Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black hand-lettered tattoo reading 'Not all those who wander are lost' with a ribbon banner behind 'who' across the top of a foot.
Lettered quote across the top of a foot
Black typewriter-style lettering on a forearm reads 'You are always exactly where you are suppose to be', shown against a white vest top.
Typewriter quote along a forearm
Black script lettering reading Stay Strong on the top of a foot near the ankle, with a hand with rings holding the foot.
Stay Strong script tattoo on a foot
Black serif lettering reading I'm the hero of this story across the side of a torso, partly covered by a grey knit top.
I'm the hero of this story text tattoo
Black lettering reading KEEP GRL PWR on a woman's forearm, with a sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and small marks on the fingers.
Keep Girl Power lettering on forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading
Script quote on upper chest
Close view of a black script lettering tattoo reading 'Forget the risk and take the fall', placed across the upper back.
Script quote across upper back
Black and grey photograph of a fine line script quote reading You'll never know dear, how much I love you, running diagonally across a person's upper back below the shoulder.
Script quote across a shoulder blade
Black and white photo of a small serif lowercase lettering tattoo reading acp on the upper arm, near the elbow.
Small lowercase lettering on upper arm
Black script infinity symbol tattoo reading Sisters and Brother on the side of the ribs, shown fresh with redness around the ink.
Infinity tattoo with Sisters and Brother script
Black and grey realistic tattoo of three elephants walking in a line with linked trunks, above script lettering, on the side of a person's ribs.
Three elephants and script on the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo of a Bible verse across the upper back of a woman with dark wavy hair, placed horizontally between the shoulder blades.
Script verse across upper back
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo reading Fall down seven times, stand up eight, placed on a woman's side ribs.
Script quote on the side ribs
Colour traditional tattoo of three lipsticks, a pink and teal bow and candy hearts reading PRIMA DONNA and GIRL, on an upper arm.
Lipsticks, bow and candy hearts on an upper arm
Black lettering tattoo reading Est. 1981 on the lower back of a woman wearing denim shorts and a black bikini top, seen from behind.
Est. 1981 lettering on lower back
Black lettering tattoo reading "I'm Fine" in a script style on the back of a thigh above the knee, shown in two side-by-side photos.
"I'm Fine" script on a thigh
Fresh-looking red script lettering across the back of a hand, shown as a lettering tattoo in a single line.
Red script lettering on the back of a hand
Black handwritten script quote tattooed along a man's forearm, with a brown leather bracelet on his wrist.
Handwritten quote on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a stack of books with an eye on the cover and a yellow banner reading NERD LIFE, on the upper arm.
Stacked books with an eye and NERD LIFE banner
Black and white design of a braided rope ring enclosing the word caim, its definition and a small star and circle emblem, with no body placement shown.
Caim braided ring with star sigil
Black lettering tattoo in a rectangular frame reading The Truth is rarely pure and never simple, placed on the back of a woman's neck.
Boxed quote on the back of the neck
Black ink line drawing of a compass inside a tree branch ring, with banners reading Not all who wander are lost and an anchor below, styled as a tattoo design.
Compass and tree design with banner text
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading "we live with the scars we choose" across the ribs, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Black compass rose tattoo with script lettering reading one love, placed centrally on the upper back.
Compass rose tattoo on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded compass on a gridded map, with the words 'not all those who wander are lost' written beneath it.
Compass on a map with quote
Close view of a small black fine line tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates on the upper back of a woman in an open-back floral dress.
Fine line coordinates tattoo on upper back
Black and white photo of a fine line script quote tattoo along the side of a ribcage, with a lace bra visible above it.
Script quote tattoo on ribs
Black fine line script lettering reading Live as if you were to die tomorrow, running vertically along the side of the ribs.
Script quote running down the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading inhale the future exhale the past, with four birds in flight, on a shoulder.
Script quote and flying birds on shoulder
Close view of the back of a woman's neck showing a small black lettering tattoo of the word freed in a typewriter style, placed at the nape below a hair bun.
Small word tattoo on the back of the neck
Black and grey tattoo of the words not all those who wander are lost, set in a decorative script across two lines on skin.
Quote tattoo in decorative script
Fine line black tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates above two overlapping triangle outlines on a forearm.
Coordinates and triangles on a forearm
Small fine-line script reading Tu és casa on the side of a torso, above the hip, with black cut-out straps across the skin.
Tu és casa lettering on the side ribs
Black and grey serif lettering with small stars on the side of a torso, with a dark leafy tattoo partly visible at the top right.
Serif lettering with stars on side body
Black typewriter-style lettering reading there is light somewhere, it may not be much light, but it beats the darkness, tattooed along the inner forearm.
Typewriter quote tattoo on a forearm
Black sans-serif lettering reading BEER GOES HERE arcs across the back of a hand between the thumb and finger, with other tattoos visible above it.
Beer goes here lettering on the hand
Black ink flash design of a hand-drawn banner ribbon reading Warrior not Worrier, in lettering style.
Warrior not Worrier banner design
Black lettering tattoo reading "One foot in the grave..." on the back of a calf, with a prosthetic leg visible beside it.
Quote lettering on a calf
Black script lettering tattooed across the upper back reads Roses are red, My name's Dave, This poem makes no sense, Microwave, in a lettering style.
Script poem across the upper back
Black ink quote in a serif-style font running down a forearm, with a circular tree of life design near the wrist, in black and grey ink.
Tree of life and quote on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of leaves on a hip and roses, feathers and flowers on a thigh, with a banner reading LIGHT OF MY LIFE on the lower leg.
Botanical hip and rose thigh tattoos
Black script lettering reading Bieber Feaver on an upper arm, on a person wearing a navy shirt.
Script lettering on an upper arm
Black script lettering tattoo running down the side of a woman's ribs as she lies on a beach towel in a white bikini.
Script tattoo along the ribs on a beach
Two hands held together showing black script reading 'til death tattooed across the top of two adjoining fingers, with a tiled wall behind.
'til death lettering on two fingers
Black fine line script tattoo across the lower back reading 'The pain you feel today... is the strength you feel tomorrow', worn above a grey garment waistband.
Script quote across the lower back
Black hand-lettered tattoo reading TOO WEIRD TO LIVE TOO RARE TO DIE with a small bat above it, on the side of the ribs.
Lettering quote with a bat on the side ribs
Black and grey photograph of the inner forearm with the words "You think you have forever, but you don't" tattooed in a typewriter-style lettering font, placed on the forearm.
Quote tattoo along a forearm
Colour tattoo on a calf in a traditional style, with a printed quote about risk above pink and red cherry blossom flowers and a dark figure below.
Quote and cherry blossoms on a calf