Text tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line script lettering reading 'the Lord's' runs along a forearm against a soft-focus green background.
Script lettering on a forearm
Close photo of a small black block-lettered word tattooed on the inner wrist of a forearm, with a printed page below.
Small block lettering on the inner wrist
Black fine serif lettering reading still I rise across the inner wrist, shown in a dark, softly lit black and grey photograph.
still I rise lettering on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo of three lines of uppercase text on a forearm, set against a dark background.
Lyric quote on a forearm
Small black handwritten script reading "you are art" on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Handwritten
Black serif lettering reading Fa;th, with the semicolon replacing the i, tattooed on a wrist.
Fa;th lettering on a wrist
Black lettering in a typewriter-style font reads we are not our failures across the forearm, in a lettering style tattoo.
Quote on forearm in typewriter font
Watercolour-style jigsaw puzzle pieces in red, yellow and teal with the words Define and Normal in black script on a forearm.
Jigsaw pieces with Define Normal lettering
Black fine line cursive script quotation running diagonally across the inner forearm.
Cursive quotation on forearm
Black script lettering reading i am not afraid to walk this world alone, tattooed across the inner wrist and forearm of a hand held up against greenery.
Quote tattoo along the inner wrist
Black ink tattoo of two paw prints, an infinity loop and a small outlined heart, with a line of Czech text, on the inner forearm.
Paw prints, infinity and heart on the wrist
Fine line tattoo of a colour swatch card labelled TATTONE 5K1 N on the inner wrist, in black ink on pale skin.
Colour swatch card on the wrist
Black lettering in a typewriter-style font reads have courage and be kind, running diagonally across a forearm in a lettering tattoo.
Have courage and be kind across a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading FIGHT OFF YOUR DEMONS in a typewriter-style serif across a forearm.
Fight off your demons lettering on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Normal People Scare Me on the inside of a wrist, set in blocky capitals with dots between some letters.
Normal People Scare Me lettering on wrist
Forearm tattoo of a peace sign made from coloured wildflowers linked by green stems, with black script above and below reading You belong among the wildflowers.
Peace sign of wildflowers with script on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading type 1 diabetic on the inner forearm near the wrist, in a Lettering style.
Type 1 diabetic lettering on a wrist
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo reading "it is well" in a typewriter style font on the inner forearm, with a woman in a striped top standing in a grassy field.
Small "it is well" lettering on a forearm
Black and white photo of a forearm with black script reading Take these broken wings and learn to fly, with a small bird silhouette beside the text.
Script quote and bird on a forearm
Black handwritten lettering tattoo on the inside of a wrist reading Oh God, I Love Food and Generation Fat, shown in a lettering style.
Handwritten food quote on a wrist
Close-up of small black Vida Mágica lettering tattoo on the inner forearm of a person wearing a black top.
Vida Mágica lettering on a forearm
Small black lettering reading GRL PWR in two lines on the inner forearm of a person in a rolled white shirt, with red nails resting on the arm.
GRL PWR lettering on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading 'for when i am weak, then i am strong' along the inner forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Black lettering reading ALWAYS KEEP FIGHTING in three stacked lines across the forearm, in a lettering style.
Always Keep Fighting lettering on an arm
Black lettering tattoo reading my food doesn't scream in a typewriter-style font, on the forearm.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering on a forearm reads 'You are always exactly where you are suppose to be', shown against a white vest top.
Typewriter quote along a forearm
Black lettering reading KEEP GRL PWR on a woman's forearm, with a sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and small marks on the fingers.
Keep Girl Power lettering on forearm
Black handwritten script quote tattooed along a man's forearm, with a brown leather bracelet on his wrist.
Handwritten quote on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates above two overlapping triangle outlines on a forearm.
Coordinates and triangles on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading there is light somewhere, it may not be much light, but it beats the darkness, tattooed along the inner forearm.
Typewriter quote tattoo on a forearm
Black ink quote in a serif-style font running down a forearm, with a circular tree of life design near the wrist, in black and grey ink.
Tree of life and quote on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of the inner forearm with the words "You think you have forever, but you don't" tattooed in a typewriter-style lettering font, placed on the forearm.
Quote tattoo along a forearm
Black script lettering tattooed along a forearm, with the hand resting on a striped pillow.
Script quote along a forearm
Black and grey photo of two forearms with a Roman numeral lettering tattoo on the right forearm and a thin vertical line of script on the left.
Roman numerals and script on two forearms
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, reading WORDS FAIL above MUSIC SPEAKS, with the second line upside down.
Words fail, music speaks lettering on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of a raised hand with the words THIS SKIN + BONES IS A RENTAL in bold block lettering on the inner wrist.
Block lettering quote on an inner wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX inside a dashed outline square with grey shading, on a forearm.
Think outside the box lettering on a forearm
Grey shaded elephant tattoo with blue watercolour-style splashes and the words I love you even still, even now, on the forearm.
Elephant with blue splash and quote
Black lettering tattoo of a serif quote across the inside of a forearm, lying on grass in warm sunlight.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo on the inner forearm showing a red gloved hand with a yellow star above two banners reading Don't mess with my funky flow.
Gloved hand and banner on a forearm
Blue and black heart with a star and swirling lines beside a script quote on a forearm, in a Lettering style tattoo.
Heart and quote on a forearm
Gold foil temporary tattoo of three lip prints above the words CHEERS, BITCHES in block capitals on the inner wrist.
Gold foil lips and lettering on wrist
Black and grey serif lettering across a forearm in two lines of text, with lace and skull-print fabric behind the arm.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Two clenched fists show blocky lettering tattoos on the wrists: blue Don't Blink on one arm and red Don't Panic on the other.
Matching Don't Blink and Don't Panic wrist tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of a plaster with the words I WILL FEEL BETTER on the inside of a wrist, with a printed flash sheet behind.
Plaster with "I will feel better" on a wrist
Black lettering reading no day but today in a typewriter-style font on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
No day but today lettering on a forearm
Gold metallic temporary tattoo reading BRIDE TRIBE, with a heart-shaped arrow between the words, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Bride Tribe lettering with arrow on wrist
Black ink cross above the script words Psalm 46:5 on a forearm, covered by clear plastic wrap.
Cross and Psalm 46:5 script on a forearm