Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo of a man pulling back a dark t-shirt to show thin fine line lettering reading KISS HERE on his upper chest.
Kiss Here lettering on upper chest
Black and grey script lettering tattoo on a person's torso, reading a short quote that begins with the word Dad.
Script quote tattoo across the torso
Black typewriter-style lettering reading The journey is the reward on the calf of a man shown from behind, with a blurred wooden jetty behind him.
Quote tattoo on a calf: The journey is the reward
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a quote set in typewriter-style type across the upper arm.
Typewriter-style quote on upper arm
Fine line black cursive script tattoo running diagonally across the upper chest below the collarbone, with a thin chain necklace visible beside it.
Cursive script quote across the upper chest
Black and white photo of a thin, handwritten quote in black lettering along a forearm, with shaded grey tattooing on the upper arm.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading Wanderlust with an arrow and small circles, running along the inside of a forearm.
Wanderlust script with arrow on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Still I rise across the inner forearm of a woman wearing a striped top and a pendant necklace.
Still I rise script on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading Band-aids don't fix bullet holes on the inner forearm, just above a brown leather watch strap.
Band-aids don't fix bullet holes script on wrist
Teal script lettering reading Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also, running diagonally across a person's back.
Script quotation across a back
Black lettering tattoo of a quote about courage on the outer thigh, framed by ornate scrolls and set in a mix of bold and italic serif type.
Quote tattoo with scrollwork on a thigh
Black script lettering reading psalm 46:5 across the inner wrist, drawn in a fine, flowing hand.
Psalm 46:5 script on a wrist
Close-up of a hand holding red and white twine, with a teal and black lettering and anchor design on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Lettering and anchor on the inner wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a nail cross on a forearm, with the word Galatians above it and 6:17 AMP beside it.
Nail cross with Galatians 6:17 lettering on forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading Dum spiro spero in dark blue-violet ink on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Latin script tattoo near the collarbone
Three matching black and brown lion cub tattoos with the words Remember who you are, shown on the calves and ankles of three people.
Matching lion cub tattoos on three legs
Fine line black script tattoo of a Latin quote running across the upper back.
Latin script quote across upper back
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the upper back beside the shoulder blade, showing a shaded feather dissolving into flying birds, with script text reading You've been given this life because you are
Feather and birds with script quote on back
Black fine line script tattoo reading "This too shall pass" along the top of the shoulder near the collarbone.
Script quote tattoo near the collarbone
Close photo of a black script tattoo reading "i adore you" with a small heart in place of the d, on the lower back.
Script "i adore you" on lower back
Black fine line script tattoo reading Memories of you and keep me grounded, with an anchor-style ampersand, on the inside of a hand.
Memories quote in script on a hand
Close-up of a blue crescent moon tattoo with two small stars and the lettering 'To the moon and back' on the upper back, in a lettering style.
To the moon and back with crescent moon
Black script lettering reading I want your legs behind your head across the upper chest, shown in a close photo cropped at the neck.
Script quote across the upper chest
Colour tattoo of a red and white striped hat above a black lettered quote arranged in a circle, on the upper back.
Striped hat and circular quote on upper back
Two photographs of black script lettering reading I'm fine on a forearm, with the lower panel showing the same words rotated 180 degrees.
'I'm fine' script lettering on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of the words THIS TOO SHALL PASS in capital sans-serif letters, with an arrow at each end, across the inner forearm.
Arrow and quote lettering on a forearm
Two vertical lines of black block lettering tattooed down the front of a person's lower legs, with the left reading YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER and the right reading BUT ILL NEVER FORGET.
Two-line quote down the shins
Black lettering tattoo reading DOBRZE on the back of a lower leg, shown from behind beneath a blue skirt and white sneakers.
Small word tattoo on the back of a calf
Black cursive script quote tattooed along the inner forearm, written across two lines in fine black ink.
Cursive quote on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading Life is only precious because it ends, running along the collarbone and shoulder.
Quote script along the collarbone
Black lettering reading Croi de Leon runs vertically down the upper back of a woman in a black top, with a small knot symbol beneath, in a lettering style.
Vertical lettering on upper back
Fine black script reading Trust your struggle on the inner upper arm of a woman wearing black lace underwear.
Script quote tattoo on an upper arm
Close photo of a small black fine line lettering tattoo reading "// you're alive //" on the upper arm.
"You're alive" lettering on an upper arm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading I am the architect of my own Destruction across a woman's upper back, with a small flourish beneath it.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black fine line script reading Free yourself on the back of a person's neck, with the same words on their forearm, in a warm-toned photo taken from behind.
Free yourself script on neck and forearm
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading "this too shall pass" in black ink across the upper chest near the collarbone.
"This too shall pass" script on the collarbone
Black lettering tattoo on the upper back reading I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok, with a small axe illustration between the lines.
Lumberjack quote tattoo on upper back
Black and grey shaded tattoo of two little fingers linked in a pinky promise, with the words PINKY PROMISE in outlined lettering with red accents, on a forearm.
Pinky promise hands on a forearm
Close photo of a small black lettering tattoo reading stot on the inner wrist and forearm of a raised hand with purple nail polish.
Small lowercase word on inner wrist
Black serif lettering on a forearm reads 'On a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam', lit by a bright patch of light against a dark background.
Quote reading 'On a mote of dust' on forearm
Two matching black script tattoos on a forearm reading I heart him and I heart her, each with a shaded heart, in black and grey ink.
I heart him and I heart her forearm script
Black typewriter-style lettering reading The world is quiet here runs across the inner upper arm.
Typewriter quote on upper arm
Close-up of the inner forearm with small black sans-serif capital lettering reading LOVE YOURSELF SO NO ONE HAS TO, with a small crescent moon tattoo visible on the hand.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black fine line crescent moon with a script quote beside it, tattooed on the outer thigh of a person in a brown knitted cardigan.
Crescent moon and quote on a thigh
Fine line black script tattoo reading Until the very end, with three small stars at the start and a small triangle at the end, on skin.
Until the very end script tattoo with stars
Black typewriter-style lettering reading rather, they were too frightened to be cowards, tattooed along the inside of a forearm in front of a bookshelf.
Typewriter-style quote on a forearm
Black ink script tattoo running down the spine of a woman seen from behind, with a shaded rose on her upper arm.
Vertical script down the spine with a rose
Black script tattoo on the side of a thigh reading for every dark night, with a single arrow and there is a brighter day beneath it.
Quote and arrow on a thigh