Word tattoo ideas

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

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Two matching forearm tattoos in fine line script reading I'll love you forever and I'll love you for always, each with a small red linked heart.
Matching love quote tattoos on forearms
Brush lettering design of the word Breathe in dark ink on cream paper, with a yellow marker pen lying beside it, in a lettering style.
Breathe hand lettering design
Fine line black script reading live on the inner wrist, with stacked silver bangles and gold rings worn on the same arm.
Fine line script word on the wrist
Black and white photo of a clenched fist showing the words sola gratia in fine line script lettering on the inner wrist.
Sola gratia script lettering on the wrist
Close-up of a small black tattoo of the words It All Works Out in a serif lettering style on the upper arm.
Words tattooed on the upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a star of printed words, including family, love and friendship, appearing through a torn skin effect.
Star of words torn through skin on upper arm
Black script lettering reading Believe, a lettering tattoo running down the upper back beside the spine, with a woman in a white lace top.
Believe script tattoo on upper back
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading Allons-y on the upper chest below the neck.
Allons-y script above the collarbone
Black and grey script tattoo reading Loyalty with swash flourishes across a man's forearm, with a red t-shirt in the background.
Loyalty script tattoo on forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading love on the side of a finger, photographed against a blurred night-time background.
Script word love on a finger
Fine line black script tattoo reading dance with a small heart after it, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Dance script with a heart on the wrist
Black script lettering tattoo in two lines reading a romantic quote, placed along the side of the ribs beneath a dark top.
Script quote along the ribs
Black ink tattoo on the nape of a neck showing an umbrella above the word SUPREME in a bold lettering style.
Umbrella and SUPREME lettering on the nape
Close view of a small black lettering tattoo reading BAD on the side of a person's ribcage, under a raised arm, in a black and grey style.
Small BAD lettering on side ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading Stay Strong with a small outlined heart, on the inner wrist against a pink background.
Stay Strong script with heart on the wrist
Black lettering spelling READ MORE across the knuckles of two clenched fists, a lettering tattoo on the hand.
Read More lettering across knuckles
Black fine line handwritten script reading inhale exhale, with a long horizontal line running beneath it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Inhale exhale script with underline
Black fine line chain with looping script wording running down the side of a shirtless man's ribs.
Chain and script down the side ribs
Two inner wrists side by side in black and white, with the word past in black serif lettering on the left wrist and future on the right.
Past and future wrist lettering
Black lettering arranged in a diamond shape across the upper back, with the words shine, on you crazy and diamond set in bold blocky capitals.
Lettering diamond on a upper back
Small black lettering tattoo reading God Blessed in a script style on the ankle, with a hand wearing a large ring resting on the leg above it.
God Blessed script on an ankle
Black line drawing of a tattoo design: a cross formed from script words including faith, grace, peace, hope, love and Christ, with small arrows, on a white background.
Script cross with faith, grace and hope
Fine line script word Joy joined to an infinity symbol, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm, in a reddish-brown single ink.
Joy script with infinity symbol on wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a two-line literary quote in a serif typeface across a forearm.
Literary quote on forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading always with a full stop on the upper arm, below a grey sleeve.
Always lettering on the upper arm
Fine black script lettering tattooed along the outer thigh of a person lying on a white bed in a red top.
Script tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading Agape on the hip, with dark lace visible at the top of the frame.
Agape script lettering on hip
Small black serif lettering reading PARTY, set vertically on the inner wrist of a forearm, with its mirrored stencil visible on the paper below.
PARTY lettering on the inner wrist
Close photo of the words cheers bitches in dark fine-line script lettering across the back of a wrist and hand, against green leaves.
Cheers bitches script on the wrist
Black ink tattoo of the words Only the good die young above a flock of small birds on the ribs, with a pink bra visible at the top of the frame.
Script quote and birds on ribs
Black ink script lettering reading it is well, drawn as a flowing handwritten design on a plain white background, with no body part visible.
Script lettering reading it is well
Two forearms side by side with matching black script lettering tattoos on the inner forearm, reading Together forever never apart and Maybe in distance but never in heart.
Matching quote tattoos on forearms
Fine line black script tattoo reading be happy on an upper arm, with a thin line curving beneath the words.
Be happy script on upper arm
Illustrated pair of hands with solid black sun face designs on the wrists, a black circle with crossbars on each palm, and the letters of DEATH across the fingers.
Sun and circle hand tattoo designs
Back view of a woman with platinum blonde hair and a fine black lettering tattoo running vertically down her upper arm, with a lace-up satin dress.
Fine lettering on upper arm, back view
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo reading May the Force be with you in bold sans-serif capitals across the inner forearm near the wrist.
May the Force quote on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading Selfish Machine across the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Selfish Machine script on a wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading Believe with three small flying birds above the end of the word, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Believe script with three birds on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo of a quote in a serif typeface running along a forearm that rests on grass.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black script lettering reading We accept the love we think we deserve across a forearm, in a lettering style.
Script quote along the forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading "Fate fell short" on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a navy polka dot top visible at the edge of the frame.
"Fate fell short" script on upper chest
Black script lettering reading Never a victim, Forever a fighter across the lower back above the waistband of jeans.
Script quote across the lower back
Close-up of the fine line script word Meraki in black ink on the inner forearm, resting on a blue denim lap.
Meraki script on the inner forearm
Black brush-painted cross above the word LOVE in block lettering on a white background, shown as a flash design.
Brush cross with LOVE lettering
Black lettering tattoo reading Because This Moment Simply Is in a serif typeface across the forearm.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Dark red script tattoo reading Strength with a small heart either side, on the inner wrist above denim jeans.
Strength script with hearts on wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'The pain you feel today... is the strength you feel tomorrow' across the lower back, above a grey waistband.
Script quote tattoo across the lower back
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design on lined paper, showing the word Hope in flowing script combined with an anchor, with no body placement shown.
Hope script entwined with an anchor