Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photograph of a woman's bare back with a fine line script tattoo running down the length of the spine, from the neck to the lower back.
Fine line script tattoo along the spine
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with angular symbols above a horizontal rule and the italic words God is greater than the highs and lows, on a white background.
God is greater than the highs and lows lettering
Black script lettering tattooed along a forearm, with the hand resting on a striped pillow.
Script quote along a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a paint swatch card reading TATTONE and 5K1 N on the upper arm, beneath a grey sleeve.
Paint swatch card tattoo on upper arm
Two cartoon monster tattoos on a chest, one red and one olive green, each labelled RAWR, placed on either side of the upper chest.
Two cartoon monsters with RAWR text on chest
Traditional style tattoo of a winking woman in a patterned headscarf with a banner reading NEVER AGAIN, on an upper arm.
Winking pin-up with Never Again banner on upper arm
Black script lettering tattoo reading without struggle there is no progress, placed on the side of the ribs.
Quote lettering on the ribs
Black blackletter-style lettering reading SHIT HAPPENS, tattooed on the inner upper arm in black ink.
Shit Happens lettering on an upper arm
Black and grey outline tattoo of Simba's head with the words Hakuna Matata on the top of a foot, shown in ordinary light and under ultraviolet light.
Simba and Hakuna Matata on a foot
Black and grey photo of two forearms with a Roman numeral lettering tattoo on the right forearm and a thin vertical line of script on the left.
Roman numerals and script on two forearms
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, reading WORDS FAIL above MUSIC SPEAKS, with the second line upside down.
Words fail, music speaks lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading Don't forget to love yourself, placed across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote across upper chest
Close photo of a black script tattoo reading Take me as I am or watch me as I go across two lines, placed on the side of the ribs.
Script quote across the ribs
Small red FUN lettering tattoo in simple script on a person's lower abdomen, above the waistband of black underwear with a bow.
Small red FUN lettering on the hip
Black and grey photograph of a raised hand with the words THIS SKIN + BONES IS A RENTAL in bold block lettering on the inner wrist.
Block lettering quote on an inner wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX inside a dashed outline square with grey shading, on a forearm.
Think outside the box lettering on a forearm
Two wrists pressed together showing black script lettering, reading After all this time? on the left wrist and Always on the right, both placed on the wrist.
Wrist lettering: 'After all this time?' and 'Always'
Grey shaded elephant tattoo with blue watercolour-style splashes and the words I love you even still, even now, on the forearm.
Elephant with blue splash and quote
Black lettering across the finger joints of two clenched fists, reading Do or do not, there is no try, a lettering tattoo on the hands.
Finger lettering reading Do or do not, there is no try
Black and grey photo of a fine script tattoo reading 'I loved you at your darkest' with 'Romans 5:8' beneath it, on the upper thigh.
Script quote tattoo on the thigh
Fine line black script tattoo on the lower back reading I want to live not just survive, with a hand resting above it.
Script quote reading I want to live not just survive
Black lettering tattoo of a serif quote across the inside of a forearm, lying on grass in warm sunlight.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Hand-drawn tattoo design of two lungs and a trachea with stippled dotwork and watercolour-style washes, with the words Need you like water in my lungs above and below.
Lungs with lettering design
Watercolour-style tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a red flower, black brush strokes and a line of printed lyrics on a grey shaded background.
Red flower and lyrics on the ribs
Colour traditional-style tattoo on the inner forearm showing a red gloved hand with a yellow star above two banners reading Don't mess with my funky flow.
Gloved hand and banner on a forearm
Blue and black heart with a star and swirling lines beside a script quote on a forearm, in a Lettering style tattoo.
Heart and quote on a forearm
Close-up of simple black lettering reading Mt 19:6 tattooed along a finger, with a silver ring on the finger beside it.
Mt 19:6 lettering on a finger
Black and grey lettering design reading Play the Hand You're Dealt, with a pencilled spade and playing cards above and flourishes around the script, drawn as a flash design with no body placement
Play the Hand You're Dealt lettering design
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading fearfully and wonderfully made with a small cross, across the side of the ribs.
Script quote with cross on the ribs
Close crop of a person in a pale pink cut-out dress with black script lettering tattooed on the upper arm and across the upper chest.
Script tattoos on upper arm and chest
Black and white photo of a person lying on a bed in underwear, showing a black lettering tattoo of lines of text along the side of the ribs.
Lettering tattoo on the side of a torso
Black typewriter-style lettering reading she believed she could so she did, set in five lines along the side of the ribs.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading 'if you don't live for something you'll die for nothing' across the chest, with a plaid shirt held open around it.
Quote tattoo across the chest
Gold foil temporary tattoo of three lip prints above the words CHEERS, BITCHES in block capitals on the inner wrist.
Gold foil lips and lettering on wrist
Dark blue-black lettering tattoo reading twilight, with stylised crossing lines, on the ankle of a bare foot.
Twilight lettering on an ankle
Black ink tattoo across the upper back with the words books are proof humans can do magic, flying birds, a triangle with a circle and line, and a trident.
Quote, birds and symbols across upper back
Small black lettering reading 'Don't fool yourself' across the upper back of a woman with short hair in a grey tank top, on a city street.
Don't fool yourself lettering on the upper back
Black and grey serif lettering across a forearm in two lines of text, with lace and skull-print fabric behind the arm.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black and white photo of fine line script showing two lines of coordinates tattooed across the top of a bare foot.
Coordinates script on a foot
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a curled ribbon banner reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, with footprints across the design, on skin.
Ribbon banner with footprints and quote
Black lettering tattoo reading 'The ones we love never truly leave us' in a handwritten script across the side ribs, above a pair of jeans and a teal lace waistband.
Quote tattoo along the side ribs
Back view of a woman in a sheer white blouse with white bow ties at the neck, showing a grey Chinese character lettering tattoo on her upper back.
Chinese characters tattoo on upper back under sheer blouse
Black serif roman numerals XLIX tattooed along the side of a finger, in a lettering style on the hand.
XLIX roman numerals on a finger
Small black lettering reading FLY on the upper arm of a person wearing a white embroidered-sleeve top, in a lettering style.
Fly lettering on an upper arm
Colour and black script tattoo reading Time will tell it always does with a blue TARDIS and pink smoke on the inner upper arm, in Lettering style.
Time will tell lettering with a TARDIS on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box flanked by red roses, with a quotation around it, on a leg.
TARDIS and roses on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a wolf head on a dagger wrapped in banners reading FOR THOSE I LOVE I WILL SACRIFICE, on an arm.
Wolf head on a dagger with banner lettering
Fine line black script tattoo reading Not all those who wander are lost, across the outer thigh of a person in a denim shirt.
Script quote on a thigh