Handwritten text tattoo ideas

37 photos and flash · 65% Lettering, 41% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Pen sketch on lined paper of a compass with Roman numerals, scrollwork and the words follow your own path, drawn as a tattoo design.
Compass with Roman numerals and "follow your own path"
Fine line tattoo design of a meditating figure in lotus position with a small flower at the chest, above the handwritten words Whatever comes, let it come, and so on.
Meditating figure with lotus and quote
Pencil sketch of a narwhal in outline, with lines of handwritten capital lettering following its body and a long spiral tusk, drawn as a possible tattoo design.
Narwhal outline with lettering in pencil
Black ink design of abstract calligraphic swirls and brush strokes with the handwritten words "I am free from anxiety" below.
Abstract swirl with "I am free from anxiety"
Black ink line drawing of a surfboard, an acoustic guitar and a camper van above the handwritten words surf, jam, live in a van.
Surfboard, guitar and camper van sketch
Pencil-shaded sketch of a cross formed from black cursive lettering on pale paper, with no body placement shown.
Cursive script cross design on paper
Hand-drawn black ink sketch on lined paper of a symmetrical looped knot motif with the words The Story of The Wild Ones written around it.
The Story of The Wild Ones design sketch
Black line drawing of four stylised waves above the handwritten words go with the flow, shown as a fine line tattoo design on a plain light background.
Line waves with go with the flow script
Black brush-style lettering reading I'm fine on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
I'm fine lettering design
Black line drawing of a stylised Z symbol within curved arcs, with the handwritten words I am calm, open, and energized beneath it, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Stylised Z symbol with affirmation text
Black brush-stroke design of a looping symbol with a tapered stroke, with the handwritten words I can do this beneath it, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Brush stroke symbol with I can do this text