Word tattoo ideas

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

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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
Black lettering tattoo reading DOBRZE on the back of a lower leg, shown from behind beneath a blue skirt and white sneakers.
Small word tattoo on the back of a calf
Black single-line handwritten script spelling the word manifesto on a plain white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Manifesto in single-line script lettering
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo of the word free on the back of a hand, with a woman in a denim shirt resting her hand on her shoulder.
Small script word "free" on the hand
Black fine line lettering tattoo on the inner forearm, with the words live the life you love arranged in an infinity symbol.
Infinity quote lettering on a forearm
Two wrists with the word home tattooed in black serif lettering, one reading vertically, against white bed linen.
Matching home wordmark tattoos on wrists
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading I am the architect of my own Destruction across a woman's upper back, with a small flourish beneath it.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black fine line script reading Free yourself on the back of a person's neck, with the same words on their forearm, in a warm-toned photo taken from behind.
Free yourself script on neck and forearm
Black fine line script reading sogni d'oro on the back of a neck, with a red and navy plaid collar below.
Sogni d'oro script on the nape
Black and grey photo of the word JOY in small serif capitals tattooed on the upper arm, just below a grey t-shirt sleeve.
Small serif JOY on an upper arm
Close photo of a small black lettering tattoo reading stot on the inner wrist and forearm of a raised hand with purple nail polish.
Small lowercase word on inner wrist
Two people hold their wrists together showing matching black handwritten lettering reading mfeo with a small blue star beneath each, placed on the forearm near the wrist.
Matching script word and star wrist tattoos
Black fine line script tattoo of the word beautiful, running diagonally across the inner forearm.
Beautiful in fine line script on a forearm
Black serif lettering on a forearm reads 'On a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam', lit by a bright patch of light against a dark background.
Quote reading 'On a mote of dust' on forearm
Black ink drawing of the word faith in fine handwritten script, crossed by a single vertical line, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Faith script with a vertical cross line
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with the word sister written in flowing script along its loop, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Infinity symbol with sister script
Close view of a woman's forearm with a small fine line script tattoo reading patience near the wrist, beside silver rings and bangles.
Fine line script reading patience on a forearm
Black ink Capricorn zodiac symbol with the word Capricorn in cursive script beneath it, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Capricorn zodiac symbol and script on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading The world is quiet here runs across the inner upper arm.
Typewriter quote on upper arm
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading I am enough the way I am, running along the collarbone and upper shoulder, in a lettering style.
Script quote along the collarbone
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading adventure across the forearm, shown in a lettering style.
Adventure lettering on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading rather, they were too frightened to be cowards, tattooed along the inside of a forearm in front of a bookshelf.
Typewriter-style quote on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo on the side of a woman's ribs, in black ink, with a black bikini top and dark jeans.
Script tattoo on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading promise on a finger, shown in a three-panel photo.
Promise lettering on a finger
Black fine line script reading wild across the top of a foot, in a black and grey photograph.
Script word "wild" on the top of a foot
Small black script tattoo on the back of a leg just above the ankle, with taupe wedge sandals on a wooden floor.
Small script tattoo near ankle with taupe wedges
Black and grey lettering tattoo in a typewriter font reading Have The Courage to Live. Anyone Can Die., running vertically along the upper arm.
Typewriter quote down the upper arm
Black and grey lettering tattoo with a rose on the outer thigh of a woman in shorts and a checked shirt tied at the waist.
Rose and script tattoo on a thigh
Close view of a thin black fine line script tattoo reading warrior on the inner forearm, with a book and a teal knitted blanket in the background.
Warrior script on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading "aimer et être aimé" in French across the upper chest, just below a white lace neckline.
French script "aimer et être aimé" on upper chest
Black and grey tattoo of a vertical arrow with stylised lettering reading May the odds be ever in your favor, on the inside of a forearm.
Arrow and lettering quote on a forearm
Black ink lettering in an angular, Tengwar-style script runs across the lower back above the waistband of black trousers.
Tengwar-style script across the lower back
Fine line black script tattoo reading focus along the inner forearm near the wrist.
Focus script tattoo on a wrist
Small black lettering tattoo running vertically along a forearm, with a woven cord bracelet and gold bangle at the wrist.
Small rotated word on a forearm