Neck tattoo ideas

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Colour traditional tattoo on the back of a neck showing a top hat, teacup, pocket watch, playing card spades and a banner reading We're all mad here.
Mad Hatter top hat and teacup on a neck
Traditional style tattoo of praying hands with an orange cigarette and a dark pipe, shown on the neck in shaded grey with teal accents.
Praying hands with cigarette and pipe
Black and white photo of a person seen from behind with a small word tattoo reading CAT on the back of the neck, while a white cat rests against their shoulder.
Small CAT lettering on the back of the neck
Black and white photo of a traditional style swallow and rose tattoo on a man's neck, above a suit collar.
Swallow and rose on the neck
Black and grey photo of a small Let it be script lettering tattoo on the back of a neck, with the wearer's face not shown.
Let it be script on the neck
Small black fine line tattoo of a dandelion with seeds drifting away, placed on the back of a woman's neck above a grey top.
Dandelion and drifting seeds on the neck
Black dotwork crown tattoo centred on the back of a person's neck, with blonde hair pulled up above it.
Crown tattoo on the back of the neck
Black and white photo of three small fine line swallows tattooed behind a person's ear on the neck, with short hair framing the image.
Three swallows on the back of the neck
Black and white photo of a small fine line feather tattoo on the neck just behind a person's ear, with hair pulled back.
Feather tattoo behind the ear
Colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with blue feathers on the side of a person's neck, behind the ear.
Dreamcatcher and blue feathers behind the ear
Black lettering tattoo reading </head> and <body> in a bold sans-serif style on the back of the neck.
HTML head and body tags on the neck
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a thin vertical line flowing into a wavy, shaded swirl on the back of a neck.
Wavy swirl and vertical line on the nape
Watercolour-style pansies and pink petals tattooed on the side of a neck, in a soft botanical style.
Pansies and petals on the side of the neck
Black serif lettering reading two lines of latitude and longitude figures, N 34° 4' 54" and W 118° 6' 2", tattooed on the back of a person's neck.
Coordinate lettering on the back of the neck
Close-up of a realistic blue and purple rose tattoo with soft shading and detailed petals, placed on the side of a man's neck below the jaw.
Blue and purple realistic rose on the neck
Realistic colour tattoo of a German Shepherd's head with pricked ears and open mouth, placed on the back of the neck.
German Shepherd head on the back of the neck
Black fine line tattoo of a small bird with a curling tail, placed on the skin behind a person's ear.
Small bird tattoo behind the ear
Close-up of a dark ornamental paisley scroll tattoo with a dotted edge behind a person's ear, placed on the neck.
Paisley scroll tattoo behind the ear
Red outlined heart with dotted accents and black script lettering reading love, tattooed on the neck behind the ear.
Red heart and love script behind the ear
Small colour globe tattoo on the back of a person's neck, photographed from behind with hair tied up and a black printed t-shirt visible.
Small globe tattoo on the back of neck
Small solid black cross tattoo at the nape of the neck on a woman photographed from behind, with her hair tied up and a navy top.
Small black cross tattoo at the nape of the neck
Black fine line lettering reading this too shall pass with a small arrow beneath it, tattooed on the neck behind the ear.
Quote and arrow behind the ear
Black ornamental scrollwork tattoo covering the back of the neck and upper back, photographed from behind on a person with dark hair worn up.
Ornamental scrollwork tattoo on neck and upper back
Back of a woman's neck with a small black fine-lined tattoo of Roman numerals, XXXI above XIIIX, worn with a gold leaf chain.
Roman numerals on the back of the neck
Two pink daisy flowers with yellow centres and dark grey script lettering on the side of a neck and shoulder.
Pink daisies and script on neck
Fine line black sugar skull tattoo with heart and flower details on the neck below an ear, beside a silver stud earring.
Small sugar skull tattoo near the ear
Black and grey fine line Pisces zodiac symbol tattooed behind a person's ear on the neck, photographed in greyscale.
Pisces zodiac symbol behind the ear
Black ornamental fern tattoo with curling swirls sitting on the neck behind a person's ear, in a blackwork style.
Ornamental fern tattoo behind the ear
Black and grey realism tattoo of large feathered angel wings spanning the upper and mid back, with a small symbol on the nape of the neck.
Feathered angel wings across a back
Small bow tattoo with a dark outline and pink fill sitting behind a person's ear on the neck.
Small bow tattoo behind the ear
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a cartoon character with round glasses and a striped tie, placed behind the ear on the neck.
Cartoon character behind the ear
Black and grey photograph of a small, simple anchor tattoo on the back of a person's neck, with dark hair above it.
Small anchor tattoo on the back of the neck
Fine line tattoo of three stacked chevrons on the back of a woman's neck, with loose blonde hair falling over the shoulders.
Three stacked chevrons on the back of the neck
Black and white photo of a shaved-headed man seen from behind, with a large blackwork tribal tattoo across his back, shoulders and upper arm.
Blackwork tribal back and shoulder tattoo
Small solid black fleur-de-lis tattoo on the nape of a person's neck, seen from behind with hair tied up in a bun.
Fleur-de-lis on the nape of the neck
Small fine line black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and a vertical line, on the back of a neck.
Deathly Hallows symbol on the back of the neck
Traditional colour tattoo of a snarling tiger head flanked by red roses, placed on the front of the neck.
Traditional tiger head with roses on neck
Black and grey botanical tattoo of leaves and a rose bud on the side of a woman's neck, in fine line style.
Leaves and rose bud on the neck
Small solid black keyhole tattoo on the side of a woman's neck behind her ear, with her hair pulled up.
Keyhole tattoo on the side of the neck
Black and grey shaded rose with a stem and leaves tattooed on the side of a neck, just behind the ear.
Black and grey rose on the neck behind the ear
Fine line outline of a bird with a small pink heart and a blue and pink ribbon curl, tattooed on the back of the neck.
Small bird and heart on the nape
Black and grey swallow in flight tattooed on the neck behind an ear, in a Traditional style.
Swallow tattoo behind the ear
Black and grey photo of a simple bold black cross tattoo on the back of the neck, with hair falling at the top of the frame.
Simple cross on the back of the neck
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo behind a person's ear, shown in a black and white photograph.
Small cat silhouette behind the ear
Black and grey realism tattoo of praying hands above cursive script lettering, on the back of a person's neck.
Praying hands and script on the back of the neck
Black script lettering reading Love Fearlessly runs along the neck behind the ear of a woman with her hair up in a bun.
Love Fearlessly script behind the ear
Black tattoo of a stacked tiki totem with a tribal band across the nape of the neck, shown on the back of a person's neck and upper back.
Stacked tiki totem on the neck and upper back
Close-up of a small solid black crescent moon tattoo on the side of a neck, just behind the ear, with a dangling earring visible.
Small crescent moon tattoo behind the ear