Text tattoo ideas

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

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Cream line drawing of an eye on a dark background, with the words Don't Look Back set into the outline of the eye in a lettering design.
Eye with Don't Look Back lettering
Small black fine line tattoo of a cat peeking round a thin vertical line, beside the words I am myself. That is not enough. on the upper chest.
Cat peeking beside a quote on the chest
Black hand-lettered script design reading The Struggle is part of the Story on a cream background, drawn as a lettering design for a tattoo.
Script lettering: The Struggle is part of the Story
Black fine line lettering reading BABE IS BUSY on the outer upper arm of a woman in a grey t-shirt seated in a salon chair.
Small black lettering on an upper arm
Two wrists with matching fine line black tattoos: a lettered 'to' and infinity symbol with paw prints on one, and 'and beyond' with small flying birds on the other, placed on the inner wrist.
Infinity paw print and birds on matching wrists
Black blackletter lettering reading CAN'T TOUCH THIS across the lower stomach, shown above black trousers and below a tropical print crop top against a green background.
Can't Touch This lettering across the stomach
Black and grey photo of the phrase 'this too shall pass' in fine line script tattooed on an ankle.
Script quote 'this too shall pass' on an ankle
Black block lettering reading MY BODY MY ART on a person's lower abdomen, above the waistband of blue denim jeans.
My Body My Art lettering on the lower abdomen
Blackletter tattoo reading Blog Life across the upper back of a person with wet hair standing in a swimming pool, in black ink.
Blog Life lettering across upper back
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a Bible verse above a rosary with a cross, on a forearm, shown in a two-panel photo.
Scripture and rosary on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a typewriter with a quote reading May I never be complete, on the upper arm, with letters spilling from the keys.
Typewriter with spilling letters and quote
Small black script lettering reading Pink Floyd on the inside of a wrist, shown in a lettering style on a light, hazy background.
Pink Floyd lettering on a wrist
Close-up of a fine black handwritten script tattoo reading twenty six two, running up the side of an ankle.
Twenty six two script on an ankle
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading until the very end with small asterisks, on the inside of an ankle above a black boot.
Until the very end lettering on an ankle
Close photograph of a black ink word tattoo reading Thnks in simple hand-drawn lettering on the inner wrist.
Thnks lettering on an inner wrist
Black script lettering reading I, a red outlined heart and Jesus on a pink background, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body placement.
I heart Jesus script lettering design
Black script lettering tattoo of a four-line rhyming verse across the upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Four-line script verse on upper back
Fine black serif lettering reading a short quote, with a small red heart below it, on the forearm of a woman in a grey top.
Serif quote and small heart on a forearm
Black script tattoo of 1 Corinthians 13:13 across the side of a torso, in a fine handwritten lettering style.
1 Corinthians 13:13 verse in script
Black lettering tattoo of a quote in a typewriter font across the lower back, reading she slept with wolves without fear, for the wolves knew a lion was among them.
Quote tattoo in typewriter font on lower back
Black flash design of a treble clef merged with a fountain pen nib, with the words THIS IS MY STORY THIS IS MY SONG set in lettering beside it.
Treble clef and pen nib with lyric text
Black script reading Sisters by chance, Friends by choice, with three small swallow silhouettes, on the side of the ribs in fine line lettering.
Script quote with swallows on the ribs
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading this too shall pass on the upper arm of a person with long auburn hair, seen from behind.
Script quote tattoo on upper arm
Black handwritten script tattoo reading living is easy with eyes closed, running across the ribs, with a pink and white striped top lifted above it.
Handwritten quote along the ribs
Close photo of a black serif lettering tattoo reading 'You are an expression of the universe' in centred lines on the upper arm, with a dark t-shirt sleeve rolled above it.
Text quote tattoo on upper arm
Black fine line script tattoo reading One day at a time, placed across the upper chest along the collarbone.
One day at a time script on the collarbone
Black lettering tattoo of the words GOD IS WITHIN HER, SHE WILL NOT FALL in a stacked, brush-style script across the skin of an arm.
Lettered quote tattoo on an arm
Black handwritten script reading 'i am not afraid to walk this world alone' across the inner forearm, in a fine lettering style.
Handwritten quote on the inner forearm
Small fine line black lettering reading mind over matter, with a horizontal line between the words, on a person's lower abdomen above the waistband.
Mind over matter fine line lettering
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading "what's inside her never dies" on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a grey knit top beside it.
Script quote along the collarbone
Black flowing script lettering reading Let your Life Speak on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Let your Life Speak script lettering
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Only God Can Judge Me in blackletter-style script with swirling flourishes along a forearm.
Only God Can Judge Me lettering on an arm
Black and grey photograph of a man with the word forgive in serif lettering on his upper arm, holding a black mug in his other hand.
Forgive lettering on an upper arm
Fine-line black tattoo on an upper arm of concentric rings with the word HAPPY at the centre and the phrase WHAT TO FOCUS ON above.
Concentric rings with text on upper arm
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with rope, a banner reading EST. and the date 1970 above, on a forearm.
Anchor with rope and 1970 est. banner on a forearm
Black fine line script quote in cursive lettering across the upper chest below the collarbone, on a shoulder in a dim room.
Script quote across the upper chest
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading to the sea on the inner upper arm.
Script phrase on the upper arm
Black typewriter-style lettering on the inner forearm reads 'We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.' with a gold chain bracelet at the wrist.
Typewriter quote tattoo on a forearm
Traditional flash design of a one pint bottle holding two sailing ships, with a banner reading A Sailor's Grave over a skull and crossbones, flanked by red stars and green leaves.
Bottle with ships and a sailor's grave banner
Close-up of a black serif script tattoo reading We're All Mad Here, running diagonally along the inner upper arm of a woman in a maroon top.
We're All Mad Here quote on upper arm
Small black fine line lettering reading ©Disney on the side of an ankle, photographed in warm indoor light.
Small Disney copyright text on ankle
Black lettering tattoo reading we are who we are for a lot of reasons, in a simple sans serif font on the ribs.
Quote lettering along the ribs
Fine line black and grey tattoo on the inner forearm showing a hatched circle with the quote how rare and beautiful it is to even exist.
Hatched circle with quote on a forearm
Black script and gold block lettering reading It's My Bachelorette Party, If I'm Lost, Buy Me A Drink, on the inner wrist of a hand held up against a plain background.
Bachelorette party slogan on a wrist
Close side view of a dark script tattoo reading We all have a story to tell, in Lettering style, along the ribs below a pink bikini strap.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Three arms with matching black script tattoos near the wrist reading Sisters 1 of 3, Sisters 2 of 3 and Sisters 3 of 3, each with a small red heart.
Three sisters matching wrist script tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of torn skin peeling back to reveal printed text pages across the upper arm and elbow.
Torn skin revealing text pages on arm
Black and white photo of a lettering tattoo on the upper chest reading a Walt Disney quote with his signature below it.
Walt Disney quote tattoo on the upper chest