Word tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering tattoo reading The fear of suffering is far worse than the suffering itself, running down the upper arm towards the elbow.
Quote tattoo along the upper arm
Black lettering reading I refuse to sink wraps around a black anchor with a pink heart, tattooed on the inner forearm.
I refuse to sink anchor on the wrist
Black script lettering reading WITCH on the forearm, with thin, slightly uneven linework.
Witch lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading she believed she could so she did, set over a woman's thigh in a typewriter-style font, placed on the thigh.
Quote tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoo with a banner reading Dad, on the side of a man's neck.
Swallow tattoo on the neck
Black boomerang shape with fine white dash texture and the word KARMA in white hand-drawn lettering, shown as a flat design on a white background.
Karma boomerang design
Red lettering spelling REDRUM on skin above the waistband of light patterned underwear, placed on the lower abdomen.
Redrum lettering on the lower abdomen
Close-up of a small fine line black script word tattooed on the inner wrist of a light-skinned hand resting on a striped top.
Fine line script word on the inner wrist
Two matching fine line script tattoos on the inner wrists, one reading to with an infinity symbol and one reading and beyond with small birds.
Matching infinity and beyond wrist tattoos
Fine black script lettering reading Serendipity across the top of a bare foot, with red toenail polish and grass in the background.
Serendipity script on the top of a foot
Black script lettering reading Believe to Achieve across the lower body, in a lettering style, on skin with a fabric edge visible at the lower left.
Believe to Achieve script tattoo
Two fingers each carry a dark blue script tattoo of the word Promise, with a large decorative P, in a lettering style on the hand.
Promise script tattoos on two fingers
Two stacked photos of black blackletter lettering reading Artoscience and philosophy across a forearm, with a faint red scar line running beneath.
Blackletter lettering on a forearm
Black handwritten lettering reading Ohana on the side of the ribs, with a black lace bra visible above it.
Ohana lettering on the ribs
Two forearms with matching black fine line script tattoos of the word beloved, placed on the inner forearms.
Matching beloved script on two forearms
Fine line script tattoo reading 'Have courage and be kind' in black ink across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Have courage and be kind script on upper back
Black and grey fine line script lettering on the side of a body in a dark, low-key photograph, placed on the ribs area.
Small script word on side of body
Colour traditional tattoo of a black cat with yellow eyes, a crown and a third eye on the back of a hand, with LADY lettered across the fingers.
Black cat with third eye on hand
Black ink tattoo of the word CREATE in bold letters over brush strokes and ink splatter on the upper arm.
Bold CREATE lettering with brush strokes
Fine line lettering tattoo in purple ink reading H.o.p.e; on the inner wrist, with a keyboard in the background.
Hope in fine line script on a wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading most ardently across the inside of an ankle and foot.
Most ardently script on an ankle
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'We accept the love we think we deserve' across the ribs on a pale skin background.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Black fine line script reading Perfectly Imperfect across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Perfectly Imperfect script on upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading good vibes on the side ribs, partly under a grey crop top.
Good vibes script on the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading ohana on the outer upper arm, below a white sleeve.
Ohana script on upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo of the word beautiful with a small pink dot, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Beautiful script on a wrist
Black and grey fine line lettering tattoo of a three-line quote in cursive script across the inner wrist.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Close photo of a fine black script lettering tattoo running diagonally along the inner forearm of a person in a black top.
Thin script lettering on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of the word lumos in handwritten script beside a four-pointed star on the inner wrist.
Lumos script and star on wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading "Love me for who i am" across the upper chest, just below the collarbone.
Script quote on upper chest
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm, with the words FLOAT, CATCH, BLEED, DEATH, STIFF and PUSH stacked in a staggered column in a simple sans serif.
Six stacked words on a forearm
Black and white photo of the fine line script word smile tattooed on the side of a pointing finger.
Smile script on a finger
Black and white photo of a person seen from behind, with fine script lettering across the upper back and a small mark on the upper arm.
Fine script lettering across upper back
Two panels show black lettering tattoos on a forearm: "heart" over "mind" above, and "courage" over "fear" below, in a typewriter-style font.
Heart over mind and courage over fear lettering on forearm
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading You've traveled this far on the back of every mistake, set vertically along the upper back.
Typewriter quote down the upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading focus across the wrist of a hand held against a plain grey background.
Focus script on a wrist
Small black script lettering tattooed along the ribs of a seated woman in a grey sleeveless top, with brass cuff bracelets on her wrists.
Fine script lettering along the ribs
Black script lettering reading Believe across the inner wrist, with the hand curled above it in a fine line lettering style.
Believe script on the inner wrist
Close photo of fine line black script lettering reading Belong Everywhere across the inner wrist and forearm.
Belong Everywhere script on the wrist
Black and grey photo of a small serif lettering tattoo reading Be. on the inner wrist of a raised hand with dark painted nails.
Small serif word Be. on a wrist
Small black script word Love inside an outline heart tattoo on the inner wrist, in a fine line lettering style.
Love script in a heart on a wrist
Two photos: fine-line black script reading 'We're all stories in the end' across the upper back near the shoulder, and a bold black Deathly Hallows symbol with Mickey Mouse ears tattooed on skin.
Script quote and Deathly Hallows with mouse ears
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo on the top of a foot, reading the word hope in script, with the h formed by a ribbon and a heart in the o.
Hope script with ribbon and heart on a foot
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading immeasurably more across the inside of a wrist, on a pale background.
Immeasurably more script on a wrist
Black ink script tattoo reading 'Wars begin in the minds of men' across the underside of a forearm, near the wrist.
Quote 'Wars begin in the minds of men' on forearm
A short line of black script lettering across the inner wrist of a hand with green painted nails.
Black script lettering across the wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' along a forearm, with a blurred background.
Script phrase on a forearm
Close crop of a woman's raised upper arm showing a small black fine line script tattoo, with an olive shirt, black top and black handbag in view.
Small script word on upper arm