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 ribbon banner with the words I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, surrounded by footprints, on skin.
Ribbon banner with footprints
Colour cartoon tattoo of a pink dog with brown ears and the words The things I do for love, in black lettering, on a lower leg.
Cartoon dog with lettering on a lower leg
Black block lettering reading TRUST NO ONE on the inner forearm, beside a woven bracelet and the back of a hand.
Trust no one lettering on a forearm
Black ink fine line tattoo of Winnie the Pooh holding a balloon beside a handwritten quote about being different, shown on skin.
Winnie the Pooh with balloon and quote
Small black lettering reading HE>i on the inner wrist of a raised hand, in a simple lettering style.
Small HE>i lettering on a wrist
Black line drawing of a frowning face made from two dots, a curved mouth line and two dots, with the words 'you decide.' beneath it, on a white background.
Frowning smiley face with 'you decide' text
Vertical Hebrew lettering tattoo in dark ink on the back of a person's neck, with the head turned away from the camera.
Vertical Hebrew script on the back of the neck
Fine line black script lettering reading tomorrow we will run faster, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the side ribs
Black lettering reading </head> and <body> in a plain sans-serif font on the back of a neck, with a khaki cap above.
HTML head and body tags on the neck
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a person's upper back reading hand wash warm water, mild soap, like dry, do not machine dry and do not iron, with four laundry symbols beneath.
Care label text and laundry symbols on upper back
Black arrow design with the words GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME set either side of the shaft in block capitals, with the reference 1 John 4:4 at the base.
Arrow with 'Greater is he that is in me' lettering
Black and grey photograph of a handwritten script quote tattooed on the inner wrist, reading sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
Mark Twain quote on the inner wrist
Fine black script tattoo on a forearm reading 'i spent my life folded between the pages of books', with an open book behind it.
Book quote script on a forearm
Lettering tattoo on the outer side of a foot, with a bunch of coloured balloons above the words Adventure is out there in black script.
Balloon bunch and quote on a foot
Black fine lettering reading "i am because you were" in a clean sans-serif font across the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Lowercase quote tattoo on upper back
Black and white photo of a black lettering tattoo on a person's upper back, a quote in typewriter-style text reading Even the moon, master of the sea, illuminator of the night, has her craters.
Moon quote lettering on upper back
Black fine line script reading Everyday for the rest of our lives, split across two wrists and forearms held together.
Matching script quote on two wrists
Colour cartoon tattoos of a striped tiger on the lower leg and a small cartoon boy with spiky hair on the ankle, with black strappy heels worn beside them.
Cartoon tiger and boy on ankles
Black serif lettering tattooed on the inner forearm reads: We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worst that has been done to us.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Blue and purple dandelion with drifting seeds and a black typewriter-style quote, tattooed on a forearm.
Dandelion seeds and quote on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a red rose, a compass with a blue star, a rope and a tag reading Home is.
Compass, rose and luggage tag on a forearm
Black script lettering reading a quote across the side of a person's ribs, with a red top at the top of the frame, in a lettering style.
Script quote tattoo on ribs
Four photos of fine black script lettering tattoos: a quote on the hip, two quotes on the forearms and one on the thigh.
Script quote tattoos on hip, forearms and thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a black raven with red ribbons and a banner reading CONSIDER THE RAVEN, on the upper arm.
Raven with Consider the Raven banner
Two matching black infinity symbol tattoos made of small lettering, one on each inner wrist.
Matching infinity wrist tattoos
Black script lettering on a white background reading "Put God first and you'll never be last." in flowing, brushed strokes.
Script lettering quote: Put God first
Black lettering in a typewriter-style font reads wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure, running across the top and side of a foot.
Quote tattoo across the top of a foot
Small black lettering tattoo reading you are art, running diagonally across the skin of an arm, in a Lettering style.
You are art lettering on an arm
Black and grey script lettering reading Money Over Everything across a forearm, with a white cat and a chair in the background.
Money over everything script on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering tattoo on the chest, reading Dad followed by a four-line quote about remembering and missing someone.
Dad quote in script lettering on chest
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading "it's a beautiful day to save lives" in a plain sans-serif font.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black compass rose with the script words Keep a weather eye on the horizon, tattooed on the side of a torso beside a striped bikini.
Compass rose with script on the side of the torso
Black lettering tattoo on the ribs reading 'And though she be but little, she is fierce', set in serif type with an italic word.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Black and white photo of a raised hand showing small lowercase "i am." lettering tattooed on the inner wrist, in a fine-line style.
Small "i am." lettering on the inner wrist
Black script lettering reading One day at a time, tattooed along the side of a person's ribs.
One day at a time script on the ribs
Black script lettering reading Death will get us Alive across the inner forearm, shown in a black and grey tattoo.
Script quote on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script reading Love me for who I am, tattooed along the top of a shoulder near the collarbone.
Script quote along the shoulder
Colour tattoo of a giraffe head rising from a pink sun in a cream-edged badge reading GIRAFFIC PARK, a parody of the Jurassic Park logo.
Giraffic Park logo tattoo
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading 'The sky is not the limit. Your imagination is.' in a typewriter-style font.
Typewriter quote on forearm
Black fine line sun on one foot and crescent moon on the other, each with script lettering running along the side of the foot.
Sun and moon with script on both feet
Small black serif lettering reading 'be here now.' on the inner forearm near the wrist, beside a grey knit sleeve.
Be here now lettering on the inner wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering reading "i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)" across a forearm against a dark background.
Typewriter-style quote on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo of a three-line quote about winning and refusing to lose, set across the side of a thigh in a serif typeface.
Quote tattoo on the side of a thigh
Black fine line script tattoo reading come as you are along the inner upper arm, with the arm raised.
Come as you are script on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo on a thigh with small planets, a sun, a star and the words VIVRE LIBRE in tiny capitals.
Tiny planets and words on the thigh
Black hand-lettered script reading 'Fuck the Systsem' tattooed across an upper arm.
Script slogan tattoo on an arm
Black script lettering reading I will make better mistakes tomorrow, in a fine line style, across the outer forearm of a person in a red plaid shirt.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey infinity symbol tattoo on the wrist, formed from fine lettering reading live the life you love and love the life you live.
Infinity quote tattoo on a wrist