Text tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black script tattoo reading "fairest of them all" across the upper arm, shown in close up against blurred skin.
Script quote "fairest of them all" on skin
Black fine line tattoo of an open mouth with teeth and a dripping outline on the upper arm, with the words What's love got to do with it inside.
Dripping open mouth with lyric quote
Close-up photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading life is beautiful on the side of a thigh, with white lace underwear visible above it.
Life is beautiful script on the thigh
Fine line black lettering tattoo of coordinates with degree symbols, placed across the upper back of a woman in a white lace bodysuit and jeans.
Coordinate line tattoo across upper back
Black and grey fine script tattoo reading lux in tenebris along the forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Lux in tenebris script on a forearm
Black line drawing of a hand-drawn sun with rays, with the words LIFE IS TOUGH BUT SO ARE YOU lettered inside the circle, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Line drawn sun with lettered quote
Black script tattoo reading The pain you feel today... is the strength you feel tomorrow, sitting along the lower back above a waistband.
Script quote tattoo on lower back
Fine line script tattoo reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, with a trail of footprints, across the upper back.
Quote script and footprints across upper back
Close-up of a fine line Arabic script lettering tattoo in black ink across the inner wrist, with the fingers and grey nail polish visible above.
Arabic script quote on inner wrist
Black handwritten lettering reading "you are art" across a person's inner forearm, near the wrist, in a fine line lettering style.
Handwritten "you are art" on the forearm
Black and grey fine line script reading fri som en fågel with a small swallow on a person's upper back, placed between the shoulder blades.
Script lettering and swallow on upper back
Black script lettering reading There is Beauty in Brokenness across the collarbone, in a fine line lettering style.
Script quote across the collarbone
Fine line black script tattoo reading what if you fly on the side of a torso, with pink lace lingerie along the bottom edge of the image.
Fine line script reading what if you fly
Close-up of a finger with the words Trick or Treat in pale script lettering beside a small skull tattoo, in a fine line style.
Trick or treat script and skull on a finger
Fine line black script reading most ardently on the side of the ribs, photographed on pale skin beside a green top.
Most ardently script on the ribs
Fine line black lettering of a quote arranged in a circle around an ankle, with two hands holding the foot against a wooden floor.
Circular quote tattoo around an ankle
Black fine line script tattoo reading Give me strength when I'm standing and faith when I fall, across the back below the shoulder blade.
Script quote tattoo on the back
Black ink lettering tattoo on a forearm reading THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS FREEDOM inside a thin square frame, against a mountain photograph backdrop.
Framed quote on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading all of time and space across the upper chest, with a dark strap crossing the skin.
All of time and space script on upper chest
Black fine line script tattoo reading dreamer on the side of a torso, partly covered by a grey knitted sleeve.
Dreamer script on the side ribs
Fine line black tattoo of three small stars on a shoulder and collarbone, with a second panel showing the same stars above printed book text.
Three small stars near the collarbone
Black fine line tattoo of a sun, crescent moon and dotted chains on the inner wrist, with the words Psalms and 148:3 beside them.
Sun and moon wrist tattoo with Psalms text
Black fine line script reading na mo amituofo runs along the side of the ribs, below a black bra band.
Fine line script lettering on the ribs
Dark script lettering tattooed in four lines along the side of a ribcage, set against bare skin.
Script quote along the ribs
Fine line black tattoo on a wrist showing an infinity symbol, three birds in flight and the word faith with heb 11:1 written beside it.
Infinity symbol with birds and faith script
Back of a person with a thin black script lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of the spine, shown on bare skin.
Vertical script line along the spine
Black ink typewriter-style lettering reading 'To live is the rarest thing' on the left side of a person's ribs, with a dark garment pulled up beside it.
Quote lettering on the ribs in black ink
Close-up of a fine line black tattoo of two lines of latitude and longitude coordinates on the side of the torso, above floral shorts.
Coordinates tattoo on the side of the torso
Colour tattoo of two blue birds on a branch with yellow, red and orange flowers and the words every little thing will be alright, in script on the inner forearm.
Blue birds, flowers and script quote on a forearm
Two inner wrists side by side, each with a black script quote tattoo: the left reads What God has joined together and the right reads Let no man separate.
Matching script quote tattoos on inner wrists
Fine line black tattoo of a giraffe formed from the words stand tall, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Giraffe made of script on the shoulder
Fine line script tattoo reading be happy, with a thin wavy line beneath it, on the upper arm.
Be happy script on upper arm
Black script lettering reading God is within her, she will not fall, tattooed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote on upper chest
Fine line black script tattoo reading One step at a time with infinity symbols, placed on the side of an ankle.
One step at a time script with infinity symbols on ankle
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading The rest is still unwritten... across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote reading The rest is still unwritten
Close-up of a woman's shoulders showing two black fine line script quote tattoos, one on each collarbone near the shoulder.
Two script quotes along the collarbones
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace running into the script words Just live, on the upper chest.
Heartbeat line with Just live script
Black fine line script tattoo reading "Take these broken wings and learn to fly" with a small bird silhouette on the forearm.
Quote and bird on a forearm
Two forearms in black and grey with fine line tattoos, including a shaded palm tree and the word WILDERNESS on the inner forearm.
Palm tree and fine line forearm tattoos
Fine line black script tattoo running vertically down the centre of a woman's back, along the spine.
Vertical script tattoo along the spine
Two-panel photo of a fine serif "live free" lettering tattoo in black ink on the side of a person's ribs, wearing a pale dress.
Live free lettering on the side ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading awake my soul with a swash underline, on the side of the ribcage, in a black and white photo.
Awake my soul script on the side ribs
Fine line script lettering in black ink on a forearm reads Spirit, lead me where my trust is without borders.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading "you and i always" on the upper chest near the collarbone, in a fine line lettering style.
Script phrase above the collarbone
Black fine line elvish-style script tattoo running diagonally across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Elvish-style script across upper back
Black fine-line script tattoo reading I carry your heart, I am never without it, across a woman's upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote across the collarbone
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the Latin phrase carpe diem in script across the inner wrist and forearm.
Carpe diem script on a wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading "this is love" with a small heart and a long underline sweep, across the side of a foot.
This is love script on a foot