Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey fine line lettering on the inner forearm reading she has fire in her soul and grace in her heart, set in two lines.
Two-line quote on inner forearm
Two hands with dark nails rest over forearms covered in small black fine line doodle tattoos of dice, moons, arrows and the word ghoul.
Small doodle tattoos across both forearms
Black script tattoo reading I love you to the moon and back with a black crescent moon below it, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Quote and crescent moon on the inner wrist
Black ink tattoo on a forearm showing a handwritten quote, if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate, beside a simple stick figure holding a briefcase.
Quote and stick figure on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a McDonald's receipt on the outer forearm, with the golden arches logo at the top and itemised lines below.
McDonald's receipt tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black script reading if you're a bird, I'm a bird, with three bird silhouettes, tattooed on the wrist.
Script quote with three birds on a wrist
Black lettering reading Anam Cara in a flowing script across the inner wrist, with the hand visible below.
Anam Cara lettering on the wrist
Fine line black lettering tattoo forming a heart outline on the inner forearm, with the words set along the curve of the heart.
Heart outline of lettering on a forearm
Black lettering reading Valar Morghulis with a circle symbol on a forearm, in a lettering style, with a gold surface behind.
Valar Morghulis lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo of three flying bird silhouettes above the words Let it be in script, on the inside of a wrist.
Three birds and Let it be on a wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo of poem lines in a typewriter-style font running across the inner forearm.
Poem lines tattooed across the forearm
Close photo of the word WHATEVER in thin black capital letters, spaced out in a fine line lettering style along a forearm.
WHATEVER lettering on the forearm
Black blackwork infinity symbol tattoo on a forearm, with the words ALL OF THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE written through the loop in handwritten capitals.
Infinity symbol with lettering on forearm
Small black serif tattoo of the number 9 with a superscript 3/4 on the inner wrist, in black ink.
Number 9 and 3/4 on the inner wrist
Two matching forearm tattoos with black bird silhouettes, blue, teal and pink watercolour splashes, and the words Choose to keep going and this too shall pass beside a semicolon.
Matching semicolon and bird tattoos with watercolour
Close-up of a black fine lettering tattoo reading XI·V·MMXII in Roman numerals on the inner wrist, partly covered by a gold watch strap and bangles.
Roman numeral lettering on the inner wrist
Gold metallic temporary tattoo reading Best Day Ever in script lettering on the inner wrist and forearm.
Gold "Best Day Ever" lettering on a wrist
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a forearm showing a figure seen from behind, framed by banners with lyrics reading Cast your stones and You don't make me who I am.
Figure and lyric banners on a forearm
Black fine-line lettering reading "not all those who wander are lost" runs along the inner forearm.
Quote lettering along a forearm
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo reading F;GHT ON on the forearm, with the I replaced by a semicolon.
Fight on lettering on a forearm
Two thin black script tattoos on a person's forearms: a short line of non-Latin script on the left arm and a cursive English quote on the right.
Two forearm script tattoos
Small black lettering tattoo of four lines of abbreviated text on the inner forearm, beside a gold coin resting on the skin.
Four lines of small text on a forearm
Fine line black script lettering reading 'We travel not to escape life but for life not to escape us' tattooed along a forearm.
Script quote along a forearm
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering reading wanderlust, tattooed on the inner wrist of a hand with dark nail polish, in a black and white photo.
Wanderlust lettering on a wrist
Fine line black lettering running diagonally up the inner forearm, set in a thin sans serif typeface and rotated so the text reads vertically.
Rotated sans serif lettering on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small bird beside the script words this too shall pass, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Bird and script quote on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm, with song lyrics set in a looping, ribbon-like shape across the inner wrist and arm.
Lyric loop tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line wishbone tattoo with two lines of coordinate text on the inner forearm of a person in a grey knit jumper holding a mug.
Wishbone and coordinates on the inner forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading Enjoy the little things in script and capitals across the inner wrist.
Enjoy the little things lettering on a wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR, with a thin arrow running vertically through the words, on the forearm.
Quote lettering with an arrow on a forearm
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading wanderlust across the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a blurred teal background.
Wanderlust lettering on a wrist
Fine black angular lettering tattoo on the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top, shown in a close side view.
Small angular lettering on a forearm
Black blackletter script reading We the People tattooed along the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top, with a checked shirt and bookshelves in the background.
We the People lettering on a forearm
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading life imitates art along the forearm of a bare arm.
Script quote on a forearm
Black ink lettering tattoo of a coffee spoon outline reading I have measured out my life with coffee spoons, in a typewriter-style font, on the forearm.
Coffee spoon quote on forearm
Black serif lettering reading in, teg, ri and ty separated by dots, tattooed along a forearm, with a gloved hand visible at the bottom of the frame.
Integrity lettering on a forearm
Small black fine line lettering reading F;GHT ON, with a semicolon in place of the I, on the inner forearm.
Fight on lettering on a forearm
Two matching fine line lettering tattoos, reading GIRL ALMIGHTY on one forearm and SHE'S NOT AFRAID on the other upper arm.
Matching text tattoos on two forearms
Watercolour-style barn owl tattoo with black brush lettering reading 'It's only forever not long at all' on the forearm, surrounded by pink, purple and blue splashes.
Barn owl with lettering on an arm
Two black ink script tattoos on a forearm, one reading I'm fine and the other reading save me, shown in two stacked photographs.
'I'm fine' and 'save me' script on forearm
Black serif lettering reading 'So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past' across a forearm, with a beach and sea behind.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Don't let the past make you're decisions, four today across a forearm, a lettering style tattoo.
Script quote on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading so it goes across the forearm, with a white pillow and blue flowers in the soft background.
So it goes script on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading The pain you feel today is the strength you'll have Tomorrow, with flourishes, on the forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Black outline tattoo of the words Don't dream it, be it in serif capitals with swirling flourishes, on the inside of a forearm near the wrist.
Don't dream it, be it quote on the forearm
Two forearms with fine line script lettering in black ink, one reading Together forever, never apart and the other maybe in distance but never in heart, with a small red heart.
Matching quote tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo of unrolled scrolls covered in text, shown across three views of an upper arm and forearm.
Scroll and scripture full sleeve tattoo
Fine line black tattoos on a man's forearms showing a stack of book spines, quotation marks, lettering and small flying silhouettes.
Book stack, quotes and birds on forearms