Text tattoo ideas

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

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Two people show matching black lettering reading "You're my person" with a small red heart on the calf, in a lettering style.
Matching "You're my person" calf tattoos
Black linework abstract mark and the words The world is quiet here in small script on an ankle, shown in a three-panel photo collage.
Abstract mark and quote on an ankle
Black script tattoo reading I will fear no evil for thou art with me, across the upper shoulder and collarbone area.
Scripture quote in black script on a shoulder
Black and grey fine script tattoo reading Stay Strong with a feather across the top, placed on a person's upper shoulder near the collarbone.
Stay Strong script with feather on shoulder
Black lettering tattoo in a script style reading Brevity is the soul of wit, on the forearm of a person in a plaid shirt with arms crossed.
Quote in script on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading "not all who wander are lost" on the upper back, just below the neck, above a blue top.
Script quote across the upper back
Close-up of a black fine line script tattoo reading Don't let the past steal your peace, placed on the ribs below a black and white bandeau top.
Script quote on the ribs
Fine line black tattoo on a chest showing the words i forgive you in script above an outlined plaster with a dotted pad, in Fine line and Dotwork styles.
I forgive you lettering with plaster on chest
Black and grey photograph of a small fine line script tattoo reading but the fighter still remains, placed on the middle of a person's lower back.
Fine line script quote on the lower back
Two-panel photo: a black typewriter-style quote reading We're all stories in the end on a forearm, and black concentric circles with a blue watercolour wash on a forearm below.
Quote and concentric circles on a forearm
Black ink dotwork drawing of a dagger piercing an open umbrella, with raindrops and the lettering True Friends and Stab you in the front, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Dagger and umbrella with True Friends lettering
Black and grey lettering reading Don't be a, followed by a dashed empty square outline, with part of an ornate design visible at the bottom right.
Don't be a lettering with dashed square
Black typewriter-style lettering reading breathe. on the inner wrist, with the hand open and relaxed above it.
Breathe lettering on the inner wrist
Black handwritten script lettering reading The struggle is part of the story on a pale cream background, drawn as a flash design for a tattoo.
Script lettering reading The struggle is part of the story
Black typewriter-style lettering of a quote on the ribs, set over red and brown brick-like shading in a lettering style tattoo.
Quote tattoo on the ribs with red brick shading
Black script lettering of the French phrase 'Mon cœur est à toi' set over four lines on a plain white background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
French script quote, 'Mon cœur est à toi'
Black typewriter-style lettering reading "Nothing gold can stay" on a forearm seen underwater, with light patterns rippling across the skin.
Quote lettering on an underwater forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading I found my life when i laid it down across the inner forearm.
Quote lettering across an inner forearm
Close-up of black serif lettering tattooed on the side of a thigh, reading a four-line quote about snow, wind, a lone wolf and a surviving pack.
Wolf quote lettering on the side of the thigh
Black and white photo of two people's bare shoulder blades, each with a matching fine script quote tattoo in the lettering style, placed on the upper back.
Matching quote tattoos on two backs
Black typewriter-style lettering reading We live with the scars we choose, tattooed across the ribs on pale skin with reddened area around it.
Typewriter-style quote across the ribs
Fine line black lettering stacked across the inner wrist, with a red and blue checked shirt cuff below.
Stacked lettering on inner wrist
Black script lettering design reading Doubt me then watch me on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Doubt me then watch me script lettering
Close-up of white ink lettering reading We're all mad here across an arm, in a fine lettering style.
White ink quote on a forearm
Close-up photo of fine line black script reading I am enough tattooed on skin, with the lettering flowing into a looped swash under the final word.
I am enough script tattoo on skin
Black ink hand-lettered design on a white background reading Thanks for the pain, It made me raise my game, with small decorative dots and curls.
Thanks for the pain lettering design
Two matching lettering tattoos in blue ink on the ankles, each showing two lines of latitude and longitude coordinates.
Matching coordinate tattoos on two ankles
Black and grey rose, skull and script tattoo covering the outer thigh and calf of a woman wearing grey shorts and white trainers.
Rose and skull leg sleeve with script
Black ink lettering reading Excuse us while we sing to the sky across the outer thigh, above denim shorts.
Quote tattoo on the outer thigh
Black serif lettering on an inner forearm reads may I never be complete, may I never be content and may I never be perfect.
Three-line quote in serif lettering on an arm
Black and grey fine line script lettering runs along the side of two bare feet near the ankles, one line reading Maybe in distance, but never in heart.
Script quote tattoos along two feet
Black lettering tattoo in a handwritten script reading Chase your dreams but always know the road that leads you home again, placed along the ribs.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a wolf head beneath pine trees with the words Winter is coming curved around it, on the upper thigh.
Wolf head and pine trees on a thigh
Close-up of a fine script lettering tattoo reading Diabetic, with the 1 in teal, on the inner wrist.
Diabetic script lettering on inner wrist
Two forearms held side by side, each with black serif lettering tattooed along the inner arm, forming part of a quote.
Matching lettering tattoos on two forearms
Back of a person's neck below a khaki cap, showing a black lettering tattoo of the HTML tags </head> and <body> in a plain sans-serif typeface.
HTML head and body tags on the neck
Two people sit side by side showing black fine line script tattoos on their upper backs, one reading Together forever, never apart and the other reading maybe in distance, but never in heart.
Matching script quotes on two upper backs
Black typewriter-style lettering reading In Christ Alone across the upper arm, in a lettering style.
In Christ Alone lettering on an upper arm
Black script lettering reading 'I am not a gun' on an inner forearm, with a red splash and a thin underline swoosh, photographed inside a car.
Script phrase 'I am not a gun' on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading Keep fighting, stay strong and live with hope, running along a forearm resting on a white textured blanket.
Keep fighting script quote on forearm
Gold metallic temporary tattoo of brush lettering reading Bride's bitches on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Gold foil lettering on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a black script quote tattoo on a lower leg, with a Lord of the Rings paperback held above it.
Quote lettering on a calf
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a hanging wooden sign reading Gone to market, placed on the top of a foot.
Gone to market sign on a foot
Fine line black script lettering with a small aeroplane silhouette tattooed across the ankle and lower leg.
Script lettering and aeroplane on ankle
Fine black cursive script tattoo curving along the outer thigh, with lettering that reads she laughs without fear of the future.
Script quote tattoo along the thigh
Black fine line lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of a person's upper back, from the nape of the neck.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Hand-drawn grey lettering design reading IF NOT NOW WHEN, with the words stacked and shaded in pencil on paper.
If not now when lettering design
Black script quote tattoo across the outer thigh, with denim shorts visible above it.
Script quote tattoo on a thigh