Word tattoo ideas

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

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Black cursive script lettering tattoo wrapping diagonally around the outer thigh, shown in a close photo of a bare leg in shorts.
Black script lettering around a thigh
Handwritten black script reading "with you, I am home." in a fine line lettering design on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Handwritten "with you, I am home" script
Black and grey lettering tattoos across the fingers and back of both hands of a man in a tweed suit and tie.
Lettering tattoos on fingers and hands
Black ink script lettering reading wibbly wobbly timey wimey on the calf, with a small word tattoo on the ankle above a black high-top trainer.
Lettering tattoo on a calf
Two matching black tattoos on the inner wrists: the word Beauty in flowing script on one wrist and BEAST in angular blackletter capitals on the other.
Beauty and Beast wrist lettering
Black lettering design of three Chinese characters with the English words live, laugh and love printed beneath them, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Live laugh love in Chinese characters
Black script quote tattoo across the outer thigh, with denim shorts visible above it.
Script quote tattoo on a thigh
Pink Truffula tree with a striped trunk and the word UNLESS in black capitals on the top of a foot, drawn with a black outline.
Truffula tree and UNLESS on a foot
Black and grey lettering tattoo in a typewriter font on the inner forearm, reading 'And in that moment, I swear we were infinite', set against a dark sleeve.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Close-up of the word hope in thin, lilac-toned script tattooed along a finger, a fine line lettering piece on the hand.
Hope lettering on a finger
Black and grey shaded blackletter lettering reading Semper Fidelis across the upper back, with a 3D ribbon effect.
Semper Fidelis lettering across upper back
Black ink script lettering reading BRAVE with a small arrow above the first letter, tattooed on an ankle.
Brave lettering with arrow on an ankle
Small black script lettering reading yolo on the side of a finger, in a fine line lettering style, photographed on a hand resting over dark jeans.
Small yolo script on a finger
Black fine line script tattoo reading Words can't say what love can do, running along the side of a person's torso above denim shorts.
Script quote along the side of the torso
Fine line black ink infinity symbol with the word sisters written in script across it, tattooed on the inner wrist of a hand resting palm up.
Infinity symbol with 'sisters' on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of the word fé in cursive script with a small open heart on the start of the stroke, on a forearm.
Fine line script word with heart on forearm
Black fine line tattoo design of four birds in flight rising above a vertical script word, shown on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Flying birds above a vertical script word
Close photo of a small fine line script tattoo reading "happy" on the outer thigh of a tanned leg resting on white bedsheets.
Small script word "happy" on a thigh
Fine line black lettering reading WHATEVER runs up the inner forearm, with a clenched hand and a silver ring above it against a white wall.
WHATEVER lettering on a forearm
Thin black lowercase lettering reading love followed by a full stop on an outstretched forearm, in a fine line lettering style.
Love lettering on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of the words LIKE A LADY tattooed in block lettering across the top of a finger, with dark painted nails on the hand.
Like a Lady lettering across fingers
Black cursive script tattoo reading beautiful across the upper arm near the shoulder.
Script word beautiful on upper arm
Black script lettering reading Live You're Life across the ribs, in a Lettering style with thin strokes and a few decorative flourishes.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey photograph of the word Always in fine line script tattooed on a wrist.
Always script on a wrist
Two photographs of black script lettering on the side of a foot, reading Imperfection is Beauty above and Madness is Genius below.
Script quotes on the side of a foot
Black script tattoo reading Always on my mind, forever in my heart across a woman's upper back, shown in black and white.
Script quote across upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading Forgiven with a small cross above the final letters, on a forearm.
Forgiven script with a cross
Two small black serif lettering tattoos on the ankles, reading create on the left and yourself on the right, shown above pale pink sneakers on wooden steps.
Create and yourself words on both ankles
Black script lettering reading fearless, with a long hairline swash running out from the word, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Fearless script with a swash line
Black script lettering reading "by Grace" on the inner wrist and forearm of a light-skinned arm.
by Grace script lettering on a wrist
Close photograph of a small black lowercase 'be' lettering tattoo on the inner wrist of a person with blonde hair and a striped top.
Small lowercase 'be' lettering on a wrist
Small black lettering reading LOVE NOTHING in plain capitals across the upper back near the shoulder blade, shown in a close photo of skin.
Love Nothing lettering on upper back
Black and grey serif lettering reading bad wolf on the forearm of a person in a loose shirt and dark underwear.
Bad wolf lettering on a forearm
Black handwritten lettering design of the word relax, with a long vertical stroke running through the l, on a plain white background.
Relax lettering design
Black ink lettering reading STRONG on one ankle beside a small row of three black dots on another ankle, both in a black and grey style.
Word STRONG and three dots on ankles
Black and grey photo of the words let it be in cursive script tattooed across the inner wrist and forearm.
Let it be script tattoo on the wrist
Fine line black script lettering on the upper back of a woman with her blonde hair in a bun, wearing a white top with a low scoop back.
Small script lettering on upper back
Black and grey photograph of the word wanderlust in small serif lettering on the inner wrist of a hand with dark painted nails.
Wanderlust lettering on the inner wrist
Close-up of the word love in black cursive lettering tattooed along the side of a finger on a hand held up against a blurred background.
Love script tattoo on a finger
Back view of a shirtless man with a dark crown above the word poop in script lettering with a small arrow pointing down, placed on his lower back.
Crown and poop lettering on lower back
Black lettering tattoo reading TRAVEL with small vine flourishes across the top of a bare foot, near the ankle.
Travel lettering on a foot
Black serif lettering reading #none in a lettering style, shown on a close-up of skin on a limb.
#none lettering in black serif type
Black and white photo of a small black fine line tattoo reading love with a paw print on the side of a finger.
Small love script with paw print on a finger
Black and white photo of a hand covered in small fine line doodle tattoos, including a diamond, a daisy, a pizza slice and words such as HOMEWRECKER, with a cigarette held between the fingers.
Small doodle tattoos across the back of a hand
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading Always, with three small blue stars beside the final letter, on the forearm.
Always script with blue stars on a forearm
Black handwritten lettering reading Riddikulus on a finger, beside a brass star-shaped ring on the same finger.
Riddikulus script on a finger
Black and white photo of a lettering tattoo reading 'You see, but you do not observe' in typewriter-style type on a person's upper back.
Typewriter quote across a shoulder blade
Black fine line script reading I will make better mistakes tomorrow, tattooed on an upper arm beneath a rolled red plaid sleeve.
Script quote on an upper arm