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 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
Fine line black tattoo of a ringed planet, a rocket on a dashed trail, small stars and the words 'See you never' on the inner upper arm.
Ringed planet and rocket with 'See you never' on upper arm
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
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 and grey tattoo on the upper arm showing Calvin and Hobbes beneath a tree, with the quote I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up.
Calvin and Hobbes quote on upper arm
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
Fine line cursive script reading C'est la vie across the upper back, just below the nape of the neck, on a person with dark hair tied up.
C'est la vie script across the upper back
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
Black fine line tattoo of a fox's head in profile inside a circle with lettering around the edge, on the upper chest.
Fox profile in a circle with lettering on chest
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
Traditional style colour tattoo of two red cherries with green leaves and a purple ribbon banner reading CHERRY BOMB, on skin.
Cherry bomb banner with twin cherries
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 grey outline tattoo of a smiling crescent moon with the words LA LUNA and the number 23, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Crescent moon and La Luna on a wrist
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