Woman tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realistic tattoo of a woman with wavy hair and eyes closed, with a small rose outline beside her, on a person's upper back.
Black and grey portrait of a woman on the back
A woman in a standing forward fold shows geometric linework across her upper back and gold-toned geometric markings on her forearm and hand.
Forward fold with geometric markings on back and arm
Traditional back tattoo of a woman's face framed by red roses, two swallows and a heart with clasped hands, covering the full back.
Traditional back piece with woman, roses and swallows
A black silhouette of a woman with red butterflies rising from her head, beside red script on the upper back, reading I am not afraid to keep on living.
Butterflies and silhouette with script on upper back
Back view of a woman with colourful traditional tattoos of a snake and flowers across her back and arms, and a black and grey dotwork mandala on her neck.
Back, arm and neck tattoos with snake and mandala
Woman seen from behind with a small black fine line script tattoo on her upper back, wearing a white open-back vest and pastel tie-dye denim shorts.
Small script tattoo on upper back
Black and grey photograph of a realistic angel wings tattoo across the upper back of a woman facing away from the camera.
Black angel wings across a woman's back
Black and grey photo of a small fine line cross tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair up in a bun.
Small cross on upper back in black and grey
Black and grey realism portrait of a woman with a city scene and "Ride or Die" script, tattooed across a full back.
Realist woman portrait and script across a full back
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork detail across the upper back of a woman with her hair held up, outdoors.
Mandala tattoo across a woman's upper back
Back view of a woman with her hair in a bun, showing a small black fine line pine tree tattoo centred on her upper back.
Fine line pine tree on upper back
Small black lettering reading 'Don't fool yourself' across the upper back of a woman with short hair in a grey tank top, on a city street.
Don't fool yourself lettering on the upper back
Back view of a person with a large greyscale skull tattoo across the back, portrait tattoos down the thighs and a sleeve on the arm, wearing a purple thong.
Skull and portrait back and leg tattoos in greyscale
Black and grey tattoo of a woman holding aloft a pair of scales, with the words Sins and Forgive on the pans, placed on the upper back.
Lady Justice with scales on upper back
Realism-style pencil drawing of a woman's back and shoulder with a rose-grey pencil portrait and colourful butterflies across the shoulder blade, designed as a back tattoo.
Woman's back with butterflies and colour drips
Back view of a person in a black bikini bottoms showing traditional-style tattoos on the thigh and hip, including a helmeted woman head and a bowling pin.
Traditional helmeted woman on thigh at the beach
Black and grey butterfly wing tattoo across the upper back of a woman with her blonde hair in a bun, seen from behind.
Butterfly wings tattoo on upper back
Black and grey back piece tattoo of a skull and a sugar-skull woman with a rose and a skeletal hand, shown in realistic shading across the back.
Skull and sugar-skull woman back piece
Two-panel photo of a person lying on white bedding, with pastel mermaid scale tattoos covering the legs and hips and yellow and green fins on the thighs and calves.
Pastel mermaid scale tattoo across legs and back
Coloured illustration of a crouching pin-up woman with a large afro, red underwear and red heels, with green vine and ankh tattoos on her back and leg.
Pin-up with afro and ankh tattoo
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
Woman seen from behind by the sea with a row of metallic dots down her spine and gold and silver temporary designs on her arms.
Metallic temporary tattoos on a back and arms
Black and white photograph of a woman kneeling with her back to the camera, showing a Japanese-style dragon and cloud tattoo across her back and upper arm while she raises a katana overhead.
Japanese back tattoo with raised katana
A woman seen from behind in a bikini shows a black and grey tattoo across her upper back and shoulder, with large tropical leaves around her.
Back tattoo in an outdoor shower
Black silhouette tattoo of a flock of small birds flying diagonally across the upper back of a woman with her hair in an updo.
Flock of birds across the upper back
Black ink hamsa hand with ornate lace-like patterns running down the centre of a woman's back, seen from behind.
Hamsa and lace design along the spine
Black and grey realism pin-up tattoo across a man's back, showing a woman in heels and underwear reclining on draped fabric, with a small blue biohazard symbol on the lower back.
Pin-up tattoo across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a geisha holding an open parasol with ink splash details, covering a person's full back, with small red accents.
Geisha with parasol across a full back
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a woman in an ornate headdress, with lotus flowers, blossoms, a sun and musical notes around her.
Woman in ornate headdress and lotus flowers across a back
Large realism tattoo on a person's back showing a woman's face framed by a feathered wing, red cherry blossom, lotus flowers and Japanese-style waves.
Realist woman portrait with lotus on a back
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with a small column of diamond shapes tattooed down her spine, looking over a beach and palm trees.
Diamond column tattoo on a spine overlooking a beach
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
Full back tattoo of a woman in a flowing dress with red flowers in her hair, framed by curling vines in an Art Nouveau style across the back.
Art Nouveau woman and vines across a full back
Woman seen from behind with a black and pink cherry blossom branch tattoo running down her back in a Japanese-inspired botanical style, placed on the back.
Cherry blossom branch across a back
Full back tattoo in black and grey realism showing several portraits, a woman in a white dress, vintage motorcycles, a motel sign and a Route 66 shield on the back.
Full back realism scene with motorcycles and portraits
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a hooded grim reaper, a winged woman, hourglasses and a skeletal hand, with clouds and a ship on the upper arm.
Grim reaper and winged woman across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses over the shoulder and a skull-faced woman on the back, shown from behind.
Roses and skull portrait across back
Woman seen from behind with a full-back Japanese style tattoo of a dragon and waves, extending over the upper arms and thighs.
Full back and leg Japanese dragon tattoo
Blue brush-stroke enso circle tattoo on the upper back of a woman with dark hair, seen from behind against a turquoise wall.
Blue enso circle on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of ornamental script running vertically down the centre of a woman's back, photographed in black and white.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Black and grey typewriter-style lyric tattoo across the upper back of a woman with sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Typewriter lyric text across a woman's back
Colour realism tattoo on the back of a woman's profile inside an outline map of Africa, with a beaded necklace and white and red headdress.
Woman in profile within a map of Africa
Small black Chinese characters tattooed in a vertical column between the shoulder blades on a woman's upper back, in a lettering style.
Vertical Chinese characters across upper back
Back view of a woman with a large winged bird tattoo across her upper back and red roses with scrollwork on her lower back, in a Japanese style.
Winged bird and roses across a back
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a tiger head above a woman's profile with closed eyes, with a skull held in a hand on the side of the body.
Tiger and woman full back piece with skull
Back view of a woman in a patterned open-back dress showing a large black and grey tattoo across her upper back and spine.
Large back tattoo seen at a market
Back view of a woman with blonde hair looking out over the sea, with a small black fine line tattoo between her shoulder blades.
Small fine line tattoo on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a kneeling winged woman with large outspread wings on the side of a lower back.
Kneeling winged figure on a lower back