Text tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a black semicolon with blue and pink trailing wisps above the words This too shall pass in black script on a forearm.
Semicolon and script quote on forearm
Black serif lettering reading Macbeth and I.iv.50-51 on the inner wrist, in a black and grey lettering style.
Macbeth and a reference line on a wrist
Pencil drawing of a clenched fist with red nails, showing the words be kind to yourself and a small heart as lettering tattoo design on the forearm.
Be kind to yourself lettering on a drawn wrist
Realistic black and grey feather tattoo on a forearm, with the script words Not all who wander are lost running beneath it.
Feather and script quote on a forearm
Black and grey realism style forearm tattoo of a mountain range above a pine tree line, with the words think like a mountain and Leopold beneath.
Mountain range and pines with a quote
Black lettering tattoo on the inside of a wrist reading ATTITUDE is EVERYTHING, set in a geometric typeface with arrow lines beside the word is.
Attitude is everything wrist lettering
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 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
Black ink tattoo of a circular flower inside a ring of block-capital text, placed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Circular flower and quote 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
Two black script lettering tattoos, one reading Don't live in fear of the future on a forearm and one reading 'Cause I'll always be there on a shoulder.
Script quotes on forearm and shoulder
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 and grey lettering tattoo on the inner forearm, with a quote and a triangle symbol in the upper photo and a second quote in the lower photo.
Two quotes tattooed along a forearm
Black script lettering reading You'll never live if you're just too scared to die, tattooed on a forearm in black ink.
Script quote tattoo on an arm
Black serif lettering reading I will be king and you will be queen across the inner forearm.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading I am the hero of this story on the inner wrist of a raised, clenched fist against a dark background.
Quote on the wrist: I am the hero of this story
Black and grey traditional style tattoos on a forearm, including a feather, a sunflower, a lotus and a swallow on the hand, with a dagger and a heart nearby.
Forearm sleeve with feather and swallow
Black ink tattoo of the words IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL stacked above a small anchor on the inner forearm, shown beside a notebook with the same design written on the page.
Anchor and lettering on a forearm
Black fine script lettering reading a four-line quote across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script quote along the inner forearm
Small black uppercase lettering reading SLEEP LESS. READ MORE. on a forearm, with the hand resting against a beige wall.
Sleep less, read more slogan on forearm
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 serif lettering of a quote runs diagonally across the inner forearm of a person holding their open hand up, in a lettering style on the forearm.
Typeset quote along a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering tattoo on a forearm reading happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
Typewriter quote along the forearm
Red biohazard symbol with three arrows through it and the words Fight the Dead and Fear the Living in black lettering, tattooed on an arm.
Fight the dead, fear the living biohazard arm tattoo
Black and grey photograph of a script lettering tattoo reading 'is it so wrong that you make me strong?' along the inner forearm, with a hand and bracelet visible.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading "don't blink" on the inner forearm, just below the wrist crease, with the hand raised toward the camera.
"don't blink" lettering on a wrist
Small black tattoo of an ornamental crest above the words STAY STRONG in serif capitals on the inner wrist, with a raised hand and pink nails visible.
Stay strong crest tattoo on inner wrist
Black cursive lettering tattoo reading "Nothing last's forever" running along the forearm.
Nothing lasts forever script on a forearm
Black lettering reading "contribute to the chaos" above a small colour knife tattoo with a red handle and green blade on a forearm.
Contribute to the chaos lettering with knife on a forearm
Black ink sleeves of text fragments, grid lines and scribbled marks covering both forearms and upper arms.
Text and grid sleeves on both arms
Black handwritten-style lettering reading Talk less. Smile more. across the inner forearm.
Talk less, smile more lettering on forearm
Black and white photo of a thin, handwritten quote in black lettering along a forearm, with shaded grey tattooing on the upper arm.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading Wanderlust with an arrow and small circles, running along the inside of a forearm.
Wanderlust script with arrow on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Still I rise across the inner forearm of a woman wearing a striped top and a pendant necklace.
Still I rise script on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading Band-aids don't fix bullet holes on the inner forearm, just above a brown leather watch strap.
Band-aids don't fix bullet holes script on wrist
Traditional colour tattoo of a stack of books, red roses and green leaves, with a banner reading I've lived a thousand lives, on a forearm.
Stacked books and roses with a banner
Black script lettering reading psalm 46:5 across the inner wrist, drawn in a fine, flowing hand.
Psalm 46:5 script on a wrist
Close-up of a hand holding red and white twine, with a teal and black lettering and anchor design on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Lettering and anchor on the inner wrist
Three stacked photos of a forearm with a black world map tattoo on the outer forearm and a small line of text near the wrist.
Black world map tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a nail cross on a forearm, with the word Galatians above it and 6:17 AMP beside it.
Nail cross with Galatians 6:17 lettering on forearm
Two photographs of black script lettering reading I'm fine on a forearm, with the lower panel showing the same words rotated 180 degrees.
'I'm fine' script lettering on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of the words THIS TOO SHALL PASS in capital sans-serif letters, with an arrow at each end, across the inner forearm.
Arrow and quote lettering on a forearm
Black cursive script quote tattooed along the inner forearm, written across two lines in fine black ink.
Cursive quote on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the Jurassic Park logo on a forearm, showing a black T-rex silhouette against an orange sunset circle with the words Jurassic Park in white on a red band.
Jurassic Park logo on a forearm
Black fine line script reading Free yourself on the back of a person's neck, with the same words on their forearm, in a warm-toned photo taken from behind.
Free yourself script on neck and forearm
Black and grey shaded tattoo of two little fingers linked in a pinky promise, with the words PINKY PROMISE in outlined lettering with red accents, on a forearm.
Pinky promise hands on a forearm