Word tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey fine line cursive lettering running along the side of a foot near the ankle.
Fine line cursive script on the foot
Two hands clasped together showing black script lettering reading 'Do Us Part' and 'Til Death' tattooed on the hands and wrists, in a lettering style.
Matching 'Do Us Part' and 'Til Death' hand tattoos
Black script lettering that appears to read Live Fearlessly on the back of a woman's neck, behind her ear, in a lettering style.
Script lettering behind the ear
Thin black script tattoo reading Believe on the inner wrist, shown beside ripped blue denim.
Believe script on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a woman's bare upper back with a small vertical line of lettering tattooed along the spine, placed between the shoulder blades.
Small lettering down the spine
Script lettering reading Breathe in white ink on a wrist, with pale raised lines on reddened skin.
Breathe script lettering on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of the word Wanderlust in cursive script with an arrow through it, on the forearm.
Wanderlust script with an arrow
Two people hold hands, each with a black script lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, partly cropped to read i love him and i love her.
Matching script wrist tattoos on clasped hands
Fine line black script tattoo on the inner forearm, with a grey knitted sleeve pushed back at the wrist.
Small script tattoo on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading 'if you don't live for something you'll die for nothing' across the chest, set in a plain serif style.
Quote lettering across the chest
Two forearms with fine line black script lettering, a small outlined triangle and a partial outline shape, shown with palms facing up.
Script phrases and a triangle on two forearms
Black ink umbrella above the word SUPREME in bold block lettering across the back of a neck.
Umbrella above Supreme on the neck
Fine line black tattoo on the wrist showing a circle and small wedge resting on a line, with script lettering beneath reading I am my own piece.
Circle and script lettering on a wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading beloved on the inner wrist, with a thin bracelet just above it.
Beloved script on the wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a looping ribbon design with the word love in script on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Looped ribbon with script love on a wrist
Black handwritten-style lettering reading Talk less. Smile more. across the inner forearm.
Talk less, smile more lettering on forearm
Close-up of two clenched fists with BURRITOS tattooed in grey ink across the fingers, a lettering tattoo on the hand.
Burritos spelt across knuckles
Black lettering tattoo reading Strength, with a small cross above the T, on the side of a person's ribs.
Strength script with cross on ribs
Black fine line script lettering tattoo across the side ribs of a woman with long dark hair, wearing a black bra.
Black script lettering on the side ribs
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a quote set in typewriter-style type across the upper arm.
Typewriter-style quote on upper arm
Collage of nine small black tattoos on hands, wrists, neck and back, including birds in flight, an infinity symbol, a barcode and script lettering.
Nine small tattoos: birds, script and symbols
Fine line black script reading dreamer on the side of a person's ribs, partly covered by a white knitted jumper.
Dreamer script on the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo spelling the word smile across the inner wrist, with a green sleeve at the left edge of the frame.
Smile script tattoo on a wrist
Fine line black script reading forgiven on a wrist, with a raised fist and snowy evergreens behind.
Forgiven script on a wrist
Grey brush-script lettering reading 'His beloved.' on a plain white background, a lettering design suited to a tattoo.
'His beloved' script lettering design
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird with a thin trailing line and the word Believe on the inner wrist of a clenched fist.
Bird and Believe script on a wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading sanctuary across the skin of a limb, with a checked fabric at the lower edge of the frame.
Sanctuary script word tattoo
Colour lettering tattoo spelling CHICAGO across a forearm, with each letter filled with bold red, blue, orange, green and yellow patterns.
Chicago lettering on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading Hope on the inside of a wrist, beside a beaded bracelet.
Hope script lettering on a wrist
Two stacked photos of black ink lettering tattoos in gothic-style letterforms on skin, the lower one reading love.
Two black lettering tattoos on skin
Close view of a woman's bare back showing a thin black script line tattooed vertically along her side ribs, in fine line lettering.
Fine script quote along the side ribs
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading "it's real for us" across the inner forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading CRAFT on the back of a hand, with the A replaced by an anarchy symbol.
CRAFT lettering with anarchy symbol on hand
Black script lettering tattoo reading Always Love and Hate will get you every time, placed across the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a lettering style.
Script lettering reading Always Love on upper back
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading que sera, sera along the inner forearm of a person with long blonde hair.
Que sera, sera script on forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading inspiration across the inner wrist and forearm, with the open hand blurred against a dark background.
Inspiration script on the inner wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading "This too shall pass" along the top of the shoulder near the collarbone.
Script quote tattoo near the collarbone
A woman kneeling and holding a camera to her face, with the word love in dark lettering tattooed on her upper arm.
Word love on upper arm
Black flowing script lettering spelling the word Lumos on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design in a lettering style.
Lumos script lettering design
Fine line black script tattoo reading love on the side of a finger, with the hand held in a peace sign against a teal bokeh background.
Small love script tattoo on a finger
Fine line black script tattoo reading family inside an outlined heart on the inner wrist, shown in close-up against a dark background.
Family script inside a heart on a wrist
Small black fine-line tattoo of the word LOVE with zigzag lines above it, on the upper arm of a woman in a white vest holding a green clutch.
Word LOVE with zigzag lines on upper arm
Fine line tattoo of two outlined hands above the word MEANWHILE in spaced capitals, in black ink on a limb.
Outlined hands with MEANWHILE lettering
Black fine line script tattoo reading Believe with four small birds on the forearm near the wrist.
Believe script with birds on the wrist
Two photographs of black script lettering reading I'm fine on a forearm, with the lower panel showing the same words rotated 180 degrees.
'I'm fine' script lettering on a forearm
Black and grey photo of the word freedom in serif lettering with a small bird above the final letters, tattooed on the wrist.
Freedom lettering with a bird on the wrist
Black fine line script reading Brave with a thin arrow beneath it, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Brave script with arrow on wrist
Close photo of black script lettering reading Bulletproof Heart on the upper chest, with a small black bullet hole and red drip beneath, in a fine line lettering style.
Bulletproof Heart script on upper chest