Word tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading Live on a forearm, with a blue semicolon in place of the i dot and a small red heart after the e.
Live script with semicolon on a forearm
Black monoline script lettering of the word Serendipity on a plain grey background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Serendipity script lettering design
Black handwritten script lettering tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder, photographed from behind in a car.
Handwritten quote across upper back
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Beauty in script above a vertical blackletter BEAST on a forearm.
Beauty and Beast lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering design reading Love me for who I am on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Script lettering reading Love me for who I am
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading Alma libre on the upper chest, below the collarbone.
Script words on the upper chest
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo in blackletter style running vertically along the inside of a forearm, with a woven bracelet and a gold band above it.
Small blackletter word on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading I am burdened with glorious purpose runs along the side of a torso, shown in two stacked photographs.
Typewriter quote along the side of the ribs
Black handwritten script reading walk by faith on a plain white background, shown as a lettering tattoo design.
Walk by faith handwritten script lettering
Black script lettering reading Nobodies and Perfect with a pink and black shaded heart between them, across the upper chest.
Script words and pink heart on upper chest
Black and grey wrist tattoo of the word give above a tree stump with a red heart, set among outlined grass, on the forearm.
Give word above a stump with red heart
Black script lettering reading 'We loved with a love that was more than love' runs along the inside of a forearm in a lettering style.
Script quote along a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading "Smile" on the side of a woman's torso below her shoulder, shown in a close photo of her bare back.
Small script word "Smile" on a ribcage
Black lettering tattoo of the Hindi word karma in Devanagari script on the inside of a wrist, shown beside the original design on a white background.
Karma in Devanagari script on a 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
Fine line tattoo on a forearm of dandelion seeds drifting upward with script words and a dark silhouetted figure at the base, with pink and blue accents.
Dandelion seeds and script on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of the word OHANA with a thin arrow running through the letters, across the inner wrist.
Ohana word and arrow on a wrist
Black cursive script lettering reading carpe diem on a white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Carpe diem in cursive script
Fine line black script tattoo of the word beautiful rising diagonally across the inner forearm.
Beautiful script on a forearm
Small script tattoo on the upper back of a woman in a burgundy backless dress and wide-brimmed hat.
Small script word on upper back
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
Black and white photo from behind of a woman with a messy bun, showing a small fine line script tattoo reading imagine with a peace sign beneath it on the back of the neck.
Imagine script with peace sign on the nape
Small red lettering reading Fearless on the inner forearm of a woman whose hand rests on a steering wheel.
Fearless word tattoo on a forearm
Black flowing script lettering reading Allons-y, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Allons-y script lettering design
Black ink tattoo on a upper back showing the script words 'When words fail' above a heart made from treble and bass clefs, with 'Music speaks' below.
Clef heart with 'When words fail' quote on back
Black fine line script reading Allons-y across the upper chest, above the neckline of a black V-neck top.
Allons-y script on the upper chest
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
Black hand-lettered tattoo reading DO NOT RESUSCITATE on the upper chest, with a striped shirt being held open around it.
Do Not Resuscitate lettering on a chest
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Smile on the side of a person's ribs, below the arm.
Smile script on the side ribs
Black script lettering reading Soul Sister on the lower back, shown on two people side by side in a black and white photo.
Matching Soul Sister script tattoos
Close-up of a black typewriter-style tattoo reading don't blink on the upper chest near the collarbone, with blonde hair and a grey top visible.
Don't blink lettering on the upper chest
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo on skin, with two words joined by a large infinity loop.
Script lettering in an infinity loop
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an anatomical heart with the word AGAPE in thin capitals above it, on the lower leg.
Anatomical heart with AGAPE lettering
White fine line infinity symbol on a black background, with the word blessed written in script along its lower right loop, shown as a tattoo design.
Infinity symbol with script blessed
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a solid bird in flight with the words take me far written in script on a line that ends in an arrow, on the upper back.
Bird in flight with 'take me far' script
Six black script lettering samples of the word 'Ohana on a white background, shown as tattoo flash in varying weights and flourishes.
'Ohana lettering in several script styles
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
Black and grey script and lotus flower tattoo on the lower back, with white and grey Calvin Klein waistbands visible.
Script and lotus tattoo on lower back
Fine line tattoo of the word Hope in black script above a purple outlined heart with a small ribbon motif, on the inner wrist.
Hope script and purple heart on a wrist
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading Amicizia on the back of the neck, partly covered by reddish-brown hair.
Amicizia script on the nape of the neck
Fine line black script reading carpe diem on a forearm, with a second photo showing the same area covered by skin-toned concealer.
Carpe diem script on forearm, before and after concealer
Two fingers pressed together, each with a dark blue-black script tattoo reading Promise, placed on the hand.
Promise script on two fingers
Fine line script lettering reading love me for who I am, running vertically down the centre of a bare back.
Script lettering down the spine
Two people with matching fine line script tattoos on their ribs, one reading you'll keep me wild and the other you'll keep me safe, in black ink.
Matching script quotes on two sets of ribs
Black ink lettering reading OHANA with a small outlined heart on the inner wrist, shown in a close photograph of a forearm.
Ohana lettering with heart on wrist
Black and white photo of a fine script lettering tattoo reading Freedom Beauty Truth Love across a person's ribs, with a dark lace band at the hip.
Freedom Beauty Truth Love script on ribs
Black script lettering reading Hope on the inner wrist, with the o replaced by a purple awareness ribbon and a semicolon ending in a green ribbon.
Hope script with ribbon on wrist
Black lettering reading Always on the inner wrist, with blue, green, orange and red watercolour splashes and small black stars.
Always lettering with colour splashes on a wrist