Tattoo ideas

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

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Black blackwork tattoo of a crown above a triangle containing the letters FOB, with drip-style edges, on the forearm.
Crown and triangle lettering on forearm
Before and after photos of a black and grey script word tattoo reading mary, then a cartoon Marge Simpson with the word marge in script below, both on the upper chest.
Marge Simpson and name lettering on chest
Fine line handwritten script design reading be happy for this moment, this moment is your life, with a small outlined heart, shown on a plain white background.
Handwritten quote with small heart
Two-panel photo of small tattoos on a forearm: the word geronimo above a red bow tie, and the word Allons-y above grey 3D glasses with blue and red lenses, with small stars nearby.
Geronimo bow tie and Allons-y 3D glasses
Red and cream woodcut-style drawing of a top hat with the words WE ARE ALL MAD HERE lettered across its crown, with radiating lines either side.
We are all mad here top hat
Fine line tattoo of an outlined heart with looping script letters and a red stripe, on the foot near the ankle.
Heart with script letters on the ankle
Fine line blue script reading Girl Power with an outline heart on each side, on the inside of a wrist.
Girl Power lettering with hearts on a wrist
Black lettering reading Curiosity often leads to trouble runs along the outer thigh of a person wearing a grey top with one hand on their hip.
Quote in script along the side of a thigh
Black linework lettering design on a white background reading And so the adventure begins, with flourished capitals and underlines.
And so the adventure begins lettering
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a four-line quote across the lower back of a woman in a navy cut-out top.
Four-line quote tattoo on lower back
Hand-lettered black text reading too weird to live, too rare to die, with a flock of black bats, on a yellow background; a lettering design that could be used as a tattoo.
Lettering design with bats on yellow
Close-up of fine line black ink tattoos on four fingers of a hand, showing the letters M, E and W and a small cat face, with glitter nail polish.
Letters and a cat face on fingers
Black fine line tattoo on the inside of a wrist showing a heart outline with a fingerprint heart and the word love in script.
Fingerprint heart with love script on a wrist
Woman seen from behind on a beach, wearing a backless lace dress, with a fine-line black script tattoo running vertically down her back.
Fine script tattoo down a bare back
Two women seen from behind with matching script quote tattoos on their upper backs, one reading Always together never apart and the other reading Maybe in distance but never in heart.
Matching quote tattoos on upper backs
Black brush-script lettering of the word fearless on white paper, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Fearless brush lettering design
Black script lettering reading We're mad all here with ornate swirls, tattooed across the tops of two bare feet in a lettering style.
We're mad all here script across both feet
Small black lettering reading GRL PWR sits on the outer thigh of a seated person in black underwear and a white shirt.
GRL PWR lettering on a thigh
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading I'm a walking travesty along a pale forearm, resting on a maroon cushion.
Script quote on a forearm
Black serif Roman numerals reading IX XXVI MMXII tattooed in a single line along the side of a ribcage.
Roman numeral lettering on the ribs
Black flash-style design of a lotus flower with curled scrolls and the word namaste in lettering beneath it, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Lotus with namaste lettering design
Black fine line script lettering runs down a person's forearm while they hold a vintage twin lens camera against a grey door.
Script lettering on a forearm
Black and grey script tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade, with swirling lines, small birds drifting from a dandelion seed head.
Dandelion, birds and script on upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading fearless on the side of a woman's neck.
Fearless script on the side of the neck
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the ribs showing the words Each day is a gift and not a given right, framed by a ribbon bow and scrollwork.
Ribbon and quote script on ribs
Two stacked photos of black and grey blackletter lettering tattooed on skin, with grey shading fading through the strokes.
Blackletter lettering shown in two panels
Black ink pen drawing of a sailing ship on rough waves with a dangling anchor and the script words a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor, on white paper.
Sailing ship and anchor with quote
Black line drawing of a heart outline containing blackletter-style lettering that reads Family, with a large decorative initial F, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Family lettering in a heart outline
Black ink design of a flock of small birds flying upward above the word freedom, with the letters m and o raised at the end, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Birds rising above the word freedom
Black script tattoo reading To live would be an awfully big adventure runs down the centre of a woman's back, with small stars above it.
Quote tattoo running down the spine
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage typewriter on the back, with a quote above and the words think, write, create below.
Typewriter with quote across the back
Black ink tattoo of crossed arrows forming a compass with N, E, S and W, above and below the script words Not all those who wander are lost, on a forearm.
Crossed arrow compass with quote on forearm
Small black fine line script reading Mama with an outlined heart on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a clenched hand in the foreground.
Mama script and heart on a forearm
Black script lettering reading I was given this life because im strong enough to live it, across the upper back in a lettering style.
Script quote across upper back
Black script lettering reading 'my daddy will kill you' with ornamental scrollwork, tattooed on the lower back above the waistband of a white top.
Script quote with scrollwork on lower back
Black script reading fear is not an option on an inner forearm, with a black line-work hamsa hand and eye tattoo on the other forearm.
Script quote and hamsa hand on forearms
Two versions of a black and purple lettering design with a cross arc, a heart and the words God, hearts made us friends and sisters, shown with no body placement.
Lettering design reading God and sisters
Fine line black script tattoo reading love is enough on the forearm, with a single hairline stroke running beneath the words.
Love is enough script on an arm
Black and grey feather tattoo with an infinity loop containing the words life and love, shown on a patch of skin.
Feather and infinity script tattoo
Black script tattoo reading All the stories are true sits above a dark geometric symbol on the upper back.
Quote and geometric symbol on upper back
Fine line lettering tattoo shaped like an infinity loop, written in dark ink across the outer thigh of a person wearing a striped dress.
Lyric loop tattoo on a thigh
Black script lettering reading Vivere senza rimpianti runs vertically down the side of a person's back, above a black open-back dress.
Vertical Italian script quote on a back
Close-up of two fingers with dark serif lettering reading Mr. and Mrs., with a band on one finger and a diamond ring on the other, in a Lettering style tattoo on the hand.
Mr and Mrs lettering across two fingers
Hand-drawn black ink lettering sheet of the numbers 0 to 9, an exclamation mark and an ampersand, in a decorative lettering style suitable as tattoo flash.
Hand-drawn numerals and symbols sheet
Black script tattoo of the word Hope, with an awareness ribbon forming the final letter, on a close-up of skin.
Hope script with ribbon on skin
Close photo of a black fine line script tattoo of a partly cropped handwritten phrase across the upper thigh, with white lace fabric above.
Fine line script tattoo on upper thigh
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman's head in profile with three ribbon banners reading DARLING, YOU'LL BE and OKAY, drawn on a notebook page.
Ribbon banners reading Darling, You'll Be Okay
Black lettering reading must be this tall to ride with a red arrow pointing left, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Must be this tall to ride lettering on ribs

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