Text tattoo ideas

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Black lettering tattoo of three Chinese characters in a vertical line down the upper back of a person with blonde hair pulled over one shoulder.
Three Chinese characters down the upper back
Black ink handwritten lettering with a small cross, reading 'My soul will rest in your embrace for I am yours you are mine', across the upper back of a person wearing a blue top.
Handwritten quote with cross on upper back
Fine line script tattoo reading She flies with her own wings, running diagonally across a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote across upper back
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a running hare with dotted geometric lines and the words MAKE YOUR LUCK, on a person's upper back.
Running hare with geometric lines on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a mountain range with the script words 'the mountains are calling' on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Mountain outline and script on upper back
Black and white photo of a woman's bare back with arms raised, showing a fine line cursive script lettering tattoo on her left shoulder blade.
Cursive script quote across a back
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading With pain comes strength across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Script quote across upper back
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with typewriter-style lettering tattooed across her upper back and sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Typewriter text tattoo across upper back
Black line tattoo of a simple doodled creature with dot eyes and a striped base, above a row of pine trees and the words i am not a gun, on a back shoulder.
Doodle creature and pines on upper back
Black ink tattoo of the words Not all those who wander are lost in a serif font, flanked by two small bird silhouettes, on the upper back below the neck.
Quote and two birds on upper back
Two matching black script tattoos reading Together forever, never apart, maybe in distance, but not in heart, across the upper back and shoulder.
Matching script quote on two upper backs
Black stencil-style lettering reading USMC above SMEPER FI across the upper back, shown in a close photograph of bare skin.
USMC and Semper Fi lettering on upper back
Black and white photo of a black serif lettering tattoo reading cheers to the miles it took to get here, placed on a person's upper back.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black block lettering reading WAL MART with a star in the middle, tattooed across a man's lower back above his jeans and brown belt.
WAL★MART lettering across lower back
Close-up of a black typewriter-style lettering tattoo reading smart, kind, important across the upper back.
Smart, kind, important lettering on upper back
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading I was a drizzle and she was a hurricane, running diagonally across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Dark script quotation tattoo across a woman's upper back, shown from behind with her shoulder and a blue top visible.
Script quotation across upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a hatched mountain range above the script words there was nowhere to go but everywhere, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Mountain range and script quote on upper back
Fine line black lettering tattoo of coordinates with degree symbols, placed across the upper back of a woman in a white lace bodysuit and jeans.
Coordinate line tattoo across upper back
Black script lettering reading 'What if I fall? But my darling, What if you fly?' on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote on upper back
Black script tattoo reading The pain you feel today... is the strength you feel tomorrow, sitting along the lower back above a waistband.
Script quote tattoo on lower back
Fine line script tattoo reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, with a trail of footprints, across the upper back.
Quote script and footprints across upper back
Black and grey fine serif lettering reading tempus neminem manet across the upper back near the shoulder blade, with a hand resting on the shoulder.
Latin lettering across upper back
Upper back tattoo of block lettering reading Clearly I have made some bad decisions, with red and black shading on the letters.
Block lettering quote across a back
Black and grey fine line script reading fri som en fågel with a small swallow on a person's upper back, placed between the shoulder blades.
Script lettering and swallow on upper back
Black script lettering of a short rhyming poem across a person's upper back, with a pink wall and posters behind.
Rhyming poem script across upper back
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a large raven in flight with smaller birds, German text and a vertical brushstroke ladder motif.
Raven in flight across a back piece
Black script lettering reading a four-line rhyming poem across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Four-line poem in script across the back
Close photo of the words 'This is not for you.' tattooed in black typewriter-style lettering across the upper back.
Typewriter-style quote on upper back
Black ink tattoo of a shaded feather with birds lifting away and a handwritten quote in script, across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Feather and quote on a shoulder blade
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind in a hot tub, with a small lettering tattoo of a two-line quote across her upper back.
Small quote tattoo on upper back
Black fine line script tattoo reading Give me strength when I'm standing and faith when I fall, across the back below the shoulder blade.
Script quote tattoo on the back
Two people show black script tattoos on their lower backs, one reading Everyday for the and the other reading rest of our lives.
Matching script text on two lower backs
Black script lettering reading Dreams are our escape from reality on the upper back near the shoulder blade, seen over a white vest top.
Script quote across upper back
Small red lettering tattoo of a short phonetically spelled word on the lower back, above dark camouflage leggings.
Small red word tattoo on the lower back
Back of a person with a thin black script lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of the spine, shown on bare skin.
Vertical script line along the spine
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with script text on a woman's upper back, shown with gold chain body jewellery.
Sunflower and script tattoo on upper back
Black typewriter-style lettering across the upper back reads nothing of me is original, with the person's face out of frame.
Typewriter quote tattoo across upper back
Black ink tattoo of a Deathly Hallows symbol with lettering arranged around it, across the middle of a person's back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with quotation on back
Close-up of a black and grey lettering tattoo on the back, reading you are every reason every hope and every dream ive ever had in a typewriter-style font.
Typewriter quote tattoo on the back
Black script lettering tattoos on two people's lower backs, reading 'There is no better friend than a sister' and '...and, there is no better sister than you'.
Matching sister quote tattoos on lower backs
Fine line black script tattoo running vertically down the centre of a woman's back, along the spine.
Vertical script tattoo along the spine
Black script lettering reading Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path, with Psalm 119:105 below, tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Psalm 119:105 lettering on upper back
Black ink handwritten-style quotation tattooed across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade, with her hand resting on her shoulder.
Handwritten quote tattoo across a upper back
Black fine line elvish-style script tattoo running diagonally across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Elvish-style script across upper back
Black lettering tattooed vertically down a bare upper back reads "those who matter don't mind", in a typewriter-style font, with a pool behind.
Vertical quote tattooed down the upper back
Two people show black script lettering tattoos across their upper backs, one quote placed above the other, in a lettering style.
Two script quote tattoos across upper backs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a world map with a quote beneath it, across a person's upper back.
World map and quote across upper back