Text tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
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
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
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 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
Black and white photograph of a woman's bare back with a fine line script tattoo running down the length of the spine, from the neck to the lower back.
Fine line script tattoo along the spine
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with angular symbols above a horizontal rule and the italic words God is greater than the highs and lows, on a white background.
God is greater than the highs and lows lettering
Black script lettering tattooed along a forearm, with the hand resting on a striped pillow.
Script quote along a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a paint swatch card reading TATTONE and 5K1 N on the upper arm, beneath a grey sleeve.
Paint swatch card tattoo on upper arm
Black script lettering tattoo reading without struggle there is no progress, placed on the side of the ribs.
Quote lettering on the ribs
Black blackletter-style lettering reading SHIT HAPPENS, tattooed on the inner upper arm in black ink.
Shit Happens lettering on an upper arm
Black and grey photo of two forearms with a Roman numeral lettering tattoo on the right forearm and a thin vertical line of script on the left.
Roman numerals and script on two forearms
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, reading WORDS FAIL above MUSIC SPEAKS, with the second line upside down.
Words fail, music speaks lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading Don't forget to love yourself, placed across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote across upper chest
Close photo of a black script tattoo reading Take me as I am or watch me as I go across two lines, placed on the side of the ribs.
Script quote across the ribs
Small red FUN lettering tattoo in simple script on a person's lower abdomen, above the waistband of black underwear with a bow.
Small red FUN lettering on the hip
Black and grey photograph of a raised hand with the words THIS SKIN + BONES IS A RENTAL in bold block lettering on the inner wrist.
Block lettering quote on an inner wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX inside a dashed outline square with grey shading, on a forearm.
Think outside the box lettering on a forearm
Two wrists pressed together showing black script lettering, reading After all this time? on the left wrist and Always on the right, both placed on the wrist.
Wrist lettering: 'After all this time?' and 'Always'
Black lettering across the finger joints of two clenched fists, reading Do or do not, there is no try, a lettering tattoo on the hands.
Finger lettering reading Do or do not, there is no try
Black and grey photo of a fine script tattoo reading 'I loved you at your darkest' with 'Romans 5:8' beneath it, on the upper thigh.
Script quote tattoo on the thigh
Fine line black script tattoo on the lower back reading I want to live not just survive, with a hand resting above it.
Script quote reading I want to live not just survive