Tattoo ideas

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Woman seen from behind with a gold and silver metallic winged scarab and Eye of Horus design on her upper back, in an Egyptian-inspired motif.
Gold winged scarab and Eye of Horus on upper back
Grey circular medallion tattoo with a face-like figure on a person's upper back, beside colourful beaded straps and an embellished garment.
Circular medallion tattoo on upper back
A cat silhouette tattoo filled with purple, pink, yellow and green galaxy-style colour and small stars, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Galaxy cat silhouette on shoulder blade
Full back tattoo of a shaded grey skull with red poppies, a helicopter and a line of black lettering, with painterly black and red splashes.
Skull and poppies across a full back
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with a beaded rim, fine web and three shaded feathers, placed across the upper back.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on the upper back
Black tribal knotwork tattoo of an interlaced animal inside a circle on the upper back, with a tribal sun design at the top right edge.
Interlaced animal knotwork across the upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a Spartan helmet with a plume above crossed swords, centred on a person's upper back.
Spartan helmet and crossed swords on upper back
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with a fine line outline tattoo of the world map across her upper back.
World map outline across a upper back
Two women seen from behind, each with a matching fine line black knot tattoo on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Matching knot tattoos on two backs
Full back tattoo of interlaced knotwork and spirals in black, grey and red ink, covering the whole of the upper and lower back.
Full back Norse interlace tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant head with moth-like wings bearing eyespots, placed centrally on the upper back.
Elephant head with moth wings on upper back
Colour tattoo of a stylised stag with orange antlers and long thin legs, in neo-traditional style, on a person's upper back.
Stylised stag with long legs on upper back
A watercolour-style kitten tattoo with splashes of blue, purple, pink and orange across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Watercolour kitten on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two dreamcatchers with hanging feathers running down the centre of a bare back.
Dreamcatchers and feathers down the back
Fine line constellation tattoo of dots and thin connecting lines across the upper back and shoulder blade of a person with curly hair.
Constellation tattoo across upper back
Realism-style colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS in a starry scene, set in a gold ornate frame with a red bow tie, on a person's upper back.
TARDIS in an ornate frame on the upper back
Woman seen from behind in a white open-back top, with a fine line black tattoo of small vertical characters running down the middle of her back.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hands raised to her head, with a dotted line below it.
Lotus tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of five monarch butterflies in a diagonal line across the lower back, with black outlines and orange wings.
Monarch butterflies down the lower back
Colour fine line tattoo of a mermaid with flowing red hair and a blue peacock-feather tail, sitting on the lower back above jeans.
Mermaid with peacock-feather tail on lower back
Colour tattoo of the Taco Bell logo, a pink and purple bell above blue capital lettering, on the lower back.
Taco Bell logo on lower back
Pink and black lotus flower tattoo with concentric ripple rings and pink paint-like drips across the middle of the back.
Pink lotus with ripples on the back
Close view of a large red phoenix tattoo with feathers running across the back and side of a person with dark hair, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Red phoenix tattoo across back and side
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a songbird with outstretched wings and rainbow paint splashes on a person's upper back.
Watercolour songbird on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of three birds perched on a thin wire across the upper back, with a green top visible below.
Three birds on a wire across the upper back
Black ink mandala tattoo on the upper back of a woman with long dark hair, seen from behind in an open-back top.
Mandala tattoo on upper back
Black script lettering reading Make a Wish, Take a Chance, Make a Change and breakaway across the upper back, with small black bird silhouettes rising towards the shoulder.
Script quote with birds on upper back
Woman seen from behind with black floral scrollwork tattoos across her back and upper arms, hands clasped at her waist and rings on her fingers.
Floral scrollwork tattoo across a woman's back
Small black outline tattoo of a claddagh, two hands holding a crowned heart, on the upper back near the neck.
Claddagh on upper back
Colour tattoo on a back showing a triangle of a blue-tipped pen, a wand, a dagger and a green lightsaber around a grey stone with runic markings, in a realistic style.
Triangle of fantasy and sci-fi objects on a back
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a sheriff in a wide-brimmed hat aiming a revolver, with a city skyline, a road and zombies around him.
Sheriff and zombies back piece
Colour botanical tattoo of a sunflower on a shoulder and upper back, with black silhouette birds and drifting petals above it.
Sunflower and birds on a shoulder
Back view of a dark ink phoenix with outstretched wings and a long flowing tail, tattooed in the centre of the upper back.
Phoenix on upper back
Small dark blue-black tribal-style turtle tattoo with a spiral body on the upper back, below the nape of the neck.
Small tribal turtle tattoo on upper back
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 realism tattoo across a bare back showing a small girl in a dress beneath a tall tree, with a grinning cat on a branch above, placed on the back.
Girl under a tree with grinning cat on a back
Two matching black and grey tattoos on the upper backs of two people, each showing the words Mother Daughter in script over a shaded heart with swirling scrollwork.
Matching mother and daughter heart tattoos
Black and white photo of a bare back showing a single thin black fine line tattoo running down the spine from the nape of the neck.
Single fine line down the spine
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a red spotted mythical beast with turquoise mane and flames across a full back, set against dark grey clouds.
Red spotted mythical beast across a full back
Fine line and dotwork lotus tattoo with geometric circles on the upper back of a woman seen from behind.
Lotus tattoo on upper back
Fine line tattoo of a small tree with reddish and green leaves and a tiny green bird, placed on the upper back below the neck of a person in a white top.
Small tree tattoo on upper back
Black dotwork mandala with a lotus centre and moon phases on a person's upper back, with dotted beaded strands hanging below.
Mandala with moon phases on upper back
Black and grey Celtic triquetra knot tattoo with swirling linework and dots, placed on the upper back.
Celtic triquetra knot with swirls on the back
Black script tattoo of a Vincent Van Gogh quote about stars across a woman's upper back, seen from behind.
Van Gogh star quote across upper back
Black and grey photo of a woman's upper back showing a small fine line outline world map tattoo between the shoulder blades, below her braided hair.
Outline world map on upper back
Two-panel photo of a grey-black feather tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair up, with a close-up of the feather beside it.
Feather tattoo on upper back
Black and grey fine line arrow tattoo running vertically down the middle of a woman's back, between the shoulder blades.
Arrow tattoo down the spine
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a geometric bird in flight, built from overlapping circles and lines, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Geometric bird in flight on upper back

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