Text tattoo ideas

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

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Close photo of a fine handwritten script phrase tattooed along a middle finger in dark ink, against a tiled floor.
Script quote along a finger
Black and grey tattoo on the inner wrist showing a grey caduceus with wings beside the words type one and the symbols I, greater than, caret and v in a simple lettering style.
Caduceus and type one lettering on a wrist
Pencil sketch of the Hogwarts castle above the words Hogwarts is my home in decorative lettering, a flash-style design with no body placement shown.
Hogwarts castle with lettering design
Black and white photo of a shaved head showing a small QR code tattoo on the scalp and the lettering </head> and <body> tattooed on the neck above a dark collar, in a lettering style.
QR code and HTML tags on scalp and neck
Black handwritten lettering reading 'It's not you, it's my inability to stand human beings' with a line-drawn palm tree below, tattooed on a lower leg.
Handwritten quote and palm tree on a calf
Black ink tattoo on a thigh with a handwritten-style quote about battle scars, framed by two angular outlined hearts.
Quote and outlined hearts on a thigh
Black flash design of a bird silhouette in flight beside the script words 'don't just fly... soar', with no body placement shown.
Bird silhouette with 'don't just fly... soar' script
Black script lettering quote tattooed down the side of a woman's ribs, with a small tattoo visible on her forearm, in lettering style.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey lettering tattoo on skin showing an inhaler, dots and a cartoon cloud reading PUFF PUFF PASS, placed on the torso.
Inhaler and PUFF PUFF PASS cloud
Black line drawing of a cross, a heartbeat line ending in a heart, and the words Faith, Hope and Love in script, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Cross, heartbeat and heart with Faith Hope Love
Forearm before and after: black text tattoo with spelling errors, then a realistic notebook page tattoo with red corrections over the same words.
Text cover-up on a forearm, notebook paper
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 line drawing flash design of a skull with dollar-sign eyes and the words Eyes Only For You set in a circle around it, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Skull with dollar eyes and circular lettering
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
Close-up of a small fine-line tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates in black script on the side of the ribs, below a blue bikini strap.
Coordinates in fine script 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
Colour tattoo of Finn and Jake from Adventure Time with a banner reading Homies help homies, on the outside of a lower leg.
Finn and Jake banner tattoo on calf
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 a small fine line tattoo on a knee, seen through a rip in grey denim jeans, with text on the fabric below.
Small tattoo on knee through ripped jeans
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
Black and grey pencil sketch of a raised hand with a ribbon banner wrapped around the wrist reading Do not open before Christmas, with music notes, shown as a tattoo design on the forearm.
Raised hand with ribbon banner on wrist
Black and gold golden snitch tattoo with feathered wings and the words 'It's real for us' across the top of a foot.
Golden snitch and 'It's real for us' on a foot
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
Colour cartoon tattoos on both thighs: a yellow speech bubble reading YOU TURNED THE PAGE on the left and a blue monster with PLEASE speech bubbles on the right.
Monster and speech bubble thigh 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