Word tattoo ideas

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

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Black script tattoo reading friends forever, looping through an infinity symbol, on a person's side ribs below a lace waistband.
Friends forever script in an infinity loop on ribs
Black and grey script lettering reading Fleur Rebelle across the ribs, with a hand with long nails resting beside it.
Fleur Rebelle script on ribs
Close view of the word Patience in thin black fine line lettering on the inner wrist, with a gloved hand supporting the arm.
Patience lettering on a wrist
Black script lettering reading 'i am not afraid to walk this world alone' tattooed across the inner wrist and forearm of a hand held up against greenery.
Black script quote on the inner wrist
Black cursive script lettering of the word agape on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Agape in cursive script lettering
Black and white photo of matching fine-line script lettering on the inner forearms of two people, one hand holding a coffee cup.
Matching script lettering on two forearms
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird with a thin trailing line leading to the word Believe in script, on the inner wrist.
Bird and Believe script on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo of a plain cross joined to the word Blessed in script, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Cross and Blessed script on a wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoos reading LOVE HER and I LOVE HIM across two fingers in a lettering style, with a small motif above the first word, photographed on a wooden surface.
Love her and love him finger lettering
Black lettering tattoo reading jì'e'toh in a thin cursive script on the back of a person's neck, with dark hair pulled back.
Word tattoo on the back of the neck
Fine line black script design of the word infinite written in a loose handwritten style on a plain white background, with no body placement visible.
Infinite in fine line script
Two women seen from behind, one with the word DUDE in black blackletter script across her upper back, the other with sweet in black script above her shoulder blade and a colour lily tattoo on her
Dude and sweet lettering with a lily on two backs
Black and white photo of a thin-lined BRAVE lettering tattoo on the upper arm near the elbow.
BRAVE lettering on an upper arm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading be still with a small cross, on the inner wrist.
Be still script tattoo on the wrist
Fine line script tattoo reading free on the back of a hand, resting on a shoulder in a denim shirt.
Free script on the back of a hand
Black lettering tattoo of an infinity symbol joined to the word strength in script, on the lower back of a woman.
Infinity symbol with strength script
Fine line black tattoo of the word faith in cursive script, with a cross running through the letters, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Faith script and cross on a wrist
Close-up of a small fine line script word "you" in black ink on the back of a woman's neck, with her hair pulled to one side.
Small script word "you" on the back of the neck
Back view of two black typewriter-style lettering tattoos reading Clutch and Gas, one on each calf.
Clutch and Gas words on two calves
Two inner wrists with black script lettering: 'always be true' on the left and 'Love with passion' with a small heart on the right.
Matching wrist script quotes
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading believe along the side of a hand, with a gold ring on the ring finger.
Believe script on a hand
Traditional colour tattoo of a bicycle with orange flowers, a red heart and a grey DAD banner on a thigh.
Bicycle, heart and flowers with DAD banner on thigh
Black fine-line handwritten script tattoo running down the inner upper arm of a woman with her arm raised against a weathered wall.
Handwritten script tattoo on an upper arm
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Fearless with a purple awareness ribbon crossing the letters, in fine line lettering on skin.
Fearless script with purple awareness ribbon
Black handwritten lettering design reading "Choose to chance the rapids" above an ampersand and "dare to dance the tides" on a white background.
Handwritten quote design in two lines
Close-up of two black script lettering tattoos on the backs of the wrists, reading figlia on the left hand and madre on the right, with a silver bangle on the left wrist.
Figlia and madre script on the hands
Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Quote tattoo on the upper arm
Black monoline script reading forever and always with a loose heart outline below, shown as a lettering design for a tattoo.
Forever and always script with heart
Four-panel collage of small black fine line arrow tattoos on fingers, a wrist, and behind an ear, with a small word tattoo on a forearm.
Small arrow tattoos on fingers and wrist
Two photos of a forearm with small black typewriter-style lettering: heart above mind, and courage above fear, in a lettering style on the inner forearm.
Word pairs tattooed on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a feather filled with dotwork and swirling line patterns, with small words written along the vanes, drawn on white paper in a sketchbook.
Feather with doodle pattern design
Black lettering tattoo of the word mind above a line and matter below it, set out like a fraction on the upper back below the neck.
Mind over matter lettering on upper back
Fine line black script lettering reading She's unstoppable unpredictable across the side of the ribs.
Script quote reading She's unstoppable unpredictable
Black and grey fine line lettering reading fighter in a typewriter style font on the inner wrist, photographed in black and white.
Fighter lettering on the inner wrist
Black script lettering reading Fall Out Boy across the inside of a forearm, with a blurred salon background.
Black script lettering on a forearm
Black fine line infinity symbol with shaded script lettering inside the loop, tattooed on the inside of a forearm near the wrist.
Infinity symbol with script words on a wrist
Black and grey photograph of the word BELIEVE in block capitals tattooed vertically behind a person's ear, in a lettering style.
Word BELIEVE behind the ear
Black and grey close-up photo of the word love tattooed in small letters across the upper ear, with a small star tattoo lower down.
Love lettering on the ear
Close-up of black typewriter-style capital lettering reading ABBA FATHER across the inner forearm of a light-skinned arm resting on white bedding.
ABBA FATHER lettering on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading family on the inner wrist, with a silver charm bracelet worn above it.
Script word "family" on a wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading love is love across the top of a foot, resting on a dark leather surface.
Love is love script on the foot
Black script lettering tattoo reading 'never settle for anything less than butterflies' across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote across a shoulder blade
Close photo of a black fine-line lettering tattoo reading WE ACCEPT YOU in spaced capitals across the inner forearm, with another person's hand holding the wrist.
We accept you lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading family with a small heart, on the side of a finger, in a fine line lettering style.
Family script and heart on a finger
Black fine line script reading tomorrow never dies across the upper back, running towards the shoulder.
Script quote across the upper back
Black lettering reading WILD CHILD on the outer forearm, with a dressing on the wrist and smaller script on the hand.
Wild Child lettering on a forearm
Black fine line cursive lettering reading follow your heart across the shoulder, on skin against a dark background.
Follow your heart script on shoulder
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading Grace on the inner wrist, with a handwritten note pinned to a pale wall behind.
Fine line script word Grace on the wrist