Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly, with small butterflies, on a woman's shoulder and upper back.
Script quote and butterflies on a shoulder
Black serif lettering reading I will be king and you will be queen across the inner forearm.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black ink lettering tattoo of a block of scripture text across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Scripture lettering across a back
Black fine line script reading let it be with three small birds in flight, tattooed on the side of the torso.
Let it be script with birds on the side
Back of a man's neck showing black bold lettering tattoo reading </head> and <body>, styled as HTML code tags, below a tan cap.
HTML head and body tags on the neck
Close-up of the phrase live a little in small black serif lettering on the side of a person's ribs, with a dark-nailed hand resting above it.
Live a little lettering on the side ribs
Black typewriter-style lettering reading I am the hero of this story on the inner wrist of a raised, clenched fist against a dark background.
Quote on the wrist: I am the hero of this story
Black ink tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, surrounded by curved lettering across a person's upper back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with quote on back
Black fine line script reading alis volat propriis between two shaded wings, tattooed on the upper arm.
Script phrase with wings on upper arm
Black ink tattoo of the words IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL stacked above a small anchor on the inner forearm, shown beside a notebook with the same design written on the page.
Anchor and lettering on a forearm
Black and white photo of a blackwork-style lettering tattoo reading NORMAL PEOPLE SCARE ME across the upper back below the neck.
Block lettering quote on upper back
Black lettering reading We're all stories in the end above a red bow tie tattoo on the side of the ribs.
Quote and red bow tie on ribs
Black fine script lettering reading a four-line quote across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script quote along the inner forearm
Close photograph of a black ink lettering tattoo on the back, a six-line quote set in a serif typeface with a wide, even layout.
Black lettering quote tattoo on skin
Black and grey realism leg sleeve on a thigh and calf, showing a lion head, daisies, a pocket watch, a skull and lettering.
Lion and flower leg sleeve with pocket watch
Black ink verse quote in a serif typeface, set inside an ornate scrolled frame on the outer thigh, with partial script visible above.
Verse quote in ornate scroll frame on thigh
Small black uppercase lettering reading SLEEP LESS. READ MORE. on a forearm, with the hand resting against a beige wall.
Sleep less, read more slogan on forearm
Black script lettering reading I mourn for those who never knew you across the upper back of a woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, in a lettering style on the back.
Script quote across upper back
Black lettering tattoo in a handwritten script running diagonally across the ribs of a person with wet skin, one arm folded across the chest.
Handwritten script tattoo along the ribs
Black handwritten lettering on an upper arm reads its is my life, with the attribution Jon Bovi beneath it.
Handwritten quote tattoo on upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a horseshoe with the words Born Lucky curved around it, on the upper arm of a person wearing a black camisole and red belt.
Horseshoe and Born Lucky on upper arm
Black fine line lettering reading LIKE A WAVE on the inner forearm of a person seated with ripped denim jeans.
Like a wave lettering on forearm
Black and grey tattoo design drawing of the words WILD SPIRIT in hand-drawn capitals above a shaded feather, with no body placement shown.
Wild Spirit lettering with a feather
Black and red lettering design reading Once upon a time in blackletter script, with a black feather dissolving into flying birds, drawn as a tattoo design on a pale background.
Once upon a time feather and birds design
Traditional style tattoo of a grey tombstone with green grass and red shading, reading GET BUSY LIVIN' OR GET BUSY DYIN', on a limb.
Tombstone with GET BUSY LIVIN' slogan
Black serif lettering of a quote runs diagonally across the inner forearm of a person holding their open hand up, in a lettering style on the forearm.
Typeset quote along a forearm
Black script lettering arranged in a cross shape on the side of a ribcage, with the reference John 3:16 written beneath it.
Scripture cross tattoo on the ribs
Black typewriter-style lettering tattoo on a forearm reading happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
Typewriter quote along the forearm
Red biohazard symbol with three arrows through it and the words Fight the Dead and Fear the Living in black lettering, tattooed on an arm.
Fight the dead, fear the living biohazard arm tattoo
Black and grey photograph of a script lettering tattoo reading 'is it so wrong that you make me strong?' along the inner forearm, with a hand and bracelet visible.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading "don't blink" on the inner forearm, just below the wrist crease, with the hand raised toward the camera.
"don't blink" lettering on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo on the side of a thigh reading I carry your heart with me, with the word heart written in a larger cursive script.
Quote tattoo on the side of the thigh
Close-up of a black script quote tattoo across the outer thigh, reading Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.
Script quote tattoo on a thigh
Small black tattoo of an ornamental crest above the words STAY STRONG in serif capitals on the inner wrist, with a raised hand and pink nails visible.
Stay strong crest tattoo on inner wrist
Two photographs of a black ink handwritten lettering tattoo of a quote across a person's upper back, placed between the shoulder blades.
Handwritten quote across upper back
Black and grey photo of two palms turned up, each wrist showing a fine line infinity symbol above a lettered scripture reference.
Matching infinity symbols with scripture references on
Black cursive lettering tattoo reading "Nothing last's forever" running along the forearm.
Nothing lasts forever script on a forearm
Black lettering reading "contribute to the chaos" above a small colour knife tattoo with a red handle and green blade on a forearm.
Contribute to the chaos lettering with knife on a forearm
Black fine line script reading brick by brick on the upper arm, with the arm raised and bent at the elbow.
Brick by brick script on upper arm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading let go let God across the back of a hand's finger, resting on a thigh.
Let go let God script on a finger
Two thighs show matching black lettering tattoos above the knees, each with a leafy vine and flower, reading OH NO LOVE and YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
Matching thigh tattoos with leaves and a flower
Black script tattoo reading And this too shall pass on the side of a torso, with two hands resting against the skin.
Script quote on the side of the torso
Black lettering tattoo reading 'if you don't live for something you'll die for nothing' across the chest, set in a plain serif style.
Quote lettering across the chest
Black lettering tattoo reading I am all made out of shipwrecks in a typewriter style on the inner upper arm, with a knitted sleeve pushed up above it.
Quote lettering on an upper arm
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading "so it goes." on the side of a person's torso, in dark ink on pale skin.
Small script quote "so it goes." on the side of the torso
Colour tattoo of a world map with soft watercolour-style fills, a paper plane and a dashed flight path, with the words Those who fly alone have the strongest wings beneath, on the side of the torso.
World map with paper plane and quote
Black handwritten-style lettering reading Talk less. Smile more. across the inner forearm.
Talk less, smile more lettering on forearm
Black design drawing of a row of spiral and angular symbols above the word UNFOUND in serif lettering on a white background.
Unfound lettering with spiral symbols