Word tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a fine line white ink script tattoo reading Love on the inner forearm near the wrist.
White ink script word Love on a wrist
Close-up of a dark serif lettering tattoo on a wrist reading 'It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live', in Lettering style on the forearm.
Serif quotation tattoo on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of the word lumos beside a four-pointed star on the inner wrist.
Lumos word and star on a wrist
Black lettering reading I refuse to sink wraps around a black anchor with a pink heart, tattooed on the inner forearm.
I refuse to sink anchor on the wrist
Black script lettering reading WITCH on the forearm, with thin, slightly uneven linework.
Witch lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a small fine line black script word tattooed on the inner wrist of a light-skinned hand resting on a striped top.
Fine line script word on the inner wrist
Two matching fine line script tattoos on the inner wrists, one reading to with an infinity symbol and one reading and beyond with small birds.
Matching infinity and beyond wrist tattoos
Two stacked photos of black blackletter lettering reading Artoscience and philosophy across a forearm, with a faint red scar line running beneath.
Blackletter lettering on a forearm
Two forearms with matching black fine line script tattoos of the word beloved, placed on the inner forearms.
Matching beloved script on two forearms
Colour traditional tattoo of a black cat with yellow eyes, a crown and a third eye on the back of a hand, with LADY lettered across the fingers.
Black cat with third eye on hand
Fine line lettering tattoo in purple ink reading H.o.p.e; on the inner wrist, with a keyboard in the background.
Hope in fine line script on a wrist
Fine line black script tattoo of the word beautiful with a small pink dot, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Beautiful script on a wrist
Black and grey fine line lettering tattoo of a three-line quote in cursive script across the inner wrist.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Close photo of a fine black script lettering tattoo running diagonally along the inner forearm of a person in a black top.
Thin script lettering on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of the word lumos in handwritten script beside a four-pointed star on the inner wrist.
Lumos script and star on wrist
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm, with the words FLOAT, CATCH, BLEED, DEATH, STIFF and PUSH stacked in a staggered column in a simple sans serif.
Six stacked words on a forearm
Two panels show black lettering tattoos on a forearm: "heart" over "mind" above, and "courage" over "fear" below, in a typewriter-style font.
Heart over mind and courage over fear lettering on forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading focus across the wrist of a hand held against a plain grey background.
Focus script on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Believe across the inner wrist, with the hand curled above it in a fine line lettering style.
Believe script on the inner wrist
Close photo of fine line black script lettering reading Belong Everywhere across the inner wrist and forearm.
Belong Everywhere script on the wrist
Black and grey photo of a small serif lettering tattoo reading Be. on the inner wrist of a raised hand with dark painted nails.
Small serif word Be. on a wrist
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading immeasurably more across the inside of a wrist, on a pale background.
Immeasurably more script on a wrist
Black ink script tattoo reading 'Wars begin in the minds of men' across the underside of a forearm, near the wrist.
Quote 'Wars begin in the minds of men' on forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' along a forearm, with a blurred background.
Script phrase on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo of the word love in black ink on the inner forearm, with a looping flourish under the letters.
Script love tattoo on a forearm
Close-up of a small fine line black script tattoo reading 'i love you' on the inner wrist and forearm.
Small script 'i love you' on the wrist
Two forearms in a sepia photo: the upper arm has fine line script reading Be Enchanted, and the lower arm has a small outlined heart near the wrist.
Be Enchanted script and small heart on forearms
Two wrists side by side with black lettering tattoos: the word Beauty in script on the left wrist and Beast in a bold blackletter style on the right wrist.
Beauty and Beast wrist tattoos
Black lettering tattoo reading LOVE on the inner wrist, with the O replaced by a heart containing a wheelchair symbol.
Love lettering with wheelchair symbol heart on wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a clothes hanger outline with the word fashion in cursive script and a small heart, on the inner forearm.
Clothes hanger with script fashion on forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading 'He is jealous for me' across a forearm, set against a blue background.
Script quote 'He is jealous for me' on a forearm
Black and white photo of two inner wrists, each with a small lettering tattoo, the word past on the left and future on the right, in a LALetter style on the wrist.
Past and future words on two wrists
Black ink quote tattoo reading 'The hardest thing in this world is to live in it' in serif lettering, running along a forearm.
Quote tattoo along a forearm
Close photograph of the word inspiration in thin black cursive script across the inner wrist, in a fine line lettering style.
Inspiration script on the inner wrist
Black and grey photograph of the words you only live once in black script tattooed diagonally across the inner forearm.
You only live once script on a forearm
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo in Arabic script on the inner wrist of a hand resting on a steering wheel.
Small Arabic script tattoo on wrist
Two matching fine line black script tattoos reading Sisters within an infinity symbol, one on the back of the neck and one on the inner wrist.
Matching sisters infinity tattoos
Black ink tattoo of the word freedom in a serif typeface with a small bird above the final letters, on the inner wrist.
Freedom lettering with bird on wrist
Fine line tattoo of the word HOMESICK in capitals above a small flying saucer, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Homesick lettering and UFO on wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script quote running diagonally across a fair-skinned forearm, with a ring visible on the hand below.
Script quote along a forearm
Fine black handwritten script reading lumos with a four-pointed star beside it, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Lumos script and star on a wrist
Fine line black script tattoo of the word explore on the inner forearm, with a blurred hand holding the wrist in the foreground.
Explore script on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script reading love yourself, with a thin arrow and small heart below it, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Love yourself script with arrow on forearm
Black fine line script lettering reading smile on the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Smile script on the inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of the word lumos beside a four-pointed star on the inner wrist.
Lumos script and star on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Go and try you'll never break me, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Black and grey photo of the word dust in thin script lettering on the inner forearm, with a watch strap and an open book behind.
Dust script lettering on a wrist
Fine line black script tattoo of a semicolon followed by the word live on the inner wrist.
Semicolon and live on a wrist