Word tattoo ideas

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

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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
Close view of a woman's forearm with several tiny fine line tattoos in reddish ink, including a small triangle motif and short script lettering.
Tiny fine line marks on a forearm
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 and white photo of two matching script tattoos reading Like Daughter on a chest and Like Mother on a shoulder, with a small heart beside the second phrase.
Matching "Like Daughter" and "Like Mother" script tattoos
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
Black and grey script tattoo reading The course of true love never did run smooth, across the side of the ribs.
Script quote across the ribs
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo reading The End in mixed script and serif lettering on the inner forearm.
The End lettering on an arm
Black fine line tattoo on a forearm of an outlined heart joined to a heartbeat line that runs into the cursive word faith.
Heartbeat line and faith script on forearm
Small black block lettering reading BAD WOLF on the inner wrist, with a rolled-up denim sleeve.
Bad Wolf lettering on the inner wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading Agape across the side ribs of a torso.
Agape script on the ribs
Black ink lettering reading vegan; in a serif typeface on the inner wrist, beside a yellow knitted sleeve and patterned fabric.
Vegan semicolon wordmark on a wrist
Close-up of a hand with the word Believe in fine black script lettering on the inner wrist, against a plain light background.
Believe script on the inner wrist
Single-line handwritten script reading turn your wounds into wisdom, drawn in black on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
Handwritten lettering: turn your wounds into wisdom
Close-up of black cursive lettering reading we see things they'll never see across a pale forearm, in a lettering style.
Cursive quote on a forearm
Black silhouette of a raven perched on a thin curving branch above the word Nevermore in flowing script, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Raven on a branch above Nevermore script
Black lettering tattoo of the words she believed she could so she did in a typewriter style, set in a vertical line on the side of the ribs.
Typewriter quote on the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading ohana with an infinity loop swash, placed on the side of the ribs.
Script word ohana with infinity swash on ribs
Black script lettering reading Whom then shall I fear on the inner wrist, with black painted nails visible at the bottom of the frame.
Script quote Whom then shall I fear on wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line cursive script word tattooed on the inner forearm, with a small star-like mark beside it.
Fine line script word on the forearm
Black script lettering arranged in a heart shape on a white background, a flash design for a lettering tattoo with no body placement shown.
Heart-shaped script quote design
Traditional style tattoo of a shaded black rose with green leaves and a bud on the forearm, with the word soon in script below and partial designs beside it.
Black rose with script on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading Sometimes Quiet is Violent on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Small black script tattoo reading Like a Boss on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a hand holding a pink cup in the background.
Like a Boss lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading I've waited here for you everlong, placed across the upper back near the shoulder.
Script quote across the shoulder blade
Black script lettering reading Barista on a plain grey background, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Barista script lettering design
Fine line black script tattoo reading eucharisteo on the inner wrist, set against a knitted mustard and brown fabric.
Eucharisteo script on the inner wrist
Close-up of a bare arm with black lettering reading LUCE in capitals on the upper arm and a small script line on the forearm near the elbow.
Luce and script lettering on an arm
Black and grey script lettering reading No Regrets, with a shaded outline, tattooed on a forearm near the elbow.
No Regrets script lettering on an arm
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
Close-up of a neck behind an ear with the words never lose yourself in black script lettering running diagonally across the skin.
Never lose yourself script on the neck
Close crop of a woman's torso in a pale lace bra and satin skirt, showing the fine line script word wholehearted tattooed on the midriff above the waistband.
Wholehearted script on the midriff
Two matching black fine line script tattoos spelling ohana on the forearms of two people, one on the inner arm and one on the lower forearm.
Matching ohana script tattoos on forearms
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
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Destroy what destroys you across two lines on the inner wrist, above a grey sleeve cuff.
Two-line quote on the inner wrist
Fine line tattoo of round glasses, a small red lightning bolt and the word always in script on a forearm.
Round glasses, lightning bolt and script word