Tattoo ideas

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Colour phoenix tattoo with flowing orange and red tail feathers, a small triangle and the words wit beyond measure, on a lower back in neo-traditional style.
Phoenix with script on the lower back
Two matching black fine line tattoos of a stick figure holding a thin stick, placed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Matching stick figure tattoos on upper backs
Realistic pale pink rose with dark green leaves tattooed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Realistic rose tattoo on a shoulder blade
Small black and grey tattoo of a cat seen from behind, sitting with its tail curled up, on the upper back below the neck.
Seated cat tattoo on upper back
Collage of black and grey robot tattoos on a back and several forearms, with robot line drawings alongside.
Robot tattoos on back and forearms
Colour tattoo of three smiling green peas in a pod with heart-shaped leaves and swirling vines, placed on the upper back.
Smiling peas in a pod on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a ribcage and laced spine with filigree scrollwork across the upper and lower back of a person facing away from the camera.
Laced spine and ribs across the back
Owl perched on a blossom branch in grey shading with pink flowers, tattooed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Owl on blossom branch across upper back
Pale white-ink rose outline with scrolling leaves across a bare shoulder and upper back, in a botanical style.
White ink rose on a shoulder
Large colour and black-and-grey Batman tattoo on a man's upper back, with a Batman figure inside the bat logo and Joker, Riddler and Two-Face motifs around it.
Batman logo with villain motifs on back
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an orchid sprig with buds on the upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed in soft black and white.
Black and grey orchid sprig on upper back
Black and grey tattoo across the upper back of three heart-shaped frames with script names, with a blue star and a smaller heart above.
Three hearts with script names on upper back
Two photographs show an abstract splatter tattoo with black lines, grey wash and teal and red dots, one across a woman's upper back and neck and one on an inner forearm.
Abstract splatter tattoos on neck, back and forearm
Colourful tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with watercolour-style splashes in pink, orange, green and blue on the back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with watercolour splashes
Traditional style back tattoo of a winged angel holding a palm frond, with red sun rays, black fleur-de-lis crosses and green leaves.
Winged angel with palm on a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of stacked polaroid-style photographs showing a swing by water, with the script words Every summer has a story, on a upper back.
Stacked polaroids with a swing and script quote
Black outline tattoo of a starship on the lower back, above the waistband of jeans, in a fine line style.
Starship outline on lower back
Black silhouette of a figure with red butterflies drifting from its head, tattooed across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Silhouette releasing red butterflies on upper back
Black and grey dragon tattoo running down the back of a person with a raised arm, in Japanese style, with a branch-like tattoo on the upper arm.
Black and grey dragon across a back
Black script lettering tattooed across the upper back reads Roses are red, My name's Dave, This poem makes no sense, Microwave, in a lettering style.
Script poem across the upper back
Black fine line script tattoo reading timshel across the upper back near the shoulder.
Script word tattoo on upper back
Three realistic black and grey butterfly tattoos with soft shadows, one near the neck and two across the upper back and shoulder.
Three butterflies on neck and upper back
Botanical lotus flower tattoo on a person's upper back, in pink, red, orange and teal with black linework, above three coloured dots.
Colourful lotus flower on the upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds that become small flying birds, running from the shoulder blade up towards the neck.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds on upper back
Fine line black outline tattoo of a sitting cat on the upper back of a person with dark hair, who is holding a Siamese cat over one shoulder.
Cat outline tattoo on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a turbocharger over two crossed wrenches on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Turbocharger and crossed wrenches on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bare tree with perched birds across a person's back, shown in two photos.
Birds perched on a bare tree across the back
Black and grey realistic rose with swirling scrollwork and stylised lettering on a person's upper back.
Shaded rose with scrollwork on upper back
Back of a person showing a black ink lace-like scrollwork tattoo with flowers and leaves across the shoulder blade.
Black lace scrollwork across a shoulder blade
Two black script lettering tattoos, one reading amica mea on the upper back and one reading soror mea on the forearm.
Amica mea and soror mea script tattoos
Black fine line tattoo of a standing heron on the upper back, near the left shoulder blade.
Heron tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of balance scales with a geometric diamond and leaf motif on the upper back.
Balance scales with geometric diamond on upper back
Colour tattoo of a cartoon fox on a tree stump and a hound dog among red autumn leaves, with a pink flower, across a person's upper back.
Cartoon fox and hound in a forest on upper back
Black and grey Traditional back tattoo on the back, featuring Volkswagen Beetles, wings, flames, a VW heart and stars.
Volkswagen-themed back piece in black and grey
Three-panel photo of a fine line tattoo series reading 1 of 3, 2 of 3 and 3 of 3 with arrows, shown on a forearm and the upper back.
Three-part arrow tattoo on forearm and upper back
Close photo of a red and orange flower tattoo with green leaves, joined to a black tribal band across the lower back, in a black and white photo.
Red flower with tribal band on lower back
Black fine line script tattoo across the lower back reading 'The pain you feel today... is the strength you feel tomorrow', worn above a grey garment waistband.
Script quote across the lower back
Realistic colour tattoo of a red rose with buds, leaves and two butterflies across a woman's upper back.
Red rose and butterflies on upper back
Grey shaded hummingbird with pink bleeding heart flowers and sketchy black linework on a person's upper back.
Hummingbird and bleeding hearts on upper back
Black ink tattoo of a triple moon design with a central robed figure inside a circle, placed across the lower back above black waistband clothing.
Triple moon and figure on the lower back
Black and white photograph of a woman's bare back with a fine line script tattoo running down the length of the spine, from the neck to the lower back.
Fine line script tattoo along the spine
Black and grey ornate cross tattoo with scrollwork and a central flower across a person's upper back.
Ornate cross across upper back
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a police box with ink splashes and fine trailing lines on the upper back.
TARDIS with ink splashes on upper back
Black tribal-style hummingbird tattoo with a small red heart on the upper back.
Tribal hummingbird with a red heart on the back
Black and white photo of a dotwork mandala tattoo centred on a woman's upper back, with her hair in a bun and her back to the camera.
Mandala tattoo on upper back
Four black and grey fine line tattoos: an eye within a triangle and circles on the inner forearm, an open window with a tree on the upper back, a triangle with circles on the forearm, and an eye in a
Geometric eye and window tattoos in black and grey
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head and mane with front paws, covering most of a person's upper back.
Realistic lion tattoo across the back
Colour tattoo of an anchor with a rope and two pink hummingbirds over blue watercolour splashes, on a person's upper back.
Anchor and hummingbirds on a upper back

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