Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line tattoo of two interlocking heart outlines on a forearm, one red with the word Sister and one blue with the word Brother in script.
Sister and brother heart outlines on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading "Curiosity often leads to trouble" along the side of a hip, with a hand resting on the body.
Quote tattoo along the side of the hip
Black and grey treble clef tattoo with flowing script lettering woven through it, shown on the upper back.
Treble clef with script on upper back
Fine line black script reading if you're a bird, I'm a bird, with three flying bird silhouettes on the inner wrist.
Script quote and three birds on a wrist
Black ink script lettering reading it goes on, with a small bird, on the side of a finger in lettering style.
Script lettering and bird on a finger
Black and white photo of a fine line script quote reading The ones that love us never really leave us, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Black fine line tattoo of a curling wave flowing into the words into the sea in script, on the side of a foot near the ankle.
Wave and script reading into the sea on ankle
Black and grey flash sheet of four cupcake designs with cherries, a strawberry and dot sprinkles, paired with script lettering such as Sweet Dream and Eat Me.
Four cupcake designs with script lettering
Colour tattoo on the inner forearm of a tabby cat with blue eyes peeking over a coffee cup, with the words all you need is love and more coffee in a realistic style with lettering.
Cat peeking over coffee cup with lettering
Black monoline drawing of the word Love in flowing script, with the letters forming part of a heart outline on a white background.
Love script inside a heart outline
Realistic colour tattoo of a silver key with a keyhole charm tied with a pink bow and the script words follow your heart, on the ribs.
Pink bow key with follow your heart script
Shaded pencil drawing of an ornate key with a city skyline in its shaft and script lettering, a tattoo design on a sketchbook page.
Ornate key with city skyline
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two birds perched on a wire and a third bird flying, with the word believe in script, on a person's ribs.
Birds on a wire with 'believe' script
Close-up of the word wanderlust in a black serif typewriter-style lettering tattoo across the middle segment of a finger, on a pale hand against a plain background.
Wanderlust lettering on a finger
Fine line script reading expecto patronum in pale ink across the inner forearm, with a white t-shirt and earphone cable visible behind.
Fine line script lettering on a forearm
Black and grey geometric tattoo on the inside of a forearm, showing coordinates, two dates in boxes, chevrons and the number 262 with an E.
Coordinates and dates on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo forming an infinity symbol with a small heart, placed on the ribs.
Infinity symbol with script quote on ribs
Close-up of the words bride tribe in gold brush lettering on the inner wrist, with a blurred green garden behind.
Gold bride tribe script on a wrist
Black silhouette design of flying Peter Pan characters and a fairy around the cursive words never grow up, drawn on cream paper.
Peter Pan silhouettes above Never Grow Up script
Back view of a woman with a long blonde braid and a white crochet top, showing a small black script tattoo between her shoulder blades.
Small script tattoo on upper back
Thin black fine line lettering reading DAY DREAM in capitals on the inner ankle of a leg, with a black and white low-top sneaker beside it.
Day Dream lettering on ankle
Black and grey tattoo of a winged key with small stars and the script words It's real for us, on the ankle above a sandal strap.
Winged key and script on an ankle
Black fine lettering reading ehfav with a semicolon and an arrow pointing left, tattooed on the inner wrist beneath gold bangles.
Arrow and semicolon lettering on a wrist
Two matching fine line tattoos of the word love looped through an infinity symbol, one on each of two adjacent fingers.
Matching love and infinity finger tattoos
Black script lettering with flourishes tattooed on the upper thigh of each leg, above lace shorts trim.
Script lettering on both thighs
Handwritten script lettering reading don't fear with a full stop, drawn in gold ink on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Don't fear script lettering design
Black script lettering reading He walks with me on the top of a foot near the ankle, in a fine lettering style.
Script quote on the ankle
Black handwritten script reading There's a blessing in the storm on a white background, shown as a lettering design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Lettering quote: There's a blessing in the storm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading 'She is a soldier in the war against herself' across a limb in a greyscale photo.
Script quote tattoo on a leg
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm reading 'i fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.' against grass.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Seated person with a black ink traditional-style heart banner reading MOTHER and a draped figure on the inner forearm, with TAKE CARE lettering on the back of the hand.
Mother banner and take care lettering on forearm
Black fine line script reading 'i am because you are' runs along a forearm above a grey knitted sweater.
Script quote along a forearm
Black script tattoo reading Believe in yourself on the ankle, with a beige suede ballet flat with a bow beside it.
Believe in yourself script on an ankle
Two side-by-side photos of matching black and grey tattoos: a shaded daisy with the words until the very end on the upper arm, and small daisies with the same script on the top of a foot.
Daisy and script tattoos on arm and foot
Fine line black script tattoo reading don't forget to love yourself across the outer thigh, in a Lettering style.
Handwritten quote on the thigh
Black fine line script reading Let it go on the inner forearm near the wrist, with three small birds flying upwards beside it.
Let it go script with birds on the wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of two feathers, a dreamcatcher and a flock of birds, with the word dream in script, on the ankle.
Feathers and dreamcatcher with birds on an ankle
Black and white photo of fine line script reading serendipity along the ribs, with a smaller word tattooed on the wrist.
Serendipity script tattoo on the ribs
Close photo of an orange and black cartoon lion cub, Simba, with the script words Remember who you are beneath it, tattooed on the upper back.
Simba cub and script quote on the back
Black script tattoo reading I love you to the Moon and back, with a crescent moon and three small stars, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
I love you to the Moon and back lettering
Small black lettering tattoo of a single capitalised word on an ankle, above a striped sock and white trainer.
Small word tattoo on the ankle
Black handwritten lettering reading All the Love with a looping heart flourish, drawn on a white background as a tattoo design.
All the Love handwritten lettering with heart
Close-up of two fists with black ink knuckle lettering spelling STAY TRUE, with a grey rose tattoo on the right forearm.
STAY TRUE knuckle lettering
Fine line black script reading follow your heart, with a small arrow and heart beneath it, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Follow your heart script with arrow on forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a gravestone reading GENDER ROLES ARE DEAD on an arm, with grass along the base.
Gravestone reading Gender roles are dead
Black ink sketch of a stylised three-dimensional block letter with diagonal hatched shading and small bubbles, drawn as a tattoo design in a lettering style.
3D block letter with hatched shading and bubbles
Black line drawing of a heart outline with flowing script lettering running along its edges, shown in three variants on a white background.
Heart outline with script lettering
Black linework tattoo on a forearm of a stack of three books above the words I have lived a thousand lives, set in a typewriter-style font.
Stack of books with quote on forearm

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