Spine tattoo ideas

316 photos and flash · 26% Fine line, 20% Botanical · Back most common

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Black geometric arrow tattoo with a diamond lattice centre, running vertically down the centre of a woman's upper back.
Geometric arrow tattoo down the spine
Four photographs of a black and grey dotwork and geometric leg sleeve on the lower leg, showing a skull with an eye, a stacked spine motif and a mandala on the calf.
Skull, eye and mandala leg sleeve
Woman seen from behind with a black linework tattoo on her upper back, featuring a large animal head and a vertical column of geometric blocks down the spine.
Geometric and animal linework across a back
Small black geometric arrow and diamond tattoo centred on a woman's upper back, with a silver body chain draped across it.
Geometric arrow tattoo down the spine
Black and grey skeleton mermaid with flowers in her hair and a small red heart, with a rainbow-coloured fish tail, tattooed on the side of a torso.
Skeleton mermaid with rainbow tail on ribs
Bold black trident tattoo running down the centre of a person's bare back, with a smaller dark design on the right shoulder.
Trident tattoo down the back
Black and grey geometric tattoo of stacked moon phases running down the spine on a bare back.
Moon phase column down the spine
Black and grey photo of a person's upper back, seen from behind with hair in a bun, showing four small outlined triangles stacked vertically along the spine in a fine line geometric style.
Four stacked triangles down the upper back
Fine line tattoo of a looping vertical line running down the centre of a bare back, beside a small square of gold leaf.
Looping line tattoo down the spine
Realistic shaded planets of the solar system stacked in a vertical column down a person's back, with Saturn and its rings near the middle.
Solar system planets down the spine
Small black script tattoo running vertically down the centre of a person's upper back, between crossed grey sports bra straps.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Black ink tattoo down the upper back with an infinity symbol near the neck, circle motifs and a vertical line of marks, beside four film stills linked by coloured arrows.
Black linework tattoo down the upper back
Botanical back tattoo of two purple and pink lotus flowers linked by black swirling linework running down the spine.
Lotus flowers and swirls down the spine
Black and white photo from behind of a fine line tattoo, a single straight vertical line running down the centre of the back.
Single straight line down the spine
White ink tattoo of a stylised winged figure across the upper back, with outstretched wings spreading over the shoulder blades.
White ink winged figure on upper back
Black ink script and ornamental swirl tattoo running vertically down the middle of a woman's back, viewed from behind.
Script and swirl design down the spine
Black and grey ornamental design of mandalas, paisley and flowers running down the centre of a person's back.
Ornamental mandala column down the spine
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall stack of worn old books with banded spines, placed on the side of the ribs.
Stacked old books on the ribs
Black linework tattoo of a flowering cactus and two roses with leaves across a thigh, in a botanical style.
Cactus and roses on a thigh
Colour tattoo of planets in a vertical line down the centre of a woman's back, with a ringed Saturn, in a realistic style.
Solar system along the spine
Black fine line tattoo of a molecular chain running vertically down a person's upper back, above a green top.
Molecular chain tattoo down the back
Black tattoos on a person's upper back: a Libra symbol at the nape of the neck, with chakra-style symbols running down the spine.
Libra and chakra symbols down a back
Black and white photo of a bare back with a fine line flock of small birds tattooed diagonally across the upper back, with a small feather-like mark lower down.
Flock of birds down the spine
Back tattoo of stacked planets and fine geometric lines running down the spine, mostly black and grey with one blue planet.
Stacked planets down the spine
Black and grey tattoo of a cactus in a clay pot on the lower leg, with stippled dotwork shading on the cactus body.
Cactus in a clay pot on a calf
Realism style tattoo of red roses with green leaves and black swirling vines running down a person's back, placed on the upper back and spine.
Red roses and swirling vines down the back
Woman seen from behind with a thin black script tattoo running vertically down her spine, with the ocean behind her.
Thin script line down the spine
Black and grey realism tattoo across a bare back, with a spine made of stacked books, a small figure in a long dress reaching up, and a ladder and scrollwork beside it.
Book spine and reaching figure on a back
Bare back of a woman with a long black blackwork line tattooed from the nape of the neck down the centre of the spine.
Single black line down the spine
Black serif capital lettering tattooed vertically down the centre of a person's lower back, shown in a Lettering style on the Back.
Vertical lettering down the spine
Black and grey flash design of a ribcage, heart, spine and pelvis framed by serrated leaves, with no body placement shown.
Anatomical ribcage and pelvis with leaves, Cancer
Geometric tribal diamond column in gold ink running down the middle of a woman's back, photographed from behind on a sunny beach.
Diamond column tattoo down the spine
Back of a woman with a fine line tattoo running down the spine from the nape, ending in small lowercase lettering that reads october, in the Fine line and Lettering style.
Thin spine line ending in the word october
Black tribal-style manta ray tattoo across a woman's upper back with a tail running down the spine and a turtle tattoo near the lower back.
Manta ray and turtle tattoos on a back
Black fine line lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of a person's upper back, from the nape of the neck.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Realistic red roses with black swirling vine linework running down a person's back, in a botanical style.
Rose vine running down the back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wall socket with a plug and cable running down the centre of a person's back.
Wall socket and plug tattoo on a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stack of old books on an upper arm, with a large flower tattoo beside it.
Stack of books with a flower on the upper arm
Black botanical feather tattoo centred on a woman's upper back, seen from behind above a white lace top.
Feather tattoo on the upper back
Black and grey vertical lettering in small blocky characters runs down the spine of a bare back, from the nape towards the lower back.
Vertical script line down the spine
Back view of a woman with fine line script tattooed down her spine and a black and grey rose tattoo on her arm.
Script down the spine and rose on the arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a stylised flower on a long stem running down the centre of a back, with dotwork shading.
Botanical stem down the spine
Black and white photo of a person's bare back with a vertical column of butterfly tattoos running down the spine.
Butterfly column tattoo down the spine
Back of a person with seven colourful lotus chakra tattoos stacked down the spine, from violet at the neck to red near the waistband.
Seven chakra lotus tattoos down the spine
Black fine line script lettering running down the middle of a woman's back, shown from behind with a long blonde braid over one shoulder.
Script lettering down the spine
Black and grey photo of a column of small fine line lettering tattooed down the centre of a person's back.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Black and grey fine line lotus with a vertical column of script characters running down the centre of a person's upper back.
Lotus and script down the spine
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a whale skeleton running from the wrist up the forearm and onto the upper arm, showing the skull, ribs, spine and tail fluke.
Whale skeleton tattoo on forearm