Word tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up photo of a black outline tattoo of a heart containing the words NOT YOU in block capitals, on a patch of skin.
Outlined heart with NOT YOU lettering
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'alive' with a thin trailing line, on the inner wrist.
Fine line script 'alive' on a wrist
Black and white photo of the words ACCIO ADVENTURE tattooed in bold block capitals on a forearm, in Lettering style.
Accio Adventure lettering on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading Courage, dear heart across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Courage, dear heart script on upper back
Close-up of the words avada kedavra tattooed in dark blue lettering along an extended index finger, in a lettering style.
Avada kedavra lettering on a finger
Fine black script lettering on a forearm that begins with the words Daughter of, with the rest of the phrase partly hidden by the angle of the photo.
Script lettering on a forearm
Black line drawing of a bold, graffiti-style word with a rising sun, clouds, flowers, feathers and a bird, designed as a lettering piece for a tattoo.
Bubble lettering with sun, clouds and flowers
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo of the word beloved in black ink on a woman's inner forearm, while she holds a white mug of coffee.
Beloved script on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading everything is alright forever in a serif typeface across the ribs, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Two side-by-side photographs of black lettering tattoos: I'm fine on the upper arm and save me on the shoulder.
I'm fine and save me script tattoos
Two forearms show fine black script lettering: upper arm reads You are my sunshine and the lower forearm reads My only sunshine, both on the forearm.
Script quote tattoos on two forearms
Black silhouette of a raven in flight with a distressed texture, above the script word Nevermore on a pale grey background.
Raven in flight above the word Nevermore
Black sans-serif lettering on a thigh reading 'We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken' across four lines.
Quote tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey lettering reading "i feel infinite" in a typewriter-style font across the inner wrist and forearm.
"i feel infinite" lettering on a wrist
Black line drawing of an open heart above the word Always in loose handwritten script, a lettering design on a plain white background.
Heart above the word Always
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading Yahweh on the inner forearm, in a Lettering style.
Yahweh script on a forearm
Black hand-lettered script reading breathe, shown as a large design on white, a temporary transfer on grass, and a small fine line version on the chest.
Breathe script word tattoo
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading immeasurably more across the inner forearm, on a light skin tone.
Immeasurably more script on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol beside the word always in script on the inner wrist.
Deathly Hallows symbol and script word on wrist
Small black fine-line script reading free, with a bird in flight at its end, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script word free with a flying bird on upper back
Fine line black script word Real with an arrow on the upper back, sitting near the shoulder blade.
Script word "Real" with arrow on upper back
Black script lettering reading Enough on a area of skin, with fine linework and a soft, slightly blurred background.
Enough in black script lettering
Black fine line infinity symbol with the word family in cursive script, tattooed on a shoulder.
Infinity symbol with family script on shoulder
Two wrists pressed together, each with a black script word tattooed on the inner wrist, reading Stay on the left and Strong on the right.
Matching Stay and Strong wrist script
Small dark script word tattoo on the forearm near the wrist, with a woven bracelet, resting on red and grey plaid bedding.
Small script word tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo spelling the word saudade across the inner wrist.
Saudade script on the wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo spelling the word love behind a person's ear, shown in lettering style.
Script love tattoo behind the ear
Fine line black script tattoo reading love on the inner wrist, with a raised fist and pink nails against a blurred outdoor background.
Script word "love" on a wrist
Fine line script tattoo reading imagine across the inside of a wrist, with fingers blurred in the background.
Imagine script on a wrist
Black script lettering reading For every dark night, There's a brighter day across the side of the ribs, shown in a close photograph.
Script quote tattoo on the side ribs
Fine black script lettering tattooed across the back of a hand beside white coffin-shaped nails and a gold watch.
Script word tattoo on the back of a hand
Fine line infinity symbol tattoo with the word run in script on the upper back, in black ink.
Infinity symbol with script word on upper back
Black and white photo of two hands pressed together, with the word PAST in serif capitals on one wrist and FUTURE on the other, a black and grey lettering tattoo on the inner wrists.
PAST and FUTURE wrist lettering
Black and grey tattoo of the words Normal People Scare Me in block capitals across the upper back, just below the neck, on a person with hair tied up.
Normal people scare me quote on upper back
Close photo of the word Funny in black serif lettering tattooed on a pale forearm, with a dark navy sweater sleeve behind it.
Funny lettering on a forearm
Black ink script lettering reading Faith with looping flourishes on the side of a hip, with a pink top in the frame.
Faith script lettering on the side of the hip
Black script Greek lettering reading χάρις tattooed on the wrist and forearm, with a blurred green background.
Greek word in script on the wrist
Black fine line script reading Redeemed on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the palm of the hand open above it.
Redeemed script on an inner wrist
Black script lettering reading Let it Be on the inner forearm, with sunlight glowing behind the arm.
Let it Be script lettering on a forearm
Black and red cut-out style lettering tattoo across a forearm reading I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Close side view of skin with the words Still and Beautiful in thin dark script lettering, placed on the side of the torso.
Still and Beautiful script on the side
Black and grey script lettering with swirling flourishes running vertically along the side of the ribs.
Script lettering with flourishes on ribs
Black line drawing of the words Just Breathe in flowing handwritten script on a white background, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
Just Breathe script lettering design
Black line drawing of the words I AM A in thin capitals above warrior in a flowing script, with an outlined heart, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
I am a warrior lettering with heart
Black brush-script lettering of the word love on a plain white background, drawn as a design with no body placement shown.
Hand-lettered word love in black script
Fine line black script tattoo reading free on the wrist of a hand resting beside a sleeping lion cub on grass.
Fine line script word on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo of many words arranged in a flowing shape across a person's upper arm, with the text running down toward the elbow.
Words arranged in a flowing shape on upper arm
Black script lettering reading Hope on the inner wrist, with the H drawn in teal as a looping ribbon shape.
Script word Hope on the inner wrist