Text tattoo ideas

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Black script lettering reading Don't forget to love yourself across the upper chest, in a fine lettering style.
Script quote across the upper chest
Black and white photo of a black script tattoo reading "Monsters are real" on the inner wrist, in a lettering style.
"Monsters are real" script on a wrist
Black and white photo of the words Quiet is Violent tattooed in a serif typeface across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Quiet is Violent lettering on a wrist
Black lettering reading 'this war is mine' tattooed horizontally across the ribs, with a paper towel held above the skin.
Quote reading this war is mine on the ribs
Small black fine line lettering reading BE HAPPY in capitals on a person's forearm, against grey striped fabric.
Be Happy lettering on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a hand holding a bunch of wildflowers with the words hold on beneath, on the side of a ribcage.
Hand holding wildflowers with hold on script
Black lettering tattoo reading 'And though she be but little, she is fierce' in a serif script on a woman's ribs, with a bikini top and sea behind.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo in two lines of angular script across the inner wrist and hand, shown in a close photograph.
Two lines of script on an inner wrist
Black and grey Roman numeral lettering tattoo on the left ribs of a person in a black bra, shown in a black and white photograph.
Roman numeral lettering on the ribs
Black script tattoo reading He walks with me, followed by an outlined cross, on the outer side of a foot.
He walks with me script and cross on a foot
Black cursive lettering of a poem runs down the back of a neck in a lettering tattoo, photographed from behind.
Script lyrics down the back of the neck
Black script tattoo reading Walk by faith and Not by sight, with swirls and a small flourish across the top of a foot.
Walk by faith quote with swirls on a foot
Black lettering tattoo reading She has no idea. The effect she can have. across the top of a foot in glitter ballet flats.
Quote tattoo on top of foot
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a Winnie the Pooh quote in serif lettering, with a sketched Winnie the Pooh and Piglet and a trail of footprints below.
Winnie the Pooh quote and Piglet on upper arm
Black and white photo of small block lettering reading GRL PWR tattooed on a forearm, with a dark background and a necklace visible above.
GRL PWR lettering on a forearm
Black fine-line script tattoo running vertically down the centre of the chest, between the hands of a person in an open denim shirt.
Vertical script tattoo on the chest
Black script tattoo reading part of the words no regrets across the upper back of a woman in a white lace bra and denim shorts, partly cropped.
Script quote tattoo on a back
Thin black fine line lettering reading WARR;OR, with a semicolon in place of the letter I, on the upper arm below a pink sleeve.
Warrior lettering on upper arm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading we see things they'll never see along the inside of a forearm.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black serif lettering reading And the tree was happy runs along the top of a shoulder in a warmly lit close-up photo.
Quote tattoo along the shoulder
Fine line black script reading 'Not all those who wander are lost' across the outer thigh of a person in a denim shirt.
Script quote on a thigh
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading for thee I love I will sacrifice, running vertically along a person's left side ribs.
Script quote running down the ribs
Two hands with matching black lettering tattoos on the fingers, reading love you most and love you more.
Matching love you most and love you more finger tattoos
Bold black lettering reading iRun with small red 26.2 above it, tattooed on a person's upper back below a purple top strap.
iRun lettering on upper back
Black fine line script reading inhale the future exhale the past, with a flock of birds flying above it on a shoulder.
Script quote and birds on shoulder
Close-up of a black semicolon and a black and red yin yang symbol beside the words 'My story is not finished' in a typewriter font, tattooed on a forearm.
Semicolon and yin yang with quote on forearm
Small lettering reading bad wolf in a typewriter style on the side of the ribs, rendered in pale ink on light skin.
Bad wolf lettering on the ribs
Back view of a woman in a white lace bodysuit showing a small fine line tattoo of symbols and numerals in black ink across the mid-back.
Small line of symbols and numerals on mid-back
Close photo of a black fine-line tattoo of an anchor wrapped in an infinity symbol, with the script words I refuse to sink beneath it, on skin.
Anchor and infinity with script quote
Black script lettering reading Give me strength when I'm standing and faith when I fall, tattooed along the ribs in a lettering style.
Script quote on the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading Does this unit have a soul? on the forearm, shown against a red and white striped background.
Script quote on a forearm
Two clasped hands show matching black lettering tattoos on the forearms, set in a typewriter-style font that reads everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.
Matching quote tattoos on forearms
Black serif lettering reading "i am, i am, i am." on the inner forearm, with the sleeve of a maroon top pushed up above it.
"i am, i am, i am" lettering on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Please return to Tiffany & Co. New York 925 on the back of the neck.
Tiffany & Co. lettering on the back of a neck
Black ink Roman numeral lettering in five lines, with hyphens between the numerals, tattooed on an upper arm.
Roman numeral dates on upper arm
Two people's upper backs show black script tattoos, one reading "These words you should always remember..." and the other "...To you, my heart I surrender." with a small arrow beneath.
Matching quote tattoos on two upper backs
Fine line black tattoo of small birds in flight and a scripture verse in script on a woman's upper back, with the sea behind her.
Birds and script on a upper back
Black and grey script lettering on the ribs reads Everything has beauty, with a fainter second line of text below it.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Black silhouette tattoo of a saluting soldier on a rocky mound near the wrist, with the words Life has a hopeful undertone above it on the forearm.
Saluting soldier silhouette and quote on forearm
Small black hand-lettered tattoo reading BOYS SUCK on the lower leg above a white sock, in a lettering style and placed on the calf.
Small handwritten lettering on a calf
Black and grey photograph of the words "Not all those who wander are lost" in script lettering with swirling flourishes along the side of a foot, on a carpet.
Script quote tattoo along the side of a foot
Black typewriter-style lettering reading imagine on the upper back, near the left shoulder blade, of a person with auburn hair seen from behind.
The word imagine on the upper back
Black lettering design of a multi-line quote mixing script, typewriter and bold brush fonts, with star marks and swirl flourishes on a white background.
Quote lettering in mixed script fonts
Black and grey photo of dense handwritten lettering being drawn across a bare back, with a hand holding a pen and a dark tattoo visible on the forearm.
Handwritten lettering across a bare back
Fine line tattoo of Belle and the Beast in profile beside a rose with a green stem, with the script words Tale as old as time, on the upper back.
Belle and Beast silhouette with rose and script
Close-up of a black fine line tree with roots on the inner forearm, with the script words I climbed the tree to see the world beneath it.
Tree and quote on the inner forearm
Black fine line script reading walk by faith with a small cross, tattooed on the side of a bare ankle and foot resting on dark leather.
Walk by faith script on ankle
Close view of black lettering reading Hier kommt die Sonne in a blackletter style across the back of a woman's neck.
Two-line lettering on the back of the neck