Book tattoo ideas

228 photos and flash · 25% Lettering, 23% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Close photo of a black rune-style tattoo on the inside of a wrist, with an open copy of City of Bones and its chapter 14 page beside it.
Black rune tattoo on a wrist beside an open book
Thin black lettering tattoo reading beloved on a forearm, beside an open Bible and brown leather case on a brown surface.
Beloved script on a forearm
Black and grey olive branch tattoo with leaves and small flowers running up the inner forearm of a person lying on a bed beside an open book.
Olive branch tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a wooden signpost with Shire, Winterfell and Hogwarts boards above a stack of pink, purple and green books, with sparkles, on a forearm.
Fantasy signpost and stacked books on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a stack of books on the inner forearm near the wrist, with shaded spines and a small star detail.
Stack of books on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a sleeping white cat curled on a stack of three orange books, with a pink and purple splash behind, on the thigh.
Sleeping cat on a stack of books on the thigh
Watercolour style tattoo of stacked books, an open book and flying birds on a forearm, with rainbow colour washes and black linework.
Stacked books, open book and birds on a forearm
Black and grey realistic owl tattoo on the thigh, perched on a stack of books and surrounded by looping cursive script.
Owl on books within cursive script
Traditional-style tattoo of an open book with the words turn over a new leaf in black script and a red leaf on the page, sitting on the upper arm.
Open book reading turn over a new leaf
Black and grey realism tattoo collage covering a man's entire back, with a woman smoking, an open book, film strips, a film reel and a figure holding a pistol.
Film-themed collage across a full back
Traditional style flash design of an open book with a quill and chain, flanked by two closed leather-bound books, with banner scrolls carrying lettering above and below.
Open book with quill and banner scrolls
Black ink tattoo of a stack of books topped by a quill pen, placed on the ankle and lower leg.
Stacked books and quill on an ankle
Fine line black tattoos on a man's forearms showing a stack of book spines, quotation marks, lettering and small flying silhouettes.
Book stack, quotes and birds on forearms
Fine line illustrated tattoo of a woman in a cloche hat reading a book beside a red tulip, on the inner forearm.
Reading woman and tulip on forearm
Black ink tattoo on a forearm showing a handwritten script quote above three open books with quill pens, in a line-drawn lettering style, placed on the inner forearm.
Quote and open books on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a child in a red top reading a red book on a curling wave, with green ferns and a blue line below, on the forearm.
Child reading on a wave with ferns
Small black fine line open book tattoo on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone, shown in a close crop above a red knit jumper.
Open book on a shoulder
Black and grey fine line tattoo down the side of a bare back, showing a bird neck, a dotted rain cloud and stacked open books with a small green sprout.
Bird, cloud and open books on a back
Black ink tattoo on the upper back with a bird and arrow, four small birds, the words books are proof humans can do magic, a triangle symbol and a trident.
Birds, quote and symbols on upper back
Fine line serif script tattoo on a forearm reading 'i spent my life folded between the pages of books', with an open book behind the arm.
Book quote tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a sleeping fox curled on a stack of books, placed on the lower back.
Sleeping fox on a stack of books
Fine grey outline tattoo of a vertical stack of books running down the inner forearm, against a red patterned fabric background.
Stacked book outline on a forearm
Black lettering reading EVERY BOOK IS A WORLD above an open book, in a lettering style, on the inner wrist.
Every book is a world with open book on wrist
Traditional style tattoo of an open book with two red roses and the words We're all stories in the end, on the ankle.
Open book and roses on an ankle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stack of books under an arched glass dome with stars and a ringed planet, on the inner forearm.
Stacked books in a glass dome on a forearm
Small tattoo of an open book with a pink cover and scattered grey letters above it, on the inner forearm.
Open book and floating letters on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a stack of books with lettered spines reading There's more to life than books, you know, but not much more, on a lower arm.
Stacked book spines with lettering on a forearm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a stack of books and an open book on the inside of a forearm.
Stacked and open books on a forearm
Colourful sketch-style tattoo of a stack of books with small floating letters and watercolour splashes, on the forearm.
Stack of books with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Close-up of three stacked lines of the word busy in black lettering on the outer thigh, with a paperback book resting on the lap.
Busy repeated lettering on a thigh
Black and grey line tattoos of a book stack, quote marks and lettering on a man's forearms, with small line drawings near the wrist.
Book stack and quotes on forearms
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm of a cartoon woman with glasses and auburn hair holding a book, framed by a heart, with a red rose below.
Cartoon character with book and rose on forearm
Colour tattoo of blue and red open books and small hearts above the words the world was hers for the reading in black script on the shoulder.
Open books and reading quote on the shoulder
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a Holy Bible with a ribbon bookmark on a forearm, with other tattoos partly visible above and to the right.
Holy Bible tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of birds flying up from an open book with fluttering pages on a forearm.
Birds and pages rising from a book
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a quill feather, stacked books and an inkwell with a small flower, placed on the calf.
Quill, books and inkwell on a lower leg
Black fine line book stacks, quotation marks, Peter Pan silhouettes and quote lettering shown as a flash sheet, with the designs applied to a forearm in the lower right photo.
Book and quote designs on forearms
Two thighs: a colour budgie with roses inside an ornate black frame on the left thigh, and a black and grey sketch of a cat with glasses reading on the right thigh.
Budgie in a frame and a bespectacled cat on thighs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an open book with trailing ribbons and the script it's not the destination it's the journey, on the side of the ribs.
Open book with ribbons on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a stack of books on the outer upper arm of a person in a blue top.
Stacked books on an upper arm
Fine line black script quote running across the top of a foot near the ankle, with a small coloured stack of books beside the ankle bone.
Script quote and books on a foot
Black and grey tattoo of a solid crow silhouette perched on a stack of open books, shown on a limb of skin.
Crow perched on open books
Black and grey tattoo of a cartoon black cat with a curled tail sitting on a stack of books, shown on a limb.
Black cat sitting on stacked books
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a silhouetted man standing atop a spiral of stacked books beneath a stippled galaxy.
Silhouetted figure on stacked books under a starry sky
Black and grey realism tattoo of a black cat sitting on an old book beside a rose and thorny vines, with Latin script below, on a person's upper back.
Black cat, rose and book on a back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a seated cat on a stack of books, placed on the inner upper arm.
Black cat sitting on a stack of books
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cartoon cat with large green eyes and round glasses, sitting on a stack of orange and red books, with starburst motifs on a limb.
Cartoon cat with glasses on a stack of books
Small open book tattoo with a pink heart on the right-hand page, placed on the back of the neck and partly framed by dark hair.
Open book with heart on neck