Text tattoo ideas

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Collage of three traditional tattoos: a woman's head with a pink rose, a globe with flowers and the words Home For Now, and a striped suitcase with an arm strapped across it.
Traditional collage: woman, globe and suitcase
Fine black angular lettering tattoo on the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top, shown in a close side view.
Small angular lettering on a forearm
Black blackletter script reading We the People tattooed along the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top, with a checked shirt and bookshelves in the background.
We the People lettering on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading 'Destroy what destroys you' across the nape of a person's neck, photographed from behind with dark hair falling over the shoulders.
Quote lettering across the nape of the neck
Close-up of a black fine script lettering tattoo of four lines of text on the left side ribs of a woman wearing a black bikini.
Script lettering quote on side ribs
Dark serif capitals reading UNTIL THE VERY END tattooed in a staggered layout on the outer thigh, above a brown knee-high sock.
Staggered quote on a thigh
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading life imitates art along the forearm of a bare arm.
Script quote on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a black branch with pink cherry blossoms and black Japanese characters beside it, in a Japanese style, on the back.
Cherry blossom branch with kanji
Black ink lettering tattoo of a coffee spoon outline reading I have measured out my life with coffee spoons, in a typewriter-style font, on the forearm.
Coffee spoon quote on forearm
Black serif lettering reading in, teg, ri and ty separated by dots, tattooed along a forearm, with a gloved hand visible at the bottom of the frame.
Integrity lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading I could be destroyed but not defeated, with a small flourish, on the side of a torso above the ribs.
Script quote on the ribs
Small black fine line lettering reading F;GHT ON, with a semicolon in place of the I, on the inner forearm.
Fight on lettering on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a winged ball with small script reading I open at the close, on the inner wrist.
Winged ball and script on inner wrist
Pen sketch of a spine and pelvis in shaded ink on white, with the handwritten caption "that's hip." beneath it.
Spine and pelvis sketch with hip pun
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Pursuit of happiness running across the outer thigh, with white shorts visible at the left edge.
Pursuit of happiness script on a thigh
Back of a person's neck and upper back showing a fine line black tattoo of the words Not all those who wander are lost, with a small bird on each side.
Quote and two birds on upper back
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading alis volat propriis along the ribs, with the arm raised and a grey and maroon striped top visible.
Latin script tattoo on the ribs
Two matching fine line lettering tattoos, reading GIRL ALMIGHTY on one forearm and SHE'S NOT AFRAID on the other upper arm.
Matching text tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey butterfly tattoo on a shoulder, with the words I'm a walking travesty but I'm smiling at every thing forming the trailing wing.
Butterfly with quote on the shoulder
Watercolour-style barn owl tattoo with black brush lettering reading 'It's only forever not long at all' on the forearm, surrounded by pink, purple and blue splashes.
Barn owl with lettering on an arm
Two black ink script tattoos on a forearm, one reading I'm fine and the other reading save me, shown in two stacked photographs.
'I'm fine' and 'save me' script on forearm
Black handwritten script reading Be true to who you are on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Be true to who you are handwritten script
Black serif lettering reading 'So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past' across a forearm, with a beach and sea behind.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo on the side of the body showing grey cat paws above a red flower and green leaves, with the words Only my cat can judge me.
Cat paws and flower with slogan on the side
Black script lettering reading God is within her, She will not fail, with a small arrow below, tattooed on a person's ribs in a Lettering style.
Script quote and arrow on ribs
Black script lettering reading Don't let the past make you're decisions, four today across a forearm, a lettering style tattoo.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line black lettering tattoo reading Curiosity often leads to trouble along a person's hip and upper thigh.
Quote tattoo along the hip
Black lettering reading Insert Coins In Slot with a small red arrow and black flourishes above it, on a person's lower back above jeans.
Insert Coins In Slot lettering on lower back
Black lettering reading hiv in bold lowercase letters with a thin curved arrow pointing left, tattooed on a lower abdomen above a waistband, in a black and grey lettering style.
Lowercase hiv lettering with arrow on abdomen
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' across the upper chest.
Fine line script reading this too shall pass
Black outline tattoo of the cartoon robot Baymax with the words BA LA LA LA LA above it, placed on the lower leg.
Baymax with ba la la text on a lower leg
Black and grey script lettering reading Never regret anything that once made you smile across the ribs, with a hand resting above it.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Black serif lettering tattoo on a person's upper back reading what matters most is how well you walk through the fire, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo across a shoulder blade
Fine line black script tattoo reading "Not all those who wander are lost" across the outer thigh, partly covered by a denim shirt.
Script quote along a thigh
Black script lettering quoting Proverbs 31:25 runs down the side of a person's ribs, with a pink bikini strap and grey top visible above.
Scripture quote along the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading so it goes across the forearm, with a white pillow and blue flowers in the soft background.
So it goes script on a forearm
Black lettering design forming a running shoe silhouette, with words including inspiration, courage, determination and every step counts.
Running shoe made of motivational words
Black script lettering tattoo reading The pain you feel today is the strength you'll have Tomorrow, with flourishes, on the forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Black outline tattoo of the words Don't dream it, be it in serif capitals with swirling flourishes, on the inside of a forearm near the wrist.
Don't dream it, be it quote on the forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading </head> and <body> in a bold sans-serif style on the back of the neck.
HTML head and body tags on the neck
Two forearms with fine line script lettering in black ink, one reading Together forever, never apart and the other maybe in distance but never in heart, with a small red heart.
Matching quote tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo of unrolled scrolls covered in text, shown across three views of an upper arm and forearm.
Scroll and scripture full sleeve tattoo
Colour tattoo of a smiling sun above a black cloud with raindrops, with the words Stay strong beautiful on the side of the ribs.
Sun and cloud quote tattoo on ribs
Black script tattoo reading One Life Live It across the side ribs, with the edge of a black lace bra visible above it.
One Life Live It script on ribs
Three lines of fine black script lettering reading aut viam inveniam aut faciam, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Latin script lettering on upper back
Fine line black tattoos on a man's forearms showing a stack of book spines, quotation marks, lettering and small flying silhouettes.
Book stack, quotes and birds on forearms
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo across a person's back, showing a crossbow, a noose, a snake, a hunter with a musket, a horned figure with a horn and a hound, with text lines.
Engraved collage of crossbow, noose and hunter on back
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing Finn and Jake from Adventure Time stretching their arms toward each other, with the script Homies help homies. Always.
Finn and Jake quote on a forearm