Text tattoo ideas

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Fine line black tattoo of an outlined heart pierced by an arrow, with the words WILD HEART beneath, placed centrally on the chest between open denim jacket lapels.
Heart with arrow and Wild Heart text on chest
Black hand-lettered text reading WHATEVER YOU DO in three lines on the inner upper arm, against a pink background.
Whatever you do lettering on an upper arm
Fine line handwritten script reading things change in black ink on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Things change script lettering design
Black lettering tattoo reading everything is alright forever in a serif typeface across the ribs, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black handwritten lettering design reading filled it up with novocaine and now I'm just numb, set between two horizontal rules on a white background, in a lettering style with no body placement shown.
Handwritten lettering quote on white
Black script lettering reading The Feamale Boss across the inner forearm, against a dark sleeve.
Script lettering reading The Feamale Boss on forearm
Black script lettering reading Never a victim, forever a fighter across the lower back above the waistband of blue jeans.
Script quote across the lower back
Black and grey botanical wreath with the words MY BODY MY RULES tattooed on the outer thigh.
Floral wreath with lettering on thigh
Fine black lettering reading BE PRESENT, BE PATIENT and BE THE LIGHT across the inner forearm, beside a gold chain bracelet.
Three short phrases on an inner forearm
Fine line black script reading alis volat propriis across the inner forearm, with a cream knit sleeve and denim in the background.
Latin script phrase on a forearm
Black sans-serif lettering on a thigh reading 'We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken' across four lines.
Quote tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey lettering reading "i feel infinite" in a typewriter-style font across the inner wrist and forearm.
"i feel infinite" lettering on a wrist
Black and grey photograph of two wrists, each with a lettering tattoo: Life's too SHORT to worry on the left and Life's too LONG to wait on the right.
Matching quote tattoos on two wrists
Two black script tattoos on the wrists, reading 'Everyday for the' on the left wrist and '...rest of our lives' on the right.
Script wrist tattoos with 'Everyday for the...' phrase
Black typewriter-style lettering on an inner forearm reads Every song ends, but is that any reason not to enjoy the music, with a small red heart at the end.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading Est. 1986 on the outer upper arm.
Est. 1986 lettering on upper arm
Fine-line French script tattoo running along the upper arm of a person lying on a bed, with a blue-grey feather tattoo near the elbow.
French script and feather tattoos on an arm
Pen drawing of a fine line tattoo design with the script words Do you suppose she is a wildflower, surrounded by dandelion, poppy, daisy and cornflower sketches.
Wildflower script and flower sketch design
Black typewriter-style lettering reading All of time and space across the shoulder and upper arm, shown in a lettering style.
All of time and space lettering on a shoulder
Black and white photo pair showing the script words Endless love tattooed in fine black lettering on a forearm.
Endless love script on forearms
Small black lettering reading sick as frick with a short mark beneath it, on the side of a ribcage.
Small lettering tattoo on the ribs
Two wrists with gold and iridescent foil temporary lettering reading Brides bitches, with a sandy beach and sea behind the hands.
Gold foil wrist lettering on a beach
Close photo of a black script lettering tattoo quote running along a forearm, with two people embracing in the background.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a file icon with an X and the words TATTOO.JPG on the back of a man's neck.
File icon with TATTOO.JPG on neck
Shirtless torso of a man with colour traditional-style sleeve tattoos on both arms, including a woman's head with flowers on the upper arm and a pocket watch, and black lyric text on the ribs.
Colour sleeves and lyric text on ribs
Black fine line script reading I carry your heart across the upper back near the shoulder, shown on a woman in a dark off-shoulder top against a white background.
Fine line script quote across the upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner forearm showing a striped crescent grin above the script words We're All Mad Here.
We're All Mad Here grin and script on a wrist
Small black serif lettering reading No matter who you are, always be the good one, with a small red heart below it, on a forearm.
Quote and red heart on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading Sister to Sister, Heart to Heart, Bonded Together, Right from the Start, set diagonally on the side of the ribs.
Script quote lettering on the side of the ribs
Black script lettering reading For every dark night, There's a brighter day across the side of the ribs, shown in a close photograph.
Script quote tattoo on the side ribs
Black lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of a woman's back, shown from behind with her hair up.
Vertical lettering down the spine
Two arms pressed together showing fine line black lettering reading GIRL ALMIGHTY on a forearm and SHE'S NOT AFRAID on an upper arm.
Girl Almighty and She's Not Afraid lettering
Black lettering tattoo on the thigh in a serif typeface, reading but without the dark, we'd never see the stars.
Quote tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a tree above the script words i climbed the tree to see the world, on the inner forearm.
Tree and quote on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading Let it be, with a looping capital L, on the inner wrist in a black and white photo.
Let it be script on the wrist
Black and grey script tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds, with the words 'We accept the love we think we deserve', on the upper back near the shoulder.
Dandelion seeds and script quote on shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of the words Normal People Scare Me in block capitals across the upper back, just below the neck, on a person with hair tied up.
Normal people scare me quote on upper back
Two script lettering tattoos with small orange sun designs, one reading You are my sunshine on the upper back and one reading My only sunshine on the upper arm.
Matching sun and sunshine lyric tattoos
Black and grey botanical flower and fine script tattoo on the side ribs of a person lying on white bedding, wearing a white Calvin Klein top and grey waistband leggings.
Black floral tattoo and script on side ribs
Fine line black tattoo of angular letterforms and chevron shapes on the inner upper arm.
Angular letterforms on the upper arm
Black script lettering reading heaven has taken my hero runs across a woman's upper back and shoulder, with her hair in a bun.
Script quote across a shoulder
Black and grey fine line lettering on a person's upper back reads hand wash warm water, mild soap like dry, do not machine dry, do not iron, with four laundry care symbols below.
Laundry care label text on upper back
Close side view of skin with the words Still and Beautiful in thin dark script lettering, placed on the side of the torso.
Still and Beautiful script on the side
Black and grey photo of two forearms, each with a black blackletter-style lettering quote tattoo on the inner forearm.
Two matching lettering quotes on forearms
Close-up of a black handwritten script tattoo reading 'this is what a feminist looks like' across pale skin.
Handwritten script quote tattoo
Black line drawing of the words I AM A in thin capitals above warrior in a flowing script, with an outlined heart, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
I am a warrior lettering with heart
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading C'est la vie on the side of a person's torso, near the ribs.
Fine line C'est la vie script on the side
Single-colour tattoo on a thigh of the words HELL IS EMPTY AND ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE, framed by swirling scrollwork in lettering and fine line style.
Quote lettering with scrollwork on a thigh