Word tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a black lettering tattoo reading mispelled with a red wavy underline, like a spell-check mark, on an upper arm.
Mispelled with red spell-check underline
Black and grey realism tattoo of a star with a cracked skin effect, filled with words such as friendship and freedom, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Cracked star with words on upper arm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'My thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth' on an upper arm, in black and grey.
Quote tattoo on an upper arm
Close-up of fine black script lettering running vertically across a shoulder and upper arm, in a lettering style.
Vertical script lettering on a shoulder
Black script lettering reading Bieber Feaver on an upper arm, on a person wearing a navy shirt.
Script lettering on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a heart formed by a heartbeat trace, ending in the word sisters in script, on the inner upper arm.
Heartbeat heart with 'sisters' on upper arm
Fine line black script lettering reading geronimo on the upper arm, photographed close up against a floral fabric.
Geronimo script on upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of the word Bowie with a heart below it, on the upper arm of a person in a grey t-shirt, shown in black and white.
Small word and heart on upper arm
Small black lettering reading FLY on the upper arm of a person wearing a white embroidered-sleeve top, in a lettering style.
Fly lettering on an upper arm
Close crop of a small black lettering tattoo reading i've got the world to go on a woman's upper arm.
Quote lettering on an upper arm
Close-up of a fine line gold script tattoo reading be happy with a trailing underline on the outer upper arm.
Gold script "be happy" on upper arm
Close photo of a black fine line script tattoo reading grateful on the upper arm, with a rolled navy shirt sleeve above it.
Script word "grateful" on upper arm
Black script lettering reading Numquam timebunt umbrae along the upper arm of a person with their arm raised, shown from behind.
Latin script quote on upper arm
Back view of a woman in a black top showing a small black fine line script tattoo on her upper arm, near the shoulder.
Fine line script tattoo on upper arm
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 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 black script tattoo reading ohana on the outer upper arm, below a white sleeve.
Ohana script on upper arm
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
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
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
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 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 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
Fine line black arrow tattoo with the script words real or not real across the lower back, shown above a second close view of an arrow with the word real on the upper arm.
Arrow tattoo with real or not real script
Black fine line script tattoo reading free on the upper arm, and a second script tattoo reading apodyopsis on the thigh.
Fine line script words on arm and thigh
Close photo of the words 'choose life.' in black typewriter-style lettering on the inner upper arm.
Choose life lettering on an upper arm
Close view of a small black fine line script tattoo reading happy on the upper arm of a person in a white vest top.
Happy script on upper arm
Two matching fine line lettering tattoos, reading GIRL ALMIGHTY on one forearm and SHE'S NOT AFRAID on the other upper arm.
Matching text tattoos on two forearms
Close photo of a two-line serif text tattoo on the inner upper arm, reading Everything will be okay in the end, in lettering style.
Two-line quote on the upper arm
Realistic tattoo of a star torn open through skin on the upper arm and shoulder, filled with words including FRIENDSHIP, FAMILY, FREEDOM and a red LOVE.
Torn-skin star with words on an upper arm
Black and grey lettering tattoos on a man's upper arm and forearm, including the words Yesterday, May and Friday and the number 3, shown beneath a white t-shirt sleeve.
Handwritten words and a number on an arm
Black fine line lettering reading BELIVE MY DECISION on the inner upper arm, with a grey sweatshirt sleeve visible above.
Small lettering reading Belive my decision
Fine black line tattoo of the state of California with the word California in script inside the outline, on the inner upper arm.
California state outline with script lettering on upper arm
Black script lettering tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a pale pink dress with sheer sleeves, photographed from behind.
Script tattoo on upper arm
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Love on the upper arm, with a white lace top in the background.
Love script tattoo on an upper arm
Black and white photo of a small black serif lettering tattoo reading JOY on the upper arm, just below a grey T-shirt sleeve.
JOY lettering on an upper arm
Black and white photo of a thin-lined BRAVE lettering tattoo on the upper arm near the elbow.
BRAVE lettering on an upper arm
Black fine-line handwritten script tattoo running down the inner upper arm of a woman with her arm raised against a weathered wall.
Handwritten script tattoo on an upper arm
Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Quote tattoo on the upper arm
Close-up of a small black tattoo of the words It All Works Out in a serif lettering style on the upper arm.
Words tattooed on the upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a star of printed words, including family, love and friendship, appearing through a torn skin effect.
Star of words torn through skin on upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo reading always with a full stop on the upper arm, below a grey sleeve.
Always lettering on the upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo reading be happy on an upper arm, with a thin line curving beneath the words.
Be happy script on upper arm
Back view of a woman with platinum blonde hair and a fine black lettering tattoo running vertically down her upper arm, with a lace-up satin dress.
Fine lettering on upper arm, back view
Black and grey realism tattoo of a star under peeling skin, filled with words such as friendship, freedom and love, on a shoulder and upper arm.
Torn skin star with virtue words on upper arm
Black and grey serif lettering spelling the word arm vertically down the outer upper arm, in a lettering style.
Vertical lettering reading arm on an upper arm
Black and white photo of two arms showing matching fine line script tattoos reading Ohana on the upper arm.
Matching Ohana script on upper arms
Black lettering tattoo reading love, life, death doesn't discriminate in a typewriter-style font on the inner upper arm, in lettering style.
Love, life, death quote on an upper arm