Neck tattoo ideas

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Two photographs show an abstract splatter tattoo with black lines, grey wash and teal and red dots, one across a woman's upper back and neck and one on an inner forearm.
Abstract splatter tattoos on neck, back and forearm
Small fine line tattoo of the Eiffel Tower with a red heart, placed on the neck behind an ear.
Eiffel Tower and heart behind the ear
Back of a person's head showing a colourful mandala tattoo in red, teal and green on the nape above a fade of green dots, with purple hair in a top knot.
Mandala and dotwork tattoo on the nape
Three realistic black and grey butterfly tattoos with soft shadows, one near the neck and two across the upper back and shoulder.
Three butterflies on neck and upper back
Black silhouette tattoos of Alice, a white rabbit, a top hat, a teacup and a small heart on skin behind the ear, shown in a circular collage.
Alice in Wonderland silhouettes on the neck
Black and grey tattoo on the back of a neck showing a shaded butterfly with the word Faith in script and small stars along a swoosh, in lettering style.
Butterfly and Faith script on the neck
Small fine line black cat outline tattooed on the back of a woman's neck, with a tabby cat on her shoulder.
Small cat outline on the back of the neck
Colour tattoo of a lotus flower with a semicolon beneath it, placed at the back of the neck, shaded in pink and purple with teal outlines.
Lotus flower with semicolon at the nape
Back of a neck showing a small grey line-drawn figure tattoo below the hairline, beside a shaved geometric undercut pattern.
Small grey neck tattoo beside an undercut
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo reading LXXVI in Roman numerals, placed on the back of a person's neck below a hair bun.
Roman numerals LXXVI on the back of the neck
Black and grey shaded Celtic triquetra knot enclosing a heart, tattooed at the base of the back of the neck, with a dangling earring visible beside it.
Celtic triquetra with heart on the neck
Black and grey photo of two small stacked chevrons, a fine line geometric tattoo, on the back of a woman's neck below the hairline.
Double chevron on the back of the neck
Back of a woman's neck showing a small black fine line Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and a vertical line, above a knitted grey sweater.
Deathly Hallows symbol on the neck
Close view of a black ink paisley and floral tattoo covering the neck and upper chest, in a blackwork botanical style.
Black paisley and floral neck and chest tattoo
Man seen from behind on a motorcycle, showing a traditional-style rose and spiderweb tattoo on his forearm and ink at his neck.
Rose and spiderweb forearm tattoo on a biker
Small solid black swallow tattoo on the nape of a woman's neck, shown from behind with her dark hair in a bun.
Small swallow tattoo at the nape
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading let it be behind a person's ear on the neck, in a sepia photograph.
Let it be script tattoo on the neck
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a stag head with antlers on the back of a woman's neck, photographed from behind with her hair in a bun.
Small stag head tattoo at the base of the neck
Collage of three black fine line tattoos: a geometric star symbol on the upper chest, outlined hands holding planets and stars on the upper arm, and moon phases with symbols on the back of the neck.
Fine line tattoos: geometric, hands and moon phases
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotted shading and a bead border, running from the nape of the neck down the upper back.
Mandala tattoo on the neck and upper back
Two photos of a traditional style neck tattoo showing a red jewel set inside an ornate heart frame beside a black and grey rose on the neck.
Red gem heart and rose on the neck
Black and grey shaded bow tattoo with an outlined loop and tails on the nape of a person's neck, with hair pinned up above it.
Bow tattoo on the nape of the neck
Back of a person's neck showing a tapering solid black line with a dotwork fade at the top, in blackwork and dotwork style at the nape.
Tapering black line with dotwork fade on the nape
Small black silhouettes of birds flying up the back of a woman's neck behind her ear, with her hair in a braid.
Flying birds up the back of the neck
Black and grey engraved-style tattoos of a hammer, axe, chisel, pliers and folding rule scattered across a man's neck.
Vintage hand tools across the neck
Black and white photo of the back of a person's head showing a small black tattoo of curved arcs and a solid shape on the neck, behind the ear.
Small black arc and shape tattoo behind the ear
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open toothed jaw with a snake wrapping through it on a man's neck, with a coloured eye in a triangle on the chest below.
Toothed creature jaw and snake on neck
Fine line black tattoo of cupped hands, an eye motif, branch shapes and moon phases on the back of a neck.
Hands and symbols on the back of the neck
Neo-traditional feather tattoo in yellow, orange and red with swirling black linework on the neck behind an ear.
Ornate feather tattoo behind the ear
Small black zigzag wave tattoo on the neck behind an ear, in a fine line style.
Zigzag wave tattoo behind the ear
Small giraffe tattoo with black outlines and brown and grey spotting, placed on the neck behind the ear.
Giraffe tattoo behind the ear
Two people with interlocked arms show black script tattoos: Every Saint Has A Past on a woman's forearm and Every Sinner Has A Future on a man's forearm.
Matching Every Saint and Sinner forearm tattoos
Small coloured botanical tattoo of pansies and petals on the side of a person's neck, below the ear.
Pansies and petals on the side of the neck
Small black fine line tattoo of a looped symbol on the back of a person's neck, with hair falling across the top of the frame.
Looped symbol tattoo on the back of the neck
Small black outline heart tattoo on the neck behind the ear of a person with a ponytail, in fine line style.
Small heart outline behind the ear
Side view of a neck with a realistic greyscale eye tattoo with a blue iris, set within a flame-like shape, a colour leaf design to the right and script lettering below.
Realistic eye tattoo on the side of the neck
Small black lettering of the letter A tattooed at the nape of a woman's neck, above a pink satin dress with a jewelled neckline.
Small letter A tattoo at the nape of the neck
Black fine-line script lettering tattoo running vertically down the nape and upper back of a person with short hair.
Vertical script tattoo down the nape
Small black line tattoo at the nape of a person with red and black layered hair, photographed from behind against a magenta painted backdrop.
Small line tattoo at the nape
Close side view of a tiny solid black cat silhouette tattoo on the neck just behind the ear, with several ear piercings visible.
Small black cat tattoo behind the ear
Close-up of three small red pixel-style hearts with black outlines tattooed on the back of a person's neck, with a white lace top and gold zip below.
Three pixel hearts on the back of the neck
Back view of a woman with a small heart tattoo on her neck, a red rose and grey vine tattoo on her left shoulder and upper arm, and a crown tattoo on her right shoulder.
Rose, vine and crown tattoos on shoulders
Hairless sphynx cat with black and grey ornamental tattoos on its neck, beside a tattooed human upper arm showing a woman's portrait.
Sphynx cat with neck tattoos beside a tattooed arm
Collage of small black fine line tattoos: two triangles on the wrists, a deer head on the back of the neck, a tiny mark on a finger, and a palm tree on the upper arm.
Small fine line tattoos: triangles, deer and palm tree
Small black fine line botanical tattoo of a curved sprig with tiny branches on the back of a person's neck.
Small fine line sprig on the back of the neck
Small red fleur-de-lis tattoo with dark shading on the back of a person's neck, with a hand holding up their hair.
Red fleur-de-lis on the back of the neck
Back of a woman's neck and upper back with a large black-ink ornamental mandala tattoo in fine line detail, with her dark hair tied up.
Ornate mandala tattoo across neck and upper back
Small black bird silhouette tattoo on the back of the neck of a person with short auburn hair, photographed from behind.
Small bird tattoo on the back of the neck