Word tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey photograph of a man with the word forgive in serif lettering on his upper arm, holding a black mug in his other hand.
Forgive lettering on an upper arm
Two wrists showing metallic gold lettering reading Single inside a heart outline on the left and silver lettering reading Taken on the right, in a script style on the forearm near the wrist.
Metallic Single and Taken wrist tattoos
Fine black script tattoo reading "i live to let you shine" across the top of a foot near the ankle, in a warm sepia photo.
Script quote on the top of a foot
Black fine script lettering on the outer thigh, reading Frangar, non fl with the end cut off by the frame, above navy stockings.
Script lettering on the outer thigh
Black fine script tattoo reading kiss kill kiss on the inner wrist, shown beside stacked gold bracelets and a black quilted bag.
Kiss kill kiss script on wrist
Black cursive script reading fearless on a plain white background, a lettering tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Fearless in script lettering
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 and grey photo of a small fine line script tattoo reading miles to go on the side of an upper arm.
Miles to go script on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo reading we are who we are for a lot of reasons, in a simple sans serif font on the ribs.
Quote lettering along the ribs
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 Live without regrets, with a swirled flourish beneath, across the upper back.
Live without regrets script on upper back
Close side view of a dark script tattoo reading We all have a story to tell, in Lettering style, along the ribs below a pink bikini strap.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Thin black fine line script reading Grateful with a small looped flourish on the top of a foot, with red toenail polish.
Grateful script tattoo on the top of a foot
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 and grey photograph of an open palm with a small script lettering tattoo on the forearm near the wrist.
Script word on an inner wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading be your own kind of beautiful, set diagonally on the inner forearm.
Be your own kind of beautiful script on forearm
Black and grey tattoo of the word JOY in a serif font on the upper arm, with a light grey t-shirt sleeve visible.
JOY lettering on an upper arm
Two wrists with matching fine line script tattoos in blue and red, reading 'to' with an infinity symbol and 'and beyond' with small birds.
Matching 'to infinity' and 'and beyond' wrist script
Black script lettering reading Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, with two linked outline hearts, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Script quote with two hearts
Black hand-lettered text reading Bride's bitches across the inner wrist and forearm, in a lettering style.
Bride's bitches lettering on a wrist
Black lettering reading courage on the side of a finger, with red painted nails and a blurred yellow background.
Courage lettering on a finger
Black script lettering tattoo running down the outer thigh of a person lying on white bedding in a red top.
Script tattoo on a thigh
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
Fine line red script tattoo reading Love Yourself on a shoulder, with a floral top visible below and dark background behind.
Love Yourself script on a shoulder
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
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow with the word hope in cursive script along its shaft, on a forearm.
Hope script and arrow on a forearm
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
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
Fine line blue script reading in a world of my own with a daisy outline on the inner forearm, drawn in a lettering and botanical style.
Script quote and daisy on a forearm
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Believe on the inner forearm near the wrist, beside woven coloured and beige bracelets.
Believe script tattoo on a wrist
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
Two side-by-side photos of black lettering tattoos on the back of a neck, reading you see all my light and and you love my dark, in a serif typeface.
Two-line quote tattoo on the back of the neck
Two photos of black ink lettering tattoos: one on the back of a lower leg, one on an ankle, with the words shown upside down in the frame.
Upside-down words on leg and ankle
Fine line black script reading we're all mad here on a forearm, with green palm fronds behind the arm.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Red handwritten script tattoo reading Let's Rock on the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a lettering style.
Let's Rock script on a wrist
Two wrists showing matching black script tattoos that read Every atom of me and & Every atom of you, in a lettering style on the inner forearms.
Matching script wrist tattoos
Black and grey shaded swallow tattoo with the word Dad in script beneath it, on the inside of a wrist.
Swallow and script word on wrist
Black handwritten script reading listen to your soul on a plain white background, a lettering tattoo design with thin, even linework.
Listen to your soul in handwritten script
Fine line black script tattoo reading soror mea amica mea across the side of the ribs, above a faint healed band of skin.
Fine line script phrase on the side ribs
Black and grey photo of two inner wrists, one with the word past and the other with the word future, both in a simple serif lettering style.
Past and future lettering on wrists
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
Black script tattoo reading Sisters inside an outlined heart, on the ankle of a person's lower leg.
Sisters script in a heart on an ankle
Handwritten sketch of the word faith in cursive script, crossed by a horizontal bar to form a cross, drawn in black ink on lined paper as a tattoo design.
Faith script with a cross bar sketch
Black lettering tattoo reading BAD WOLF across the inner wrist, in a casual hand-drawn script, photographed with the palm raised.
Bad Wolf lettering on a wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading We need never be hopeless, running diagonally along the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Red stamp-style lettering reading SAVEMONEY inside a rectangular border, tattooed on the inside of a forearm against a green and yellow background.
SAVEMONEY stamp lettering on a forearm
Close photo of the words Valar Morghulis in thin black cursive lettering across the inside of a wrist, a fine line lettering tattoo.
Valar Morghulis in script on a wrist
Close-up of black script lettering reading Gum Dumpster tattooed on the inner lower lip, with fingers holding the lip open.
Script lettering on the inner lower lip