Word tattoo ideas

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

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Close side view of a woman lifting her top to show a small black lettering tattoo of a single word on her left ribs.
Single word script tattoo on the ribs
Colour lettering tattoo reading Believe in yourself in red and dark script, sitting on the inner forearm.
Believe in yourself script lettering on skin
Upper back tattoo of the words CLEARLY I HAVE MADE SOME BAD DECISIONS in red and black block lettering with shaded letterforms.
Quote lettering across upper back
Fine line black script lettering running diagonally up the inner forearm, close to the wrist, on a hand raised against a pale wall.
Fine line script on an inner forearm
Black script word Ohana with a pink hibiscus flower above its final letters, tattooed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Ohana script and hibiscus on the collarbone
Fine line black script tattoo reading "Those that love us never really leave us" across a woman's upper back by the shoulder blade.
Script quote across the shoulder blade
Black and white photo of a woman's upper back showing a black script lettering tattoo reading If I Could Fly, placed between the shoulder blades below the neck.
If I Could Fly script on upper back
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading keep going, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Keep going script on the upper chest
Black and white photo of two ankles in rolled jeans and sneakers, with the words Stay and Gold in script lettering tattooed on them.
Stay and Gold script tattoos on ankles
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering reading imagine on the upper back beside the shoulder blade, in a fine line lettering style.
Imagine lettering on upper back
Close-up photo of black script lettering reading Mommy with a red ribbon in the middle, tattooed on the inner wrist, in a lettering style.
Script word Mommy with red ribbon on wrist
Black and white flash design of a solid spiky starburst with the word YAY in white hand-drawn capitals on a plain white background.
Starburst with YAY lettering
Black and grey photo of a typewriter-style lettering tattoo on a forearm reading Our brains are sick but that's okay.
Typewriter-style quote on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading Because you're mine with a flourish on the forearm, and a black banner reading I walk the line on the arm below.
Script quote and banner on forearm
Black lettering tattoo on a person's side ribs reading she believed she could so she did, set in a typewriter-style font.
Typewriter quote along the ribs
Black script lettering of the word focus with long hairline swash tails on each side, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Focus script lettering with swash tails
Two black script lettering tattoos on the inner wrists, shown side by side against a leopard print background.
Single-word script tattoos on both wrists
Rear view of a person's neck and bare shoulders showing a small fine line script tattoo just behind the ear.
Fine line script on the neck
Black and grey shaded feather tattoo with a script word beside it, sitting on the lower abdomen above a lace waistband.
Shaded feather with script on the lower abdomen
Fine line black script tattoo reading "Curiosity often leads to trouble" along the side of a hip, with a hand resting on the body.
Quote tattoo along the side of the hip
Black monoline drawing of the word Love in flowing script, with the letters forming part of a heart outline on a white background.
Love script inside a heart outline
Close-up of the word wanderlust in a black serif typewriter-style lettering tattoo across the middle segment of a finger, on a pale hand against a plain background.
Wanderlust lettering on a finger
Fine line script reading expecto patronum in pale ink across the inner forearm, with a white t-shirt and earphone cable visible behind.
Fine line script lettering on a forearm
Thin black fine line lettering reading DAY DREAM in capitals on the inner ankle of a leg, with a black and white low-top sneaker beside it.
Day Dream lettering on ankle
Black fine lettering reading ehfav with a semicolon and an arrow pointing left, tattooed on the inner wrist beneath gold bangles.
Arrow and semicolon lettering on a wrist
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading 'She is a soldier in the war against herself' across a limb in a greyscale photo.
Script quote tattoo on a leg
Fine line black script tattoo reading don't forget to love yourself across the outer thigh, in a Lettering style.
Handwritten quote on the thigh
Black and white photo of fine line script reading serendipity along the ribs, with a smaller word tattooed on the wrist.
Serendipity script tattoo on the ribs
Small black lettering tattoo of a single capitalised word on an ankle, above a striped sock and white trainer.
Small word tattoo on the ankle
Black handwritten lettering reading All the Love with a looping heart flourish, drawn on a white background as a tattoo design.
All the Love handwritten lettering with heart
Black lettering tattoo reading think POSITIVE on the inner forearm, with a cross in place of the T, photographed against a hazy green hillside.
Think positive lettering on the inner wrist
Black lettering tattoo on a thigh reading We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken, in a plain sans-serif font.
Quote tattoo on a thigh
Two forearms with small black lettering tattoos, the word 'here' on the upper arm and 'now' on the lower arm, in a car interior.
'here' and 'now' on two forearms
Small black script lettering on the inner ankle of a leg, with a plum high-heeled shoe on the foot.
Small script word on an ankle
Black fine line cursive script tattoo running diagonally along a forearm against a dark background, in black and grey.
Fine line script on a forearm
Close-up of small black hand-drawn lettering reading STAY SICK on the upper thigh, seen through a rip in light blue jeans beneath a leather jacket.
Stay Sick lettering on the upper thigh
Black sans serif lettering spelling WARRIOR across the inner wrist and forearm, with the I drawn with a dot beneath it.
WARRIOR lettering on a wrist
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading endless love across a finger, against a dark floral fabric background.
Endless love script on a finger
Two knees in black ripped jeans, with fine line lettering reading NO GODS on the left knee and NO MASTERS on the right, in thin greyish-purple ink.
No Gods and No Masters lettering on knees
Black and white photograph of two interlocked hands with small black script lettering tattooed on the fingers.
Small script words on interlocked fingers
Black Greek lettering spelling αδελφή in a simple script on pale skin just below lace trim, placed on the upper thigh.
Greek word lettering on the upper thigh
Fine line script tattoo reading I am free in pale ink on the wrist, with a pink object and grey tiles behind.
I am free script on a wrist
Back of a person's head with black script lettering reading Love Fearlessly tattooed on the neck behind the ear, in a lettering style.
Love fearlessly script on the neck
Small black fine line fish symbol and script lettering reading before me with a cross on the wrist, photographed with the palm facing up.
Fish symbol and cross wrist tattoos
Black ink fine line script reading still i rise with a small sun above the i, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Still I rise script with sun on upper back
Two black script tattoos on skin, one reading friends and one reading sisters, each with small heart flourishes, shown as a rotated matching pair.
Matching friends and sisters script tattoos
Black ink tattoo of the word LOVE in angular lettering on the inner wrist, with grass in the background.
LOVE lettering on a wrist
Close photograph of the word Believe in cursive lettering on a wrist, with a pink capital B and dark ink for the rest of the word.
Believe script on a wrist