Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black lotus flower design above the word Namaste and a short verse about honouring others, shown as a black-ink design on a white background.
Lotus with Namaste verse
Two people seen from behind with black script quote tattoos on their shoulders, reading I'll love you forever and I'll like you for always.
Matching script quote tattoos on shoulders
Close-up of a small black tattoo of the words It All Works Out in a serif lettering style on the upper arm.
Words tattooed on the upper arm
Lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading I belong with Stephanie's, Bachelorette party, If found please buy me a drink, with pink and red lips.
Bachelorette party lettering on the wrist
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading "We're all mad here" in flowing lettering on the inner forearm, with a beaded bracelet at the wrist.
"We're all mad here" script on a forearm
Black script lettering running along the side ribs of a person lying down in neon yellow underwear, with part of the phrase readable.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and white photo of a fine script tattoo reading 'The ones that love us never really leave us' along the ribs, with an arm raised above it.
Script quote along the ribs
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of R2-D2 with a red banner reading You're my only hope and pink flowers, on the upper arm.
R2-D2 with banner and pink flowers
Black silhouette flash design of two swallows in flight above the words we only part to meet again, in a serif typeface on a white background.
Two swallows above a quote
Fine line black tattoo of the words i forgive you above an outlined plaster with a dotted pad, placed on the chest.
I forgive you lettering above a plaster on the chest
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of pine trees on a forearm, fading into dots towards the wrist, shown in two photos.
Pine forest sleeve on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on the nape of a neck showing an umbrella above the word SUPREME in a bold lettering style.
Umbrella and SUPREME lettering on the nape
Black ink tattoo of a wooden signpost reading GONE TO MARKET on the top of a foot, near the toes, in a simple outline style.
Gone to Market sign on top of a foot
Two matching black and grey crown tattoos with Roman numeral lettering, one on each of two wrists, shown side by side.
Matching crown and Roman numeral wrist tattoos
Black fine line heartbeat trace with the script words Just live across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Heartbeat line with Just live script
Fine line gold chevron tattoo with small text inside the lines, placed on the back of a woman's neck below her hairline.
Fine line chevrons on the back of the neck
Two photographs: a small purple semicolon tattoo behind an ear, and a black semicolon above the words I was a victim tattooed on skin.
Semicolon tattoos behind an ear and on an arm
Close view of a small black lettering tattoo reading BAD on the side of a person's ribcage, under a raised arm, in a black and grey style.
Small BAD lettering on side ribs
Black lettering spelling READ MORE across the knuckles of two clenched fists, a lettering tattoo on the hand.
Read More lettering across knuckles
Black and red lettering with a black anchor wrapped in red rope on the inner wrist, in a lettering style.
Anchor and slogan text on a wrist
Black and grey traditional-style US Navy emblem tattoo on the upper arm, with a NAVY banner, eagle, anchor and the words We Own The Seas.
US Navy emblem on upper arm
Black and white photo of a woman's bare back with fine-line script lettering running vertically down the spine, one arm raised to her head.
Script lettering down the spine
Close-up of a black blackletter-style AC/DC lettering tattoo with a lightning bolt between the letters, sitting on the inner wrist of a person's arm.
AC/DC lettering logo on a wrist
Black and grey bicycle tattoos with compass points and a line of small serif lettering, shown on the upper thighs of a person wearing a black top.
Two bicycles and lettering on the thighs
Black lettering tattoo across the lower abdomen and hip of a person lying on a bed, wearing grey underwear and a pink top.
Lettering across the lower abdomen
Black and grey script lettering tattoo reading a two-line quote across the side of the ribs, with a hand resting at the left edge of the frame.
Script quote along the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo reading Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game, on the side of a torso below a grey top.
Script quote along the side ribs
Black lettering arranged in a diamond shape across the upper back, with the words shine, on you crazy and diamond set in bold blocky capitals.
Lettering diamond on a upper back
Black fine line script reading sometimes you have to fall before you fly, with a flock of small birds, tattooed along the ribs and side of the abdomen.
Script quote and birds along the ribs
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering across a woman's upper back, with shaded floral tattoos on both upper arms, seen from behind in sepia tones.
Typewriter text across a upper back
Small black lettering tattoo reading God Blessed in a script style on the ankle, with a hand wearing a large ring resting on the leg above it.
God Blessed script on an ankle
Black ink tattoo on the inside of a wrist showing a stylised figure symbol above the lettered words be the change.
Be the change lettering with figure on wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading Expecto Patronum across the inner wrist, in a serif and script style.
Expecto Patronum lettering on a wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a two-line literary quote in a serif typeface across a forearm.
Literary quote on forearm
Fine line black script lettering reading She is clothed in strength and dignity, And she laughs without fear of the future, across the side of a foot.
Script quote on the side of a foot
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
Black brush lettering design on a white background reading Curiosity did not kill this cat, set in three slanted lines with underlines, shown as a lettering tattoo design.
Curiosity did not kill this cat lettering
Small black serif lettering reading PARTY, set vertically on the inner wrist of a forearm, with its mirrored stencil visible on the paper below.
PARTY lettering on the inner wrist
Black script lettering reading if you can't live longer, live deeper, with a small aeroplane silhouette below, shown as a tattoo design on a sepia background with no body part visible.
Script quote with small aeroplane design
Black and grey lettering tattoo in cursive script with flourishes along a woman's side ribs, above black lace underwear.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
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
Close view of a small black lettered tattoo reading HE>I on the upper shoulder near the collarbone.
Small HE>I lettering near the shoulder
Black and grey photo of the words So it goes and a small starburst tattooed on the inner forearm, in a clean fine line lettering style.
So it goes lettering and starburst on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cowboy on a barrel racing horse, with the words Courage is being scared, across a woman's upper back.
Barrel racer and horse with quote on upper back
Nine small white lettering designs in gold and dark brown script, mostly reading just drunk, with one reading drunk in love, arranged on a white surface.
Just drunk lettering designs in gold script
A man in a white t-shirt printed with the words In the event of an emotional breakdown, place cat here above a cat outline, with black and grey sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Cat slogan t-shirt with sleeve tattoos
Black script tattoo reading I am not afraid, I was born to do this, across the inner forearm, with a silver skull bracelet on the wrist.
Script quote tattoo on forearm
Black and grey script lettering of the Serenity Prayer running diagonally across skin on the side of the ribs.
Serenity Prayer script tattoo along the ribs