Text tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line lettering tattoo shaped like an infinity loop, written in dark ink across the outer thigh of a person wearing a striped dress.
Lyric loop tattoo on a thigh
Two photos of black ink tattoos: a small cross on the ankle and the words Proverbs 31:25 in script on the top of the foot.
Cross on ankle and script on foot
Fine line script lettering design reading ..and in time, this too shall pass. in black ink on a plain white background.
Script quote lettering design
Fine line script tattoo reading Carpe Diem on the side of a person's ribs, in warm evening light.
Carpe Diem script on the ribs
Black and grey fine line script tattoo on the upper back reading no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Handwritten quote across upper back
Black fine line script reading God is still working on me on a forearm, with the hand resting on a teal leather car seat.
Script quote on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an open mouth with dripping lower lip and the words What's love got to do with it? inside, on the upper arm.
Open mouth with text on upper arm
Black fine line script reading Angels never leave, They're always at your side, beside an outlined angel wing tattoo on skin, placed on the ribs.
Angel wing and script quote on the side
Black fine line handwritten script tattoo on a forearm reading The sun will rise and we will try again, set diagonally down the arm.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'with every heartbeat' along the collarbone near the shoulder.
Fine line script quote on the collarbone
Small fine line script reading feelin' fine in black ink on the upper arm of a person in a navy top with a rolled sleeve.
Feelin' fine script on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a feather outline above the script "In the end, we'll all become stories" on a forearm.
Feather and quote on a forearm
Black handwritten script tattoo of a quotation running down the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Handwritten script quote on a forearm
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo on the inner forearm reading F:GHT ON in plain capitals, with the letter I replaced by a colon.
Small lettering reading F:GHT ON on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading try three times along the forearm, shown beside a black and cream patterned dress.
Script reading try three times on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading 'everything was beautiful and nothing hurt' across a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote across the shoulder blade
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'I will almost die for this beauty' running along a woman's thigh above the knee.
Script quote on the thigh
Black and white photograph of a fine line script tattoo running across the shoulder, with long hair falling over the upper back.
Fine line script tattoo on a shoulder
Fine line script reading learn to fly with a teal arrow running across the inner arm, shown in a close photograph.
Learn to fly script with teal arrow
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading Imperfection is beauty across a forearm.
Imperfection is beauty script on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading I'm a mess, I confess across the top of a shoulder.
Handwritten quote on the shoulder
Fine line black ink geometric lettering reading AUDIO VIDEO DISCO in three rows on the upper arm.
Audio Video Disco lettering on upper arm
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading So it goes on the inner forearm, with a pale striped cushion and blue floral print in the background.
Script phrase on a forearm
Two photographs of small outline plaster tattoos, one reading YOU CAN DO IT on the back of a hand and one reading FEEL BETTER on the inner wrist, with flat plaster designs above.
Plaster tattoos with encouraging words
Two inner wrists with fine line black script tattoos, one reading To Infinity and the other and Beyond.
To Infinity and Beyond script on inner wrists
Black handwritten script lettering design reading it is okay to not be okay, shown on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Script quote: it is okay to not be okay
Close view of a fine line script tattoo reading 'to make each day count' along the side ribs, partly under a black garment.
Fine line script quote on the side ribs
Fine line blue script tattoo reading Give me with an arrow, a heart-shaped heartbeat trace and a small paw print, on the upper back.
Give me script with heartbeat and paw print
Close-up of a dark script tattoo reading "it's only rock 'n' roll" on the inner forearm of a person with long blonde hair and silver rings.
Script quote on a forearm
Close-up of a small black handwritten GRL PWR lettering tattoo on a forearm, with a hand with red nails resting beside it.
GRL PWR lettering on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script lettering tattoo across the ribs, reading Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words.
Script quote on the ribs
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a llama wearing a hat and monocle, with the words save all drama for your llama, on a forearm.
Llama in a hat with dotwork shading
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the words you are beautiful, you are valuable, you are enough, with small birds, on a forearm.
Quote and birds on a forearm
Fine line black tattoos on a forearm showing a cat peeking over a line, a crescent moon with a face and small lines of text.
Cat, crescent moon and text on a forearm
Black fine line tattoos on a bare arm, including the lettering We can be heroes, a small sweet, a sunburst and an X, with a solid black rectangle above the sweet.
Small lettering and icon tattoos on an arm
Black ink tattoo of the words So it goes. with a small fine line starburst below it, on the back of a woman's neck.
Quote and starburst at the nape of the neck
Black and white photo of a woman's bare back showing a fine line Greek lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of the spine.
Greek lettering down the spine
Foot tattoo of the words Live Laugh Love in black script with outlined purple stars, blue sparkles and a black tribal swirl with hearts, on the top of the foot.
Live Laugh Love script and stars on a foot
Black fine line script reading let it be with three small birds in flight, tattooed on the side of the torso.
Let it be script with birds on the side
Black fine line script reading alis volat propriis between two shaded wings, tattooed on the upper arm.
Script phrase with wings on upper arm
Black ink verse quote in a serif typeface, set inside an ornate scrolled frame on the outer thigh, with partial script visible above.
Verse quote in ornate scroll frame on thigh
Small black fine line tattoo of a horseshoe with the words Born Lucky curved around it, on the upper arm of a person wearing a black camisole and red belt.
Horseshoe and Born Lucky on upper arm
Black fine line lettering reading LIKE A WAVE on the inner forearm of a person seated with ripped denim jeans.
Like a wave lettering on forearm
Black script lettering arranged in a cross shape on the side of a ribcage, with the reference John 3:16 written beneath it.
Scripture cross tattoo on the ribs
Close-up of a black script quote tattoo across the outer thigh, reading Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.
Script quote tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey photo of two palms turned up, each wrist showing a fine line infinity symbol above a lettered scripture reference.
Matching infinity symbols with scripture references on
Black fine line tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates, reading 36 degrees 17 minutes 53 seconds N and 92 degrees 20 minutes 21 seconds W, set on pale skin.
Coordinates tattoo in fine line script
Black fine line script reading brick by brick on the upper arm, with the arm raised and bent at the elbow.
Brick by brick script on upper arm