Word tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
Several arms show matching black fine line script tattoos reading Ohana with a small heart flourish, placed on the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Matching Ohana script tattoos on wrists
Fine line black script reading Forever in my heart with a small heart motif on the side of a torso, ribs placement.
Forever in my heart script on ribs
Small black block lettering reading FRECKLE with a thin arrow pointing to a real freckle on bare skin.
Word FRECKLE with arrow to a real freckle
Black script lettering reading To The Moon with a long underline swash on a plain grey background, shown as a lettering design rather than a tattoo on skin.
To The Moon script lettering design
Black and grey fine line script reading Memento Mori across the ribs in a black and white photo.
Memento Mori script on a rib cage
Black fine line script tattoo reading Fearless with a small solid heart, on the top of a bare foot resting on sand.
Fearless script with heart on foot
Hand-drawn flash design of two closed eyes with radiating dotted lines, above and below the words 'AND YOU SEE YOUR GYPSY' in dark brown lettering on a pink textured background.
Hand-lettered eyes design on pink
Close photo of the word persevere in fine black cursive script across the inner forearm.
Persevere script on an inner arm
Black ink tattoo of a looping ribbon shape above the word love written in script, photographed on skin in a fine line style.
Looped ribbon and love script tattoo
Black script lettering reading 'Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered' across the upper thigh.
Script quote across the upper thigh
Fine line tattoo of an arrow with pink and lilac feather details and the word resilient in script, on the inner forearm.
Arrow, feather and resilient script on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script lettering on the side of the ribs, shown in a black and white close-up photograph.
Fine line script word on the ribs
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading wonderfully made across the upper thigh, with the start of the phrase partly hidden by a pink garment.
Script quote across a thigh
Two arms crossed together, each with the word 'always' in thin black cursive lettering on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Matching 'always' script tattoos on two forearms
Black stylised lettering reading LOVE on the inner forearm, with a looping swash finishing the final letter, shown beside a wine glass.
LOVE lettering on a forearm
Two wrists held together, each with a fine line script tattoo in black ink, one reading to with an infinity symbol and the other reading and beyond with small birds.
Matching infinity and beyond wrist tattoos
Hand-drawn design of the word Survivor in dark purple marker on cream paper, with a long swooping flourish rising through the first letter.
Survivor lettering with a long flourish
Black script lettering reading "faith" in a fine line style on the inner forearm.
Script word "faith" on a forearm
Two fingers on interlocked hands carry matching black script tattoos reading promise, against dark fabric with printed lettering.
Promise script tattoos on fingers
Black fine line script tattoo of a ribbon shape made of cursive words, sitting on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script ribbon shape on the inner wrist
Black script tattoo of the word Faith with a small yellow ribbon above the letters, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Faith script on upper chest
Black fine line script tattoo reading 'always' on the top of a foot, with red painted toenails and a grey trouser leg in view.
Script word 'always' on a foot
Close photo of the word cont;nue in black serif lettering with a semicolon on the inner wrist.
Cont;nue lettering on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading if i could fly on a shoulder, with a striped top at the edge of the frame.
Fine line script quote on the shoulder
Black and grey sans-serif lettering reading 'you get what anyone gets, you get a lifetime' across a person's upper back beside a tank top strap.
Quote lettering on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol beside the word Always in script on a forearm.
Always script and Deathly Hallows symbol on forearm
Small black fine line script tattoo reading Smile on the side of the torso below the arm, with a couple of moles nearby.
Smile script on the side ribs
Red handwritten script reading I must not tell lies across the back of a fist, a fine line lettering tattoo on the hand.
Handwritten quote on the back of a hand
Black handwritten script lettering reading I'll keep you safe, you keep me wild, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Script quote: I'll keep you safe, you keep me wild