Woman tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a woman with a turquoise face covered by blue and orange butterflies and pink roses in her dark hair, centred on a person's upper back.
Faceless woman with butterflies and roses on back
Black and grey tattoos across the back of a woman in a bikini, with ornate designs on her upper arm and lower leg, photographed walking on sand.
Back and leg tattoos on a beach
Black fine-line wavy tattoo running vertically down the spine of a woman seated with her bare back to the camera.
Wavy line tattoo down the spine
Woman seen from behind in a black bikini, with a grey mandala-style tattoo on her upper arm and a small tattoo on her lower back, stepping into a pool.
Mandala upper arm tattoo by a pool
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
Back view of a woman with a full Japanese-style back tattoo showing a geisha in a kimono, cherry blossom and a lantern, against a pink wall.
Japanese geisha back piece with cherry blossom
Full back tattoo in a realist portrait style, showing a woman's face with gears, butterflies, a compass and a red fingerprint across the back.
Full back portrait with gears and compass
Back view of a woman with a full Japanese style back tattoo of a geisha among flowers, with tattooed sleeves on both arms.
Full back Japanese geisha piece with sleeves
Two-panel photo: a close-up of a fine line black script word tattoo on the ribs, and a woman seen from behind with a small matching script tattoo on her back.
Fine line script word tattoo on ribs and back
Black and white photo of a woman's upper back with three shaded butterfly tattoos near the shoulder blade, her hand resting on her shoulder.
Three butterflies on upper back
Large coloured neo-trad style tattoo across a person's upper back, showing a woman's face above an orange heart, black mountain shapes and roots, with red splatter.
Woman's face, heart and roots across a back
Black fine-lettering text tattoo across the lower back of a woman in a beaded top and jeans, shown from behind.
Small text tattoo on lower back
Woman seen from behind holding a cat, showing a large colourful traditional-style back tattoo of flowers and dark swooping shapes, with a tattoo on her thigh.
Colourful back and thigh tattoos with a cat
Black and grey botanical tree tattoo with ink-wash branches across the upper back of a woman in a red open-back dress.
Black ink tree across a woman's upper back
Black and white photo of a woman's upper back with a black script lettering tattoo of a lyric quote across the shoulder blades.
Script lyric quote across upper back
Black line-work botanical tattoo of a rose, peony and sprigs on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Rose and peony outline on a shoulder blade
Realistic colour tattoo of a sugar skull woman with red and grey roses, plus grey butterflies and leaves, running down a woman's ribs and side back.
Sugar skull and roses down the ribs
Small black ink cross tattoo with decorative ends on the upper back of a woman lying on grass, with her face turned away from the camera.
Ornate cross on upper back
Black script lettering tattoo running vertically down the middle of a woman's back, shown from behind in a green open-back romper.
Script quote tattoo across a woman's 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
Black and grey full back tattoo of a woman with a halo and a tiger head below, framed by roses and skulls, seen from behind beside a window.
Full back tattoo of a woman with a tiger
Black and grey photo of a woman's bare back with a small swallow tattoo near the neck and fine script across the lower back.
Swallow and script on upper back
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
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
Woman seen from behind with a small black lettering quote tattoo across the lower back, above the waistband of black trousers.
Small lettering quote on lower back
Large black and grey traditional back tattoo of a woman's face within a rose, with wings above, leaves, swallows and a lace-style border, on a person's back.
Woman's face in a rose across the back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a geisha with a parasol across a full back, with a small dragon design on the arm.
Geisha with parasol on a full back
Neo-trad tattoo on a woman's upper back showing a woman's face in an ornate gold frame with a red heart.
Woman portrait with heart in ornate frame on back
Black and white beach photo of a woman with a fine line tree tattoo on her upper back, a golden retriever beside her and a camera in view.
Tree tattoo on upper back at the beach
Large back tattoo in black and grey with red accents, showing lips holding a cigarette, a hand, and German lettering across the back.
Back piece with lips, hand and German lettering
Black scorpion tattoo on the upper back of a woman photographed from behind against a white backdrop.
Scorpion tattoo on upper back
Colour back tattoo of a pink lotus between blue crescent moons with dangling beads, seen on a woman facing away from the camera, with grey arm tattoos visible.
Lotus and crescent moons on a back
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind with a small script tattoo on her upper back, below her neck.
Small script tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a woman with long black hair in a red dress beside black foliage, placed on the upper back.
Woman in a red dress on a upper back
Solid black silhouette of a dancing woman framed by pink ribbon swirls, tattooed across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Silhouette dancer with pink ribbons on upper back
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a woman in a fedora with a band across her eyes, two ravens and handwritten script covering the upper back.
Woman in fedora and birds on a full back
Black and grey realism tattoos of a large skull across the back and two female portrait faces on the thighs.
Skull and portrait back and leg tattoos
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a chandelier on a woman's upper back, with a thin line curving down to a small figure and a gem shape.
Chandelier and figure on upper back
A woman with curly hair shows a vertical column of black non-Latin lettering tattooed down the centre of her upper back, between the straps of her beaded dress.
Vertical script tattoo down the upper back
Black and grey tattoos on a person's back and upper arm showing a horned beast with roses, a woman with roses on the right shoulder, and script above.
Beast and rose with woman portrait on shoulders
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a feathered archer drawing a bow, placed on the upper back.
Feathered archer with bow on upper back
Two women seen from behind sitting at the edge of a pool, one with a sleeve on her arm and ornate tattoos on her buttocks, the other with rose tattoos across her back and shoulder.
Two women with back and arm tattoos by a pool
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged, blindfolded figure holding a set of scales, covering most of a person's back.
Winged blindfolded justice figure across a back
A small, solid, dark cross tattoo centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair up, photographed from behind with a warm vintage filter.
Small cross tattoo on upper back
Small black script tattoo across the upper back of a woman with a blonde ponytail, with a tiny dark tattoo near her left shoulder blade.
Small script tattoo on upper back
Full back tattoo in a neo-traditional style showing two women framed by flowers, a bear, hands holding a jewel and ornate scrollwork.
Twin women and bear full back piece
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 white photo of a woman seen from behind, with a small script tattoo across her upper back beneath a chandelier.
Small script tattoo on a woman's upper back