Word tattoo ideas

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

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
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
Black lettering tattoo of a Greek word in a flowing script on the inner wrist, with a healed scar visible below it.
Greek script word on inner wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of the word Bowie with a heart below it, on the upper arm of a person in a grey t-shirt, shown in black and white.
Small word and heart on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of cracked skin filled with handwritten words, running down the centre of a person's back.
Cracked skin filled with handwritten words on a back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the word Hunter in script, joined by a heartbeat line and a small heart, on skin of the upper back.
Script name with heartbeat line on upper back
Black ink line drawing of a sitting elephant spraying a cluster of butterflies from its trunk, with the word Always in script, drawn on plain paper.
Elephant spraying butterflies design
Black and grey photograph of a fine line script tattoo reading Breathe Deep and Dive along the collarbone and upper shoulder.
Script quote on a collarbone
Black typewriter-style tattoo of the word strong with a full stop on the inner forearm, partly covered by a white beaded bracelet with a black bead.
Word strong in typewriter font on the wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading 'The ones we love never truly leave us' in a handwritten script across the side ribs, above a pair of jeans and a teal lace waistband.
Quote tattoo along the side ribs
Two palms facing the camera, each with half of an outlined broken heart tattooed in black ink, with the words FUCK and YOU across the split.
Split heart tattoo across two palms
Small black lettering reading FLY on the upper arm of a person wearing a white embroidered-sleeve top, in a lettering style.
Fly lettering on an upper arm
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading 'still I rise' across the lower back, in black ink on warm skin.
Script quote 'still I rise' on lower back
Black ink tattoo on the inner forearm of a tombstone-shaped outline with a small cherub at the top, grass at the base, and the words EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT in capitals.
Tombstone quote tattoo on a forearm
Price sheet of black ink semicolon symbols and handwritten word designs such as Warrior, Live and Survivor, shown as flash for tattoos.
Semicolon and word tattoo designs price sheet
Black fine line script reading stay alive, framed by two parallel lines in a band around the inside of a wrist.
Stay alive script between two lines on a wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading love fearlessly across the top of a shoulder and collarbone.
Love fearlessly script on shoulder
Close-up of the word Serendipity in black fine line script tattooed along the inner forearm, against a dark plastic background.
Serendipity script on a forearm
Black script lettering reading She laughs without Fear of the future, shown on the lower back in fine ink and again on the side of the ribs, in a two-panel photo.
Script quote tattoo on lower back and side
Black lettering reading no day but today in a typewriter-style font on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
No day but today lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading imagine on the inside of a wrist, with a red, white and blue string bracelet tied just above it.
Imagine script on the wrist
Fine line black infinity symbol with three small birds in flight and the word faith in script on the upper back.
Infinity symbol with birds and faith
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading liberté on a person's upper back.
Liberté script on upper back
Close photo of a small black script tattoo reading happiness on the upper thigh of a person in denim shorts and black sandals.
Script word tattoo on a thigh
Black script lettering reading "A dream is a wish your heart makes" with small blue stars, tattooed on the inner forearm, lettering style.
Script quote with stars on a forearm
Close-up of the word Fearless in pale, fine script lettering tattooed on a patch of skin.
Fearless in pale script lettering
Black script lettering reading Allons-y in a fine script style, tattooed across the ribs on a pale torso.
Allons-y script tattoo on the ribs
Black fine line script reading Nana with a thin arrow running beneath it, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Nana script with arrow on ribs
Two black script tattoos on the inner wrists, reading No lies and Just love, set side by side in a lettering style on a forearm.
No lies and Just love wrist script
Close crop of a small black lettering tattoo reading i've got the world to go on a woman's upper arm.
Quote lettering on an upper arm
Black script lettering reading Serenity, running vertically on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Serenity script lettering design
Two wrists in a sepia photo, each with black script lettering reading Love all and Trust few, placed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Love all and trust few script on wrists
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'we're all stories in the end' runs along the inside of a forearm.
Quote 'we're all stories in the end' on forearm
Collage of nine black ink tattoos in fine line script and small symbols, including a feather behind the ear, a key with the word honesty, an anchor with chains and the word alive on the wrist.
Script and symbol tattoos on wrists and ear
Black lettering tattoo of the phrase 'if you don't live for something you'll die for nothing' in a serif lettering style across the side of the ribs, with a hand holding a plaid shirt.
Quote tattoo across the ribs
Two-panel photo showing a black script lettering quote tattoo on a person's upper back beside the shoulder blade, with a close-up of the lettering below.
Script quote across the upper back
Black fine line script lettering spelling the word love, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Script word love design
Small black fine line tattoo of the script word fé joined to a line drawn bird, on the inner arm.
Fine line script and bird on forearm
Fine line black script reading faith, crossed by a horizontal stroke to form a cross, drawn on a sepia textured background.
Faith script with a crossed line
Black outline tattoo of the American Sign Language I love you hand gesture with the word iloveyou in script below, on the forearm.
Sign language I love you hand with iloveyou script
Black fine line script tattoo of the words the will to live will always outweigh the ability to die, across the ribs.
Handwritten quote along the ribs
Black and grey realism feather tattoo on the outer side of a foot, with the word Breathe in script lettering near the ankle.
Feather and script word on the side of a foot