Word tattoo ideas

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

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Black script Greek lettering reading χάρις tattooed on the wrist and forearm, with a blurred green background.
Greek word in script on the wrist
Black fine line script reading Redeemed on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the palm of the hand open above it.
Redeemed script on an inner wrist
Black script lettering reading Let it Be on the inner forearm, with sunlight glowing behind the arm.
Let it Be script lettering on a forearm
Black and red cut-out style lettering tattoo across a forearm reading I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Close view of a woman's forearm with several tiny fine line tattoos in reddish ink, including a small triangle motif and short script lettering.
Tiny fine line marks on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading free on the wrist of a hand resting beside a sleeping lion cub on grass.
Fine line script word on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Hope on the inner wrist, with the H drawn in teal as a looping ribbon shape.
Script word Hope on the inner wrist
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo reading The End in mixed script and serif lettering on the inner forearm.
The End lettering on an arm
Black fine line tattoo on a forearm of an outlined heart joined to a heartbeat line that runs into the cursive word faith.
Heartbeat line and faith script on forearm
Small black block lettering reading BAD WOLF on the inner wrist, with a rolled-up denim sleeve.
Bad Wolf lettering on the inner wrist
Black ink lettering reading vegan; in a serif typeface on the inner wrist, beside a yellow knitted sleeve and patterned fabric.
Vegan semicolon wordmark on a wrist
Close-up of a hand with the word Believe in fine black script lettering on the inner wrist, against a plain light background.
Believe script on the inner wrist
Close-up of black cursive lettering reading we see things they'll never see across a pale forearm, in a lettering style.
Cursive quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Whom then shall I fear on the inner wrist, with black painted nails visible at the bottom of the frame.
Script quote Whom then shall I fear on wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line cursive script word tattooed on the inner forearm, with a small star-like mark beside it.
Fine line script word on the forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a shaded black rose with green leaves and a bud on the forearm, with the word soon in script below and partial designs beside it.
Black rose with script on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading Sometimes Quiet is Violent on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Small black script tattoo reading Like a Boss on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a hand holding a pink cup in the background.
Like a Boss lettering on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading eucharisteo on the inner wrist, set against a knitted mustard and brown fabric.
Eucharisteo script on the inner wrist
Close-up of a bare arm with black lettering reading LUCE in capitals on the upper arm and a small script line on the forearm near the elbow.
Luce and script lettering on an arm
Black and grey script lettering reading No Regrets, with a shaded outline, tattooed on a forearm near the elbow.
No Regrets script lettering on an arm
Two matching black fine line script tattoos spelling ohana on the forearms of two people, one on the inner arm and one on the lower forearm.
Matching ohana script tattoos on forearms
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Destroy what destroys you across two lines on the inner wrist, above a grey sleeve cuff.
Two-line quote on the inner wrist
Fine line tattoo of round glasses, a small red lightning bolt and the word always in script on a forearm.
Round glasses, lightning bolt and script word
Close photo of a bold black Devanagari script tattoo running vertically along the inner forearm of a person in a grey sweater.
Devanagari script lettering on a forearm
Close-up of bold black brush-script lettering reading Work Bitch across a forearm, resting on a wooden surface.
Black script lettering on a forearm
White ink lettering tattoo reading Believe in flowing script with swirling flourishes on a forearm.
Believe script in white ink on forearm
Black ink script tattoo reading Keep going on the inner forearm, with a small arrow and a small leaf or bird outline beside the lettering.
Keep going script on a forearm
Close-up of a black ornate lettering tattoo reading TRUE with looping flourishes on a forearm, with a smaller reddish version below on a finger.
TRUE lettering with loops on forearm
Black lettering tattoo of a quotation in a serif typeface running diagonally along the inner forearm.
Serif quote along a forearm
Pale, faded script lettering reading Trust across a wrist, shown as a whitened lettering tattoo in a Lettering style.
Trust script on a wrist
Black and grey photo of two forearms held together, one with the word Always in cursive script and the other with After all this time? in serif lettering.
Matching forearm lettering tattoos
Close-up of a fine line black script word tattoo running across the inner wrist and forearm of a pale-skinned arm against a dark background.
Cursive script word on a forearm
Fine line black lettering reading smitten runs vertically along a forearm as the hand holds a white phone against a white skirt and brick wall.
Smitten script on a forearm
Two raised fists show a small black BROOKLYN lettering tattoo on one inner wrist and a simple black outline crown on the other, in a fine line style.
Brooklyn lettering and crown on wrists
Thin black handwritten script reading you are art. across the inner wrist and forearm, in fine line style.
You are art lettering on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading NORMAL: PEOPLE SCARE ME across a forearm, set against a blurred green outdoor background.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading Unbreakable on the inner forearm, shown in a black and white photo.
Unbreakable script on a forearm
Black lettering reading "send me" in a typewriter-style font across a forearm, with a faint blurred tattoo visible at the top left.
"send me" lettering on a forearm
Black ink compass rose with N, E, S and W points above the words Explore, Dream and Discover in script on a forearm.
Compass rose and lettering on a forearm
Black fine line lettering spelling LOVE on a forearm, with the O replaced by a smiley face with X eyes and a small star cluster beside it.
LOVE lettering with a smiley face as the O
Two black fine line arrow tattoos on forearms, one reading double and the other reading trouble, shown as a matching pair.
Matching arrow tattoos on forearms
Close photograph of a black Hebrew lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, in a blocky lettering style.
Hebrew lettering on the inner wrist
Black handwritten lettering spelling the word mudblood across a wrist, shown against a dark background.
Handwritten word across a wrist
Two forearms side by side, each with a fine line black script tattoo of the word sorella on the inner forearm.
Matching sorella script on two forearms
Black and grey tattoo of a tree above the handwritten words 'i climbed the tree to see the world' on a forearm.
Tree and quote on a forearm
Black and grey serif lettering reading maybe runs sideways across the inner forearm, above a grey sleeve and blue denim cuff.
Maybe lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading Still Breathing in dark ink on the inner wrist, with the palm of the hand visible above.
Still Breathing script on wrist