Word tattoo ideas

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

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Black cursive script reading positivity on a plain white background, a lettering design for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Positivity script lettering design
Back of a person's neck showing a fine line black infinity symbol forming a heart, with the script word love written through the centre.
Infinity heart with script word on neck
Black typewriter-style lettering reading there is light somewhere, it may not be much light, but it beats the darkness, tattooed along the inner forearm.
Typewriter quote tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading timshel across the upper back near the shoulder.
Script word tattoo on upper back
Black ink bare tree with roots and small falling leaves above the word Hope in cursive script on a forearm.
Tree and Hope script on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Bieber Feaver on an upper arm, on a person wearing a navy shirt.
Script lettering on an upper arm
Black fine line script tattoo reading Courage dear heart on the inner forearm.
Courage dear heart script on a forearm
Black hand-lettered tattoo reading TOO WEIRD TO LIVE TOO RARE TO DIE with a small bat above it, on the side of the ribs.
Lettering quote with a bat on the side ribs
Black and grey photograph of the inner forearm with the words "You think you have forever, but you don't" tattooed in a typewriter-style lettering font, placed on the forearm.
Quote tattoo along a forearm
Two wrists with black lettering tattoos, one reading HERBIVORE and the other Vegan, each with a green leaf, in a lettering and botanical style.
Matching herbivore and vegan wrist tattoos
Close view of a black fine line script tattoo reading wholehearted across the stomach above the waistband, with a hand resting on the hip.
Wholehearted script tattoo on the stomach
Small fine line script tattoo on the inner wrist of a person in a sepia photo, with a silver bracelet on the same arm.
Fine line script on inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a heart formed by a heartbeat trace, ending in the word sisters in script, on the inner upper arm.
Heartbeat heart with 'sisters' on upper arm
Black script lettering tattoo reading without struggle there is no progress, placed on the side of the ribs.
Quote lettering on the ribs
Black line drawing of the word daydreamer in handwritten script with a long looping underline swash, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Daydreamer script lettering design
Fine line black script lettering reading geronimo on the upper arm, photographed close up against a floral fabric.
Geronimo script on upper arm
Fine line black script reading Beloved on the heel and ankle side of a foot, against a black and white chequered floor.
Beloved script tattoo on an ankle
Two matching fine line black script tattoos reading faith, each crossed by a long horizontal stroke, on the inner wrists.
Faith script on both wrists
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, reading WORDS FAIL above MUSIC SPEAKS, with the second line upside down.
Words fail, music speaks lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Still I Rise across the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photograph.
Still I Rise script on the wrist
Black script lettering tattoo reading Don't forget to love yourself, placed across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote across upper chest
Back view of a person in mint green dotted shorts, showing a small black lettering tattoo that reads Hope on the outer thigh.
Small word tattoo reading Hope on a thigh
Small red FUN lettering tattoo in simple script on a person's lower abdomen, above the waistband of black underwear with a bow.
Small red FUN lettering on the hip
Two wrists pressed together showing black script lettering, reading After all this time? on the left wrist and Always on the right, both placed on the wrist.
Wrist lettering: 'After all this time?' and 'Always'
Black lettering tattoo reading darling you'll be okay with a small solid heart, on the inner wrist, in a black and white photograph.
Script quote and heart on wrist
Black lettering across the finger joints of two clenched fists, reading Do or do not, there is no try, a lettering tattoo on the hands.
Finger lettering reading Do or do not, there is no try
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird on a thin wavy line leading to the word Believe, on the inner wrist of a clenched hand.
Believe script and bird on wrist
Black cursive lettering tattoo reading we see things they'll never see along the inner forearm, in a fine line lettering style.
Script quote along a forearm
Black lettering tattoo of Greek script running diagonally across the back of a hand, shown in a close photo.
Greek script lettering on the back of a hand
Two photographs of a forearm with black lettering tattoos: heart over mind in the top panel, and courage over fear in the bottom panel, both in a typewriter-style font.
Heart mind and courage fear words on a forearm
Two raised middle fingers, each with the word Promise tattooed in black script along the finger, in a Lettering style on the Hand.
Promise tattoos on two middle fingers
Black lettering design of the word bastarda in a pointed calligraphic script on a white background, with no body part shown.
Bastarda lettering design
Close-up of black handwritten lettering reading GRL on one finger and PWR on another, tattooed on the fingers of a hand with red nail polish.
GRL and PWR lettering on fingers
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading let it be behind a person's ear on the neck, in a sepia photograph.
Let it be script tattoo on the neck
Close photograph of a fine line script quote reading without struggle there is no progress in black ink on the side of a torso, near the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Small black script lettering reading cure on the side of the ribs, partly covered by a grey fabric top.
Cure script on the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading Rodzina with a small heart above the letters, on the side of the torso.
Rodzina script lettering on the side
Black fine line tattoo of the word warrior with a semicolon in place of the i and an arrow beneath it, on a forearm.
Warrior semicolon and arrow on a forearm
Fine line black script lettering reading wild on the side of a foot, close to the ankle.
Script word 'wild' on the side of a foot
Close-up of the upper back showing a black lettering tattoo of the quote "We are all fools in love" set in a typewriter font.
Typewriter quote across upper back
Close-up photograph of a colour American flag tattoo on the upper back, with words such as duty, country and honour in black lettering across it.
American flag with words on a shoulder blade
Black typewriter-style lettering reading she believed she could so she did, set in five lines along the side of the ribs.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading 'if you don't live for something you'll die for nothing' across the chest, with a plaid shirt held open around it.
Quote tattoo across the chest
Dark blue-black lettering tattoo reading twilight, with stylised crossing lines, on the ankle of a bare foot.
Twilight lettering on an ankle
Fine line script tattoo reading faith on the inner wrist, shown in dark ink against pale skin with a hand curled beside it.
Script faith tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of the word hallelujah in lowercase typewriter-style lettering on the inner forearm.
Small hallelujah lettering on a forearm
Black handwritten script reading "You're so brilliant. Don't soon forget." on a grey textured background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Handwritten script reading You're so brilliant
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading iloveyou on the top of a shoulder near the collarbone.
Script iloveyou on a shoulder