Word tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey photo of a forearm with the words I go to seek a great perhaps tattooed in a typewriter-style lettering font.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, shown in black ink against pale skin.
Script word tattoo on inner wrist
Close up of a fine line lettering tattoo of the word free on the back of a woman's hand near the wrist, with a denim shirt and bracelets visible.
Fine line word tattoo on the hand
Black and grey fine line script reading Frida, placed at the base of the neck on the upper back.
Frida script on the upper back
Black lettering tattooed vertically down a bare upper back reads "those who matter don't mind", in a typewriter-style font, with a pool behind.
Vertical quote tattooed down the upper back
Black fine line infinity symbol with three birds in flight and the word Always in script on a person's back shoulder.
Infinity symbol with three birds and Always
Black fine line script tattoo reading cure on the side of the ribs, partly covered by grey fabric.
Cure script on the ribs
Black typewriter-style lettering reading we're all mad here on a lower leg, with a black and white canvas sneaker beside it.
Quote tattoo on a lower leg
Black script lettering reading Okay. Okay. across the side of a finger, in a lettering style.
Okay okay script on a finger
Black cursive lettering reading dream with looping flourishes across the inner wrist, in a fine line style.
Dream script tattoo on a wrist
Three words in black script lettering, Favored, Constant and Graced, tattooed one word per finger on a hand resting on denim.
Favored, Constant and Graced finger lettering
Back of a woman's neck, with her hair in a bun, showing a black script tattoo reading Stay Gold in a lettering style.
Stay Gold script on the back of the neck
Back view of a person with two hair buns showing a small black lettering tattoo reading TGIF on the nape of the neck.
TGIF lettering on the nape of the neck
Close view of a red hand-lettered BAD tattoo on the inner forearm of a person with a white oversized top and black fishnet shorts.
Red BAD lettering on a forearm
Small black script tattoo reading happiness on the inner wrist, surrounded by stacked bracelets in gold, silver and bright threads.
Happiness wrist tattoo among bracelets
Close-up of a white ink tattoo of the word Believe in flowing script with swirled flourishes on a forearm.
Believe script with swirls on a forearm
Black ink lettering reading faith in script above a horizontal line and fear in serif capitals below, on the side of a ribcage.
Faith and fear lettering on the ribs
Close-up of the inner wrist and palm showing the words "one of two" in thin black cursive lettering on the forearm.
"one of two" script on an inner wrist
Black linework design of the word LOVE in an elegant serif script, with the O looped into the flowing L and a curled flourish on the E, drawn on a plain white background.
Stylised LOVE lettering design
Black script lettering reading Never let your fear decide your fate across the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Black and grey photo of two forearms, each with a small serif word tattooed on the skin: her on one arm and him on the other.
Matching her and him lettering on forearms
Small black script tattoo running vertically down the centre of a person's upper back, between crossed grey sports bra straps.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Black script lettering reading 'And though she be but little she is fierce' across the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Script quote on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading onward on the inner forearm, with silver rings and bracelets and a city view behind the hand.
Onward script tattoo on the forearm
Black script tattoo reading Love always, mom across the top of a person's ankle and foot.
Script words across an ankle
Red script lettering reading Trust No One, arranged in a heart shape on a plain light grey background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Trust no one script in a heart shape
Two people show matching black FRIENDS lettering in a blocky sans-serif font across their inner wrists and forearms.
Matching FRIENDS lettering on two wrists
Black and white photo of a fine line script word tattooed along the forearm of a person, with a softly blurred background.
Fine script lettering on a forearm
Close photograph of a hand with pale nails resting on hair, showing fine line script lettering in black ink along the middle finger and a small mark on the index finger.
Script lettering across two fingers
Black script tattoo reading Life flows on within you and without you, running diagonally along the forearm.
Script quote along a forearm
Fine line script reading redemption on the inner forearm, with three yellow dots decreasing in size towards the wrist.
Redemption script and yellow dots on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo of the word serendipity on a woman's upper arm near the shoulder, with more thin script running along her inner forearm.
Script word tattoos on shoulder and forearm
Three arrow designs with black script lettering reading freedom, hope and love, with teal accents, shown as a drawn tattoo design without a body placement.
Freedom, hope and love arrow script designs
Black script lettering with blue shading reading Live every moment, Laugh every day, Love beyond words, on a limb in a lettering style.
Three-line script quote in black and blue
Close-up of the word adventure in small black serif lettering on the inner forearm, with a gold bangle and cord bracelet at the wrist.
Adventure lettering on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading And though she be but Little she is fierce, running diagonally across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote across the upper chest
Black lettering reading Via Veritas Vita, in a blackletter-style font, across the inner forearm against a red fabric background.
Via Veritas Vita lettering on a forearm
Close photograph of a fine line cursive script word tattoo in black ink on the top of a foot near the ankle, resting on a purple patterned blanket.
Cursive word tattoo on the foot
Black script lettering of a four-line quote tattooed along the side of a ribcage, on skin partly covered by a red top.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Fine line black script reading family with a small heart, tattooed along the side of a finger on a hand resting on a fluffy white blanket.
Family script with heart on finger
Black script lettering tattoo reading Faith on the inner wrist, with gold bracelets worn just below it.
Faith script on inner wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading live with an arrow running through it, on the side of a finger.
Live script and arrow on a finger
Black flowing script lettering reading Windsong on a plain white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Windsong script lettering design
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading wanderlust across the inner wrist of a raised hand with dark nail polish.
Wanderlust lettering on a wrist
Black blackletter text tattoo across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade, with a hand adjusting the strap of her grey tank top.
Blackletter quote across upper back
Black script lettering spelling poema on the inner wrist, in a fine line lettering style.
Script lettering reading poema on wrist
Black and white photo of fine line script lettering reading Live with a semicolon, placed on the inner forearm.
Script word Live on the inner forearm
Close-up of a script lettering tattoo reading Concurs All on skin, with black outlines, red fill and grey shading behind the letters.
Script lettering reading Concurs All