Back tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of an underwater scene with glowing jellyfish, a lionfish and seahorses across a person's back.
Underwater scene with jellyfish across a back
Fine line black script reading hakuna matata with small flying birds, tattooed across the upper back at the nape of the neck.
Hakuna matata script with birds on the neck
Black and grey shark tattoo in a sketchy, stippled style on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Shark tattoo on upper back
Black ink infinity symbol with the word family in script and small birds, tattooed on the lower back.
Infinity family script with birds on lower back
Black and grey shaded moth tattoo with spread wings across the upper back of a woman whose head is turned away.
Shaded moth on upper back
Large black and grey realism angel wings tattoo spread across a person's upper back, with feathers shaded in fine detail.
Angel wings across the upper back
Colourful watercolour-style owl tattoo with orange, blue and green feathers on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Colourful owl on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale curling around a peony on the upper back, with fine outline linework.
Whale and peony on upper back
Colour tattoo of a peacock feather in green, teal and blue with a black outline, centred on a woman's upper back between the shoulder blades.
Peacock feather on upper back
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a compass rose with a sun face at its centre, placed across the upper back.
Compass rose with sun face on upper back
Back of a woman in a black bra showing a grey shaded botanical tattoo of a blossom branch with pink flowers and green leaves, running from the shoulder blade down the side of the back.
Blossom branch down a woman's back
Black script tattoo reading Always on my mind, forever in my heart across a woman's upper back, shown in black and white.
Script quote across upper back
Black and white photo of a woman's upper back with a tiny fine line heart tattoo near the shoulder blade, seen through a strappy black swimsuit.
Small heart tattoo on upper back
Fine line tattoo of a grey sloth hanging from a red balloon on the upper back, with the string drawn in black.
Sloth hanging from a red balloon on upper back
Black and white photo of fine-line script reading 'with every heartbeat' across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
With every heartbeat script on upper back
A woman in a white lace backless wedding dress on a beach, showing large dark black and grey tattoos on her upper back and arm while holding a white bouquet.
Back and arm tattoos at a beach wedding
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red scrolled heart with orange lilies, green leaves and a black silhouette, on a person's upper back.
Heart, lilies and leaves on upper back
Collage of four fine line script tattoos in black ink, on a forearm, a wrist, an arm and the upper back.
Four script tattoos on arms and back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger's head in profile on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Tiger head in profile on the upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a treble clef entwined with swirling vines and leaves, on the upper back below the nape of the neck.
Treble clef and vine swirls on upper back
Black fine script lettering of a scripture verse across the upper back of a woman with long wavy hair and a white strapless dress.
Scripture lettering across upper back
Black dotwork tattoo of a slender tower with a round top, running vertically down the centre of a person's upper back.
Dotwork spire tattoo down the upper back
Black ink tattoo of the words so it goes in a typewriter-style font with a long arrow beneath, on the upper back, in a black and white photo.
"so it goes" lettering with arrow
Two black and white photos of script lettering tattoos, one reading Alone we are strong and the other Together we are stronger, each with a small bird, on the upper back.
Alone and together quote tattoos with birds
Colour tattoo of a spotted leopard prowling along a branch across a woman's upper back, shaded in a realistic style.
Leopard on a branch across upper back
Circular colour tattoo of Van Gogh's The Starry Night on the middle of a person's back, showing swirling blue sky, yellow stars and a dark cypress tree.
Starry Night circle tattoo on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sailing ship in a stormy sea covering a person's back, with the ship's rigging and sails rendered in fine detail.
Sailing ship in a storm across a back
Full-colour Art Nouveau tattoo of a woman in profile within a circle of zodiac signs, across the upper back.
Art Nouveau woman with zodiac halo on back
Black dotwork lotus mandala tattoo centred on a woman's upper back, with a line of dots above and below.
Black lotus mandala tattoo on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo of an owl with a geometric cube pattern on its chest, perched on a branch with red and green leaves, across a person's upper back.
Owl on a branch across the upper back
Black fine line geometric tattoo of stacked diamonds and an arrow point running down the upper back of a person with their hair tied up.
Geometric diamond and arrow tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of two purple lilac flower heads with green leaves and a stem on the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Lilac sprig across a shoulder blade
Photograph of a realistic pink butterfly tattoo with black edging and a dark cast shadow, placed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pink 3D butterfly on the upper back
Black ink tattoo of a circular geometric emblem above the stacked words THE SUIT AND I ARE ONE, placed at the nape and upper back.
Circle emblem and quote on the upper back
Black and grey feather tattoo with shaded detail on the lower back of a woman with a long fishtail braid, seen from behind.
Feather tattoo on a lower back
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree growing from an open book with small birds in flight, placed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Bare tree growing from an open book on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back and shoulder blade showing a Roman numeral clock face with autumn maple leaves and black crows in a watercolour style.
Clock, maple leaves and crows on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of two profiles facing each other on the upper back, with a woman's hair in a bun visible above.
Two profiles in fine line on upper back
Fine line black script reading Until the very end, with a small lightning bolt at its end, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Until the very end script on upper back
Small black lettering reading LOVE NOTHING in plain capitals across the upper back near the shoulder blade, shown in a close photo of skin.
Love Nothing lettering on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a leafy branch with peaches spanning a person's upper back and shoulder, shown in three photographs.
Peach branch across a back and shoulder
Black and grey photograph of a fine line script tattoo reading there is no one alive who is youer than you, with a small flower line drawing, on the upper back.
Script quote with small flower on upper back
Neo-traditional back tattoo of Mufasa standing on a rock beside a circular sunrise with Mufasa and Simba silhouettes and the words Remember Who You Are.
Mufasa and Simba sunrise across the back
Two people seen from behind by a river, a man with a large black and grey crown tattoo across his upper back and a woman with a small crown tattoo on her upper back.
Crown tattoos on two people's backs
Colour botanical tattoo of pink and purple lilies, green vines and blue butterflies across a person's back and side.
Lilies and butterflies across a back
Black linework tattoo of a circular botanical design with swirls, leaves and a bud, on the upper back near the neck.
Ornamental botanical circle on upper back
Black ink tattoo of a crescent moon with ornamental filigree and a sun with radiating points, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Crescent moon and sun on upper back
Woman seen from behind with a fine line botanical vine tattoo of leaves and flowers across her back, shoulder and upper arm.
Botanical vine tattoo across a woman's back