Word tattoo ideas

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

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Thin black cursive script reading forever young on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Forever young in fine script
Small black script lettering reading love on the side of a finger, with glitter nail varnish, against a plain white background.
Small script word 'love' on a finger
Black and grey photo of the word dust in thin script lettering on the inner forearm, with a watch strap and an open book behind.
Dust script lettering on a wrist
Fine line black script tattoo of a semicolon followed by the word live on the inner wrist.
Semicolon and live on a wrist
Black ink script lettering reading hallelujah with a long flowing tail, drawn on a plain white background.
Hallelujah in script lettering
Black and grey script lettering reading "one step at a time" across the top of a foot, in a lettering style, placed on the foot.
"One step at a time" script on a foot
Dark ink tattoo of the word DANCE on the inner wrist, with the letters formed from small silhouetted dancing figures.
Word DANCE with dancer figures on wrist
Close-up of fine line black script lettering that appears to read Because I say so, on the side of a hip above dark lace underwear.
Script lettering on the hip
Two forearms side by side with fine black script tattoos on the inner arms, reading Um coração on the left and Um amor on the right, in a black and white photograph.
Um coração and um amor forearm script
Black lettering tattoo reading FRIENDS with a small coloured dot between each letter, on the inside of a wrist.
FRIENDS lettering on a wrist
Black and grey fine line script reading No Regrets, tattooed on a person's back in a close, softly lit photo.
No Regrets script lettering on skin
Black and grey fine line compass rose tattoo with a small script word above it on the upper arm, photographed in black and white.
Compass rose with script on an upper arm
Black ink hand-lettered word beautiful in flowing script on white paper, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Beautiful in flowing hand lettering
Black ink design of the word Believe in flowing script lettering, framed by swirling flourishes on a white background, shown as a flash design without a body placement.
Believe script lettering with flourishes
Close-up photograph of thin black fine line Greek lettering reading φαμιλψ on skin, with the placement on the body not clear from the image.
Greek lettering tattoo on skin
Fine line script tattoo reading Believe, with a teal ribbon in place of the letters li, on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Believe script with teal ribbon on shoulder
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading life doesn't stop for anybody across the inner forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Black single-line fine line script lettering spelling the word dream on a plain white background, shown as a design with no body placement visible.
Single-line script word reading dream
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading You'll be in my heart always, across the upper chest near the shoulder.
Script quote on upper chest
Close photo of a black serif lettering tattoo reading bad circumstances good jokes on an upper arm, with an office background.
Text tattoo reading bad circumstances good jokes
Black and grey photo of the word Angel in script on one inner wrist and Devil with a tail flourish on the other, both in a lettering style.
Angel and devil wrist lettering
Black script lettering on a forearm reading Blood Makes You Related and Loyalty Makes You Family, against a dark table with a white star.
Script quote on a forearm
Black and white photo of the word choice in fine line script lettering on the forearm, near a woven bracelet.
Script word choice on the forearm
Dark script lettering reading through every dark night, there is a brighter day, tattooed across the upper chest in a black lettering style.
Script quote across the upper chest
Black script lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of a woman's back, photographed from behind in an open-back dress.
Script lettering down the spine
Close photograph of a fine line script tattoo reading Let It Be in white ink on the inner forearm, set against a leopard print background.
Let It Be script on the inner forearm
Black and grey photo of a fine line script tattoo reading love on a wrist.
Love script on the wrist
Black script lettering reading Wanderlust across the top of a bare foot, with dark jeans visible at the sides of the frame.
Wanderlust script on the top of a foot
Black ink drawing of the word elephant in hand-drawn lettering, with the letters shaped to form an elephant's body, trunk and legs on a grey background.
Elephant lettering design in black ink
Two open palms, each with a black outline tattoo of a heart split down the middle, with the words FUCK and YOU written across the two halves.
Split heart tattoos on both palms
Black script tattoo reading Peachy on a person's buttock, just above the edge of light denim cut-off shorts.
Peachy script tattoo on the buttock
Fine line black tattoo of the word free in cursive script with a small bird perched at the end, on the side of a person's ribs.
Free script with a small bird on the ribs
Close photograph of a blue flower tattoo with black script reading Ohana on the inner wrist and forearm, in a lettering and botanical style.
Blue flower and Ohana script on a wrist
Close-up of a fine-line black script tattoo reading love, wrapping across the inside of a bare ankle.
Love script on an ankle
Close photograph of a fine line script tattoo reading With pain comes strength across the skin of the back in black ink.
Script quote reading With pain comes strength
Black and grey outline tattoo of a banner reading GRRRL on a forearm, with part of another tattoo visible above it.
GRRRL banner tattoo on forearm
Black fine-line cursive script reading Your forever is all that I need on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Cursive quote: Your forever is all that I need
Black serif lettering tattoo on the ribs reading 'If you don't swim you'll drown', with a white shirt pulled up beside it.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Close view of a small black fine line script tattoo reading Smile on the side of a woman's upper arm, with her shoulder and long hair visible.
Fine line script word on upper arm
Black script lettering reading promise along the side of a finger, with a diamond eternity ring on another finger.
Promise lettering on a finger
Black script lettering reading "We are the kids your parents warned you about" along the side of a ribcage, worn with a white open-back vest.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey brush script lettering of the word wander on a plain white background, drawn as a design for a tattoo.
Wander script lettering design
Pencil sketch of the word Hope in flowing, looped script lettering on a sheet of paper, with a mechanical pencil resting at the top of the frame.
Hope in flowing script lettering sketch
Black typewriter-style lettering reading the heart of life is good on the upper arm, with a red and purple checked shirt beside it.
Typewriter quote on the upper arm
Black, uneven hand-drawn block lettering on a lower leg reads 'Don't let them see you're afraid', in a rough lettering style on the calf.
'Don't let them see you're afraid' lettering on a calf
Black script tattoo reading let it be across the top of a foot, in a fine cursive lettering style, with red nail polish visible on the toes.
Let it be script on the top of a foot
Black script lettering reading que sera sera along the inner forearm, with the hands clasped over the knees in warm sunlight.
Que sera sera script on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of the word love in looping script inside a heart outline, on the wrist of a black and white photograph.
Looping love script in a heart outline