Book tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a stack of strapped books with red roses, a small red flower and green leaves.
Stack of books and roses on a forearm
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a stack of three books with a moth on the top cover, placed on the forearm.
Stacked books on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an open book with a pink cover and a script banner reading Loving on the Edge, on the inner forearm.
Open book with Loving on the Edge banner
Black linework leaf tattoo on the hand and wrist and a coiled snake tattoo on the arm, with a crystal ring, acorn pendant and pinecone beside an open book.
Leaf and snake tattoos beside an open book
Neo-traditional tattoo of a cat in glasses, a flat cap and bow tie holding a drink, with stacked books and pink flowers, on a forearm.
Cat in glasses and flat cap on forearm
Close-up of small black serif lettering reading bibliophile along the inner wrist, with an open book held above it.
Bibliophile lettering on the inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of an open book and a steaming coffee cup on the forearm, with a coin placed below it for scale.
Open book and coffee cup on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on a forearm of a stack of books with open pages lifting into a flock of birds, in a sketchy linework and shaded style.
Books turning into birds on a forearm
Small fine-line black tattoo of an open book on the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a red background.
Open book on a wrist
Fine black script tattoo on a forearm reading 'i spent my life folded between the pages of books', with an open book behind it.
Book quote script on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an open book with black outline and watercolour splashes in pink, yellow, teal and orange on the forearm.
Open book with watercolour splashes
Traditional style tattoo of a red book covered in eyes and stars, with a leafy border, on the forearm.
Eyed book on the forearm
Traditional style tattoo of an open book with a pink heart and scrolls above, over a pink and blue flower with green leaves, on a forearm.
Open book and rose on a forearm
Two matching forearm tattoos: a shaded grey game controller on the left and a colour stack of books on the right, each with the words I have lived a thousand lives.
Matching controller and books forearm tattoos
Black and grey photo of the word dust in thin script lettering on the inner forearm, with a watch strap and an open book behind.
Dust script lettering on a wrist
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 lettering tattoo in a serif script reading 'i spent my life folded between the pages of books' runs along a forearm resting on an open book.
Book quote script on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of three open books labelled Fig 1, Fig 2 and Fig 3, stacked across the inner wrist and forearm.
Three open books on a wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a quote set in a typewriter-style font, running down the forearm.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an open book above the word wanderer in script, on the inner wrist of a light-skinned arm.
Open book and wanderer on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of an open book whose pages turn into four birds flying upwards.
Open book with birds in flight on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an open book with its pages turning into flying birds, running up the inner forearm.
Open book with birds rising on a forearm
Two matching forearm tattoos: a shaded black and grey game controller and a colour stack of books, each above the words I have lived a thousand lives.
Matching game controller and books on forearms
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a sitting cat on a stack of books, with loose ink linework, on the forearm.
Watercolour cat on stacked books
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a woman's profile with the words Jane Austen in script beneath it, on the inner forearm, with Austen novels stacked behind.
Jane Austen silhouette and script on wrist