Symbol tattoo ideas

706 photos and flash · 41% Fine line, 20% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Colour photo of a bold black stylised symbol with two pink-red flowers and fine swirling vines, tattooed across the upper back.
Black symbol with pink flowers and vines on back
Four small colour tattoos of emblems, a blue water symbol, a green earth symbol, a grey air symbol and a red fire symbol, stacked vertically on a person's upper back.
Four nation emblems down the upper back
Realistic black and grey tattoo of two wolves on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Two wolves on a shoulder blade
Black geometric eight-pointed star tattoo with spiral and symbol motifs centred between the shoulder blades on a person's upper back.
Eight-pointed star tattoo on upper back
Bold black angular symbol tattoo on the upper back, surrounded by teal, purple, green and yellow watercolour-style splashes with black speckles trailing downward.
Black symbol with watercolour splashes on upper back
Black and grey shaded trident tattoo on the upper back near the base of the neck, shown in a black and white photograph.
Shaded trident tattoo on upper back
Woman seen from behind on a sandy beach, with black vertical script-like tattoos on her upper back, a small black symbol at the nape and a grey rose on her upper arm.
Black script and rose tattoos on a beach
Black ink brushstroke raven perched on a branch across a man's upper back, with a small symbol tattoo on his neck.
Brushstroke raven on a branch across the back
Small black and grey yin yang tattoo on the upper back of a person lying on white bed sheets, with a black strappy top across the back.
Small yin yang on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a vertical looped symbol with a dot at the top, placed centrally on the upper back.
Fine line looped symbol on the upper back
Close photograph of a bold black ink tattoo of a stylised symbol with two spirals and a crossing loop, placed on what appears to be the lower back.
Black swirl and loop symbol on skin
Black ink sak yant tattoo covering the upper back, with vertical script panels, a central circular yantra and a bird motif at the base.
Sak yant tattoo across upper back
Orange and black traditional tattoo of a phoenix with spread flame wings above a triangle and circle motif on a person's upper back.
Phoenix over triangle and circle on upper back
Black geometric arrow-like tattoo running vertically down the upper back, centred on the spine, with a blanket draped over the shoulder.
Geometric arrow tattoo on upper back
Black tribal tattoo with a central sun-like disc and swirling wings across the upper back, in a Polynesian-inspired blackwork style.
Tribal sun motif across the upper back
Black and grey yin yang tattoo with a small dot on the upper back, near the left shoulder blade, seen from behind.
Yin yang tattoo on upper back
Black lettering tattoo of the word love in script, joined to a looping symbol, on a person's upper back.
Looping love script on upper back
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
Woman seen from behind in a white lace open-back bodysuit, with a small black tattoo of a row of marks on her mid back.
Small black tattoo on the mid back
Black outline tattoo of a geometric endless knot on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Endless knot on upper back
Solid black geometric tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with two round mouse ears on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Deathly Hallows symbol with mouse ears on back
Black ink geometric mandala with script symbols across a woman's upper back, with English words tattooed to the upper right.
Yantra mandala tattoo across upper back
Fine line tattoo of a small horned symbol with dots on a woman's upper back, shown in a sepia-toned photograph.
Small line symbol on upper back
Two black infinity symbol tattoos with a heartbeat line, one on the lower back and one on the inner forearm.
Infinity symbols with heartbeat lines
Black ink tattoo across the upper back spelling COEXIST, where each letter is replaced by a religious or peace symbol, including a crescent and star, a peace sign, e=mc2, a Star of David, an eye, a
Coexist lettering tattoo across the upper back
Black and grey yin yang symbol set within a shaded lotus mandala tattoo on the upper back.
Yin yang inside a lotus mandala on upper back
Black fine line Om symbol tattoo on the upper back between the shoulder blades, seen in a black and white photo with a white top pulled aside.
Om symbol on upper back
Colour tattoo of a blossoming tree with pink flowers, set within a green lotus and a yellow circle holding a green Sanskrit-style symbol, on the back.
Blossom tree within a green lotus and yellow circle
Black and grey lettering tattoo spelling Coexist across the upper back, with each letter replaced by a religious or science symbol.
Coexist lettering across upper back
Black fine-line script tattoo in three vertical columns on the upper back, below blonde hair, with looping characters and thin strokes.
Vertical script tattoo on upper back
Dotwork mandala tattoo on the upper back with blue teardrop panels holding white lightning bolt, triangle, skull and animal motifs around a lotus centre.
Mandala with blue symbol panels on upper back
Colour botanical tattoo of pink flowers and falling petals with a black ornate symbol, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pink flowers and petals with a black symbol on a back
Small grey-blue fine line tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Deathly Hallows symbol on upper back
Close view of a small black ampersand tattoo on the lower back of a person with shoulder-length wavy brown hair, in fine line lettering style.
Small ampersand on a back
Close-up of a black blackwork tattoo of three stacked yin yang style symbols with two small dots below, on a person's upper back between the shoulder blades.
Stacked yin yang symbols on the upper back
Fine line script tattoo reading The only exception on the upper back, with a small line symbol on the forearm, seen from behind.
Script quote on upper back
Bold black blackwork tattoo of overlapping circles and triangles with ink splatter details, placed on the upper back.
Circles and triangles on upper back
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
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
Back view of a woman in a white lace bodysuit showing a small fine line tattoo of symbols and numerals in black ink across the mid-back.
Small line of symbols and numerals on mid-back
A compass rose tattoo with scattered coloured leaves, petals and dots on a person's upper back, reaching up towards the neck in a botanical style.
Compass rose with colourful leaves on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a castle, crescent moon and stars rising from an open book on the upper back, with a small circle and triangle symbol at the base of the book.
Castle rising from an open book on upper back
Small black infinity symbol tattoo on the lower back, beside the white strap of a bikini bottom.
Infinity symbol on the lower back
Small black fine line tattoo of symbols and marks in a row on the mid back of a woman wearing a white lace open-back bodysuit.
Small line tattoo on the mid back
Solid black ink tattoo of a cross with a heart in its centre on the lower back, above a black waistband and red polka-dot fabric.
Heart and cross on the lower back
Black and white photo of a shirtless man seen from behind, with a lettering tattoo reading london across his upper back and a floral tattoo at the edge of his left shoulder.
London script tattoo on a seated man's back
Woman seen from behind in a white open-back top, with a fine line black tattoo of small vertical characters running down the middle of her back.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of crosses, dots and chevrons running diagonally across a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Fine line symbols down the upper back