Back tattoo ideas

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Realistic colour butterfly tattoo with blue-green wings and orange-red spots on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Blue butterfly on a shoulder blade
Black ink winged eagle tattoo across the upper back of a woman in a red hat and red dress, holding a red football against a black background.
Winged eagle tattoo on a woman's back
Colourful traditional-style sugar skull tattoo with red roses on a woman's upper back, seen from behind.
Sugar skull and roses on upper back
Black fine line pine tree tattoo running vertically along the middle of a person's bare upper back, with long blonde dreadlocks over one shoulder.
Pine tree tattoo on upper back
Fine line black tattoo on a person's upper back reading PURSUIT OF, followed by a chemical structure drawing of a molecule.
Pursuit of text with molecule on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged armoured knight holding a sword, covering a man's upper back.
Armoured winged knight with sword on a back
Botanical tattoo of a dandelion with a red centre and seeds drifting up across the upper back and onto the arm, shaded in black and grey.
Dandelion seeds drifting across a back and arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of three Daleks tearing through skin across a woman's upper back, with a black and grey circular gear emblem on her shoulder.
Daleks breaking through skin on upper back
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a globe with a watercolour world map, an arrow and a geometric crystal on the upper back.
Globe, arrow and crystal on upper back
Colour tattoo of a red and orange peony with dark green painterly leaves across the upper back, in a watercolour-style finish.
Watercolour peony across upper back
Japanese style full back tattoo design in colour, showing a blue oni demon, a dragon head and a scaled serpent with red claws on a torso outline.
Oni and dragon full back design
Colour botanical tattoo of a globe with sunflowers and hydrangeas spreading across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Globe and sunflowers across a upper back
Black ink botanical tattoo of roses, peony-like blooms and small blossoms with leaves, placed on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Vintage floral bouquet across the upper back
Colour tattoo of a pink blossom branch with three purple butterflies across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Butterflies and blossom branch on a shoulder blade
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bouquet of pansies and violas on the upper back of a woman with wavy blonde hair.
Pansy bouquet on upper back
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo on the upper back of a woman with long brown hair, photographed from behind.
Black cat silhouette on upper back
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey Egyptian-style cat with a gold cobra, gold collar and orange eyes, covering a person's upper back.
Egyptian cat and cobra on a back
Large black and grey back tattoo of a gothic night scene with bats, a moon, a silhouetted couple, a tower and twisted trees, with small red flowers.
Gothic night scene across a full back
Japanese-style Great Wave tattoo in teal and grey ink with a small Mount Fuji, placed on a person's upper back between the shoulder blade and shoulder.
Great Wave tattoo on upper back
Realistic green and olive lizard tattoo with black shading, climbing across the upper back of a man with short hair.
Green lizard tattoo on upper back
Full-colour Japanese-style tattoo of a red and white koi fish swimming among peonies and waves across a person's back.
Koi fish and peonies across a back
Black and grey yin yang tattoo with ornate scrollwork on the upper back of a woman with her hair tied in a ponytail.
Yin yang with swirls on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned demon with glowing eyes and clawed hand, with smoke and stone ruins, covering a person's full back.
Horned demon across a full back
Black and grey back tattoo of a sailing ship, a lighthouse and a large kraken with tentacles rising through waves, in a traditional nautical style.
Kraken, sailing ship and lighthouse across a back
Black fine line tattoo of a simple cartoon creature with large round eyes, placed on the lower back above a pair of jeans.
Cartoon creature line tattoo above jeans
Black ink tattoo of a bare tree with fine branches on the lower back of a person kneeling in black underwear, with a striped top draped over the shoulders.
Bare tree tattoo on lower back
Colourful Japanese style koi fish back tattoo across the upper and mid back of a woman seen from behind, with bookshelves in the background.
Koi fish back piece
Black and grey skull tattoo across the back of a shirtless man, with arm tattoos including a Star of David on the right arm.
Skull back tattoo with arm sleeves
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bird with a spread wing and long trailing tail feathers across a person's upper back.
Winged bird with trailing feathers on upper back
Colourful script tattoo on an upper back spelling AUTISM down the centre, with puzzle pieces in red, blue, yellow, purple and green.
Autism acrostic with puzzle pieces on upper back
Black line tattoo of an ornamental elephant with its trunk raised and a swirl of spray above it, placed on a person's upper back and shown from behind.
Ornamental elephant on upper back
Black mandala tattoo on the upper back of a woman with long dark hair, photographed from behind in a pale backless top.
Mandala tattoo on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a compass with leaves and a shaded rose across the shoulder and upper back.
Compass and rose on a shoulder
Back tattoo of a grey-shaded elephant with its trunk raised, drawn in loose black outlines with two red dots and thin dashed lines beside it.
Sketched elephant with red dots on a back
Fine line tattoos of a ringed planet and a rocket on the upper back of a woman with blue hair, seen from behind.
Saturn and rocket on upper back
Black and grey dreamcatcher and feather tattoo running down a bare back in a black and white photo, placed along the spine between the shoulder blades.
Dreamcatchers and feathers down the spine
Black and white photo of a fine script tattoo reading Spank Me with a small heart on each side, placed on the side of the lower back above the hip.
Spank Me script with hearts on the hip
Woman seen from behind with a large black and grey back tattoo of a flame-haired figure and a bird, plus an eye of Horus on her upper arm.
Large back piece and eye on upper arm
Man seen from behind with a black and grey full back tattoo of two shaded ram horns over tribal bands across the shoulders, upper arms and lower back.
Full back tattoo with ram horns and tribal bands
Pale lettering reading wit beyond measure runs across the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a lettering style.
White lettering across upper back
Large back tattoo in a watercolour and black horror collage, with a clown, a wolf, a ghost face mask and an Elm Street sign, placed across the back and shoulder.
Horror collage across a back
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with a geometric centre and hanging feathers on the upper back of a woman with her head turned away.
Dreamcatcher tattoo on upper back
Two traditional style swallow tattoos on the upper back of a person wearing a white lace top with a scooped neckline.
Two swallows on upper back
Dark paisley and floral tattoo running down the centre of a bare back, with a sea view behind.
Paisley and floral tattoo down the back
Two people seen from behind with matching black and grey fine line sun and crescent moon tattoos on their upper backs.
Matching sun and eclipse tattoos on upper backs
Full back tattoo of red poppies, pink flowers, black lace and a dragon head in mixed botanical and Japanese style across the upper and lower back.
Poppy, lace and dragon back piece
Black ink botanical tattoo of symmetrical leaves and flower buds across a woman's upper back, with her dark hair in a bun.
Symmetrical botanical tattoo on upper back
Black tribal-style fox with a curling tail and swirl detailing, tattooed on the upper back.
Tribal fox on upper back