Star tattoo ideas

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Man seen from behind with a large black and grey dotwork and geometric tattoo covering his back, featuring mandalas and an eye motif, with tattooed sleeves on both arms.
Full back mandala and eye tattoo
Fine line black tattoo of a sea scene with a moon, stars, waves, a boat, a whale and an anchor, set in a diamond shape on a woman's upper back.
Sea scene fine line tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a constellation of dots and star clusters across a shoulder blade and upper arm.
Dotted constellation across a shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of mountains, a crescent moon and stars inside a diamond frame, with pine trees at the base, on the upper back.
Mountain landscape in a diamond frame on the back
Colour tattoo of a fairy with pink wings above a flower, with two butterflies and a trail of stars across the lower back.
Fairy, butterflies and stars on lower back
Black script tattoo reading To live would be an awfully big adventure runs down the centre of a woman's back, with small stars above it.
Quote tattoo running down the spine
A symmetrical purple and red mandala tattoo with knotwork and petal shapes, placed in the centre of a person's upper back.
Mandala tattoo across the upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a winged fairy seated on a crescent moon beside a small star, on the upper back.
Fairy on a crescent moon across the upper back
Photo of a red butterfly swirl tattoo with a soft pink wash and small stars on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Red butterflies and pink wash on shoulder
Black ink butterfly with a dotted trail and four-pointed stars on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Butterfly and stars on a upper back
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of a crescent moon and a sun, each with a face, surrounded by stars, on a person's upper back.
Moon and sun face tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a scorpion constellation beside a crescent moon on the upper back.
Scorpion constellation and moon on a shoulder blade
Colour realism tattoo of a woman blowing bubbles beside a ringed planet and other planets in purple galaxy clouds, across a person's upper back.
Woman blowing bubbles among planets on back
Black compass rose tattoo with red accents, dots and a circle of lettering on a person's upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Compass rose with circular lettering on back
Multicoloured star trail tattoo running across a person's back, with small outlined and filled stars in pink, purple, teal and red.
Star trail tattoo across the back
Black fine line script tattoo of a Galileo quote across the upper back, with the attribution written beneath the text.
Galileo quote in script across upper back
Traditional style tattoos across a woman's back and upper arm, including a large butterfly, a red rose and a spider web.
Traditional back and arm sleeve
Black fine line script tattoo of a Galileo quote across the upper back of a person wearing a black top with a strap.
Galileo quote in fine line script on upper back
Black outline tattoo of a smiling cartoon figure with curly hair, raised arms and a star on its top, on skin, placed on the back.
Cartoon figure with star on the back
Black and grey photo of a woman's bare upper back with a sunburst and a vertical column of planetary symbols tattooed beside the spine.
Sun and planetary symbols down a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bitten Oreo biscuit with crumbs on a person's upper back, shown beside a printed copy of the same design.
Bitten Oreo biscuit on upper back
Neo-trad style tattoo of a pair of open scissors with grey shading, black outlines and small red detail, on the back.
Scissors with sparkle dots
Black and white photo of a woman's bare upper back showing a small black geometric compass rose tattoo between the shoulder blades.
Compass rose tattoo on upper back
Large back tattoo of fantasy creatures among trees under a full moon, with grey shaded linework and blue and yellow background wash, across the upper back.
Creature forest scene across a back
Close-up of a blue crescent moon tattoo with two small stars and the lettering 'To the moon and back' on the upper back, in a lettering style.
To the moon and back with crescent moon
Realistic dreamcatcher with pink roses, grey shaded feathers and script lettering tattooed across a person's back.
Dreamcatcher and roses across a back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a treble clef at the nape with musical notes and small stars trailing down the upper back.
Treble clef and musical notes down the back
Grey shaded backpack tattoo with a compass star and the word Wanderlust on a man's upper back, photographed from behind beside a rocky lake.
Backpack and compass tattoo on upper back
Black and grey tattoo on the upper back showing a lamp post, pine trees and bare branches, with the words I give you the stars and I give you myself.
Lamp post and pine trees with a quote on the back
Black linework tattoo of a Moomin character standing on a pile of rounded stones with two small stars above, placed on the upper back.
Moomin character on stones on the back
Colour phoenix tattoo with black outlines, purple and pink wings and a blue tail, surrounded by black stars on skin.
Phoenix with stars on the back
Two photos of fine line dotted constellation tattoos in black ink, one on the side ribs and one across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dotted constellation tattoos on ribs and upper back
Back of a woman's neck with a black and yellow lotus flower tattoo on the upper back, with a dotted line and small star motifs hanging below it.
Lotus flower on upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of a starry galaxy showing through torn skin on the upper back.
Galaxy revealed through torn skin on a back
Full back tattoo in orange, purple and grey showing a Clemson University tiger paw, the words CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, the date 1889, a clock tower, a football player and a lying tiger, on the back.
Clemson University tiger full back piece
Colour tattoo of a crowned creature sailing a boat under a crescent moon and stars, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Crowned creature in a sailboat on the upper back
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a dotted inner ring and blackletter lettering along the lower edge, on a person's back.
Compass rose with blackletter lettering
Two walking bear silhouettes, one larger than the other, filled with a galaxy pattern of stars in blue, purple and red across the upper back.
Two bears with galaxy fill on upper back
Full back tattoo in traditional style showing a black snake coiled between red roses, sun faces, dripping apple and blue waves, with forearm and upper arm tattoos visible.
Traditional back piece with snake, roses and sun faces
Colour tattoo of two blue butterflies with black outlines and grey smoke swirls and small stars, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two blue butterflies on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of a red-haired fairy with blue and green butterfly wings, surrounded by stars and small butterflies, on a person's upper back.
Fairy with butterfly wings on upper back
Black and grey realism style dreamcatcher tattoo with feathers and small teal beads on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Dreamcatcher tattoo with feathers on the upper back
Traditional style colour tattoo of a sea turtle with a black-outlined star burst on its shell, placed on the lower back.
Turtle with star burst shell on lower back
Traditional style compass rose in blue and green on the upper back, with N, E, S and W letters and a map outline inside a dotted circle.
Compass rose over a map outline on upper back
Black outline stars of varying sizes trail from the nape of the neck down the upper back, with small sparkle marks among them.
Outline stars trailing down the upper back
Black ink geometric compass rose and a small trident on the upper back of a woman in a red bikini on a sunny beach, in a geometric style.
Compass rose and trident on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of three open flowers with leaves and a geometric star lattice across the shoulder and upper back.
Flowers and geometric pattern on a shoulder and back
Grey and purple ivy leaves and roses tattoo running down a person's back, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Ivy leaves and roses down the back