Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo of a woman's bare back showing a fine line script tattoo running vertically down the spine, below a loose hair bun.
Vertical script line down the spine
Black and grey photo of two open palms with the word HARD tattooed across the left fingers and WORK across the right, in block lettering on the hand.
HARD WORK lettering across the fingers
Black script reading Made of Love across a person's upper back, flanked by two small coloured circles, one red and one blue, with a thin silver chain visible.
Made of Love script on upper back
White fine line script reading Remember why you started on a plain black background, shown as a lettering design for a tattoo.
Remember why you started script lettering
Black script lettering tattoos on the tops of two feet, reading Her Daughter and Her Mother.
Her Mother and Her Daughter script on feet
Two matching infinity heart tattoos reading sisters in script on the forearms, one shaded green and one pink.
Matching sisters infinity heart tattoos
Black and grey script tattoos on a foot, one reading Together forever, never apart and the other reading Maybe in distance, but never in heart, each with a small shaded heart.
Script quotes with hearts on a foot
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with the words we were, AND IN THAT MOMENT I SWEAR and infinite woven into an infinity symbol, shown on plain paper.
Infinity loop with lettered quote design
Black lettering tattoo of the letters DA inside a circle of text reading Dumbledore's Army, on the upper arm in a close-up photo.
Dumbledore's Army initials on upper arm
Two matching small black text tattoos of latitude and longitude coordinates sit on the hips of two people wearing bikini bottoms.
Matching coordinate tattoos on the hips
Small black Roman numeral tattoo reading XII XVIII XCVI on the ribs of a woman wearing a black top and floral skirt, in Lettering style.
Roman numerals on the ribs
Two matching forearm tattoos of pink and red roses with grey shaded leaves and the word Sister in black script, in traditional style.
Matching rose and sister script tattoos on forearms
Three photos of the word sister in thin black fine line script on the inner forearm near the wrist, on white bedding.
Sister script on the inner forearm
Close view of two clasped hands with the word ALWAYS tattooed in black capitals along one finger on each hand, in a lettering style.
ALWAYS lettering on two fingers
Three black ink tattoos of the word sorella, in script and block lettering, on two forearms and a wrist.
Sorella word tattoos on forearms and wrist
Black and white photo of a woman's upper back showing a small fine line black tattoo of a ballet dancer silhouette beside cursive script, with an inset of the design on white.
Ballet dancer and script on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a forearm, with the script words in a world of my own running into an outlined daisy.
Daisy and script quote on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of bacon strips inside a black and grey ornate frame with a banner reading I have no regrets, on an upper arm.
Realistic bacon strips with banner on upper arm
Black script lettering reading send on one heel and me on the other, shown from behind on a pair of bare feet standing on carpeted steps.
Send and me script on both heels
Close photo of fine line script reading 'like a lily' on the side of a foot, beside a brown leather flip-flop strap.
Script words 'like a lily' on a foot
Hand-drawn blue ink design of the word Faith in ornate script lettering with swirling flourishes on cream paper, beside a blue felt-tip pen.
Faith script lettering with flourishes
Close-up of the word balance in thin black script lettering tattooed on a person's upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Balance script on upper back
Black ink decorative script alphabet showing upper and lower case letters with swirling flourishes, in a lettering style, on a white background.
Decorative script alphabet sheet
Black flash design of two swallows in flight above the words we only part to meet again, set in black lettering on white.
Two swallows above a quote
Back view of a calf with a lettering tattoo of a black arrow, a warning-style sign and red capitals reading PLEASE GO AROUND, with pink running shoes.
Please go around calf tattoo
Close-up of a small black fine line script word, timshel, on the forearm of a person wearing a striped top.
Fine line script word on a forearm
Gold metallic temporary tattoos reading bride and team bride in script on a forearm and upper arm, with a gold geometric design at the wrist.
Gold bride temporary tattoos on arms
Black lettering tattoo of a three-line quote reading I am and always will be the optimist on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Optimist quote lettering across upper back
Black brush-script lettering of the word Grace with a full stop, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Grace lettering design
Outline lion cub with orange shading and two pink hibiscus flowers above the words hakuna matata in script, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Lion cub and hakuna matata on the wrist
Black script lettering reading Riddikulus across a wrist, set against a dark, softly blurred background.
Riddikulus lettering on a wrist
Two photographs of black ink lettering: "I'm fine" on the thigh above the knee, and "save me" on the ankle, both in a brush-style script.
"I'm fine" and "save me" lettering on leg
Fine line outline of a small heart tattooed on the side of a finger, photographed against a plain white background.
Small outline heart on a finger
Black handwritten lettering reading Keep Moving Forward, with a small heart above the o in Moving, on the inner wrist.
Keep Moving Forward lettering on wrist
Pencil drawing of ornate script lettering with swirling flourishes and a shaded banner, shown on paper beside a black fineliner pen.
Script lettering design with flourishes
Black script tattoo reading Forever 18 with two small butterflies on the lower back of an older person wearing a yellow bikini.
Forever 18 script on lower back
Close view of black lettering tattooed along the side of a person's waist reading 'In the sun I feel as one', with a small black tattoo on the forearm at the top right.
Lyric line tattoo along the side of the waist
Black fine line handwritten script reading just imagine, with a small outlined heart beneath, drawn on a plain white background.
Just imagine script with small heart
Black script lettering with looping flourishes spelling Am and Money, with a coloured dollar sign above it, on skin.
Script lettering reading Money with a dollar sign
Hand-drawn script lettering design reading Mind on my money, money on my mind, in black ink on cream paper, being traced by a hand holding a pen.
Script lettering sketch on paper
Black and white photo of a fine line Always script tattoo on one ankle and a fine line triangle, circle and vertical line symbol on the other ankle.
Always script and triangle symbol on ankles
Black ink drawing on white paper of a stylised calligraphic lettering design with curling flourishes running diagonally across the sheet.
Calligraphic swirl design on paper
Black and grey fine line tattoo of headphones with the cable running into the script word mmmbop, on the side of the ribs.
Headphones and script on the ribs
Two matching foot tattoos: a pink and blue feather with flying birds and the words I'll be your wings on the left foot, and a black anchor with birds and the words and I'll be your anchor on the right
Feather and anchor foot tattoos with matching script
Black fine line script tattoo reading I love you across the inner forearm near the wrist, in a black and white photo.
I love you script on a wrist
Dark red script lettering in a short phrase runs diagonally across the side of a hip, with a pale raised line visible beneath it.
Script lettering across a hip
Black script tattoo reading Stay Strong with a small heart at the base, on a wrist beside gold bracelets.
Stay Strong script on a wrist
Grey serif lettering spelling the word arm, written vertically down the outer upper arm in a Lettering style.
The word arm in serif letters on upper arm

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