Text tattoo ideas

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Black block lettering reading I'VE BEEN MOVING MOUNTAINS THAT I ONCE HAD TO CLIMB, with a fine line mountain range and an orange sun, on a forearm in a lettering style tattoo.
Mountain quote and sun on a forearm
Black serif lettering reading Words, are our most inexhaustible source of magic, tattooed in a fine line lettering style across the upper back.
Serif quote tattoo on upper back
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' on the inner forearm, in a Lettering style.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Black and grey script tattoo reading Stay Strong with a shaded feather across the top of a shoulder near the collarbone.
Stay Strong script with feather on shoulder
Black and grey photograph of a lettering tattoo reading Breathe deeply, love madly, live fully in flowing script down the side of a torso.
Script quote running down the side ribs
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading she believed she could so she did, set vertically along the ribs of a person in a dark top and lace bra.
Typewriter quote tattoo along the ribs
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 28.4186 N 81.5811 W across the inner forearm, a fine black lettering tattoo.
Typewriter coordinates on a forearm
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading What a catch across the upper chest, with a dark top visible at the top of the frame.
What a catch script on upper chest
Black and grey photograph of the words Those who don't believe in magic will never find it tattooed in a typewriter-style font on pale skin, likely the forearm.
Typewriter quote tattoo on forearm
Back view of a woman with an upswept auburn bun and a black sequined low-back dress, showing a fine-line script lettering tattoo across the upper back below the neck.
Script quote across the upper back
Black fine line script tattoo reading "i carry your heart" along the upper back and shoulder of a woman with dark wavy hair.
Script quote across upper back
Black script lettering reading Once you go black you never go back, above an outline map of Africa with I heart AFRICA inside it, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Africa map and script quote on upper back
Black outline tattoo of a dachshund with a pale blue ear and the word BEAN beneath it, on the top of a foot.
Dachshund outline with BEAN on a foot
Black serif lettering reading take a breath and be strong across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Take a breath and be strong on upper back
Two feet showing matching black script lettering reading Dreaming The Dive, one set upright and one rotated, in a Lettering style on the Other placement.
Dreaming The Dive script on two feet
Black script lettering reading Take this to your grave and i'll take it to mine, with an orange star and a yellow crescent moon with an orange star, on a shoulder.
Lyric script with stars and moon on shoulder
Black and grey dotwork and geometric mandala with a triangle eye on a forearm, with a bold lettering tattoo reading I will stand my ground on the forearm below.
Eye mandala forearm and lettering on wrist
Fine line script tattoo reading Don't dream your life, live your dream along a forearm, with a hand with pink nails raised above it against a white fur background.
Script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Look alive sunshine across the inner wrist and forearm, in a lettering style.
Look alive sunshine script on wrist
Black block lettering reading 'One foot in the grave...' on the back of a calf, with a prosthetic leg visible beside it.
Quote tattoo on a calf
Two black typewriter-style words, Relapse and Recover, tattooed on a pair of wrists in a lettering design.
Relapse and recover wrist tattoos
Two black serif lettering tattoos on forearms, one reading enormous pocket (partly cropped at the edge) and one reading heavy boots.
Two word tattoos on forearms
Black handwritten script tattoo of a Galileo quote across the upper back, in a lettering style, on a person wearing a black top with the face not shown.
Galileo quote in script across upper back
Small black block-capital lettering reading BE PRESENT BE LOVE on the inner wrist.
Be Present Be Love lettering on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism sleeve with a pocket watch and roses on the left arm, and script lettering across the ribs of a woman in a black bikini.
Pocket watch sleeve and script lettering on torso
Fine line black lettering reading mind above matter, split by a horizontal line, on the lower abdomen below the navel.
Mind over matter fine line lettering
Black script lettering on a forearm reads I am not afraid, I was born to do this, with a skull bracelet on the wrist and ripped denim behind it.
Script quote on a forearm
Black ink mockingbird perched on a branch with leaves and the quote It's a sin to kill a Mockingbird in script, on the forearm near the wrist.
Mockingbird on a branch with script on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo of three Chinese characters in a vertical line down the upper back of a person with blonde hair pulled over one shoulder.
Three Chinese characters down the upper back
Close-up of a black typewriter-style lettering tattoo reading choose life with a full stop, on a section of pale skin.
Choose life lettering tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of two bird silhouettes above a stacked serif quote on the ribs, with pale fabric draped across the torso.
Two birds and quote on ribs
Black and grey photograph of a fine black script quote tattooed along the upper arm of a person whose face is not shown.
Black script quote along an upper arm
Black ink handwritten lettering with a small cross, reading 'My soul will rest in your embrace for I am yours you are mine', across the upper back of a person wearing a blue top.
Handwritten quote with cross on upper back
Black ink lettering reading Nosce te ipsum in a joined script style, running diagonally across a forearm.
Latin lettering across a forearm
Black serif lettering reading LIVE LIFE OFF THE WALL across the outer side of a foot near the ankle, on a dark carpet.
Live Life Off The Wall lettering on a foot
Fine line script tattoo reading She flies with her own wings, running diagonally across a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote across upper back
Black and grey fine script lettering in several lines on the side ribs of a person in black underwear, sitting outdoors on a grey towel.
Small script tattoo on the side ribs
Black script quote wrapping the ribs and side of the torso, with a teal realistic butterfly tattoo near the hip and an inset close-up of the butterfly.
Script quote on ribs with butterfly
Black script lettering reading 'those cunning folk' in a fine line lettering style across the side of the ribs.
Those cunning folk script on side ribs
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a running hare with dotted geometric lines and the words MAKE YOUR LUCK, on a person's upper back.
Running hare with geometric lines on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a mountain range with the script words 'the mountains are calling' on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Mountain outline and script on upper back
Black hand-lettered tattoo reading To Infinity and Beyond across the forearm, with a white sleeve and beaded bracelets at the wrist.
To infinity and beyond lettering on forearm
Black lettering tattoo on the side of a ribcage reading 'It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart', with a trident beside the lower lines.
Quote lettering with trident on ribs
Black ink lettering tattoo of a USB symbol above the word Nerd on one finger and another USB symbol above the word Pride on the next, shown on clasped hands.
Nerd Pride and USB symbols on two fingers
Small black lettering in a typewriter-style font reading just breathe on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with a beaded bracelet and city buildings behind.
Just breathe lettering on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a woman's bare back with arms raised, showing a fine line cursive script lettering tattoo on her left shoulder blade.
Cursive script quote across a back
Temporary lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading I belong with Bridget's bachelorette party, with the words bachelorette party filled in gold and leopard-print style.
Bachelorette party temporary tattoo on wrist
Black script lettering reading angel face and devil thoughts on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Angel face and devil thoughts lettering