Word tattoo ideas

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

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Thin black capital lettering reading EXCELSIOR on the wrist above a hand with blue painted nails, set against a pale turquoise background.
Excelsior lettering on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of the word l'amour in cursive script with a small dragonfly, on the inside of a wrist against a dark background.
L'amour script with dragonfly on a wrist
Close up of a fine line script word tattooed in black ink along the forearm, shown in a warm, vintage-toned photograph.
Fine line script word on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a clothes hanger with the word fashion in cursive script and a small heart, on the forearm.
Fashion script on a clothes hanger
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading Nourish on the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Nourish script on the inner wrist
Two matching black fine line tattoos of the word soulsister, one on a forearm and one on the upper back, each with small arrow-like ends.
Matching soulsister script on forearm and back
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm reading Beauty in flowing script with a flourish above, and BEAST in vertical blackletter capitals below.
Beauty and beast lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script reading Believe with a small outlined heart on the inner wrist of a hand with blue nails.
Believe script with heart on wrist
Small fine-line black script reading satis, with an arrow running through the letters, on the inner wrist.
Satis script with arrow on wrist
Black script lettering reading Live on a forearm, with a blue semicolon in place of the i dot and a small red heart after the e.
Live script with semicolon on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Beauty in script above a vertical blackletter BEAST on a forearm.
Beauty and Beast lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo in blackletter style running vertically along the inside of a forearm, with a woven bracelet and a gold band above it.
Small blackletter word on a forearm
Black and grey wrist tattoo of the word give above a tree stump with a red heart, set among outlined grass, on the forearm.
Give word above a stump with red heart
Black script lettering reading 'We loved with a love that was more than love' runs along the inside of a forearm in a lettering style.
Script quote along a forearm
Fine line tattoo on a forearm of dandelion seeds drifting upward with script words and a dark silhouetted figure at the base, with pink and blue accents.
Dandelion seeds and script on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of the word OHANA with a thin arrow running through the letters, across the inner wrist.
Ohana word and arrow on a wrist
Fine line black script tattoo of the word beautiful rising diagonally across the inner forearm.
Beautiful script on a forearm
Small red lettering reading Fearless on the inner forearm of a woman whose hand rests on a steering wheel.
Fearless word tattoo on a forearm
A grid of small fine line tattoos in black ink on the neck, upper back, wrists, hands and ankle, including an infinity symbol, a feather and the word imagine.
Collage of small fine line tattoos
Fine line black script reading carpe diem on a forearm, with a second photo showing the same area covered by skin-toned concealer.
Carpe diem script on forearm, before and after concealer
Black ink lettering reading OHANA with a small outlined heart on the inner wrist, shown in a close photograph of a forearm.
Ohana lettering with heart on wrist
Black script lettering reading Hope on the inner wrist, with the o replaced by a purple awareness ribbon and a semicolon ending in a green ribbon.
Hope script with ribbon on wrist
Black lettering reading Always on the inner wrist, with blue, green, orange and red watercolour splashes and small black stars.
Always lettering with colour splashes on a wrist
Black lettering in a typewriter-style font reading find what you love and let it kill you, tattooed along a forearm.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm: the word Beauty in flowing script with scrollwork above, and Beast in vertical blackletter down the lower arm.
Beauty and Beast lettering on a forearm
Three photos of fine line tattoos in black ink: the word spark on the ribs, forever young across the upper back, and a small heart on the inner wrist.
Script words and a small heart tattoo
Close-up of a fine line lettering tattoo reading Be just and fear not in dark ink on the inner wrist.
Be just and fear not quote on wrist