Word tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line script lettering in dark blue ink reading elgar on the inside of a wrist.
Fine line script word on a wrist
Two black script tattoos reading Padfoot and Moony, each with a Deathly Hallows triangle symbol above, on the back of the ankles.
Padfoot and Moony script tattoos on ankles
Black script tattoos reading blame, hate, love and promise, one word on each of four fingers of a hand held against a pale background.
Blame, hate, love and promise on fingers
Close view of a small black fine line script tattoo reading everlong on the upper chest, with a hand holding the edge of a white top.
Everlong script on upper chest
Small black lettering on the top of a finger reads Sm:)e, with the colon and bracket forming a smiley in place of the i.
Smile lettering with smiley on finger
Fine black outline of a landmass on the inner forearm, with the word nice in script written beside its lower edge.
Outlined landmass with 'nice' on forearm
Close photo of black script lettering reading Diabetic on a forearm, with a thin pale blue arc curving around the capital D.
Diabetic script lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Love Wins on the inner wrist, with a small rainbow heart in place of the o in Love.
Love Wins script with rainbow heart on wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading she believed she could so she did, set in a typewriter-style font along the side of the ribs.
Quote lettering along the ribs
Black and white photo of a small fine line Greek word tattoo, χάρις, on the upper arm below a grey sleeve.
Small Greek word tattoo on upper arm
Close photo of the word WHATEVER in thin black capital letters, spaced out in a fine line lettering style along a forearm.
WHATEVER lettering on the forearm
Black ink hand-lettered design of the word Strength in flowing script on a white background, with a looping infinity-style flourish under the final letters, shown as a drawn design with no body
Strength hand lettering design
Close-up of a bold black Hebrew script tattoo on the ankle, shown in a clean lettering style against pale skin.
Hebrew script tattoo on the ankle
Fine line script tattoo reading "one day at a time" in black ink across the inner wrist, with the hand open and fingers visible.
One day at a time script on a wrist
Four black script lettering designs of the word Wanderlust on a white background, with a small definition line beneath, shown as a lettering flash sheet with no body placement.
Wanderlust lettering in script styles
Black script tattoo reading lights will guide you home across the upper back and shoulder of a person with their head turned away.
Script quote across a shoulder and upper back
Fine line black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows triangle symbol followed by the word Always in script on the inner wrist.
Deathly Hallows symbol and Always on a wrist
Small black serif lettering reading BRAVE on the outer thigh of a person wearing a white shirt and black top.
Small BRAVE lettering on a thigh
Fine line script lettering reading saved by grace across the inner wrist and forearm, with a silver cuff bracelet beside it.
Saved by grace script on a wrist
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo reading GIRL POWER on the inner forearm near the wrist, worn with denim shorts and a brown cardigan.
Small girl power lettering on the wrist
Fine line black tattoo of the word faith in script on the inner wrist, with a small cross replacing the letter t and a tiny heart above the i.
Faith script with cross on wrist
Black ink handwritten lettering reading Be still on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Be still handwritten lettering design
Black script tattoo reading Never Again across a limb, with flowing, joined letters and a soft natural skin tone.
Never Again script tattoo on a limb
Black fine line script lettering reading "He Lives" on a plain white background, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
"He Lives" script lettering design
Close photo of black block-capital lettering reading HEART HOPE tattooed on a lower leg above a sheer ankle sock, in a fine line lettering style.
Heart Hope lettering on a lower leg
Fine line script design spelling the word joy in black ink on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Joy in fine line script
Black fine line tattoo on the forearm of an infinity symbol with three birds in flight above the left loop and the word always in script on the right loop.
Infinity symbol with birds and script 'always'
Black lettering tattoo reading amore with a small heart-shaped arrow on the wrist, worn beside a gold metal watch strap.
Amore script on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a star with peeled skin edges revealing words such as freedom, love and family, with a faint leaf sprig at the top left.
Torn skin star with words on shoulder
Fine line black arrow tattoo with the script words real or not real across the lower back, shown above a second close view of an arrow with the word real on the upper arm.
Arrow tattoo with real or not real script
Black lettering tattoo of a quote set in short lines running diagonally across the side of a bare back and ribs, with a blue-tinted photo.
Lettering quote along the side of the ribs
Close side view of a fine line black script tattoo on a hip, partly above black lace underwear, with a navel piercing visible.
Cursive script line on a hip
Handwritten fine line lettering reading inspire, with a semicolon in place of the i dot, in black ink on a white background, shown as a design with no placement.
Inspire lettering with semicolon
Black and white photo of a fine line script word, joy, tattooed on a woman's wrist and forearm, with her hand raised near her neck.
Joy script tattoo on the wrist
Black bold script lettering set vertically on a cream background, shown as a lettering design with no skin or body placement visible.
Bold black script lettering, set vertically
Colourful forearm tattoo of an electric guitar body and neck with strings and pickups, set against red sun rays and black ink splatter.
Electric guitar and red sunburst on a forearm
Two black script quote tattoos on forearms, reading For them I'll risk it all and Because of her I will not fall, in a fine line style.
Matching quote tattoos on two forearms
Black lettering tattoo reading YOU ARE WHAT YOU LOVE NOT WHO LOVES YOU, with a small crown at each end, running vertically down a lower leg.
Crown and quote tattoo down the shin
Fine line black script lettering reading 'We travel not to escape life but for life not to escape us' tattooed along a forearm.
Script quote along a forearm
Two wrists placed side by side, each with black script lettering: No lies on the left and Just love on the right, both on the wrist and forearm area.
Matching script wrist tattoos reading No lies and Just love
Two bare lower backs show black script lettering: To infinity on the left hip and and beyond on the right side, both in fine cursive style.
Script phrases on two sets of hips
Hand-lettered navy script reading 'the ocean cures all' stacked over three lines on a white background, a lettering design suitable as a tattoo stencil.
The ocean cures all lettering design
Fine black cursive script reading namaste across a forearm, photographed against a blurred green background.
Namaste script on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined heart joined to a heartbeat line that ends in the word family in cursive script, on the top of a foot.
Heartbeat line and family script on a foot
Black fine line script tattoo reading free on the upper arm, and a second script tattoo reading apodyopsis on the thigh.
Fine line script words on arm and thigh
Black fine line tattoo of an infinity symbol with a heart in the loop, three birds in flight and the word Believe in script on skin.
Infinity symbol with birds and Believe
Black script lettering reading "We accept the love we think we deserve" on a forearm, shown in a close photo against a red and blue background.
Script quote on the inner arm
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering reading wanderlust, tattooed on the inner wrist of a hand with dark nail polish, in a black and white photo.
Wanderlust lettering on a wrist