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 Vincit qui se vincit along the side of the ribs.
Latin script quote along the ribs
Traditional colour tattoo of red and black jump leads forming a heart, with the words Because failure is not an option around it, on the leg.
Jump leads forming a heart with slogan
Black geometric triangle armband tattoo on the upper arm and a fine script quote along the ribs of a person seen from behind.
Geometric armband and script quote on ribs
Two matching black infinity symbol tattoos with script words on the inner forearms, one reading Daughter and Mother and the other Mother, Love and Daughter.
Mother and daughter infinity tattoos on forearms
Dark blue-black lettering tattoo reading twilight, with stylised crossing lines, on the ankle of a bare foot.
Twilight lettering on an ankle
Black ink tattoo across the upper back with the words books are proof humans can do magic, flying birds, a triangle with a circle and line, and a trident.
Quote, birds and symbols across upper back
Fine line script tattoo reading faith on the inner wrist, shown in dark ink against pale skin with a hand curled beside it.
Script faith tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of the word hallelujah in lowercase typewriter-style lettering on the inner forearm.
Small hallelujah lettering on a forearm
Black handwritten script reading "You're so brilliant. Don't soon forget." on a grey textured background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Handwritten script reading You're so brilliant
Traditional-style tattoo of a black sheep head with curled black wool, crossed bones and a banner reading Black Sheep, on the forearm.
Black sheep head with banner on forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading L'amore vince sempre running down the side of a ribcage in a black and white photo.
Italian script along the ribs
Two people seen from behind with matching black script tattoos on their shoulders, reading You Are My Sunshine and My Only Sunshine beside small sun rays.
Matching sunshine quote tattoos on the shoulders
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading iloveyou on the top of a shoulder near the collarbone.
Script iloveyou on a shoulder
Black ink flash design of two birds and the lettering I am flawed if I'm not free, with swirling flourishes, shown on a white background.
Two birds and quote lettering design
Fine line black script tattoo reading believe with a small heart over the i, on the top of a foot.
Believe script with heart on foot
Close photograph of a small black calligraphic script tattoo on the inside of a woman's foot, worn with black pointed heels and cropped denim.
Fine calligraphic script on the foot
Black fine line infinity symbol tattoo enclosing a galloping horse silhouette and the word love in script, shown in a close-up of skin.
Infinity symbol with horse and love script
Black lettering tattoo of a Greek word in a flowing script on the inner wrist, with a healed scar visible below it.
Greek script word on inner wrist
Black script tattoo reading Stay Strong with a small heart on the inner wrist, worn beside gold bracelets.
Stay Strong script on wrist
Black and grey drawing of a ship's wheel, anchor and rope among clouds, with the script quote "Be the one to guide me, but never hold me down", shown as a tattoo design with no placement on the body.
Ship wheel and anchor with script quote
Black ink 221B tattoo in a bold lettering style on the forearm and wrist of a raised arm, photographed in a bedroom.
221B lettering on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of the word Bowie with a heart below it, on the upper arm of a person in a grey t-shirt, shown in black and white.
Small word and heart on upper arm
Purple and black Aquarius zodiac wave symbol above the word Aquarius in black script, tattooed on an ankle.
Aquarius zodiac symbol and script on ankle
Drawn Mr and Mrs knuckle tattoo design on two fists, framed by red roses and blue forget-me-not flowers, in a botanical Hand style.
Mr and Mrs knuckle design with roses
Three pairs of bare feet with matching fine-line black script tattoos reading Sisters, each beside a small heart drawn as a heartbeat line, near the ankle.
Matching Sisters heartbeat tattoos on feet
Black ink drawing of a rope-wrapped anchor and ship's wheel beneath calligraphic lettering reading the sailor's creed, shown as a design on paper rather than on skin.
Anchor and ship's wheel with sailor's creed lettering
Black and grey tattoo of cracked skin filled with handwritten words, running down the centre of a person's back.
Cracked skin filled with handwritten words on a back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the word Hunter in script, joined by a heartbeat line and a small heart, on skin of the upper back.
Script name with heartbeat line on upper back
Three fine line black tattoos on the top of feet near the ankles, each reading Sisters in script with a heartbeat line ending in a heart.
Sisters script with heartbeat heart on feet
Fine line script tattoo reading all my loving in faded blue-grey ink on the side of a torso.
Script reading all my loving on the side
Black and grey photograph of a fine line script tattoo reading Breathe Deep and Dive along the collarbone and upper shoulder.
Script quote on a collarbone
Small black lettering reading 'Don't fool yourself' across the upper back of a woman with short hair in a grey tank top, on a city street.
Don't fool yourself lettering on the upper back
Black typewriter-style tattoo of the word strong with a full stop on the inner forearm, partly covered by a white beaded bracelet with a black bead.
Word strong in typewriter font on the wrist
Black and grey serif lettering across a forearm in two lines of text, with lace and skull-print fabric behind the arm.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black and white photo of fine line script showing two lines of coordinates tattooed across the top of a bare foot.
Coordinates script on a foot
Forearm tattoo of a black blackletter letter with blue-grey shading above a black script quote reading just a sign to remind me tomorrow is worth the fight.
Blackletter letter and quote on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a curled ribbon banner reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, with footprints across the design, on skin.
Ribbon banner with footprints and quote
Fine line black infinity symbol tattoo with the words be still and a small cross, shown on an ankle and on the top of a foot.
Matching be still infinity tattoos on ankle and foot
Black fine line anchor design with a small heart at its base, above script reading hope anchors the soul and the reference Hebrews 6:19.
Anchor with script reading hope anchors the soul
Black fine line script tattoo reading "I must go" with a small rose and a bird outline on the inner forearm.
"I must go" script with a small rose on a forearm
Black flowing script lettering reading Family is Forever on a white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Family is Forever script lettering
Fine line black script letter C with a small heart on the inner wrist, shown with the hand raised and fingers curled.
Script initial C with tiny heart on wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading 'The ones we love never truly leave us' in a handwritten script across the side ribs, above a pair of jeans and a teal lace waistband.
Quote tattoo along the side ribs
Forearm tattoo of a pink awareness ribbon joined to a black heartbeat line, with script lettering reading fuck cancer and small grey letters DECD above.
Cancer awareness ribbon and heartbeat on a forearm
Back view of a woman in a sheer white blouse with white bow ties at the neck, showing a grey Chinese character lettering tattoo on her upper back.
Chinese characters tattoo on upper back under sheer blouse
Small black script lettering tattoo on the upper chest of a person wearing a pink crochet halter top and layered necklaces.
Script lettering tattoo on upper chest
Sheet of black script lettering samples spelling Alis volat propriis in several calligraphic styles, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Script lettering samples in several fonts
Two matching infinity symbol tattoos on wrists in black script lettering, one reading Friends with a small red heart and one reading Forever.
Matching infinity Friends and Forever wrist tattoos

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