Word tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading self made or never made on the inner wrist and forearm, with fingers curled above and a ring on one finger.
Self made or never made script on a wrist
Black cursive script lettering tattooed on the tops of two feet, worn with snakeskin-print peep-toe platform heels.
Black script lettering on both feet
Black fine-line script lettering of the word Pause on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Pause script lettering design
Black and grey photograph of a typewriter-style lettering tattoo reading I was a drizzle and she was a hurricane, running diagonally across the upper back near the shoulder.
Typewriter quote across the upper back
Black fine line script tattoo reading though she be but little she is fierce across a person's lower stomach above black lace underwear.
Script quote across the lower stomach
Close photo of the word Resilience in black script lettering with a small blue heart at the end, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Resilience script with heart on the wrist
Bold black lettering on a forearm, with the letters forming an elephant shape beneath the word.
Lettering with elephant shape on forearm
Black ink script tattoo reading Sisters with an anchor forming the letter t, on the back of an ankle above a flip-flop.
Sisters script with anchor on ankle
Black typewriter-style lettering reading rise up followed by a large semicolon, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Rise up semicolon on the wrist
Close-up of a mouth with gold grills over the lower teeth, showing black lettering that reads FLAWLESS on the skin below the lower lip.
FLAWLESS lettering below the lip
Fine line script tattoo reading 'still' and 'beautiful' on the side of the torso, shown in a close-up photograph.
Script words 'still' and 'beautiful' on the side
Black fine line script tattoo reading believe with a small heart above the i and three dots after it, on the top of a bare foot.
Believe script on the top of a foot
Colour traditional tattoo on the upper arm of a pink heart inscribed with the word NAH, framed by teal, purple and magenta flowers and green leaves.
Pink heart with flowers and NAH lettering
Fine line black script tattoo reading with faith and hope on the side of a ribcage.
Faith and hope script on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading Curiosity often leads to trouble along the side of a thigh, with a hand resting on the hip above it.
Quote on the thigh in black script
Fine line black script reading family inside an infinity symbol on the inner wrist, with small letters placed around it.
Family script inside an infinity symbol on a wrist
Fine line black script lettering reading oh de lally with an arrow pointing up and right, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Script words and arrow on a forearm
Small black lettering tattoo reading stet on the side of the ribs, in a simple lettering style, with a hand in a red plaid shirt lifted beside it.
Stet lettering on the ribs
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading Love with a small heart beside it, on the side of a finger.
Love script and heart on a finger
Black fine line script tattoo of the word enough with a long looping flourish above the letters, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Enough script on the inner wrist
Black script tattoo reading Weightless with four flying bird silhouettes above it, on the top of a bare foot.
Weightless script with four birds on a foot
Black ink tattoo of the word RISES in angular stylised lettering on the inner upper arm.
Rises lettering on the upper arm
Black Greek lettering tattoo set in five staggered lines across a person's shoulder and upper back, in a clean serif lettering style.
Greek lettering across a shoulder
Close-up of two hands held palm up, with a black script lettering tattoo reading Whom then shall I fear on the right wrist.
Script quote on the wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading be still on the side of a ribcage, with a grey top lifted to show it.
Be still script on the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading Love along the side of a finger, on a hand with black nail polish resting on a light blue cloth.
Love script tattoo on a finger
Two wrists with black serif lettering tattoos, one reading LUMOS and the other NOX, set against a blurred dark green background.
LUMOS and NOX wrist lettering
Black script lettering reading We accept the Love We think we Deserve across the ribs, in a lettering style.
Script quote tattoo on ribs
Black script lettering reading twentysix.two on the side of the ribs, photographed on skin with white paper towel above.
Script lettering reading twentysix.two on ribs
Black ink line drawing of the word beautiful in flowing handwritten script, with a long sweeping stroke over the top, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Handwritten script reading beautiful
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded feather above the word Always in script lettering, on the top of a foot.
Feather and Always script on the foot
Black lettering tattoo of a four-line quote across the upper back, set in a serif typeface on a shoulder blade.
Quote tattoo across a shoulder blade
Black script lettering tattoo reading With pain comes strength across a patch of skin, in a fine line style.
Script quote reading With pain comes strength
Black fine line script tattoo reading Faith with an arrow running through it, on the inner forearm.
Faith script and arrow on a forearm
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading mad to live on the side of a ribcage, in a fine lettering style.
Mad to live lettering on the ribs
Black script tattoo reading Faith on the lower abdomen, just above the waistband of dark jeans, in a fine line lettering style.
Faith script tattoo on the lower abdomen
Black and white photo of a black script tattoo reading Never Again on the back of a neck, with a strap visible below it.
Never Again script tattoo on the neck
Black flowing script lettering reading it ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it, drawn on a plain white background in a lettering style.
Script quote lettering design
Black fine line script tattoo reading With pain comes strength across skin, with the body part not clearly shown.
With pain comes strength script tattoo
Fine line black script tattoo of the words mind and matter stacked either side of a horizontal line, on the lower abdomen below the navel.
Mind and matter script on the lower abdomen
Close-up of the inner forearm near the wrist showing the words learn to fly in dark fine-line script lettering.
Learn to fly script on a wrist
Black lettering reading accio adventure in a serif typeface runs along the inner forearm of a hand resting on a map of India.
Accio adventure lettering on a wrist over a map
Fine line black tattoo of a small daisy sprig tied with a bow on the forearm, with script lettering above it on the same arm.
Daisy sprig and script on a forearm
Two photos of a fine line black script tattoo reading love is enough on the inner forearm.
Love is enough script on a forearm
Black serif lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading in the end, i want my heart to be covered in stretch marks.
Four-line quote tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black script reading faith running along a woman's forearm while she sits on grass with her arm bent.
Faith script on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line cursive script lettering tattoo running diagonally across a woman's shoulder and upper back.
Cursive script lettering across a shoulder
Close-up of the word 'saved' in thin black fine line script tattooed on the inner forearm.
Fine line script word 'saved' on a forearm