Tattoo ideas

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

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Small black script reading don't blink on the inner wrist of a raised hand against a plain white backdrop.
Don't blink script on the inner wrist
Close-up of a flowing script tattoo spelling the word hope in dark ink, with the final letter shaded in orange, on a forearm.
Hope script tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the word Believer running into an ornate key, on a person's upper chest or shoulder area beside a white top strap.
Believer script and key on skin
Three small black fine line tattoos on the inner forearm: a sun with the words The Sun, a crescent moon with The Moon, and a yin yang with The Truth.
Sun, moon and yin yang tattoos on a forearm
Two bare feet, each with a matching black script tattoo reading I hope you dance across the top of the foot.
Matching I hope you dance script on both feet
Black lettering tattoo of the phrase What's Past is Prologue with a small arrow beneath it, on the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Quote and arrow on a forearm
Close-up of black lettering reading FOR THE STORY tattooed on the inside of a lower lip, with fingers holding the lip open.
For the story lettering on lower lip
Black ink script lettering of the word balance on a plain white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Balance lettering design
Black linework tattoo of an anchor looped with an infinity symbol that forms the word love, with a small red heart, on the inner wrist.
Anchor and infinity love script on a wrist
Black and grey eye tattoo with dotwork shading and lashes, above the words I'M STILL FOND OF YOU, on an upper arm, with partial tattoos above and below.
Eye tattoo with 'I'm still fond of you' lettering
Black ink lettering reading Head up and move on in a handwritten style, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Head up and move on lettering on forearm
Colour tattoo of a chickadee perched on a red thread spool beside a needle and thimble, with red script initials below, on the lower leg.
Chickadee on a thread spool with script initials
Fine black script lettering reading If there is hope, it lies in the proles, set along the ribs beneath a breast, with a hand with black nails resting above it.
Script quote along the ribs
Two black ink calf tattoos on a beach: a ship's wheel on a man's left leg and an anchor on a woman's right leg, each with script wording above and below.
Ship's wheel and anchor calf tattoos
Black and grey botanical tattoo on the inner forearm with daffodil-style flowers, leaves and a rectangular frame containing the words this feeling is just for now.
Floral frame with quote on forearm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of the words we should live until we die, set in a wreath of yellow flowers and teal leaves, in a Lettering and Botanical style.
Quote wreath with flowers on upper arm
Black lettering reading Insert Coins In Slot with a small red arrow and scrollwork above it, tattooed on the lower back above jeans.
Insert Coins In Slot lettering on lower back
Two arms crossed together, each with a fine line black script tattoo of the word 'always' on the forearm.
Matching 'always' script tattoos on two forearms
Black script lettering reading I love you to the moon and back on the top of a foot, with a small blue-shaded crescent moon beside the words.
Moon and back lettering on a foot
Two wrists side by side showing black script lettering reading No lies and Just love, placed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
No lies and Just love wrist script
Fine line black tattoo on the top of a foot, an infinity symbol with the words Love You More in script and a small crescent moon.
Infinity symbol with Love You More script
Colour botanical tree tattoo with green foliage and a handwritten black script quote across the upper back, with a small star tattoo near the neck.
Tree and script quote across a back
Black fine line tattoo on a forearm showing leaves, a cluster of flowers and a framed box reading everything carries me to you, in a botanical fine line style.
Quote and botanical forearm tattoo
Close-up of a fine line handwritten script tattoo reading Just keep swimming in dark ink across the top of a foot near the toes.
Just keep swimming script on a foot
Lettering tattoo on a forearm with a book-themed text quote in blue, purple and black serif and sans-serif fonts, with an ampersand and a small flourish.
Typographic book quote on a forearm
Healed tattoo on a person's back of the word Mom in grey script inside a heart outline, with green flowers and vines in a botanical style.
Mom script in a heart with green flowers
Small black ampersand tattoo in a lettering style on the wrist of a person with their hand raised.
Ampersand tattoo on a wrist
Two people stand side by side showing matching black script tattoos on their ribs, one reading Until My Last Day and the other Until My Last Breath.
Matching script quotes on two ribs
Fine line script tattoo reading act justly love mercy walk humbly, with two small red hearts, across the top of a foot resting on a wooden deck.
Script quote with hearts on a foot
Fine line black script lettering reading cuatro ochos sits on the side ribs, with a blue top covering the upper body.
Fine script words on the side ribs
Close-up of the word UNLESS in black lettering on the inner forearm, worn beside a thin gold bangle.
Word UNLESS on a forearm
Two wrists with black and grey crown tattoos above One Life and One Love script, and a forearm with a realistic key and a red heart tattoo in a collage.
Matching crown and key tattoos on wrists
Black ink drawing of a skull built from hand-lettered quotation text on a cream background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Skull formed from hand-lettered text
Colour traditional tattoo of a green succulent in a terracotta pot with the words What up, succa? above and below, shown in two close photos on skin.
Succulent in pot with 'What up, succa?' lettering
Black fine script lettering tattoo across the upper back, two lines of flourished text running over the shoulder blades.
Two lines of script quote across upper back
Back view of a person with a black cursive script tattoo reading violent delights have violent ends across the upper back.
Cursive quote across upper back
Black script lettering reading Where you invest your love, you invest your life, tattooed across a forearm near the wrist.
Script quote on a forearm
Close-up of a black handwritten script lettering tattoo reading Gone to market, Be back soon, Love, Pig, across the top of a foot.
Handwritten quote across the top of a foot
Black and grey outline tattoo of a lion cub above the cursive words Remember who you are, shown on skin.
Lion cub outline and Remember who you are script
Two wrists side by side showing matching black script quote tattoos with a small red lip print, styled as lettering on the inner wrist.
Matching wrist quote tattoos with a lip print
Two script lettering tattoos reading Hopeless and Romantic in purple ink on a pair of ankles above pink canvas sneakers.
Hopeless and Romantic script ankle tattoos
Colour tattoo of the Deathly Hallows triangle with a wizard silhouette in a teal forest, above a script quote, on a forearm.
Deathly Hallows and quote on a forearm
Black cursive tattoo reading Faith with a small heart beside it, on the inner wrist of a raised hand, in a black and white photo.
Faith script with heart on wrist
Black ink handwritten script on a white background reading Progress NOT Perfection, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Progress not perfection handwritten lettering
Black and grey tattoo of the words I love you to the moon and back in handwritten lettering, with a small crescent moon below, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
"I love you to the moon and back" lettering with moon
Black text tattoo of a fatal exception error message running along a raised forearm and upper arm, set in a monospaced typewriter-style font.
Blue screen error message tattoo on arm
Black typewriter-style poem lettering tattooed on skin, with small dots trailing down below the final words.
Typewriter poem lettering on skin
Two small fine line script letters, one with a tiny heart, tattooed in dark ink on the inner wrists in a sepia photograph.
Two small script letters on wrists

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