Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch, two roses and the script Tempus fugit across the upper back.
Pocket watch and roses with Tempus fugit
Small black script tattoo on the side of a finger in a fine line style, with a thin gold ring nearby and white roses behind.
Small script tattoo on a finger
Two wrists pressed together, each with a black script word tattooed on the inner wrist, reading Stay on the left and Strong on the right.
Matching Stay and Strong wrist script
Small dark script word tattoo on the forearm near the wrist, with a woven bracelet, resting on red and grey plaid bedding.
Small script word tattoo on a forearm
A woman with curly hair shows a vertical column of black non-Latin lettering tattooed down the centre of her upper back, between the straps of her beaded dress.
Vertical script tattoo down the upper back
Close photo of a black script lettering tattoo quote running along a forearm, with two people embracing in the background.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a file icon with an X and the words TATTOO.JPG on the back of a man's neck.
File icon with TATTOO.JPG on neck
Shirtless torso of a man with colour traditional-style sleeve tattoos on both arms, including a woman's head with flowers on the upper arm and a pocket watch, and black lyric text on the ribs.
Colour sleeves and lyric text on ribs
Black fine line script reading I carry your heart across the upper back near the shoulder, shown on a woman in a dark off-shoulder top against a white background.
Fine line script quote across the upper back
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo spelling the word saudade across the inner wrist.
Saudade script on the wrist
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a snow globe with an aurora sky, pine trees and snowflakes on an upper arm, with the word Dreamer beside it.
Snow globe with aurora and the word Dreamer
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo spelling the word love behind a person's ear, shown in lettering style.
Script love tattoo behind the ear
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner forearm showing a striped crescent grin above the script words We're All Mad Here.
We're All Mad Here grin and script on a wrist
Small black serif lettering reading No matter who you are, always be the good one, with a small red heart below it, on a forearm.
Quote and red heart on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading Sister to Sister, Heart to Heart, Bonded Together, Right from the Start, set diagonally on the side of the ribs.
Script quote lettering on the side of the ribs
Traditional-style sugar skull tattoo with a pompadour hairstyle, a cigarette and red flowers on an upper arm, with the words Rockin N Rollin and N What Not.
Sugar skull with pompadour on upper arm
Traditional coloured forearm tattoo of a pink rose, pansies and forget-me-nots, with a banner reading Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
Rose and pansy banner on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the words Follow Your Heart above a compass rose on a person's upper back.
Follow your heart and compass on upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading love on the inner wrist, with a raised fist and pink nails against a blurred outdoor background.
Script word "love" on a wrist
Hand-drawn tattoo flash of a bold black script letter with red accents, swirling linework and dots, shown on white paper.
Script letter with red flourishes
Fine line script tattoo reading imagine across the inside of a wrist, with fingers blurred in the background.
Imagine script on a wrist
Black script lettering reading For every dark night, There's a brighter day across the side of the ribs, shown in a close photograph.
Script quote tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey fine line script reading so it goes on a forearm, with a small dot above the left side of the lettering.
Script phrase on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of a woman's back, shown from behind with her hair up.
Vertical lettering down the spine
Two arms pressed together showing fine line black lettering reading GIRL ALMIGHTY on a forearm and SHE'S NOT AFRAID on an upper arm.
Girl Almighty and She's Not Afraid lettering
Fine black script lettering tattooed across the back of a hand beside white coffin-shaped nails and a gold watch.
Script word tattoo on the back of a hand
Black lettering tattoo on the thigh in a serif typeface, reading but without the dark, we'd never see the stars.
Quote tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a tree above the script words i climbed the tree to see the world, on the inner forearm.
Tree and quote on a forearm
Black linework tattoo across a person's upper back, showing large blackletter letters, a skeletal hand holding blades, and smaller lettering, in a lettering-led style.
Blackletter lettering and skeletal hand on a back
Black fine line script tattoo reading Let it be, with a looping capital L, on the inner wrist in a black and white photo.
Let it be script on the wrist
Hand holding a colourful flash drawing of a rainbow, hearts, a lollipop, stars, flowers and a cloud, with the words Sugar, spice and everything nice in bold lettering.
Sugar, spice and everything nice flash design
Fine line infinity symbol tattoo with the word run in script on the upper back, in black ink.
Infinity symbol with script word on upper back
Black and grey script tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds, with the words 'We accept the love we think we deserve', on the upper back near the shoulder.
Dandelion seeds and script quote on shoulder
Black and white photo of two hands pressed together, with the word PAST in serif capitals on one wrist and FUTURE on the other, a black and grey lettering tattoo on the inner wrists.
PAST and FUTURE wrist lettering
Colour rib tattoo of the West Virginia outline filled with an arched bridge over green hills and a river, with script lettering reading take me home country roads.
West Virginia outline with bridge and script
Black and grey tattoo of the words Normal People Scare Me in block capitals across the upper back, just below the neck, on a person with hair tied up.
Normal people scare me quote on upper back
Two script lettering tattoos with small orange sun designs, one reading You are my sunshine on the upper back and one reading My only sunshine on the upper arm.
Matching sun and sunshine lyric tattoos
Close photo of the word Funny in black serif lettering tattooed on a pale forearm, with a dark navy sweater sleeve behind it.
Funny lettering on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading Amor vincit omnia in reddish ink across the upper back, just below the neckline.
Amor vincit omnia script on upper back
Black ink drawing of an ornate uppercase A and lowercase a in flourished lettering, with grunge speckle, styled as a lettering design, not shown on skin.
Decorative Aa lettering design
Black and grey botanical flower and fine script tattoo on the side ribs of a person lying on white bedding, wearing a white Calvin Klein top and grey waistband leggings.
Black floral tattoo and script on side ribs
Two stacked photos of a fine line tattoo on a shoulder, showing script quotes above an infinity symbol woven through a red outlined heart.
Infinity heart with quote script on shoulder
Small black and grey fine line tattoos on the fingers of a hand with bright green nail polish, including a skull on the ring finger and short lettering on the middle finger.
Small skull and lettering on fingers
Black ink flash design of the words love her but leave her wild in script lettering inside a circular wreath of hatched leaves, with no body placement shown.
Love her but leave her wild lettering in a leaf wreath
Fine line black script reading let it be, swept up by a wave curve, on the ankle and foot of a bare foot standing on a wooden boardwalk.
Let it be script with wave on an ankle
Two arms flexed toward the camera, each with a colour pizza slice tattoo with pepperoni and HOME-SLICE lettering in traditional style, with roses and banners on the upper arm.
Matching pizza slice tattoos on two forearms
Black ink script lettering reading Faith with looping flourishes on the side of a hip, with a pink top in the frame.
Faith script lettering on the side of the hip
Black script Greek lettering reading χάρις tattooed on the wrist and forearm, with a blurred green background.
Greek word in script on the wrist

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