Back tattoo ideas

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Bare back of a person with hands clasped behind their head, showing a black tribal design across the upper back and shoulders, a spider web on one shoulder blade and a star of David on the upper arm.
Tribal back tattoo with hands behind head
Black and white photograph of a small fine line cross tattoo on a woman's upper back, near the shoulder blade, with a denim jacket slipped off one shoulder.
Small cross on upper back
Black and white photo of a small fine line arrow tattoo on the upper back, with the arrowhead pointing right.
Small arrow tattoo on upper back
Bold black lettering tattoo reading HOPE across the upper back, with the words INSIDE ALL OF US IS inside the O, in a lettering style.
HOPE lettering tattoo across the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger walking towards the viewer across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Walking tiger across a back and shoulder
Realistic owl tattoo on the upper back with black and red paint splashes and red WATCH OUT lettering across the lower half.
Realistic owl with splatter and red lettering
Black and grey shaded rose tattoo with leaves on the upper back near the shoulder blade, with bold outlines and soft grey shading.
Black and grey rose on the upper back
Watercolour-style tattoo of dandelion seeds drifting across the upper back, with pink, blue, green and orange washes beside the shoulder blade.
Watercolour dandelion seeds on upper back
Black ink Hello Kitty outline filled with peony and blossom flowers in a traditional style, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Hello Kitty outline filled with peonies
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a constellation of dots and star clusters across a shoulder blade and upper arm.
Dotted constellation across a shoulder
Two women seen from behind with matching black script and infinity symbol tattoos on their upper backs, one with a feather and one with an anchor.
Matching infinity tattoos with feather and anchor
Fine line script tattoo running vertically down the spine on a person's bare back, shown in a sepia-toned photograph.
Script line running down the spine
Colourful geometric ram head tattoo in pink, purple, red and blue across the upper back of a person with dark hair.
Geometric ram head on upper back
Black outline tattoo of California poppies with stems and fern-like foliage on a woman's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
California poppies across upper back
Black and white photo from behind of a woman with her hair in a bun, showing a fine line paisley and floral tattoo across her upper back and shoulder blade.
Paisley floral tattoo across upper back
Colour and black ink tattoo of a dark scorpion climbing a green stem beneath an orange lily, with black swirling tendrils, on a person's upper back.
Scorpion and lily on the upper back
Small fine line tattoo of a spotted fawn beside pink and red peonies with green stems and leaves, placed on the upper back.
Fawn and peonies on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of mountains, a crescent moon and stars inside a diamond frame, with pine trees at the base, on the upper back.
Mountain landscape in a diamond frame on the back
Small black script tattoo on the upper back of a woman with a fishtail braid, holding a watermelon slice on a beach.
Small script tattoo on a woman's upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a red rose with rosebuds and two butterflies, one orange and black and one blue, across the upper back.
Realistic rose and butterflies on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of the outline of Africa with a small heart near the east coast, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Africa outline with a heart on the upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of a pink lily with yellow stamens and two dragonflies on the upper back.
Pink lily and dragonflies on the upper back
Colour rose and grey shaded skull tattoo with leaves on the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a realistic style.
Rose and skull on the shoulder blade
Four shaded colour butterfly tattoos spread across a woman's bare upper back, with orange, red and teal wings.
Four butterflies across a back
Colour tattoo of a red poppy with grey-green leaves and stem on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Red poppy on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of a fairy with pink wings above a flower, with two butterflies and a trail of stars across the lower back.
Fairy, butterflies and stars on lower back
Black and grey tattoo of a galloping horse with a flowing tail, shaded with light highlights, on the upper back.
Running horse on upper back
Woman seen from behind with realistic butterfly tattoos across her upper back, above a tied bikini top, on a sunny beach.
Realistic butterflies across a back
Close view of a woman with curly hair and gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos with ornate scroll patterns on her forearm, hand, upper arm and back.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos
Full body Japanese style tattoo covering a man's arms, chest, back and legs, with a dragon, cherry blossoms, clouds and waves in bright colour on grey shading.
Full body Japanese bodysuit tattoo
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a four-line quote across the lower back of a woman in a navy cut-out top.
Four-line quote tattoo on lower back
Two photos side by side showing a small solid black crescent moon tattoo, fine line style, on the inner wrist in black and white and on the upper back in a warm sepia tone.
Small crescent moon on wrist and upper back
Fine line blue ink tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with flags and waves, placed on the upper back below the nape of the neck.
Sailing ship tattoo on upper back
Realistic brown horse tattoo with a flowing dark mane on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Horse with flowing mane on a shoulder blade
Woman seen from behind on a beach, wearing a backless lace dress, with a fine-line black script tattoo running vertically down her back.
Fine script tattoo down a bare back
Two women seen from behind with matching script quote tattoos on their upper backs, one reading Always together never apart and the other reading Maybe in distance but never in heart.
Matching quote tattoos on upper backs
Black and grey Capricorn sea goat tattoo with curled horns and a scaled fish tail, covering most of the upper back.
Capricorn sea goat across a back
Black and grey pine tree tattoo on the upper back of a woman seated from behind on green bedding.
Pine tree tattoo on upper back
Black and grey script tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade, with swirling lines, small birds drifting from a dandelion seed head.
Dandelion, birds and script on upper back
Black swallow tattoo with a red throat on the upper back of a person with dark hair tied in a ponytail, wearing a floral top.
Swallow tattoo on upper back
Black geometric linework tattoo of a diamond shape with interlocking triangles on the upper back, below the neck, on a person wearing a cream open-back top.
Geometric diamond tattoo on upper back
Black ink tattoo of a lace and mandala necklace with teardrop drops and dotted chains across the upper back, in dotwork style.
Lace necklace design across upper back
Realism style tattoo of a rearing winged horse with red and orange flame lines, across a man's upper back and shoulder blade.
Winged horse with flames across a back
Black script tattoo reading To live would be an awfully big adventure runs down the centre of a woman's back, with small stars above it.
Quote tattoo running down the spine
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage typewriter on the back, with a quote above and the words think, write, create below.
Typewriter with quote across the back
Fine line tattoo of a red watercolour-style poppy at the top of a woman's back, with a thin stem and cursive script running down the spine.
Red poppy with script down the spine
Black script lettering reading I was given this life because im strong enough to live it, across the upper back in a lettering style.
Script quote across upper back
Black script lettering reading 'my daddy will kill you' with ornamental scrollwork, tattooed on the lower back above the waistband of a white top.
Script quote with scrollwork on lower back