Word tattoo ideas

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

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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
Black and grey compass rose and small anchor on an arm sleeve, with blue ink splashes over a map-style background.
Compass and anchor sleeve with blue splashes
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
Black and grey outline stars above the word RISE in serif script on the inner wrist, with a lower panel showing the same arm with no tattoo.
Three stars and RISE on a wrist
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
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