Text tattoo ideas

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

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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 and grey tattoo of a lace-style heart with a rose and leaves, with the script Remember you are loved beneath it, on the upper back.
Lace heart with rose and script on upper back
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
Black line drawing of a heartbeat trace forming a cross that ends in a heart, with the words Faith, Hope, Love beneath it on a white background.
Heartbeat cross with Faith, Hope, Love
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 line tattoo of a woman with closed eyes and a cat napping on her head, with the words BEST NAP below, on the front of a thigh.
Sleeping woman with cat and BEST NAP text
Single-tone black tattoo on a chest showing a circular postmark reading Buffalo NY with PM and a date, beside wavy cancellation lines.
Postmark stamp tattoo on the chest
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
Colour tattoo on the chest of a cartoon creature with large eyes beside the words I Like Chocolate milk, set against a blue wash.
Cartoon creature with I Like Chocolate milk text
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
Colour tattoo of a grey cat holding a blue sprinkled donut inside a pink heart with lace edging, on the back of a lower leg.
Grey cat with donut in a pink sprinkled heart
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
Close-up of black typewriter-style capital lettering reading ABBA FATHER across the inner forearm of a light-skinned arm resting on white bedding.
ABBA FATHER lettering on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoos on an upper arm, including a crescent moon with a bird, a speech bubble reading CAN I LIVE, a palm tree over water and a small heart.
Small flash-style tattoos along an upper arm
Black and grey script lettering with a small arrow tattooed on a woman's side torso above the waistband of her shorts, in a script lettering style, placed on the side of the abdomen.
Script lettering and arrow on side torso
Black and grey shaded rose tattoo on the upper chest beside fine script reading Every flower must grow through dirt.
Shaded rose with a script quote on the chest
Black script lettering reading The sun will rise and we will try again across the back of a leg, above the knee.
Script quote on the back of a leg
Two forearms with matching black script lettering reading Not Tired, with smaller capitals reading I GOT THIS beside it, on a forearm placement.
Matching Not Tired lettering on two forearms
Colour realism rose tattooed on the upper arm beside black script lettering running down the forearm, on a person outdoors.
Red rose and script quote on arm
Close photo of a black fine-line lettering tattoo reading WE ACCEPT YOU in spaced capitals across the inner forearm, with another person's hand holding the wrist.
We accept you lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering in a fine-line style runs down the side of a person's ribs, reading a seven-line quote above the waistband.
Quote in script lettering along the ribs
Black script lettering arranged in the shape of a cross on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Cross-shaped script lettering design
Traditional style tattoo of a tabby cat wearing a pink bow above a black banner reading CAT LADY, on the upper arm.
Tabby cat with bow and CAT LADY banner on upper arm
Woman in a pale blue collared shirt wearing a cream pin that reads LEAVE ME ALONE, with black linework tattoos on her upper arm.
Fine black tattoos on an upper arm beside a pin
Fine line black tattoo of a sun and crescent moon with dangling dotted lines and stars on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the word Psalms and the reference 148:3.
Sun and crescent moon on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo along the side of the ribs reading though every dark night there is a brighter day.
Script quote along the side ribs
Traditional style tattoo of two red boxing gloves hanging from a bow, with the words "You've got more fight left in you", on the outer thigh.
Boxing gloves with quote on thigh
Black lettering tattoo reading 'And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...' across the inner wrist, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo on the inner wrist