Back tattoo ideas

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Black ink tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, surrounded by curved lettering across a person's upper back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with quote on back
Black and grey butterfly tattoo on the upper back, with its wings breaking up into flying bird silhouettes.
Butterfly dissolving into birds on upper back
Front and back views of a full body Japanese style tattoo with a large orange koi, cherry blossoms and grey waves across the back, arms, torso and legs.
Full body Japanese irezumi with koi and cherry blossom
Watercolour-style red poppy tattoo with a closed bud and long stems running down the lower back.
Red poppies down the lower back
Black outline butterfly tattoo in a fine line style on the upper back, with open, simple wings.
Outline butterfly on the back
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with a coloured sunset, palm tree and sea inside its shell, sitting on the upper back.
Sea turtle with sunset and palm tree
Blue shaded floral tattoo of hibiscus-style blooms and leaves across the upper back, in a blue-toned botanical style.
Blue floral spray on a upper back
Small fine line tree tattoo with a green bird above it, sitting on the upper back at the base of the neck.
Small tree and bird on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wolf's head in profile in front of a full moon, with a feather hanging below, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Wolf head and moon on the upper back
Black and white photo of a blackwork-style lettering tattoo reading NORMAL PEOPLE SCARE ME across the upper back below the neck.
Block lettering quote on upper back
Black linework tattoo of a sun with long wavy rays and a crescent moon, both with faces, across the upper back.
Sun and crescent moon with faces on upper back
Black and grey fine line dragonfly tattoo with a trailing stroke on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Dragonfly tattoo on upper back
Black and grey realism angel wings tattoo spanning the upper back, with a bare back and lace underwear visible.
Angel wings tattoo across the back
Black fine line script tattoo of a Galileo quote across the upper back of a person wearing a black top with a strap.
Galileo quote in fine line script on upper back
Black outline tattoo of a smiling cartoon figure with curly hair, raised arms and a star on its top, on skin, placed on the back.
Cartoon figure with star on the back
Two mirrored chicken wing tattoos on a person's upper back, shaded in brown and orange with black outlines and small white bone tips.
Mirrored chicken wing tattoos on upper back
Back view of a woman with a fine black vertical script tattoo running down between her shoulder blades, wearing a white lace off-shoulder top and taking a mirror selfie.
Vertical script tattoo on upper back
Black fine line outline of Dumbo the elephant with the words Embrace what makes you different above it, placed on the lower back.
Dumbo outline with quote on lower back
Close photograph of a black ink lettering tattoo on the back, a six-line quote set in a serif typeface with a wide, even layout.
Black lettering quote tattoo on skin
Black and grey tattoo of skull-winged butterflies with smaller faded butterflies across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Skull and butterfly wings on a shoulder blade
Black script lettering reading I mourn for those who never knew you across the upper back of a woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, in a lettering style on the back.
Script quote across upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a teal and orange beetle with a central eye and green leaves, placed on the upper back near the neck.
Traditional beetle with eye on upper back
Black and grey photo of a woman's bare upper back with a sunburst and a vertical column of planetary symbols tattooed beside the spine.
Sun and planetary symbols down a back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a fantasy map with labels including the Shire, Hobbiton and Bree, placed across a person's upper back.
Middle-earth map tattoo on a upper back
Large black and grey traditional back tattoo of a woman's face within a rose, with wings above, leaves, swallows and a lace-style border, on a person's back.
Woman's face in a rose across the back
Neo-traditional Cheshire Cat tattoo with teal eyes and teal fur highlights, surrounded by dark smoke, on the upper back.
Cheshire Cat tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Stitch, blue with pink ears and a toothy grin, on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Stitch character on upper back
Woman seen from behind with a large pink and red peony tattoo on her upper back, with grey leaves, a rock and three small butterflies, in a Japanese-influenced botanical style.
Peony and butterfly back piece
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a folding fan showing Mount Fuji and a red sun, surrounded by pink cherry blossom flowers and falling petals, with a pink ribbon, on the back.
Fan with Mount Fuji and cherry blossom
Black and grey skull tattoo with ornate filigree covering the back, with a diamond motif above the skull.
Ornate skull across a back
Realistic black and grey paw print tattoo with fur texture and stippled toe pads, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Black and grey paw print on upper back
Back of a woman with her hair in a bun, showing a black blackwork and dotwork mandala flower tattoo at the base of the neck with bold black lines sweeping over the shoulders.
Black mandala flower on upper back
Gold and silver metallic mandala temporary tattoo on a bare back, with a silver ornate design down the spine and a patterned band on the upper arm.
Metallic mandala tattoos on back and arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged, horned figure with hands pressed together, covering the full back of a shirtless man.
Winged horned figure tattoo across a back
Woman seen from behind with a black script lettering tattoo running vertically down her back, beside a long braid.
Script tattoo down the spine
Black fine line triskele tattoo with ornamental scrollwork on the upper back below the neck, in a black and grey photograph.
Triskele tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas under a large orange moon with bats and pumpkins, across the upper back.
Jack and Sally under a moon on a back
Realistic blue morpho butterfly tattoo with white dot edging on the mid back, with a grey flower tattoo visible at the upper right.
Blue morpho butterfly on the back
Black and grey neo-traditional style tattoo of roses, paisley scrollwork and a skull-like motif across a shoulder and upper back.
Rose and paisley shoulder back tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of a jester figure on a Joker playing card held by a gloved-looking hand, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Joker playing card held in a hand on the back
Black fine line dragonfly tattoo with detailed wings spread across the upper back of a person wearing a dark camisole.
Dragonfly across upper back
Black and white photo of a person leaning forward in a white knit jumper, showing a small fine line tattoo of a triangle with a circle and vertical line on the upper back.
Fine line triangle symbol on upper back
Back of a woman with a metallic gold mandala design with hanging chain details, styled as a geometric temporary tattoo on the upper back.
Gold mandala tattoo on upper back
Full-colour realism tattoo of autumn maple and oak leaves in orange, red, green and yellow across the lower back.
Autumn leaves across a lower back
Close view of a white and pale pink ornamental mandala tattoo with dark outlines on a woman's upper back, below a patterned bandana.
Ornate mandala tattoo on upper back
Botanical green fern tattoo running down the centre of a bare back, between the shoulder blades, with the hair worn up in a bun.
Green fern tattoo down the spine
Colour tattoo of a red heart with a yellow rose, blue flower, green leaves and two sonic screwdrivers over scroll banners, in a neo-traditional style on the upper back.
Heart, rose and sonic screwdrivers on back
Three grey lace-patterned butterflies with watercolour splashes in pink, teal and blue, tattooed across a person's lower back.
Lace-winged butterflies with watercolour splashes