Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey photo of a forearm with a lowercase typewriter-style quote tattooed along it, the fist clenched at the right of the frame.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with green leaves and the script 'You are my sunshine' running down the side of the ribs, in a botanical style with black outlines.
Sunflower and script on the ribs
Two arms crossed over each other, each with matching black lettering reading (it's alright), one on the upper arm and one on the forearm.
Matching (it's alright) lettering on two arms
Fine line black script reading All was well on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
All was well script on upper back
Black and grey photograph of a fine line script tattoo on a woman's ribs, partly covered by a white vest top.
Script quote tattoo on ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading she will run and not grow weary with a small cross on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown against a patterned fabric.
Text quote and cross on a forearm
Black serif lettering reading 'we are all earthlings' across a forearm, with a green top and a studio chair in the background.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading history will be kind to me, running down the inner forearm near the wrist.
Typewriter quote on the inner wrist
Black lettering tattoo of the HTML tags </head> and <body> in a simple sans-serif style, placed on the upper back below the nape of the neck.
HTML head and body tags across upper back
Black typewriter-style lettering reading I write for fear of silence across the inner wrist of a light-skinned arm.
Quote in typewriter lettering on the wrist
Fine line black script lettering tattoo across the upper back, spread over several lines of text beside the shoulder blade.
Script quote tattoo across the upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' running along the outer edge of a foot on sand, with a pink nail polish visible.
Script quote reading 'this too shall pass' on a foot
Black serif lettering on the top of a foot reads She has no idea. The effect she can have., beside cuffed jeans and black glitter flats.
Quote tattoo on the top of a foot
Two open palms, each with the words Place Boob Here tattooed in black block lettering on the palm.
Place Boob Here lettering on both palms
Black script tattoo reading No half measures across the inner forearm, set against a dark background.
No half measures script on forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading "Write in recollection and amazement for yourself" across a forearm, in a lettering style.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Close photo of a fine line script tattoo reading je ne regrette rien in black ink on the inner forearm, against a dark background.
Fine line script reading je ne regrette rien on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'An Angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards', with a red trident and gold ring tattooed beside it on the back.
Typewriter quote with red trident
Black script lettering of a poem verse tattooed across the ribs on a side of the torso, in a lettering style.
Poem verse in script across the ribs
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a shaded balloon and the words Sometimes you need to let things go, running diagonally across a person's upper back.
Balloon and quote on upper back
Black lettering tattoo reading jì'e'toh in a thin cursive script on the back of a person's neck, with dark hair pulled back.
Word tattoo on the back of the neck
Black ink lettering reading John 3:30 and He > I on a forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
John 3:30 lettering on a forearm
Two side by side sepia photos of black ink lettering on the inner wrists, reading too WEIRD to LIVE and too RARE to DIE in a plain serif style.
Too weird to live and too rare to die wrist script
Black fine-line script tattoo reading "We'll all float on anyway" across two fingers of a hand, shown against a dark surface.
Script quote across two fingers
Back view of two black typewriter-style lettering tattoos reading Clutch and Gas, one on each calf.
Clutch and Gas words on two calves
Close view of a fine line black script lettering tattoo reading a quote, running along the ribs beside a navel piercing.
Script quote along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading YES I'M CHANGING in a plain sans-serif typeface across the inner upper arm, with a striped sleeve and beach behind.
Yes I'm Changing quote on upper arm
Two people stand side by side showing matching black script tattoos on their ribs, with lines reading I'll love you forever and As long as in living.
Matching script quotes on two ribcages
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing the words Nifty Fifty above three aperture diagrams, with a hand holding a 50mm lens against a black background, in lettering and geometric style, on the
Nifty Fifty and aperture tattoos on a forearm
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo reading Because I'm a Lady, that's why, placed across the lower back above a dark waistband.
Script quote across the lower back
Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Quote tattoo on the upper arm
Black lettering tattoo of a phonetic transcription in square brackets, running across a forearm in a Lettering style.
Phonetic script on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading May there always be an angel by my side, set across the ribs on a close side view.
Script quote along the ribs
Two photos of a forearm with small black typewriter-style lettering: heart above mind, and courage above fear, in a lettering style on the inner forearm.
Word pairs tattooed on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of the script lettering "The Game is On" tattooed along a forearm, with the last word cut off at the right edge.
"The Game is On" lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo of the word mind above a line and matter below it, set out like a fraction on the upper back below the neck.
Mind over matter lettering on upper back
Black ink tattoo on an upper arm reading I'm a LUMBERJACK AND I'M OK, with a hand-drawn axe and tree stump, in a Lettering style.
Lumberjack slogan with axe on upper arm
Black and grey script tattoo reading Live nothing but love across the upper chest of a shirtless person, shown in lettering style.
Script quote on upper chest
Black hand-drawn outline of a bow above the handwritten words 'a girl without a bow is not a girl' on a cream background, shown as a flash-style design.
Bow and handwritten quote design
Sepia photo of two people's inner forearms touching, with fine line script tattoos reading one in the same and two of a kind.
Matching script quote tattoos on two forearms
Two black and grey fine line script tattoos on the upper back, one reading Together Forever Never Apart and the other reading Maybe in Distance But Never in with a small heart.
Script quote tattoos on the upper back
Black line tattoo of a cat head and handwritten lettering reading 99% pizza, 17% angel, fuck math on a calf.
Cat drawing and text on a calf
Black and grey script lettering reading You Only Live Once with soft shading behind the letters, tattooed on an upper arm.
You Only Live Once lettering on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoos on both forearms, one reading peace will win and the other fear will lose, each with an arrow and tally marks.
Matching quote and arrow forearm tattoos
Black and white photo of a blackwork-style lettering tattoo reading IT TAKES A BIT MORE on the side of a person's hip, above the waistband of their underwear.
Black stencil-style quote on the side of the hip
Black and grey photograph of the word BELIEVE in block capitals tattooed vertically behind a person's ear, in a lettering style.
Word BELIEVE behind the ear
Black and grey blackletter script with a diamond lattice border tattooed along a forearm, against a dark background.
Blackletter text and lattice on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt across the side ribs, with a star tattoo partly visible below.
Quote lettering and star on the side ribs