Text tattoo ideas

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Black script tattoo reading 'You only live once' across the side of the torso, near the ribs.
Script quote tattoo on the side
Close photo of a small black lettering tattoo reading "let it be" on a person's forearm, with a grey and red sleeve and a blurred background.
"let it be" lettering on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading The Good Times Are Killing Me, with looping flourishes, across the ribs.
Script quote across the ribs
Black and grey fine serif lettering reading tempus neminem manet across the upper back near the shoulder blade, with a hand resting on the shoulder.
Latin lettering across upper back
Close-up of a fine line Arabic script lettering tattoo in black ink across the inner wrist, with the fingers and grey nail polish visible above.
Arabic script quote on inner wrist
Black handwritten lettering reading "you are art" across a person's inner forearm, near the wrist, in a fine line lettering style.
Handwritten "you are art" on the forearm
Upper back tattoo of block lettering reading Clearly I have made some bad decisions, with red and black shading on the letters.
Block lettering quote across a back
Black and grey fine line script reading fri som en fågel with a small swallow on a person's upper back, placed between the shoulder blades.
Script lettering and swallow on upper back
Black script lettering of a short rhyming poem across a person's upper back, with a pink wall and posters behind.
Rhyming poem script across upper back
Black ink script lettering reading "Fuck the Systsem" in three lines across a forearm, in a lettering style.
Handwritten slogan tattoo on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading walk by faith across the top of a foot, with a denim jean cuff visible above the ankle.
Walk by faith lettering on a foot
Black and grey script lettering reading For her I'd risk it all on a forearm, with a second line, Because of her I will not fall, on the other arm.
Script quotes on two forearms
Black script lettering reading a four-line rhyming poem across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Four-line poem in script across the back
Black script lettering reading There is Beauty in Brokenness across the collarbone, in a fine line lettering style.
Script quote across the collarbone
Fine line black script tattoo reading what if you fly on the side of a torso, with pink lace lingerie along the bottom edge of the image.
Fine line script reading what if you fly
Close-up of a finger with the words Trick or Treat in pale script lettering beside a small skull tattoo, in a fine line style.
Trick or treat script and skull on a finger
Close photo of the words 'This is not for you.' tattooed in black typewriter-style lettering across the upper back.
Typewriter-style quote on upper back
Fine line black script reading most ardently on the side of the ribs, photographed on pale skin beside a green top.
Most ardently script on the ribs
Black ink tattoo of a shaded feather with birds lifting away and a handwritten quote in script, across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Feather and quote on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo on the top of a foot showing the words We're All Mad Here in dark script lettering beside a pink and purple Cheshire Cat, in a lettering style.
We're All Mad Here lettering and Cheshire Cat on a foot
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind in a hot tub, with a small lettering tattoo of a two-line quote across her upper back.
Small quote tattoo on upper back
Fine line black lettering of a quote arranged in a circle around an ankle, with two hands holding the foot against a wooden floor.
Circular quote tattoo around an ankle
Black fine line script tattoo reading Give me strength when I'm standing and faith when I fall, across the back below the shoulder blade.
Script quote tattoo on the back
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Heart of a Lion across the upper chest, shown in a close photo.
Heart of a Lion lettering on chest
Black script lettering reading Love like Crazy with a small pink heart, tattooed across the top of a foot with pink painted toenails.
Love like crazy script on the foot
Black ink lettering tattoo on a forearm reading THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS FREEDOM inside a thin square frame, against a mountain photograph backdrop.
Framed quote on a forearm
Two people show black script tattoos on their lower backs, one reading Everyday for the and the other reading rest of our lives.
Matching script text on two lower backs
Lettering tattoo on the inner forearm in black and purple, with a party message and two purple martini glasses.
Party message and martini glasses on a forearm
Black script lettering on an inner forearm reads Give me your heart and your hand and we can run, in a Lettering style.
Script quote on an inner forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading all of time and space across the upper chest, with a dark strap crossing the skin.
All of time and space script on upper chest
Black lettering tattoo in Devanagari script across the left ribs, set in a single line above the waistline.
Sanskrit script lettering on the ribs
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo of two lines of latitude and longitude coordinates in a serif typeface on the inner forearm.
Coordinates tattoo on the inner forearm
Back view of two calves with black outlined triangles, one holding red lettering reading WHY and the other NOT, in a lettering and geometric style on the calves.
Why and Not triangles on two calves
Black and white photo of black script lettering reading "Life is Beautiful" along the inner forearm of a person with their knees drawn up.
"Life is Beautiful" lettering on a forearm
Close-up of the words so it goes in black typewriter-style lettering across the upper chest, in a Lettering style tattoo.
'So it goes' quote in typewriter lettering
Black fine line script tattoo reading dreamer on the side of a torso, partly covered by a grey knitted sleeve.
Dreamer script on the side ribs
Two black and grey script lettering tattoos on a forearm, reading For her I'd risk it all and Because of her I will not fall.
Script quotes on two forearms
Black fine line script reading na mo amituofo runs along the side of the ribs, below a black bra band.
Fine line script lettering on the ribs
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a quote set in a typewriter-style font, running down the forearm.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Dark script lettering tattooed in four lines along the side of a ribcage, set against bare skin.
Script quote along the ribs
Black script lettering reading My family my everything across the upper chest near the collarbone, in a Lettering style.
Script text reading My family my everything
Black and grey close-up photo of the words Bad Influence in script lettering tattooed on the chin below the lower lip.
Bad Influence script lettering on chin
Two photos of black script tattoos: the words I'm fine on the outer lower leg below the knee, and save me on the ankle and lower calf.
Handwritten words on lower leg and ankle
Black and grey photo of the inner forearm with the words Here I stand. in a typewriter style font, set against a pale, soft-focus background.
Here I stand lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Dreams are our escape from reality on the upper back near the shoulder blade, seen over a white vest top.
Script quote across upper back
Close photo of a thin black script tattoo reading God is good along the inner forearm near the wrist, in a lettering style.
God is good script on the forearm
Black and grey tree of life tattoo on a person's upper arm and shoulder, with family names written across the branches and roots.
Family tree with names on upper arm
Close-up of the word peculiar in black typewriter-style lettering on the lower stomach, above the waistband of denim jeans.
Peculiar lettering on the lower stomach