Tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading Highlife across the side of the ribs, with a hand holding a rolled cigarette beside it.
Highlife script tattoo on the ribs
Black and white photo of the word Superwoman in handwritten-style lettering tattooed across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Superwoman lettering on upper back
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of a framed, Polaroid-style drawing of a house with a fence, with flourished script lettering below it.
Framed house drawing and script on a forearm
Fine script tattoo arranged in a heart shape reading mom, i love you to the moon and back, with a small red ladybug, on a forearm.
Ladybug and heart quote on a forearm
Close-up of a thigh with a blue Spanish script quote and a shaded blue bow tattoo, partly cropped at the left edge.
Spanish script quote and blue bow on the thigh
Fine line black tattoo of three small birds in flight above cursive script reading If you're a bird I'm a bird, on the inner wrist.
Three birds and script on a wrist
Fine black lettering of latitude and longitude coordinates runs vertically down the centre of a woman's bare back, shown from behind.
Coordinates tattooed down the spine
Fine line black script reading l'amour fou, joined to a thin continuous line running along the forearm.
L'amour fou script on a forearm
Black script lettering reading night gathers, and now my watch begins, with two black raven silhouettes, tattooed along the side of a torso on the ribs.
Two ravens and a script quote along the ribs
Black ink pen drawing of a long cursive lettering line with swash tails on cream paper, a flash design for a lettering tattoo.
Cursive lettering line design on paper
Black and grey ornamental lotus tattoo on the upper back, with a swallow and a script quote below it on the lower back.
Lotus and swallow on a back
Black script lettering reading Never a victim. Forever a fighter. across a person's lower back, above the waistband of blue jeans.
Quote lettering across lower back
Close photo of black hand-style lettering reading LIKE A LADY across the top of a finger, with a blurred dark background.
Like a Lady lettering across a finger
Fine line black ink design of the word love in cursive script with two small birds perched on a leafy branch, drawn on lined paper.
Love script with two birds on a branch
Black script lettering tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates on the side of the ribs, partly visible beneath a black top and white shirt.
Latitude and longitude coordinates on ribs
Close-up of a small black serif tattoo reading 'here,' on a forearm, with a rolled green sleeve above it.
Small serif word 'here,' on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Riddikulus on the side of a finger beside a brass ring, shown as a small temporary tattoo.
Riddikulus script word tattoo on a finger
Black lettering tattoos across the fingers of a hand, with a lettering style placed on the fingers and nude stiletto nails decorated with rhinestones.
Letter tattoos across fingers with stiletto nails
Man wearing a grey top with full colour traditional tattoo sleeves on both arms and lettering across the hands, including the words Fate and Always.
Full colour traditional sleeves and hands
Black script tattoo reading Smile across the side of a finger, in a lettering style.
Smile script tattoo on a finger
Black and grey script tattoo reading Strength and Beauty with looping flourishes across the upper chest, with a partial rose visible at the shoulders.
Strength and Beauty script across the chest
Black fine script tattoo reading Shine on you crazy diamond across the inner side of a foot, in a lettering style.
Script quote across the foot
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two clasped hands with the words YOU ARE ENOUGH above them, on the inner upper arm.
Clasped hands with 'You are enough' lettering
Black and grey script tattoo across a torso above a black thong, with a portrait of a woman and a lace garter tattoo on the thighs.
Script across the abdomen and portrait on the thigh
Black typewriter-style lettering of a short prose quote tattooed down the upper thigh of a person wearing a floral skirt.
Typewriter quote tattoo on a thigh
Black script reading Love me for who I am across the upper chest, with a small bird silhouette and a shaded rose on the shoulder.
Script quote and rose on a shoulder
Upper arm tattoo of a love quote in black lettering inside an oval wreath of red, purple and blue flowers with green leaves.
Floral wreath with quote on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of scrolling vines, script letters and a red heart with pink and green accents on the inner forearm.
Scrollwork vine with letters and heart on wrist
Close photo of a black script lettering tattoo with flourishes and a small stick figure on skin, in black and grey ink.
Script letters with a stick figure
Three-panel photo of a black and grey script lettering tattoo on a forearm, with Arbonne foundation and a compact shown alongside it.
Script tattoo on forearm with makeup over it
Black fine line script lettering of a handwritten quote tattooed on skin, reading about the past hurting and learning from it.
Handwritten quote in black script
Black lettering on the back of a neck reads "open your mind before your mouth" in a blackletter style, placed across the nape.
Open your mind quote across the back of the neck
Small black serif number 11 tattoo on the side of a person's upper back, beside a pale bra strap.
Small serif number 11 on upper back
Crossed legs showing black and grey tattoos on the thighs, including script lettering, a cluster of roses, a crescent moon with a face and a figure in a hood.
Script, roses and moon tattoos on crossed legs
Black serif lettering reading She has no idea. The effect she can have. across the top of a foot, with glitter ballet flats beside it.
Quote lettering on the top of a foot
Fine line tattoo of a pink awareness ribbon with the script word mom inside a heart-shaped outline, placed on a person's shoulder.
Pink ribbon and script word on shoulder
Black fine-line silhouettes of flying figures and stars forming an infinity loop with the words Never and Grow Up, tattooed on the ribs.
Flying silhouettes and lettering on the ribs
Thin black lettering reading Curiosity often leads to trouble runs across the side of a thigh, with a hand resting on a grey top above it.
Quote tattoo on the side of a thigh
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat's grin with teal eyes and a pink nose, above the words we're all mad here, on a limb.
Cheshire Cat grin with quote on a limb
Black fine line script tattoo reading inhale the future, exhale the past, with three small birds in flight, on the upper back near the shoulder.
Inhale the future quote and birds on shoulder
Back view of a leg covered in black and grey script and sleeve-style designs, with a colour traditional pin-up woman on the calf and a small tattoo at the ankle.
Leg tattoos with pin-up and script
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading 'it is what it is' in black ink along the side of the ribs, below dark clothing.
Script quote along the side ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of angular lettering resembling GOD on the back of a neck, above a checked shirt collar.
Angular lettering on the back of the neck
Two matching black script tattoos on the inner wrists, reading half again and half hope, shown side by side.
Matching script words on two wrists
Black script lettering reading 'And though she be but little, She is fierce' tattooed on a person's ribs, with a dark top visible below.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Black tattoo of a cross with bold block lettering on the upper arm, shown in a bathroom photo.
Cross and block lettering on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo on an upper arm showing a corkscrew, three wine glasses and a stacked list of wine tasting words such as earthy, fruity and dry.
Wine tasting words and corkscrew on upper arm
Black fine line handwritten script reading Salt in the air, Sand in my hair on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Salt in the air, sand in my hair script

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