Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading With pain comes strength across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Script quote across upper back
Hand-drawn flash design of a crosshatched ribbon banner wrapping vertically, with the lettering 'You are what you love not who loves you' in black on a purple background.
Ribbon banner with 'You are what you love' lettering
Black script quote and two shaded red roses tattooed on the side of a person's ribs, with a white top at the upper edge of the frame.
Script quote and two roses on the ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of vertical lettering running down a calf, with a small line drawing of a reclining figure across the top of the foot.
Vertical text and reclining figure on leg
Two matching black lettering tattoos on the inner forearms, one reading 'you are the smell before rain' and the other 'you are the blood in my veins', in a typewriter-style font.
Matching quote tattoos on two forearms
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of Buzz Lightyear flying past a planet and stars, with 'To Infinity and Beyond' banners, on the thigh.
Buzz Lightyear with galaxy on a thigh
Black lettering tattoo on a thigh reading I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me, with a black linework castle outline behind the words.
Castle and quote lettering on a thigh
Close photo of a forearm with the word re:stacks in dark lettering, with bare legs crossed on a bed behind it.
Re:stacks lettering on a forearm
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with typewriter-style lettering tattooed across her upper back and sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Typewriter text tattoo across upper back
Black fine line compass rose with a fleur-de-lis above the north point and the words Not all those who wander are Lost beside it, tattooed on a forearm.
Compass rose and quote on a forearm
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading "i feel infinite." on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up against a pale pink sheet.
"i feel infinite." lettering on the inner wrist
Lettering tattoo reading REAL women WATCH FOOTBALL with red lips and a football, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Real women watch football slogan on forearm
Black line tattoo of a simple doodled creature with dot eyes and a striped base, above a row of pine trees and the words i am not a gun, on a back shoulder.
Doodle creature and pines on upper back
Small lettering tattoo on a thigh with a yellow and orange crown above the black words I'll eat you up, I love you so.
Crown and quote tattoo on a thigh
Black lettering tattoo reading 'bold as love' on the upper arm, seen from behind in soft natural light.
Bold as love lettering on an upper arm
Black handwritten script lettering reading Tomorrow may rain, so today I will follow the sun, tattooed on skin in a lettering style.
Handwritten quote about following the sun
Black lettering quote reading Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality, with a green-eyed Cheshire Cat grin beneath it, tattooed on the upper thigh.
Cheshire Cat grin and quote on thigh
Black ink tattoo of the words Not all those who wander are lost in a serif font, flanked by two small bird silhouettes, on the upper back below the neck.
Quote and two birds on upper back
Black and grey script lettering reading Always remember who you are runs along the inner forearm in a monochrome photo.
Script quote along a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded rose wrapped in ribbon bands, with the word ONE on one band, on skin.
Shaded rose with ribbon bands
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
Black script lettering reading Nothing is promised with a red lip print below it, tattooed across the upper chest and shoulder.
Script quote and red lip print on collarbone
Black ink lettering tattoo on the inner wrist showing a semicolon beside the words 'You Are The Author' in mixed script fonts.
Semicolon and 'You Are The Author' on a wrist
Black fine line script lettering reading a quote sits across the upper chest near the collarbone, beside a grey top and a pendant necklace.
Script quote on the upper chest
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
Black and grey script lettering reading Stop Watching and Start Doing inside a thin diamond outline on a forearm, in lettering style.
Stop Watching and Start Doing lettering
Black script lettering reading Just Breathe with a full stop, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Just Breathe script lettering design
Fine line black script reading no fear across the top of a foot, close to the base of the toes.
No fear script across the top of a foot
Back view of a woman with a small black lettering tattoo on her upper arm, partly legible French text, with her hand on her hip.
Small text tattoo on upper arm
Two matching black script tattoos reading Together forever, never apart, maybe in distance, but not in heart, across the upper back and shoulder.
Matching script quote on two upper backs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the upper arm showing two figures with bird skulls for heads, with the words NEVER TRUST THE LIVING between them.
Two bird-skulled figures with Never Trust the Living
Black stencil-style lettering reading USMC above SMEPER FI across the upper back, shown in a close photograph of bare skin.
USMC and Semper Fi lettering on upper back
Black typewriter-font quote tattoo reading she believed she could so she did, set in a stacked column on the side of the ribs.
Typewriter quote tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain landscape with a cabin and pine trees in a circle, with the words Home is where the mountains are, on an upper arm.
Mountain landscape with Home is where the mountains are
Close-up of a hand making a peace sign, with black script lettering reading 'ello sweetie tattooed across the middle finger.
'Ello sweetie script on a finger
Two matching black script quote tattoos on the ribs, one reading there is no better friend than a sister and the other reading and there is no better sister than you.
Matching sister quote tattoos on ribs
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading I am because you were along the inner forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Close view of a fine line black script lettering tattoo running along a woman's raised forearm, with a white dress printed with cartoon figures behind it.
Script lettering tattoo on a forearm
Close view of a small black lettering tattoo of capital letters and numerals on the back of a hand, resting on an open Bible.
Small letter block tattoo on the back of a hand
Three tattoos in one collage: a colour Jigglypuff in a heart on the wrist, a green BMO from Adventure Time with a small pineapple on the forearm, and black handwritten text reading Lots of Love Mummy
Cartoon tattoos and handwritten note on arms
Black lettering tattoo reading 'through every dark night, there is a brighter day' in script across the side ribs.
Script quote on the ribs
Two small black script tattoos reading My First and My Last sit on the shoulders of two people, one with wavy blonde hair.
Script words on two shoulders
Fine line lettering design reading WARR;OR, with a semicolon in place of the I, on a plain white background.
WARR;OR lettering design
Metallic gold temporary tattoo reading team bride in script lettering with a diamond icon, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Team Bride script with diamond on a forearm
Black and white photo of a black serif lettering tattoo reading cheers to the miles it took to get here, placed on a person's upper back.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner forearm of a woman in a floral dress, showing the words 'you are beautiful, you are valuable, you are enough' with small flying birds.
Quote and small birds on a forearm
Black fine-line script tattoo reading sometimes you have to fall before you fly, running across the outer thigh below denim cut-off shorts.
Script quote along a thigh