Text tattoo ideas

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Traditional-style colour tattoo of a blue police box with yellow windows, with banners reading Wibbly Wobbly and Timey Wimey, on a calf.
Blue police box with banners on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a black coffin with a cross, a scythe and two flowers, with a banner reading Kill the hate within me, on a thigh.
Coffin, scythe and cross on a thigh
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a crouching hare with a small orange eye and the words WHAT IS, IS WHAT MUST BE arched above it, on the side of the body.
Crouching hare with arched quote
Black and grey forearm tattoos showing crystals, a heart, a bell, crossed nails, a swallow and the words THE END, on a forearm.
Black and grey forearm sleeve with swallow and bell
Traditional style colour tattoo on an upper arm showing an eye within a dark diamond, flanked by red flowers and green leaves, with a Vini Vidi Vici banner above.
Traditional eye and flowers on upper arm
Black and grey compass rose tattoo on a forearm, framed by the words 'Create your own path' in a curved lettering style.
Compass rose with 'Create your own path' on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a pocket watch with Roman numerals, a banner reading CAN'T KEEP UP, a red rose and green leaves.
Pocket watch and rose with banner
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a pink cartoon train with a smiling face and the words I choo-choo-choose you in a speech cloud, with red hearts, on a lower leg.
Cartoon train with I choo-choo-choose you
Colour tattoo of a green cactus with pink hearts in a brown pot labelled MOM, in a bold outlined traditional style on an upper arm.
Cactus in a pot with MOM label on arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a prickly pear cactus with pink flowers, a red sun and the words DON'T TOUCH ME below, on the ribs.
Prickly pear cactus with Don't Touch Me lettering
Two thighs with matching traditional tattoos of teacups, roses and a Tea for Two banner in teal, orange and green, on the upper thigh.
Matching tea for two thigh tattoos
Traditional style tattoo of a light blue mug reading WORLDS BEST BOSS with curling steam and a red rose with green leaves on the skin.
Worlds best boss mug with red rose
Black and grey traditional coffin tattoo reading SOONER THAN YOU THINK, with flowers and dotwork shading, on the calf.
Coffin with flowers on a calf
Traditional colour tattoo of an inhaler wrapped in a cream banner reading Ain't easy bein' wheezy, shown close up on skin.
Inhaler and banner reading Ain't easy bein' wheezy
Traditional style tattoo of the words No means No in black script with a solid red heart after each No, flanked by coloured designs on skin.
No means No script with red hearts
Traditional style tattoo of red lips with bloodied teeth and dripping red, with the words SWEETNESS and I WAS ONLY JOKING, on the upper thigh.
Lips with bloody teeth and slogan on a thigh
Black and grey stippled drawing of an anchor wrapped in two banners reading Reckless and Brave, held up on a white card in a hand.
Anchor with Reckless and Brave banners
Traditional colour tattoo of a stacked sandwich with a toothpick and olive, with a banner reading 'We finish each other's sandwiches', on a limb.
Stacked sandwich with banner tattoo
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with a ship's wheel enclosing a sailing ship, a flower below, and the words DARLIN IM NOT above and COMIN HOME below.
Ship's wheel and flower sketch with lettering
Black traditional tattoo of a dagger piercing a heart with the words YOU ARE O.K. inside, on a forearm.
Dagger through a heart reading you are OK
Traditional style colour tattoo of two red cherries with green leaves and a purple ribbon banner reading CHERRY BOMB, on skin.
Cherry bomb banner with twin cherries
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a grinning cartoon shark with a purple banner reading SHART, on a limb with a partly visible line-art tattoo at the lower left.
Cartoon shark with SHART banner
Traditional style colour tattoo on a calf of stacked books, pink flowers and a banner reading We Are All Stories In The End.
Stacked books and banner on a calf
Traditional-style tattoo of a green and blue owl with pink feathers, with a banner reading NOT WHAT THEY SEEM, on the lower leg above the ankle.
Owl with banner on lower leg
Traditional-style colour tattoo on a thigh showing a pig, a cow and a hen above the words 'My body will not be a tomb for other creatures', framed by flowers.
