Text tattoo ideas

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Black hand-drawn lettering reading BAD WOLF, with the W and O linked together, tattooed on the upper back in a fine, loose lettering style.
Bad Wolf lettering on upper back
Black ink tattoo on the upper back reading books are proof humans can do magic, with a silhouetted broom rider, flying birds, a triangle with a circle and a trident symbol.
Quote with broom, birds and symbols on upper back
Black fine line script reading Angels never leave, They're always at your side, beside an outlined angel wing tattoo on skin, placed on the ribs.
Angel wing and script quote on the side
Black Hebrew lettering tattoo in a clean sans-serif style on the side of the ribs, with a black top lifted at the edge of the frame.
Hebrew lettering on the ribs
Black script reading Life ain't always beautiful but it's a beautiful ride, beside an ornate black cross tattoo on skin.
Cross and script quote on upper back
Black fine line handwritten script tattoo on a forearm reading The sun will rise and we will try again, set diagonally down the arm.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black outlined smiley face with X eyes and lettering above and beside it, with blue and red watercolour-style splashes, on a forearm.
Smiley face with lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script lettering reading Alltid i mitt hjerte across the ribs of a person wearing a black top.
Script lettering across the ribs
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'with every heartbeat' along the collarbone near the shoulder.
Fine line script quote on the collarbone
Small fine line script reading feelin' fine in black ink on the upper arm of a person in a navy top with a rolled sleeve.
Feelin' fine script on upper arm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading everything was beautiful and nothing hurt in a typewriter-style font, placed on the upper back.
Typewriter quote tattoo on the back
Black script lettering reading 'Write drunk; edit sober' inside a partial ink circle, with a smaller line of text below, on the side of a torso above a waistband.
Quote in a broken circle on the torso
Black fine line tattoo of a feather outline above the script "In the end, we'll all become stories" on a forearm.
Feather and quote on a forearm
Close view of a black script tattoo reading Remain you on the inner wrist of a hand with long nude nails.
Script wording on the inner wrist
Two matching script tattoos reading 'our bond is everlasting' on a pair of inner wrists, each ending in a small heart, one red and one dark.
Matching 'our bond is everlasting' script on two wrists
Black and grey photo of a bare back with the words Turn your wounds into wisdom tattooed vertically down the spine in serif lettering.
Vertical quote along the spine
Solid black cross tattoo on the inner forearm, with the text PSALMS 119:30 written in thin lettering alongside the upright.
Cross with Psalms 119:30 on a forearm
Black and grey wing tattoo across the ribs and an ornamental mandala-style tattoo on the back of the hand, with vertical lettering down the outer thigh.
Wing and mandala tattoos on a woman at the beach
Black handwritten script tattoo of a quotation running down the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Handwritten script quote on a forearm
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo on the inner forearm reading F:GHT ON in plain capitals, with the letter I replaced by a colon.
Small lettering reading F:GHT ON on a forearm
Small black Roman numeral lettering tattooed on the inner upper arm of a person in warm sunlight.
Roman numerals on an upper arm
Black cursive lettering design reading no weapons, no hope, no friends, take that all away and what is left? me., shown on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Handwritten quote in cursive script
Black lettering tattoo of the phrase "i am not afraid to walk this world alone" across the inner wrist and forearm, shown with the hand raised against a hedge.
Lettered quote tattoo on the inner wrist
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo on skin reading "Where words fail, music speaks." in a simple typeface.
Text tattoo reading Where words fail, music speaks
Fine line black script tattoo reading try three times along the forearm, shown beside a black and cream patterned dress.
Script reading try three times on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Beauty is found within in a blackletter style on the inner forearm.
Beauty is found within script on the forearm
Close-up of a small black Roman numeral tattoo reading I, XXIII, XCII in a lettering style on a forearm.
Small Roman numeral lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo of a serif quote in two lines across the side of a person's ribs, with a grey knit top lifted beside it.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading 'everything was beautiful and nothing hurt' across a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote across the shoulder blade
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'I will almost die for this beauty' running along a woman's thigh above the knee.
Script quote on the thigh
Black and white photograph of a fine line script tattoo running across the shoulder, with long hair falling over the upper back.
Fine line script tattoo on a shoulder
Black ink lettering tattoo on the inner forearm imitating a leather label, reading a stylised logo with the words 100% LEATHER and MADE IN PORTUGAL.
Leather label tattoo on a forearm
Fine line script reading learn to fly with a teal arrow running across the inner arm, shown in a close photograph.
Learn to fly script with teal arrow
Two photos of a wrist showing a black lettering slogan about a bachelorette party with a red lips motif, one from each side of the arm.
Bachelorette party slogan on a wrist
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading Imperfection is beauty across a forearm.
Imperfection is beauty script on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading I'm a mess, I confess across the top of a shoulder.
Handwritten quote on the shoulder
Black lettering tattoo reading I'm the hero of this story, I don't need to be saved, across the upper back of a person lying face down on a bed.
Two-line quote tattoo across upper back
Fine line black ink geometric lettering reading AUDIO VIDEO DISCO in three rows on the upper arm.
Audio Video Disco lettering on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo reading I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions, with a stitch line running down through the words, on skin at the side of the body.
Stitched quote along the side of the body
Black and grey blackletter lettering reading God's Son on the back of a person's neck, below short brown hair.
God's Son lettering on the back of the neck
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a tree above the handwritten words I climbed the tree to see the world, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Tree and handwritten quote on the inner wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading "You'll never walk alone" running along a shoulder, in a lettering style.
Lyric lettering along the shoulder
Black script lettering tattoo of a quote running across the ribs and side of a person's back, photographed from behind.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading So it goes on the inner forearm, with a pale striped cushion and blue floral print in the background.
Script phrase on a forearm
Two photographs of small outline plaster tattoos, one reading YOU CAN DO IT on the back of a hand and one reading FEEL BETTER on the inner wrist, with flat plaster designs above.
Plaster tattoos with encouraging words
Black script lettering on a forearm reading God is within her, she will not fall, Psalms 46:5.
Psalms 46:5 script on forearm
Black and grey photograph of the inner forearm with the lettering tattoo It's history. It's poetry. set in a typewriter-style font.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Find your freedom in the music across the top of a foot, in a fine line lettering style.
Script quote reading Find your freedom in the music