Script tattoo ideas

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

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Two side-by-side photos: on the left, an outline triangle on a pale forearm and a solid black triangle on a darker forearm; on the right, two fine line infinity-style love tattoos on fingers.
Triangles on forearms and love on fingers
Two people with matching fine line script tattoos on their ribs, one reading you'll keep me wild and the other you'll keep me safe, in black ink.
Matching script quotes on two sets of ribs
Black ink tattoos of book spines, quotation marks and handwritten script quotes across a man's crossed forearms, in fine line style.
Book spines and literary quotes on forearms
Black and grey tattoo of a ribbon bow and scrollwork frame with the words I gave them life, they gave me a reason to live, on the outer thigh.
Ribbon bow and scroll with script on thigh
Black script lettering tattoo reading Philippians 4:13 on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Scripture verse in script on upper back
Black script lettering tattoo on the outer thigh, set in four lines of text reading a quote about forgiveness.
Quote lettering on a thigh
Black linework Vitruvian figure in a circle and square on a calf, with magenta, orange and blue watercolour washes and mirrored script above and below.
Vitruvian figure with watercolour wash on a calf
Black and grey temporary tattoo of the word divergent in script with birds on one forearm, and a row of circular symbols on the other.
Divergent script and circle symbols on a forearm
Black and grey angel wings framing the word Hope in script across the top of a foot, with a small heart in the lettering.
Angel wings and Hope script on foot
Fine line black crown above the word love in script on an upper arm, shown beside a plain black and white design of the same crown and lettering.
Small crown and love script tattoo
Black and grey Celtic trinity knot with swirling flourishes and the script words Qui estis, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Celtic knot and script on upper back
Black script lettering reading She is clothed in strength and dignity, with three swallows, tattooed along the side of a foot.
Swallows and script quote on a foot
Three black line drawings of hearts filled with paisley, leaves and berries, one with the word Love in script, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body placement.
Three outline heart designs with paisley and foliage
Black line drawing of a giraffe whose neck and body are formed from the flowing script word Stalld, in a fine line style, shown as a design on a white background.
Giraffe drawn with script lettering
Fine line black tattoo of a heart outline with the word love in cursive script and a small anchor hanging from its base, on the upper back.
Love script heart with anchor on the back
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of a feather with the script words alis volat propriis beneath it, shown as a tattoo design on a plain background.
Feather with Latin script design
Fine line script lettering reading if only in cream ink on a taupe background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Fine line script reading if only
Flash sheet of eight fine line Wanderlust designs in cream ink on a dark background, including hamsa hands, mountains, sunbursts and script lettering.
Wanderlust line-art flash sheet of eight designs
Black and grey realism wings on the lower back, one with a gold halo and one with small horns, flanking script reading Angel for some and Demon for others.
Angel and demon wings with script on lower back
Black script lettering reading I'll never give up, I'm a fighter across the inner upper arm, with a few small red marks near the text.
Script quote on the upper arm
Black script lettering reading Hope on the inner wrist, with the o replaced by a purple awareness ribbon and a semicolon ending in a green ribbon.
Hope script with ribbon on wrist
Black ink handwritten script reading lion hearted girl on a pale background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Lion hearted girl handwritten script
Colour tattoo on a calf of the Vitruvian Man figure in black linework inside a circle, with pink, purple, blue and orange watercolour washes and script lines above and below.
Vitruvian figure with watercolour splashes on a calf
Flash sheet of flowing script lettering designs in dark brown ink on white, including the words Thanks, Respeto, Skate, Ardon, La Raza, Madre and Vegas.
Script lettering flash sheet
Black and red split heart tattoo on an upper thigh, with devil horns, a halo, angel wings and handwritten script reading devil and heaven.
Split heart with devil and angel script on thigh
Pencil and teal colour sketch of a woman in profile with flowing hair, waves and a ship, drawn as a tattoo design with the words my love n the sea.
Woman in profile with waves and ship
Fine line cursive script reading beautiful chaos in black ink along the side of a person's ribs, with a navy sports bra above.
Beautiful chaos script on the ribs
Black hand-lettered script reading stayclassy on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Stayclassy script lettering design
Collage of four fine line tattoos in black ink: a crown, lightning bolt and lightbulb on the neck, a Deathly Hallows triangle with a quote on the forearm, lightning bolt and round glasses on the
Four small fine line tattoos in a collage
Close crop of a man in a plaid suit and polka dot tie, with a black and grey script lettering tattoo on the back of his hand near a wristwatch.
Script lettering on the back of a hand
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm: the word Beauty in flowing script with scrollwork above, and Beast in vertical blackletter down the lower arm.
Beauty and Beast lettering on a forearm
Fine black script lettering reading Isaiah with small Roman numerals XL : XXVI beneath, placed on the upper back.
Script name with Roman numerals on upper back
Black and grey photo of a fine line script tattoo reading saved by grace along the inner forearm, with the hand raised above it.
Saved by grace script on forearm
Black script lettering tattoo across an upper back, reading 'You make beautiful things out of dust Gen. 2:7', placed over the shoulder blade.
Script quote across the upper back
Black ink script lettering on white paper reading I loved you at your darkest, with Romans 5:8 beside it, shown as a lettering tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Script lettering reading I loved you at your darkest
Black ink line drawing of a treble clef whose curls spell out the words whisper, words, of, wisdom, let it be, a lettering design shown on beige paper with no body placement visible.
Treble clef with looping script lettering
Black and grey tattoo of a dreamcatcher with two shaded feathers, small birds flying off, and the word Dream in script on the inner wrist.
Dreamcatcher and feathers with Dream script
Black ink fine line tattoo of dandelion seeds drifting into birds, with the script 'i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)', on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dandelion seeds, birds and script on shoulder blade
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a hand mirror with the script 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder', framed by a rose, beads and scrollwork.
Mirror, rose and 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder'
Three photos of fine line tattoos in black ink: the word spark on the ribs, forever young across the upper back, and a small heart on the inner wrist.
Script words and a small heart tattoo
Close-up of a black cursive tattoo reading faith on skin, with soft grey shading around the final letters.
Faith in cursive script
Black script lettering tattoo reading Dream as if you will live forever, live as if you will die today, across a forearm in a black and grey style.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo reading "Don't paint me black when I used to be golden" across the upper chest near the shoulder.
Script lyric quote tattoo across upper chest
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Aime-moi pour ce que je suis, running along the collarbone towards the shoulder.
French quote in script along the collarbone
Black script tattoo of the name Jesse with a small yellow ribbon above the J, on the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Script name Jesse with yellow ribbon on forearm
Two photos of black script lettering tattoos: "I'm fine" on the back of a leg, and "save me" on an ankle.
"I'm fine" and "save me" script tattoos
Black ink lettering in two lines of angular fictional script across the forearm, in a fine lettering style.
Two lines of angular script on a forearm
Fine line lettering in pale white ink reading Let it be with a small cross, on the inner wrist.
Let it be script with small cross on wrist