Text tattoo ideas

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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
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a grey sword with yellow poppies and green leaves, with a quote set in red lettering down the blade.
Sword and poppies with a 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 and grey realism style tattoo of a vintage typewriter with a sheet reading 'lost for words' on a forearm.
Typewriter with 'lost for words' on a forearm
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 ink tattoo of a cross drawn as a heartbeat line that flows into a heart outline, with the words Faith, Hope, Love beneath, on the side of the ribs.
Heartbeat cross and heart with Faith Hope Love
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
Colour tattoo of a smiling cartoon blue and green dinosaur with a pink heart and the word RAWR above it, on skin.
Cartoon dinosaur with heart and RAWR
Traditional style colour tattoo of a moka pot with a red flower and a red scroll reading DEATH BEFORE DECAF, on a lower leg.
Moka pot and 'Death before decaf' scroll
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
Colour tattoo of a bright sparkler with stars and the words just a spark in black script on the inner forearm, in the neo-traditional style.
Sparkler with stars and script on an arm
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
Black line drawing of a curling swirl, two arcing strokes and two diagonal lines above a handwritten phrase reading I am in control of my emotions, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Swirl and arcs with an affirmation line
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
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
Sketch-style tattoo on an upper back showing a seated figure beside ruined stone columns, with the words It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
Seated figure and ruined columns with a quote on back
Close-up of a colour tattoo of two pink and lilac conversation heart sweets outlined in black, with the words STILL, INTO and YOU, on pale skin.
Conversation hearts reading STILL INTO YOU
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