Pig, cow and hen heads with lettering on a thigh
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a gravestone reading GENDER ROLES ARE DEAD on an arm, with grass along the base.
Gravestone reading Gender roles are dead
Drawn koi fish tattoo design in a Japanese style, with black scales, orange-gold fins and a red gill, beside the headline The Meaning Behind Koi Fish Tattoos.
Koi fish tattoo design with headline
Traditional tattoo of a sailing ship among clouds, with red roses and a banner reading The Atlantic Was Born Today, on the thigh.
Sailing ship and roses on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of two roses, a pocket watch and a hummingbird on the outer thigh, with a banner reading Time Heals Nothing.
Roses, watch and hummingbird on a thigh
Black and grey eye tattoo with dotwork shading and lashes, above the words I'M STILL FOND OF YOU, on an upper arm, with partial tattoos above and below.
Eye tattoo with 'I'm still fond of you' lettering
Colour traditional tattoo of a green succulent in a terracotta pot with the words What up, succa? above and below, shown in two close photos on skin.
Succulent in pot with 'What up, succa?' lettering
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a red flower, two yellow flowers and green leaves around two ribbon banners that read NO RULES.
No rules banner and flowers on a forearm
Black linework flash design of a Darth Vader helmet and a stormtrooper helmet with roses, leaves and JOIN THE DARK SIDE banners, drawn on paper.
Darth Vader and stormtrooper helmets with roses
Traditional style black and grey tattoo of a cartoon man in sunglasses with stitches and a red mouth, above the words ALL HYPE NO HEART, on a limb.
Cartoon face with sunglasses and lettering
Black linework gravestone tattoo reading DON'T TRY, with a cracked top, a flower and a leaf, in a traditional style on the upper arm.
Gravestone with Don't Try lettering
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a red snake, a blade, a lightning bolt, a red rose and a banner reading They Make A Master Of Death.
Snake, rose and banner on a thigh
Two traditional-style forearm tattoos: a red flower vase with the words Oh No, Not again and Don't, and a grey whale with the words I wonder if it'll be friends with me and Panic.
Vase and whale forearm pair with quotes
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a crying woman's profile inside a circle, with the words LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES below.
Crying woman profile in a circle with text
Traditional style colour tattoo on the forearm showing a salmon nigiri piece, a yellow bird with a moustache and a pink banner reading SUSHI TIME, all outlined in black.
Salmon nigiri and bird with SUSHI TIME banner
Close-up of a traditional style tattoo of a grey eye with a tear, framed by blue and pink flowers and the words WHEN YOU'RE READY above it.
Crying eye with flowers and script
Traditional style tattoo of a bulldog wearing a red top hat, with a banner reading Bitches above and Be Crazy below, on a limb.
Bulldog in top hat with banner
Black and grey traditional style tattoos stacked down a man's upper arm: a burning car, a tombstone reading THE SYSTEM IS A DEAD END, a globe and a hand with a dollar sign.
Burning car, tombstone, globe and hand on upper arm
Two traditional style colour tattoos on the forearms, an umbrella with teal raindrops on the left and an anatomical heart with a yellow flower on the right, each with curved lettering.
Umbrella and anatomical heart on forearms
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pale blue diamond with orange banners reading SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND, on the upper arm.
Diamond with Shine On You Crazy Diamond banners
Black and grey traditional style tattoos on a forearm, including a feather, a sunflower, a lotus and a swallow on the hand, with a dagger and a heart nearby.
Forearm sleeve with feather and swallow
Traditional style tattoo of a grey tombstone with green grass and red shading, reading GET BUSY LIVIN' OR GET BUSY DYIN', on a limb.
Tombstone with GET BUSY LIVIN' slogan
Colour tattoo of a red heart with a yellow rose, blue flower, green leaves and two sonic screwdrivers over scroll banners, in a neo-traditional style on the upper back.
Heart, rose and sonic screwdrivers on back
Colour tattoo of a cartoon character in a pink jumper giving a thumbs up, above a banner reading Get Confident Stupid and blue flowers, on the outer thigh in a traditional style.
Cartoon character with banner and flowers on thigh