Text tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo on a forearm showing Finn and Jake from Adventure Time stretching their arms toward each other, with the script Homies help homies. Always.
Finn and Jake quote on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading a bachelorette party quote, with a small red lips motif, in a lettering style.
Bachelorette quote with red lips on a wrist
Fine line black script reading 'everything was beautiful and nothing hurt' running diagonally down the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script quote on the inner forearm
Black lettering tattoo of overlapping circles labelled with pronouns such as THEY, I, YOU, WE and ME, on the inside of a forearm, in a lettering and geometric style.
Venn diagram of pronouns on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of two matching fine line script tattoos reading take care on the inner forearms, with the two people holding hands.
Matching take care script on forearms
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading WORDS FAIL, with the line MUSIC SPEAKS inverted beneath it, in a plain sans-serif typeface.
Words fail, music speaks lettering on forearm
Black script lettering tattoo running along the inner forearm of a person with a bracelet on the wrist.
Script lettering on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a mountain outline above the words Psalm 121 on the inner wrist.
Mountain outline and Psalm 121 on a wrist
Black ink tattoo on a forearm showing a handwritten script quote above three open books with quill pens, in a line-drawn lettering style, placed on the inner forearm.
Quote and open books on a forearm
Two fine line script tattoos reading sunshine phrases, one along the ribs and one on the inner forearm, in black ink.
Matching sunshine script on ribs and forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading peanut allergy across the inner wrist, with the last word cut off at the right edge of the frame.
Peanut allergy lettering on a wrist
Small black block capital lettering reading BE BRAVE, set diagonally on the inner forearm in a lettering style.
Be Brave lettering on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo of the words Take a chance they don't come much bigger than this across the inner wrist, shown in a sepia photo.
Script quote tattoo on the wrist
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading "What don't kill you'll make you more strong", with a geometric four-pointed star at the wrist.
Quote and star on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading "I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul", in a plain serif style.
Two-line quote tattoo on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style serif font reading do I dare disturb the universe? across the forearm, in a lettering style.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Small wrist tattoo of three red and pink lip prints above four lines of black serif lettering, on a forearm against green grass.
Three lip prints and text on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Never don't give up across the inner forearm, photographed in a bright indoor setting.
Never don't give up script on a forearm
Black capital lettering reading MADE IN ENGLAND across a forearm, with another hand holding the arm and a wristwatch visible above.
Made in England lettering on a forearm
Black lettering reading EVERY BOOK IS A WORLD above an open book, in a lettering style, on the inner wrist.
Every book is a world with open book on wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Fear { display: none; } runs along the inside of a forearm, a fine lettering tattoo in black ink.
CSS quote lettering on a forearm
Black outline tattoo of a leaf wreath framing a typed quote on a forearm, set against a white bedsheet.
Leaf wreath quote on a forearm
Close-up of a raised hand showing silver-gold foil lettering reading GIVE GRACE in block capitals on the inner wrist, with matching cards on a white background.
Metallic GIVE GRACE lettering on a wrist
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading Never give up. across the inner forearm.
Never give up script on forearm
Close photo of black script lettering reading 'Never don't give up' tattooed along a forearm, with a bent arm and an indoor background.
Script quote lettering on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on the inner wrist reading Music is Life in script with an underline, above rewind, pause, fast forward and repeat icons.
Music is Life lettering with media player icons on a wrist
Close-up of a fine script lettering quote tattooed along a forearm in dark ink, with striped fabric and a dark garment in the background.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Still I rise across the inside of a forearm.
Still I rise script on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading i came. i swam. i conquered. in a condensed typeface across the inner wrist and forearm, with a raised fist and a lake behind.
Three-line quote tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink Truffula tree with a green stem above a black quote reading Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, on a forearm.
Truffula tree and quote on a forearm
Black and grey photo of a serif lettering tattoo reading "; not ended" across the inside of a forearm near the wrist.
Semicolon and "not ended" on a wrist
Two inner forearms with matching black fine line tattoos: an arrow above the words I'm the arrow, and a moustache above the words You're my bow.
Matching arrow and moustache forearm tattoos
Black lettering tattoo reading a quote in a handwritten script, running along the inner forearm.
Quote in script along a forearm
Two photographs of small black typewriter-style lettering tattoos on the inner forearm, reading heart over mind and courage over fear, with a dark knit sleeve pushed up.
Typewriter words on forearm: heart, mind, courage, fear
Colour traditional tattoo of a stack of books with lettered spines reading There's more to life than books, you know, but not much more, on a lower arm.
Stacked book spines with lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading These violent delights have violent ends runs along a forearm.
Handwritten quote script along a forearm
Two palms face up showing small black typewriter-style lettering on the inner wrists, reading like the wind and i am free.
Two wrist quotes in black lettering
Black lettering tattoo reading "we're all mad here." in a typewriter-style serif font, running across the inside of a forearm.
"We're all mad here" quote on forearm
Black and grey photograph of the words NORMAL PEOPLE SCARE ME in block lettering tattooed on the inner wrist, with leather and metal bracelets worn below it.
Normal people scare me quote on wrist
Black lettering reading HIC ET NUNC, set in a serif style, running diagonally across a man's forearm.
Hic et nunc lettering on a forearm
Fine line black script reading Saved by Grace with a small cross tattooed on the inside of a forearm.
Saved by Grace script and cross on forearm
Black and grey linework tattoo of a cigarette pack with the words Whatever Lights, sitting on the inner forearm.
Cigarette pack on a forearm
Black script lettering of a four-line quote tattooed across the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Script quote across the inner wrist
Two wrists gripping a wooden bar, each with a teal lettering tattoo on the inner forearm: Breathe in on the left and Breathe out upside down on the right.
Breathe in and breathe out wrist tattoos
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'you are enough' on the inside of a wrist, with a fist raised in the background.
Fine line script 'you are enough' on a wrist
Black and grey photo of a forearm with a lowercase typewriter-style quote tattooed along it, the fist clenched at the right of the frame.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Two arms crossed over each other, each with matching black lettering reading (it's alright), one on the upper arm and one on the forearm.
Matching (it's alright) lettering on two arms
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm of a cartoon woman with glasses and auburn hair holding a book, framed by a heart, with a red rose below.
Cartoon character with book and rose on forearm