Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading a bachelorette party quote, with a small red lips motif, in a lettering style.
Bachelorette quote with red lips on a wrist
Two black script lettering tattoos reading Hopeless and Romantic with small flourishes, one on each ankle, above red canvas sneakers.
Hopeless Romantic script ankle tattoos
Black script tattoo reading Let it be with a small bird silhouette at the end, in lettering style, on warmly lit skin at an unclear body placement.
Let it be script with small bird
Close up of fine script lettering reading "it can't rain all the time" tattooed across two fingers of a hand with pink nails.
Script quote across two fingers
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading There will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears, set across the ribs of a person whose face is not shown.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Close photo of the words TAKE CARE in black hand-drawn lettering on a pale arm near the elbow.
Take Care lettering on an arm
Black script lettering tattoo on a person's side ribs reading She is clothed in strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future, Proverbs 31:25.
Proverbs 31:25 script quote on ribs
Fine line black ink tattoo of two hands holding a cat's cradle string, with the words NO DAMN CAT above and NO DAMN CRADLE below, on the outer thigh.
Cat's cradle hands with lettering on a thigh
Close photograph of the phrase avada kedavra in purple lettering tattooed along the side of a finger, which is pointing against a white fabric background.
Avada Kedavra lettering on a finger
Black line drawing of the words HIS, grace and IS SUFFICIENT in a mix of block capitals and flowing script, with horizontal rules, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
His grace is sufficient lettering design
Fine line black script reading 'everything was beautiful and nothing hurt' running diagonally down the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script quote on the inner forearm
Black lettering tattoo of overlapping circles labelled with pronouns such as THEY, I, YOU, WE and ME, on the inside of a forearm, in a lettering and geometric style.
Venn diagram of pronouns on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading pain is inevitable suffering is optional on a bare calf above black strappy heels.
Script quote on a calf above black heels
Black handwritten script reading inhale confidence, exhale doubt, drawn in thin black ink on a white background.
Inhale confidence, exhale doubt script
Black script lettering reading "And though she be but little, she is fierce" across the upper chest below the collarbone, in a fine lettering style.
Script quote across the upper chest
Black fine line lettering reading this too shall pass with a small arrow beneath it, tattooed on the neck behind the ear.
Quote and arrow behind the ear
Black and grey photograph of two matching fine line script tattoos reading take care on the inner forearms, with the two people holding hands.
Matching take care script on forearms
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading WORDS FAIL, with the line MUSIC SPEAKS inverted beneath it, in a plain sans-serif typeface.
Words fail, music speaks lettering on forearm
Black and grey butterfly wing and an orange ribbon beside Proverbs 31:25 script lettering, tattooed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Scripture lettering and butterfly on upper back
Black script lettering tattoo running along the inner forearm of a person with a bracelet on the wrist.
Script lettering on a forearm
Two photos of black script lettering on the back of a thigh and on an ankle, with the words shown upside down in the frame.
Script words on thigh and ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a mountain outline above the words Psalm 121 on the inner wrist.
Mountain outline and Psalm 121 on a wrist
Black ink tattoo on a forearm showing a handwritten script quote above three open books with quill pens, in a line-drawn lettering style, placed on the inner forearm.
Quote and open books on a forearm
Two fine line script tattoos reading sunshine phrases, one along the ribs and one on the inner forearm, in black ink.
Matching sunshine script on ribs and forearm
Black script lettering reading You'll never know dear, how much I love you runs across a bare upper arm.
Script quote on upper arm
Thin black script reading Someday followed by three dots, shown as a fine line lettering tattoo design on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Someday script lettering design
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo reading 'let it be' on a person's upper back, with a gloved hand pointing at it.
Small 'let it be' lettering on upper back
Black typewriter-style lettering reading peanut allergy across the inner wrist, with the last word cut off at the right edge of the frame.
Peanut allergy lettering on a wrist
Dark blue lettering quote reading I belong with Erin's Bachelorette Party, with a green shamrock, on the inside of a wrist against green leaves.
Bachelorette party quote on wrist
Gold script lettering reading Bride Tribe with a small arrow on the back of a hand, in a fine line style against a plain white background.
Bride Tribe lettering in gold on a hand
Small black block capital lettering reading BE BRAVE, set diagonally on the inner forearm in a lettering style.
Be Brave lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Stay Strong above a semicolon and My Love, tattooed on the upper arm of a person wearing a grey top.
Stay Strong semicolon lettering on an arm
Black script lettering reading "Too Legit 2 Quit" on reddish skin, in a lettering style with the body part not visible.
"Too Legit 2 Quit" script lettering
Fine line script tattoo of the words Take a chance they don't come much bigger than this across the inner wrist, shown in a sepia photo.
Script quote tattoo on the wrist
Black script lettering tattoo on a person's ribs reading Let all that you do be done in love, 1 Corinthians 16:14.
Scripture script tattoo on ribs
Black fine line tattoo on a lower abdomen reading Life Goes On in script, with a heartbeat trace and a semicolon above the words.
Life Goes On script with heartbeat line
Red Spartan helmet tattoo with black Greek lettering reading Molon Labe on the inner upper arm, in a bold solid style.
Spartan helmet with Greek lettering on an arm
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading "What don't kill you'll make you more strong", with a geometric four-pointed star at the wrist.
Quote and star on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading "I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul", in a plain serif style.
Two-line quote tattoo on a forearm
Black serif lettering of a chemical formula, C6470 H10012 N1726 O2013 S42, tattooed in a single line across the lower back.
Chemical formula lettering across the back
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style serif font reading do I dare disturb the universe? across the forearm, in a lettering style.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Fine line black anchor with handwritten script reading I refuse to sink, tattooed on the top of a shoulder near the collarbone.
Anchor and 'I refuse to sink' script on shoulder
Black typewriter-style lettering reading "but first, tea" on a white background, with a distressed stamp-like texture, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
But first, tea lettering design
Small wrist tattoo of three red and pink lip prints above four lines of black serif lettering, on a forearm against green grass.
Three lip prints and text on a wrist
Colour traditional style tattoo of a smiling pink cartoon train with a speech cloud reading I choo-choo-choose you and small red hearts, on the back of a leg.
Cartoon pink train with I choo-choo-choose you
Close photo of a purple handwritten lettering tattoo reading Thunder Only Happens When It's Raining across the lower back above blue jeans.
Handwritten quote tattoo on lower back
Black and grey vertical lettering tattoo running down the upper back, photographed in black and white.
Vertical lettering down the upper back
Black and white sheet of temporary tattoo designs reading No Regerts in bold, serif and blackletter lettering, shown in several sizes.
No Regerts lettering flash sheet