Text tattoo ideas

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

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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
Neo-trad style owl with red watercolour splashes and a typewriter-style quote above it, tattooed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Owl and quote on upper arm and shoulder
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
Black fine line lettering reading BELIVE MY DECISION on the inner upper arm, with a grey sweatshirt sleeve visible above.
Small lettering reading Belive my decision
Black script lettering reading Never don't give up across the inner forearm, photographed in a bright indoor setting.
Never don't give up script on a forearm
Traditional style flash drawing of two purple conversation hearts, one reading FOREVER and the other WHAT-EVER, with leaves and a banner at the edges, shown without a body placement.
Conversation hearts reading forever and whatever
Black lettering tattoo in a handwritten style on the top of a foot, reading Gone to market, Be back soon, Love, Pig.
Handwritten note tattoo on the top of a foot
Black script lettering reading Take me as I am or watch me as I go, tattooed in two lines across the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Two matching black script lettering tattoos on the inner wrists, reading It's Only Forever and Not Long At All.
Matching script quote tattoos on wrists
Colour traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a green raptor head with open jaws, two red roses with green leaves, and the words Life uh finds a way.
Raptor head and red roses with lettering
Fine line black script reading memento mori running vertically along the ribs of a woman whose black top is pulled up to the side.
Memento mori script on ribs
Black line tattoo on lower back of a cartoon hunter with a shotgun beneath a thought bubble reading I know your in der Wabbit.
Cartoon hunter and thought bubble on lower back
Black and grey torn skin effect tattoo on an upper arm, with lines of lettering revealed beneath the skin.
Torn skin lettering on upper arm
Black hand-lettered quote 'Don't tell people your plans. Show them your results.' curved in an arch on a white background.
Arched quote lettering design
Black and grey photo of a small fine line GRL PWR lettering tattoo on the side ribs, below a lifted grey sweater and above jeans.
GRL PWR lettering on the ribs
Black capital lettering reading MADE IN ENGLAND across a forearm, with another hand holding the arm and a wristwatch visible above.
Made in England lettering on a forearm
Black lettering reading EVERY BOOK IS A WORLD above an open book, in a lettering style, on the inner wrist.
Every book is a world with open book on wrist
Black and grey script lettering reading All the world's a stage, placed on the side of the hip with black lace visible above it.
All the world's a stage script on the hip
Two close-up photos of matching script lettering tattoos on the ankles, each with a small purple heart, in black ink with purple accents.
Matching heart and quote ankle tattoos
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Fear { display: none; } runs along the inside of a forearm, a fine lettering tattoo in black ink.
CSS quote lettering on a forearm
Black ink lettering reading Lenny=white and Carl=black tattooed on a palm, shown above a cartoon hand with the same text.
Lenny=white and Carl=black tattoo on palm
Black outline tattoo of a leaf wreath framing a typed quote on a forearm, set against a white bedsheet.
Leaf wreath quote on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading I believe in miracles on the lower back, sitting above the waistband of denim jeans.
Script phrase above the waistband
Black ink stylised lettering tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand resting on an open Bible beside a pen.
Stylised letters on the inner wrist
Black ink tattoo of a block of decimal digits beginning 1.6180339 across the upper arm, shown in a close photograph with a grey sleeve at the edge.
Decimal digits tattooed on an upper arm
Close-up of a raised hand showing silver-gold foil lettering reading GIVE GRACE in block capitals on the inner wrist, with matching cards on a white background.
Metallic GIVE GRACE lettering on a wrist
Black script lettering reading 'For one so small, you seem so strong' across the side of the ribs, in a Lettering style.
Script quote along the ribs
Flash design of a black-outlined ribbon banner with green shading carrying the lettering IN THE WAVES OF CHANGE WE FIND OUR TRUE DIRECTION, shown on a speckled background.
Ribbon banner with a lettered quote
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading Never give up. across the inner forearm.
Never give up script on forearm
Close photo of black script lettering reading 'Never don't give up' tattooed along a forearm, with a bent arm and an indoor background.
Script quote lettering on a forearm
Red lip print and red script lettering reading 'Love my smile... Beware of my silence' tattooed on an arm.
Lip print and script lettering on an arm
Fine line tattoo of the quote 'How strange it is to be anything at all' inside a black scrollwork frame, on the lower leg.
Swirl-framed quote on a calf
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a green tent beneath pine trees and stars, with the words HOME IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS arched above and below the scene.
Camping tent and quote on upper arm
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo on skin reading 'Ruin and Recovery are both from within' across two lines.
Script quote tattoo reading Ruin and Recovery
Black flourished lettering design reading Not all who wander are lost, set in mixed capitals and swash letters on a plain white background.
Not all who wander are lost lettering
Black ink tattoo on the inner wrist reading Music is Life in script with an underline, above rewind, pause, fast forward and repeat icons.
Music is Life lettering with media player icons on a wrist
Black script lettering of a poem verse across the side of a torso, placed on the ribs.
Poem verse in script along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading 'Too weird to live, too rare to die' with a small arrow above it, across the upper back and neck.
Handwritten quote and arrow on upper back
Colour tattoo of a pink flower with a green stem inside a circle of black lettering reading A Person's A Person No Matter How Small, on the lower abdomen.
Circular quote around a pink flower on the stomach
Close-up of a fine script lettering quote tattooed along a forearm in dark ink, with striped fabric and a dark garment in the background.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Still I rise across the inside of a forearm.
Still I rise script on a forearm
Black sans-serif lettering reading Made by Mattel with a trademark symbol, tattooed vertically along the sole of a foot on a dark leather surface.
Made by Mattel lettering on the sole of a foot
Black text reading a bachelorette party quote with a red lip print, shown on the inner wrist.
Printed quote and red lips on a wrist
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor with an orange ribbon and the words I refuse to sink in black script, on a limb.
Anchor with ribbon and script on skin