Script tattoo ideas

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

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Black ornamental padlock and key flash design with handwritten script above and below, shown without any body placement.
Ornate padlock and key with love script
Hand-drawn script lettering reading freed, with CHRIST above and ME below, flanked by green leaf sprigs on a speckled off-white background.
Christ freed me script lettering with leaves
Black script tattoo spelling the word Faith across the wrist, with a small star flourish above the F, beside pink painted nails.
Faith script tattoo on a wrist
Black ink tattoos on a seated person's forearm, calf and ankle, including a praying hands design, thin lines and small script, against dark volcanic rock.
Small black tattoos on legs and feet
Black and grey engraved-style anchor design wrapped in rope, with the script words Refuse to Sink on a torn banner and no body placement shown.
Anchor with Refuse to Sink script
Black and grey handwritten script tattoo reading Darlin' you'll be ok with a signature-style mark, in fine line lettering on the inner forearm.
Handwritten quote and signature on forearm
Close photo of black script lettering reading Never Settle along the side of a finger, with the hand resting on a car steering wheel.
Never Settle script on a finger
Black script lettering reading "If you kiss me goodnight I'll know, everything is alright" runs diagonally along a forearm.
Script quote along a forearm
Black and grey fine line script quote tattoo running across a woman's ribs, photographed in black and white.
Script quote tattoo on ribs
Close photo of a black fine-line tattoo of an anchor wrapped in an infinity symbol, with the script words I refuse to sink beneath it, on skin.
Anchor and infinity with script quote
Black script lettering reading Give me strength when I'm standing and faith when I fall, tattooed along the ribs in a lettering style.
Script quote on the ribs
Black fine line tattoo of a cross with a small heart and the script word hope on skin, photographed close up.
Fine line cross with heart and script hope
Black fine line script tattoo reading Does this unit have a soul? on the forearm, shown against a red and white striped background.
Script quote on a forearm
Colour realism forearm tattoo of yellow roses with water droplets and a silver banner reading Grandpa, shown in two side by side photos.
Yellow roses and Grandpa banner on a forearm
Woman in a floral cutout swimsuit showing a blue and orange bird tattoo with script on her thigh, and rose and script tattoos on her upper arm.
Bird and script tattoos on thigh and arm
Black and grey tattoo on the ribs of a side torso showing dreamcatchers, shaded feathers and the script quote Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
Dreamcatchers and feathers with script on ribs
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on a woman's arm showing butterflies, a small anchor, lace-like ornament and large flowers, from upper arm to forearm.
Butterflies, anchor and florals on a full sleeve
Close crop of a woman's left forearm with fine black script lettering tattooed along the inner arm, wearing a white vest top and yellow pleated skirt.
Script lettering on a forearm
Two black and grey tattoos on forearms: a ship's wheel with the script 'Be the one to guide me' on the left, and a shaded anchor with a chain and the script 'but never hold me down' on the right.
Ship's wheel and anchor script tattoos on forearms
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on a man's arm, showing a bird in flight, a feather and flowers in a Botanical and Traditional style, running from the upper arm to the forearm.
Bird, feather and flower sleeve on an arm
Fine line tattoo of paw prints with the names Kato, Max, Lucy and Sammy, red hearts and a quote, placed on the upper back.
Paw prints with pet names and a quote
Black script lettering reading Diabetes 1 inside an infinity-style loop on the inside of a forearm near the wrist.
Diabetes 1 script on a wrist
Two people hold hands, each with a matching fine line 'always' script tattoo with a small triangle, circle and line motif on the inner wrist.
Matching 'always' wrist tattoos
Black and grey back tattoo in traditional style, with Latin script, stars, dice, cherries, strawberries and a skull in a flower, spread across the upper and lower back.
Back piece of dice, cherries and Latin script
Black script lettering reading NO REGRETS across a forearm, in a lettering style with flowing capitals.
No Regrets script on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with the script word 'always' and three small asterisks, placed on the upper back.
Deathly Hallows symbol and 'always' on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with a solid elephant in one loop, the word love in script and small birds, on the forearm.
Infinity symbol with elephant and love script
Teal and purple feather joined to a black arrow with the script words Follow your arrow, fine line lettering on pale skin.
Feather and arrow with script on the back
Black and grey flash design of the words Be Different in script lettering over a stippled dotwork flower with leaves, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Be Different script over a dotwork flower
Black and grey photo of two clasped hands, with script lettering reading King and Queen, each under a crown, tattooed on the hands.
King and Queen crown lettering on hands
Fine line black script reading wanderlust, running diagonally along the inner upper limb of a person in a patterned top, with the sea and rocks behind.
Wanderlust script tattoo
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace above the script words I feel so alive tonight, on the side of a ribcage.
Heartbeat line and script quote on ribs
Black fine-line handwritten script reading "you got this." on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
"You got this." handwritten script design
Black ink tattoo of an ornate key with the word Honesty in cursive script on the lower back, above a red waistband.
Honesty script and ornate key on lower back
Two people's upper backs show black script tattoos, one reading "These words you should always remember..." and the other "...To you, my heart I surrender." with a small arrow beneath.
Matching quote tattoos on two upper backs
Black script lettering reading My brother, My best friend and Forever in my heart, with three swallows in flight, tattooed across the upper back.
Script quote and swallows on upper back
Small tattoo on an ankle showing a parent holding a child as a blue and black silhouette, with Love you Forever lettering beneath.
Parent and child silhouette with script on ankle
Black and grey fine line cross with the word Strength in script running down the vertical bar, tattooed on the upper back.
Strength script cross on upper back
Fine line black script lettering that appears to read Free, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Fine line script lettering reading Free
Fine line black tattoo of small birds in flight and a scripture verse in script on a woman's upper back, with the sea behind her.
Birds and script on a upper back
Black script tattoo reading Stay Strong across the wrist, beside a silver charm bracelet, in a lettering style.
Stay Strong script on a wrist
Forearm tattoo of a grey anchor wrapped in rope, with barnacles, green seaweed, an orange starfish and Spanish script lettering around it.
Anchor with script lettering on a forearm
Two forearms show matching black fine line script tattoos, one reading mom, i love you and the other reading i love you more, placed on the inner forearms.
Matching script tattoos on two forearms
Black infinity symbol with the names Ethan and Jacob in script, enclosing an outlined red heart, tattooed on a forearm.
Infinity symbol with names and red heart on forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading Strength, with a small heart on each side, on the inner wrist above a denim cuff.
Strength script with hearts on a wrist
Two matching shaded heart tattoos with script initials on the ankles, one in red and one in grey.
Matching heart tattoos on ankles
Black script tattoo reading I love you to the moon and back on the ribs, with a lace garment visible above it.
Script quote "I love you to the moon and back"
Close crop of a bare midriff in white bikini bottoms, with a small black script tattoo on the side of the hip.
Small script tattoo on the hip