Word tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black lettering tattoo reading Namaste with a small ornate symbol at the end, placed on the forearm.
Namaste script on the forearm
Black and white photo of a serif quote tattoo reading I'm the hero of this story across the side of the ribs, with a grey knit top draped below it.
Quote tattoo reading I'm the hero of this story
Black script tattoo reading Stay Strong with a feather above the letters, placed on a person's upper chest near the shoulder.
Stay Strong script with feather on shoulder
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading I was a drizzle and she was a hurricane, running diagonally across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Traditional style flash design of a light blue ribbon banner with the word Survivor in black script, outlined in black on a white background.
Survivor ribbon banner design
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading letitbe across the forearm.
Fine line script word on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a bass clef joined to the word hope in cursive script, on pale skin.
Bass clef and hope script tattoo
Fine line tattoo on the inner forearm of a black outlined circle with a red branch sprouting from its left side and the word survive written in red script across the centre.
Survive script and branch circle on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Lights will guide you home across the inside of a forearm, in a fine lettering style.
Script quote on a forearm
Thin black fine line handwritten script reading Enough on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Handwritten word Enough design
Two forearms with handwritten black lettering tattoos reading Peace will win and Fear will lose, placed on the forearms.
Peace will win and fear will lose on forearms
Black script lettering reading 'without struggle there is no progress' tattooed on a ribcage, shown in a lettering style.
Quote reading 'without struggle there is no progress'
Close-up of a black typewriter-style quote tattooed along the side of the ribs, reading you are terrifying and strange and beautiful, something not everyone knows how to love.
Typed quote tattoo along the ribs
Black handwritten script lettering of the word lovely on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Lovely in handwritten script
Fine line black script tattoo reading believe with an arrow running along the inner forearm, shown on a hand resting on a granite countertop.
Believe script with arrow on inner forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading You get what you give, running across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script quote on inner wrist
Black monoline lettering on a white background spelling WARR;OR, with a semicolon in place of the letter I, in a lettering tattoo design.
Spaced lettering reading WARR;OR
Black script tattoo reading Grace with a small cross above the final letter, on the inner forearm.
Grace script and cross on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a star under peeling skin, filled with words such as friendship, freedom and love, on a shoulder and upper arm.
Torn skin star with virtue words on upper arm
Fine line black ink lettering spelling the word WITCH on the forearm, with stylised, looping letterforms.
WITCH lettering on a forearm
Black flash design of the Japanese kanji for strength above the word STRENGTH in blackletter lettering, on a white background.
Kanji for strength with blackletter lettering
Gold script lettering reading don't fear with a full stop, drawn in fine linework on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Don't fear script lettering design
Two side-by-side photos of a thin black script tattoo reading "and ever" on skin near the shoulder, above a black top.
"and ever" script tattoo near the shoulder
Black and white photo of a man's bare upper back with hands behind his head, showing the word artist in lowercase sans-serif lettering between the shoulder blades, in Lettering style on the Back.
Word tattoo across the upper back
Black and grey serif lettering spelling the word arm vertically down the outer upper arm, in a lettering style.
Vertical lettering reading arm on an upper arm
Black lettering reading diabetic in a typewriter style, with a thin arrow below it that has a yellow tip, on the inside of a wrist.
Diabetic word and arrow on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo design of an infinity symbol with a heart on one loop and script lettering running along the strokes.
Infinity heart with script lettering
Pink handwritten script reading shine on on a plain white background, drawn as a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Shine on handwritten script design
Black script lettering reading Passion and Love with a pair of scissors tattooed across the fingers of a hand.
Passion and love with scissors on fingers
Colour tattoo of four stacked alphabet blocks spelling ISLA in Lettering style on the outer forearm of a person wearing a white t-shirt.
ISLA letter blocks on a forearm
Black fine line cursive tattoo of the word saved across the forearm.
Saved in cursive script on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with the word believe in cursive script, flowing into an open heart outline, drawn on white paper.
Believe script in a heart outline
Black and white photo of a fine line script lettering tattoo with a small dot above it, on the inner forearm.
Fine line script lettering on a forearm
Close photo of a small black lettering tattoo reading "let it be" on a person's forearm, with a grey and red sleeve and a blurred background.
"let it be" lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo of a single word in ornate looping script, placed on the side of the ribs with a green striped top and red fabric visible.
Ornate script word on the ribs
Two photographs of black script lettering on the inner forearm, reading As long as we're together and ...the rest will fall in place.
Script quote tattoos on the forearm
Black handwritten lettering reading "you are art" across a person's inner forearm, near the wrist, in a fine line lettering style.
Handwritten "you are art" on the forearm
Black script lettering reading Faith, Hope and Love with a small heart between each word, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Faith, hope and love script lettering
Black script lettering reading Courage with small flying birds beside it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Courage script with flying birds
Black and grey tattoo of cracked, fractured skin filled with handwritten words, covering the middle of a person's back.
Cracked skin with handwritten words on back
Close photo of a small fine line cursive script lettering tattoo in black ink on the inner wrist, with a clenched hand and pale nails above it.
Small cursive script on an inner wrist
Black flowing script reading Fight it, with a black ribbon trailing from the top of the word, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Fight it script with black ribbon design
Close-up of a fine line script word tattooed in black ink on the inner wrist and forearm, with a grey sleeve pushed up.
Fine line script word on the inner wrist
Black lettering tattoo of the word Believe in a script style, with a swirled flourish beneath it, on the ankle.
Believe script with swirls on ankle
Fine line black script tattoo reading Strength on skin, with a teal ribbon running through the middle of the word.
Strength script with teal ribbon
Black script lettering tattoo reading Always across the wrist of a hand, with the palm and fingers visible.
Always script tattoo on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Be the change on the inner wrist, in a lettering style with a flowing, hand-drawn look.
Be the change script on a wrist
Black and grey script lettering reading For her I'd risk it all on a forearm, with a second line, Because of her I will not fall, on the other arm.
Script quotes on two forearms