Back tattoo ideas

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Fine line black palm tree tattoo on a bare upper back near the shoulder, with long highlighted hair falling beside it against a pale blue background.
Palm tree on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant spraying water from its trunk, with birds flying above, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Elephant and flying birds on a back
Two people show matching black and grey script name tattoos with footprint outlines, one on the side of the ribs and one on the upper back.
Matching script name and footprint tattoos
Black and grey shoulder tattoo of two roses with scrollwork, lace-like filigree and dangling beaded chains, shown from the back and from the upper arm.
Rose and lace shoulder piece in black and grey
Fine line abstract tattoo of arcs, dashed lines and two shaded spheres across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Abstract lines and spheres across a back
Neo-traditional tattoo of a yellow songbird carrying a red banner with lettering, with black sprigs, on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Yellow songbird with banner on shoulder
Colour tattoo of a red octopus with purple-tipped tentacles across a man's upper back and shoulder, in a neo-traditional style.
Red and purple octopus across back and shoulder
Black and white photo of a fine line world map outline tattoo across a person's upper back.
World map outline on upper back
Colour tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a turquoise feathered headdress above pink and purple flowers, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Feathered headdress profile on upper back
Watercolour-style tattoo on a person's upper back, showing a thin black vertical line down the spine with a purple heart shape and a yellow-green clover beside it.
Clover and heart on upper back
Black script lettering tattoo of a four-line rhyming verse across the upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Four-line script verse on upper back
Black ink botanical tattoo of a scrolling vine with leaves and a shaded flower across the lower back and hip.
Scrolling vine and flower on lower back
Black lettering tattoo of a quote in a typewriter font across the lower back, reading she slept with wolves without fear, for the wolves knew a lion was among them.
Quote tattoo in typewriter font on lower back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an attack helicopter above a uniformed figure, placed on the upper back.
Attack helicopter and soldier on upper back
Large black and grey eagle with red flame accents tattooed across a person's upper and mid back, in a Japanese style.
Eagle with red flames across the back
Fine line black infinity symbol with the script words and beyond across the upper back, viewed from behind just below the neck.
Infinity symbol with script on upper back
Fine line black geometric tattoo of a vertical ornament with diamonds and lines on the upper back, between the straps of a dark top.
Vertical geometric ornament on the upper back
Colourful ornamental hummingbird tattoo with swirling patterns in pink, green, blue and red, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornamental hummingbird on upper back
Four black and grey shaded butterflies tattooed on the upper back, decreasing in size from the lower left towards the neck.
Four butterflies across the upper back
Black and grey tattoo of five moon phases stacked vertically down the centre of a person's back, from full moon at the top to an outlined new moon at the bottom.
Five moon phases down the spine
Black and grey photograph of a bare back with arms raised overhead, showing a shaded rose and script tattoo on one upper arm and a small bird tattoo on the upper back.
Raised arms with rose and bird tattoos
Two people seen from behind showing matching black fine line script reading I am because you are on the upper shoulder and upper back.
Matching script quote tattoos on shoulders
Colour tattoo of a tree on a person's upper back, with bare branches and yellow leaves on the left and red and green foliage on the right.
Seasonal tree across a shoulder blade
Back of a woman's neck and shoulders showing a colourful sugar skull moth tattoo on the neck and a large black and grey Japanese back piece with a pagoda, moon and geisha.
Sugar skull moth on neck with Japanese back piece
White ink tattoo of an ornate paisley and mandala design on the upper back of a person with blonde hair.
White ink paisley tattoo on upper back
Black and grey shaded tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised, on the lower back above the waistband of grey underwear.
Elephant with raised trunk on the lower back
Two women seen from behind, each with a fine line black feather tattoo on the upper back, with small birds flying off the feathers.
Matching feather and bird tattoos on backs
Black, red and blue sketch-style tattoo of a car with paint splashes and a checkered flag on a person's upper back.
Car sketch with paint splashes on upper back
Black and grey realistic feather tattoo with small flying birds on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Feather and birds on upper back
Colour tattoo of four peony flowers in red, pink and orange with green leaves, running down the spine on a person's back.
Peony flowers down a back
Black tribal-style dragon tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade, with a black bra strap visible.
Tribal dragon on upper back
Colour tattoo of a galaxy inside a circle, crossed by a black spiral and dotted crosshair lines, on the upper back.
Galaxy circle with spiral on upper back
Full back Japanese-style tattoo in bright colour showing a woman in a kimono, a tiger, butterflies, a leopard, koi fish and cherry blossom across the back.
Full back Japanese tattoo with tiger and koi
Realism style tattoo of a kneeling winged angel holding a red flower, placed on a person's lower back.
Kneeling angel with red flower on lower back
Black fine-line Om symbol inside an ornate mandala tattoo on the upper back, near the shoulder blade, beside a long braid tied with copper bands.
Om symbol in a mandala on upper back
Black script lettering reading For those I love, I will sacrifice across the upper back, with a gloved hand at the lower edge of the frame.
Script quote across the upper back
Realistic pink and black butterfly tattoo with a soft drop shadow on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pink 3D butterfly on upper back
Small botanical tattoo of a green and yellow leaf on a stem, sitting on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Small green leaf on upper back
Woman seen from behind on a beach, with a metallic gold botanical vine of pointed leaves running down the centre of her back.
Gold leaf vine running down the spine
Back view of a dark grey ornamental tattoo between the shoulder blades, with a cream crochet open-back top and a grey sweater shown in a side panel.
Dark grey ornate tattoo on upper back
Collage of six butterfly and moth tattoos on the back, thigh and upper arm, in watercolour, neo-traditional and bold outline styles.
Butterfly and moth tattoos on skin
Colour tattoo of a green cartoon hummingbird with a long beak and pink patches on the upper back.
Green cartoon hummingbird on upper back
Small black fine line tattoo of a cyclist riding a bicycle whose wheels form an infinity symbol, placed on a person's upper back.
Cyclist silhouette within an infinity loop
Woman in a black strappy dress showing a black ornate ornament tattoo on her upper back and a black mandala tattoo on her forearm.
Mandala and ornament tattoos on back and forearm
Realistic pink lotus flower tattoo on the upper back, with soft shading that makes the petals look three-dimensional on a woman's skin.
Pink lotus on upper back
Colour tattoo of music staves, notes, butterflies and a red hibiscus running up a woman's side and back.
Music staves and hibiscus down the side of back
Black and grey fine line feather tattoo with a small initial at the quill, sitting on the lower back.
Feather tattoo on lower back
Full back tattoo of geisha portraits and pink cherry blossom branches in a Japanese style, shaded in grey across the back.
Geisha and cherry blossom back piece