Word tattoo ideas

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

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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
Fine line black script lettering that appears to read Free, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Fine line script lettering reading Free
Two forearms show matching black fine line script tattoos, one reading mom, i love you and the other reading i love you more, placed on the inner forearms.
Matching script tattoos on two forearms
Black script tattoo reading I love you to the moon and back on the ribs, with a lace garment visible above it.
Script quote "I love you to the moon and back"
Black fine line script reading Music is my religion across a forearm, with a calm sea and wooded headland behind.
Music is my religion script on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading Strength on the inner forearm, in a black and white photo of a person with long hair touching their neck.
Strength script on forearm
Small black hand-lettered tattoo reading BOYS SUCK on the lower leg above a white sock, in a lettering style and placed on the calf.
Small handwritten lettering on a calf
Small blue script lettering that appears to read Il Roi, tattooed on the inner wrist in a fine, lightly shaded style.
Small blue script lettering on the wrist
Close-up of fine line black script reading mind above a horizontal line and matter below, tattooed on the side of a stomach above the waistband.
Mind over matter lettering on the side of the stomach
Black typewriter-style lettering reading imagine on the upper back, near the left shoulder blade, of a person with auburn hair seen from behind.
The word imagine on the upper back
Fine script lettering reading Love tattooed along a finger, shown on the hand with red nail polish.
Love script tattoo on a finger
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading Dream on the upper chest of a woman in a white top, with layered necklaces and rings visible.
Fine line script word on upper chest
Black ink tattoo of two small flying bird silhouettes above the script word Invictus on the inner wrist and forearm.
Two birds and Invictus script on a wrist
Close photo of a hand making a peace sign in a car, with small black script lettering on the inner wrist, shown in black ink.
Small script lettering on an inner wrist
Two feet on a carpet, each with a matching fine-line black script tattoo of the word sorella inside a looping flourish, placed on the ankle.
Matching sorella script tattoos on two ankles
Black handwritten script tattoo on the inner wrist reading 'i am not afraid to walk this world alone', in a fine line lettering style.
Handwritten quote tattoo on the inner wrist
Three Hebrew words in black lettering, each with English meanings beneath, shown as a lettering design sheet for a possible tattoo.
Hebrew words for strength and courage
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo of the word tetelestai in black ink on the upper arm, with a striped top visible at the edge of the frame.
Tetelestai script on upper arm
Close-up of a fine-line black script tattoo reading love is enough in cursive on a forearm.
Love is enough script on an arm
Two black ink lettering tattoos, reading Harlem and Shake, sit on the lower legs just above the ankles.
Harlem and Shake words above the ankles
Fine line script tattoo reading "not all who wander are lost" on the upper back, just below the neck, above a blue top.
Script quote across the upper back
Close-up of a black fine line script tattoo reading Don't let the past steal your peace, placed on the ribs below a black and white bandeau top.
Script quote on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a dreamcatcher, two feathers and a flock of birds, with the word Dream in script, on the forearm.
Dreamcatcher and feathers with the word Dream
Close-up of the word Agape in black script lettering with a looping flourish on the side of a hip, above black lace underwear.
Agape script on the hip
Black flash design of the word Breathe in flowing script lettering with a looped underline flourish, shown on a white background.
Breathe script lettering with flourish
Close-up of a small black script lettering tattoo on the side of the ribs, partly covered by a burgundy lace bralette and an open plaid shirt.
Small script word tattoo on the ribs
Fine line black script reading free with a small flying bird beside it, tattooed on the upper back below a grey top strap.
Script word free with a small bird
Black typewriter-style lettering reading breathe. on the inner wrist, with the hand open and relaxed above it.
Breathe lettering on the inner wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading I found my life when i laid it down across the inner forearm.
Quote lettering across an inner forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading stay gold in flowing script on the forearm of a bare arm, raised against a brick wall.
Stay gold script on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading We live with the scars we choose, tattooed across the ribs on pale skin with reddened area around it.
Typewriter-style quote across the ribs
Two people seen from behind, each with a black handwritten script tattoo reading "awake my soul" on the shoulder.
Matching "awake my soul" script on shoulders
Collage of four photos: two matching traditional-style forearm tattoos of linked hands in front of an orange sun, a tiny eye tattoo on the upper back, lettering reading LOVE, HOPE and DREAM on the
Four small matching tattoos on arms and back
Close photograph of a faded, healed word tattoo in simple lettering that appears to read always, placed across a finger on the hand.
Faded lettering reading always on a finger
Black flowing script lettering spelling the word Love on a cream background, with a small orange heart at the lower right, shown as a flash design for a lettering tattoo.
Flowing script word Love with orange heart
Fine line tattoo of a small bird in flight with a thin trailing line leading to the word Believe in script, on the inner wrist.
Bird and Believe script on a wrist
Black fine line script lettering on the inner upper arm, with a person in a black and white striped top beside it.
Fine line script word on upper arm
Black serif capital lettering tattooed vertically down the centre of a person's lower back, shown in a Lettering style on the Back.
Vertical lettering down the spine
Close-up of a fine script lettering tattoo reading Diabetic, with the 1 in teal, on the inner wrist.
Diabetic script lettering on inner wrist
Fine line black script reading We Are Wild? on a person's arm, shown beside a handwritten copy of the same phrase on paper.
We Are Wild script on an arm
Black script lettering reading 'what the heart once owned, it shall never lose' on the outer forearm of a person standing indoors.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black script tattoo of the word Hope with a thin green stroke through the H, on the inner wrist.
Hope script on the inner wrist
Fine line black infinity symbol tattoo with the words One and Love in script on the side of a torso.
Infinity symbol with One Love script
Black and grey photo of two matching script lettering tattoos reading Always and Forever on the hips, one reversed in order, with a leopard print bikini bottom visible.
Always and Forever script tattoos on two hips
Black script reading dream by day with a bird perched on a branch on the upper back, beside a Celtic knot tattoo on the upper arm.
Dream by day script and bird on shoulder
Black script lettering tattoo reading Keep fighting, stay strong and live with hope, running along a forearm resting on a white textured blanket.
Keep fighting script quote on forearm