Word tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink script lettering flash sheet with ornate words including Ginger, Beautifully and Fish Stories, plus a lowercase alphabet, with no body part shown.
Script lettering flash sheet
Black script lettering reading Never let your fear decide your fate, a lettering tattoo across the forearm.
Script quote tattoo on forearm
Fine line black script tattoo on an ankle, shown with light blue skinny jeans and grey and white striped flats.
Small script tattoo on an ankle
Close-up photograph of the words Still I Rise in black script lettering tattooed on skin.
Still I Rise script tattoo on skin
Close-up of the word CONTINUE tattooed in black lettering on a forearm, with the I replaced by a semicolon.
Continue lettering with semicolon on forearm
Black script lettering reading family tattooed on the inner forearm of a hand raised near the wrist, in black ink.
Script word tattoo on a forearm
Black line drawing of the word Smile in flowing brush script, with three outlined butterflies, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Smile script with three butterflies
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 side view of a fine line script tattoo reading Breathe on the ribs, with the arm raised and a dark hair backdrop.
Breathe script on the ribs
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 photos of black lettering tattoos: 'I'm fine' on the outer thigh and 'save me' on the lower leg, both in a handwritten script style.
I'm fine and save me lettering on legs
Close view of a black script lettering tattoo on the side of a torso, cut off at the bottom of the frame, with a red circle and arrow drawn over it.
Script word tattoo on side of torso
Close-up of a fine line black tattoo of the word faith with a cross running through it, on the neck behind an ear.
Fine line faith script with cross behind the ear
Collage of four small black fine line tattoos on the wrist and forearm, showing a ringed planet, the words inhale exhale, a tiny heart and cross, and a heartbeat line.
Four fine line wrist tattoos in a collage
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'to the sea' with a small wave flourish on the side of the torso, above the waistband of underwear.
To the sea script with a wave on the side
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading We are all broken, that's how the light gets in, set in a typewriter-style font.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Two photographs of legs with black handwritten lettering tattooed on the calf and ankle, reading I'm fine and save me.
Handwritten words on calf and ankle
Black lettering reading Sisters, looped inside a heart outline and set on the ankle, with a small dot above the i.
Sisters script within a heart on an ankle
Fine line black script reading Smile on the side of a woman's ribcage, just below her raised upper arm.
Smile script on the side ribs
Black and white photo pair of a wrist with fine line lettering, the word amor in one view and love in the other, on the inner wrist.
Fine line wrist lettering reading amor and love
Two side-by-side photos of black script lettering reading I'm Fine on the back of a knee and Save Me on a calf, with the foot raised in the second image.
Script words "I'm Fine" and "Save Me" on legs
Black handwritten script reading patience with a full stop, drawn as a lettering design on a white background with no body placement shown.
Patience script lettering design
Black serif text tattoo reading "The best parts of me are hidden." across the outer upper thigh, with a hand holding red shorts.
Quote tattoo on upper thigh
Black script lettering on the side of the ribs reads 'She who leaves a trail of glitter is never forgotten'.
Glitter quote lettering on ribs
Black script lettering reading It's get better runs across an inner forearm, with a blue sleeve visible at the top edge.
Script lettering on a forearm
Collage of fine line script tattoos on an upper arm, forearm, wrist and neck, reading words such as love, smile, soul and live fearless.
Script words on arms, wrist and neck
Two matching fine line script tattoos of a cursive word sit on the inner wrists of two people whose hands are clasped together.
Matching script word tattoos on wrists
Black fine line script reading soulsisters with an arrow across the ribs, on a person's side and back.
Soulsisters script with arrow on ribs
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 ink script tattoo reading 'Sometimes before it gets Better, the Darkness gets Bigger' in lettering style on a section of skin.
Script quote tattoo on skin
Thin black capital lettering reading EXCELSIOR on the wrist above a hand with blue painted nails, set against a pale turquoise background.
Excelsior lettering on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of the word l'amour in cursive script with a small dragonfly, on the inside of a wrist against a dark background.
L'amour script with dragonfly on a wrist
Close up of a fine line script word tattooed in black ink along the forearm, shown in a warm, vintage-toned photograph.
Fine line script word on a forearm
Black ornamental script lettering design spelling the word Believe, with flowing swashes and no body placement shown.
Believe script lettering design
Fine line black tattoo of a clothes hanger with the word fashion in cursive script and a small heart, on the forearm.
Fashion script on a clothes hanger
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading Nourish on the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Nourish script on the inner wrist
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
Black and white photo of a lettering tattoo reading we're all stories in the end across the back of a neck, with hair falling around it.
Quote tattoo on the back of the neck
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
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with the word eternal in looping script at the upper left and love at the lower right, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Infinity symbol with eternal and love script
Black and grey photo of two heels on a stone ledge, with the word Free in black script on the left heel and Yourself in black script on the right heel.
Free and Yourself script on both heels
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
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading "If you can dream it, you can do it" on the side of the ribs, with a hand and ring visible above.
Black script quote on the side ribs
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading With pain comes strength along the ribs of a person wearing a grey sports bra.
Script quote reading With pain comes strength on ribs
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm reading Beauty in flowing script with a flourish above, and BEAST in vertical blackletter capitals below.
Beauty and beast lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script reading Believe with a small outlined heart on the inner wrist of a hand with blue nails.
Believe script with heart on wrist
Small fine-line black script reading satis, with an arrow running through the letters, on the inner wrist.
Satis script with arrow on wrist