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Long gone are the days when having a dragon tattoo on your spine meant you were a member of some fierce gang. A spine tattoo these days is as much of an art statement as any other ink drawing on your skin. So if you’ve ever thought that your back is a perfect canvas for some unique spine tattoo designs, you can absolutely fulfill this dream of yours.
Now, an important question: do tattoos on the spine hurt? Or rather, do they hurt more than other tattoos? The spine is not covered by a ton of muscles, which means it is more exposed to pain than many other parts of your body. So if your pain threshold is not that high, think twice. There are plenty of other tattoos you could get.
But if pain doesn’t bother you and you’ve been eyeing spine tattoo ideas on the internet for quite some time, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, you will find a whole range of ideas for spine tattoos that can inspire you for your own design. From simple spine tattoos to intricate patterns, we’ve got something for every taste.
Share this article with your friends, upvote your favorite designs, and once you get a spine tattoo, show us your masterpiece in the comments.
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Spine Tattoo With Sharks
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Thethe shadows are cool in themselves, what else can you do with that "see-through" light shade? Any ideas??
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Three Little Dragons
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These would be bad a*s with those shadows up top
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Romantic Spine Tattoo
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I want a spider lily to remind me of all the hardships and pain I've managed to push past.
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An Assortment Of Flowers
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They need to get that mole checked. Awful sus
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Haku Dragon Tattoo
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Best Spirited Away tattoo I've seen to date.
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Black Dragon Tattoo
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Elfish Spine Tattoo
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So ethereal.
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Phoenix Bird
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Moon Tattoo
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Bird Tattoo
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It's stunning and sexy
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Floral Back Tattoo
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Betsy Ray Betsy Ray Community Member Follow
Beautiful and subtle.
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Haku And The Little Ghibli Characters Flying
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Lovely colors
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Pinetree Tattoo
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Oh wow. The longer I look at it the more detail I see!
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Abstract Tattoo In Process
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He looks like he's a swimmer. The water is perfect already.
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Black Poppy Tattoo
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Beautiful with a little black dress. Or without.
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Blossoms Branch
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Abstract Faces
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Betsy Ray Betsy Ray Community Member Follow
Creative.
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Large Spine Tattoo Design
“Fine Line Spine by Vic Tamian of Victory Tattoo NYC, 77 E 3rd st. New York, NY”
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<3
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Leafy Spine
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Spinal Tattoo
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Looks like he has some metal plates fusing a few of those. That's way easier to explain to people!
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Celtic Sword Back Tattoo
“Celtic Sword by Nate Graves at Sacred Tattoos in Marquette, Mi”
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Blue Flowers Tattoo
“When someone you love becomes a memory that memory becomes a treasure.”
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Red Moon Spine Piece
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This is beautiful!
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Brush Stroked Tattoo
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Floral Tattoo Inspired By Her Wedding Bouquet
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I like to know the meaning behind tattoos. This is lovely.
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Black Koi Fish Tattoo
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Those little 3-lobed decorations behind the fish look like little fish farts. 😄
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Dragon Spine Tattoo
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Abstract Spine Piece
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It's off center and making my eye twitch
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Koi Carp Tattoo
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Rose Tattoo
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Roses Tattoo
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Beautiful!!!!!
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Spine Tattoo Desing
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Spine Tattoo
“This beautiful spine piece was done by Matt D Clemmer who owns Aisle 9 tattoo shop in Centerville, Ohio! He is magnificent. And I love my back piece.”
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Black Geometric Spine Tattoo
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Looks like skee-ball🙃🙂
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Lettering Tattoo With Butterflies
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I hate that saying
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Spine Tattoo
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Leonie Smith Leonie Smith Community Member Follow
Upvote for the sentiment expressed in the words. If we could all live those words the world would be a better place.
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Black Neo Tribal Tattoo
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Bicycle tire print
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Moon Phases Spine Tattoo
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Lion Floral Tattoo
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Rose Watercolor Tattoo
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Finally some color! Gorgeous!!
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Shark Teeth Tattoo
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He's blurry but the teeth aren't? I think this is a fake
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Ornamental Tattoo
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Sword And Botanics
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Lettering And Flower
“Love needs no words”
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Spine Tattoo
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Floral Line Work
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Clouds Sword From Final Fantasy 7
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Delicate Spine Tattoo
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Floral Spine Tattoo
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Floral Tattoo
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Betsy Ray Betsy Ray Community Member Follow
And the angel and devil!
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Filipino Tribal Spine Tattoo
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Floral Snake
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Lily Tattoo
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Leonie Smith Leonie Smith Community Member Follow
Once the inflammation settles, this will be beautiful.
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Elven Spine Piece
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Betsy Ray Betsy Ray Community Member Follow
For summer? And then?
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Haku Dragon Tattoo
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Beautiful! My astrology sign is the earth dragon.
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Water Color Flower Tattoo
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A Line On Spine
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I get people have different tastes and multiple people upvoted it so i guess multiple people like it but this i just don't get the point or the beauty value.
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Fish Tattoo
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This is cool on a wrist
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Floral Spine
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Baby Shark Tattoo
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Leonie Smith Leonie Smith Community Member Follow
If this had the shadow beneath it like in picture No. 1 of this post (with the 3 sharks), it would be incredible.
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Spine Tattoo
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Floral Spine Tattoo
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Leonie Smith Leonie Smith Community Member Follow
So fine! Beautiful!
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Floral Tattoo
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Minimal Leaves Design
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Koi And Blossom Back Piece
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H. R. Giger Inspired Tattoo
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Phoenix(or nix)they/them Phoenix(or nix)they/them Community Member Follow
Wow. No words. That is so close to the tail bone, it must have hurt more than any other spine tattoo.
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Floral Spine Tattoo
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Spine Tattoo With Flowers
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Floral Tattoo
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The splashes of color just add so much life to this piece.
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Spine Tattoo With Flower
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Spine Tattoo With Flowers
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Abstract Flow Rectangle
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ooh funky and cool! i like it
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Butterfly Mushroom Spine Tattoo
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Abstract Spine Tattoo
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Floral Back Piece
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Spine Tattoo With Flower
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Delicate iris.
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Cosmic Tattoo
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Back Tattoo
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Butterflies On Spine
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What's going on here?
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Ornamental Spine Piece
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Lettering Tattoo
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Spine Sword
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Symbolic Spine Tattoo
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Snake Tattoo
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Spine Ornaments
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i like the big sis one lol
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Spine And Wings Tattoo
‘New spine by Dan Morris (Rain City, UK). Rest by Steve Potton (Steve's Tattoo Studio, UK)’
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Mrs. Joe V Mrs. Joe V Community Member Follow
Ohhfff
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Little Lotus
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Butterflies Tattoo
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Spine Design
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Ornamental Spine Tattoo
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Moon Phases Tattoo
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Spine Tattoo
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Spine Vine
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Decorative Spine Tattoo Design
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Lettering Tattoo
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"Just put the most generic quote you can think of on my spine, please."
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