upper back
Back of a woman with a fine line tattoo running down the spine from the nape, ending in small lowercase lettering that reads october, in the Fine line and Lettering style.
Thin spine line ending in the word october
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo across the upper back of a person with short hair, photographed from behind.
Mandala tattoo across upper back
Black ink tattoo of a tree inside a bold, brushed circle, placed on the upper back of a person with auburn hair.
Tree inside a brush circle on upper back
Back view of a black and grey dotwork peony cluster tattoo across the upper back, with white bra straps visible.
Black and grey peony cluster on upper back
Pink brushstroke cross tattoo with teal, orange and blue watercolour splashes across a person's upper back.
Watercolour cross on upper back
Small black fine line tree tattoo with roots and star-like motifs in the branches, placed centrally on a person's upper back below the neck.
Small tree tattoo on upper back
Black tribal-style manta ray tattoo across a woman's upper back with a tail running down the spine and a turtle tattoo near the lower back.
Manta ray and turtle tattoos on a back
Two women seen from behind show matching black heart tattoos near their left and right shoulder blades.
Matching heart tattoos on two shoulders
Fine line black ink wreath of leaves and sprigs on the upper back, near the shoulder blade and neck.
Fine line wreath on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a seated angel with large feathered wings and a halo across the upper back.
Seated angel with wings and halo on upper back
Cartoon black cat with pink ears and a pink star collar, surrounded by stippled dotwork stars, tattooed on the upper back.
Black cat and stars on upper back
Black botanical tattoo of three silhouetted birds perched on a thin vine with curls and leaves, on the upper back.
Three birds on a curling vine on the back
Small black silhouettes of birds in flight forming a loose line across the lower back, above white denim shorts.
Flock of birds on the lower back
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with shaded petals and a long thin stem, placed on a person's back.
Lotus flower on the back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded balloon and the script quote Sometimes you need to let things go, running diagonally across the upper back.
Balloon and quote across the upper back
Back view of a woman with a hair bun and pink knit jumper, showing a small fine-line black cross tattoo on her upper back near the shoulder.
Small cross tattoo on the upper back
Black fine line lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of a person's upper back, from the nape of the neck.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Close view of a fine-line black geometric arrow tattoo centred on the upper back, between the shoulder blades, with black straps crossing the skin.
Geometric arrow between the shoulder blades
Colour tattoo of an orange starfish with blue scrolling waves and small flowers on a person's upper back.
Starfish and scrollwork on upper back
Large back tattoo in a Japanese style showing a grey skull in a red swirl-patterned robe beside black linework blossom branches, on a person lying face down.
Skull in red robe with blossom branch on back
Black ink mandala-style elephant tattoo on the upper back, near the shoulder blade, with a person's long wavy hair falling across the shoulder.
Mandala elephant on a shoulder blade
Black ink tattoo of two five-petal flowers, three butterflies and sweeping swirl lines across a person's upper back and shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Flowers and butterflies on a shoulder blade
Realistic colour tattoo on a back of an armoured knight on a dark horse, raising an axe and holding an eagle shield, with smoke and fire behind.
Armoured knight on horseback with axe
Dark-outlined tree tattoo with green leaves and red and green lettering reading Money, the root of all evil, on a person's upper back.
Tree with money lettering on upper back
Black and grey shaded blackletter lettering reading Semper Fidelis across the upper back, with a 3D ribbon effect.
Semper Fidelis lettering across upper back
Colour tattoo of a pink cherry blossom branch with a black script quote above it, placed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cherry blossom quote on upper back
Abstract tattoo of overlapping black circles, red and orange shapes and scattered dots on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Abstract circles and shapes on upper back
Fine black dotwork tattoo of a small sailboat with a stippled reflection below it, placed centrally on a person's upper back.
Small sailboat with dotted reflection on upper back
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with a curling stem on the upper back of a person with dark hair, shown from behind.
Lotus flower on upper back
Black compass rose tattoo with a dotted ring, small red accents and tiny lettering around the circle, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Compass rose tattoo on upper back
Black and grey photograph of a lettering tattoo of three interlocking circles made of Latin text across a person's upper back.
Latin text in interlocking circles on upper back
Small black typewriter-style lettering on a person's upper back reads 'And indeed there will be time', shown from behind in a black bra.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black fine black ink tattoo of a physics equation with fractions, a nabla symbol and psi letters, across the upper back.
Physics equation across upper back
Black and grey realistic black widow spider with a red hourglass on a web across a person's upper back, with script lettering reading for time and all eternity and a small rose on the shoulder.
Black widow spider and web across the back
Pink watercolour-style flowers with dark stems tattooed across a person's upper back.
Pink watercolour flowers across a back
Realistic red roses with black swirling vine linework running down a person's back, in a botanical style.
Rose vine running down the back
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a bird in flight carrying a dandelion seed head in its beak, placed on the upper back.
Bird carrying a dandelion seed head
Black ink tattoo of five vertical columns of Thai-style script across the upper back.
Five columns of script on upper back
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a red rose framed by black and grey lace-like scrollwork across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Red rose on lace-style shoulder and back piece
Two people seen from behind, each with a black swirling tree tattoo on the upper back, with one also showing a pink bow tattoo beside it.
Matching swirl trees and bow on two backs
Watercolour-style dragonfly tattoo with black linework and pink, purple and teal washes on a person's upper back.
Watercolour dragonfly on the upper back
Black and grey linework tree of life inside a circle with two small red leaves, tattooed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Tree of life on a shoulder blade
Black and grey realism tattoo of a galloping horse with a soft shaded mane, sitting on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Running horse on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stern man in a peaked cap with a cross emblem, emerging from cracked skin across the upper back.
Stern man in a cap breaking through cracked skin
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo on the upper back, in a traditional style with stippled dotwork shading across the petals.
Lotus flower tattoo on the back
Watercolour-style city skyline tattoo across the upper back in red, orange and blue, with loose black linework and ink splashes.
Watercolour city skyline across upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of a pale water lily with green lily pads and an orange koi on a person's upper back.
Water lily and koi on upper back