Word tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line tattoo of the word warrior with a semicolon in place of the i and an arrow beneath it, on a forearm.
Warrior semicolon and arrow on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of the word hallelujah in lowercase typewriter-style lettering on the inner forearm.
Small hallelujah lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo of a Greek word in a flowing script on the inner wrist, with a healed scar visible below it.
Greek script word on inner wrist
Black typewriter-style tattoo of the word strong with a full stop on the inner forearm, partly covered by a white beaded bracelet with a black bead.
Word strong in typewriter font on the wrist
Black ink tattoo on the inner forearm of a tombstone-shaped outline with a small cherub at the top, grass at the base, and the words EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT in capitals.
Tombstone quote tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line script reading stay alive, framed by two parallel lines in a band around the inside of a wrist.
Stay alive script between two lines on a wrist
Close-up of the word Serendipity in black fine line script tattooed along the inner forearm, against a dark plastic background.
Serendipity script on a forearm
Black lettering reading no day but today in a typewriter-style font on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
No day but today lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading imagine on the inside of a wrist, with a red, white and blue string bracelet tied just above it.
Imagine script on the wrist
Black script lettering reading "A dream is a wish your heart makes" with small blue stars, tattooed on the inner forearm, lettering style.
Script quote with stars on a forearm
Two black script tattoos on the inner wrists, reading No lies and Just love, set side by side in a lettering style on a forearm.
No lies and Just love wrist script
Two wrists in a sepia photo, each with black script lettering reading Love all and Trust few, placed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Love all and trust few script on wrists
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'we're all stories in the end' runs along the inside of a forearm.
Quote 'we're all stories in the end' on forearm
Collage of nine black ink tattoos in fine line script and small symbols, including a feather behind the ear, a key with the word honesty, an anchor with chains and the word alive on the wrist.
Script and symbol tattoos on wrists and ear
Small black fine line tattoo of the script word fé joined to a line drawn bird, on the inner arm.
Fine line script and bird on forearm
Black outline tattoo of the American Sign Language I love you hand gesture with the word iloveyou in script below, on the forearm.
Sign language I love you hand with iloveyou script
Small black fine line lettering reading mind above matter, with a curved line between the words, on a wrist.
Mind and matter wording on a wrist
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading wanderlust on the inner wrist, with gold bangles and a mountain landscape behind.
Wanderlust lettering on the inner wrist
Black fine line lettering reading home is wherever I'm with you runs diagonally along the inner forearm of a hand raised against a dim background.
Quote reading home is wherever I'm with you
Fine line black script reading strength with Braille dots above it, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Braille and script word on a wrist
Black lettering on a forearm reading LOVE above a horizontal line with IS THE ANSWER beneath it, in a simple lettering style.
LOVE is the answer lettering on a forearm
Black fine-line tattoo of the word love written in looping script inside an outlined heart, on the inner wrist, in black and white.
Love script in a heart on a wrist
Black and grey realistic tattoo on a forearm showing torn skin revealing words such as courage, freedom, integrity and compassion.
Torn skin revealing virtue words on a forearm
Three arms meet in the centre of the frame, each showing a matching black script tattoo reading ohana on the inner forearm.
Matching ohana script tattoos on three wrists
Black serif lettering tattooed on the inner forearm reads: We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worst that has been done to us.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line script reading Only if I want to with a small paper aeroplane, on the outer forearm against a wooden shingle wall.
Script quote and paper aeroplane on a forearm
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading "it's a beautiful day to save lives" in a plain sans-serif font.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'always' on the inner wrist.
Always script on the wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading resilience, with an arrow at each end, on the inner forearm.
Resilience script with arrows on the forearm
Black looping script lettering tattoo running down the forearm, drawn in thin, flowing cursive strokes.
Looping script lettering on a forearm
Small black serif lettering reading 'be here now.' on the inner forearm near the wrist, beside a grey knit sleeve.
Be here now lettering on the inner wrist
Black script lettering reading Never let your fear decide your fate, tattooed on the inner forearm in a lettering style.
Script quote on a forearm
Close-up of a lettering tattoo reading 13.elieve on the forearm, with the 13 in pink and outlined and the rest in dark navy.
13.elieve lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Never let your fear decide your fate, a lettering tattoo across the forearm.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of the word hope in cursive script running along an arrow with feathered fletching, on a forearm.
Hope script and arrow on a forearm
Black block lettering on the inner wrist reads 'Destroy what destroys you', a lettering tattoo on the forearm beside a grey knit sleeve.
Destroy what destroys you lettering on a wrist
Close photo of the word "breathe." tattooed in a typewriter-style font in black ink across the inner wrist of a hand.
Breathe lettering on the inner wrist
Two wrists with fine line black script tattoos reading just and breathe, placed on the inner wrists.
Just and breathe script on wrists
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Fear is the mind-killer across the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a close photograph.
Quote reading Fear is the mind-killer on a wrist
Two forearms pressed together show black script lettering reading Forgive my sins and Touch my soul, with a red and multicoloured woven bracelet on one wrist.
Matching script quote tattoos on forearms
Close-up of a black cursive tattoo spelling the word faith on the inner forearm of a woman in a white top.
Script word "faith" on a forearm
Black and red script lettering reading Money over Men with swirling flourishes, tattooed along a forearm.
Money over Men script lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a woman's inner forearm with a small black fine-line script tattoo of a few words, placed near the wrist.
Small script tattoo on a forearm
Close-up of a wrist with a small fine line script tattoo reading alive in dark ink, shown in a soft focus film photograph.
Script word alive on a wrist
Fine white ink script reading Still I Rise across the wrist, shown as a lettering piece on pale skin.
Still I Rise script on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading think POSITIVE on the forearm, with a cross in place of the letter T in POSITIVE.
Think positive lettering with a cross on the forearm
Close-up of a fine line white ink script tattoo reading Love on the inner forearm near the wrist.
White ink script word Love on a wrist
Close-up of a dark serif lettering tattoo on a wrist reading 'It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live', in Lettering style on the forearm.
Serif quotation tattoo on a wrist