Tattoo ideas

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

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Close up of a fine line black script tattoo spelling the word Love on the inner wrist, with an open Spanish textbook behind it.
Fine line script 'Love' on a wrist
Three photos of a red and black ladybird tattoo on the top of a foot, each with script reading Big Sis, Middle Sis or Little Sis beside it.
Ladybird with Big, Middle and Little Sis on foot
Fine line black infinity symbol with the word family in script woven through it, tattooed on the forearm.
Infinity symbol with family script
Close photo of a black script quote with a small teal and yellow lightning bolt tattoo on an ankle, in Lettering style.
Script quote and lightning bolt on an ankle
Black script tattoo reading Hairdresser on fire, with flourished capitals, across the outer thigh.
Hairdresser on fire script on a thigh
Bold black lettering tattoo reading HOPE across the upper back, with the words INSIDE ALL OF US IS inside the O, in a lettering style.
HOPE lettering tattoo across the upper back
Black script lettering reading Serendipity on the inner wrist, shown beside stacked pearl bracelets and metal bangles.
Serendipity script on a wrist
Fine line tattoo of the word faith in cursive script inside a fish outline on skin.
Faith script inside a fish outline
Black fine line script tattoo reading hallelujah across the inner forearm, photographed against green grass.
Hallelujah script on a forearm
Red script lettering reading 'You are my sunshine' with a small sun beside it, tattooed on skin just below a grey garment hem.
You are my sunshine script with a sun
Black script lettering reading I will never walk alone, framed by a swirling wing-like flourish, tattooed on the outer side of a foot in a before and after pair of photographs.
Script quote with swirl flourish on a foot
Black script tattoo reading "I was perfect." across the top of a foot, with the toes visible against a dark glossy surface.
"I was perfect" script on a foot
Black ink lettering tattoo on a forearm, with the words my best friend, my lover and my husband arranged around a heart outline and a script word in the centre.
Heart lettering tattoo on a forearm
Black script lettering chart showing upper and lower case letters A to Z in a flowing copperplate style on a white background.
Script alphabet A to Z chart
Black line drawing flash of a pocket watch with roses, leaves and a chain, with a script banner of lettering beneath, styled as a traditional tattoo design.
Pocket watch and roses with script banner
Close-up of a black fine line cursive script tattoo spelling a short word across the inner forearm.
Fine line cursive script on a forearm
Close photo of a wrist tattoo reading I hope you had the time of your life, with black capitals and red cursive lettering.
Quote on wrist in black and red script
Black script lettering reading Pain is just a simple compromise, ending with a small butterfly, across a forearm.
Script quote and butterfly on a forearm
Black script lettering reading 'This too shall pass' tattooed across the inner wrist in a fine line lettering style.
Script lettering reading 'This too shall pass'
Black typewriter-style lettering reading i was a drizzle and she was a hurricane, tattooed across a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Typewriter quote tattoo on a shoulder
Two women seen from behind with matching black script and infinity symbol tattoos on their upper backs, one with a feather and one with an anchor.
Matching infinity tattoos with feather and anchor
Fine line script tattoo running vertically down the spine on a person's bare back, shown in a sepia-toned photograph.
Script line running down the spine
Black typewriter-style lettering reading love will tear us apart runs along the ribs beneath a black top.
Lyric quote along the ribs
Two bare feet resting on carpet, each with a fine line black script tattoo across the top of the foot, reading part of a quote.
Script quote tattoos on two feet
Fine line script tattoo reading Freedom with a small dark bird silhouette beside it, on the side of a finger.
Freedom script with a small bird on a finger
Black and grey photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Stay strong on the ribs, partly under a black lace bra.
Stay strong script on the ribs
Fine line black tattoo of vertical script characters, including an om-like symbol at the top, on the inner forearm.
Vertical script tattoo on the inner forearm
Black line flash sheet of Harry Potter themed tattoo designs, including the Deathly Hallows symbol, round glasses, a lightning bolt and quoted lettering.
Harry Potter themed tattoo design sheet
Black fine line script lettering reading Faith on the inner wrist and forearm of a light-skinned arm.
Faith script on the wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading believe in yourself on a shoulder.
Believe in yourself script on shoulder
Close-up of a small fine line black script tattoo of a short handwritten phrase on the upper arm, with a black and white striped sleeve above.
Fine line script on an upper arm
Fine line black script reading bind my wandering heart to Thee, running down the inner forearm of a woman in a white t-shirt.
Script quote along the inner forearm
Black and white photo of the words BE THE CHANGE tattooed in block lettering on the inner wrist, above beaded bracelets.
Be the Change lettering on a wrist
Black script lettering reading 'i am not afraid to walk this world alone' across the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Script quote tattoo on the forearm
Fine line black tattoo of handwritten script, a musical staff with notes and a treble clef on the inner forearm.
Script and music staff on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script lettering on the inner ankles of two feet, one reading Feet don't fail me now and the other reading Take me to the finish line.
Two script quote tattoos on ankles
Black serif lettering reading "I'm the hero of this story" runs diagonally across the side of the torso above a grey knitted top.
Quote tattoo reading "I'm the hero of this story"
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a forearm reading MAGIC, with a triangle, circle and vertical line symbol in place of the letter A.
MAGIC lettering with triangle symbol on a forearm
Black fine-line script lettering reading Love never fails on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Love never fails in fine script
Two photos of a dandelion tattoo on the top of a foot, with teal and pink seed heads and black script reading you are my sunshine or my only sunshine.
Dandelion and script on the foot
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with the word forever in script and MAROONER in block capitals above it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Infinity symbol with forever script and block text
Two matching black outline infinity heart tattoos with the word sisters written inside, one on each of two people's ankles.
Matching sisters infinity heart ankle tattoos
Two matching fine line elephant tattoos on forearms, one with the script Like Daughter and the other Like Mother, with small pink, blue and green accents.
Matching elephant pair with Like Mother and Like Daughter
Two arms show matching watercolour splash tattoos in pink, blue and teal with fine line script reading to infinity and and beyond, placed on the forearm and upper arm.
Matching watercolour splash tattoos with script
Fine line black script tattoo reading Smile on the side of a ribcage, with several moles visible on the surrounding skin.
Smile script on ribs
Two matching fine line tattoos of a crown above a script letter A, one on each foot, shown on the top of the foot.
Matching crown and letter A tattoos on feet
Black script tattoo reading Life goes on above a thin heartbeat trace, on the forearm.
Life goes on script with heartbeat line
Black lettering and linework tattoo of a TARDIS police box above the script words We're All Stories In The End, on the inner forearm.
TARDIS and script quote on a forearm

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