Handwritten text tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of black fine line script reading run like a girl running vertically along the back of a thigh.
Run like a girl script on thigh
Small black script lettering tattooed along the ribs of a seated woman in a grey sleeveless top, with brass cuff bracelets on her wrists.
Fine script lettering along the ribs
Black fine line handwritten tattoo reading I love you to the moon and back with a small crescent moon below, on the inner wrist beneath a metal watch.
Quote and crescent moon on a wrist
Black and grey photograph of the words never give up in handwritten script tattooed along a finger, held by another hand.
Never give up lettering on a finger
Close-up of a black and grey penguin tattoo with a red heart and handwritten lettering above it on the lower leg near the ankle.
Penguin and handwritten heart on ankle
Black fine line cursive script tattoo running down the outer upper arm of a person whose back and shoulder are also visible.
Cursive script tattoo on upper arm
Before and after pair of a wrist tattoo showing a baseball in grass with the handwritten words I love you DAD, first in black linework and then in colour.
Baseball in grass with I love you DAD script
Two photos of a black handwritten script tattoo on a person's upper back, one fresh and red, one healed, reading a short message to a mum with a small outline heart.
Handwritten message tattoo on upper back
Black hand-drawn lettering tattooed across a person's back, reading a song lyric over several lines, shown in a lettering style.
Lyric lettering across a back
Colour butterflies beside black script reading "Your tears will dry, you'll soon be free to fly", a lettering tattoo on the back.
Butterflies and script quote on the back
Fine line black script lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of a woman's back, along the spine.
Vertical script quote down the back
Close view of a small handwritten lettering tattoo reading sin over cos, with a horizontal bar between the words, in lilac ink on the upper leg of a person lying on grass.
Sin over cos lettering on a thigh
Black handwritten script tattoo on the inner wrist reading 'i am not afraid to walk this world alone', in a fine line lettering style.
Handwritten quote tattoo on the inner wrist
Close-up of a small white fine-line script tattoo on a woman's ribs, beside a black vest top with white trim.
Fine line script tattoo on the ribs
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
Black and white photo of a handwritten black script tattoo reading 'I myself am made entirely of flaws stitched together with good intentions' across the lower back, under a white garment.
Handwritten quote tattoo on the lower back
Black fine-line script quote tattoo running along a forearm, with the arm resting on a grey ledge against a dark wall.
Handwritten script quote on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading je ne regrette rien across a forearm against a dark background.
French script quote on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading 'she believed she could so she did' in three lines across the ribs, partly visible above a white vest top.
Handwritten quote on the ribs
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 and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading freedom is mine along the inner forearm and wrist.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Black ink script tattoo of Corinthians 13:4-8 with a small cross above it, across a person's ribs.
Corinthians 13 verse and cross on ribs
Fine line black script tattoo of a short handwritten phrase running diagonally along a forearm, beside a purple and yellow floral fabric.
Fine line script on a forearm
Black ink sketch of a tree above the handwritten words I climbed the tree to see the world on a forearm.
Tree and quote on the inner forearm