Tattoo ideas

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

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Black lettering tattoo of a serif quote across the inside of a forearm, lying on grass in warm sunlight.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black design of a feather releasing flying birds beside the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a white feathered background.
Feather and birds with script quote
Black cursive lettering tattoo reading we see things they'll never see along the inner forearm, in a fine line lettering style.
Script quote along a forearm
Black lettering tattoo of Greek script running diagonally across the back of a hand, shown in a close photo.
Greek script lettering on the back of a hand
Black script lettering tattoo reading A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, with small stars and a wand line, on the side of the ribs.
Quote lettering with stars on the ribs
Two photographs of a forearm with black lettering tattoos: heart over mind in the top panel, and courage over fear in the bottom panel, both in a typewriter-style font.
Heart mind and courage fear words on a forearm
Two raised middle fingers, each with the word Promise tattooed in black script along the finger, in a Lettering style on the Hand.
Promise tattoos on two middle fingers
Black lettering design of the word bastarda in a pointed calligraphic script on a white background, with no body part shown.
Bastarda lettering design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rhino facing forward, with Against the Wind script above and below it, on an upper arm.
Realism rhino with Against the Wind script
Colour traditional-style tattoo on the inner forearm showing a red gloved hand with a yellow star above two banners reading Don't mess with my funky flow.
Gloved hand and banner on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading Be the change with three small birds, on the side of a foot.
Be the change script with birds on a foot
Black and grey horse head tattoo with flowing script and a swirl on the top of a bare foot.
Horse head and script on a foot
Two people's hips show black script lettering: "To infinity" on the left and "and beyond" on the right, both placed on the hip area.
Matching "To infinity" and "and beyond" script tattoos
Blue and black heart with a star and swirling lines beside a script quote on a forearm, in a Lettering style tattoo.
Heart and quote on a forearm
Close-up of black handwritten lettering reading GRL on one finger and PWR on another, tattooed on the fingers of a hand with red nail polish.
GRL and PWR lettering on fingers
Fine line tattoo of a state outline with a small red dot and the word home in script, on the side of a ribcage in a Fine line style.
Fine line state outline with script home on ribs
Black ink tattoo of the numerals 9 and 3/4 in a calligraphic lettering style on the inner wrist.
Numerals 9 3/4 on the wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Je pense, donc je suis on the inner forearm.
French quote in fine line script on forearm
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading let it be behind a person's ear on the neck, in a sepia photograph.
Let it be script tattoo on the neck
Close photograph of a fine line script quote reading without struggle there is no progress in black ink on the side of a torso, near the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading Family in flowing script, with a key whose bow is a heart, on the ankle.
Family script and key on an ankle
Fine line black script reading if you're a bird I'm a bird with three small bird silhouettes, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Three birds and script quote on a wrist
Close-up of simple black lettering reading Mt 19:6 tattooed along a finger, with a silver ring on the finger beside it.
Mt 19:6 lettering on a finger
Small black script lettering reading cure on the side of the ribs, partly covered by a grey fabric top.
Cure script on the ribs
Black and grey lettering design reading Play the Hand You're Dealt, with a pencilled spade and playing cards above and flourishes around the script, drawn as a flash design with no body placement
Play the Hand You're Dealt lettering design
Black fine line script tattoo reading Rodzina with a small heart above the letters, on the side of the torso.
Rodzina script lettering on the side
Black fine line tattoo of the word warrior with a semicolon in place of the i and an arrow beneath it, on a forearm.
Warrior semicolon and arrow on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading fearfully and wonderfully made with a small cross, across the side of the ribs.
Script quote with cross on the ribs
Black fine-line infinity symbol tattoo with the script words 'I feel infinite' written through its loops, shown on the side of a torso.
Infinity symbol with 'I feel infinite' script
Fine line black script tattoo reading alis volat propriis on the upper back, just below a black lace bra strap.
Fine line Latin script on upper back
Black script tattoo reading Forever 18 with a small butterfly, sitting on the lower torso above a yellow bikini bottom.
Forever 18 script tattoo on lower torso
Black script lettering across the ribs beside a black and grey realism sleeve with a pocket watch on the upper arm and forearm.
Script on ribs and pocket watch sleeve
Fine line black script lettering reading wild on the side of a foot, close to the ankle.
Script word 'wild' on the side of a foot
Blue-grey handwritten quote and a line drawing of a serotonin molecule tattooed on a forearm, with a small bird at the bottom edge.
Serotonin molecule and quote on a forearm
Close-up of the upper back showing a black lettering tattoo of the quote "We are all fools in love" set in a typewriter font.
Typewriter quote across upper back
Black and white photo of a small black semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist, with fingers raised above it, in a lettering style.
Small semicolon tattoo on inner wrist
Three matching red flower tattoos with fine line script stems, each on a different limb, in a botanical style.
Matching red flower tattoos with script stems
Fine line tattoo design of the word smile in single-stroke script, joined to a thin black line that ends in a small dot at each side.
Smile script on a continuous line
Fine line black tattoo of a city skyline with a tall tower and the words there's no place like home in script, on the side of the ribs.
Fine line skyline with tower and script on ribs
Close crop of a person in a pale pink cut-out dress with black script lettering tattooed on the upper arm and across the upper chest.
Script tattoos on upper arm and chest
Close-up photograph of a colour American flag tattoo on the upper back, with words such as duty, country and honour in black lettering across it.
American flag with words on a shoulder blade
Black and white photo of a person lying on a bed in underwear, showing a black lettering tattoo of lines of text along the side of the ribs.
Lettering tattoo on the side of a torso
Pencil and ink drawing of an open book outline, with lettering running along its edges that lists book genres and the words I love books.
Hand-lettered open book design with genre list
Black typewriter-style lettering reading she believed she could so she did, set in five lines along the side of the ribs.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading 'if you don't live for something you'll die for nothing' across the chest, with a plaid shirt held open around it.
Quote tattoo across the chest
Gold foil temporary tattoo of three lip prints above the words CHEERS, BITCHES in block capitals on the inner wrist.
Gold foil lips and lettering on wrist
Pencil sketch on lined paper of a plain outlined cross with the words Philippians and 4:13 in script lettering, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Philippians 4:13 script and cross sketch
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a bird silhouette with speech bubbles and a boxed caption in lettering.
Black bird silhouette with quote lettering

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