Book tattoo ideas

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

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Small fine line tattoo of an open book with a red heart on one page, placed on the ankle.
Open book with red heart on ankle
Fine line black tattoo of an open book with a script quotation on the upper back of a woman with her hair pinned up.
Open book with quote on upper back
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
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
Small fine line tattoo of an open book in black ink on the upper shoulder near the collarbone, with a red top and bookshelves visible behind.
Open book on a shoulder
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
Black fine line tattoo of a row of old books on a shelf with a small bear leaning against them, on the ribs of a person in a white patterned top.
Row of books with a bear on a ribs tattoo
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 fine line tattoo of the words You are not alone above a sketched girl holding a book, on a lower leg.
Quote and sketched girl with a book
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
Small fine line tattoo of an open book in black and grey on the side of an ankle, against a red fabric background.
Open book tattoo on the ankle
Fine line black ink tattoo of a stack of books with titles including 1984 and Brave New World on the outer thigh.
Stack of book spines on a thigh
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
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
Fine line black tattoo of an open book with fanned pages on the outer thigh, shown in a close photograph of the skin.
Open book outline on a thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an open book on the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a warm sepia bathroom background.
Open book tattoo on a wrist
Small black fine line outline of a heart on the inner wrist, next to a gold cuff bracelet and a mug of coffee.
Small heart outline on the inner wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree growing from an open book with small birds in flight, placed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Bare tree growing from an open book on a shoulder blade
Black linework tattoo on a forearm of a stack of three books above the words I have lived a thousand lives, set in a typewriter-style font.
Stack of books with quote on forearm
Fine line black arrow tattoo with a feathered head and diamond point running down the forearm of a person reading a book.
Arrow tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black outline tattoo of an open book on an ankle, with red painted toenails and dark jeans in view.
Open book outline on an ankle
Small colour tattoo of a cartoon cat in a polka dot dress and red bow, holding an open orange book by a thin line, on the lower leg above the ankle.
Cartoon cat holding an orange book on ankle
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
Fine line black script reading warrior along the inner forearm, with the arm resting over an open book and a knitted teal blanket.
Warrior script on a forearm
Fine line black quotation marks tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with stacks of books blurred in the background.
Small quotation mark tattoo on the inner wrist
Black fine line tattoos across a person's neck, chest and shoulders, including open books, a quote, a book stack and large comma marks.
Literary quotes, open books and book stack on chest
Close view of a thin black fine line script tattoo reading warrior on the inner forearm, with a book and a teal knitted blanket in the background.
Warrior script on a forearm
Small black semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with stacked books blurred in the background.
Small semicolon tattoo on the wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a stack of books with the word Escape in script beside it, on the ankle.
Escape lettering and stacked books on the ankle
Fine line black outline tattoo of an open book on the inner wrist, shown against a red background.
Open book on the inner wrist
Black ink fine line tattoo of an open book with lettering and a cup of coffee on a saucer, placed on the side of the torso above the hip.
Open book with library quote and coffee cup
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a stack of books with a steaming coffee cup on top, placed on the inner forearm.
Stacked books and coffee cup on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo on the side of a thigh showing a stack of three books beneath the script words I've lived a thousand lives.
Stack of books and a quote on the thigh
Fine line black tattoo on the side of a thigh showing a stack of three books with the words I've lived a thousand lives above them.
Stack of books and quote on thigh
Close photo of three small black star tattoos on the inner wrist of a hand holding an open book, in a fine line style.
Three small stars on the wrist
Fine line tattoo of a small bird on the inner wrist, placed beside a blue copy of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Small bird tattoo on wrist beside a book