Hope tattoo ideas

133 photos and flash · 79% Lettering, 36% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black line flash sheet of small fine line designs, including semicolons, a ribbon, a cross, a dragonfly, a key and lettering such as Hope, Faith and Never Give Up, shown on white paper.
Semicolon and inspirational word flash sheet
Black line drawing of a cross, a heartbeat line and a heart above the words Faith, Hope and Love on a plain pale background.
Cross, heartbeat and heart with Faith Hope Love
Colour tattoo of a green and teal awareness ribbon with black script reading Hope and a small hummingbird, placed on the back of the neck.
Hope ribbon and hummingbird on the neck
Black line drawing of a tattoo design showing a cross, a heartbeat line and a heart, with the words FAITH, HOPE and LOVE beneath.
Cross, heartbeat and heart with faith hope love
Fine line black tattoo of a bass clef joined to the word hope in cursive script, on pale skin.
Bass clef and hope script tattoo
Black line drawing of a cross joined to a heartbeat line that forms a heart, with the words FAITH, HOPE and LOVE beneath, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Cross, heartbeat and heart design
Black script lettering reading Faith, Hope and Love with a small heart between each word, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Faith, hope and love script lettering
Fine line black lettering reading hope with a puzzle piece outline beside it, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Hope script and puzzle piece on a wrist
Six-panel black and white collage of tattoos: a shaded rose, the word Hope on an arm, beautiful in script, a lotus on a back, be kind to yourself on a forearm, and a fine stem on the upper back.
Collage of rose, lettering and botanical tattoos
Two pencil sketches of ornate lettering designs, one reading HOPE and one reading FAITH, with flourishes around each word.
Hope and Faith lettering sketches
Three wrists on a wooden table, each with a small black lettering tattoo reading DREAM, HOPE and LOVE in plain capitals on the inner forearm.
Dream, hope and love wrist lettering
Side view of a person in a black backless top with the word Hope in black script tattooed on the side of the ribcage below the arm.
Hope script tattoo on the side ribs
Three arrow designs with black script lettering reading freedom, hope and love, with teal accents, shown as a drawn tattoo design without a body placement.
Freedom, hope and love arrow script designs
Fine line black script tattoo reading with faith and hope on the side of a ribcage.
Faith and hope script on the ribs
Fine line black script reading hope with a shaded black and grey bird beside it, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Hope script and bird on a wrist
Traditional style anchor tattoo wrapped in rope on the forearm, with the words Hope Anchors the Soul in blackletter lettering and small red gems.
Traditional anchor with rope and lettering
Black script lettering reading Hope above a grey shaded puzzle piece tattoo on the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
Hope lettering and puzzle piece on a wrist
Two forearms with blue script lettering: Fearless with a teal ribbon on the upper arm, and Hope with a teal ribbon beneath it.
Fearless and Hope ribbon tattoos on forearms
Flash sheet of six black line infinity symbol tattoo designs, several with handwritten words such as strength and faith.
Infinity symbol tattoo designs with words
Black line drawing of a cross, a heartbeat line ending in a heart, and the words Faith, Hope and Love in script, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Cross, heartbeat and heart with Faith Hope Love
Fine line tattoo on the back showing a teal cross and a blue-to-purple heartbeat line leading to a red heart, above black script reading Faith Hope Love.
Faith Hope Love script with cross and heart
Black fine line tattoo of a cross with a small heart and the script word hope on skin, photographed close up.
Fine line cross with heart and script hope
Upper arm tattoo of an orange awareness ribbon with black script reading Hope, flanked by grey and white feathered wings.
Winged orange ribbon with Hope script
Collage of four photos: two matching traditional-style forearm tattoos of linked hands in front of an orange sun, a tiny eye tattoo on the upper back, lettering reading LOVE, HOPE and DREAM on the
Four small matching tattoos on arms and back
Hand-drawn line sketch of three doves in flight, each carrying one word: faith, hope and love, shown as a tattoo design on pale paper.
Three doves with faith, hope and love
Black script tattoo of the word Hope with a thin green stroke through the H, on the inner wrist.
Hope script on the inner wrist
Black fine-line tattoo of a heartbeat trace that forms a cross and ends in an outlined heart, with the words FAITH, HOPE and LOVE beneath, on the side of the ribs.
Heartbeat cross and heart with faith, hope, love
Close-up of the word hope in thin, lilac-toned script tattooed along a finger, a fine line lettering piece on the hand.
Hope lettering on a finger
Purple and teal butterfly design with a purple awareness ribbon running down its centre and the word HOPE in the upper right, shown as a standalone drawing with no body part visible.
Butterfly with awareness ribbon and HOPE
Black script word Hope with a purple ribbon and an outlined butterfly, tattooed on the wrist.
Hope script and butterfly on a wrist
Traditional-style pin-up flash drawing of a woman with a cross, the words FAITH and HOPE, and a chequered neck design, painted on a board.
Pin-up face with FAITH and HOPE tattoos
Fine line cursive script reading hope in pale ink on the forearm, shown in two close-up photographs of the same arm.
Hope script on a forearm
Flash sheet of black ambigram lettering designs with paired words such as Angel and Devil, Faith and Hope, and Loyalty and Betrayal, each with a small caption beneath.
Ambigram lettering flash sheet
Close-up of a flowing script tattoo spelling the word hope in dark ink, with the final letter shaded in orange, on a forearm.
Hope script tattoo on a forearm
Side ribs tattoo of a handwritten line reading there is always hope, with a red heart balloon and a black silhouette of a girl reaching up.
Script quote and girl silhouette on ribs
Fine line teal script reading hope woven through an infinity loop on the inner forearm, with a steel wristwatch worn just above it.
Hope script in an infinity loop on forearm
Fine line black tattoo on the inner wrist showing a heartbeat line that forms a cross and ends in a heart, with small text reading faith, hope and love below.
Heartbeat cross and heart on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo on the inner wrist showing an infinity loop with the words life and hope in script, with a small anchor hanging below.
Infinity loop with anchor and script words on wrist
Black line drawing of a cross joined to a heartbeat trace that ends in an open heart, with the words FAITH, HOPE and LOVE beneath, in a fine line style with no body placement shown.
Cross, heartbeat and heart line design
Black line drawing of a tattoo design in a circle, with two small circles, a crescent shape, two parallel diagonal bars and the word Hope beneath.
Hope symbol with circles and bars
Black lettering tattoo of a three-line quote reading I am and always will be the optimist on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Optimist quote lettering across upper back
Fine line black heartbeat design on the inner wrist forming a cross and an outlined heart, with the words Faith, Hope and Love beneath it.
Heartbeat line and heart on a wrist
Black tattoo of a cross with bold block lettering on the upper arm, shown in a bathroom photo.
Cross and block lettering on upper arm
Bold black lettering tattoo reading HOPE across the upper back, with the words INSIDE ALL OF US IS inside the O, in a lettering style.
HOPE lettering tattoo across the upper back
Black script tattoo of the word Hope, with an awareness ribbon forming the final letter, on a close-up of skin.
Hope script with ribbon on skin
Black script lettering reading Hope with a purple accent and a black outline butterfly on the inner wrist.
Hope script and butterfly on a wrist
Black and grey flash design of an anchor with a heart above a hatched rope infinity symbol, with the words faith and hope and two scripture references.
Heart, infinity rope and anchor design with hope and faith
Black script tattoo of the word Hope on the inner wrist, with a pink awareness ribbon forming part of the letters.
Hope script with pink ribbon on wrist