Text tattoo ideas

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Black blackletter text tattoo across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade, with a hand adjusting the strap of her grey tank top.
Blackletter quote across upper back
Black ink tattoo of an anchor woven through an infinity symbol, with the script words 'I refuse to sink' beneath it, on a person's back.
Anchor and infinity with 'I refuse to sink' script
Black and grey serif lettering tattoo on a person's upper back reading I am the architect of my own Destruction, with a small flourish beneath.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black and grey photograph of a typewriter-style lettering tattoo reading I was a drizzle and she was a hurricane, running diagonally across the upper back near the shoulder.
Typewriter quote across the upper back
Black script lettering reading Goonies never say die across the lower back, with soft grey shading.
Goonies never say die script on lower back
Close-up of a black fine line script tattoo reading Never look back across the upper back below the neck, with a black cut-out top and pink bra visible.
Never look back script on upper back
Black lettering tattoo of a four-line quote across the upper back, set in a serif typeface on a shoulder blade.
Quote tattoo across a shoulder blade
Black script tattoo reading 'May your song always be sung' across the side of a bare back, against a dark red warm-toned room.
Script quote on a bare back
Fine line black script lettering reading The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow, tattooed across the lower back above a grey waistband.
Quote tattoo across the lower back
Black script lettering reading learn to love yourself and never hide the scars, with a small butterfly outline, tattooed across the upper back.
Script quote and butterfly tattoo on the back
Black script tattoo reading Today is a gift on the upper back of a person with short dark hair, in a Lettering style.
Script quote tattoo on upper back
Black linework tattoo on the upper back reading "Do you suppose she's a wildflower" in lettering framed by swirling vines, leaves and two coloured flowers, in a lettering and botanical style.
Wildflower quote with vines on back
Black handwritten lettering tattoo across a person's upper back reading I'll be stuck fixated on one star when the world is crashing down.
Handwritten lyric lettering on upper back
Black script tattoo reading part of the words no regrets across the upper back of a woman in a white lace bra and denim shorts, partly cropped.
Script quote tattoo on a back
Bold black lettering reading iRun with small red 26.2 above it, tattooed on a person's upper back below a purple top strap.
iRun lettering on upper back
Back view of a woman in a white lace bodysuit showing a small fine line tattoo of symbols and numerals in black ink across the mid-back.
Small line of symbols and numerals on mid-back
Two people's upper backs show black script tattoos, one reading "These words you should always remember..." and the other "...To you, my heart I surrender." with a small arrow beneath.
Matching quote tattoos on two upper backs
Fine line black tattoo of small birds in flight and a scripture verse in script on a woman's upper back, with the sea behind her.
Birds and script on a upper back
Black typewriter-style lettering reading imagine on the upper back, near the left shoulder blade, of a person with auburn hair seen from behind.
The word imagine on the upper back
Black and grey photo of dense handwritten lettering being drawn across a bare back, with a hand holding a pen and a dark tattoo visible on the forearm.
Handwritten lettering across a bare back
Fine line tattoo of Belle and the Beast in profile beside a rose with a green stem, with the script words Tale as old as time, on the upper back.
Belle and Beast silhouette with rose and script
Fine line cursive script reading C'est la vie across the upper back, just below the nape of the neck, on a person with dark hair tied up.
C'est la vie script across the upper back
Fine line script tattoo reading "not all who wander are lost" on the upper back, just below the neck, above a blue top.
Script quote across the upper back
Black and grey photograph of a small fine line script tattoo reading but the fighter still remains, placed on the middle of a person's lower back.
Fine line script quote on the lower back
Black and white photo of two people's bare shoulder blades, each with a matching fine script quote tattoo in the lettering style, placed on the upper back.
Matching quote tattoos on two backs
Two people sit side by side showing black fine line script tattoos on their upper backs, one reading Together forever, never apart and the other reading maybe in distance, but never in heart.
Matching script quotes on two upper backs
Black fine line lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of a person's upper back, from the nape of the neck.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Dark-outlined tree tattoo with green leaves and red and green lettering reading Money, the root of all evil, on a person's upper back.
Tree with money lettering on upper back
Small black typewriter-style lettering on a person's upper back reads 'And indeed there will be time', shown from behind in a black bra.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black ink tattoo of five vertical columns of Thai-style script across the upper back.
Five columns of script on upper back
Black and white photo of fine-line script reading 'with every heartbeat' across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
With every heartbeat script on upper back
Collage of four fine line script tattoos in black ink, on a forearm, a wrist, an arm and the upper back.
Four script tattoos on arms and back
Black ink tattoo of the words so it goes in a typewriter-style font with a long arrow beneath, on the upper back, in a black and white photo.
"so it goes" lettering with arrow
Two black and white photos of script lettering tattoos, one reading Alone we are strong and the other Together we are stronger, each with a small bird, on the upper back.
Alone and together quote tattoos with birds
Black ink tattoo of a circular geometric emblem above the stacked words THE SUIT AND I ARE ONE, placed at the nape and upper back.
Circle emblem and quote on the upper back
Small black lettering reading LOVE NOTHING in plain capitals across the upper back near the shoulder blade, shown in a close photo of skin.
Love Nothing lettering on upper back
Black and grey photograph of a fine line script tattoo reading there is no one alive who is youer than you, with a small flower line drawing, on the upper back.
Script quote with small flower on upper back
Black handwritten lettering tattoo reading Thuder Only Happens When Its Raisin across the lower back, above the waistband of blue denim jeans.
Handwritten quote on lower back
Black and white photo of a lettering tattoo reading 'You see, but you do not observe' in typewriter-style type on a person's upper back.
Typewriter quote across a shoulder blade
Upper back tattoo of the words CLEARLY I HAVE MADE SOME BAD DECISIONS in red and black block lettering with shaded letterforms.
Quote lettering across upper back
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a tree built from lines of quoted text, covering the upper back.
Text tree of quotes across the back
Black and white photo of a woman's upper back showing a black script lettering tattoo reading If I Could Fly, placed between the shoulder blades below the neck.
If I Could Fly script on upper back
Black and grey vertical lettering in small blocky characters runs down the spine of a bare back, from the nape towards the lower back.
Vertical script line down the spine
Black script lettering tattoo running vertically down the spine on a person's back, seen from behind on a sunny beach.
Vertical script quote down the spine
Black lettering tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates in a typewriter-style font, placed across the upper back beside the spine, in a lettering style.
Latitude and longitude coordinates on upper back
Back of a woman with dark hair showing a thin fine line script tattoo reading Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. between the shoulder blades.
Script quote across the upper back
Black lettering tattoo reading 'we're all stories in the end, just make it a good one' with a dotted line and bow tie motif, placed across the upper back.
Quote with bow tie across the upper back
Black lettering tattoo in a vertical line down the back of a person's neck and upper back, in a fine script style.
Vertical script tattoo down the back of the neck