Word tattoo ideas

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

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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
Fine line script tattoo reading Always, looped through an open heart outline, on the inner wrist, with silver bangles worn above it.
Always script with heart on a wrist
Close view of the back of a neck with the word Resilience in black fine line script tattoo lettering at the base of the neck, below dark hair.
Resilience script tattoo on the nape
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading walk by faith on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Walk by faith script on a foot
Black typewriter-font quote tattoo reading she believed she could so she did, set in a stacked column on the side of the ribs.
Typewriter quote tattoo on the ribs
Black and white photo of fine line script lettering reading Wild Child on the side of a ribcage, above a dark garment band.
Wild Child script on the ribs
Black outline starburst tattoo reading BAZINGA in bold lettering, placed on the upper arm near the shoulder.
BAZINGA starburst tattoo on shoulder
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading trust on the inner wrist of a palm-up hand.
Trust script on the inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with the words life and love and a shaded feather on the forearm.
Infinity feather with life and love script
Black and white photo of two heels with the word send on the left and me on the right, both in black script lettering.
Send and me lettering on both heels
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo in black ink on the inner forearm of a person wearing a pink knit sleeve and patterned bracelets.
Fine line script on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading 'through every dark night, there is a brighter day' in script across the side ribs.
Script quote on the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo reading give faith a fighting chance, placed on a shoulder near the collarbone.
Script quote tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey fine line script reading Family with a small anchor beneath it, on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Family script and anchor on wrist
Black fine line infinity symbol with the word family in cursive script, tattooed on a shoulder.
Infinity symbol with family script on shoulder
Two bare feet with matching black script tattoos reading Her Daughter and Her Mother, on the side and sole of each foot.
Matching 'Her Daughter' and 'Her Mother' script on feet
Two small black script tattoos reading My First and My Last sit on the shoulders of two people, one with wavy blonde hair.
Script words on two shoulders
Black and white photo of a black serif lettering tattoo reading cheers to the miles it took to get here, placed on a person's upper back.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Fine line script tattoo spelling the word Wanderlust in black ink across the inner forearm.
Cursive wanderlust word on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Where words fail, music speaks across the upper back of a person, in a lettering style.
Where words fail, music speaks script across the back
Black blackletter tattoo spelling the word librarian across the knuckles and fingers of two clenched hands.
Librarian knuckle lettering
Close-up of a watercolour-style orange flower bloom with black script lettering on a person's ankle.
Orange bloom and script on an ankle
Black script tattoo reading Traveler on the back of a person's neck, with their hair pulled up and hands in their hair.
Traveler script on the back of the neck
Black lettering tattoo reading riot on one thigh and grrrl on the other, in a typewriter-style font, on a person wearing a striped skirt.
Riot grrrl lettering across both thighs
Black fine line script tattoo reading Unbreakable on the inner forearm, against blue patterned fabric.
Unbreakable script on a forearm
Black and white photo of a black fine line Bowie logo and italic script tattoo on the inner forearm, with a black lace bra and dark jeans visible beside it.
Bowie logo and script on a forearm
Close-up of a black typewriter-style lettering tattoo reading smart, kind, important across the upper back.
Smart, kind, important lettering on upper back
Close-up of the inner wrist with thin dark script tattoo reading All my love, Dad, in a handwriting style lettering.
All my love, Dad script on a wrist
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading passion across the inside of a wrist.
Passion script on a wrist
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo running along a person's forearm, with denim shorts and a white top in the background.
Fine line script on a forearm
Black serif lettering spelling LADYLIKE, one letter per finger across both hands, in a lettering style with pink nail polish visible.
LADYLIKE lettered across fingers
Close photo of a line of black cursive script tattoo running up a man's forearm, with a dark wristwatch and green top visible.
Script quote on a forearm