Word tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
Fine line script tattoo of the word love in black ink on the inner forearm, with a looping flourish under the letters.
Script love tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a person's upper back, reading Words, are our most inexhaustible source of magic, set in a serif typeface below the shoulder blade.
Quote tattoo on the upper back
Close-up of a small fine line black script tattoo reading 'i love you' on the inner wrist and forearm.
Small script 'i love you' on the wrist
Small black typewriter-style word oops tattooed on the top joint of an index finger, photographed on an open palm.
Small word tattoo on an index finger
Two forearms in a sepia photo: the upper arm has fine line script reading Be Enchanted, and the lower arm has a small outlined heart near the wrist.
Be Enchanted script and small heart on forearms
Two wrists side by side with black lettering tattoos: the word Beauty in script on the left wrist and Beast in a bold blackletter style on the right wrist.
Beauty and Beast wrist tattoos
Black fine line lettering tattoo wrapped in a circle around the ankle, with handwritten script words set around a blank centre.
Circular script quote on an ankle
Black and grey fine line script lettering reading Feminist Killjoy on pale skin, shown in a close black and white photograph.
Feminist Killjoy script lettering
Black lettering tattoo reading LOVE on the inner wrist, with the O replaced by a heart containing a wheelchair symbol.
Love lettering with wheelchair symbol heart on wrist
Black and white photo of a black script tattoo reading alis volat propriis along the side of the ribs, in a lettering style.
Latin script phrase along the ribs
Black ink hand lettering on white paper reading Grace wins, with flowing script for Grace and smaller capitals for WINS.
Grace wins hand lettering
Black and grey photo of a fine line script tattoo reading familia on the back of a neck, with hair tied up.
Familia script tattoo on the back of the neck