Tattoo ideas

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Black heraldic eagle tattoo with a red beak, red talons and a red and white shield on its chest, in a traditional style across a person's upper back.
Heraldic eagle with shield on upper back
Back tattoo covering the upper and mid back in a traditional style, with floral and ornamental designs and script across the lower back.
Full back piece with script across the lower back
Traditional style tattoo of an ornamental eagle in flight with red and black feathers, placed on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Ornamental eagle in flight on a shoulder blade
Colour botanical tattoo of pink roses, rosebuds, a fern frond and red berries across the upper back of a person with short hair.
Botanical bouquet of roses and fern on upper back
Colour tattoo on an upper back in a traditional style, showing a sword through a red and orange ribbon knot with a green leaf, above and below lettering reading Duty is heavier than a mountain and
Quote, sword and ribbon on upper back
Woman seen from behind with a colourful Traditional style butterfly and rose tattoo across her upper back and a flower tattoo on her upper arm.
Butterflies and roses across a back and arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman's face in a striped headscarf with black wings and red roses, on the back.
Winged woman with roses in traditional style
A tattoo artist in blue gloves works with a red tattoo machine on a colourful traditional-style snake on the lower back.
Snake tattoo being inked by an artist
Large colour phoenix tattoo with spread wings in red, orange and yellow across a woman's back, shown from behind.
Phoenix across a woman's back
Colour tattoo of a red tulip with green and blue leaves, outlined in black, on a person's upper back below the neck.
Red tulip on upper back
Back of a woman with two traditional-style pin-up tattoos in red and grey, one with two swallows and one with an anchor, across the upper back.
Twin seated pin-up figures with swallows on a back
Traditional style tattoo of an anatomical heart formed from red anemone, white rose and orange dahlia flowers, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Anatomical heart made of flowers on upper back
Black and grey traditional back piece showing an eagle, a steamship inside a heart-shaped frame with flowers, and a snake coiled around a skull on the neck.
Traditional back piece with eagle and ship
Colour traditional-style moth tattoo in teal, pink and red on the upper back of a person with blonde hair in a bun.
Moth tattoo on upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a blue and red ball of yarn pierced by two knitting needles, with banners reading KNIT FAST and DIE WARM, on a back.
Ball of yarn with knitting needles and banners
Two traditional-style swallow tattoos in red, yellow and blue sit either side of the upper back of a person wearing a sheer, polka-dot blue dress.
Two traditional swallows on a back
Black and grey winged cross tattoo across the upper back of a man with short dark hair, photographed from behind.
Winged cross on upper back
Colour Neo-trad style tattoo on a upper back, showing a woman in profile kissing a small purple dragon inside an ornate grey frame, with a red rose above.
Woman profile and dragon in a frame on upper back
Colour tattoo of a bouquet of pansies in purple, pink, lilac and yellow with black outlines, placed across the upper back near the shoulder.
Pansy bouquet on upper back
Full back tattoo in bold colour with the word Boston, a roaring bear, Red Sox, Bruins and Celtics motifs and a Patriots figure, shown on a man's back.
Boston sports back piece with bear and team mascots
Traditional style tattoo on a person's upper back showing a dagger with a golden hilt, an eye on the blade, red drops of blood and a skull below.
Dagger with eye and skull on upper back
Woman seen from behind with a large colour back tattoo of flowers, leaves and script, and a dark ornate design, placed across the upper and lower back.
Full back tattoo with script and florals
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a Medusa head with snakes, wings and wheat ears within a triskelion, on the upper back.
Medusa and triskelion on the upper back
Full back tattoo in bold colour showing a cow, rooster and pig in a farmyard scene with a red barn, in a neo-traditional style.
Farm animal scene across a full back
Traditional colour tattoo of an eagle with a red rose and green leaves across a person's upper back.
Eagle and rose on upper back
Colour tattoo of a cartoon shark wearing a top hat and monocle, with blue waves, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cartoon shark in top hat and monocle on upper back
Traditional style pink bow tattoo with lace-edged wings and black outlines, placed centre upper back on a woman wearing a pink camisole.
Pink bow with lace edging on upper back
Black and white photo of a person's bare back showing a crown above bold ASSHOLE lettering with cross motifs, plus traditional sleeve tattoos on the raised arms and a word on one hand.
Crown and lettering across a back
Black and grey Neo-trad back tattoo of a woman holding a set of scales, with roses, a skull and feathered wings across the back.
Woman with scales and skull on full back
Two tattoos side by side: a black and grey Jack Skellington key on the upper arm, and a colour heart-shaped padlock with patchwork panels on the upper back, both in a traditional style.
Jack Skellington key and patchwork heart padlock
Black and grey back tattoo in traditional style, with Latin script, stars, dice, cherries, strawberries and a skull in a flower, spread across the upper and lower back.
Back piece of dice, cherries and Latin script
Black and grey traditional pin-up tattoo of a woman bending forward in stockings and heels, covering most of the upper back.
Pin-up woman in stockings across a 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
Woman seen from behind in a hat and open-back grey vest, showing a traditional-style red rose with a diamond shape on her upper arm and shoulder, plus dark lines across her upper back.
Red rose tattoo on upper arm and shoulder
Collage of four photos: two matching traditional-style forearm tattoos of linked hands in front of an orange sun, a tiny eye tattoo on the upper back, lettering reading LOVE, HOPE and DREAM on the
Four small matching tattoos on arms and back
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo on the upper back, in a traditional style with stippled dotwork shading across the petals.
Lotus flower tattoo on the back
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a compass rose with a sun face at its centre, placed across the upper back.
Compass rose with sun face on upper back
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red scrolled heart with orange lilies, green leaves and a black silhouette, on a person's upper back.
Heart, lilies and leaves on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo of an owl with a geometric cube pattern on its chest, perched on a branch with red and green leaves, across a person's upper back.
Owl on a branch across the upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a V8 engine flanked by flames on an upper back, with Detroit Muscle lettering above and a banner reading EST 1985 below.
Detroit Muscle engine with flames on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo of a peony, pink and orange flowers and green leaves held in a hand with a red cuff, on a person's upper back.
Traditional flower bouquet held by a hand
Black and grey traditional style back tattoo of a skull wearing a pearl-trimmed bandana beside a tall sailing galleon in rough waves.
Skull and galleon across a back
Two colour swallow tattoos in a traditional style, with teal wings, pink bodies and orange heads, placed symmetrically on a person's upper back.
Two swallows on upper back
Japanese style dragon tattoo in red, orange and cream over dark green-black scale ground, across a hip and thigh with a white cloth wrapped around the waist.
Red and green dragon on hip and thigh
Colour tattoo of a swallow carrying a heart envelope, with green leaves and a curling vine, in a traditional style on the lower back.
Swallow carrying a heart envelope
Colour tattoo of a blue Star of Life with a red heartbeat line and the script words So Others May Live, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Star of Life and heartbeat on upper back
Heavily tattooed arms crossed over a head of long hair, showing a grey rose on the hand, a pink rose on the forearm, and a teal heart on the upper back in traditional style.
Roses and heart tattoos on arms and hands
Colour sugar skull tattoo with a pink bow, teal flower eyes and heart details on the upper back, in a traditional style.
Sugar skull with pink bow on upper back

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