Script tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink sak yant tattoo across a woman's back, with a vertical line of Thai script, a star, two tigers at the lower back and a tribal design on the left side.
Sak yant back piece with two tigers
Black ink script quote with a small leaf sprig and a circular Gallifreyan-style design on the forearm.
Quote script and circular design on forearm
Fine line black script reading we're all mad here on a forearm, with green palm fronds behind the arm.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering with two shaded roses and leaves running down the side of a ribcage.
Script lettering with roses on ribs
Red handwritten script tattoo reading Let's Rock on the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a lettering style.
Let's Rock script on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo on the inner forearm, drawn like a handwritten note with a smiley face, the words Get tattoo with the second word struck through, and ruled lines beneath.
Handwritten note tattoo on forearm
Three black line designs stacked vertically on a white background: a branching tree with small stars above, an angular script-like glyph with dots, and a symmetrical star pendant motif.
Tree, script glyph and star motif flash
Black linework flash sheet showing the word Sprinkles set in many lettering styles, including Dutch serif, script, curved and hand-drawn forms.
Sprinkles lettering variations on a flash sheet
Two wrists showing matching black script tattoos that read Every atom of me and & Every atom of you, in a lettering style on the inner forearms.
Matching script wrist tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing small feet, butterflies and a script name in fine lettering.
Script name, feet and butterflies on a forearm
Black and grey shaded swallow tattoo with the word Dad in script beneath it, on the inside of a wrist.
Swallow and script word on wrist
Black handwritten script reading listen to your soul on a plain white background, a lettering tattoo design with thin, even linework.
Listen to your soul in handwritten script
Black script reading too beautiful for earth with a shaded grey angel wing, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Too beautiful for earth script and wing on a wrist
Three pairs of ankles show matching black fine line infinity symbol tattoos, each with small birds and a script word on the loop, placed on the ankle.
Matching infinity ankle tattoos with birds
Pen sketch of a tattoo design showing a skull, roses and a banner reading Dead men tell no tales, in a neo-trad lettering style.
Skull and banner lettering design
Black and teal fine script quote with swallows, swirls and a purple and teal butterfly tattooed across a person's upper back.
Swallows, swirls and script quote on upper back
Black and grey tattoo on a thigh of antlers, a crown and a round keyhole medallion with a blue eye, with the script words Believers Never Die curving below.
Antlers, crown and keyhole eye on a thigh
Fine line black script tattoo reading soror mea amica mea across the side of the ribs, above a faint healed band of skin.
Fine line script phrase on the side ribs
Six black script lettering designs of the words Stand up, in varied flowing and bold handwritten styles, shown as a tattoo flash sheet.
Stand up script lettering designs
Forearm tattoo of the words Made in Oregon in green script inside a black outline of the state of Oregon.
Made in Oregon script in a state outline on forearm
Fine line black script reading Take these broken wings and learn to fly, curving down the ribs beside a small bird silhouette.
Script quote and bird on ribs
Colour tattoo of a feather with the words Strength lies within in black script, across the calf, in blue, orange and grey shading.
Feather with script lettering on a calf
Drawing of an infinity symbol tattoo design with fine black script reading life and love, a blue, pink and teal feather, and small birds flying off, on white paper.
Infinity feather with life and love script
Black ink music staff with notes, swirls and script lettering running down the side of the ribs, shown in a black and grey tattoo.
Music staff and notes along the side ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a dragonfly on a shoulder, with the script line 'I love you more than you know' trailing from its tail.
Dragonfly and script quote on shoulder
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 script lettering runs down the spine of a woman with her hair in a bun, shown from behind on the upper back.
Script lettering down the spine
Two photographs: black script reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good on the side of a torso, and black lettering reading Mischief Managed with flourishes on a forearm.
Script quote and lettering tattoos on skin
Black script tattoo on a person's upper back reading Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, with a feather and a flock of birds rising from it.
Feather and birds with script quote on upper back
Black script tattoo reading Sisters inside an outlined heart, on the ankle of a person's lower leg.
Sisters script in a heart on an ankle
Two photos of matching black script tattoos with a quote and interlocking outline hearts, one on the forearm near the wrist and one on the ankle.
Matching sister quote and interlocking hearts
Handwritten sketch of the word faith in cursive script, crossed by a horizontal bar to form a cross, drawn in black ink on lined paper as a tattoo design.
Faith script with a cross bar sketch
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
Pencil sketch of three looping script lettering designs reading Big Sister, Middle Sister and Little Sister, each with small heart accents.
Big, middle and little sister script designs
Two handprints in grey ink on the side of a torso, with script lettering above and below them.
Two handprints with script names on the side
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with faded handwritten script behind it, on the inner forearm.
Pocket watch and handwriting on a forearm
Black script lettering reading You see all my light and You accept all my dark, paired with a black and white yin and yang symbol design.
Yin and yang with script quote
Colour tattoo of a blue and pink butterfly above script reading Life is a Beautiful Struggle, with a trail of smaller butterflies, on the upper arm or thigh.
Butterflies and Life is a Beautiful Struggle script
Fine line black outline of the state of Ohio with the word Home in red script beside it, and a partial black owl tattoo below, on a forearm.
Ohio outline with Home script on a forearm
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
Fine line black script tattoo reading We need never be hopeless, running diagonally along the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Black script lettering reading live free with three flying birds on a woman's upper back, photographed from behind.
Live free script with birds on upper back
Hand-drawn black ink sketch of a plain cross with the word faith in cursive script running down its upright, on lined paper, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Faith script across a cross design
Black script word Love with a black heart and a dark blue band across the inner wrist, shown as a healed tattoo on skin.
Love script and heart on a wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a feather joined to an infinity symbol with the words stay strong, on the forearm.
Feather and infinity with stay strong script
Two forearms with black lettering tattoos: "Trust Your Struggle" in cursive script on the upper arm and "UNUM ARBITRIO VARIAT OMNIA" in serif capitals on the lower arm.
Script and Latin lettering on two forearms
Fine line black tattoo of a state outline with cursive lettering and a small red heart, placed on the upper chest.
State outline with script lettering on chest
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