Word tattoo ideas

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

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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
Black and white photo of two wrists with small typewriter-style lettering tattoos reading love and warrior, one on each inner wrist, with lace cuffs.
Love and warrior small wrist lettering
Black serif lettering reading peace will win, fear will lose, tattooed on the inner forearm in a lettering style.
Peace will win, fear will lose quote on forearm
A fine black line script tattoo reading fearless sits on the inner wrist of a raised fist against a plain white background.
Fearless script on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of the word grace in thin, lowercase fine line lettering on the inner wrist and forearm.
Lowercase word grace on an inner wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering reading choose joy on the inner wrist of a raised hand, set against dark weathered wooden boards.
Choose joy wrist tattoo
White ink script tattoo reading Believe with swirling flourishes on a forearm, in a lettering style.
Believe script on a forearm
Black ink lettering reading mind above a horizontal line and matter below, tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Mind over matter wrist lettering
Black and white photo of a forearm with the words LOVE WILL TEAR US APART tattooed in bold block capitals against a dark background.
Love will tear us apart lettering on a forearm
Black tattoo of the word curiouser in looping script within oval outlines, with one copy inverted, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Curiouser script tattoo on the inner arm
Black and grey fine line script reading "be still" on a pale inner forearm, photographed against a dark top.
Be still script on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the outline of the state of Texas on the inner forearm, with the word TEXAS in block lettering on the wrist, in a black and white photo.
Texas state outline and word on forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading be happy with a thin underline, sitting on the inner forearm.
Be happy script on a forearm
Fine black script lettering reading grace on the inner forearm, with a partly visible coloured tattoo at the edge of the frame.
Grace script lettering on inner forearm
Close photograph of a black ink word tattoo reading Thnks in simple hand-drawn lettering on the inner wrist.
Thnks lettering on an inner wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo of the word soul on a forearm, with a small dot over the letter o.
Soul script on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading hope with a small outlined star on the inner wrist, partly surrounded by stacked black and silver bangles.
Hope script with a star on the wrist
Black script lettering reading Family with sweeping flourishes on the inner forearm, shown in a close photograph of healed skin.
Family script lettering on forearm
Two hands held together show black lettering tattoos on the inner wrists, one reading Live in script and the other reading SURVIVOR with a semicolon.
Live and survivor wrist tattoos
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering reading 'We only part to meet again' runs diagonally along a forearm, partly covered by clear wrap.
Typewriter quote along a forearm