Text tattoo ideas

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Lettering tattoo on a forearm with a book-themed text quote in blue, purple and black serif and sans-serif fonts, with an ampersand and a small flourish.
Typographic book quote on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a skull built from hand-lettered quotation text on a cream background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Skull formed from hand-lettered text
Colour traditional tattoo of a green succulent in a terracotta pot with the words What up, succa? above and below, shown in two close photos on skin.
Succulent in pot with 'What up, succa?' lettering
Black fine script lettering tattoo across the upper back, two lines of flourished text running over the shoulder blades.
Two lines of script quote across upper back
Black script lettering reading Where you invest your love, you invest your life, tattooed across a forearm near the wrist.
Script quote on a forearm
Close-up of a black handwritten script lettering tattoo reading Gone to market, Be back soon, Love, Pig, across the top of a foot.
Handwritten quote across the top of a foot
Black and grey outline tattoo of a lion cub above the cursive words Remember who you are, shown on skin.
Lion cub outline and Remember who you are script
Two wrists side by side showing matching black script quote tattoos with a small red lip print, styled as lettering on the inner wrist.
Matching wrist quote tattoos with a lip print
Black and grey tattoo of the words I love you to the moon and back in handwritten lettering, with a small crescent moon below, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
"I love you to the moon and back" lettering with moon
Black text tattoo of a fatal exception error message running along a raised forearm and upper arm, set in a monospaced typewriter-style font.
Blue screen error message tattoo on arm
Black typewriter-style poem lettering tattooed on skin, with small dots trailing down below the final words.
Typewriter poem lettering on skin
Fine line black script tattoo reading "Remember that I love you" running along the inner forearm near the wrist.
Handwritten quote along the inner forearm
Fine line black tattoo of the words french fries in cursive script inside an outlined heart, with an underline, on the inner upper arm.
French fries script in an outlined heart
Close-up of a black fine-line Arabic script lettering tattoo across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Arabic script tattoo on upper back
Black script lettering reading A Love Thicker Then Blood across the upper back, with reddened skin around the fresh tattoo.
Script quote across the upper back
Black and grey moon phase tattoo running across the upper chest and shoulder, shown beside a lettering design reading from the beginning till the end.
Moon phases with 'from the beginning till the end'
Black and grey hand-drawn design of a stack of books with the words I might read until I feel better in lettering across the spines.
Stack of books with a reading quote
Black lettering tattoo reading I'm the hero of this story in a serif font, across the side of the ribs, with a grey top visible below.
Serif quote tattoo along the side ribs
Black script reading That witch does not kill me makes me stronger, surrounded by outline and solid stars, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote with stars on the upper back
Two black lettering tattoos in a typewriter font sit on a pair of forearms, one reading Do or die you'll never make me and the other reading Because the world will never take my heart.
Two forearm quote tattoos in typewriter lettering
Small black lettering tattoo of two lines of Thai script on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade, in a lettering style.
Two lines of Thai script on upper back
Small black serif capital letters tattooed on the inner wrist, resting on a patterned fleece and a yellow blanket.
Small Greek capital lettering on wrist
Close photo of a black handwritten script tattoo reading fall in mutual weirdness and call it love, running diagonally across the side of the ribs.
Handwritten quote along the ribs
Two people stand side by side showing black script lettering tattooed along their ribs, with the left reading together forever never apart.
Matching script quotes on two ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man in glasses and a tie on the outer thigh, with a scroll banner reading Assistant Regional Manager.
Portrait of a man in glasses with banner on thigh
Close-up of a fine line script quote tattoo in black ink across the inside of a forearm, resting on a patchwork quilt in a sepia photo.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading She has no idea. The effect she can have. across the top of a foot, in a lettering style, with jeans cuffed above and dark glitter flats below.
Quote lettering on the top of a foot
Black handwritten-style lettering design reading Tick Tock Goes the clock on a plain white background, with no body placement shown.
Tick Tock Goes the clock lettering
Black script quote with a flock of small bird silhouettes tattooed along the side of the ribs, photographed from the side.
Bird silhouettes and quote on the ribs
Traditional style black and grey tattoo of a cartoon man in sunglasses with stitches and a red mouth, above the words ALL HYPE NO HEART, on a limb.
Cartoon face with sunglasses and lettering
Back view of a man in a red cap with a black lettering tattoo of laundry care instructions across the back of his neck, in a Lettering style.
Laundry care text tattoo on the back of the neck
Black fine line tattoo of a dandelion releasing birds and seeds across the upper back and shoulder, with the script words Every breath is a second chance.
Dandelion and birds with quote on shoulder
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo reading You're Fine in a typewriter-style font, inked on skin.
You're Fine lettering tattoo
Black outline tattoo of a cartoon figure with a curling tail, above the script words Remember who you are, on skin.
Cartoon figure with script lettering
Black script lettering reading without borders on the outer ankle, with a rolled denim trouser cuff above it.
Without borders script on ankle
Close view of a small black lettering tattoo of a two-line quote across the upper back, with dark hair tied up above it.
Quote tattoo on upper back
Yellow lettering with a dark outline reading DON'T PANIC in bubble capitals, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Don't Panic lettering on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering on an upper arm reading 'Everything that happens is from now on.'
Typewriter quote on the upper arm
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading I lost myself in us across the upper back, near the shoulder blade, with red hair falling over the shoulder.
Script quote across upper back
Black and grey script lettering tattoo of a motivational paragraph across the outer thigh, shown in a black and white photo with denim shorts.
Block quote tattoo on the thigh
Black script lettering reading 'for those I love I will sacrifice' across the upper thigh, beside denim shorts.
Script quote across the upper thigh
Fine line black script tattoo reading There is no love without forgiveness, running vertically along the side of a bare back and ribs.
Fine line script quote along the back
Black and grey blackletter lettering reading REGRET NOTHING across the upper arm.
Regret nothing lettering on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded feather with silhouetted birds rising from its tip and the text Isaiah 40:31 beneath it, on the side of the torso.
Feather and flying birds with scripture on flank
Black script lettering on a forearm reading She dreamed of paradise, every time she closed her eyes, set against a purple patterned background.
Script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading For we live by faith, not by sight, running diagonally across the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Close photograph of the sole of a foot with the words MADE IN ENGLAND tattooed in black capital letters, styled as lettering, held by two hands.
Made in England lettering on the sole of a foot
Fine black capital lettering reading TONY HAWK on the lower back, in a black and white photo with a dark top and black thong visible.
Small TONY HAWK lettering on lower back