Word tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
Fine line script lettering in dark blue ink reading elgar on the inside of a wrist.
Fine line script word on a wrist
Two black script tattoos reading Padfoot and Moony, each with a Deathly Hallows triangle symbol above, on the back of the ankles.
Padfoot and Moony script tattoos on ankles
Black script tattoos reading blame, hate, love and promise, one word on each of four fingers of a hand held against a pale background.
Blame, hate, love and promise on fingers
Close view of a small black fine line script tattoo reading everlong on the upper chest, with a hand holding the edge of a white top.
Everlong script on upper chest
Small black lettering on the top of a finger reads Sm:)e, with the colon and bracket forming a smiley in place of the i.
Smile lettering with smiley on finger
Fine black outline of a landmass on the inner forearm, with the word nice in script written beside its lower edge.
Outlined landmass with 'nice' on forearm
Close photo of black script lettering reading Diabetic on a forearm, with a thin pale blue arc curving around the capital D.
Diabetic script lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Love Wins on the inner wrist, with a small rainbow heart in place of the o in Love.
Love Wins script with rainbow heart on wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading she believed she could so she did, set in a typewriter-style font along the side of the ribs.
Quote lettering along the ribs
Black and white photo of a small fine line Greek word tattoo, χάρις, on the upper arm below a grey sleeve.
Small Greek word tattoo on upper arm
Close photo of the word WHATEVER in thin black capital letters, spaced out in a fine line lettering style along a forearm.
WHATEVER lettering on the forearm
Black ink hand-lettered design of the word Strength in flowing script on a white background, with a looping infinity-style flourish under the final letters, shown as a drawn design with no body
Strength hand lettering design
Close-up of a bold black Hebrew script tattoo on the ankle, shown in a clean lettering style against pale skin.
Hebrew script tattoo on the ankle
Fine line script tattoo reading "one day at a time" in black ink across the inner wrist, with the hand open and fingers visible.
One day at a time script on a wrist
Four black script lettering designs of the word Wanderlust on a white background, with a small definition line beneath, shown as a lettering flash sheet with no body placement.
Wanderlust lettering in script styles
Black script tattoo reading lights will guide you home across the upper back and shoulder of a person with their head turned away.
Script quote across a shoulder and upper back
Fine line black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows triangle symbol followed by the word Always in script on the inner wrist.
Deathly Hallows symbol and Always on a wrist