Tattoo ideas

49,007 photos and flash · 24% Fine line, 17% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Black and white photo of fingers with small script lettering reading King and Queen, each finger paired with a small crown tattoo in black ink.
King and queen finger tattoos with crowns
Black handwritten script lettering reading The struggle is part of the story on a pale cream background, drawn as a flash design for a tattoo.
Script lettering reading The struggle is part of the story
Dark blackletter capital D design with a castle silhouette and four-point stars inside the bowl, drawn on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Blackletter D with castle silhouette
Black typewriter-style lettering of a quote on the ribs, set over red and brown brick-like shading in a lettering style tattoo.
Quote tattoo on the ribs with red brick shading
Black and grey lettering tattoo of camera f-stop numbers 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11 and 16 in a typewriter font on the side of the body.
Camera f-stop numbers in typewriter font
Close-up of a fine line black infinity symbol with the word love in script inside it, on the side of a torso above a grey waistband.
Love infinity symbol on the side torso
Black script lettering of the French phrase 'Mon cœur est à toi' set over four lines on a plain white background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
French script quote, 'Mon cœur est à toi'
Black typewriter-style lettering reading "Nothing gold can stay" on a forearm seen underwater, with light patterns rippling across the skin.
Quote lettering on an underwater forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading I found my life when i laid it down across the inner forearm.
Quote lettering across an inner forearm
Close-up of black serif lettering tattooed on the side of a thigh, reading a four-line quote about snow, wind, a lone wolf and a surviving pack.
Wolf quote lettering on the side of the thigh
Black ink tattoo design of birds, a dandelion and the script words "if you're a bird, then I'm a bird" on a golden painted background.
Birds, dandelion and script quote design
Black and white photo of two hands with hand-lettered "I love you" script tattooed across the fingers, in a lettering style on the fingers.
"I love you" script on two fingers
Black script lettering reading Through Dangers Untold and Hardships Unnumbered on an inner forearm, beside a white dogwood flower on grey stone.
Script quote on an inner forearm
Black fine line script reading be still with a small cross, tattooed on the inner wrist, in a black and white photo.
Be still script on the inner wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading stay gold in flowing script on the forearm of a bare arm, raised against a brick wall.
Stay gold script on a forearm
Black script lettering design reading Fall down seven times, stand up eight on a plain white background, in a Lettering style.
Script quote reading fall down seven times
Black and white photo of two people's bare shoulder blades, each with a matching fine script quote tattoo in the lettering style, placed on the upper back.
Matching quote tattoos on two backs
Black typewriter-style lettering reading We live with the scars we choose, tattooed across the ribs on pale skin with reddened area around it.
Typewriter-style quote across the ribs
Fine line black lettering stacked across the inner wrist, with a red and blue checked shirt cuff below.
Stacked lettering on inner wrist
Black fine line script quote with a ship wheel and anchor tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Quote with ship wheel and anchor on ribs
Two people seen from behind, each with a black handwritten script tattoo reading "awake my soul" on the shoulder.
Matching "awake my soul" script on shoulders
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'i am fearfully and wonderfully made' along a forearm, with a pearl bracelet at the wrist.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Collage of four photos: two matching traditional-style forearm tattoos of linked hands in front of an orange sun, a tiny eye tattoo on the upper back, lettering reading LOVE, HOPE and DREAM on the
Four small matching tattoos on arms and back
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with the names Matthew and Candice and the date june 21 2013, with small hearts.
Infinity design with names and date
Colour and grey tattoo of an anchor wrapped in pink roses and blue leaves, with the script words I refuse to sink, on the side of a ribcage.
Anchor and roses with script on ribs
Black design of a feather with birds lifting away and the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, with no body part visible.
Feather, birds and script quote design
Close photograph of a faded, healed word tattoo in simple lettering that appears to read always, placed across a finger on the hand.
Faded lettering reading always on a finger
Flat product layout of gold, silver and white lettering flash tattoo designs, including team bride, love and taken, with no body placement shown.
Bachelorette lettering flash tattoo mix pack
Black script lettering reading this too shall pass across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote on upper back
Black and grey tattoo on a thigh showing a Regency couple, a standing figure, roses, leaves, a sunburst and scrolling quote banners in an engraved style.
Pride and Prejudice scene on a thigh
Fine line black anchor tattoo wrapped in an infinity loop with the words live and life, shown on the side of a thigh.
Anchor and infinity script tattoo
Black flowing script lettering spelling the word Love on a cream background, with a small orange heart at the lower right, shown as a flash design for a lettering tattoo.
Flowing script word Love with orange heart
Black script lettering design reading Doubt me then watch me on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Doubt me then watch me script lettering
Close-up of white ink lettering reading We're all mad here across an arm, in a fine lettering style.
White ink quote on a forearm
Close-up photo of fine line black script reading I am enough tattooed on skin, with the lettering flowing into a looped swash under the final word.
I am enough script tattoo on skin
Black ink hand-lettered design on a white background reading Thanks for the pain, It made me raise my game, with small decorative dots and curls.
Thanks for the pain lettering design
Two matching lettering tattoos in blue ink on the ankles, each showing two lines of latitude and longitude coordinates.
Matching coordinate tattoos on two ankles
Small black script lettering tattoo on an ankle, beside brown lace-up heeled sandals on a grey floor.
Small script tattoo on an ankle
Black line drawing of a dove carrying a small sprig, with the words Let Go, Let God in flowing script, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Dove with script reading Let Go, Let God
Fine line tattoo of a small bird in flight with a thin trailing line leading to the word Believe in script, on the inner wrist.
Bird and Believe script on a wrist
Black script reading Love me for who i am across the upper back, with a small bird and a shaded butterfly near the shoulder.
Quote and butterflies near the shoulder
Black fine line script lettering on the inner upper arm, with a person in a black and white striped top beside it.
Fine line script word on upper arm
Flash sheet of three floral bouquets in teal, blue and orange with a monarch butterfly and the script words Always and Forever, in a flat illustrated style.
Floral bouquets with Always and Forever script
Black and grey rose, skull and script tattoo covering the outer thigh and calf of a woman wearing grey shorts and white trainers.
Rose and skull leg sleeve with script
Black ink lettering reading Excuse us while we sing to the sky across the outer thigh, above denim shorts.
Quote tattoo on the outer thigh
Black lettering tattoo in Devanagari script across the upper chest of a person in a pink cardigan and white crop top, with a second script tattoo on the side of the waist.
Devanagari script tattoos on chest and side
Black line design of the word Love arranged inside a heart outline, with a small heart and a Song of Solomon 8:7 quotation in mixed lettering styles.
Heart-shaped lettering reading Love
Colour tattoo on the top of a foot showing a puzzle-piece heart with a blue ribbon above script lettering that reads 'Until all the pieces fit', with a small puzzle piece at the end.
Puzzle heart and 'Until all the pieces fit' script

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