Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line script lettering running down the middle of a woman's back, shown from behind with a long blonde braid over one shoulder.
Script lettering down the spine
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with a peace sign centre and the word Simplicity in script beside a small green leaf, on the outer upper arm.
Sunflower peace sign with Simplicity script
Small black fine line fish symbol and script lettering reading before me with a cross on the wrist, photographed with the palm facing up.
Fish symbol and cross wrist tattoos
Black script lettering reading "Without struggle, There is no progress" on the side of a ribcage, with a pink top held aside.
Script quote on the ribs
Black ink fine line script reading still i rise with a small sun above the i, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Still I rise script with sun on upper back
Two black script tattoos on skin, one reading friends and one reading sisters, each with small heart flourishes, shown as a rotated matching pair.
Matching friends and sisters script tattoos
Fine line black script lettering runs across the upper back of a woman seated on gravel in front of graffiti.
Handwritten script quote across upper back
Black and grey geometric block lettering tattooed vertically along the inner forearm of a person holding an open hand out over a wooden floor.
Geometric block lettering on a forearm
Two calves with tattoos: pink cherry blossom branches on the left leg with script lettering along the shin, and a grey realistic Buddha head with blossoms and waves on the right leg.
Cherry blossom and Buddha on both calves
Close-up of a small black fine-line Roman numeral XII tattoo with a dot between the X and II on the side of a woman's finger, with red nail polish and a car steering wheel behind.
Small Roman numeral XII on a finger
White blackletter capital letters A to Z with decorative swirls and flourishes on a black background, shown as a lettering flash sheet.
Blackletter alphabet flash sheet
Black script lettering reading No Regrets tattooed on the left side of a person's ribs, with a white top and grey shorts visible.
No Regrets script on the ribs
Black ink tattoo of the word LOVE in angular lettering on the inner wrist, with grass in the background.
LOVE lettering on a wrist
Close photograph of the word Believe in cursive lettering on a wrist, with a pink capital B and dark ink for the rest of the word.
Believe script on a wrist
Black and white photo of a shirtless man seen from behind, with a lettering tattoo reading london across his upper back and a floral tattoo at the edge of his left shoulder.
London script tattoo on a seated man's back
Woman seen from behind on a beach, with a black and grey sun face tattoo on her upper back by the shoulder and fine script lettering on her lower left back.
Sun face and script on a back
Two fine line script tattoos on the inside of a pair of wrists, each joined to a thin line that wraps around the wrist, as two hands hold together.
Matching script wrist tattoos
Fine line black script tattoo of the word Khaleesi, with a swooping underline, on the outer side of a foot.
Khaleesi script tattoo on foot
Close-up of the phrase 'the best is yet to come' in black fine-line script lettering across the inner forearm.
Script quote on inner forearm
Lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading I belong with Kristen's Bachelorette Party, if I'm lost, buy me a burrito, with a small burrito illustration.
Bachelorette burrito quote on a wrist
Black handwritten lettering reading La Vie Boheme on the inner wrist of a hand raised against a cream textured background.
La Vie Boheme lettering on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo of a Bible verse on an upper arm, with red and grey blood drips running down beside the text.
Scripture lettering with blood drips on upper arm
Fine line black heart outline with the word love in cursive script on the inner wrist and forearm.
Love script inside a heart on the wrist
Black lettering tattoo of the word love inside an infinity symbol on the inner wrist, in a script style.
Infinity symbol with love on wrist
Black and grey photo of a column of small fine line lettering tattooed down the centre of a person's back.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Fine line black script reading good vibes on the side of a torso, just below the ribs, with a grey top above.
Good vibes script on the side of the torso
Three people's wrists side by side, each with script lettering reading Sisters with 1 of 3, 2 of 3 or 3 of 3 and a small red heart, held together in a clasp.
Matching sisters wrist tattoos, 1 to 3
Black ink script letter B with the date 07.19.11 tattooed across two adjacent fingers of a hand, a lettering tattoo on the hand.
Matching script B and date tattoos on fingers
Fine line black script reading smile, with a thin trailing line, across the upper arm of a person wearing a dark t-shirt.
Smile script on an upper arm
Black serif lettering reading NEVER TRUST THE LIVING across the fingers of a hand resting on a marble table, with mint nail varnish.
Lettering across fingers on a hand
Black Hebrew script lettering framed by a looping swirl flourish on the inner forearm.
Hebrew lettering with swirl flourish on forearm
Black fine line script lettering with swash flourishes running down the inner forearm.
Flowing script lettering on a forearm
Black Roman numeral lettering tattoo on a forearm, beside a thin gold bracelet and a white supplement tub.
Roman numerals on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a wand wrapped in ribbon banners with paw prints and footprints, shown in two side-by-side photos on skin.
Wand with ribbon banners and paw prints
Two photos of a colour watercolour tattoo on the upper chest, with pink and teal brushstrokes, small red hearts and black script reading I'll love you forever and I'll like you for always.
Watercolour script quote on upper chest
Three arms with black fine line tattoos: a script quote, a small dolphin, and a compass rose on a forearm, with red stripes on one wrist.
Quote lettering and compass rose on forearms
Black and white flash sheet of numbered semicolon designs with the words Your story isn't over yet in varied lettering styles.
Semicolon lettering flash sheet
Black lettering reading We're all mad here, set in a heart shape with blue scrollwork, tattooed on a forearm.
Heart lettering with blue scrollwork on a forearm
Black Greek script lettering tattooed diagonally across the back of a hand near the wrist.
Greek script lettering on the back of a hand
Back of a woman with dark hair showing a thin fine line script tattoo reading Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. between the shoulder blades.
Script quote across the upper back
Black lettering tattoo reading 'we're all stories in the end, just make it a good one' with a dotted line and bow tie motif, placed across the upper back.
Quote with bow tie across the upper back
Black fine line script quote arranged in a heart outline on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a gold pendant necklace visible.
Script heart quote on upper chest
Black and grey fine line lotus with a vertical column of script characters running down the centre of a person's upper back.
Lotus and script down the spine
Black script tattoo reading I am enough the way I am across the top of a shoulder, with a thin gold chain at the neck.
Script quote across a shoulder
Black and red tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm of a masked head with black hair above the lettering 'I wiped the SMILE off Jokers face', in a bold black linework style.
Masked head and quote on the inner wrist
Black lettering tattoo in a vertical line down the back of a person's neck and upper back, in a fine script style.
Vertical script tattoo down the back of the neck
Black and white lettering design of a crescent moon with a seated silhouette figure, the script words set within the moon's black shape.
Crescent moon with seated figure and script
Small black script lettering tattoo on the upper arm of a woman wearing layered necklaces and an olive top.
Small script quote on upper arm

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