Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black script tattoo reading Don't stop believing... across the top of a foot, in a lettering style with a bold, joined stroke.
Don't stop believing script on a foot
Black and white photo of fine-line script reading 'with every heartbeat' across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
With every heartbeat script on upper back
Collage of four fine line script tattoos in black ink, on a forearm, a wrist, an arm and the upper back.
Four script tattoos on arms and back
Colour tattoo of a corked potion bottle with a teal ribbon and the words felix felicis, placed on the top of a bare foot near the ankle.
Felix Felicis potion bottle on the foot
Two women seen from behind show matching black script lettering on their shoulders, reading a perfect sister I am not and but thankful for the one I've got.
Matching script quote tattoos on two shoulders
Black ink tattoo of the words so it goes in a typewriter-style font with a long arrow beneath, on the upper back, in a black and white photo.
"so it goes" lettering with arrow
Black and grey script tattoo on the ribs of a person in a black sports bra taking a mirror selfie in a tiled bathroom.
Script tattoo on the ribs
Two black and white photos of script lettering tattoos, one reading Alone we are strong and the other Together we are stronger, each with a small bird, on the upper back.
Alone and together quote tattoos with birds
Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading Those who mind don't matter, those who matter don't mind, in a plain block typeface.
Quote lettering on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of two maple leaves in orange, red and yellow with the words busy, busy, busy in black typewriter lettering above them, on a forearm.
Maple leaves and busy lettering on a forearm
Close-up of three lines of black Veni Vidi Vici lettering in a typewriter-style font on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Veni Vidi Vici lettering on a forearm
Two small black serif lettering tattoos on the ankles, reading create on the left and yourself on the right, shown above pale pink sneakers on wooden steps.
Create and yourself words on both ankles
Black ink tattoo of a circular geometric emblem above the stacked words THE SUIT AND I ARE ONE, placed at the nape and upper back.
Circle emblem and quote on the upper back
Black lettering tattoo reading WOAH with a diamond ring in the O, with a smaller line of text beneath, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Woah slogan with diamond ring on wrist
Small black lettering reading LOVE NOTHING in plain capitals across the upper back near the shoulder blade, shown in a close photo of skin.
Love Nothing lettering on upper back
Black and grey photograph of a fine line script tattoo reading there is no one alive who is youer than you, with a small flower line drawing, on the upper back.
Script quote with small flower on upper back
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the forearm arranged in a circle, reading a quote about imagination and a canvas, with a small plus sign.
Circular quote tattoo on the forearm
Colour tattoo of an orange lion cub with black outline and the words Hakuna Matata in black script beside it, on the inner forearm.
Lion cub and Hakuna Matata script on a forearm
Flash sheet of black crescent moon tattoo designs, some with stars, swirls, sparkles, a face and the words Blue Moon, in black and grey ink.
Crescent moon tattoo flash sheet
Two side-by-side photos of a lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading too WEIRD to LIVE and too RARE to DIE, in black ink.
Too weird to live and too rare to die on the wrist
Gold metallic temporary tattoo of a diamond ring with the word BRIDE inside the band, on the inner forearm.
Gold diamond ring with BRIDE on a wrist
Black ink tattoo of the words miles to go with a dashed flight path and paper plane outline on the inner wrist, with a metal paper plane pendant hanging over the hand.
Miles to go and paper plane on wrist
Black and grey serif lettering reading bad wolf on the forearm of a person in a loose shirt and dark underwear.
Bad wolf lettering on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat grin with blue eyes and the words We're All Mad Here in script lettering, on the inner wrist.
Cheshire Cat grin and quote on wrist
Black script lettering reading Everyday for the rest of our lives, split across two wrists that are pressed together, a Lettering design on the forearm.
Script quote split across two wrists
Two matching black script tattoos sit one above the other on a pale arm, in a fine line lettering style.
Matching script tattoos on two arms
Traditional style colour tattoo on a calf of stacked books, pink flowers and a banner reading We Are All Stories In The End.
Stacked books and banner on a calf
Close-up of a gold foil temporary tattoo on a forearm, reading I belong with Melissa's bachelorette party, if I'm lost buy me a drink, with a small heart below.
Gold bachelorette party temporary tattoo on forearm
Black serif lettering reading #none in a lettering style, shown on a close-up of skin on a limb.
#none lettering in black serif type
Black and white photo of the inner arm with the Latin phrase Cogito Ergo Sum tattooed in a typewriter-style serif font.
Cogito ergo sum lettering on inner arm
Black handwritten lettering tattoo reading Thuder Only Happens When Its Raisin across the lower back, above the waistband of blue denim jeans.
Handwritten quote on lower back
Black and white photo of a lettering tattoo reading 'You see, but you do not observe' in typewriter-style type on a person's upper back.
Typewriter quote across a shoulder blade
Black script lettering reading Romans 8:28 on the inner wrist, shown beside a gemstone chip bracelet.
Romans 8:28 script on the wrist
Fine line black script reading in a world of my own, running into a daisy outline, on the inner forearm.
Script quote and daisy on a forearm
Black and grey serif lettering of a song lyric across the side of the torso above denim jeans, a lettering tattoo.
Song lyric lettering across the side
Upper back tattoo of the words CLEARLY I HAVE MADE SOME BAD DECISIONS in red and black block lettering with shaded letterforms.
Quote lettering across upper back
Black and white photo from behind of two ankles, each with a small handwritten script word in black ink, reading keep on the left and running on the right, in a lettering style on the ankles.
Keep and running script on both ankles
Fine line black script tattoo reading "Those that love us never really leave us" across a woman's upper back by the shoulder blade.
Script quote across the shoulder blade
Black capital lettering tattoo on a forearm, set in several lines of a quote about the universe, trees and stars, in a plain lettering style.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a tree built from lines of quoted text, covering the upper back.
Text tree of quotes across the back
Black and white photo of a woman's upper back showing a black script lettering tattoo reading If I Could Fly, placed between the shoulder blades below the neck.
If I Could Fly script on upper back
Forearm with a small hand-lettered Happy Camper tattoo in black on a pale blue circle, with a black and brown roasting stick crossing the words.
Happy Camper lettering on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with lilies, curling vine swirls and the words Live Laugh Love in cursive script, in black and grey.
Lily and swirl design with script
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass with flowers, a beaded chain and a ribbon reading TAKE ME HOME, on the outer thigh.
Compass and banner on a thigh
Black and grey photo of a typewriter-style lettering tattoo on a forearm reading Our brains are sick but that's okay.
Typewriter-style quote on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo on a person's side ribs reading she believed she could so she did, set in a typewriter-style font.
Typewriter quote along the ribs
Black and white photo of a hand with fine line script reading Let it be across one finger and a partial script word on the finger below, placed on the hand.
Let it be script on fingers
Thin black uppercase lettering design reading BITCH BETTER HAVE MY MONEY on a plain white background, shown as a lettering flash with no body placement.
Block lettering quote design