Word tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink Deathly Hallows symbol with ornate swirls on a person's upper back, with the word Always in script hanging below it.
Deathly Hallows symbol with script on upper back
Black infinity symbol tattoo on skin with the words 'i feel infinite' set in a typewriter-style font inside the loops.
Infinity symbol with 'i feel infinite' text
Black and grey photograph of the words AWAKE AND UNAFRAID in block serif lettering across the inner wrist and forearm.
Awake and unafraid lettering on a wrist
Close up of the word explore in fine black script lettering on the inner forearm of a person wearing a black top.
Explore script tattoo on an inner forearm
Black serif lettering reading take a breath and be strong across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Take a breath and be strong on upper back
Black and white photo of a fine-line script tattoo reading Ohana with a small heart flourish on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Ohana script with heart on forearm
Fine line black script tattoo of the word free on the back of a hand, with the wearer's hand resting on her opposite shoulder.
Free script word on the hand
Two feet showing matching black script lettering reading Dreaming The Dive, one set upright and one rotated, in a Lettering style on the Other placement.
Dreaming The Dive script on two feet
Fine line black tattoo of a small turtle above the word Trust in cursive script on the inner wrist.
Turtle and Trust script on inner wrist
Black script lettering reading Look alive sunshine across the inner wrist and forearm, in a lettering style.
Look alive sunshine script on wrist
Black and white photo of the words James 1:2 in cursive script tattooed on the back of the neck, with hair and a hand blurred in the foreground.
James 1:2 script on the neck
Two black typewriter-style words, Relapse and Recover, tattooed on a pair of wrists in a lettering design.
Relapse and recover wrist tattoos
Two black serif lettering tattoos on forearms, one reading enormous pocket (partly cropped at the edge) and one reading heavy boots.
Two word tattoos on forearms
Two matching black script tattoos on the inner wrists of a pair of arms, reading No Lies on the left and Just Love on the right.
No Lies and Just Love script wrist tattoos
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading faithfully along the inner forearm, shown in black ink on pale skin.
Faithfully script on a forearm
Small black block-capital lettering reading BE PRESENT BE LOVE on the inner wrist.
Be Present Be Love lettering on the inner wrist
Fine line black lettering reading mind above matter, split by a horizontal line, on the lower abdomen below the navel.
Mind over matter fine line lettering
Fine line black tattoo of an upside-down cursive word inside an outlined downward triangle on the inner forearm.
Upside-down script inside a fine line triangle
Small black capital letters spelling LOVE, tattooed vertically along the inner rim of an ear in a lettering style.
LOVE lettering on the inner ear
Black ink script lettering design reading Wild Heart above Gypsy Soul, with a double-headed arrow between the lines, on a white background.
Wild Heart Gypsy Soul lettering design
Black fine line infinity symbol with the word sisters written in script inside the loop, tattooed on skin.
Infinity symbol with sisters script
Fine line black script tattoo of the word enough on the upper chest, with a red and cream top strap visible at the right edge.
Enough in script on the upper chest
Pink fine line infinity symbol with the word run in script on the back of a person's neck, with hair pulled to one side.
Infinity symbol with 'run' on the neck
Fine line script tattoo reading love in dark ink on the side of a finger, against a blurred dark background with bokeh lights.
Love script on a finger
Black handwritten script on a white background reading And suddenly you were my everything, drawn as a lettering design for a tattoo.
Script quote: And suddenly you were my everything
Black lettering reading STRONG on one ankle and a small row of three solid dots on the other ankle, both in black ink.
Strong lettering and three dots on ankles
Black hand-lettered tattoo reading To Infinity and Beyond across the forearm, with a white sleeve and beaded bracelets at the wrist.
To infinity and beyond lettering on forearm
Close-up of a fine line tattoo on the inside of a wrist reading warr;or, with a teal semicolon and a thin black arrow pointing right beneath the word.
Warrior with semicolon and arrow on a wrist
Small black lettering in a typewriter-style font reading just breathe on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with a beaded bracelet and city buildings behind.
Just breathe lettering on the inner wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo of the word unless on the side of the body, above a dark garment.
Fine line script word tattoo reading unless
Pale pink handwritten script reading Aries on a coral background, a lettering design with no skin or body part visible.
Aries handwritten script lettering
Close-up of two small handwritten script tattoos, reading Still and Beautiful, on the side of a torso above and below a skin fold.
Still and Beautiful script on the side
Close crop of a woman in a black strappy top showing a small teal script tattoo on her upper chest near the shoulder.
Small script tattoo near the collarbone
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading With pain comes strength across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Script quote across upper back
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading "still" above "Beautiful" on a patch of pale skin with soft natural light.
Still and Beautiful in fine line script
Close photo of the word recover(ed) tattooed in small black lettering on the inner forearm, with a cream electric guitar in the background.
Recover(ed) lettering on inner forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading liefde across the inner forearm of a person with blonde hair in a dark knit jumper.
Fine line script word on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo of the word faith with a thin trailing line, on the inside of a wrist against a background of pink and purple petunias.
Faith script tattoo on a wrist
Black script lettering reading The ones we love never truly leave us, tattooed along the side of the ribs in a lettering style.
Script quote along the side ribs
Close photo of a forearm with the word re:stacks in dark lettering, with bare legs crossed on a bed behind it.
Re:stacks lettering on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line cursive script word tattoo on the inner forearm.
Fine line script word on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading Love with a small heart on the side of a finger, in a fine line style.
Love script with heart on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing torn skin that reveals a stone-like surface inscribed with words such as loyalty, integrity and compassion.
Torn skin revealing virtue words on a forearm
Black brush lettering reading BE PRESENT on a plain white background, a lettering-style tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Be Present brush lettering
Close-up of a small fine line black script tattoo reading blessed on a person's shoulder.
Blessed script tattoo on a shoulder
Black script tattoo reading Believe on the inner wrist, where the capital B forms a heart loop, with a blurred shoreline behind.
Believe script with heart on wrist
Black fine line infinity symbol with the word family written in script across its loop, tattooed on skin in a lettering style.
Infinity symbol with family script
Black and grey script tattoo reading Meow on the side of the ribs, with a black bra visible above it.
Meow script tattoo on the ribs