Text tattoo ideas

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

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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
Three views of a black and grey skull tattoo with red splashes and lines of text on an upper arm sleeve.
Skull and red splashes on upper arm sleeve
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
Two fingers on different hands with small black and grey tattoos: a block shape with a red heart and a U on one finger, and a grey helmet-like shape above the words I know on the other.
Small finger tattoos with a red heart and text
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
Fine line black tattoo of three small stars on a shoulder and collarbone, with a second panel showing the same stars above printed book text.
Three small stars near the collarbone
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 tattoo of a sun, crescent moon and dotted chains on the inner wrist, with the words Psalms and 148:3 beside them.
Sun and moon wrist tattoo with Psalms text
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
Arm sleeve tattoo of a black and grey compass rose over a vintage map backdrop, with blue watercolour splashes and a small anchor, on the forearm.
Compass rose sleeve with blue watercolour splashes
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
Red line drawing of a skull with an eyepatch and crossed blades, dripping blood, above the words If you dare hurt my friends, I won't forgive you.
Skull with eyepatch and crossed blades
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
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
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
Black and grey ink drawing of a giraffe with its neck curled round, with a line of text running down the neck in a lettering design.
Giraffe neck with quote lettering
Back view of a person with long dark hair, showing a small black lettering tattoo of Roman numerals on the shoulder.
Small Roman numerals on the upper back
Black ink line drawing of a pair of lips showing teeth, with GRRL POWER written across the lower lip above a clenched fist, in a hand-drawn style.
Lips and fist with GRRL POWER text
Black script lettering reading All good things are wild and free across the ribs, a lettering tattoo in black ink on bare skin.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Small red lettering tattoo of a short phonetically spelled word on the lower back, above dark camouflage leggings.
Small red word tattoo on the lower back
Black script lettering reading It's More Than Just A Game above and below a shaded grey hockey trophy and a red winged emblem, tattooed on an upper arm.
Hockey trophy and red wing with script quote
Fine line black tattoo on a wrist showing an infinity symbol, three birds in flight and the word faith with heb 11:1 written beside it.
Infinity symbol with birds and faith script
Close photo of a lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, a black serif quote with a small red lips motif, on a pink textured background.
Bachelorette quote and red lips on wrist
Back of a person with a thin black script lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of the spine, shown on bare skin.
Vertical script line along the spine
Black script lettering reading Your heart beats no matter how much pain you are in, across the hip in a lettering style.
Script quote along the hip
Black ink typewriter-style lettering reading 'To live is the rarest thing' on the left side of a person's ribs, with a dark garment pulled up beside it.
Quote lettering on the ribs in black ink
Close-up of a fine line black tattoo of two lines of latitude and longitude coordinates on the side of the torso, above floral shorts.
Coordinates tattoo on the side of the torso
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with script text on a woman's upper back, shown with gold chain body jewellery.
Sunflower and script tattoo on upper back
White cursive lettering reading Stay Strong with a small outlined heart on a black background, a black and grey lettering design.
Stay Strong script lettering with a heart
Small black lettering tattoo of a copyright symbol and the year 1982 on the side of an ankle.
Copyright symbol and 1982 on an ankle
Two wrists with matching black half-heart tattoos, one reading best and the other friends, shown beside clenched fists.
Matching half-heart wrist tattoos
Black script lettering reading "it is well" with a line over the word "it" on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design.
"it is well" script lettering design
Black typewriter-style lettering reading FIGHT OFF YOUR DEMONS. across the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Fight off your demons quote on a forearm
Colour tattoo of two blue birds on a branch with yellow, red and orange flowers and the words every little thing will be alright, in script on the inner forearm.
Blue birds, flowers and script quote on a forearm
Two inner wrists side by side, each with a black script quote tattoo: the left reads What God has joined together and the right reads Let no man separate.
Matching script quote tattoos on inner wrists