Word tattoo ideas

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

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Black typewriter-style lettering reading "the truth is out there" runs across a person's upper back below the shoulder.
"The truth is out there" quote on upper back
Black script lettering reading There's Faith In Love across the upper back and shoulder, photographed from behind.
Script quote 'There's Faith In Love' on shoulder
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace that ends in the word 'life', placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Heartbeat line with 'life' script on chest
Black and white photo of a black script tattoo reading Ohana with looping flourishes on the inside of a forearm, with a person taking a mirror selfie behind it.
Ohana script on a wrist
Black typewriter-font lettering reading 'You're not a beautiful, unique snowflake' across the upper back, shown in a close-up with long hair at the left edge.
Typewriter quote across upper back
Black fine line script tattoo reading It's all for love across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script phrase on upper back
Black ink calligraphy reading go live in flowing script across a pale background, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
Go live script lettering design
Black fine line script reading believe across the inner wrist, with blurred grass in the background.
Believe script on a wrist
Black script lettering reading without struggle there is no progress, a fine line lettering tattoo on the side ribs of a person wearing a dark top.
Script quote tattoo on the side ribs
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading live, then courage over fear and mind over matter, set out as stacked fractions in a simple sans serif.
Live, courage over fear and mind over matter
Black line drawing of the words be badass in thin, handwritten script on a plain white background, a lettering design with no placement shown.
Be badass handwritten script
Black handwritten lettering tattoo on the inside of a wrist reading Oh God, I Love Food and Generation Fat, shown in a lettering style.
Handwritten food quote on a wrist
Black handwritten script lyric tattoo across the forearm, reading all alone just the beat inside my soul and take me home where my dreams are made of gold.
Song lyric script on a forearm
Close photograph of black blackletter lettering tattooed vertically along the side of a person's ribs, with a dark wall and records in the background.
Vertical blackletter lettering on the ribs
Close-up of small black Vida Mágica lettering tattoo on the inner forearm of a person wearing a black top.
Vida Mágica lettering on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line serif text tattoo reading 'it has been a beautiful fight still is' across a person's upper back.
Serif quote across upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a large tree with spreading canopy and twisted trunk on the forearm, with the word BALANCE in capitals beneath it.
Tree with BALANCE lettering on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading family with a small heart outline on the side of a finger, in dark ink.
Script word family with heart on finger
Black flowing script lettering spelling the word beloved on a plain white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Beloved script lettering design
Black script lettering reading Shhh followed by three dots, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background with no body placement shown.
Shhh script lettering design
Black serif lettering on the upper back near the shoulder blade reads it has been a beautiful fight still is, in a Lettering style tattoo.
Quote across the upper back near the shoulder
Fine line black script reading beyond inside an infinity symbol tattooed on the inner wrist.
Beyond script inside an infinity symbol on a wrist
Black and grey typewriter lettering reading 'Fight it, take the pain, ignite it' across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Typewriter quote across upper back
Black script lettering reading Dream across the inner wrist, shown in a close, straight-on photo.
Dream script on the inner wrist
Fine line black outline of a Mickey Mouse head on the upper back, with the word dream written in script inside the lower curve.
Outline Mickey Mouse head with script on upper back
Fine line script tattoo reading fearless with a small heart, on the top of a foot in a white ballet flat.
Fearless script on the top of a foot
Black typewriter-style lettering on a forearm reads 'You are always exactly where you are suppose to be', shown against a white vest top.
Typewriter quote along a forearm
Black serif lettering reading I'm the hero of this story across the side of a torso, partly covered by a grey knit top.
I'm the hero of this story text tattoo
Black fine line cursive script tattoo of a single word across the inner wrist and forearm.
Cursive script word on a wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading fearless, ending in a small solid heart, on the inner forearm.
Fearless script with heart on forearm
Black script lettering reading Peace, Love, Unity and Respect on the inside of a forearm, with a person in a green top and denim shorts behind.
Peace, Love, Unity, Respect lettering on a forearm
Colourful blackletter lettering spelling Google across the upper back of a person photographed from behind.
Google lettering across upper back
Close view of a black script lettering tattoo reading 'Forget the risk and take the fall', placed across the upper back.
Script quote across upper back
Hand-drawn script lettering design reading Be brave with your life in black ink on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Be brave with your life lettering
Close-up of small black serif lettering reading bibliophile along the inner wrist, with an open book held above it.
Bibliophile lettering on the inner wrist
Gold metallic temporary tattoo reading BRIDE TRIBE with a feathered arrow, in a lettering style, on the inner forearm.
Bride Tribe lettering with arrow on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo on a wrist showing a heartbeat line that forms a heart at its start and runs into the word faith in cursive script.
Heartbeat line and faith script on wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the words love and faith in script, woven through an infinity symbol on the top of a foot in a high heeled shoe.
Love and faith infinity script on foot
Black ink script lettering reading go live on a plain off-white background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement visible.
Go live script lettering design
Close-up of fine black script lettering running vertically across a shoulder and upper arm, in a lettering style.
Vertical script lettering on a shoulder
Close-up of a thin black fine line script tattoo reading Believe in yourself on the inner wrist, with a braided bracelet below it.
Believe in yourself script on wrist
Black cursive script tattoo reading walk by faith across the side of a foot, shown against a red and purple background.
Walk by faith script on a foot
Colour tattoo of overlapping blue block lettering with grey and white highlights across a forearm, in Lettering style.
Overlapping blue block lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading "we live with the scars we choose" across the ribs, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo on a thigh reading Everything will be okay, In the end, If it's not okay, Then it's not the end.
Script quote tattoo on a thigh
Fine line black script tattoo reading free on the upper chest near the collarbone, with three small birds flying up from the end of the tail.
Free script with birds on the collarbone
Fine line blue script tattoo reading Love on the inner wrist and forearm.
Love script on a wrist
Close view of the back of a woman's neck showing a small black lettering tattoo of the word freed in a typewriter style, placed at the nape below a hair bun.
Small word tattoo on the back of the neck