Word tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink hand lettering of the word Possibilities in a flowing script with a sweeping underline swash, drawn on a pale grey background, in a lettering style.
Possibilities script lettering with underline swash
Black fine line script tattoo reading You'll be in my heart always across the upper chest.
Script quote across the upper chest
Black hand-drawn block lettering reading SELF LOVE CLUB on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
"Self Love Club" lettering design
Fine line black infinity symbol with a small script word woven through its loop, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Infinity symbol with script word on wrist
Black ink lettering reading Lenny=white and Carl=black tattooed on a palm, shown above a cartoon hand with the same text.
Lenny=white and Carl=black tattoo on palm
Black cursive script tattoo of the words loyalty, hope, love, family, believe and strength arranged in a heart shape on the chest.
Cursive word heart tattoo on the chest
Two wrists side by side with matching fine line script tattoos reading 'to infinity and beyond', in blue ink with small red birds on the right wrist.
Matching 'to infinity and beyond' wrist tattoos
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading free along the back of a hand, with a woman resting her hand on her denim-clad shoulder.
Free script lettering on the back of a hand
Black monoline handwritten script reading Be kind on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Be kind handwritten script design
Pencil sketch of an open hand with the words Promise, love, PROVOKE, DIRECTION and Good Luck written around the fingers, shown as a tattoo design idea.
Hand sketch with word designs
Fine line black arrow tattoo on the back of a hand, with the lowercase word breathe in lettering on the forearm below it.
Arrow and breathe lettering on a forearm
Black fine-line script tattoo reading Pura Vida across the ribs, shown on a person's side below a black crop top.
Pura Vida script on the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading Love with a small solid heart on the inner wrist, against a dark background.
Love script with heart on the wrist
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading dalya on the outer forearm, with a thin silver bangle beside it.
Handwritten script word on a forearm
Small black script tattoo reading let it be, in fine line lettering, on the back of a person's neck below the hairline.
Let it be script on the back of the neck
Pink and red butterfly tattoo with black outlines and curved script lettering across two forearms.
Pink butterfly with script on forearms
Fine line script tattoo reading "you are my sunshine" across the top of a foot.
"You are my sunshine" script on a foot
Black cursive script tattoo on the nape of a person's neck, with the hair pulled up in a bun, photographed from behind.
Cursive script tattoo on the nape of the neck
Fine line black script reading free, with a small swallow at the end of the stroke, on skin near the upper back under a grey top.
Free script with a bird on the upper back
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo on skin reading 'Ruin and Recovery are both from within' across two lines.
Script quote tattoo reading Ruin and Recovery
Black fine line script reading wanderlust on the back of a person's neck, with dark hair pulled up behind it.
Wanderlust script on the back of neck
Fine line black script tattoo running vertically on the back of a person's neck, photographed from behind with purple hair and a white top.
Fine script tattoo on the back of the neck
Fine line black script reading courage, dear heart, running diagonally along the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Courage, dear heart script on a wrist
A black outline tattoo of a brain with red shading at its centre and the word think beneath it, on an upper arm, examined under a purple UV lamp.
Brain outline tattoo with the word think
Black and white photo from behind of a fine line script tattoo reading lux in tenebris on the upper back, with the figure's hair in a loose bun.
Lux in tenebris script on upper back
Black lettering tattoo in a serif typeface reading Strength is what we gain from the madness we survive, across a shoulder and upper back.
Strength quote tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey photo of a serif lettering tattoo reading "; not ended" across the inside of a forearm near the wrist.
Semicolon and "not ended" on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of the word Always in cursive script beside a Deathly Hallows symbol on the inner wrist and forearm.
Always script with Deathly Hallows symbol
Black script tattoo reading Choose Love on the inner wrist, in a flowing lettering style with a looped capital C and L.
Choose Love script on the inner wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading a quote in a handwritten script, running along the inner forearm.
Quote in script along a forearm
Black fine line script reading hakuna matata, arched across the design with small flying birds, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Hakuna matata script with birds
Close-up of black script lettering reading Make that change on the inside of a forearm, in a lettering style.
Make that change script on a forearm
Black fine line script lettering reading NOT all who WANDER are LOST, placed on the lower leg near the ankle.
Quote lettering on a lower leg
Black fine line infinity symbol with the word run in script on a shoulder, with a teal top at the upper left.
Infinity symbol with run script on shoulder
Fine line black script tattoo reading courage across an ankle, with a second bare foot resting against it on a white background.
Courage script on an ankle
Black fine line script reading faith with a thin trailing line on the inside of a wrist, set against purple and pink petunias.
Faith script with fine line on a wrist
Black handwritten script reading flawless followed by a full stop, drawn as a lettering tattoo design on a plain white background.
Flawless handwritten script design
Black script lettering tattooed on the inner wrists of two hands, reading It's Only Forever and Not Long At All.
Script quote tattoos on both wrists
Two photographs of small black typewriter-style lettering tattoos on the inner forearm, reading heart over mind and courage over fear, with a dark knit sleeve pushed up.
Typewriter words on forearm: heart, mind, courage, fear
Black script lettering tattoo on the ribs reading Without struggle, There is no progress, shown beside a pink top.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading "love is love" on the top of a foot, near the ankle.
"Love is love" script on a foot
Close-up of black script lettering reading Ohana on skin, in a Lettering style, on the foot or ankle area.
Ohana script lettering on skin
Small black fine line script lettering on a woman's side ribs, shown with a white bralette and open blue shirt.
Small script lettering on the ribs
Fine black line tattoo of the state of California with the word California in script inside the outline, on the inner upper arm.
California state outline with script lettering on upper arm
Black script lettering tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a pale pink dress with sheer sleeves, photographed from behind.
Script tattoo on upper arm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo spelling the word love across the side of a finger, with red painted nails.
Love script tattoo on a finger
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading sisu on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script word 'sisu' near the collarbone
Small black fine line Devanagari script lettering on the inner wrist, photographed against a dark background.
Devanagari script on the inner wrist