Text tattoo ideas

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

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Two wrists side by side with fine line script tattoos on the inside, reading 'to' with an infinity symbol and 'and beyond', with a small red mark near the end.
Matching 'to infinity and beyond' wrist tattoos
Two forearms held together, one with a fine line outline of a camera and the other with black lettering reading f/5.6 and 1/125 on the inner arm.
Camera and exposure settings tattoos on forearms
Black linework tattoo of an outlined flower with leaves above the words We Are Not Our Failures, with a thin arrow running through the lettering, on a forearm.
Outlined flower and lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading I refuse to sink with a small anchor, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a lace top and dark jeans.
I refuse to sink script with anchor on forearm
Small black lettering reading Jeremiah 29:11 with a small cross beside it, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Jeremiah 29:11 and cross on a wrist
Small black fine line lettering reading mind above matter, with a curved line between the words, on a wrist.
Mind and matter wording on a wrist
Black lettering on a forearm reading LOVE above a horizontal line with IS THE ANSWER beneath it, in a simple lettering style.
LOVE is the answer lettering on a forearm
Black lettering on the inner forearm reads 'and the rest is rust and stardust' in a typewriter-style font, with a beaded bracelet at the wrist.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black block lettering reading TRUST NO ONE on the inner forearm, beside a woven bracelet and the back of a hand.
Trust no one lettering on a forearm
Small black lettering reading HE>i on the inner wrist of a raised hand, in a simple lettering style.
Small HE>i lettering on a wrist
Black and grey photograph of a handwritten script quote tattooed on the inner wrist, reading sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
Mark Twain quote on the inner wrist
Fine black script tattoo on a forearm reading 'i spent my life folded between the pages of books', with an open book behind it.
Book quote script on a forearm
Black fine line script reading Everyday for the rest of our lives, split across two wrists and forearms held together.
Matching script quote on two wrists
Black serif lettering tattooed on the inner forearm reads: We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worst that has been done to us.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Blue and purple dandelion with drifting seeds and a black typewriter-style quote, tattooed on a forearm.
Dandelion seeds and quote on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a red rose, a compass with a blue star, a rope and a tag reading Home is.
Compass, rose and luggage tag on a forearm
Four photos of fine black script lettering tattoos: a quote on the hip, two quotes on the forearms and one on the thigh.
Script quote tattoos on hip, forearms and thigh
Black and grey script lettering reading Money Over Everything across a forearm, with a white cat and a chair in the background.
Money over everything script on a forearm
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading "it's a beautiful day to save lives" in a plain sans-serif font.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a raised hand showing small lowercase "i am." lettering tattooed on the inner wrist, in a fine-line style.
Small "i am." lettering on the inner wrist
Black script lettering reading Death will get us Alive across the inner forearm, shown in a black and grey tattoo.
Script quote on a forearm
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading 'The sky is not the limit. Your imagination is.' in a typewriter-style font.
Typewriter quote on forearm
Small black serif lettering reading 'be here now.' on the inner forearm near the wrist, beside a grey knit sleeve.
Be here now lettering on the inner wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering reading "i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)" across a forearm against a dark background.
Typewriter-style quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading I will make better mistakes tomorrow, in a fine line style, across the outer forearm of a person in a red plaid shirt.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey infinity symbol tattoo on the wrist, formed from fine lettering reading live the life you love and love the life you live.
Infinity quote tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a line of text on the inner forearm, flanked by a moth motif on each side.
Quote with moths on a forearm
Two forearms with matching fine line script tattoos, the upper one reading Together forever, never apart and the lower one reading maybe in distance but never in heart with a small red heart.
Paired script quote tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey photo of a Hebrew lettering tattoo on the inner forearm, with a bold black wavy line rising to an arrowhead above the text.
Hebrew lettering with a wavy line on the wrist
Black block lettering on the inner wrist reads 'Destroy what destroys you', a lettering tattoo on the forearm beside a grey knit sleeve.
Destroy what destroys you lettering on a wrist
Close photo of the word "breathe." tattooed in a typewriter-style font in black ink across the inner wrist of a hand.
Breathe lettering on the inner wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading don't panic on the inner forearm, with a blurred metro carriage and passenger in the background.
Don't panic lettering on inner forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Fear is the mind-killer across the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a close photograph.
Quote reading Fear is the mind-killer on a wrist
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a matchbook with a row of matches and the script words I burn for you on a forearm.
Matchbook with 'I burn for you' on a forearm
Neo-traditional style colour tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a green tail on a forearm, with the words NEVER LOSE YOUR VOICE in black lettering above and below.
Mermaid and lettering on a forearm
Three photos of fine line black ink tattoos: '1 of 3' with lines on a forearm, arrows with '2 of 3' on a forearm, and '3 of 3' with an arrow on the upper back.
Numbered 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3 arrow tattoos
Black and grey script lettering tattoo running along a forearm, photographed in black and white.
Script quote on a forearm
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading This is not for you on the inner wrist, with the word you in red.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Black fine line script reading breathe in, breathe out, move on on the inner wrist, set against a hessian background.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Temporary lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading I Belong With Emme's Bachelorette party, If Found Please Buy Me A Drink, with pink and red lips, in a lettering style.
Bachelorette party temporary tattoo on wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering reading so say we all across the inside of a wrist.
Typewriter lettering on a wrist
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading psalm 46:5 across the inner wrist and lower forearm, cut off at the right edge of the frame.
Psalm 46:5 script on a wrist
Black and white photo of a small swallow silhouette above the words 'this too shall pass' in fine script tattooed on the inner forearm.
Bird and script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Philippians 4:13 on the inner wrist of a hand with red painted nails, against a carpeted floor.
Philippians 4:13 script on wrist
Black and grey sketch-style anatomical heart with the words 'Pain demands to be felt' tattooed on the inner forearm.
Sketched anatomical heart with quote on forearm
Realism tattoo on a lower leg showing a shaded grey portrait of a man in large glasses, crossed Chap Stick tubes beneath him and the words HECK YES above.
Portrait with crossed lip balm tubes on a leg
Close-up of a dark serif lettering tattoo on a wrist reading 'It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live', in Lettering style on the forearm.
Serif quotation tattoo on a wrist
Black lettering reading I refuse to sink wraps around a black anchor with a pink heart, tattooed on the inner forearm.
I refuse to sink anchor on the wrist