Word tattoo ideas

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Black and grey photo of a bare back with the words Turn your wounds into wisdom tattooed vertically down the spine in serif lettering.
Vertical quote along the spine
Black fine line script lettering tattooed across the upper back between the shoulder blades of a woman with her hair in a bun, seen from behind in bed.
Fine script lettering across upper back
Fine line black infinity symbol with three small birds and the word faith in script across the lower back.
Infinity symbol with birds and faith script
Black and white photo of a handwritten black script tattoo reading 'I myself am made entirely of flaws stitched together with good intentions' across the lower back, under a white garment.
Handwritten quote tattoo on the lower back
Black and grey script tattoo across a person's upper back, reading The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Side-by-side photos of matching script tattoos on the upper back, one reading Like Mother in grey and one reading Like Daughter in colour, each with a dandelion.
Matching dandelion script tattoos on the upper back
Black typewriter-style lettering tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder blade, set out as two lines of text.
Two-line quote across the upper back
Black lettering tattoo reading 'we accept the love we think we deserve' in a typewriter-style font across the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Quote tattoo across the upper back
Close photograph of a black ink lettering tattoo on the back, a six-line quote set in a serif typeface with a wide, even layout.
Black lettering quote tattoo on skin
Woman seen from behind with a black script lettering tattoo running vertically down her back, beside a long braid.
Script tattoo down the spine
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
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
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
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 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 Blessed, with a small heart and a dangling rosary with cross, on a person's lower back.
Blessed script with rosary on lower back
Black script lettering reading Why Serious? with So beneath it and a small caret mark, tattooed across the centre of a person's upper back in a lettering style.
Why Serious? lettering across a back
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
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
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 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
Black and grey fine line lettering runs vertically down the centre of a person's back, seen from behind, with hair in a loose bun.
Vertical script down the spine
Black lettering tattoo on a shoulder blade, with the words 'a dream is a wish your heart makes' arranged in a heart shape in a lettering style.
Heart-shaped quote on the upper back
Black script lettering tattoo of a four-line rhyming poem across the upper back, close to the shoulder blade.
Four-line poem script on upper back
Woman seen from behind with a fine line black script tattoo running down her upper back between the shoulder blades.
Fine line script tattoo across the upper back
Pale lettering reading wit beyond measure runs across the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a lettering style.
White lettering across upper back
Close view of a small black fine-line script tattoo on a woman's upper back, shown above a pale blue bandeau top and beneath a knitted sweater.
Fine line script word on upper back
Black script lettering tattoo on the lower back, shown in a mirror selfie with the wearer in denim shorts and a white crop top.
Small script tattoo on lower back
Fine line black infinity symbol with the script words and beyond across the upper back, viewed from behind just below the neck.
Infinity symbol with script on upper back
Black script lettering reading For those I love, I will sacrifice across the upper back, with a gloved hand at the lower edge of the frame.
Script quote across the upper back
Black script lettering reading Live without regrets, with a swirled flourish beneath, across the upper back.
Live without regrets script on upper back
Purple cross-stitch style lettering with a needle and thread tattooed across the upper back, in a lettering style.
Cross-stitch lettering with needle and thread
Black and grey script lettering reading Mangubat with long swirling flourishes, tattooed across the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Script lettering across upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading heaven has taken my hero across the upper back, just below the neck, with hair in a bun above it.
Script quote across upper back
Black script lettering runs down the spine of a woman with her hair in a bun, shown from behind on the upper back.
Script lettering down the spine
A grid of photographs of small script tattoos on wrists, forearms, shoulders, neck and ankle, reading words such as imagine, joy, hope and good bye, mostly in black lettering.
Grid of script word and quote tattoos
Black script lettering reading Music saved my soul across the upper back of a person with dark hair and a thin necklace.
Music saved my soul script across upper back
Two people seen from behind: one has the word DUDE in black lettering on the upper back, the other has sweet in black script above a colour lily tattoo on the shoulder blade.
Dude and sweet lettering with a lily on two backs
Two matching black fine line tattoos of the word soulsister, one on a forearm and one on the upper back, each with small arrow-like ends.
Matching soulsister script on forearm and back
Black handwritten script lettering tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder, photographed from behind in a car.
Handwritten quote across upper back
Small script tattoo on the upper back of a woman in a burgundy backless dress and wide-brimmed hat.
Small script word on upper back
Black ink tattoo on a upper back showing the script words 'When words fail' above a heart made from treble and bass clefs, with 'Music speaks' below.
Clef heart with 'When words fail' quote on back
A grid of small fine line tattoos in black ink on the neck, upper back, wrists, hands and ankle, including an infinity symbol, a feather and the word imagine.
Collage of small fine line tattoos
Black script lettering reading Soul Sister on the lower back, shown on two people side by side in a black and white photo.
Matching Soul Sister script tattoos
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a solid bird in flight with the words take me far written in script on a line that ends in an arrow, on the upper back.
Bird in flight with 'take me far' script
Black and grey script and lotus flower tattoo on the lower back, with white and grey Calvin Klein waistbands visible.
Script and lotus tattoo on lower back
Fine line script lettering reading love me for who I am, running vertically down the centre of a bare back.
Script lettering down the spine