Profile tattoo ideas

302 photos and flash · 22% Traditional, 19% Fine line · Upper arm most common

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Black and grey lettering tattoo on the upper back, with flourished script inside a teardrop of scrollwork around a silhouetted head and sailing ship.
Script and silhouette on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a mother and child in profile on the lower back, above a white top.
Fine line mother and child on the back
Colour realism tattoo on the back of a woman's profile inside an outline map of Africa, with a beaded necklace and white and red headdress.
Woman in profile within a map of Africa
Script reading The heart of an Indian beside a profile headdress tattoo on the lower back, mostly black and grey with small red accents.
Script lettering and feathered headdress on back
Fine line black tattoo of two faces in profile, almost touching, on a woman's upper back between the shoulder blades.
Two profiles almost touching on upper back
Realistic black and grey portrait of a man in a feathered headdress, shown in profile, set within a geometric mandala tattooed across a back and shoulder.
Feathered portrait with geometric mandala on back
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a head in profile with hair pinned up, on the upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed from behind.
Profile silhouette on upper back
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a woman's upper back, showing a profile silhouette with a ship inside it, surrounded by looping script.
Profile silhouette and script on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of an Art Nouveau style woman within a circular frame, covering the middle of a person's upper back.
Art Nouveau woman in a circle on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of two facing profile outlines on the lower back, with a single unbroken line style.
Two facing profiles in fine line
Blue line tattoo of a figure in profile with closed eyes on the upper back, drawn in a simple outline style.
Blue outline figure on upper back
Full-colour Art Nouveau tattoo of a woman in profile within a circle of zodiac signs, across the upper back.
Art Nouveau woman with zodiac halo on back
Fine line black tattoo of two profiles facing each other on the upper back, with a woman's hair in a bun visible above.
Two profiles in fine line on upper back
Black and grey ornate lion head tattoo in profile with a patterned geometric mane, on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Ornate lion head on upper back
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a large skull beside a woman's face in profile, with a skeletal hand around her neck, across the upper back.
Skull and woman's profile on a back piece
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a feathered archer drawing a bow, placed on the upper back.
Feathered archer with bow on upper back
Traditional style colour tattoo on a upper back of a woman in profile with dark curled hair, an orange flower and pearls, framed by an ornate gold hand mirror with a rose.
Woman profile in a hand mirror on a back
Black and grey tattoo of a woman in profile with flowers in her hair, inside a circular frame across the upper back.
Art Nouveau woman in a circle on the 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
Fine line black tattoo of a mother and child embracing in profile, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Mother and child profile line art on upper back