Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey back tattoo with script running down the spine, flowers and vines on both sides and a tribal band above the waistband.
Spinal script and flowers across a back
Black cursive script lettering tattoo running down the inner forearm of a person with the hand held open, against a green background.
Cursive script lettering on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm showing a treble clef, music notes and media player symbols beside the words The moments, The memories, The pain, The happiness.
Music notes and media controls on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a teal rose, a yellow banner reading LIKE HOME, a red shoe and the words THERE'S NO PLACE in black lettering.
Teal rose and ruby slipper on a thigh
Black lettering tattoo of a serif quote in two lines across the side of a person's ribs, with a grey knit top lifted beside it.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Back view of a woman in a shop aisle with a black and grey eagle tattoo on her upper back and the words MARRIED WITH 22 KIDS in lettering across her lower back.
Eagle and lettering on a lower back
Hand-drawn tattoo design in red pen on lined paper, showing the words let it be in flowing script with three small birds beside it, with no body placement shown.
Let it be script with three red birds
Two inner wrists showing matching fine line Roman numeral tattoos, one with a small key and one with a padlock, in black ink.
Matching Roman numeral wrist tattoos
Black and grey dove with outstretched wings carrying an olive branch, with the script words Fearfully and wonderfully made beneath it.
Dove with olive branch and script
Infinity symbol tattoo with a red stripe running through it and the word Survivor in script lettering, shown on skin in black and grey with red shading.
Infinity symbol with Survivor script
Colour lettering tattoo reading Rebel Rebel in teal and purple script, with a red and blue lightning bolt and small diamonds, on a limb.
Rebel Rebel script with lightning bolt
Black single-line drawing of the words The Country Life in flowing script, with an infinity loop flourish and an outlined heart, shown as a fine line lettering design on a white background.
The Country Life script with heart
Handwritten flourished script lettering design reading All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be, drawn in black ink on lined paper.
Looped script quote lettering design
Black fine line script tattoo reading 'everything was beautiful and nothing hurt' across a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote across the shoulder blade
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'I will almost die for this beauty' running along a woman's thigh above the knee.
Script quote on the thigh
Small black Vagabond lettering tattoo on the back of a woman's neck, shown from behind in a pale blush blouse.
Vagabond lettering on the back of the neck
Black and white photograph of a fine line script tattoo running across the shoulder, with long hair falling over the upper back.
Fine line script tattoo on a shoulder
Fine line black script tattoo reading free across the back of a hand, resting on a bare shoulder beside turquoise rings and beaded bracelets.
Fine script word free on the hand
Black script lettering tattoo of a short quote across the upper back near the shoulder blade, on a person wearing a white floral camisole.
Script quote tattoo on upper back
Close photo of a small black Hebrew lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, in a fine lettering style, with the hand raised against a pale background.
Small Hebrew lettering on the inner wrist
Two black script lettering tattoos reading Stay and Gold with flourishes, one on each ankle, shown with rolled denim and black canvas trainers.
Stay and Gold script ankle tattoos
Black handwritten script reading she laughs without fear of the future, with a small swallow silhouette, drawn as a tattoo design on a cream background.
Script quote with a swallow design
Fine script reading Just Breathe beside a shaded dark blue awareness ribbon tattoo on the side of the torso, just above the hip.
Just Breathe script and ribbon on side
Close-up of a black fine line script tattoo reading Take me far on the side of a ribcage, with a black top and a wristwatch visible.
Take me far script on the ribs
Single-line fine script design of the word love on a white background, with a small solid red heart sitting in place of the letter v.
Continuous line script word love with red heart
Close-up of a thin black fine line cursive script word tattooed across the inner forearm, on a light skin tone against a green blanket.
Cursive script word on a forearm
Black ink lettering tattoo on the inner forearm imitating a leather label, reading a stylised logo with the words 100% LEATHER and MADE IN PORTUGAL.
Leather label tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey script tattoo reading music is what feelings sound like, framed by swirling flourishes, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote with swirls on upper back
Lettering tattoo reading RECKLESS in black ink on the lower lip, shown with the mouth open and a hand resting near the chin.
Reckless lettering on lower lip
Fine line script reading learn to fly with a teal arrow running across the inner arm, shown in a close photograph.
Learn to fly script with teal arrow
Black and grey flash design of an anchor with a heart above a hatched rope infinity symbol, with the words faith and hope and two scripture references.
Heart, infinity rope and anchor design with hope and faith
Close-up of a small black Roman numeral tattoo running vertically on the upper chest, beside a white vest top, in a lettering style.
Vertical Roman numerals tattoo on the chest
Two photos of a wrist showing a black lettering slogan about a bachelorette party with a red lips motif, one from each side of the arm.
Bachelorette party slogan on a wrist
Red handwritten lettering reading I must not tell lies on the back of a hand, in a lettering style with a small spiked mark before the text.
Handwritten quote on the back of a hand
Black and grey tattoo of a sun with a face and a crescent moon on a woman's upper back, with the script words live your life above the right shoulder blade.
Sun and moon with script on upper back
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading Imperfection is beauty across a forearm.
Imperfection is beauty script on a forearm
Coloured pencil drawing of a clenched fist with red nails and a lettering design reading 'be kind to yourself' with a small heart on the wrist, in a lettering style.
Fist with 'be kind to yourself' wrist design
Fine line black script tattoo reading grace upon grace on the inner forearm, with a dark grey t-shirt and auburn hair visible.
Grace upon grace script on a forearm
Small black ampersand tattoo in a lettering style on the forearm of a person wearing a grey tank top, against white bedding.
Ampersand tattoo on a forearm
Black ink dreamcatcher with two feathers beside the word Dreamer in script lettering on the inner wrist.
Dreamcatcher and word Dreamer on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and lilies with cursive script wrapping from the shoulder down the upper arm.
Orchids and script quote on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a green running shoe with a red heart and the word Run in script on the top of a foot, shown beside a silver necklace with a matching design.
Running shoe and Run script on a foot
Two matching black fine line tattoos on the tops of two feet, each showing an outlined heart with trailing stars and the words Mother and Daughter in script.
Matching mother and daughter heart foot tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of two overlapping outlined hearts above the script word sisters, placed on the top of a foot.
Sisters script with two linked hearts on foot
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading I'm a mess, I confess across the top of a shoulder.
Handwritten quote on the shoulder
Black lettering tattoo reading I'm the hero of this story, I don't need to be saved, across the upper back of a person lying face down on a bed.
Two-line quote tattoo across upper back
Fine line black ink geometric lettering reading AUDIO VIDEO DISCO in three rows on the upper arm.
Audio Video Disco lettering on upper arm
Close-up of the words love yourself in black fine line script tattooed across a wrist, shown on a forearm.
Love yourself script on the wrist

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