Word tattoo ideas

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

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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
Fine line black tattoo of a clothes hanger outline with the word fashion in cursive script and a small heart, on the inner forearm.
Clothes hanger with script fashion on forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading 'He is jealous for me' across a forearm, set against a blue background.
Script quote 'He is jealous for me' on a forearm
Black serif lettering tattoo reading 'We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness' on the upper body.
Serif quote tattoo on skin
Black and white photo of two inner wrists, each with a small lettering tattoo, the word past on the left and future on the right, in a LALetter style on the wrist.
Past and future words on two wrists
Black fine line script tattoo reading Vildhjärta on the side of the ribs, shown from the side with a yellow lace bralette above it.
Script word tattoo on the ribs
Close view of a thin black fine line script tattoo reading joy on the lower leg, with a blurred background and bare feet below.
Fine line script word joy on a calf
Close-up of two fine line black script tattoos reading still and beautiful on the side of a torso, with skin folds visible.
Still and beautiful script on the side of a torso
Black script tattoo of the words 'The pain you feel today... is the strength you feel tomorrow' across the lower back, just above a waistband.
Script quote tattoo across the lower back
Black ink quote tattoo reading 'The hardest thing in this world is to live in it' in serif lettering, running along a forearm.
Quote tattoo along a forearm
Close photograph of the word inspiration in thin black cursive script across the inner wrist, in a fine line lettering style.
Inspiration script on the inner wrist
Black handwritten lettering tattoo reading Dad with a underline stroke, in a lettering style, on the inside of a wrist.
Handwritten word tattoo on the wrist
Black and grey photograph of the words you only live once in black script tattooed diagonally across the inner forearm.
You only live once script on a forearm
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo in Arabic script on the inner wrist of a hand resting on a steering wheel.
Small Arabic script tattoo on wrist
Black and grey script lettering with flourishes tattooed across the tops of two feet, one phrase on each foot.
Script lettering across both feet
Close-up of the word agape tattooed across a finger, with a small red heart in place of the o, in fine lettering on a hand.
Agape lettering on a finger
Two matching fine line black script tattoos reading Sisters within an infinity symbol, one on the back of the neck and one on the inner wrist.
Matching sisters infinity tattoos
Black ink tattoo of the word freedom in a serif typeface with a small bird above the final letters, on the inner wrist.
Freedom lettering with bird on wrist
Fine line tattoo of the word HOMESICK in capitals above a small flying saucer, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Homesick lettering and UFO on wrist
Black compass rose tattoo with brush-like shading on the upper back shoulder, with a small script word on the upper arm below it.
Compass rose tattoo on a shoulder
Close-up of a fine line black script quote running diagonally across a fair-skinned forearm, with a ring visible on the hand below.
Script quote along a forearm
Fine black handwritten script reading lumos with a four-pointed star beside it, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Lumos script and star on a wrist
Black ink tattoo of the word lumos in script lettering with five small stars around it, on an ankle.
Lumos lettering with stars on ankle
Fine line black script tattoo of the word explore on the inner forearm, with a blurred hand holding the wrist in the foreground.
Explore script on a forearm
Black script lettering reading "I can go the distance" runs across the top of a foot and ankle.
Script quote "I can go the distance" on ankle
Fine line black script lettering reading with pain comes strength, placed along the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey script tattoo reading With pain comes strength across the upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed in black and white.
Script quote across upper back
Black hand-lettered script reading Stop and breathe on a white background, a flash design with no body placement shown.
Stop and breathe lettering design
Black and grey fine line script reading love yourself, with a thin arrow and small heart below it, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Love yourself script with arrow on forearm
Small black lettering tattoo reading stet on the side of a torso, with a red plaid shirt lifted beside it.
Small stet lettering on the side ribs
Black fine line script lettering reading love never fails with an outlined heart, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Love never fails script with small heart
Black fine line script lettering reading smile on the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Smile script on the inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of the word lumos beside a four-pointed star on the inner wrist.
Lumos script and star on a wrist
Fine line peony tattoo in pink and green with a thin script word running down the stem, on the outside of a person's ankle above a white sneaker.
Pink peony with script stem on ankle
Black script lettering reading Go and try you'll never break me, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Colour sunflower tattoo with a bold dark outline and green leaves, placed between the shoulder blades on the upper back of a woman with her hand raised to her hair.
Sunflower tattoo on upper back
Single unbroken black line drawing of the words i heart you in fine-line script on a white background, with a heart formed in the loop of the h.
Continuous line script reading i heart you