Back tattoo ideas

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Black and grey feather tattoo with script lettering above it on the lower back, worn above a colourful bikini bottom.
Feather with script lettering on lower back
Back tattoo of a brown pile of faeces with faint wisps and small shapes above it, on a woman with her top pulled down, placed across the middle of the back.
Pile of faeces tattoo on upper back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with trailing roots across the back, shown from behind.
Bare tree with roots across a back
Black typewriter-style lettering tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder blade, set out as two lines of text.
Two-line quote across the upper back
Back view of a woman with a fine line script tattoo running down her spine and a shaded black and grey rose on her upper arm.
Script down the spine with a rose on the arm
Pink and purple butterfly tattoo with black botanical vine scrolls and leaves across the lower back.
Butterfly and vine scrolls across the lower back
Black lettering tattoo reading 'we accept the love we think we deserve' in a typewriter-style font across the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Quote tattoo across the upper back
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with green leaves and a stem running down the centre of a person's back, with script beside the stem.
Sunflower with script down the spine
Close-up of a small fine line crescent moon tattoo on a person's upper back, with a hand resting on their shoulder.
Small crescent moon on a back
Colour tattoo of sunflowers, Celtic knots, a seated fairy and a butterfly across a person's upper back, in a neo-traditional style with black outlines.
Sunflowers, Celtic knots and a fairy on a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a demon and an angel embracing beneath bat and feathered wings, placed on the upper back.
Demon and angel embrace with wings on back
Black dotwork and linework tattoo on a person's upper back showing a circular emblem with the numerals 042 inside a ring of angular script, with a small ornamental chain running up the spine.
Circular script emblem on upper back
A small tattoo of a white cat lying across a stack of books, with soft coloured splashes behind it and a tiny blue heart, placed on the upper back.
Cat asleep on a stack of books
Woman seen from behind with a small black lettering quote tattoo across the lower back, above the waistband of black trousers.
Small lettering quote on lower back
Black ornamental hamsa hand tattoo with a mandala pattern centred on a woman's upper back, photographed from behind.
Hamsa hand on upper back
Black ink tattoo of an ornate dress form with scrollwork and a fleur-de-lis top, sitting on the side of a person's upper back.
Dress form tattoo on the upper back
Black and grey fine line back tattoo of symmetrical scrollwork, acanthus leaves and radiating sunburst lines across a person's upper and mid back.
Symmetrical scrollwork back tattoo
Black and grey geometric tattoo of solid and outline circles with fine vertical lines running down the spine on a person's back.
Circles and fine lines down the spine
White ink botanical tattoo of a lotus flower with leaves and swirling vines across the upper back and shoulder blade.
White ink lotus and swirls on upper back
Black and grey rose tattoo with a long stem on a person's upper back, shaded in soft, watercolour-like washes.
Black and grey rose on upper back
Back view of a fine line black mandala tattoo with dotted accents centred on the upper back, with a hand holding the top of a grey vest.
Dotted mandala on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a stylised cat with curling scroll flourishes on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Stylised cat with swirls on upper back
Realistic tattoo across a shoulder and upper back showing torn skin that reveals an old sepia map, a blue ship's wheel compass rose and a blue fleur-de-lis.
Torn skin revealing a compass and old map
Black and grey blackwork owl tattoo with feathered wings and floral sprigs across the upper back, with hands with black nails resting on the shoulders above it.
Owl with feathered wings on upper back
Black and grey swallows flying toward an ornate baroque mirror frame tattooed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Swallows and an ornate mirror frame on upper back
Black and grey realism style mermaid tattoo with flowing hair and a scaled fish tail across a person's full back, with bubbles around the figure.
Mermaid back piece in black and grey
Sketchy black and red linework tattoo of three faces on a man's upper back, with vertical lettering running down the left side of the spine.
Three faces and vertical lettering on a back
Solid black handprint tattoo on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed from behind.
Handprint tattoo on upper back
Black and grey swallow tattoo with swept wings and a curling tail on the upper back, photographed from behind.
Swallow tattoo on upper back
Red and black lotus tattoo with an Om symbol above it on the lower back, with fine swirling linework and dotwork accents.
Om and lotus on lower back
Black lettering tattoo in flowing script reading Our scars remind us that the past is real, across a person's upper back.
Script quote across upper back
Back view of a woman with a botanical tattoo of roses and foliage across her upper back, while a cream satin dress is tied at her waist.
Floral back tattoo with cream satin dress
Black and white photo of a woman's bare back showing a fine line Greek lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of the spine.
Greek lettering down the spine
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, leaves and thorny stems with a skull on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Black and grey roses and skull on upper back
Back tattoo of two red and orange phoenixes on the shoulder blades, with black script running down the spine.
Twin phoenixes with spine script across a back
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a ponytail.
Lotus mandala tattoo on upper back
Fine line black geometric tattoo of a vertical arrow with a crescent moon and overlapping circles on a person's upper back.
Arrow, crescent moon and circles on upper back
Red poppy tattoo with a black outline, soft watercolour-style shading and a long black stem running down the centre of a person's back.
Red poppy with black stem on the back
Two women seen from behind, each with a matching black botanical tattoo of a heart-shaped tree with swirling vine branches and roots on the upper back.
Matching heart-shaped tree tattoos on two backs
Colourful watercolour style hibiscus flowers with green leaves tattooed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour hibiscus flowers on a shoulder blade
Black and grey realism style tattoo on a man's upper back showing an hourglass, a pocket watch, a skull and two roses.
Hourglass, skull and roses on a back
Black ink lettering tattoo of a block of scripture text across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Scripture lettering across a back
Traditional style tattoo of a grey skull with orange banners reading EVERYDAY IS HALLOWEEN, a bat and a spider on a web, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Skull banner with bat and spider on back
Black and grey fingerprint flower tattoo with a script word family on the upper back and shoulder, shown in two side by side photos.
Fingerprint flower with family script
Black fine line and dotwork tattoo of a botanical sprig with leaves and bell-shaped flowers curling into a spiral, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Botanical spiral sprig across the upper back
Black ink mandala and lotus tattoo in fine line style on a woman's upper back, running from the nape towards the shoulder blades.
Mandala and lotus tattoo on the upper back
Black and grey botanical bouquet tattoo with flowers, leaves and a tied ribbon on a woman's upper back, above a black lace dress.
Botanical bouquet on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of three mountain peaks on the upper back, near the shoulder blade, on a person with dark curly hair.
Mountain peaks on upper back