Text tattoo ideas

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

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Gold metallic temporary tattoo reading Best Day Ever in script lettering on the inner wrist and forearm.
Gold "Best Day Ever" lettering on a wrist
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a forearm showing a figure seen from behind, framed by banners with lyrics reading Cast your stones and You don't make me who I am.
Figure and lyric banners on a forearm
Black fine-line lettering reading "not all those who wander are lost" runs along the inner forearm.
Quote lettering along a forearm
Pencil drawing of three owls perched on a branch above the words Nobody's Perfect in ornate block lettering, with a fourth owl hanging upside down, drawn on wood-grain paper.
Owls on a branch with Nobody's Perfect lettering
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo reading F;GHT ON on the forearm, with the I replaced by a semicolon.
Fight on lettering on a forearm
Black ink semicolon above the words My story isn't over in script lettering on the ankle.
Semicolon and quote on an ankle
Two thin black script tattoos on a person's forearms: a short line of non-Latin script on the left arm and a cursive English quote on the right.
Two forearm script tattoos
Close-up of black typewriter-style lettering reading "the past is practice" across a bare torso, placed on the ribs.
"the past is practice" lettering on ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading YOU ARE WHAT YOU LOVE NOT WHO LOVES YOU, with a small crown at each end, running vertically down a lower leg.
Crown and quote tattoo down the shin
Small black lettering tattoo of four lines of abbreviated text on the inner forearm, beside a gold coin resting on the skin.
Four lines of small text on a forearm
Fine line black script lettering reading 'We travel not to escape life but for life not to escape us' tattooed along a forearm.
Script quote along a forearm
Traditional-style tattoo of an open book with the words turn over a new leaf in black script and a red leaf on the page, sitting on the upper arm.
Open book reading turn over a new leaf
Black and white photo of a black script lettering tattoo reading Everything has beauty across the upper back, with a fainter second line of lettering below.
Script quote across upper back
Black lettering tattoo of four vertical Chinese characters running down the centre of a person's back, shown from behind.
Vertical Chinese characters down a back
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering reading wanderlust, tattooed on the inner wrist of a hand with dark nail polish, in a black and white photo.
Wanderlust lettering on a wrist
Close-up of a black lettered tattoo reading BITE ME on the skin below a lower lip, with red-painted nails holding the mouth open.
Bite Me lettering on a lower lip
Small black hand-lettered Bad Wolf tattoo in two lines on the inner wrist, with a pale hand and a denim sleeve.
Bad Wolf lettering on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo running vertically down a woman's upper back, shown from behind in a tan suede top.
Vertical script tattoo on upper back
Black script tattoo reading Beyond fear lies freedom with three small birds in flight, placed on a person's upper back.
Beyond fear lies freedom script with birds on back
Fine line black lettering running diagonally up the inner forearm, set in a thin sans serif typeface and rotated so the text reads vertically.
Rotated sans serif lettering on a forearm
Black fine line bell curve above a quote in black lettering, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Bell curve and quote on the ribs
Black and grey script tattoo reading the sun will soon rise above the shadow, with a sun above and a crescent moon below, on the side of a torso.
Sun, moon and script quote on the side ribs
Black fine line script reading live free with three flying birds on the upper back, seen from behind on a woman in a grey sweater.
Live free script and birds on upper back
Back tattoo of a blossom branch with pink flowers and fine black linework, with script lines running through it, on a person lying in shallow water.
Blossom branch tattoo across a back
Black fine line script reading This too shall pass across a woman's upper shoulder, with her face cropped out of the frame.
Script quote tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small bird beside the script words this too shall pass, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Bird and script quote on a forearm
Small black serif lettering reading So it goes. on the upper arm, just below a rolled grey sleeve.
Serif quote on upper arm
Back of a woman with red hair and a floral top, showing a fine line script tattoo reading forever young across the upper back below the neck.
Forever young script on upper back
Black script lettering tattooed on the side ribs reads I gave them life, they gave me a reason to live.
Script quote along the ribs
Cheshire Cat grin tattoo with curling script lettering on an upper arm and shoulder, finished with blue and green watercolour splashes.
Cheshire Cat grin on an upper arm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Life's a tangled web across the ribs, in a lettering style tattoo on bare skin.
Life's a tangled web lettering on the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading Not all those who wander are lost across the outer thigh, with a denim shirt above it.
Script quote on a thigh
Black script lettering arranged in the shape of a cross across the upper back, with a smaller script tattoo near the left shoulder.
Script cross tattoo across the upper back
Black and grey typewriter lettering reading I told you to be patient, fine, balanced, kind, across the side of the ribs.
Typewriter quote along the ribs
Close photo of the words 'choose life.' in black typewriter-style lettering on the inner upper arm.
Choose life lettering on an upper arm
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm, with song lyrics set in a looping, ribbon-like shape across the inner wrist and arm.
Lyric loop tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style flash design of a red and white ball above a red polka dot flower and a blue rose, with gold banners reading I and CHOOSE YOU and YOU.
Poke Ball and rose flash with I choose you banners
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'She flies with her own wings' across a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote on upper back
Black line drawing of ornate script lettering decorated with flowers, hearts and dotted outlines, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Script lettering design with flowers
Black fine line wishbone tattoo with two lines of coordinate text on the inner forearm of a person in a grey knit jumper holding a mug.
Wishbone and coordinates on the inner forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded wing with the script words Tomorrow is never promised Just live, on the side of the ribs.
Wing and script quote on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading Enjoy the little things in script and capitals across the inner wrist.
Enjoy the little things lettering on a wrist
Black ink lettering design of a feather and a flock of birds beside the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a white feathered background.
Feather, birds and script quote design
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR, with a thin arrow running vertically through the words, on the forearm.
Quote lettering with an arrow on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of two crossed daggers over a pentagram in a sun burst, with the words Fear No Evil below, on an upper arm.
Crossed daggers, pentagram and Fear No Evil on arm
Colour tattoo of a red rose with green leaves and dark blue script text on the side of a torso, shown on the ribs.
Rose and script quote on ribs
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading wanderlust across the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a blurred teal background.
Wanderlust lettering on a wrist
Black script reading Love me for who i am runs across the upper back, with a small butterfly above it and a shaded butterfly on the shoulder.
Script quote and butterfly on the shoulder