Word tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo of an outlined heart followed by the word dream in script, on the inside of a wrist above beaded bracelets.
Heart and dream script on a wrist
Black hand-lettered script reading choose joy on a white background, with soft grey brush texture and no body placement shown.
Choose joy hand lettering design
Black handwritten lettering reading BAD WOLF on the upper back, with a small dot inside the O, in a loose lettering style.
Bad Wolf lettering on upper back
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading 'She believed she could so she did' across the ribs, worn by a person in a purple sports bra and open white shirt.
Script quote on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo across the ribs in handwritten script, reading you were given this life because you were strong enough to live it.
Three-line script quote on the ribs
Fine line black script reading beloved on the inner wrist, with the arm resting on blue denim.
Beloved script on the inner wrist
Close photo of the word delicate in black fine line script lettering on a person's hip, with white lace underwear visible above it.
Delicate script on a hip
Black and grey script tattoos reading Carry On across two ankles, shown above black shoes on a road.
Carry On script tattoos across both ankles
Black and white diptych of two small fine line script tattoos, one reading forever and one reading always, each with a small heart, on the side of the body.
Forever and always script tattoos
Two matching black infinity symbol and heart tattoos with script lettering on the inner wrists of two people.
Matching infinity heart wrist tattoos
Black script lettering reading Don't forget to love yourself across the upper chest, in a fine lettering style.
Script quote across the upper chest
Black lettering tattoo reading NEVER, give up, back down, lose faith in mixed block and script type across the side of the ribs.
Never give up lettering quote on ribs
Black and white photo of the words Quiet is Violent tattooed in a serif typeface across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Quiet is Violent lettering on a wrist
Black script lettering tattoo reading Famiglia on the ankle and top of the foot, shown with a cream high-heeled shoe.
Famiglia script on an ankle
Small black script tattoo on the lower back of a person in a neon green bikini, seated on the edge of a white boat.
Small script tattoo on lower back
Black lettering reading 'this war is mine' tattooed horizontally across the ribs, with a paper towel held above the skin.
Quote reading this war is mine on the ribs
Small black fine line lettering reading BE HAPPY in capitals on a person's forearm, against grey striped fabric.
Be Happy lettering on a forearm
Fine line tattoo on the back showing a teal cross and a blue-to-purple heartbeat line leading to a red heart, above black script reading Faith Hope Love.
Faith Hope Love script with cross and heart
Two forearms resting palm up on a white sheet, with fine line black script tattoos and a small heart outline on the forearm.
Fine line script and a heart on two forearms
Grey arched lettering with swash tails across the upper back, reading Mississippi, on a sunburnt back.
Arched lettering across upper back
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'breathe.' on the inner wrist and forearm of a person whose hand is raised at the top of the frame.
'breathe.' lettering on the inner wrist
Close photo of a small fine line script word love tattooed on the side of a finger, in a fine line lettering style, on a hand against a blurred night background.
Script love tattoo on a finger
Black brush script lettering spelling the word Wonderful on a plain white background, a lettering design for a tattoo.
Wonderful in brush script lettering
Close crop of a torso in a torn white top, showing fine black script lettering on the upper arm and a second script line on the forearm, both partly cropped.
Script lettering on upper arm and forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading breathe, with a wave flourish, on the inside of a wrist.
Breathe script with wave on wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering reading wild and free across the side of the ribs, partly covered by a black top.
Wild and free lettering on the side ribs
Two people show matching black script lettering tattoos reading shall never drift apart, placed along the collarbone and upper shoulder.
Matching script quote tattoos on two collarbones
Fine line script tattoo reading Courage on the forearm near the wrist, shown in pale ink against the skin.
Courage script on a wrist
Fine line black script reading 'Not all those who wander are lost' across the outer thigh of a person in a denim shirt.
Script quote on a thigh
Black script lettering reading Favoured, Constant and a third word on three fingers of a hand, placed on the finger segments.
Script words tattooed on three fingers
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo spelling the word spark on the side of a woman's ribcage, with a white vest top visible.
Spark script tattoo on the ribs
Small black fine line tattoo of an arrow with the word believe in script on the ribs, beside black lace underwear.
Arrow and believe script on the ribs
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading be strong and courageous along the ribs, with the person's hair falling over the shoulder.
Script quote along the ribs
Black script tattoo spelling the word Faith across the wrist, with a small star flourish above the F, beside pink painted nails.
Faith script tattoo on a wrist
Realism tattoo of a star with torn-skin edges filled with words such as friendship, family and love in red, across a shoulder and upper arm.
Torn-skin star with words on shoulder
Close-up of a fine line black tattoo on a forearm, made of dots and dashes with tiny words between them that resemble Morse code.
Morse-style dots and tiny words on a forearm
Small lettering reading bad wolf in a typewriter style on the side of the ribs, rendered in pale ink on light skin.
Bad wolf lettering on the ribs
Black script lettering reading "If you kiss me goodnight I'll know, everything is alright" runs diagonally along a forearm.
Script quote along a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a cross with a small heart and the script word hope on skin, photographed close up.
Fine line cross with heart and script hope
Black lettering tattoo in the shape of the state of Minnesota, filled with names and place words, on the side of a torso.
Minnesota state outline made of words
Black script lettering reading surrender tattooed across a finger on the hand, shown in a close photograph.
Surrender script across a finger
Black serif lettering reading "i am, i am, i am." on the inner forearm, with the sleeve of a maroon top pushed up above it.
"i am, i am, i am" lettering on a forearm
Close crop of a woman's left forearm with fine black script lettering tattooed along the inner arm, wearing a white vest top and yellow pleated skirt.
Script lettering on a forearm
Fine line black lettering reading w(h)ine on the ankle of a leg, above a pink and black striped sock.
Small w(h)ine lettering on an ankle
Black and grey script tattoo reading "life is good" in lettering style on the side of a torso, below a black sports bra.
"Life is good" script on the ribs
Black script lettering reading NO REGRETS across a forearm, in a lettering style with flowing capitals.
No Regrets script on a forearm
Fine line black script reading wanderlust, running diagonally along the inner upper limb of a person in a patterned top, with the sea and rocks behind.
Wanderlust script tattoo
Black fine-line handwritten script reading "you got this." on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
"You got this." handwritten script design