Text tattoo ideas

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

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Dark lettering reading Let it be... in a simple script on the side of the torso, partly covered by a red and multicoloured patterned bikini bottom.
Let it be lettering on the side of the body
Black lettering tattoo reading ELATION, ELEGANCE, EXALTATION and I LOVE SUPREME on a forearm, with a person in zebra-print shorts holding a cigarette in front of a brick wall.
Four-line text tattoo on a forearm
Black script lettering tattooed on the upper thigh of each leg, with a phrase reading always on my mind on the left, above black lace stockings.
Script lettering on both thighs
Colour tattoo of a pink lotus flower with a yellow centre above black script lettering, on the upper arm, in a realism and lettering style.
Pink lotus with script quote on upper arm
Black and grey script lettering reading two lines of verse across a person's upper back, over the shoulder blade area.
Two lines of script lettering across upper back
Handwritten script reading don't worry, joined by a long thin horizontal line, in white on a black textured background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Don't worry script lettering design
Fine line black tattoo on an upper arm showing a desert road, cactus, sun, mountains, bull skull and the words Doing time in the universal mind.
Desert road and cactus with lettering on an arm
Close photo of the words The best is yet to come in thin black script tattooed diagonally along the inner forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Temporary lettering in gold and black on the inner wrist reads I belong with Bridget's Bachelorette Party, with a drink reminder beneath.
Bachelorette party slogan on a wrist
Close photograph of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' across the collarbone near the shoulder, with a white top below.
Script quote 'this too shall pass' on collarbone
Black lettering reading Not all those who wander are lost, with two small bird silhouettes, tattooed on a woman's upper back near the neck.
Quote and two birds on upper back
Black and grey typewriter-style lyric tattoo across the upper back of a woman with sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Typewriter lyric text across a woman's back
Several gold foil lettering designs reading bride tribe with an arrow, plus one bride design with an arrow, shown on white backing sheets with no body part visible.
Bride tribe gold foil temporary tattoo designs
Black line tattoo of two floor plans with the word CLOVER on a forearm, in a fine line style, against a grey sofa.
Floor plan tattoos on a forearm
Black line tattoo of a hanging sign reading Gone to Market on the top of a foot, in a simple fine line style.
Gone to Market sign on the top of a foot
Black script lettering reading "I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell" across a patch of skin in a sepia-toned photo.
Script quote tattoo on skin
Black and grey photo of a small black lettering tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Coordinates tattoo across the upper chest
Fine line black script reading let it be with three small birds in flight above it, tattooed on the side of a person's body.
Let it be lettering with birds on skin
Colour tattoo of two butter-topped waffles with a blue banner reading BEST DUDE EVER, on the upper arm.
Waffles with butter and a Best Dude Ever banner
A person with long dark hair covering their face wears a black t-shirt printed with white block capitals and shows small black tattoos on both forearms and upper arms.
Small tattoos on arms with slogan t-shirt
Black and white ink flash design of a perfume atomiser, lipstick and hand-lettered text reading Let me get my girly shit, with small heart labels.
Perfume atomiser, lipstick and lettering flash
Black handwritten script lettering reading Just a girl who decided to go for it, on a plain off-white background with a hatched strip across the top.
Script quote, Just a girl who decided to go for it
Two forearms with matching black lettering of latitude and longitude coordinates in a simple serif font, the lower line rotated upside down in the photo.
Latitude and longitude coordinates on two forearms
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a scalloped heart reading BE BRAVE, framed by two flowers and dark leaves, on a forearm.
Be brave heart with flowers on a forearm
Two matching ankle tattoos of latitude and longitude coordinates set in blue lettering, one on each of two people's ankles.
Matching coordinate tattoos on ankles
Fine line black barcode tattoo with the word HUMAN beneath it, placed on the inside of a wrist.
Barcode with HUMAN on a wrist
Traditional-style colour tattoo on a calf with pink roses, a sunflower framing a woman's face, and banners reading PRETTY ODD and THINGS ARE SHAPING UP TO BE.
Roses and sunflower with banners on a calf
Black linework crescent moon with a simple face, the words LA LUNA and the number 23 tattooed on the inner wrist.
Crescent moon with La Luna on a wrist
Close-up of a fine black lettering tattoo reading 51°30'26"N 0°7'39"W in a single line across the upper chest below the collarbone.
Coordinates tattoo on the upper chest
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a cartoon child on a branch beside a rabbit and a wooden sign reading Edge Keep Off.
Vintage child and sign tattoo on forearm
Black and grey fine line lettering on the inner forearm reading she has fire in her soul and grace in her heart, set in two lines.
Two-line quote on inner forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo on a calf showing a blue puzzle piece with a gold outline motif, framed by a banner reading DIFFERENT NOT LESS.
Puzzle piece and banner reading Different Not Less
Fine line mountain outline with shaded peaks and printed coordinates, plus a green spiral, tattooed across the side of a foot.
Mountain outline and coordinates on a foot
Two hands with dark nails rest over forearms covered in small black fine line doodle tattoos of dice, moons, arrows and the word ghoul.
Small doodle tattoos across both forearms
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading You'll be in my heart always, across the upper chest near the shoulder.
Script quote on upper chest
Close photo of a black serif lettering tattoo reading bad circumstances good jokes on an upper arm, with an office background.
Text tattoo reading bad circumstances good jokes
Black script lettering reading "When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you" beside a column of footprint outlines, a fine line lettering tattoo on the side of the body.
Footprints and script quote on skin
Black script tattoo reading To live is to love along the outer side of a bare foot, with coral painted toenails against a pale wall.
Script quote tattoo on a foot
Black script tattoo reading I love you to the moon and back with a black crescent moon below it, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Quote and crescent moon on the inner wrist
Realistic fine line humpback whale tattoo in grey ink on the side of a torso, with the words Pro memoria written above it.
Humpback whale with script on the ribs
Black ink tattoo of the words Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica in a typewriter-style font across the outer thigh.
Typewriter text quote on a leg
Black handwritten lettering on an upper arm reads its is my life with the attribution Jon Bovi beneath it.
Handwritten quote on upper arm
Black script tattoo reading Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your Heart, with two black paw prints, on the side of a torso.
Paw prints and quote on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded feather with a looping script quote reading Behind every happily ever after there's an extraordinary story, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Feather and script quote on upper back
Black and grey script reading Daddy's Little Girl with two swallows and small stars, tattooed on the back of a neck in Traditional and lettering style.
Script and swallows on the back of neck
Small black vertical lettering tattoo on the upper chest, shown in a close photo of a person with long wavy hair and a grey vest top.
Vertical lettering tattoo on the chest
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading 'To die will be an awfully big adventure' along the ribs, with a hand resting on the chest.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Close photograph of a fine line script tattoo reading With pain comes strength across the skin of the back in black ink.
Script quote reading With pain comes strength