Book tattoo ideas

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

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Black linework tattoo of birds rising from an open book in an engraved style with stippled shading, on the upper arm.
Birds rising from an open book
Traditional style tattoo of a stack of books with an eye on the cover and a yellow banner reading NERD LIFE, on the upper arm.
Stacked books with an eye and NERD LIFE banner
Colour traditional-style tattoo on an upper arm of a stack of books with a teacup and teapot, purple flowers and a banner with lettering.
Stacked books and teapot on upper arm
Traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing an owl above a woman holding a book labelled WISDOM, set against a red circle.
Owl and woman traditional tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an open book with loose watercolour-style splashes of teal, pink, purple and yellow on the upper arm.
Open book with watercolour splashes
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stack of old leather-bound books beside a flower and leaves on an upper arm.
Stacked books and flower on upper arm
Colour neo-trad style tattoo of a cartoon owl perched on an open book in front of an orange moon, on the upper arm.
Cartoon owl on an open book with a moon
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 tattoo of a stack of books on the outer upper arm of a person in a blue top.
Stacked books on an upper arm
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
Small black and grey dotwork tattoo of a black cat sitting on a stack of books on the inner upper arm.
Black cat sitting on stacked books
Black and grey tattoo of several open books with hatched shading and bold outlines on the upper arm.
Floating open books on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stack of old books on an upper arm, with a large flower tattoo beside it.
Stack of books with a flower on the upper arm
Colour tattoo of a barn owl perched on a stack of coloured books on the upper arm, with the shoulder and a dark vest top visible.
Barn owl perched on a stack of books
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm in a circular frame, showing a boy in a suit watching a hand shadow puppet cast on a wall beside a candle.
Boy watching a hand shadow on an arm
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing an axe embedded in a tree stump beside a small animal, with the words K is for Kate beneath it.
K is for Kate with an axe and stump
Black outline tattoo of an open book with small legs on the upper arm, shown against a brick wall with a hand holding the arm.
Open book with legs on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a tree with multicoloured leaves growing from an open book, with the word IMAGINE on the trunk and birds above, on an upper arm.
Tree of leaves growing from an open book
Close photograph of a small fine black serif word, rêveur, tattooed on the upper arm, with the framed collage showing a book spine and an old printed page.
Rêveur lettering on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl perched on a stack of books, on the upper arm.
Owl perched on a stack of books
Colour tattoo of a blue police box combined with a stack of book pages on the upper arm, with bold black outlines and shaded blue panels.
Blue police box and book tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a barn owl perched on a stack of coloured books on the upper arm and shoulder.
Barn owl perched on a stack of books
A woman sits on a dark blanket on sand beside an orange book, showing a dark sunburst tattoo on her upper arm.
Sunburst tattoo on upper arm at the beach
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with falling leaves on a thigh, with a figure and books tattooed on the upper arm.
Bare tree and falling leaves on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of torn skin peeling back to reveal printed text pages across the upper arm and elbow.
Torn skin revealing text pages on arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up woman in glasses seated on a stool and reading a red book, with a finger to her lips, on the upper arm.
Pin-up woman reading a book on a stool
Collage of small black fine line tattoos drawn from classic books, shown on upper arms, forearms, shoulders and backs.
Literary tattoos on arms and backs
Collage of owl tattoos in fine line, traditional and realism styles on backs, arms, ankles and chests.
Owl tattoos in a varied collage