Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black lettering reading "I love you to the moon and back" with a small crescent moon below it, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
"I love you to the moon and back" on a wrist
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a ruined wooden cabin and a dark silhouetted figure, with the script line Celebrate the way the night hides scars above it.
Ruined cabin and script lyric on a forearm
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo reading The End in mixed script and serif lettering on the inner forearm.
The End lettering on an arm
Black and white photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading We're all stories in the end on a forearm, below a plaid shirt sleeve.
Handwritten quote script on a forearm
Small black block lettering reading BAD WOLF on the inner wrist, with a rolled-up denim sleeve.
Bad Wolf lettering on the inner wrist
Black ink lettering reading vegan; in a serif typeface on the inner wrist, beside a yellow knitted sleeve and patterned fabric.
Vegan semicolon wordmark on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Whom then shall I fear on the inner wrist, with black painted nails visible at the bottom of the frame.
Script quote Whom then shall I fear on wrist
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm reading The sun will rise and we will try again, with a small black linear symbol beneath the text.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading Sometimes Quiet is Violent on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and red medical alert tattoo on the inner wrist reading Meniere's Disease and Vertigo, with a red snake-and-staff symbol and MEDIC ALERT lettering around it.
Medical alert wrist tattoo for Meniere's disease
Black block lettering reading I'LL BE BETTER THAN I WAS across a forearm, with dark shaded ink along the upper edge of the arm.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Come to me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest, running up the inside of a forearm.
Black script quote along a forearm
Black block lettering reading Face your fear, accept your war runs down a person's forearm, with military vest and camouflage trousers visible behind.
Face your fear quote on forearm
Two tattoo photos: black script reading Roll Tide on a forearm, and a red letter A with an elephant and Crimson Tide banner on a calf.
Roll Tide script and Crimson Tide elephant
Black lettering tattoo of a numbered passage in a serif typeface on the inner forearm of a person whose arm rests on a pink and grey leaf-patterned cloth.
Printed text quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading I am the ocean on the inner forearm.
Script quote on an inner forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Destroy what destroys you across two lines on the inner wrist, above a grey sleeve cuff.
Two-line quote on the inner wrist
Black fine line lettering tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates on the inner forearm, with a knitted sleeve visible above.
Latitude and longitude coordinates on a forearm
Close photo of a bold black Devanagari script tattoo running vertically along the inner forearm of a person in a grey sweater.
Devanagari script lettering on a forearm
Close-up of bold black brush-script lettering reading Work Bitch across a forearm, resting on a wooden surface.
Black script lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading "still I rise." in a typewriter-style serif on the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photo against a dark background.
Still I rise lettering on the wrist
Black and grey photograph of the words "still I rise." in a typewriter-style font, curved across the inner forearm near the wrist.
"still I rise." lettering on the wrist
Black serif lettering reading All was well, with asterisks around it, tattooed on the inner wrist.
All was well quote on the wrist
Fine line black tattoo on the inner wrist showing a cross, a heartbeat line forming a heart, and small text reading faith, hope, love, in a Fine line style on the Forearm.
Cross, heartbeat and heart on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo of a quotation in a serif typeface running diagonally along the inner forearm.
Serif quote along a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading and the rest is rust and stardust runs across a pale forearm.
Quote in typewriter lettering on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm, with a quote running beside a shaded drawing of a figure in a cloak on a rock.
Quote and cloaked figure on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading Don't dream your life live your dream along the inside of a forearm, with a hand resting on white fabric.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'we part only to meet again' across the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Script quote on the wrist
Close photo of a single-colour lettering tattoo reading Go then, there are other worlds than these in a serif typeface across the forearm.
Quote tattoo in serif lettering on forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading NORMAL: PEOPLE SCARE ME across a forearm, set against a blurred green outdoor background.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo on a forearm showing a UFO beaming up a figure above cacti and Joshua trees, with the words I WANT TO LEAVE below.
UFO and desert scene with lettering on a forearm
Black lettering reading "send me" in a typewriter-style font across a forearm, with a faint blurred tattoo visible at the top left.
"send me" lettering on a forearm
Black and grey sewing machine, dress form and buttons with a red flower and a banner reading POR VIDA, tattooed on a forearm, in a traditional style.
Sewing machine and dress form on a forearm
Collage of five black tattoos in fine line and lettering, including a quote on the ribs, the number 9 3/4 on a wrist, a cat on the hip and a face on the forearm.
Five small black tattoos: quotes, a cat and a face
Close photo of a small black fine line tattoo of Roman numerals X.VII.XV running diagonally across the inner wrist, with a silver ring on the hand above.
Roman numerals on the inner wrist
Black and grey serif lettering reading maybe runs sideways across the inner forearm, above a grey sleeve and blue denim cuff.
Maybe lettering on a forearm
Four-panel view of a gold foil temporary tattoo on the forearm, reading BRIDE to be and bride tribe beside a ring and diamond.
Gold foil bride to be ring temporary tattoo
Black ink lettering tattoo on the forearm reading YOU DON'T HAVE TO above a boxed thumbs-up Like icon and ME below.
You Don't Have To Like Me lettering tattoo
Black serif lettering reading peace will win, fear will lose, tattooed on the inner forearm in a lettering style.
Peace will win, fear will lose quote on forearm
Black lettering reading Go Your Own Way across a forearm, with waiting room chairs and a checkered floor behind.
Go Your Own Way lettering on forearm
Black script tattoo reading 'I'm so proud of you, Dad' on the inner forearm, shown beside the handwritten original on a pale blue background.
Handwritten 'I'm so proud of you' on forearm
Traditional-style tattoo on an arm showing a grey hat with a black ribbon and a small red rose, with the words UGH and AS IF above and below.
Hat and rose with UGH AS IF lettering
Three crossed forearms showing fine line lettering, a small bird outline and a compass rose tattoo on the forearm.
Three forearms with quote, bird and compass tattoos
Black script lettering reading For Those I Love, I Will Sacrifice runs along the inside of a forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Black ink lettering reading mind above a horizontal line and matter below, tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Mind over matter wrist lettering
Black lettering in a typewriter-style font reads "We were born ready, ready to be free. Chasin' every thrill we could see" on the forearm, in a Lettering tattoo.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Black and white photo of a forearm with the words LOVE WILL TEAR US APART tattooed in bold block capitals against a dark background.
Love will tear us apart lettering on a forearm