Tattoo ideas

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Realistic colour tattoo of a lion's head in profile on a person's upper back, with a soft red wash behind it and a flowered tattoo at the left edge.
Realistic lion head on a shoulder blade
Black and grey crowned lion head tattoo centred on the upper back of a woman lying on white bedding.
Crowned lion head on the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lioness with three lion cubs across a person's upper back.
Lioness and three cubs on a back
Black and grey realistic wing tattoo on the upper back with script reading A brother's love will forever protect you, beside a grey Chinese character.
Wing and script tattoo on upper back
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
Realistic red hibiscus flower with black and red swirling scrollwork tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Red hibiscus with black scrollwork on a shoulder
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a black dog and a brown dog with red roses and a rope border, on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Two dogs and roses on the upper back
Black and grey script quote tattoo framed by two antler shapes on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Antler and script quote on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of shaded flowers and flowing scrollwork across the upper and mid back.
Shaded flowers and swirls 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
Realistic blue and green butterfly tattoo with black outlines and yellow spots on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Blue butterfly on a shoulder
Black and grey realistic fawn tattoo with a spotted coat on the upper back, with hair visible above and a beaded necklace at the lower edge.
Fawn tattoo on the upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a water lily, lily pads and a koi fish with ripples, placed across a person's upper back.
Water lily and koi on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a blue hibiscus with green leaves, a blue butterfly and a diamond on the upper back and shoulder blade, with a grey ankh tattoo above.
Blue hibiscus and butterfly on a shoulder
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a pale child with yellow eyes holding a box, flanked by a masked rabbit figure and a wolf, with the word Korn above.
Surreal child and animals on a back piece
Realism tattoo of a Siamese cat face with blue eyes and whiskers on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Siamese cat face on upper back
Full back tattoo in black and grey realism showing a pentagram, faces, an angel, a boombox, a factory and hooded figures, placed across the back.
Full back collage tattoo in black and grey
Black and grey skull tattoo with shaded roses across the upper back of a woman seen from behind, wearing a white bra.
Skull and roses across the upper back
Black and grey realistic owl tattoo with spread wings covering the upper back, with ornamental feather detail and a central medallion.
Owl with spread wings across upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a feather on the upper back that breaks apart into a flock of birds rising towards the shoulder.
Feather dissolving into flying birds on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of angel wings and a spine covering a person's back.
Angel wings and spine across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a praying angel with wings and a halo, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Praying angel with wings on upper back
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a long-haired cat's face with detailed fur and whiskers, placed on the upper back.
Long-haired cat portrait on upper back
Black and grey realistic tattoo of two adult elephants and three young walking in a line across the upper back, with stippled shading.
Elephant family walking across upper 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
Colourful realistic octopus tentacle tattoo wrapping over a person's shoulder and upper back, shown from behind.
Colourful octopus tentacles across shoulder and back
Pink lotus flower with black ornamental mandala linework and teal shading, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Lotus and mandala on upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of a dragonfly with pale green wings and a blue and black abdomen, shaded on skin across the back.
Realistic dragonfly tattoo on the back
Colour realism tattoo of a red fox with feathered wings and leafy branches across a person's back, shown in two photographs.
Fox and feathered wings across a back
Realistic blue butterfly tattoo with shaded wings and a dark body, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Blue butterfly on a shoulder blade
Black and grey realism tattoo across a person's upper back showing an armoured figure with a spear beneath a large bird with spread wings.
Armoured warrior with spear and bird on a back
Black and grey eagle tattoo with spread wings across the upper back, with a sleeve tattoo on the raised arm.
Eagle tattoo across a man's back
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded feather with a looping script quote reading Behind every happily ever after there's an extraordinary story, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Feather and script quote on upper back
Colour realism style tattoo of a cherry blossom branch with pink flowers and a blue bird, running from the neck across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Cherry blossom branch and bluebird on upper back
Realism tattoo of a Dutch-style floral still life with peonies, tulips and a butterfly across a person's upper back.
Dutch-style floral still life across a upper back
Black and grey Buddha face tattoo covering a person's back, with clouds, two praying monks and cloud work extending onto the upper arms.
Buddha face and monks across a back
Japanese back piece in black and grey showing two guardian lion statues beside a pagoda and kanji, with coloured tattoo work on the upper arm.
Guardian lions and pagoda across the back
Realism-style tattoo of a snail with a striped brown shell and extended antennae, placed between the shoulder blades on a person's upper back.
Realistic snail on upper back
Colour botanical tattoo of yellow daffodils with green stems and a purple star-speckled wash across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Daffodils with purple stars on upper back
Realistic red feather tattoo with dark grey shading and a soft cast shadow, sitting on the lower back near the hip.
Red feather tattoo on lower 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
Realism tattoo of a graveyard, crosses, skulls and bones under a red lightning sky, covering a full back.
Graveyard and skulls across a full back
Colourful realism-style tattoo across an upper back, showing a winged fairy built from cartoon characters including Bambi, Dumbo and Pinocchio, with a sparkling wand.
Disney characters forming a fairy on a back
Black and grey shaded roses with Never give up Never back down script tattooed across a shoulder and upper back.
Never give up script with roses on shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of two birds perched on a bare branch, placed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two birds on a branch across a shoulder blade
Split image of a woman's upper back: on the left a faded grey dragon tattoo on the shoulder blade, on the right the same area covered by black and grey realistic lilies on the shoulder.
Lily cover-up over a faded dragon on the back
Colourful realistic galaxy tattoo with planets and drifting asteroids across a shoulder blade, shown beside an earlier outlined tribal design on the left.
Galaxy with planets and asteroids on a shoulder
Black and grey realism angel wings tattoo spanning the upper back, shown in a sepia-toned photograph of a bare back.
Black and grey angel wings across a back

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