Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo of a seated man holding a glass beside a line of text, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Seated man and quote on upper back
Small fine line tattoo of a colourful house lifted by a bunch of balloons, with the words Adventure is out there above it, on the upper back.
Balloon house with 'Adventure is out there' quote
Fine line black script tattoo on a forearm reading got a dream, got a spark, got somewhere to be.
Small lettering quote on a forearm
Black block lettering reading must be this tall to ride, with a red left-pointing arrow between the lines, a lettering tattoo on the side of the ribs.
Must be this tall to ride sign on ribs
Fine line black script tattoo running down the spine of a woman seated at a bar, photographed from behind.
Script quote running down the spine
Black and white photo of a forearm with the words THIS MEANS NOTHING in simple hand-drawn block lettering across the inner arm.
Forearm lettering reading This means nothing
Side of a torso showing a lettering tattoo of the words Art Is The Weapon, Imagination Is The Ammunition in black type over colourful watercolour splashes on the ribs.
Watercolour splash and quote on the side ribs
Black ink lettering reading LOVE WHAT YOU DO in stacked, overlapping serif capitals on the inner wrist of a hand held up against a plain white background.
Stacked serif phrase on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading today you are you, that is truer than true, in a typewriter-style font.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading find what you love and let it kill you, tattooed across the inner forearm.
Typewriter quote tattoo on a forearm
Two matching black script quote tattoos on the inner wrists, reading 'I am not afraid to keep on living' and 'I am not afraid to walk this world alone'.
Matching quote tattoos on inner wrists
Black lettering design reading Take me anywhere in script and capitals, with two arrows below, drawn on a plain white background as a flash design.
Take me anywhere lettering with two arrows
Black block lettering reading WHITE down the left calf and TRASH down the right calf of a person in plaid shorts, seen from behind in a shop aisle.
Stacked lettering on both calves
Black and grey photo of the words What if... in serif lettering tattooed on a forearm, with piano keys in the background.
What if... lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Why Serious? with So beneath it and a small caret mark, tattooed across the centre of a person's upper back in a lettering style.
Why Serious? lettering across a back
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' along the collarbone near the shoulder.
Script quote 'this too shall pass' on collarbone
Close photo of a black serif lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading 'It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.'
Quote tattoo on the inner wrist
Close-up photo of a black outline tattoo of a heart containing the words NOT YOU in block capitals, on a patch of skin.
Outlined heart with NOT YOU lettering
Black and grey realistic bee tattoo with shaded wings and the words 'You're the bee's knees but so am I' above and below it, on a calf.
Bee with pun lettering on a calf
Black typewriter-style lettering reading On the road again across the top of a foot, close to the ankle.
Typewriter lettering on the foot
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
Cartoon cracker character with legs and the words I'M GONNA CRUMB repeated above it, a tattoo on the side of the torso.
Cartoon cracker with I'm gonna crumb lettering
Colour tattoo of a pink flamingo standing on one leg, with the words 'Only one foot in the shit' arched above and below it, on a calf.
Pink flamingo with slogan on a calf
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
Photograph of a back tattoo showing a red spine down the centre with black drips, coloured paint-like splatter and printed text across the skin, placed on the back.
Red spine and printed pages across a back
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
Fine line black tattoo of three arrows with feather fletching and partial script lettering on the forearm.
Three arrows and script on an arm
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 ink tattoo of a McDonald's receipt on the inner forearm, with the logo at the top and itemised text running down the arm.
McDonald's receipt replica on a forearm
Black and white photo pair showing the script words Endless love tattooed in fine black lettering on a forearm.
Endless love script on forearms
Pencil-style tattoo design drawing of a crescent moon above a feathered arrow, with the words 'You have set on me but you are not the sun' beneath it.
Crescent moon and feathered arrow with quote
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