Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black lettering tattoo of many words arranged in a flowing shape across a person's upper arm, with the text running down toward the elbow.
Words arranged in a flowing shape on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo reading my food doesn't scream in a typewriter-style font, placed on the inner forearm.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Black lettering reading "I love you to the moon and back" with a small crescent moon below it, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
"I love you to the moon and back" on a wrist
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a ruined wooden cabin and a dark silhouetted figure, with the script line Celebrate the way the night hides scars above it.
Ruined cabin and script lyric on a forearm
Black and grey script tattoo reading The course of true love never did run smooth, across the side of the ribs.
Script quote across the ribs
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo reading The End in mixed script and serif lettering on the inner forearm.
The End lettering on an arm
Black and white photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading We're all stories in the end on a forearm, below a plaid shirt sleeve.
Handwritten quote script on a forearm
Small black block lettering reading BAD WOLF on the inner wrist, with a rolled-up denim sleeve.
Bad Wolf lettering on the inner wrist
Black ink lettering reading vegan; in a serif typeface on the inner wrist, beside a yellow knitted sleeve and patterned fabric.
Vegan semicolon wordmark on a wrist
Fine line black outline tattoo of a tumbler with a liquid line, above the words MALE TEARS in capitals, on the side of a thigh.
Glass of male tears on a thigh
Black lettering tattoo of two lines of text running diagonally along the side of the ribs, shown in a close photograph of bare skin.
Two-line quote tattooed along the ribs
Black handwritten lettering tattoo reading I am the master of my fate and I am the captain of my soul, on a area of skin with lettering style script.
Handwritten quote tattoo on skin
Fine line black script tattoo reading All was well across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
All was well script on upper back
Black blackletter lettering tattoo on the side ribs reading Rise and rise again until lambs become lions, with purple fabric pulled up above it.
Blackletter quote on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo of the words she believed she could so she did in a typewriter style, set in a vertical line on the side of the ribs.
Typewriter quote on the ribs
Black script lettering reading Whom then shall I fear on the inner wrist, with black painted nails visible at the bottom of the frame.
Script quote Whom then shall I fear on wrist
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm reading The sun will rise and we will try again, with a small black linear symbol beneath the text.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line 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
Black and grey script lettering reading Sometimes Quiet is Violent on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black script tattoo on the side of the ribs reading I'm the hero of the story, I don't need to be saved.
Script quote on the ribs
Black and grey semicolon tattoo with a swirled shaded dot and tail, above the words Our story isnt over yet, on an upper arm.
Semicolon with quote on upper arm
Black and red medical alert tattoo on the inner wrist reading Meniere's Disease and Vertigo, with a red snake-and-staff symbol and MEDIC ALERT lettering around it.
Medical alert wrist tattoo for Meniere's disease
Black fine line script reading Walk by faith with a small cross beside it, tattooed across the top of a foot.
Walk by faith script with cross on foot
Black and white photo of two open palms, with the words 'i love you.' tattooed on one wrist and 'i know' on the other in a serif font.
Wrist lettering with two palms turned up
Black block lettering reading I'LL BE BETTER THAN I WAS across a forearm, with dark shaded ink along the upper edge of the arm.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Come to me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest, running up the inside of a forearm.
Black script quote along a forearm
Black block lettering reading Face your fear, accept your war runs down a person's forearm, with military vest and camouflage trousers visible behind.
Face your fear quote on forearm
Close photo of a thin black script tattoo reading 'i am because you were' on a person's upper back below the shoulder blade, in a fine line lettering style.
Fine script phrase across a shoulder blade
Small black lettering reading let it be in a typewriter-style font on the upper back, with a gloved finger pointing at it.
Let it be lettering on upper back
Two tattoo photos: black script reading Roll Tide on a forearm, and a red letter A with an elephant and Crimson Tide banner on a calf.
Roll Tide script and Crimson Tide elephant
Black lettering tattoo on the outer thigh reading We're all mad here, with the words arranged in the shape of a spade.
We're all mad here lettering in a spade shape
Black cursive lettering tattoo reading soul meets body across the side of a thigh, with a pale waistband at the top edge of the frame.
Soul meets body script on upper thigh
Black and grey fine line lettering runs vertically down the centre of a person's back, seen from behind, with hair in a loose bun.
Vertical script down the spine
Fine line black script reading inhale the future exhale the past with a flock of small birds above it, on a person's shoulder and upper chest.
Script quote and birds on a shoulder
Black and grey realism portrait of a smiling woman between two flags, with blackletter lettering reading Only Judy Can Judge Me, on a thigh.
Portrait of a smiling woman with lettering on thigh
Close photograph of two lines of black blackletter-style lettering tattooed across a person's ribs, with a shop interior visible behind.
Two lines of blackletter text on ribs
Black lettering tattoo of a numbered passage in a serif typeface on the inner forearm of a person whose arm rests on a pink and grey leaf-patterned cloth.
Printed text quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey shaded world map tattoo on a person's upper chest, with the words it's all worth reaching for written above it.
World map and quote across the chest
Colour tattoo of a waving Union Jack with the words Made in England in blackletter script above it.
Made in England script above a Union Jack
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading DO NOT CUT ABOVE LINE with a scissors symbol on the upper leg, held by two hands.
Do not cut above line lettering on thigh
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Destroy what destroys you across two lines on the inner wrist, above a grey sleeve cuff.
Two-line quote on the inner wrist
Black fine line lettering tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates on the inner forearm, with a knitted sleeve visible above.
Latitude and longitude coordinates on a forearm
Close photo of a bold black Devanagari script tattoo running vertically along the inner forearm of a person in a grey sweater.
Devanagari script lettering on a forearm
Close-up of bold black brush-script lettering reading Work Bitch across a forearm, resting on a wooden surface.
Black script lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading "still I rise." in a typewriter-style serif on the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photo against a dark background.
Still I rise lettering on the wrist
Black and grey fine line anchor and script lettering tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun, photographed from behind.
Anchor and script quote on upper back
Back of a woman with blonde hair showing a black script tattoo reading live free with three birds in flight, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Live free script with birds on upper back
Black and grey photograph of the words "still I rise." in a typewriter-style font, curved across the inner forearm near the wrist.
"still I rise." lettering on the wrist