Tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading Gabriel in a fine line lettering style, placed on the upper arm.
Gabriel in script on upper arm
Small black handwritten tattoo reading PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT on a forearm, with an open hand resting on a white marble surface.
Handwritten quote on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo forming a leaping rabbit silhouette across a person's upper back, in a lettering style with flowing script.
Rabbit silhouette formed from lettering on a back
Black and grey shaded cross tattoo with cracked-stone detailing and flowing script lettering on the upper thigh.
Shaded cross with script quote on thigh
Close-up of a small black CAT lettering tattoo on the neck of a person with platinum blonde hair in a bun, hands crossed over the shoulder.
Small CAT lettering on the neck
Black script lettering reading Walk by Faith sits on the top of a bare foot near the ankle, with wet sand and pebbles behind it.
Walk by Faith script on a foot
Black and grey shaded rose with leaves on a thigh, beside fine script lettering on the other leg, with both legs resting in a bath.
Shaded rose and script tattoos on legs
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing an axe embedded in a tree stump beside a small animal, with the words K is for Kate beneath it.
K is for Kate with an axe and stump
Black handwritten script reading go live on a plain white background, a lettering design with no body part shown.
Go live script lettering design
Black script tattoo reading where words fail, music speaks, with a bass clef swirl at its left end on the skin.
Where words fail, music speaks script with clef
Fine black Roman numerals arranged in a circle with small dots between them, tattooed on the inside of a forearm in a lettering style.
Roman numerals in a circle on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a cracked pocket watch with Roman numerals, two shaded roses and script lettering, drawn as a tattoo design.
Pocket watch and roses pencil design
Black lettering reading Vagabond on the back of a woman's neck, shown from behind with her hair pushed up and a pale blouse with a tied back.
Vagabond lettering on the back of the neck
Close up of black fine line script reading expecto patronum on a lower leg, beside a bearded figurine holding a cage with an owl.
Expecto patronum lettering on a lower leg
Close view of a small fine line script tattoo with a flowing underline on the side of a woman's neck, below her ear, with her hair in a bun.
Fine line script behind the ear
Black Devanagari script lettering tattooed on a forearm, with the hand resting on the arm against a white bath.
Devanagari script tattoo on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading bind my wandering heart to thee in black ink across the inner forearm.
Script quote on the inner forearm
Black and grey fine line script reading Life goes on on a woman's ribs, with black underwear and bra in a bright studio.
Script 'Life goes on' on the ribs
Realism teddy bear in an ornate frame on one thigh and black and grey script lettering on the other, with the wearer in underwear and striped socks.
Teddy bear and script tattoos on thighs
Black ink hand-lettered design of a phrase on tan kraft paper, with no skin or body placement shown.
Hand-lettered phrase on kraft paper
Black and white flash design of two eyes with diamond-cut irises, dripping tears and the words Cover Your Crystal Eyes, with no body placement shown.
Crystal eyes with tears and lettering
Black and white photograph of a small black BLOW lettering tattoo in typewriter-style capitals on a woman's lower abdomen, above the waistband of her underwear.
Small BLOW lettering on a hip
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the side of a torso showing the cartoon character Stitch with red and yellow flowers and the script words Ohana means family.
Stitch with hibiscus and plumeria on ribs
Close photograph of the phrase Lights will guide you home in black cursive script across the inside of a forearm.
Script quote reading Lights will guide you home
Fine line script design reading love, with curled flourishes on each side, shown on a plain white background.
Love script with swirls
Fine line black script reading no fear on the inner wrist of a palm-up hand.
No fear script on the wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates on the upper arm of a person in a swimsuit.
Coordinates tattoo on the upper arm
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style dagger with the name Rumplestiltskin on the blade and a banner reading All Magic Comes With a Price, drawn as a tattoo design.
Dagger and banner reading All Magic Comes With a Price
Black ink tattoo of the script word Strenght above a rose with a stem and leaves, on the side of a person's torso near the hip.
Script word and rose on the side of the torso
Dark grey infinity symbol design with the words you and me written in script within its loops, on a white background.
Infinity symbol with you and me script
Black bold block lettering reading RAD on the upper thigh of a person in black sports shorts, black compression socks and neon yellow trainers.
Rad block lettering on a thigh
Black brush-script lettering reading grateful with a small outlined heart on a white background, a tattoo design with no body shown.
Grateful lettering with heart
Bold black hand-lettered word Smile in a flowing script style, drawn with marker on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design.
Smile hand lettering in black ink
Black fine-lettering text tattoo across the lower back of a woman in a beaded top and jeans, shown from behind.
Small text tattoo on lower back
Black script reading This too shall pass across the upper back, with birds flying from a dandelion seed head in a black lettering and botanical style.
This too shall pass script with dandelion on back
Black handwritten script tattoo reading Believe in yourself across the inside of a wrist, in Lettering style.
Believe in yourself script on a wrist
Close-up of a small fine line black script tattoo reading love on the inner wrist of a woman wearing a gold bracelet.
Love script on the inner wrist
Black script lettering reading Love Fearlessly on the neck behind the ear, photographed from behind a person with hair in a bun.
Love Fearlessly script behind the ear
Small typewriter-style lettering reading MADE IN BRASIL in dark red ink on the inside of a person's ankle.
Made in Brasil text on ankle
Dark script lettering reading "Not all those who wander are lost" on the outer thigh, with a denim shirt pulled up beside it.
Script quote tattoo on the thigh
Black and white photo of a small fine line script tattoo on the upper arm of a person with the arm raised, wearing a lace bra and denim shorts.
Small script tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey lettering tattoo across the back of a hand, mixing script and block capitals with shaded flourishes above the words.
Lettered phrase across the back of a hand
Black fine line handwritten lettering reading sectumsempra across the inside of a forearm, photographed on a wooden table.
Sectumsempra lettering on a forearm
Mixed ink tattoo on the side ribs showing the words never grow up, black flying silhouettes, a stardust trail and a green Neverland island.
Never Grow Up Neverland tattoo on the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo reading Where life begins and love never ends, with Family in larger script, on skin, likely the lower back or side.
Script lettering reading Where life begins
Black fine-line script tattoo reading Imperfection is beauty running along a pale forearm, photographed in black and white.
Script quote reading Imperfection is beauty
Black script lettering tattoo of a quotation running diagonally along a forearm, with a larger flowing opening line and smaller text below.
Script quote along a forearm
Black script lettering reading For we live by faith, not by sight, across the side of a torso on the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs

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