Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink hand-lettered design of a phrase on tan kraft paper, with no skin or body placement shown.
Hand-lettered phrase on kraft paper
Black and white flash design of two eyes with diamond-cut irises, dripping tears and the words Cover Your Crystal Eyes, with no body placement shown.
Crystal eyes with tears and lettering
Close photograph of the phrase Lights will guide you home in black cursive script across the inside of a forearm.
Script quote reading Lights will guide you home
Small black fine line tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates on the upper arm of a person in a swimsuit.
Coordinates tattoo on the upper arm
Black fine-lettering text tattoo across the lower back of a woman in a beaded top and jeans, shown from behind.
Small text tattoo on lower back
Black script lettering reading Love Fearlessly on the neck behind the ear, photographed from behind a person with hair in a bun.
Love Fearlessly script behind the ear
Small typewriter-style lettering reading MADE IN BRASIL in dark red ink on the inside of a person's ankle.
Made in Brasil text on ankle
Dark script lettering reading "Not all those who wander are lost" on the outer thigh, with a denim shirt pulled up beside it.
Script quote tattoo on the thigh
Black script lettering tattoo of a quotation running diagonally along a forearm, with a larger flowing opening line and smaller text below.
Script quote along a forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading Real or Not Real? on the inner wrist, shown in lettering style.
Real or Not Real script on a wrist
Fine line black script reading we're all mad here running along the inner forearm of a pale arm against a light background.
We're all mad here script on a forearm
Black script lettering reading I will make better mistakes tomorrow across the inner forearm and wrist, shown against grey tarmac.
Script quote on a wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering of a reader quote tattooed along the inside of a forearm, set in a stacked block of text.
Reader quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey script tattoo across the lower back of a person wearing black leggings with white XO logos.
Script tattoo on lower back
Black and grey photo of a script lettering tattoo reading We're simply meant to be on the inner wrist and forearm.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Black and grey knuckle tattoos spelling STAY REAL in plain block lettering across two clenched fists, with tattooed forearms visible at the sides.
STAY REAL knuckle lettering
Close-up of a wrist with a lettering design reading I'm With Courtney's 21st Birthday Party, If I'm Lost, Please Buy Me A Drink, beside a small red martini glass, in a typewriter-style font.
21st birthday quote and cocktail glass on wrist
Black serif lettering of a two-line poetic quote tattooed across the upper back, shown in a lettering style.
Two-line quote across upper back
Black and grey script tattoos on a foot, one reading Together forever, never apart and the other reading Maybe in distance, but never in heart, each with a small shaded heart.
Script quotes with hearts on a foot
Two matching small black text tattoos of latitude and longitude coordinates sit on the hips of two people wearing bikini bottoms.
Matching coordinate tattoos on the hips
Small black Roman numeral tattoo reading XII XVIII XCVI on the ribs of a woman wearing a black top and floral skirt, in Lettering style.
Roman numerals on the ribs
Close view of two clasped hands with the word ALWAYS tattooed in black capitals along one finger on each hand, in a lettering style.
ALWAYS lettering on two fingers
Colour realism tattoo of bacon strips inside a black and grey ornate frame with a banner reading I have no regrets, on an upper arm.
Realistic bacon strips with banner on upper arm
Black flash design of two swallows in flight above the words we only part to meet again, set in black lettering on white.
Two swallows above a quote
Back view of a calf with a lettering tattoo of a black arrow, a warning-style sign and red capitals reading PLEASE GO AROUND, with pink running shoes.
Please go around calf tattoo
Two photographs of black ink lettering: "I'm fine" on the thigh above the knee, and "save me" on the ankle, both in a brush-style script.
"I'm fine" and "save me" lettering on leg
Black handwritten lettering reading Keep Moving Forward, with a small heart above the o in Moving, on the inner wrist.
Keep Moving Forward lettering on wrist
Close view of black lettering tattooed along the side of a person's waist reading 'In the sun I feel as one', with a small black tattoo on the forearm at the top right.
Lyric line tattoo along the side of the waist
Dark red script lettering in a short phrase runs diagonally across the side of a hip, with a pale raised line visible beneath it.
Script lettering across a hip
Two photos of black script lettering on a forearm reading you see all my light, and below it you accept all my dark, placed on the inner forearm.
Script quote tattoos on the forearm
Black script lettering reading To live does not mean your alive, tattooed across the back in a lettering style.
Script quote tattoo on the back
Close-up of a black script quote tattoo reading the wolf that wins is the wolf you feed, running across the ribs on a person's side.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Fine line black heartbeat design on the inner wrist forming a cross and an outlined heart, with the words Faith, Hope and Love beneath it.
Heartbeat line and heart on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading MADE IN CANADA in capitals along the side of an ankle, with a hand wearing bangles resting nearby.
Made in Canada lettering on an ankle
Black and white photo of a woman's upper back with a black script lettering tattoo of a lyric quote across the shoulder blades.
Script lyric quote across upper back
Black lettering tattoo in Devanagari script, the word shanti repeated in three stacked lines on the back of a neck.
Three lines of Sanskrit script on the neck
Rose gold glitter lettering reading I DO Crew across the inside of a wrist, in a mix of block capitals and script.
I DO Crew lettering on a wrist
Close view of a black script lettering tattoo reading though every dark night there is a brighter day, placed along the side ribs and partly below a white lace top.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Black line drawing of an upright cross with the words 'my GOD'S NOT DEAD' set in a thin, hand-lettered typeface on the crossbar, shown as a flash design.
Cross design with 'my God's not dead' text
Small black airplane and the words i've got the world to go in typewriter-style lettering on the upper arm of a woman in a navy vest top.
Airplane and quote on upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo reading God is still working on me on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line drawing on white paper of the words PIZZA NEVER DISAPPOINTS arched around a pizza slice, drawn in black ink with a fine liner pen beside it.
Pizza never disappoints slice design
Fine black script reading everything was beautiful and nothing hurt, tattooed across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote on a shoulder blade
Close-up of a thigh with a blue Spanish script quote and a shaded blue bow tattoo, partly cropped at the left edge.
Spanish script quote and blue bow on the thigh
Fine black lettering of latitude and longitude coordinates runs vertically down the centre of a woman's bare back, shown from behind.
Coordinates tattooed down the spine
Black ink pen drawing of a long cursive lettering line with swash tails on cream paper, a flash design for a lettering tattoo.
Cursive lettering line design on paper
Black script lettering reading Never a victim. Forever a fighter. across a person's lower back, above the waistband of blue jeans.
Quote lettering across lower back
Close-up of a small black serif tattoo reading 'here,' on a forearm, with a rolled green sleeve above it.
Small serif word 'here,' on a forearm