Word tattoo ideas

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

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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
Black ink dandelion with drifting seeds and the word hope in small script on the inner wrist and forearm, in a botanical fine line style.
Dandelion seeds and hope on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with three birds in flight and script lettering, on the shoulder.
Infinity symbol with birds on a shoulder
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
Black and grey photo of two forearms, each with a line of serif lettering tattooed on it: a quote about understanding and destroying oneself on the left, and one about fixing oneself on the right.
Two serif quotes on both forearms
Three feet side by side, each with a fine-line black script tattoo of the word sisters beside a small outlined heart, placed on the ankle.
Matching heart and sisters script on three ankles
Fine line black script tattoo reading choose joy with a small cross on the inner wrist, shown with the palm facing up.
Choose joy script on inner wrist
Two wrists with matching black fine line script tattoos of the word nourish, each with a swirl flourish at one end.
Matching nourish wrist tattoos
Black fine line script tattoo on the inner wrist reading Live by the sun above Love by the moon, with a horizontal arrow under each line.
Live by the sun and love by the moon wrist script
Two inner wrists show matching black serif lettering reading home, one upright and one upside down, as a lettering tattoo on the wrist.
Matching home lettering on two wrists
Close photo of the word Riddikulus in thin black script lettering across the inner forearm near the wrist, shown against a dark blurred background.
Riddikulus lettering on a wrist
Small black script tattoo on the side ribs of a woman in a white crochet bikini top, with foliage and pale stone behind her.
Script tattoo on ribs in white crochet bikini
Fine line script tattoo reading focus with a long swash line on the inner forearm, beside a gold clover bracelet.
Focus script on a forearm
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading it is well in black ink on the inner forearm.
Fine line script reading it is well on forearm
Black and white photo of the words send and me in small script lettering tattooed on the heels of two bare feet.
Send and me script tattoos on two heels
Black outline lettering spelling NICE, one letter on each finger of a hand, in a lettering style with ornate, decorative letterforms.
NICE lettered across four fingers
Black script lettering tattoo on a forearm, with the arm holding a red tennis racket and a yellow ball.
Script lettering on a forearm
Close-up of the word Speranza in brown script with a small green and red heart on the upper back.
Speranza script with heart on upper back
Black serif lettering reading Words, are our most inexhaustible source of magic, tattooed in a fine line lettering style across the upper back.
Serif quote tattoo on upper back
Black script tattoo reading Love on the inner wrist, in a fine line lettering style, photographed against a dark background.
Love script on a wrist
Two black script tattoos, one reading amica mea on the back and one reading soror mea on the inner forearm.
Amica mea and soror mea script on back and forearm