Watercolour tattoo ideas

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Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a cat's head with black linework and ink splatter, placed across the upper back.
Watercolour cat head on a back
Sketch-style back tattoo of an ornate elephant framed by lotus flowers and roses, with pink watercolour splashes and black linework.
Ornate elephant with lotus and roses on back
Black silhouette of two flying figures with purple watercolour splashes and lettering on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Silhouetted flying figures with quote on upper back
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of Alice in a blue dress holding an umbrella, with pink and teal splashes, on the upper back.
Alice with umbrella on upper back
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo on the upper back featuring a black compass rose, two white flowers with green centres, and purple, blue and pink washes.
Compass and white flowers on the upper back
Large watercolour-style tattoo across a woman's back showing an elephant with tusks and a woman's face framed by red and pink flowers.
Watercolour elephant and woman across the back
Collage of six colourful watercolour-style tattoos, including a wolf head, a splashed bird across a woman's upper back and shoulder, an elephant on an upper arm, and an orange sun on a man's arm.
Watercolour wolf, bird, elephant and sun tattoos
Watercolour-style fine line tattoo of green leaves and red berries with script along a branch, running down a woman's spine on her back.
Leafy branch and script down the spine
Colour tattoo of a cat's face in a soft watercolour style with blue, pink and purple washes and drips, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour cat on upper back
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a silhouetted woman with long flowing pink hair, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour figure with flowing pink hair on a shoulder
Collage of four tattoos: outline giraffes on forearms, watercolour hearts on wrists, a fine line clover on a wrist, and script reading I am because you are on shoulder blades.
Giraffes, hearts, clover and script tattoos
Watercolour-style owl tattoo in orange, yellow, blue and purple with bold black outlines, sitting on a person's upper back.
Watercolour owl on upper back
Watercolour style tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised and a blue wash behind it, placed on a person's upper back.
Watercolour elephant on upper back
Colourful watercolour feather tattoo in blue, orange and red with the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a person's upper back.
Watercolour feather with quote on upper back
Back shoulder tattoo of a bird in flight with sketchy black linework and blue, purple and pink watercolour washes, with the word freedom in script beside it.
Watercolour bird with freedom script on upper back
Blue watercolour-style rose tattoo with sketchy black linework across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Blue watercolour rose on upper back
Small fine line tattoo of an arrow and bow with pink and blue watercolour washes, placed on the upper back of a person with short dark hair.
Watercolour arrow and star tattoo on upper back
Watercolour-style tattoo of clock faces, gears and a keyhole in pink, blue and purple across the upper back of a person with short blonde hair.
Watercolour clockwork gears on upper back
Black silhouette tree tattoo with purple and teal watercolour washes behind the canopy, sitting on the upper back.
Black tree silhouette with watercolour splashes on the back
Two people with matching multicoloured watercolour-style elephant and calf tattoos on their upper backs near the shoulder blades.
Matching watercolour elephants on two backs
Watercolour-style roller coaster track tattoo across a person's upper back and shoulder, with teal and pink washes and black ink drips.
Roller coaster track across a back and shoulder
Colourful butterfly tattoo with a painted splash effect on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Colourful butterfly with paint splash on upper back
Colourful watercolour-style tiger head tattoo with pink, orange, yellow and green splashes across the upper back.
Watercolour tiger head on upper back
Black silhouette of a small figure holding a bunch of balloons, with blue and pink watercolour washes and French script, tattooed on a upper back.
Silhouette figure with balloons and script
Thin black branching tattoo with watercolour pink, blue and purple washes along the centre of a person's upper back.
Watercolour branch and roots down the back
Large black and grey tattoo of a winged figure with a red watercolour-style splash, across the upper back.
Winged figure with red splash on back
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of an orange sun with black linework and blue, green and purple splashes on a person's upper back.
Orange sunburst with watercolour splashes on upper back
A colourful watercolour-style butterfly tattoo with splashes of blue, pink and orange on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour butterfly on upper back
Fine line tattoo of three paper planes with blue watercolour wash and dashed flight paths, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Paper planes with blue wash on a back
Small geometric dolphin tattoo with a watercolour wash in pink, blue and purple, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Geometric dolphin with watercolour wash on upper back
Back of a person with a blurred watercolour tattoo in green and grey shading over a thin black line running down the spine.
Watercolour spine line on a back
Fine line jellyfish tattoo with a blue watercolour-style bell and dark trailing tendrils, running down the side of a woman's back and ribs.
Jellyfish tattoo along side of back
Black compass rose with rainbow watercolour splashes and the words Not all who wander are lost curved beneath it, tattooed on an upper back.
Compass rose with watercolour splash on upper back
Open book tattoo with black linework, dotwork shading and pink, blue and orange watercolour splashes on the upper back.
Open book with watercolour splashes
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a rearing horned creature with splashes of red, orange, blue and teal across a person's upper back.
Watercolour horned creature on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of a realistic skull, a red rose with dripping red lines and green leaves, with blue watercolour splashes, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Skull and rose on a shoulder blade
Back of a person's neck and upper back showing a fine line fleur-de-lis tattoo with blue watercolour wash, and a thin black line running down the spine to a dot.
Blue fleur-de-lis with a line down the spine
Colourful sketch-style snail tattoo with grass and plant details across a person's upper back, placed between the shoulder blades.
Watercolour-style snail on upper back
Watercolour-style pink flowers with black stems and splashes of ink tattooed across a person's upper back.
Pink watercolour flowers across a back
Photograph of a watercolour-style hourglass tattoo with blue, orange and red splashes on a woman's upper back, placed between the shoulder blades.
Watercolour hourglass on upper back
Black brushstroke line with crescent shapes and a pink and blue watercolour wash on a woman's upper back, running down from the neck.
Watercolour brushstroke line on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a kitten's face with blue eyes and watercolour splashes in purple, blue, pink and orange, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour kitten on upper back
Pink brushstroke cross tattoo with teal, orange and blue watercolour splashes across a person's upper back.
Watercolour cross on upper back
Watercolour-style city skyline tattoo across the upper back in red, orange and blue, with loose black linework and ink splashes.
Watercolour city skyline across upper back
Watercolour-style tattoo on a woman's upper back, with an outlined heart, a white crescent moon, red and blue splashes and the words free indeed in script.
Watercolour heart and moon on upper back
Four photos of a yin yang tattoo with lotus and mandala detail, two in black and grey and two in watercolour colour, shown on the back and thigh.
Yin yang and lotus tattoos in four views
Colourful watercolour-style hummingbird tattoo with loose splashes of green, blue, pink and purple on the upper back.
Watercolour-style hummingbird on upper back
A watercolour-style kitten tattoo with splashes of blue, purple, pink and orange across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Watercolour kitten on upper back