Word tattoo ideas

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

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Collage of nine small black tattoos on hands, wrists, neck and back, including birds in flight, an infinity symbol, a barcode and script lettering.
Nine small tattoos: birds, script and symbols
Fine line black script tattoo spelling the word smile across the inner wrist, with a green sleeve at the left edge of the frame.
Smile script tattoo on a wrist
Fine line black script reading forgiven on a wrist, with a raised fist and snowy evergreens behind.
Forgiven script on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird with a thin trailing line and the word Believe on the inner wrist of a clenched fist.
Bird and Believe script on a wrist
Colour lettering tattoo spelling CHICAGO across a forearm, with each letter filled with bold red, blue, orange, green and yellow patterns.
Chicago lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading "it's real for us" across the inner forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading que sera, sera along the inner forearm of a person with long blonde hair.
Que sera, sera script on forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading inspiration across the inner wrist and forearm, with the open hand blurred against a dark background.
Inspiration script on the inner wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading family inside an outlined heart on the inner wrist, shown in close-up against a dark background.
Family script inside a heart on a wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading Believe with four small birds on the forearm near the wrist.
Believe script with birds on the wrist
Two photographs of black script lettering reading I'm fine on a forearm, with the lower panel showing the same words rotated 180 degrees.
'I'm fine' script lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script reading Brave with a thin arrow beneath it, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Brave script with arrow on wrist
Black fine line lettering tattoo on the inner forearm, with the words live the life you love arranged in an infinity symbol.
Infinity quote lettering on a forearm
Two wrists with the word home tattooed in black serif lettering, one reading vertically, against white bed linen.
Matching home wordmark tattoos on wrists
Black fine line script reading Free yourself on the back of a person's neck, with the same words on their forearm, in a warm-toned photo taken from behind.
Free yourself script on neck and forearm
Close photo of a small black lettering tattoo reading stot on the inner wrist and forearm of a raised hand with purple nail polish.
Small lowercase word on inner wrist
Two people hold their wrists together showing matching black handwritten lettering reading mfeo with a small blue star beneath each, placed on the forearm near the wrist.
Matching script word and star wrist tattoos
Black fine line script tattoo of the word beautiful, running diagonally across the inner forearm.
Beautiful in fine line script on a forearm
Black serif lettering on a forearm reads 'On a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam', lit by a bright patch of light against a dark background.
Quote reading 'On a mote of dust' on forearm
Close view of a woman's forearm with a small fine line script tattoo reading patience near the wrist, beside silver rings and bangles.
Fine line script reading patience on a forearm
Black ink Capricorn zodiac symbol with the word Capricorn in cursive script beneath it, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Capricorn zodiac symbol and script on a forearm
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading adventure across the forearm, shown in a lettering style.
Adventure lettering on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading rather, they were too frightened to be cowards, tattooed along the inside of a forearm in front of a bookshelf.
Typewriter-style quote on a forearm
Close view of a thin black fine line script tattoo reading warrior on the inner forearm, with a book and a teal knitted blanket in the background.
Warrior script on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a vertical arrow with stylised lettering reading May the odds be ever in your favor, on the inside of a forearm.
Arrow and lettering quote on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading focus along the inner forearm near the wrist.
Focus script tattoo on a wrist
Small black lettering tattoo running vertically along a forearm, with a woven cord bracelet and gold bangle at the wrist.
Small rotated word on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo on the inner forearm of a woman lying on white bedding, with a grey t-shirt sleeve visible.
Fine line script on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading serendipity on a forearm, against a blurred colourful background.
Serendipity script on a forearm
Bold black block lettering reading BELIEVE tattooed on a forearm, with a slightly shaded, dimensional look.
Believe lettering on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo of the word love with a long swash line across a forearm, set against a plain white background.
Love script on a forearm
Black and white photo of a forearm with the words THIS MEANS NOTHING in simple hand-drawn block lettering across the inner arm.
Forearm lettering reading This means nothing
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'alive' with a thin trailing line, on the inner wrist.
Fine line script 'alive' on a wrist
Black and white photo of the words ACCIO ADVENTURE tattooed in bold block capitals on a forearm, in Lettering style.
Accio Adventure lettering on a forearm
Fine black script lettering on a forearm that begins with the words Daughter of, with the rest of the phrase partly hidden by the angle of the photo.
Script lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo of the word beloved in black ink on a woman's inner forearm, while she holds a white mug of coffee.
Beloved script on a forearm
Two forearms show fine black script lettering: upper arm reads You are my sunshine and the lower forearm reads My only sunshine, both on the forearm.
Script quote tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey lettering reading "i feel infinite" in a typewriter-style font across the inner wrist and forearm.
"i feel infinite" lettering on a wrist
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading Yahweh on the inner forearm, in a Lettering style.
Yahweh script on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading immeasurably more across the inner forearm, on a light skin tone.
Immeasurably more script on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol beside the word always in script on the inner wrist.
Deathly Hallows symbol and script word on wrist
Two wrists pressed together, each with a black script word tattooed on the inner wrist, reading Stay on the left and Strong on the right.
Matching Stay and Strong wrist script
Small dark script word tattoo on the forearm near the wrist, with a woven bracelet, resting on red and grey plaid bedding.
Small script word tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo spelling the word saudade across the inner wrist.
Saudade script on the wrist
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a vintage typewriter with a sheet reading 'lost for words' on a forearm.
Typewriter with 'lost for words' on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading love on the inner wrist, with a raised fist and pink nails against a blurred outdoor background.
Script word "love" on a wrist
Black and white photo of two hands pressed together, with the word PAST in serif capitals on one wrist and FUTURE on the other, a black and grey lettering tattoo on the inner wrists.
PAST and FUTURE wrist lettering
Close photo of the word Funny in black serif lettering tattooed on a pale forearm, with a dark navy sweater sleeve behind it.
Funny lettering on a forearm