Text tattoo ideas

2,685 photos and flash · 86% Lettering, 26% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black typewriter-style lettering reading breathe. on the inner wrist, with the hand open and relaxed above it.
Breathe lettering on the inner wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering reading "Nothing gold can stay" on a forearm seen underwater, with light patterns rippling across the skin.
Quote lettering on an underwater forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading I found my life when i laid it down across the inner forearm.
Quote lettering across an inner forearm
Black and grey outline tattoo of a smiling crescent moon with the words LA LUNA and the number 23, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Crescent moon and La Luna on a wrist
Fine line black lettering stacked across the inner wrist, with a red and blue checked shirt cuff below.
Stacked lettering on inner wrist
Close-up of white ink lettering reading We're all mad here across an arm, in a fine lettering style.
White ink quote on a forearm
Black serif lettering on an inner forearm reads may I never be complete, may I never be content and may I never be perfect.
Three-line quote in serif lettering on an arm
Close-up of a fine script lettering tattoo reading Diabetic, with the 1 in teal, on the inner wrist.
Diabetic script lettering on inner wrist
Two forearms held side by side, each with black serif lettering tattooed along the inner arm, forming part of a quote.
Matching lettering tattoos on two forearms
Realistic tattoo of three slashes with red blood drips and a razor blade reading HELP ME on the forearm.
Razor blade and cuts on an arm
Black script lettering reading 'I am not a gun' on an inner forearm, with a red splash and a thin underline swoosh, photographed inside a car.
Script phrase 'I am not a gun' on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading Keep fighting, stay strong and live with hope, running along a forearm resting on a white textured blanket.
Keep fighting script quote on forearm
Gold metallic temporary tattoo of brush lettering reading Bride's bitches on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Gold foil lettering on the inner wrist
Black script lettering reading Blood Makes You Related and Loyalty Makes You Family runs across a forearm, with a white star on black behind it.
Script quote on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo in a typewriter font on the inner forearm, reading 'And in that moment, I swear we were infinite', set against a dark sleeve.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Close photo of a black and grey crown above the words Keep Calm and Carry On, a lettering tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Crown and Keep Calm lettering on a wrist
Black block lettering reading MADE IN ENGLAND on a forearm, with a small dark design above it.
Made in England lettering on a forearm
Black fine-line lettering reading 'not all those who wander are lost' runs along the inner forearm.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Collage of four fine line script tattoos in black ink, on a forearm, a wrist, an arm and the upper back.
Four script tattoos on arms and back
Colour tattoo of two maple leaves in orange, red and yellow with the words busy, busy, busy in black typewriter lettering above them, on a forearm.
Maple leaves and busy lettering on a forearm
Close-up of three lines of black Veni Vidi Vici lettering in a typewriter-style font on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Veni Vidi Vici lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading WOAH with a diamond ring in the O, with a smaller line of text beneath, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Woah slogan with diamond ring on wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the forearm arranged in a circle, reading a quote about imagination and a canvas, with a small plus sign.
Circular quote tattoo on the forearm
Colour tattoo of an orange lion cub with black outline and the words Hakuna Matata in black script beside it, on the inner forearm.
Lion cub and Hakuna Matata script on a forearm
Two side-by-side photos of a lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading too WEIRD to LIVE and too RARE to DIE, in black ink.
Too weird to live and too rare to die on the wrist
Gold metallic temporary tattoo of a diamond ring with the word BRIDE inside the band, on the inner forearm.
Gold diamond ring with BRIDE on a wrist
Black ink tattoo of the words miles to go with a dashed flight path and paper plane outline on the inner wrist, with a metal paper plane pendant hanging over the hand.
Miles to go and paper plane on wrist
Black and grey serif lettering reading bad wolf on the forearm of a person in a loose shirt and dark underwear.
Bad wolf lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Everyday for the rest of our lives, split across two wrists that are pressed together, a Lettering design on the forearm.
Script quote split across two wrists
Close-up of a gold foil temporary tattoo on a forearm, reading I belong with Melissa's bachelorette party, if I'm lost buy me a drink, with a small heart below.
Gold bachelorette party temporary tattoo on forearm
Black script lettering reading Romans 8:28 on the inner wrist, shown beside a gemstone chip bracelet.
Romans 8:28 script on the wrist
Fine line black script reading in a world of my own, running into a daisy outline, on the inner forearm.
Script quote and daisy on a forearm
Black capital lettering tattoo on a forearm, set in several lines of a quote about the universe, trees and stars, in a plain lettering style.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Forearm with a small hand-lettered Happy Camper tattoo in black on a pale blue circle, with a black and brown roasting stick crossing the words.
Happy Camper lettering on a forearm
Black and grey photo of a typewriter-style lettering tattoo on a forearm reading Our brains are sick but that's okay.
Typewriter-style quote on a forearm
Small black lettering reading be here now on the inner wrist and forearm, with a grey sleeve and brown shoes visible in the frame.
Be here now lettering on the inner wrist
Black linework geometric lotus tattoo with swirling details on a forearm, with small script text running along the wrist.
Geometric lotus tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo on the inner forearm of a tabby cat with blue eyes peeking over a coffee cup, with the words all you need is love and more coffee in a realistic style with lettering.
Cat peeking over coffee cup with lettering
Close-up of the words bride tribe in gold brush lettering on the inner wrist, with a blurred green garden behind.
Gold bride tribe script on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm reading 'i fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.' against grass.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a gravestone reading GENDER ROLES ARE DEAD on an arm, with grass along the base.
Gravestone reading Gender roles are dead
Two forearms with small black lettering tattoos, the word 'here' on the upper arm and 'now' on the lower arm, in a car interior.
'here' and 'now' on two forearms
Close-up of the phrase 'the best is yet to come' in black fine-line script lettering across the inner forearm.
Script quote on inner forearm
Lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading I belong with Kristen's Bachelorette Party, if I'm lost, buy me a burrito, with a small burrito illustration.
Bachelorette burrito quote on a wrist
Black handwritten lettering reading La Vie Boheme on the inner wrist of a hand raised against a cream textured background.
La Vie Boheme lettering on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Everyday for the rest of our lives, tattooed across two forearms placed side by side.
Matching quote tattoos on two wrists
Colour tattoo of a purple grape soda bottle cap with a safety pin through it, on the forearm.
Grape soda bottle cap and safety pin on forearm
Black ink tattoo on a forearm with the words knitting is the saving of life in typewriter lettering around three stylised leaf or wheat motifs.
Knitting quote with leaf motif on forearm