Phrase tattoo ideas

468 photos and flash · 98% Lettering, 46% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading immeasurably more across the inner forearm, on a light skin tone.
Immeasurably more script on a forearm
Black script lettering in Turkish over pink and blue watercolour splashes on the side of a ribcage, with a teal strap visible above.
Script lettering over watercolour splashes on ribs
Small black lettering reading sick as frick with a short mark beneath it, on the side of a ribcage.
Small lettering tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey fine line script reading so it goes on a forearm, with a small dot above the left side of the lettering.
Script phrase on a forearm
Close-up of a small fine line black script tattoo reading let it go on a person's side ribs, just below a black bra strap.
Fine line script reading let it go on the ribs
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading C'est la vie on the side of a person's torso, near the ribs.
Fine line C'est la vie script on the side
Black fine line script tattoo reading fearfully and wonderfully made, running diagonally along the inner forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading All was well across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
All was well script on upper back
Close photo of a thin black script tattoo reading 'i am because you were' on a person's upper back below the shoulder blade, in a fine line lettering style.
Fine script phrase across a shoulder blade
Small black lettering reading let it be in a typewriter-style font on the upper back, with a gloved finger pointing at it.
Let it be lettering on upper back
Black cursive lettering tattoo reading soul meets body across the side of a thigh, with a pale waistband at the top edge of the frame.
Soul meets body script on upper thigh
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Destroy what destroys you across two lines on the inner wrist, above a grey sleeve cuff.
Two-line quote on the inner wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading good vibes on the side of a torso, just below the ribs, with a grey crop top above it.
Good vibes script on the ribs
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading now I'm a warrior across the torso, with fingers with black nail polish resting above it.
Now I'm a warrior script tattoo
Black and white photo of two hands held together in a triangle, with the words what goes around comes back around tattooed in capitals across the fingers.
Quote tattooed across fingers
Black and grey photograph of the words "still I rise." in a typewriter-style font, curved across the inner forearm near the wrist.
"still I rise." lettering on the wrist
Two people in black and grey bras show matching fine line script tattoos on their ribs, reading To infinity and and beyond.
Matching "To infinity" and "and beyond" script on ribs
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a thigh, showing a wreath of three roses and leaves around a pointing hand and the script Love Me Till I'm Dead.
Rose wreath with hand and script
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Thy will be done, running diagonally across the upper arm.
Thy will be done script on upper arm
Black and grey script lettering reading Taste this kitty on the hip, just above the line of a bikini bottom.
Script lettering on a hip
Black and grey fine line script reading ad maiora on the inner wrist, with the hand raised above it.
Ad maiora script on a wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading love fearlessly on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone.
Love fearlessly script on a shoulder
Black script lettering reading je t'aime with long looping flourishes, shown as a flash design on a white background, with no placement on the body visible.
Je t'aime script lettering design
Black script lettering reading Expecto Patronum with flourished capitals, tattooed across the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Expecto Patronum script on the wrist
Flash sheet of hand-lettered phrases in black ink on white paper, with two pale blue panels patterned with small stars, shown as lettering designs rather than on skin.
Hand-lettered phrase sheet with star panels
Close photo of the single word Allons-y in black script lettering on a person's side ribs, above a blue and grey top.
Allons-y script lettering on the side ribs
Black and grey lettering reading DON'T LAUGH with a small downward arrow, tattooed on the lower abdomen above a black waistband, with larger black and grey tattoos higher up the torso.
Small Don't Laugh lettering on the lower belly
Black lettering design reading stay weird with a full stop, shown upside down on a plain white background as a tattoo design.
Stay weird lettering design
Black lettering reading Go Your Own Way across a forearm, with waiting room chairs and a checkered floor behind.
Go Your Own Way lettering on forearm
Black and white photo of a Latin phrase, OMNIA CAUSA FIUNT, set in serif capitals across the upper arm in lettering tattoo.
Latin lettering on upper arm
Close view of the words In Christ Alone in black typewriter-style lettering on the upper arm of a person wearing a knitted sleeve.
In Christ Alone lettering on an upper arm
Black blackletter lettering reading CAN'T TOUCH THIS across the lower stomach, shown above black trousers and below a tropical print crop top against a green background.
Can't Touch This lettering across the stomach
Black and grey photo of the phrase 'this too shall pass' in fine line script tattooed on an ankle.
Script quote 'this too shall pass' on an ankle
Black fine line script tattoo reading One day at a time, placed across the upper chest along the collarbone.
One day at a time script on the collarbone
Fine-line black tattoo on an upper arm of concentric rings with the word HAPPY at the centre and the phrase WHAT TO FOCUS ON above.
Concentric rings with text on upper arm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading to the sea on the inner upper arm.
Script phrase on the upper arm
Close-up of a black serif script tattoo reading We're All Mad Here, running diagonally along the inner upper arm of a woman in a maroon top.
We're All Mad Here quote on upper arm
Three fingers of a hand with the words Live, Laugh and Love in black script lettering, one word per finger, with red painted nails.
Live, Laugh, Love script across three fingers
Black script lettering reading Live without regrets, with a swirled flourish beneath, across the upper back.
Live without regrets script on upper back
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo on a person's side ribs, above the waistband of light denim shorts.
Fine line script on the side ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading saved by grace across the inner forearm above the wrist, with the hand resting on white bedding.
Saved by grace script on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Hopeless Romantic, tattooed across the upper chest above the collarbone, with a grey off-shoulder top below.
Hopeless Romantic script on collarbone
Two wrists with matching fine line script tattoos in blue and red, reading 'to' with an infinity symbol and 'and beyond' with small birds.
Matching 'to infinity' and 'and beyond' wrist script
Black sans-serif lettering reading where is my mind? tattooed across a shaved area at the back of a head, in a lettering style, with hair in buns.
Where is my mind lettering on the back of the head
Black script tattoo reading sky's the limit, with a thin cloud outline trailing from the final word, on a person's side above the waistband of denim.
Sky's the limit script with cloud
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading "to the sea" on the left side of a ribcage, below the upper arm.
"to the sea" script on the ribs
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading unfold your wings across the upper chest and collarbone area.
Unfold your wings script across upper chest
Black script reading Love me for who i am with two butterflies near the shoulder, in a fine line lettering style.
Butterflies and script on a shoulder