Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black script tattoo reading be brave, have courage, be strong on the side of the ribs, with a finger resting at the edge of the frame.
Three-line script quote on the ribs
Two feet in flip-flops show matching black script tattoos reading love you more, looped by an infinity line with a red heart, on the top of each foot.
Matching love you more heart tattoos on feet
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading Real or Not Real? on the inner wrist, shown in lettering style.
Real or Not Real script on a wrist
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh showing a white cartoon cat with a pink bow inside a gold frame, with pink banners reading ladies don't start fights but they can finish them.
White cartoon cat in gold frame with quote banners
Black script tattoo across a person's upper back reading a Vincent Van Gogh quote about stars, with the person's face not shown.
Van Gogh quote in script across upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a light bulb with the words BABE YOU TURN ME ON arched above it and green leaves at its sides, on a limb.
Light bulb with quote on a limb
Fine line black script reading we're all mad here running along the inner forearm of a pale arm against a light background.
We're all mad here script on a forearm
Black and white photo of a bare back with a fine line cross tattoo down the spine and fine script across the upper back and arms.
Cross and script tattoos on a back
Black script lettering reading I will make better mistakes tomorrow across the inner forearm and wrist, shown against grey tarmac.
Script quote on a wrist
Colour tattoo of the Goonies Never Say Die lettering with black silhouettes of figures and a large creature above, on the outer upper arm.
Goonies Never Say Die lettering on upper arm
Black ink script lettering samples with flourishes, including phrases such as Adaggio and Love Catalogue, and a full lowercase and numeral alphabet along the bottom.
Script lettering specimen sheet
Black typewriter-style lettering of a reader quote tattooed along the inside of a forearm, set in a stacked block of text.
Reader quote tattoo on a forearm
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading Smile on the side of a woman's ribcage, with her arm raised.
Fine line Smile script on the side ribs
Close photograph of a small black script lettering tattoo reading blessed on the side of a finger, with silver glitter nail polish.
Blessed script on a finger
Black script lettering reading "Not all those who wander are lost" with a blue flower and vine on the top of a foot.
Script quote and blue flower on a foot
Close-up of a small black fine line script tattoo reading c'est la vie on the back of a hand.
C'est la vie script on the back of a hand
Black handwritten script tattoo reading I know you might roll your eyes at this, but I'm so glad that you exist, shown on a forearm and an upper thigh.
Handwritten quote tattoo on forearm and thigh
Black ink handwritten script reading dreaming is believing, running diagonally across cream paper, drawn as a lettering design.
Dreaming is believing in flowing script
Black and grey script tattoo across the lower back of a person wearing black leggings with white XO logos.
Script tattoo on lower back
Black and grey fine script tattoo of the word spiro on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script word 'spiro' on a wrist
Black geometric spine tattoo on a woman's back, with a small infinity symbol at the nape of the neck and a vertical line of script and a solid black circle down the centre.
Spine tattoo with infinity symbol and geometric marks
Close view of a hand with black matte almond nails and small fine line tattoos, including two short parallel lines and a curved loop motif on the fingers.
Fine line finger tattoos with black nails
Black and grey photograph of two hands holding pistols, with the Latin words Aequitas and Veritas tattooed in lettering across the fingers.
Latin lettering on fingers beside pistols
Black outline script reading blue grass, with a simple line drawing behind it, on the outer upper arm.
Blue grass script on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of the word home in script inside a state outline, with a small star, on the side of a torso.
Home script inside a state outline
Black script tattoo of the word Family with flowing loops on the inner forearm.
Family script lettering on a forearm
Two feet show matching black ink tattoos on the ankles, a ship's wheel with the script 'be the one to guide me' and an anchor with 'but never hold me down'.
Matching ship's wheel and anchor ankle tattoos
Black and grey photo of a script lettering tattoo reading We're simply meant to be on the inner wrist and forearm.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Black and grey knuckle tattoos spelling STAY REAL in plain block lettering across two clenched fists, with tattooed forearms visible at the sides.
STAY REAL knuckle lettering
Close-up of a wrist with a lettering design reading I'm With Courtney's 21st Birthday Party, If I'm Lost, Please Buy Me A Drink, beside a small red martini glass, in a typewriter-style font.
21st birthday quote and cocktail glass on wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading imagine on the inner wrist, with a soft pink blurred background.
Imagine script on a wrist
Black fine line script reading Let it be across a woman's side ribs, with long blonde hair falling over her shoulder.
Let it be script on ribs
Fine line black script reading with pain comes strength runs vertically along the side of a torso, beside a hand with rings resting on a purple top.
Script quote along the side ribs
Black serif lettering of a two-line poetic quote tattooed across the upper back, shown in a lettering style.
Two-line quote across upper back
Black linework drawing on a white board of an infinity symbol with the word love in script and three small birds above it.
Infinity symbol with script love and three birds
Black hand-drawn lettering reading UNPREDICTABLE across the upper chest just below the collarbone.
Unpredictable lettering across the upper chest
Traditional style flash design of a smiling pin-up woman in boots and gloves riding an oversized black moustache, with Best Ride lettering and Giddy Up beside it.
Pin-up woman riding a giant moustache
Colour script lettering reading As Lost As Alice, As Mad As a Hatter in blue, red and black ink on a forearm, with a small red heart.
As lost as Alice lettering on a forearm
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with the words love and life written in looping script across it, shown on white paper.
Infinity symbol with love and life script
Fine black script Roman numerals IX, XVI and XI tattooed on the inner wrist of a hand held up against a dark background.
Small Roman numerals on an inner wrist
Realism style skull wearing a gold crown above a grey banner reading True till death, tattooed on a calf in mixed grey and colour ink.
Skull and crown with banner on a calf
Fine line tattoo of the state of Montana with a small red heart and the cursive word home, placed on the upper back.
Montana outline with heart and home
Black ink tattoo of a bold kanji character above a small fuzzy black creature with white eyes, on the upper back.
Kanji and soot sprite on upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading family inside an infinity loop, placed on the upper back near the neck.
Family script in an infinity loop on the upper back
Black and grey fine line dreamcatcher with feathers, two birds and the word Wanderlust in script on the inner wrist.
Dreamcatcher and birds on a wrist
Black fine-line tattoo of the word Crikey with a crocodile-like shape on the outer ankle, in a fine line lettering style.
Crikey lettering with crocodile on an ankle
Shaded grey and green mermaid silhouette on a rock before a pale moon, with the words somewhere beyond my wildest dreams in script on the upper back.
Mermaid on a rock with script quote on upper back
Forearm tattoo of a rope-edged infinity symbol with an anchor and the script words I refuse to sink, mostly black ink with a red accent.
Anchor and infinity rope with script on forearm

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