Word tattoo ideas

2,200 photos and flash · 96% Lettering, 46% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Hand-drawn tattoo design of a dandelion seed head dispersing into birds, with the words fearless, dreamer, reckless, carefree and lonely in script.
Dandelion seeds, birds and script design
Black ink drawing of an ornamental swirl with three dots and the word CONFIDENCE in capitals beneath, on a white background.
Swirl flourish with dots and the word confidence
Black cursive script reading fearless on a plain white background, a lettering tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Fearless in script lettering
Black script lettering reading Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, with two linked outline hearts, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Script quote with two hearts
Fine line ink drawing of a seated elephant whose trunk releases a cluster of butterflies, with the word Always written beside its hind leg.
Elephant blowing butterflies with the word Always
Black handwritten script reading listen to your soul on a plain white background, a lettering tattoo design with thin, even linework.
Listen to your soul in handwritten script
Handwritten sketch of the word faith in cursive script, crossed by a horizontal bar to form a cross, drawn in black ink on lined paper as a tattoo design.
Faith script with a cross bar sketch
Black ink script lettering flash sheet with ornate words including Ginger, Beautifully and Fish Stories, plus a lowercase alphabet, with no body part shown.
Script lettering flash sheet
Black line drawing of the word Smile in flowing brush script, with three outlined butterflies, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Smile script with three butterflies
Black handwritten script reading patience with a full stop, drawn as a lettering design on a white background with no body placement shown.
Patience script lettering design
Black ornamental script lettering design spelling the word Believe, with flowing swashes and no body placement shown.
Believe script lettering design
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with the word eternal in looping script at the upper left and love at the lower right, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Infinity symbol with eternal and love script
Black monoline script lettering of the word Serendipity on a plain grey background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Serendipity script lettering design
Black script lettering design reading Love me for who I am on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Script lettering reading Love me for who I am
Black handwritten script reading walk by faith on a plain white background, shown as a lettering tattoo design.
Walk by faith handwritten script lettering
Black and grey drawing of a treble clef with the word Jesus set vertically beside its lower curl, shaded with fine hatched lines.
Treble clef with Jesus lettering
Black cursive script lettering reading carpe diem on a white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Carpe diem in cursive script
Black flowing script lettering reading Allons-y, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Allons-y script lettering design
White fine line infinity symbol on a black background, with the word blessed written in script along its lower right loop, shown as a tattoo design.
Infinity symbol with script blessed
Six black script lettering samples of the word 'Ohana on a white background, shown as tattoo flash in varying weights and flourishes.
'Ohana lettering in several script styles
A held-up paper form titled Typical girl tattoo form, with black line drawings of an anchor, an infinity symbol with the word Word, a dreamcatcher, a feather and a flock of birds.
Tattoo design sheet with anchor and dreamcatcher
Black hand-lettered script reading stayclassy on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Stayclassy script lettering design