Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black typewriter-style lettering reading one foot in the grave on a man's calf, with a prosthetic leg visible while he stands on an escalator.
"One foot in the grave" text tattoo on a calf
Black script lettering reading Philippians 4:13 on the inner wrist of a hand with red painted nails, against a carpeted floor.
Philippians 4:13 script on wrist
Black and grey sketch-style anatomical heart with the words 'Pain demands to be felt' tattooed on the inner forearm.
Sketched anatomical heart with quote on forearm
Realism tattoo on a lower leg showing a shaded grey portrait of a man in large glasses, crossed Chap Stick tubes beneath him and the words HECK YES above.
Portrait with crossed lip balm tubes on a leg
Black lettering tattoo on the inner upper arm, with a three-line typewriter-style quote above the words Still I'll rise in script.
Two-line quote and script tattoo on upper arm
Two side-by-side photos from behind show black serif lettering on the back of the neck, reading you see all my light on the left and and you love my dark on the right.
Matching neck quotes in serif lettering
Fine black outline of a colour swatch with the word TATTONE and the code 5K1 N, tattooed on the back of a wrist, styled like a paint chip.
Colour swatch tattoo on the wrist
Two people standing side by side showing matching black script lettering on their ribs reading there is no better friend than a sister and and there is no better sister than you.
Matching sister quote tattoos on the ribs
Blue script lettering reading "She would certainly be a fearsome thing to behold" on a bare upper arm, beside a leopard print fabric.
Blue script quote on upper arm
Close-up of a dark serif lettering tattoo on a wrist reading 'It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live', in Lettering style on the forearm.
Serif quotation tattoo on a wrist
Traditional style colour tattoo of a gold badge reading Together in Paris, with green petals around its edge, on the upper back near the neck.
Together in Paris badge on upper back
Black script lettering tattoo reading The fear of suffering is far worse than the suffering itself, running down the upper arm towards the elbow.
Quote tattoo along the upper arm
Black ink tattoo on a calf of a banner scroll reading I WANT ALL OF THE CATS TO LOVE ME THE BEST, with cartoon cats, in traditional style with pink-red shading.
Cartoon cats on a banner across a calf
Two hands with small black serif lettering reading Mr. on one ring finger and Mrs. on the other, shown in a fine line style on the fingers.
Mr and Mrs lettering on two ring fingers
Black lettering tattoo of a four-line quote in a clean sans serif font, running diagonally across the side of the torso above the ribs.
Quote lettering along the side ribs
Black fine line calligraphic script tattoo running diagonally along the side of a person's ribs, against pale skin and a coral top.
Script tattoo running along the ribs
Black lettering reading I refuse to sink wraps around a black anchor with a pink heart, tattooed on the inner forearm.
I refuse to sink anchor on the wrist
Fine line pale script tattoo across the back of a hand, reading I must not tell lies, with black stiletto nails resting on a wooden table.
Fine line script quote on the back of a hand
Black lettering tattoo reading she believed she could so she did, set over a woman's thigh in a typewriter-style font, placed on the thigh.
Quote tattoo on a thigh
Colour tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, reading dad's angel in blue lettering with an orange halo and a small red sparkle.
Dad's angel script with halo on a wrist
Black and grey script tattoo reading When I am afraid, I will trust in you, with Psalm 56:3 beneath, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Psalm 56:3 script quote on forearm
Black outline of a heart with the words Bill Murray inside in a plain sans-serif font, tattooed on the back of a hairy leg below the knee.
Heart outline with Bill Murray lettering on a leg
Black fine line tattoo of a to do list with the heading To Do and rows of checkboxes and lines on a forearm.
To do list tattoo on a forearm
Two photographs of black hand-lettered script tattoos, one on the back of a thigh above the knee and one on a lower leg near the ankle, both shown upside down to the viewer.
Black script lettering on two legs
Close-up of a black serif Roman numeral tattoo in a single line on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Roman numerals on upper back
Two matching forearm tattoos: a shaded grey game controller on the left and a colour stack of books on the right, each with the words I have lived a thousand lives.
Matching controller and books forearm tattoos
Black ink drawing of a hand-lettered quote reading I'M ON A ROLLERCOASTER THAT ONLY GOES UP, MY FRIEND, with a simple balloon on a string, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Balloon and rollercoaster quote lettering
Close photograph of the words nothing is permanent in fine black script lettering across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Nothing is permanent script on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a heartbeat trace with the script words guard your, and proverbs 4:23 in a typewriter style below, on skin.
Heartbeat line with script and Proverbs 4:23
Black lettering tattoo of song lyrics with small music notes running down a lower leg, in a lettering style and placed on the calf.
Song lyrics tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a large Victorian mansion with a tower and cross, on the inside of a forearm, above a banner reading The Devil.
Victorian mansion with tower on a forearm
Black script lettering on the upper back reads God shook his head the day he built her, oh but I bet he smiled.
Script quote across the upper back
Two people hold hands, showing matching black and grey crown tattoos with script lettering reading One Life and One Love on the inner wrists.
Matching crown tattoos with 'One Life' and 'One Love' on
Black and grey script lettering reading Everything has beauty on the ribs, with a faded second line of lettering beneath it.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of a coffee mug with curling steam, reading Death Before Decaf, on an arm.
Coffee mug reading Death Before Decaf
Black script lettering on skin reading Roses are red, My name's Dave, This poem makes no sense, Microwave, placed on the upper back.
Rhyming poem lettering on upper back
Black ink tattoo of an aeroplane over two boarding passes on the inner wrist, with the word Heathrow visible on one pass.
Airplane and boarding pass on a wrist
Black script lettering reading I loved you at your darkest, with a blue awareness ribbon, tattooed on the top of a foot.
Script quote and blue ribbon on a foot
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading be still running diagonally along the inner forearm.
Be still script on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading most ardently across the inside of an ankle and foot.
Most ardently script on an ankle
Black lettering tattoo running vertically down the forearm of a person in a plaid blanket, with the small text set in a serif typeface.
Lettering quote on a forearm
Close photo of a lower leg with a fine blue-black script tattoo reading 'It's called Vitiligo', with pale vitiligo patches on the skin.
Script quote 'It's called Vitiligo' on a shin
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'We accept the love we think we deserve' across the ribs on a pale skin background.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Fine black lettering in the Devanagari script on the inner forearm, framed by a row of small dots on each side.
Devanagari script on the forearm
Black script lettering tattoo on a forearm reading happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the lights.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a blue swallow with a banner reading O JOY, flowers and leaves, on a area of skin.
Blue swallow with O JOY banner
Black and grey lettering with a brown and grey knife illustration on the upper thigh, reading I see a tattoo on my right thigh that I will probably regret one day.
Knife and quote tattoo on the thigh
Black vertical lettering tattoo running down the centre of a person's upper back from the nape, photographed from behind.
Vertical script tattoo down the upper back