Script tattoo ideas

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

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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
Two bare feet showing black script lettering reading Heels on the left heel and Down on the right heel, in a Lettering style.
Heels and Down script tattoos on the heels
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a chihuahua's head with small script beside it, placed on the outer ankle.
Chihuahua portrait on an ankle
Flash sheet of six black lettering designs reading the rest is still unwritten, each in a different script or ornamental lettering style, intended as tattoo lettering.
The rest is still unwritten lettering options
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo spelling the word faith across the upper arm near the elbow.
Faith script tattoo on the upper arm
Black ink script lettering spelling the word Fearless with looping flourishes, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain grey background.
Fearless script lettering design
Black lettering tattoos, including KEEP GRL PWR, on a forearm beside a red floral tattoo on an upper arm, with a mandala owl printed on a white T-shirt.
Lettering tattoos with an owl print tee
Black script lettering on a white background reading I'm not making any resolutions this year, nobody likes a sober skinny bitch anyway, shown as a design with no body placement.
Script quote about New Year resolutions
Black ink infinity symbol tattoo on the inside of a wrist, with three birds in flight, the word love in script and the text Rom 8:31.
Infinity symbol with birds and love on wrist
Two forearms side by side, each with a fine line black script tattoo of the word sorella on the inner forearm.
Matching sorella script on two forearms
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with a crescent moon face in one loop and the word Love in script in the other, on the top of a foot.
Infinity symbol with moon and love script
Black ink line drawing of an abstract calligraphic symbol with five dots and the words I am free from social anxiety and depression beneath it.
Calligraphic affirmation design with dots
Fine line script tattoo reading "Let it Be" in black ink on the inner forearm near the wrist, with stacked beaded bracelets below it.
"Let it Be" script on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a tree above the handwritten words 'i climbed the tree to see the world' on a forearm.
Tree and quote on a forearm
Four photographs of matching fine line tattoos: the word Always with Deathly Hallows symbols on two wrists, teal and red origami swans on two forearms, watercolour hearts on two wrists, and the word
Matching tattoos on wrists, arms and fingers
Close black and white photograph of a small black ink lettering tattoo with looping flourishes and an accent mark on skin, body part not shown.
Black ink script tattoo with flourishes
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 lettering reading Be Still above an ornate cross and Ps 46:10 below, tattooed on the inner wrist in a lettering style.
Be Still cross and Ps 46:10 on the wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a rose with leaves, on the forearm.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
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 script tattoo reading Purpose above the navel on a bare midriff, with a smaller word tattoo to the left and a tiny bird on the right side.
Purpose and Forgive script on abdomen
Black and grey photograph of fine line script reading walk by faith on the top of a foot near the ankle, with the foot resting on a white padded surface.
Walk by faith script on an ankle
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
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading Still Breathing in dark ink on the inner wrist, with the palm of the hand visible above.
Still Breathing script on wrist
Colourful script tattoo on an upper back spelling AUTISM down the centre, with puzzle pieces in red, blue, yellow, purple and green.
Autism acrostic with puzzle pieces on upper back
Black fine line infinity symbol with the word family in script and a feather above it, tattooed on a forearm near the wrist.
Infinity symbol with feather and family script
Black and white photo of two wrists with small typewriter-style lettering tattoos reading love and warrior, one on each inner wrist, with lace cuffs.
Love and warrior small wrist lettering
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a cupcake with a cherry, a blue and purple butterfly and the words Sweet on the inside, shown in a two-panel photo.
Cupcake and butterfly with script
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
Black ink flash design of a handwritten-style quote in script lettering, with small mushroom illustrations and ornamental motifs, shown on a white background.
Quote lettering with small mushrooms
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an infinity symbol with the word always in script and three small birds on the inner wrist.
Infinity symbol with always and three birds on wrist
Black silhouette tattoo design of Peter Pan characters flying through a trail of stars beside the script words never grow up.
Never grow up with Peter Pan silhouettes
Black and white photo of a fine script tattoo reading Spank Me with a small heart on each side, placed on the side of the lower back above the hip.
Spank Me script with hearts on the hip
A fine black line script tattoo reading fearless sits on the inner wrist of a raised fist against a plain white background.
Fearless script on the inner wrist
Two wrists with matching script tattoos, one reading to followed by an infinity symbol and the other reading and beyond with two small birds above it.
Matching infinity and beyond wrist tattoos
Traditional style tattoo of a grey key with a red ribbon banner and skull-shaped bow on the forearm, with red script across the banner.
Key with skull bow and banner on a forearm
Black and white photo of two people's sides, each with a fine line script tattoo on the ribs: a ship's wheel with a quote on the left and an anchor with a quote on the right.
Ship's wheel and anchor with script on the sides
Black and grey fine line infinity symbol tattoos with the script words her and him, shown on two forearms.
Matching infinity tattoos with her and him
Two matching black script tattoos reading We shall never drift apart with an anchor, one on the top of a foot and one on a forearm.
Matching anchor and quote tattoos on foot and forearm
Two people show matching feather and infinity tattoos with script wording on their shoulders, one in black and grey and one with blue shading.
Matching feather and infinity shoulder tattoos
Illustration of the Ursa minor star pattern on a dark blue night sky, with the words ursa minor printed and in cursive script below, shown as a design sheet.
Ursa minor constellation design with script
Two photographs of black lettering tattoos: "I'm fine" on the outer thigh above the knee, and "save me" on the ankle of a raised foot, both in a plain black script.
"I'm fine" and "save me" lettering on legs
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
Black handwritten script lettering on a white background reading Spirit, lead me where my trust is without borders.
Script lettering quote design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a woman with sugar skull face paint, pin-up and skull motifs, and a corset, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Sugar skull pin-up figure drawing
Black lettering tattoo reading not all those who wander are lost, with two small birds, on the top of a bare foot on a sandy beach.
Quote and birds on a foot
White ink script tattoo reading Believe with swirling flourishes on a forearm, in a lettering style.
Believe script on a forearm
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