Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey traditional style tattoo of Snow White holding an apple, with a Fairest One of All banner, on the upper thigh.
Snow White with apple on thigh
Forearm tattoo of Alaska's black outline filled with a green and yellow landscape, with the words 'That which the sea breaks against' in black lettering below.
Alaska silhouette with landscape and quote on forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line arrow with the word fearless in cursive script on a person's ribs.
Arrow and fearless script on ribs
Close view of the words In Christ Alone in black typewriter-style lettering on the upper arm of a person wearing a knitted sleeve.
In Christ Alone lettering on an upper arm
Black line drawing design of the word ADVENTURE in hand-drawn lettering, with solid mountains, a bow and arrow, a pine tree and an acorn formed into the letters.
Adventure lettering with mountains and arrow
Black and teal heart-shaped lettering tattoo with filigree scrollwork on the thigh, photographed on a leg in patterned pyjamas.
Heart lettering tattoo on thigh
Pink shaded feather with black script reading love and family inside an infinity symbol, tattooed on the forearm.
Infinity symbol with feather and script words
Black and white photo of a fine line script quote tattooed along the side of an ankle and foot, reading What you think, you become.
Script quote along an ankle
Black script design reading Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, with two outlined hearts, shown as a tattoo design on a cream background.
Script lettering with two hearts
Black script reading have courage and be kind above a small black silhouette of a swallow in flight, on a plain white background.
Have courage and be kind script with swallow
Fine line black tattoo of a dog and a cat on the upper back, with the words always in my heart in script curving beneath them.
Dog and cat with script on the upper back
Black block-letter lettering tattoo reading I'M GONNA KILL YOU, RAY ROMANO across the lower back, shown in a close crop on pale skin.
Block capital quote across the lower back
Black and grey photograph of the words "cross my heart and hope to die" in cursive lettering tattooed on the upper chest, below the collarbone.
Cross my heart quote on the upper chest
Black tattoo of the word curiouser in looping script within oval outlines, with one copy inverted, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Curiouser script tattoo on the inner arm
Black and grey tattoo on the side ribs showing three dreamcatchers with shaded feathers and the script quote Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
Dreamcatchers and script quote on ribs
Close photo of a fine-line black script tattoo reading keep me where the light is, with a small star, on the forearm of a person lying on a bed.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo on the lower back, shown in a mirror selfie with the wearer in denim shorts and a white crop top.
Small script tattoo on lower back
Close photo of a small black lettering tattoo reading tattoo on the upper arm, just below a grey t-shirt sleeve.
The word tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey fine line script reading "be still" on a pale inner forearm, photographed against a dark top.
Be still script on a forearm
Black script reading love and family within an infinity symbol, with a shaded pink feather, tattooed on a forearm.
Infinity with love and family script on a forearm
Black line drawing of a ship's anchor woven through an infinity symbol, with the words Love anchors the soul and Hebrews 6:19 and a small outline heart, shown as a tattoo design.
Anchor and infinity design with scripture quote
Fine line black tattoo of Roman numerals arranged in a clock face on the inner forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Roman numeral circle on forearm
Black and grey realism design of a pocket watch, an angel wing, lilies and a pearl chain with script lettering, shown on a plain white background.
Pocket watch, angel wing and lily design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the outline of the state of Texas on the inner forearm, with the word TEXAS in block lettering on the wrist, in a black and white photo.
Texas state outline and word on forearm
Black and grey script tattoo reading 'With God all things are possible' with a shaded cross above the text, on a forearm.
Script quote 'With God all things are possible'
Cream line drawing of an eye on a dark background, with the words Don't Look Back set into the outline of the eye in a lettering design.
Eye with Don't Look Back lettering
Small black fine line tattoo of a cat peeking round a thin vertical line, beside the words I am myself. That is not enough. on the upper chest.
Cat peeking beside a quote on the chest
Two hands with matching thin black script tattoos on the fingers, reading mr and mrs, in a fine line lettering style.
Matching mr and mrs finger tattoos
Black hand-lettered script design reading The Struggle is part of the Story on a cream background, drawn as a lettering design for a tattoo.
Script lettering: The Struggle is part of the Story
Black fine line lettering reading BABE IS BUSY on the outer upper arm of a woman in a grey t-shirt seated in a salon chair.
Small black lettering on an upper arm
Two wrists with matching fine line black tattoos: a lettered 'to' and infinity symbol with paw prints on one, and 'and beyond' with small flying birds on the other, placed on the inner wrist.
Infinity paw print and birds on matching wrists
Black blackletter lettering reading CAN'T TOUCH THIS across the lower stomach, shown above black trousers and below a tropical print crop top against a green background.
Can't Touch This lettering across the stomach
Bare foot raised against a blue sky, with a black fine line script quote running along the side of the foot from heel to toes.
Script quote along a foot
Hand-drawn tattoo design of a dandelion seed head dispersing into birds, with the words fearless, dreamer, reckless, carefree and lonely in script.
Dandelion seeds, birds and script design
Two matching black and grey crown tattoos with script lettering, reading One King and One Queen, on the inner forearms of two people.
Matching King and Queen crown tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged syringe wrapped in a snake, with DIABETIC T1 lettering above it, on a forearm.
Winged syringe and snake on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading be happy with a thin underline, sitting on the inner forearm.
Be happy script on a forearm
Black and grey photo of the phrase 'this too shall pass' in fine line script tattooed on an ankle.
Script quote 'this too shall pass' on an ankle
Black block lettering reading MY BODY MY ART on a person's lower abdomen, above the waistband of blue denim jeans.
My Body My Art lettering on the lower abdomen
Three raised wrists with gold metallic temporary tattoos reading TEAM bride in lettering, set against a sandy beach.
Team bride gold temporary tattoos on wrists
Realistic shaded tattoo of stacked books, an open book and a quill with script above, placed on the outer thigh.
Stacked books, quill and script on a thigh
Fine line black script reading We only part to meet again across the ribs, with a small bird design above it on the right.
Script quote and small bird on ribs
Blackletter tattoo reading Blog Life across the upper back of a person with wet hair standing in a swimming pool, in black ink.
Blog Life lettering across upper back
Black line drawing flash design of a thread spool with crossed needles, a crown, scissors and a banner reading Make Things, in a traditional ornamental style.
Spool, needles and Make Things banner
Black and grey fine line cursive script tattoo running down the forearm of a person whose raised arm is shown against a grey wall.
Cursive script on a forearm
Two people show matching black and grey script name tattoos with footprint outlines, one on the side of the ribs and one on the upper back.
Matching script name and footprint tattoos
Small black script lettering reading ho ho ho on the side of a finger, with the hand raised against a warm brown background.
Ho ho ho script on a finger
Black and white photo of a black script tattoo reading Forever 18 with two small butterflies, sitting on the lower abdomen above an underwear waistband, with a hand resting at the left edge.
Forever 18 script on the lower abdomen

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