Tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line cross and script lettering running down a woman's spine, with a small tattoo on her upper arm.
Cross and script down the spine
Black and grey tattoo of a nail cross on a forearm, with the word Galatians above it and 6:17 AMP beside it.
Nail cross with Galatians 6:17 lettering on forearm
Colour lettering tattoo spelling CHICAGO across a forearm, with each letter filled with bold red, blue, orange, green and yellow patterns.
Chicago lettering on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading Dum spiro spero in dark blue-violet ink on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Latin script tattoo near the collarbone
Black and grey script lettering reading Hope on the inside of a wrist, beside a beaded bracelet.
Hope script lettering on a wrist
Two stacked photos of black ink lettering tattoos in gothic-style letterforms on skin, the lower one reading love.
Two black lettering tattoos on skin
Close view of a woman's bare back showing a thin black script line tattooed vertically along her side ribs, in fine line lettering.
Fine script quote along the side ribs
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading "it's real for us" across the inner forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Tattoo of the word Love in script lettering, with a leopard print heart and crossed scissors in black outline and orange ink.
Love script with leopard heart and scissors
Fine line black script tattoo reading je ne regrette rien across a forearm against a dark background.
French script quote on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading CRAFT on the back of a hand, with the A replaced by an anarchy symbol.
CRAFT lettering with anarchy symbol on hand
Black line tattoo of a laurel wreath enclosing the script words Courage, dear heart on a lower leg, in a botanical and lettering style.
Laurel wreath with Courage, dear heart
Fine line black tattoo of wildflowers with the word Wild in script on the upper arm.
Wildflower sprig with script 'Wild' on upper arm
Three matching black and brown lion cub tattoos with the words Remember who you are, shown on the calves and ankles of three people.
Matching lion cub tattoos on three legs
Fine line black script tattoo of a Latin quote running across the upper back.
Latin script quote across upper back
Close overhead photo of a hand holding a takeaway coffee, with small black fine line script reading good vibes on the back of the hand near the wrist.
Good vibes script tattoo on the back of a hand
Black script lettering tattoo reading Always Love and Hate will get you every time, placed across the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a lettering style.
Script lettering reading Always Love on upper back
Two black ink script lettering tattoos on the upper back and shoulder, reading Together forever never apart and Maybe in distance but never in followed by a small heart.
Script quote tattoos on shoulder and upper back
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the upper back beside the shoulder blade, showing a shaded feather dissolving into flying birds, with script text reading You've been given this life because you are
Feather and birds with script quote on back
Black and grey tattoo of a dreamcatcher with two feathers, birds and the word Dream in script, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on a wrist
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading que sera, sera along the inner forearm of a person with long blonde hair.
Que sera, sera script on forearm
Black script lettering reading lions never lose sleep over the opinions of sheep, set across the upper back near the shoulder blade, with reddened healing skin around it.
Script quote across upper back
Black dotwork tattoo of a geometric, origami-style hummingbird with the script words elegiremos volar beneath it, on a forearm.
Origami-style hummingbird on a forearm
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of a feather dissolving into flying birds, with the script words sometimes you gotta fall before you fly running along the shaft, shown as a tattoo design.
Feather turning into birds with script
Two people wearing black and lace bras show matching fine line script tattoos on their ribs, one reading to infinity and the other and beyond.
Matching script tattoos on two people's ribs
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading inspiration across the inner wrist and forearm, with the open hand blurred against a dark background.
Inspiration script on the inner wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading "This too shall pass" along the top of the shoulder near the collarbone.
Script quote tattoo near the collarbone
Black ink script lettering reading beauty from ashes on a white background, with the word from in small capitals between the two lines, shown as a lettering design for a tattoo.
Beauty from ashes script lettering design
A woman kneeling and holding a camera to her face, with the word love in dark lettering tattooed on her upper arm.
Word love on upper arm
Black line drawing of an anchor with a heart at its base and the script words 'hope anchors the soul' beneath it, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Anchor and heart with script quote
Black flowing script lettering spelling the word Lumos on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design in a lettering style.
Lumos script lettering design
Black script reading not all those who wander are lost runs down the inner side of a foot, beside a whale tail and a small bird in a fine line style.
Quote with whale tail and bird on a foot
Fine line black script tattoo reading love on the side of a finger, with the hand held in a peace sign against a teal bokeh background.
Small love script tattoo on a finger
Fine line black script tattoo reading aimer et être aimé across the ribs, just below the edge of a white lace bra.
French script quote on the ribs
Close photo of a black script tattoo reading "i adore you" with a small heart in place of the d, on the lower back.
Script "i adore you" on lower back
Close view of a hand holding a white takeaway cup, showing a small fine line black script tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fine script tattoo on a wrist holding coffee
Two fine line script tattoos in black ink on forearms, one reading my sun and stars and the other reading moon of my life, with a dark fuzzy cuff at the lower wrist.
Matching script quotes on two forearms
Black fine line script tattoo reading Memories of you and keep me grounded, with an anchor-style ampersand, on the inside of a hand.
Memories quote in script on a hand
Close-up of a blue crescent moon tattoo with two small stars and the lettering 'To the moon and back' on the upper back, in a lettering style.
To the moon and back with crescent moon
Fine line black script tattoo reading family inside an outlined heart on the inner wrist, shown in close-up against a dark background.
Family script inside a heart on a wrist
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing green outlined block lettering reading Prince, with black script above it on a rainbow-coloured background.
Green bubble lettering and script on a forearm
Small black fine-line tattoo of the word LOVE with zigzag lines above it, on the upper arm of a woman in a white vest holding a green clutch.
Word LOVE with zigzag lines on upper arm
A realistic colour portrait of a man in a studded black jacket, with red script lettering reading Michael Jackson, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Realistic portrait with red script on a back
Black script tattoo reading let your faith be bigger than your fears, set across the ribs under a white lace top.
Script quote across the ribs
Fine line tattoo of two outlined hands above the word MEANWHILE in spaced capitals, in black ink on a limb.
Outlined hands with MEANWHILE lettering
Black and grey drawing of an ornate lettering tattoo design surrounded by leaves, flowers and ribbons, with no body placement shown.
Ornate botanical lettering design
Black script lettering reading I want your legs behind your head across the upper chest, shown in a close photo cropped at the neck.
Script quote across the upper chest
Colour tattoo of a red and white striped hat above a black lettered quote arranged in a circle, on the upper back.
Striped hat and circular quote on upper back

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