Script tattoo ideas

6,821 photos and flash · 82% Lettering, 40% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black and white photo of a tattooed person in a floral sleeve on the upper arm and forearm, with a portrait-style tattoo across the stomach.
Floral sleeve and torso tattoos in black and grey
Black ink tattoo of an arrow made of angular script-like symbols running from the top of the shoulder down the upper arm.
Arrow of script symbols across a shoulder
Black fine line eye within a triangle with small lettering on the upper arm, and the words be strong girl with small stars on the ribs.
Eye in triangle and strong girl lettering
Realistic colour full sleeve tattoo of dahlias, a daffodil, a butterfly and a pink bird on a woman's upper arm, with a cursive script word near the elbow.
Full sleeve of realistic flowers and a butterfly
Two views of a watercolour style upper arm tattoo with red poppies, fine black linework, a compass drawing and cursive script.
Red poppies and compass on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of Tengwar Elvish script running across the inner upper arm of a person with the arm raised.
Tengwar script lettering on inner upper arm
Woman seen from behind with small black fine line tattoos on both upper arms and forearms, and a tiny cross on one hand.
Small black tattoos on a woman's arms
Woman lying on sand in a black hat and white crochet top, with a small black script tattoo on her upper arm and a small dark design near her shoulder, in fine line style.
Small script tattoo on upper arm
Man in a grey V-neck tee with a forest print shows black and grey tattoos on both forearms and upper arms, including a portrait, a cross with rosary and script.
Black and grey arm tattoos with forest print tee
Colour traditional pin-up tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman in a pink apron holding a tray of cupcakes, with red script reading I should be in the kitchen.
Pin-up with cupcakes and kitchen script
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading this too shall pass on the upper arm of a person with long auburn hair, seen from behind.
Script quote tattoo on upper arm
Woman in a grey crop top and black cap holding up a phone, with a small black fine line tattoo of vertical marks on her upper arm.
Fine line marks on an upper arm
Black and grey photograph of a bare back with arms raised overhead, showing a shaded rose and script tattoo on one upper arm and a small bird tattoo on the upper back.
Raised arms with rose and bird tattoos
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
Black and grey photo of a small fine line script tattoo reading miles to go on the side of an upper arm.
Miles to go script on upper arm
Colour tattoo of two cartoon cats in an ornate gold frame on a blue background, with a banner reading Darling, on an upper arm in neo-traditional style.
Two cartoon cats in a gold frame with Darling banner
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a hanging chain across the upper arm and shoulder.
Pocket watch and chain on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of torn skin peeling back to reveal printed text pages across the upper arm and elbow.
Torn skin revealing text pages on arm
Black and grey botanical mandala tattoo on an upper arm, with fine line stars and script on the thigh and hip, photographed from above on a wooden floor.
Mandala, floral and star tattoos on thigh and arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of a crouching winged Superman figure in front of a grey Superman shield, with the letters DC in script below.
Winged Superman and shield on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoos on an upper arm and forearm, showing a rocket, snowflakes, stars, a mandala and a dark grey animal.
Rocket, snowflakes and mandala on an arm
Black script lettering on an arm reads 'Our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean', in a lettering style.
Wave quote lettering on an arm
Black and grey compass rose and small anchor on an arm sleeve, with blue ink splashes over a map-style background.
Compass and anchor sleeve with blue splashes
Two arms intertwined, showing fine line script tattoos reading I walk the line on an upper arm and Because your mine on a forearm, in a sepia photo.
Script text on two forearms
Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up woman in glasses seated on a stool and reading a red book, with a finger to her lips, on the upper arm.
Pin-up woman reading a book on a stool
Realistic black cat with purple-tinged eyes peeking over cream paws, with script reading Wherever I may be let the wind blow free below it on the upper arm.
Black cat peeking over paws with script
Collage of small black fine line tattoos drawn from classic books, shown on upper arms, forearms, shoulders and backs.
Literary tattoos on arms and backs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion wearing a crown with a lettered banner and a hanging chain, on the upper arm.
Realistic lion with crown and chain on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and lilies with cursive script on an upper arm and shoulder.
Orchids and script on an upper arm
Shaded tattoo on an upper arm showing a VW campervan, a palm tree and a Route 66 sign over a California state outline, with script lettering reading California.
California campervan and palm tree on upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve on an arm, with roses, wings, stars and script reading Family and Angel, shown below a black t-shirt.
Black and grey sleeve with roses and wings
Rear view of a person on a skateboard with a large traditional-style mushroom and skull tattoo on the back, script across the shoulders, and panda and figure tattoos on the calves.
Back, arm and leg tattoos on a skateboarder
Fine line tattoo of thin vertical marks on the upper arm of a woman wearing a purple jumpsuit and statement necklace.
Fine line marks on an upper arm
Black and grey realistic full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a shaded rose above a skull with smoky background shading.
Rose and skull full sleeve
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman in profile with flowers in her hair and a SWEETHEART banner, on an upper arm.
Profile woman with flowers and Sweetheart banner
A grid of photographs of small script tattoos on wrists, forearms, shoulders, neck and ankle, reading words such as imagine, joy, hope and good bye, mostly in black lettering.
Grid of script word and quote tattoos
Colour tattoo of bare black branches over teal, purple and orange watercolour washes, covering the upper arm of a person in a red top.
Watercolour branches on an upper arm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of four numbered finch beak studies with script reading Charles Darwin 1845 on an upper arm.
Four numbered finch beak studies on upper arm
Collage of fine line script tattoos on an upper arm, forearm, wrist and neck, reading words such as love, smile, soul and live fearless.
Script words on arms, wrist and neck
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and cursive script wrapping over the shoulder and upper arm.
Orchids and script on an upper arm
Man crouching against a wall, showing a black and grey realism tattoo of angelic figures, script lettering and roses across his shoulder, upper arm, back and ribs.
Black and grey angel and rose tattoo across back and arm
Fine line black tattoo of the words love yourself in cursive script beside an arrow with a heart cutout on the shaft, on the upper arm.
Love yourself script and arrow
Black script tattoo reading "It only takes a little push to pull on through" beside a small outlined heart with an eye, on the upper arm.
Heart and eye with script quote on an arm
Black and grey upper arm tattoo of a handwritten script verse framed around a pale moon, a dark spiral hill and small star sparkles.
Script verse with spiral hill and moon
Black and grey owl tattoo with a pentagram on the head, wings and scrollwork across the shoulder and upper arm, with script lettering on the chest.
Owl and pentagram shoulder and arm piece
Black and grey realism rose sleeve on an upper arm and a script and pocket watch tattoo on a thigh, shown on a woman crouching outdoors.
Rose sleeve and script thigh tattoo outdoors
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo of a sugar skull woman with roses and a skull, running from the shoulder down the forearm.
Sugar skull woman and roses full sleeve
Black linework cartoon cat with pink cheeks and red inner ears, with a Love yourself script across its body, on the upper arm.
Cartoon cat with Love yourself script