Script tattoo ideas

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

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
Black ink handwritten lettering reading be extraordinary on a white background, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Be extraordinary handwritten lettering
Two matching colour tattoos on the inner wrists, each showing a red rose with green leaves inside a blue heart outline with script lettering.
Matching rose and heart wrist tattoos
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
Fine line black tattoo of three birds in flight above cursive script on the inner wrist and forearm.
Three birds and script quote on a wrist
Black and grey realistic angel wings drawn as a tattoo design, with the words "That which does not kill me makes me stronger" running between them, on a white background.
Angel wings with quote script
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 tattoo running down the outer thigh of a person lying on white bedding in a red top.
Script tattoo on a thigh
Fine line black tattoo on the inner forearm of a suitcase with stickers, sunglasses and the word wanderlust, with a dotted line leading to a paper aeroplane.
Suitcase and paper plane on a forearm
Fine line red script tattoo reading Love Yourself on a shoulder, with a floral top visible below and dark background behind.
Love Yourself script on a shoulder
Black fine line script tattoo reading "You look so cool" on the front of a thigh, below a dark skirt.
Script quote on the thigh
Two matching black lettering tattoos on the inner wrists, each showing a crescent moon, two small stars and script reading to the moon and back, with two pairs of hands clasped.
Matching moon and stars wrist tattoos
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
Small black script tattoo reading oops on the side of a finger, shown in a fine line lettering style on a hand with red painted nails.
Oops script tattoo on a finger
Black script reading Be the change with small floral flourishes across the top of a foot, in lettering style, shown in a photo of a bare foot with red toenail polish.
Be the change script on the foot
Black ink infinity symbol with a feather across it and the word Dance in script, tattooed on the inner arm.
Infinity symbol and feather with Dance
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
Woman seen from behind with a small black fine line script tattoo between her shoulder blades, near the neckline of a white halter top.
Small script tattoo between the shoulder blades
Colour tattoo of purple and blue butterflies framing a script quote about wings and flying, shown in two photos of skin.
Butterflies with a script quote about wings
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a shaded butterfly and rose, stars, swirls and the script words No Place Like Home.
Butterfly, rose and script design sketch
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 ornamental lettering design with sweeping flourishes on a white background, in a lettering style with no body placement shown.
Ornate black lettering with flourishes
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow with the word hope in cursive script along its shaft, on a forearm.
Hope script and arrow on a forearm
Black and white photo of the words All monsters are human in a typewriter-style font tattooed on the inner forearm, with a checked shirt sleeve rolled up above it.
All monsters are human lettering on a forearm
Drawing of tattoo designs on paper showing the words Love and Faith in script with infinity symbols, a star-filled heart and a small dandelion, beside coloured pencils.
Love and faith script designs with a heart
Black and grey wing tattoo across the ribs and a mandala design on the forearm of a woman in a black bikini standing in the sea.
Wing and mandala tattoos on a woman in a bikini
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
Black and grey flowing script lettering arranged in the shape of a cross, drawn on pale paper as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Script lettering arranged as a cross
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading We live with the scars we choose on the lower back of a person lying on a bed.
Script quote tattoo on lower back
Black lettering tattoo of the names Lance and Autumn, each inside a looping heart outline, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two names in heart script on upper back
Black flash design of a coffee cup with swirling steam and the word coffee written in script, shown without a placement on the body.
Coffee cup with swirls and script
Fine line blue script reading in a world of my own with a daisy outline on the inner forearm, drawn in a lettering and botanical style.
Script quote and daisy on a forearm
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
Black fine script reading Someday over rainbow watercolour splashes on the upper back of a person with dark hair.
Someday script over watercolour splashes
Black and grey outline stars above the word RISE in serif script on the inner wrist, with a lower panel showing the same arm with no tattoo.
Three stars and RISE on a wrist
Black flowing script reading Ohana with two small hibiscus flowers beneath the letters, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Ohana script with hibiscus flowers
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
Traditional style flash design of a grenade with a beaded pull ring chain, a red flower with green leaves, and the words GOOD LUCK, drawn on a tan paper background.
Grenade with flower and good luck script flash
Black and grey tattoo of a dreamcatcher with two shaded feathers, birds and the word Dream in script, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on a wrist
Black handwritten script lettering reading Do what you love. Love what you do. in a diagonal line on a white background, a fine line tattoo design.
Do what you love, love what you do script
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with three skulls, roses and banners reading see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil, in realistic greyscale shading.
Three skulls with roses and see, hear, speak no evil banners
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Believe on the inner forearm near the wrist, beside woven coloured and beige bracelets.
Believe script tattoo on a wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading heaven has taken my hero across the upper back, just below the neck, with hair in a bun above it.
Script quote across upper back
Black lettering tattoo across a woman's upper back, with an ornate decorative initial A and a four-line verse in a gothic-style serif, photographed from behind.
Quote lettering across a woman's upper back
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
Realistic black and grey roses with a butterfly on a forearm, with small script tattooed near the wrist, shown on a seated person in ripped jeans.
Black and grey roses on a forearm
Black ink blackletter alphabet sheet showing capital letters A to Z with decorative swashes on a cream background, shown as lettering flash.
Blackletter uppercase alphabet flash
Small black script tattoo near the right shoulder blade of a woman with her hair in a bun, wearing a white dress with a pearl-trimmed back and bow.
Small script tattoo on upper back and shoulder
Two photos of black ink lettering tattoos: one on the back of a lower leg, one on an ankle, with the words shown upside down in the frame.
Upside-down words on leg and ankle