Script tattoo ideas

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

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Full sleeve realism tattoo on an arm showing a woman in a lace masquerade mask, red roses, a pocket watch and scrollwork.
Masked woman, roses and pocket watch sleeve
Black ink script tattoo running down the spine of a woman seen from behind, with a shaded rose on her upper arm.
Vertical script down the spine with a rose
Fine line black tattoos on a woman's forearm include a coffee cup, a bomb, a paper aeroplane and a feather, with the words Far Away on the upper arm.
Small line icons and script on a forearm
Watercolour-style daisy tattoo in teal, pink and yellow on the upper arm, ringed by the script words Do you suppose she's a wildflower.
Watercolour daisy with wildflower quote
Two people show matching black fine line script tattoos reading Family, a horizontal line, then Everything, on the upper arms.
Matching Family Everything script on upper arms
Tattoo on an arm of a semicolon and the words this too shall pass in black script, with a black bird silhouette and teal and pink splatter marks.
Semicolon and script with a bird and watercolour splashes
Black script lettering tattoo on the upper arm reading 'our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean'.
Quote about a wave and the ocean on the upper arm
Torso selfie showing black script lettering along the left ribs and a colourful floral tattoo on the upper arm, in workout clothes.
Script on ribs with floral arm tattoo
Black fine line tattoo on the inner upper arm showing an infinity symbol with leaves, flowers and the script words I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity.
Infinity symbol with script quote on upper arm
Two side-by-side photographs of black lettering tattoos: I'm fine on the upper arm and save me on the shoulder.
I'm fine and save me script tattoos
Black and grey handprint and footprint tattoo with script name and Roman numerals on an upper arm.
Handprint and footprint with name on upper arm
Fine-line French script tattoo running along the upper arm of a person lying on a bed, with a blue-grey feather tattoo near the elbow.
French script and feather tattoos on an arm
Fine line tattoos on an upper arm showing a outlined cloud with falling hearts and a coloured unicorn, with partly visible script above.
Cloud, hearts and unicorn on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoos on a person's back and upper arm showing a horned beast with roses, a woman with roses on the right shoulder, and script above.
Beast and rose with woman portrait on shoulders
Pencil drawing of a pin-up woman in a red polka-dot bandana flexing one arm, with Girl Power lettering across her upper arm.
Pin-up girl flexing with Girl Power script
Two script lettering tattoos with small orange sun designs, one reading You are my sunshine on the upper back and one reading My only sunshine on the upper arm.
Matching sun and sunshine lyric tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of palm trees above a beach and waves on an upper arm and shoulder, with blue script lettering above, shown from three angles.
Palm trees and beach on upper arm
Black Devanagari-style script lettering tattoo on the outer upper arm, shown in close view with a dark sleeve at the shoulder.
Devanagari-style script on upper arm
Woman in a black V-neck graphic tee showing a green leafy vine tattoo running along her forearm, with small script tattoos on her upper arm and hand.
Green vine tattoo on forearm with black graphic tee
Fine black script lettering reading love is patient and love is kind on the inner upper arm, with a denim sleeve above.
Love is patient, love is kind lettering on arm
Black and grey realistic rose with leaves and a studded horseshoe carrying script lettering, tattooed on an upper arm.
Realistic rose and horseshoe on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of folded dollar bills with banknote lettering on the upper arm, with script text of the Lord's Prayer beneath it.
Folded dollar bills and Lord's Prayer on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a hooded grim reaper with a scythe above a kneeling winged angel, with script banners.
Grim reaper and kneeling angel on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids with flowing script lettering across the shoulder and upper arm.
Orchids and script on an upper arm
Neo-trad style tattoo of a black crow in flight with yellow, orange and red circles and white rain strokes, with partial script below, on an upper arm and shoulder.
Crow in flight with rain on upper arm
Close-up of a bare arm with black lettering reading LUCE in capitals on the upper arm and a small script line on the forearm near the elbow.
Luce and script lettering on an arm
Colour tattoo on an arm of the word Hope in black script above a pink and teal ribbon looping through a black heart outline.
Hope script, ribbon and heart on upper arm
Black and grey arm sleeve with a rose on the shoulder and a script tattoo on the ribs, on a reclining woman in a black lace bralette.
Arm sleeve and side script tattoos
Close view of a black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font on an upper arm, with the text cropped at the edge of the frame.
Partly visible lettering tattoo on upper arm
Four-panel photo of a colourful realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing the Joker's face, Batman, bats and a city skyline.
Joker and Batman full arm sleeve
Black and white photo from behind of a woman in a white vest top and patterned underwear, showing a script tattoo on the neck and rose tattoos on the upper arms.
Rose and script tattoos on arms and neck
Fine line black tattoo of four arrows, one with a feather fletching, running down the outer upper arm of a person in a gingham shirt.
Four arrows on the upper arm
Black and grey moon with a dotwork crescent shadow on the inner upper arm, with a small galaxy ring and Genesis reference inset below.
Moon and crescent shadow on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo on an upper arm with two ribbon banners bearing a quotation above a geometric emblem in red, blue and cream.
Ribbon banner quote and emblem on upper arm
Black and white photo of a fine line script lettering tattoo of three words on the upper arm of a woman with long dark hair.
Script lettering on an upper arm
Full arm sleeve tattoo in colour with roses, a sugar skull, diamonds and leopard print across the upper arm and forearm, shown in three views.
Colour arm sleeve with roses and sugar skull
Black and white photograph of a seated woman with full floral sleeve tattoos on both arms and lotus-style tattoos on her chest, wearing a lace bra and studded belt.
Black and grey sleeves and chest tattoos
Black script lettering reading Let me be on the upper arm and a solid black cross on the ribs, both in a simple lettering and bold outline style.
Script on upper arm and cross on ribs
Small fine line tattoo reading The END, with script The above block capitals END, in dark ink on an upper arm.
The END lettering on an upper arm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Thy will be done, running diagonally across the upper arm.
Thy will be done script on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo reading 'Though she be but little, she is fierce' in mixed block capitals and script on the upper arm, in a lettering style.
Quote lettering on upper arm
Woman in a lace bra and open plaid shirt, showing a traditional-style rose and bird tattoo on her ribs, script lettering on her upper chest, and a rose and portrait design on her thigh.
Rose and bird tattoos on torso and thigh
Black ink heart, three nails, an outlined triangle and scattered lettering across a shoulder and upper arm.
Heart, nails and lettering on upper arm
Black line tattoo of the words How strange it is to be anything at all inside a looping scroll frame, shown on an arm.
Quote in a swirl frame on an arm
Collage of five black tattoos in fine line and lettering, including a quote on the ribs, the number 9 3/4 on a wrist, a cat on the hip and a face on the forearm.
Five small black tattoos: quotes, a cat and a face
Black and grey botanical tattoos with an arrow and script lettering on a woman's upper arm and forearm, in a photo where she wears a white dreamcatcher-print t-shirt.
Floral and leaf tattoos on upper arm and forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo spelling the word faith across the upper arm near the elbow.
Faith script tattoo on the upper arm
Black lettering tattoos, including KEEP GRL PWR, on a forearm beside a red floral tattoo on an upper arm, with a mandala owl printed on a white T-shirt.
Lettering tattoos with an owl print tee