Text tattoo ideas

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

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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 script tattoo reading one step at a time with a small outlined heart, on the top of a foot with red painted toenails.
One step at a time script on a foot
Small fine line black tattoo of a document icon with an X and the words TATTOO.JPG, placed on the upper arm.
TATTOO.JPG file icon on upper arm
Black ink fine line tattoo of Winnie the Pooh holding a balloon beside a handwritten quote about being different, shown on skin.
Winnie the Pooh with balloon and quote
Fine line black script lettering reading tomorrow we will run faster, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the side ribs
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
Lettering tattoo on the outer side of a foot, with a bunch of coloured balloons above the words Adventure is out there in black script.
Balloon bunch and quote on a foot
Black fine lettering reading "i am because you were" in a clean sans-serif font across the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Lowercase quote tattoo on upper back
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
Two matching black infinity symbol tattoos made of small lettering, one on each inner wrist.
Matching infinity wrist tattoos
Fine line black compass rose with the script words Keep a weather eye on the horizon, tattooed on the side of a torso beside a striped bikini.
Compass rose with script on the side of the torso
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 and grey fine line script reading Love me for who I am, tattooed along the top of a shoulder near the collarbone.
Script quote along the shoulder
Black fine line sun on one foot and crescent moon on the other, each with script lettering running along the side of the foot.
Sun and moon with script on both feet
Black fine line script tattoo reading come as you are along the inner upper arm, with the arm raised.
Come as you are script on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo on a thigh with small planets, a sun, a star and the words VIVRE LIBRE in tiny capitals.
Tiny planets and words on the thigh
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 fine line lettering of latitude and longitude coordinates on the upper arm of a person in a bikini top, with a blurred sea behind.
Coordinates tattoo on upper arm
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 script lettering reading 'There is a light that never goes out' across the upper back, shown in two photos.
Script quote tattoo across upper back
Fine line black script quote tattoos on the tops of two feet, reading for them I'd risk it all and because of her I will not fall.
Script quote tattoos on two feet
Black fine line script lettering reading The struggle is part of the story, tattooed on a section of skin in a close-up photo.
Script quote reading The struggle is part of the story
Fine line tattoo of an airmail envelope with a red heart and swirls above, and a blue banner reading curiosities and delights, on an upper arm.
Airmail envelope with curiosities and delights banner
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
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 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
Blue handwritten lettering tattoo across the upper back reading how your body still remembers things you told it to forget.
Handwritten quote across upper back
Fine black lettering reading la vie est belle on the upper arm of a person wearing a pineapple print top.
La vie est belle lettering on the upper arm
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 lettering tattoo on the inner upper arm, with a three-line typewriter-style quote above the words Still I'll rise in script.
Two-line quote and script tattoo on upper arm
Fine black outline of a colour swatch with the word TATTONE and the code 5K1 N, tattooed on the back of a wrist, styled like a paint chip.
Colour swatch tattoo on the wrist
Black fine line calligraphic script tattoo running diagonally along the side of a person's ribs, against pale skin and a coral top.
Script tattoo running along the ribs
Fine line pale script tattoo across the back of a hand, reading I must not tell lies, with black stiletto nails resting on a wooden table.
Fine line script quote on the back of a hand
Black fine line tattoo of a to do list with the heading To Do and rows of checkboxes and lines on a forearm.
To do list tattoo on a forearm
Close photograph of the words nothing is permanent in fine black script lettering across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Nothing is permanent script on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a heartbeat trace with the script words guard your, and proverbs 4:23 in a typewriter style below, on skin.
Heartbeat line with script and Proverbs 4:23
Black ink tattoo of an aeroplane over two boarding passes on the inner wrist, with the word Heathrow visible on one pass.
Airplane and boarding pass on a wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading be still running diagonally along the inner forearm.
Be still script on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading most ardently across the inside of an ankle and foot.
Most ardently script on an ankle
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'We accept the love we think we deserve' across the ribs on a pale skin background.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Fine black lettering in the Devanagari script on the inner forearm, framed by a row of small dots on each side.
Devanagari script on the forearm
Black fine line script quote tattooed along a person's left ribs, reading life is not measured by the number of breaths we take.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey fine line lettering tattoo of a three-line quote in cursive script across the inner wrist.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Black and grey fine line compass rose tattoo with the words NOT ALL THOSE WHO WANDER ARE LOST set in a circle across a person's upper back.
Compass rose with circular quote on upper back
Black script lettering reading Nothing lasts forever, Nothing stays the same, in a fine line lettering style across the upper back.
Script quote across the upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading "Love me for who i am" across the upper chest, just below the collarbone.
Script quote on upper chest