Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black tattoo of the state of Kentucky with the script words My Old above and home below, with a small heart, on a person's shoulder.
Kentucky outline with script on shoulder
Fine line infinity symbol tattoo with the word sisters in script, shown in blue above and pink below on skin.
Infinity symbol with sisters script in two colours
Two black fine line outline tattoos on skin: a fox on the left and a stag's head with large antlers on the right, each with script wording below.
Fox and stag outline tattoos
Two black script lettering tattoos, one reading Don't live in fear of the future on a forearm and one reading 'Cause I'll always be there on a shoulder.
Script quotes on forearm and shoulder
Two matching black lettering tattoos of a Roman numeral date run along the fingers of a woman's hand and a man's hand resting together.
Matching Roman numeral date tattoos on fingers
Black lettering tattoo in flowing script reading Our scars remind us that the past is real, across a person's upper back.
Script quote across upper back
Grey infinity symbol tattoo with the word family in script and a small heart, on the top of a foot.
Infinity symbol with family script on foot
Fine line black script tattoo reading Je ne regrette rien across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Je ne regrette rien script on collarbone
Black fine line tattoos on a bare arm, including the lettering We can be heroes, a small sweet, a sunburst and an X, with a solid black rectangle above the sweet.
Small lettering and icon tattoos on an arm
Black ink tattoo of the words So it goes. with a small fine line starburst below it, on the back of a woman's neck.
Quote and starburst at the nape of the neck
Black and white photo of a woman's bare back showing a fine line Greek lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of the spine.
Greek lettering down the spine
Monochrome lettering design shaped as a skull, reading Beautiful Disaster and Sinner Saint, shown as a flash-style artwork with no body placement.
Lettering skull design in white on black
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird with a trailing line leading to the word Believe in script on the inner wrist.
Believe script with a bird on the wrist
Black outline heart tattoo on an upper arm, with fine script lettering flowing along its lower edge, shown in black and white.
Script lettering heart on upper arm
Back tattoo of two red and orange phoenixes on the shoulder blades, with black script running down the spine.
Twin phoenixes with spine script across a back
Infinity symbol tattoo with the word Dad in script and a small red heart, on the top of a foot, in black and teal ink.
Infinity symbol with Dad script on a foot
Fine line script tattoo reading happiness in purple ink along the middle finger of a hand resting on a white textured surface.
Happiness script on a finger
Black fine line script tattoo reading endless love across the top of a finger, with a floral fabric background.
Endless love script on a finger
Foot tattoo of the words Live Laugh Love in black script with outlined purple stars, blue sparkles and a black tribal swirl with hearts, on the top of the foot.
Live Laugh Love script and stars on a foot
Black ink line drawing of a scroll banner reading FAITH, HOPE & LOVE within a handwritten scripture quote from 1 Corinthians 13:13, in a lettering style.
Banner lettering with 1 Corinthians 13:13
Close up of two ankles with purple script lettering reading Hopeless and Romantic, with small flourishes, worn above pink canvas trainers and rolled denim.
Hopeless Romantic script on both ankles
Ink drawing of a script lettering design with swirling flourishes and leaf shapes on white paper, being traced with a fine liner pen.
Script lettering with flourishes on paper
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the inner forearm, with a quote and a triangle symbol in the upper photo and a second quote in the lower photo.
Two quotes tattooed along a forearm
Line drawing of a Wanderlust banner across a globe with blossoms and leaves in a neo-traditional style, shown as a tattoo design on tracing paper with no body placement visible.
Wanderlust globe and flowers flash design
Black script lettering reading You'll never live if you're just too scared to die, tattooed on a forearm in black ink.
Script quote tattoo on an arm
Black line drawing of a hand with a chain around the wrist, black-tipped nails and the words NEVER TALK in spaced capitals, a fine line tattoo design.
Hand with chain and NEVER TALK lettering
Small black Hebrew lettering tattoo on the top of a foot near the ankle, with a black flip-flop strap and pink toenails visible.
Hebrew script tattoo on a foot
Black script lettering reading Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly, with small butterflies, on a woman's shoulder and upper back.
Script quote and butterflies on a shoulder
Black and grey script lettering reading Today was like one of those fly dreams across a shoulder and upper chest, with a small heart tattoo on a finger.
Script quote across shoulder and chest
Small dark blue-black script tattoo on the ankle of a person wearing taupe lace-up block heel sandals, shown in a lettering style.
Small script tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey photo of a fine line tattoo of a botanical branch with coral flowers and buds, with small script lettering beside it, on a person's lower abdomen.
Blossom branch with script on the abdomen
Black serif lettering reading I will be king and you will be queen across the inner forearm.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo on the inner upper arm of black shaded script lettering with green leaves, a large realistic red rose and a smaller rosebud.
Script lettering with roses on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a pink flower with blue forget-me-not sprigs and green leaves on a forearm, with the word fearless in black script below.
Pink flower and forget-me-nots on a forearm
Black ink lettering tattoo of a block of scripture text across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Scripture lettering across a back
Thin black fine line script reading soul, tattooed on a person's arm.
Soul script on an arm
Fine line script word free tattooed on the inner forearm, with a hand resting on a bare thigh and bare feet on white bedding.
Script word free on the inner forearm
Black fine line script reading let it be with three small birds in flight, tattooed on the side of the torso.
Let it be script with birds on the side
Black and grey fingerprint flower tattoo with a script word family on the upper back and shoulder, shown in two side by side photos.
Fingerprint flower with family script
Black line tattoo of a rabbit beside script lettering that reads my heart has joined the Thousand, on the side of a ribcage.
Rabbit and script quote on ribs
Back of a man's neck showing black bold lettering tattoo reading </head> and <body>, styled as HTML code tags, below a tan cap.
HTML head and body tags on the neck
Close-up of the phrase live a little in small black serif lettering on the side of a person's ribs, with a dark-nailed hand resting above it.
Live a little lettering on the side ribs
Black typewriter-style lettering reading I am the hero of this story on the inner wrist of a raised, clenched fist against a dark background.
Quote on the wrist: I am the hero of this story
Black fine line paw print above the script name Oliver and cat whiskers with a small pink heart, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Paw print, script name and cat whiskers on a wrist
Black script lettering tattooed on the side of a ribcage, with a person in orange strappy lingerie lying down.
Script lettering on the ribs
Black ink tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, surrounded by curved lettering across a person's upper back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with quote on back
Black fine line script reading alis volat propriis between two shaded wings, tattooed on the upper arm.
Script phrase with wings on upper arm
Blue and black lettering tattoo of a filigree heart reading We're all mad here, placed on the upper arm.
Heart with lettering on upper arm

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