Text tattoo ideas

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Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two hands framing a sun, crescent moon and planets, placed on a calf.
Two hands, sun and planets on a calf
Black serif lettering tattoo on a forearm reading "We are a part of you, invisible to anyone else".
Serif quote tattoo on the forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a giraffe formed from the words stand tall, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Giraffe made of script on the shoulder
Black lettering tattoo of two lines of Roman numerals on the inner forearm near the wrist, in a serif lettering style.
Roman numerals on the inner wrist
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo reading Don't forget to love yourself, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote reading Don't forget to love yourself
Side ribs tattoo of a red poppy with black brushstroke swooshes and a printed lyric quote shaded in grey.
Red poppy and lyric quote on the ribs
Black typewriter-style lettering across the upper back reads nothing of me is original, with the person's face out of frame.
Typewriter quote tattoo across upper back
Colour tattoo of a green cactus with pink hearts in a brown pot labelled MOM, in a bold outlined traditional style on an upper arm.
Cactus in a pot with MOM label on arm
Black script lettering on a forearm reading "Don't let the past make your dicisions, for today", shown in a black and grey tattoo.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading be happy, with a thin wavy line beneath it, on the upper arm.
Be happy script on upper arm
Black outlined fish hook tattoo with the year 2008 and a small red heart, sitting on the side of the ribs.
Fish hook with 2008 and red heart on ribs
Colour tattoo of a yellow-gold towel with black lettering reading The Terrible Towel, A Pittsburgh Original, across the forearm.
The Terrible Towel forearm tattoo
Black script lettering reading God is within her, she will not fall, tattooed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote on upper chest
Black script lettering reading Leaving behind my minor life for grander maybes, with small underline flourishes, on skin at the side of the hip above a patterned fabric strap.
Script quote tattoo on the side of the hip
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm reading you see flowers in these weeds, beside a dandelion seed head with drifting seeds.
Quote and dandelion seed head on a forearm
Black line tattoo of three periodic table element boxes spelling THINK, with Th for thorium, In for indium and K for potassium, in lettering style on skin.
THINK spelt in periodic table element tiles
Fine line black script tattoo reading One step at a time with infinity symbols, placed on the side of an ankle.
One step at a time script with infinity symbols on ankle
Black ink lettering on a forearm in a typewriter-style font, reading so please forgive what i have done, no you can't stay mad at the setting sun.
Four lines of text on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading what matters most is how well you walk through the fire, with a peace symbol at the wrist end, on a forearm.
Script quote and peace symbol on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a sunflower, marigold and perched bird down an upper arm, with a swooping bird and FORGIVE ribbon across the shoulder.
Sunflower and bird upper arm with ribbon
Colour traditional tattoo of a prickly pear cactus with pink flowers, a red sun and the words DON'T TOUCH ME below, on the ribs.
Prickly pear cactus with Don't Touch Me lettering
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Love always, Charlie across the outer lower leg, in a lettering tattoo.
Love always, Charlie lettering on a leg
Black and grey photograph of a block lettering tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, reading WORDS FAIL with MUSIC SPEAKS upside down beneath it.
Words fail, music speaks lettering on a forearm
Black and grey script reading Believe in the run with a winged running shoe tattoo on the side of a foot near the ankle.
Believe in the run script and winged shoe on a foot
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading The rest is still unwritten... across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote reading The rest is still unwritten
Black and grey tattoo on the side of the ribs showing two lines of latitude and longitude coordinates framing a central ornamental scroll motif with tapered points.
Coordinates and ornament on the ribs
Close-up photo of a yellow heart with a red outline and black handwritten script reading 'because you're mine I walk the line' on skin.
Yellow heart with script lyric tattoo
Close-up of the words stand strong in black script lettering tattooed on the ankle and foot.
Stand strong script on an ankle
Black ink tattoo of a Deathly Hallows symbol with lettering arranged around it, across the middle of a person's back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with quotation on back
Black script lettering reading He walks with me... runs along the outer side of an ankle, with pink painted toenails visible at the edge of the frame.
Script quote along the ankle
Two thighs with matching traditional tattoos of teacups, roses and a Tea for Two banner in teal, orange and green, on the upper thigh.
Matching tea for two thigh tattoos
Black script lettering tattooed along the side of the ribs, reading a line of text in a flowing handwritten style.
Script quote along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo on the side of a thigh reading so hold your head up high and know it's not the end of the road, set in a serif typeface.
Quote lettering along the side of a thigh
Close-up of a woman's shoulders showing two black fine line script quote tattoos, one on each collarbone near the shoulder.
Two script quotes along the collarbones
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace running into the script words Just live, on the upper chest.
Heartbeat line with Just live script
Close-up of a black and grey lettering tattoo on the back, reading you are every reason every hope and every dream ive ever had in a typewriter-style font.
Typewriter quote tattoo on the back
Black fine line script tattoo reading "Take these broken wings and learn to fly" with a small bird silhouette on the forearm.
Quote and bird on a forearm
Two forearms in black and grey with fine line tattoos, including a shaded palm tree and the word WILDERNESS on the inner forearm.
Palm tree and fine line forearm tattoos
Black and grey script tattoo reading Free Yourself on the inner forearm, with a shaded feather and a flock of birds flying off to the right.
Free yourself script with feather and birds
Two black script lettering tattoos on the upper arms, one beginning Remind me and the other reading When everything else is gone.
Matching script quote tattoos on upper arms
Black script lettering tattoos on two people's lower backs, reading 'There is no better friend than a sister' and '...and, there is no better sister than you'.
Matching sister quote tattoos on lower backs
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat's grin with blue eyes on the inner wrist, with the words we're all mad here written beneath.
Cheshire Cat grin with quote on a wrist
Black ink ribbon banner reading SHIVER ME TIMBERS on the inner forearm, shown as a temporary tattoo being peeled from its backing sheet.
Shiver me timbers banner on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo running vertically down the centre of a woman's back, along the spine.
Vertical script tattoo along the spine
Two-panel photo of a fine serif "live free" lettering tattoo in black ink on the side of a person's ribs, wearing a pale dress.
Live free lettering on the side ribs
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo on a man's upper chest, with the word LOL repeated in four rotated orientations to form a cross.
LOL lettering in a cross on the chest
Small solid black cupid silhouette drawing a bow, with the word Shit. in typewriter lettering, on an upper arm.
Cupid silhouette with word on upper arm
Lettering tattoo reading I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good, with dark footprints beside it, glowing blue-white under blacklight on an arm.
UV quote tattoo with footprints