Script tattoo ideas

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Fine line script lettering design of the word beautiful with a flowing line extending from each side, drawn in black on a cream background.
Beautiful in fine line script
Black stylised calligraphic design resembling Arabic script with three diamonds and a vertical stroke, shown as a flash drawing on a plain light grey background.
Stylised calligraphic letterforms with diamonds
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a dog head in profile above three roses, with the script words misunderstood breed arched overhead, in a traditional style.
Dog portrait with roses and script lettering
Black ink drawing of the words Come Forth in flowing script, with stippled dotwork shading around the letters, on white paper.
Come Forth lettering with dotwork flourishes
Black ink drawing of a lion head in profile with a flowing mane and the word Leo in script, drawn as a tattoo design on white paper.
Lion head design with Leo script
Black fine line script reading live your dream on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Live your dream script lettering
Blue ink drawing of an ornamental letter R with swirling flourishes on white paper, with a grey fineliner pen at the top left.
Ornamental letter R with flourishes in blue ink
Black script lettering on a white background reading "Put God first and you'll never be last." in flowing, brushed strokes.
Script lettering quote: Put God first
Black line drawing of a curling wave flowing into the script words 'into the sea', a fine line lettering tattoo design on a white background.
Wave swirl with 'into the sea' script
Hand-drawn black ink script lettering reading "be you", shown as a tattoo design on plain white paper with no body placement visible.
Be you script lettering design
Black line drawing of the word love in script, with a small heart beside the l and a solid anchor in place of the v, on a white background.
Love script with heart and anchor design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a shaded compass with an arrow, a scroll and a ribbon banner lettered with the word trouvaille.
Compass and arrow banner design
Black ink drawing of a heart outline with the word love in flowing cursive script, shown as a tattoo design on a plain background.
Love script inside a heart outline
Handwritten fine-line script reading friendship: one mind, two bodies, written diagonally on cream paper as a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Friendship quote in handwritten script
Black italic script lettering reading 'If the words you spoke appeared on your skin, would you still be beautiful?' on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Italic quote lettering design
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with a treble and bass clef forming a heart, music notes and the script words When it hits you feel no pain, drawn on paper with no body part shown.
Clef heart with music notes and script quote
Black handwritten brush lettering reading Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there, with the attribution Rumi below, on a plain white background.
Close your eyes quote lettering
Black handwritten brush lettering reading every moment matters on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
Every moment matters lettering design
Black silhouette design of birds flying from a feather beside the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a pale feathered background.
Flying birds, feather and script quote design
Thin black fine-line cursive script reading je ne regrette rien on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
French phrase 'je ne regrette rien' in script
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with three flying birds above its left loop and the word Always in script along its right loop, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Infinity symbol with three birds and Always
Teal script reading forgiven laid over a black line drawing of a cross, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Script word forgiven over a cross
Coloured pencil drawing of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a vintage microphone wrapped in a banner with roses and leaves, not shown on skin.
Microphone and roses tattoo design
Black ink handwritten script design reading Happiness on a white background, drawn as a tattoo lettering sketch with no body part visible.
Happiness handwritten script lettering
Flash sheet of black crescent moon designs in filigree, star, sparkle and striped patterns, with the script words Blue Moon beside a larger moon.
Crescent moon designs flash sheet
Black handwritten script on a white background reading go where you feel the most alive, a lettering design in a Lettering style.
Go where you feel the most alive lettering
Fine line black script lettering reading Courage, dear heart with the attribution CS Lewis beneath, drawn on a plain white background.
Courage, dear heart script lettering design
Black ink lettering design reading Long Live the Adventure, set in a circle on white paper beside a camera, passport and pens, in a lettering style.
Long Live the Adventure lettering design
Bold black brush-style Devanagari-style script lettering on a plain white background, shown as a standalone design with no skin visible.
Black Devanagari-style script lettering
Black and grey tattoo design of an infinity symbol with the words Stay and Strong in script, and a feather dissolving into flying birds.
Infinity symbol with feather and birds
Pencil and coloured drawing of an infinity symbol with the words Love and Family in script, with green and purple feathers and small birds, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Infinity design with love and family script
Black handwritten script design reading live to better the lives of others on a plain white background.
Handwritten quote about living to better others
Black line drawing of an upper and lower case script alphabet and numerals 0 to 9 in flowing copperplate-style lettering, shown as a reference sheet.
Copperplate script alphabet and numerals sheet
Black handwritten lettering design on a white background reading wild barefoot plus free, shown as a flash design for a lettering tattoo.
Handwritten lettering reading wild barefoot and free
Pencil sketch of an hourglass wrapped in leafy vines and two scroll banners with script, in a botanical tattoo design style.
Hourglass with vines and scroll banners
Black ink flash design of a calligraphy quote in flowing script above a small bird silhouette, with no body placement shown.
Script quote with small bird design
Pencil-style drawing of a tattoo design with the word Love in ornate script, a large swash L, leaves and buds in black and grey.
Ornate script Love with botanical flourishes
Black fine line drawing of a giraffe whose outline and neck are formed from flowing script lettering, shown on a plain white background.
Giraffe outline formed from script lettering
Pencil sketch of a pair of antlers framing the handwritten line 'Am I more than you bargained for yet' on plain paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Pencil antlers with handwritten quote
Fine line flash design of a light bulb with a triangle and circle inside, and a single continuous line rising from the bulb into vertical cursive script.
Light bulb with vertical script and triangle symbol
Black script lettering design listing six phrases on separate lines on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Handwritten script quote design
Black script lettering reading Listen to the ocean on a pale blue background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Listen to the ocean script lettering
Black and grey pencil drawing of a sleeve tattoo design with a pocket clock, a banner reading timeless, roses and leaves, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Clock, roses and banner sleeve design
Black hand-drawn fine line arrow above the words Keep Moving Forward in thin script, shown as a flash design on a plain white background.
Arrow with Keep Moving Forward lettering
Black ink hand-lettered design reading I'll Be there, with circular text around it, drawn on white paper beside a black Staedtler pigment liner pen.
Hand-lettered I'll Be there design on paper
Black line drawing of a circular Gallifreyan inscription in a round frame, with the caption "We are all stories in the end" written beneath it.
Circular Gallifreyan quote design
Line drawing of a circular yantra-style design in gold, with radiating motifs and rings of script, shown alongside silver and gold variants.
Gold radial yantra design with script
Black script lettering reading Be Stronger than Your Excuses, with a small swash flourish between the lines, on a white background.
Be Stronger than Your Excuses script lettering