Word tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black script running down a forearm, with a small sun tattoo on the back of the hand and a small arrow on the wrist.
Script lettering and small sun tattoos on forearms
Black script tattoo reading endless love across the middle finger of a hand, with pink nails and a dark floral background.
Endless love script on a finger
Black and white photo of a hand with the word MONSTER in hand-drawn black lettering tattooed on the inner wrist.
Monster lettering on inner wrist
Black script lettering reading Always across the side of a finger, shown in a fine, handwritten lettering style.
Always script tattoo on a finger
Black Greek script lettering tattooed diagonally across the back of a hand, in a thin, hand-drawn style.
Greek word lettering on the hand
Close photo of a fine line black ink tattoo of the word free on the back of a hand, with a woman's shoulder and turquoise jewellery visible.
Free word tattoo on the back of a hand
Fine line script tattoo reading happiness in purple ink along the middle finger of a hand resting on a white textured surface.
Happiness script on a finger
Black fine line script tattoo reading endless love across the top of a finger, with a floral fabric background.
Endless love script on a finger
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
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
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 and grey script lettering reading Hope on the inside of a wrist, beside a beaded bracelet.
Hope script lettering on a wrist
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
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
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
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 lettering tattoo reading promise on a finger, shown in a three-panel photo.
Promise lettering on a finger
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 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
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
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading free on the back of a woman's hand, with her other hand resting on her shoulder.
Free script tattoo on the back of a hand
Close-up of knuckle lettering spelling TEA TIME in black letters with teal shading, with a small teal teapot on the left hand, in a traditional lettering style.
TEA TIME lettering across knuckles
Black and grey photo of a palm with a small barcode tattoo and the word SLAVE in spaced capitals beneath it.
Barcode and SLAVE tattoo on a palm
Black and white photo of two hands held together in a triangle, with the words what goes around comes back around tattooed in capitals across the fingers.
Quote tattooed across fingers
Close-up of a black ornate lettering tattoo reading TRUE with looping flourishes on a forearm, with a smaller reddish version below on a finger.
TRUE lettering with loops on forearm
Two clenched fists show the word KNITPURL tattooed one letter per finger in a serif lettering style, with black outlines and pink, orange and yellow fills on the hands.
KNITPURL lettering across knuckles
Black and grey photo of two hands with the word FEMINIST tattooed in serif lettering, one letter per finger, with a partly visible outlined design on the back of the left hand.
FEMINIST lettering across fingers
Close photograph of the word Bazinga in black lettering tattooed along the side of a finger, with dark red nail polish and a wooden wall behind.
Bazinga lettering on a finger
Two fists held toward the camera, with the word LOVE in black serif capitals across the fingers of one hand and SICK across the other, both on the hand.
LOVE and SICK finger lettering
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading Amor across a finger, with a blue opal ring on the same hand.
Amor script tattoo on a finger
Small black script lettering reading ho ho ho on the side of a finger, with the hand raised against a warm brown background.
Ho ho ho script on a finger
Three fingers of a hand with the words Live, Laugh and Love in black script lettering, one word per finger, with red painted nails.
Live, Laugh, Love script across three fingers
Black script lettering reading promise tattooed along the side of a raised index finger, shown against a blurred dark background.
Promise lettering on an index finger
Black lettering reading courage on the side of a finger, with red painted nails and a blurred yellow background.
Courage lettering on a finger
Small black script tattoo reading oops on the side of a finger, shown in a fine line lettering style on a hand with red painted nails.
Oops script tattoo on a finger
Close-up of black and grey gothic lettering reading STAY TRUE across the knuckles of two hands, with shaded letterforms and a dark background.
STAY TRUE knuckle lettering
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
Close-up of a hand holding a cigarette over pink satin, with the words LOVE YOU in small black lettering tattooed across the fingers.
Love you lettering on the hand
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading always across the side of a finger.
Always script on a finger
Black typewriter-style lettering reading I contain multitudes on the inner wrist, photographed with the palm facing up in bright light.
I contain multitudes quote on wrist
Close photo of a small black fine line heart outline on one finger and the word Love in black script lettering on the next finger, both on the hand.
Heart and Love script on fingers
Hand with red nails resting on ripped jeans, showing fine line chevron and bar tattoos on the fingers and black lettering tattoo on the thigh.
Finger line tattoos and lettering on thigh
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
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading til death along a finger, with a blurred background.
Til death script on a finger
Two fingers pressed together, each with a dark blue-black script tattoo reading Promise, placed on the hand.
Promise script on two fingers