Word tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line script tattoo reading most ardently across the outer ankle and foot.
Most ardently script on an ankle
Black fine line cursive lettering reading free your mind on a shoulder, shown in two photographs.
Free your mind script on the shoulder
Script lettering reading Believe in Yourself on the inner wrist and forearm, with Be and You in pink and the rest in dark blue-black ink.
Believe in Yourself script on the wrist
Black ink script tattoo reading explore on the inner forearm of a person in a black top, with another hand holding the arm.
Explore script on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Heartless across the finger of a hand with pink nails, set against dark denim.
Heartless script tattoo on a finger
Black calligraphy script reading still i rise with long flowing flourishes on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Still I rise script lettering design
Close photo of a fine-line handwritten script tattoo reading everything I am, placed low on the abdomen above the waistband of patterned pyjamas.
Fine script lettering on lower abdomen
Fine line black script tattoo reading love, looped into an infinity shape, on the ankle of a leg in beige platform heels.
Love script with infinity loop on ankle
Black and white photo of two arms showing matching fine line script tattoos reading Ohana on the upper arm.
Matching Ohana script on upper arms
Black lettering tattoo reading love, life, death doesn't discriminate in a typewriter-style font on the inner upper arm, in lettering style.
Love, life, death quote on an upper arm
Black and grey photograph of a barcode tattoo with the word SLAVE beneath it, placed in the centre of an open palm.
Barcode and SLAVE on a palm
Close crop of a woman's upper arm and shoulder showing a black fine line script tattoo running down the outer arm, in a lettering style.
Fine line script tattoo on upper arm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading imagine across the inner forearm, with the hand extended to the right.
Imagine script on a forearm
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind in a hot tub, with a small lettering tattoo of a two-line quote across her upper back.
Small quote tattoo on upper back
Black bare tree silhouette above the lowercase words 'i am.' tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Bare tree and 'i am.' on a wrist
Two stacked photos of fine line black tattoos on skin, each showing an infinity symbol with a heart loop beside the script word Mom on top and Daughter below.
Infinity heart with Mom and Daughter script
Black fine line drawing of an infinity symbol joined to the cursive word family, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Infinity symbol with family script
Two wrists with matching fine script tattoos, one reading "to" with an infinity symbol and the other reading "and beyond" in blue with red accents, on the inner wrist.
"to infinity" and "and beyond" wrist script
Fine line script lettering in dark blue ink on the inner wrist of a woman wearing stacked bracelets.
Small script lettering on the inner wrist
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm reading Not all those who wander are lost, with a mountain silhouette and two arrows between the lines.
Wander quote with mountains on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo on an upper arm, arranged in a stacked typographic layout with words including fierce, strong, love, wild and life.
Word tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a dreamcatcher with feathers beside the word Dreamer in script on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Dreamer lettering and dreamcatcher on wrist
Close photo of a small black arrow tattoo with script beside it on a forearm, next to a gold bracelet and a black and white patterned dress.
Arrow and script on a forearm
Black fine line script reading peace of mind on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Peace of mind in fine line script
Black italic script lettering spelling the word wonder on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Wonder in script lettering
Black ink tattoo of the word CREATE in distressed brush-stroke lettering on the side of the body.
Distressed CREATE lettering in black ink
Close-up of the word fernweh in black typewriter-style lettering across the inner wrist, with a hand holding the wrist from below against a knitted blanket.
Fernweh lettering on a wrist
Fine line black script reading still I rise with an arrow, tattooed along the side of a torso above the hip.
Still I rise script and arrow on the side
Small black Greek lettering reading agape in thin script on the inner forearm, shown in a close, soft-focus photo.
Greek word agape on forearm
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, reading comrade, with hands wearing silver rings and yellow nail polish.
Script word tattoo on the inner wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading dreamer on the side of a torso, partly covered by a grey knitted sleeve.
Dreamer script on the side ribs
Three pairs of ankles with matching fine line black script tattoos reading Ohana, each with a small heart flourish, placed on the ankles.
Matching Ohana script ankle tattoos
Two black and grey script lettering tattoos on a forearm, reading For her I'd risk it all and Because of her I will not fall.
Script quotes on two forearms
Black script lettering reading My family my everything across the upper chest near the collarbone, in a Lettering style.
Script text reading My family my everything
Black and grey close-up photo of the words Bad Influence in script lettering tattooed on the chin below the lower lip.
Bad Influence script lettering on chin
Two photos of black script tattoos: the words I'm fine on the outer lower leg below the knee, and save me on the ankle and lower calf.
Handwritten words on lower leg and ankle
Small black script word Always with four asterisk-style stars beside it, tattooed on a shoulder in a sepia photograph.
Always script with stars on a shoulder
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading warrior in blue ink on a woman's inner forearm, while she holds an open book wrapped in a teal knit sweater.
Warrior script on inner forearm
Black script lettering reading Dreams are our escape from reality on the upper back near the shoulder blade, seen over a white vest top.
Script quote across upper back
Close-up of the word peculiar in black typewriter-style lettering on the lower stomach, above the waistband of denim jeans.
Peculiar lettering on the lower stomach
Close photo of a thin black cursive script tattoo running diagonally across a shoulder, in fine line lettering style.
Cursive script line across a shoulder
Small red lettering tattoo of a short phonetically spelled word on the lower back, above dark camouflage leggings.
Small red word tattoo on the lower back
Black hand-drawn script lettering reading just breathe on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Just breathe script lettering design
Black ink typewriter-style lettering reading 'To live is the rarest thing' on the left side of a person's ribs, with a dark garment pulled up beside it.
Quote lettering on the ribs in black ink
Pencil sketch of two crossed arrows with the words BE, AND, STILL and KNOW set around the crossing point, a lettering-led tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Crossed arrows with 'Be still and know' lettering
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading everything happens for a reason across the inner forearm.
Handwritten quote on a forearm
Black script lettering in fine handwritten style runs diagonally across a pale inner forearm and wrist.
Script lettering quote across the wrist
Fine line black tattoo of an open book above the word wanderer in script, on the inner wrist of a light-skinned arm.
Open book and wanderer on a wrist