Script tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink drawing of a treble clef and solid note head, with the handwritten words whisper and words of wisdom, let it be forming the curves, as a lettering design.
Treble clef made from handwritten lettering
Black and grey tattoo of two shaded roses on a vine with the script Life goes on, running down the side of the ribs.
Rose vine with script on ribs
Close-up of a black fine line script tattoo reading forever in my heart with the date 2.15.12, placed across the top of a shoulder.
Forever in my heart script on shoulder
Two people show matching black fine line tattoos on the inner forearms, each an infinity symbol forming a heart with the word love written in script inside.
Matching infinity heart with love script on wrists
Black script lettering reading "This too shall pass" across the upper chest of a woman in a dark low-cut top, styled in a flowing lettering style.
Script quote across the upper chest
Two people show matching small infinity symbol tattoos with pink butterflies on their upper backs, with script inside the loop.
Matching infinity and butterfly tattoos on upper backs
Fine line infinity symbol tattoo with a feather, two arrows and the word family in script on the calf.
Infinity symbol with feather, arrows and family script
Black silhouette flash design of six birds in flight beside the words let it go in thin handwritten script.
Flock of birds in flight with let it go script
Black lettering tattoo in Latin script running along a forearm, with another hand touching the skin in a pale, warm-toned photo.
Latin lettering tattoo on a forearm
Black brush-script lettering reading in the waves of change we find our direction, framed by an arrow at the top and bottom, shown as a flash design.
Quote lettering with arrows flash design
Sketch-style elephant head tattoo with red and teal watercolour washes and a compass rose on the inner forearm, above a line of dots.
Elephant head and compass on a forearm
Black and grey realism drawing of a feather with the script words Someday I'll fly away running across it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Feather with 'Someday I'll fly away' script
Realism-style red poppy with green stem and black script reading Always with Me, tattooed on a forearm near the wrist.
Red poppy and script on a forearm
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
Black script reading Galatians 2:20 beside a small black cross tattoo on the inside of an ankle.
Cross and Galatians 2:20 script on an ankle
Close photo of the words Valar Morghulis in thin black cursive lettering across the inside of a wrist, a fine line lettering tattoo.
Valar Morghulis in script on a wrist
Three stacked panels of ornate hand-lettered design: a pen-and-ink sketch of the words Black Magic on paper, a blurred close-up of white and red outlined letters on black, and a close-up of
Black Magic ornate lettering design
Two forearms pressed together, each with a black script tattoo: one reads Every Saint Has A Past and the other Every Sinner Has A Future.
Matching quote tattoos on two forearms
Close-up of black script lettering reading Someday came suddenly on the upper chest near the collarbone, with tiny star marks above the words.
Script quote reading Someday came suddenly
Close-up of black script lettering reading Gum Dumpster tattooed on the inner lower lip, with fingers holding the lip open.
Script lettering on the inner lower lip
Black ink script lettering flash sheet with ornate words including Ginger, Beautifully and Fish Stories, plus a lowercase alphabet, with no body part shown.
Script lettering flash sheet
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper back showing a pocket compass, a chain and the script words To Die Would Be An Awfully Big Adventure.
Compass and quote lettering on a shoulder blade
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
Black script lettering reading Never let your fear decide your fate, a lettering tattoo across the forearm.
Script quote tattoo on forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink and teal ribbon with angel wings, a halo and the word Mom, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ribbon with angel wings and halo on upper back
Five black brush lettering designs on a white background, reading Visualize and Believe, Faith, Different, Can you sense and Take action, in a lettering style.
Five lettering designs on a white background
Sketch-style tattoo of an elephant head with a compass rose and red and teal watercolour splashes on the inner forearm, with a column of dots running up towards the elbow.
Elephant and compass on a forearm
Black and grey fine line cross above a vertical script quote tattooed down the centre of a person's back.
Small cross and vertical script on a back
Fine line black script tattoo on an ankle, shown with light blue skinny jeans and grey and white striped flats.
Small script tattoo on an ankle
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 script lettering reading Come together on the inner forearm, with a dark elastic band just below it.
Come together script on a forearm
Black and white photo of three lines of fine cursive script tattooed across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Three lines of script across upper back
Four black line drawing designs of the Deathly Hallows triangle, circle and line symbol paired with the word Always in script lettering, with one version adding small stars.
Deathly Hallows symbol with Always lettering designs
Close-up photograph of the words Still I Rise in black script lettering tattooed on skin.
Still I Rise script tattoo on skin
Two side-by-side photos of a teal puzzle piece tattoo with fine black script, one reading like mother and the other reading like daughter, on skin.
Teal puzzle piece with 'like mother' script
Upper back tattoo of the words Your battle is my battle above a pink ribbon inside swirling fine line butterfly wings, with the word Mom written on the ribbon.
Pink ribbon butterfly with 'Your battle is my battle'
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion head in profile with a full mane and Gurmukhi script above it, on a person's upper back.
Realistic lion head with script on upper back
Realism style colour tattoo of a bladed claw glove with blood-dripping slashes above script reading Psalm 23:4, on the side of the ribs.
Bladed claw glove with Psalm 23:4 on ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading 525,600 Minutes on the inner wrist and lower forearm.
525,600 Minutes lettering on a wrist
Traditional-style anchor tattoo with a blue bow at the top and the words live free in script, shown in close-up on skin.
Anchor with blue bow and live free script
Black script lettering reading family tattooed on the inner forearm of a hand raised near the wrist, in black ink.
Script word tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey flash design of three shaded feathers at different angles, with the script line I may not see you, but I can feel you running between them.
Three feathers with script quote
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
Black line drawing of the word Smile in flowing brush script, with three outlined butterflies, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Smile script with three butterflies
Black ink infinity symbol tattoo with script lettering reading daughter, love and mother and swirls on the top of a foot, in a lettering style.
Infinity symbol with script words on a foot
Black and red tattoo on the leg with the words hope, resilience, love and courage, black swirls, a red heart and a red lily in a lettering and botanical style.
Hope, resilience, love and courage lettering with lily
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