Tattoo ideas

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

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Small black fine line lettering reading mind above matter, with a curved line between the words, on a wrist.
Mind and matter wording on a wrist
Black and grey chest and neck tattoo with script lettering and foliage, partly visible above an open grey shirt collar.
Chest and neck tattoos under a grey shirt
Two butterflies with purple and orange wings, split across the tops of a pair of feet, with black script lettering above and below them.
Butterfly and script quote across both feet
Black and grey drawing of a treble clef wrapped in two scroll banners that read I am married to the music, for better or worse, with a pointed blade shape at the top.
Treble clef with quote banners
Black and white photo of a black lettering tattoo reading PROVERBS 31:25 running vertically on the outer ankle, with a flip flop on the foot.
Proverbs 31:25 lettering on an ankle
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading wanderlust on the inner wrist, with gold bangles and a mountain landscape behind.
Wanderlust lettering on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a flying hummingbird with the script II Cor. 7:14 beside it, on the upper back.
Hummingbird with II Cor. 7:14 script
Black script tattoo reading one step at a time with a small outlined heart, on the top of a foot with red painted toenails.
One step at a time script on a foot
Black ink script lettering reading Perfectly Imperfect on a ribbon banner, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Perfectly Imperfect lettering on a shoulder
Traditional style flash drawing of a pink-frosted cupcake with a bow, a slogan banner, two orange flowers and a rising sun, in full colour.
Cupcake with banner flash design
Black fine line lettering reading home is wherever I'm with you runs diagonally along the inner forearm of a hand raised against a dim background.
Quote reading home is wherever I'm with you
Fine line black script reading strength with Braille dots above it, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Braille and script word on a wrist
Black lettering on a forearm reading LOVE above a horizontal line with IS THE ANSWER beneath it, in a simple lettering style.
LOVE is the answer lettering on a forearm
Fine line black outline city skyline tattoo above a script quote on a person's back.
City skyline and script quote on the back
Black fine-line tattoo of the word love written in looping script inside an outlined heart, on the inner wrist, in black and white.
Love script in a heart on a wrist
Close photo of dark Hebrew lettering tattooed across the back of a hand, with a silver band ring resting on the knuckle above it.
Hebrew lettering across the back of a hand
Black and grey photo of two clasped hands showing small black script lettering on both wrists, partly upside down from this angle, with a ring on one finger.
Matching script wrist tattoos on clasped hands
Black outline lettering tattoo of the word OVERSKÅG inside a rounded capsule shape, placed on the top of a bare foot.
Overskåg word tattoo on top of a foot
Black ink infinity symbol tattoo on the chest, with a script letter R on the left loop and Roman numerals XX-III-MMXI on the right loop.
Infinity symbol with letter R and Roman numerals
Black ink pen sketch of stylised cursive script lettering on cream paper, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Hand-drawn script lettering sketch
Two matching fine line script tattoos on the inner wrists reading 'our bond is everlasting', each ending in a small heart, one red and one blue.
Matching 'our bond is everlasting' wrist tattoos
Black line drawing flash sheet of an ornate outlined alphabet, numerals, scrolls, daggers and a scroll banner, with no body placement shown.
Ornamental alphabet and numbers flash sheet
Two photos of matching fine line infinity tattoos with the word sisters in script, one in blue and purple and one in pink and red, on the forearm.
Matching sisters infinity tattoos
Black typewriter-style lettering reading she believed she could so she did, set in stacked lines along the side of the ribs.
Typewriter quote along the ribs
Black lettering on the inner forearm reads 'and the rest is rust and stardust' in a typewriter-style font, with a beaded bracelet at the wrist.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Purple brush lettering of the word Tetelestai written over a faint grey pencil cross on pale paper.
Tetelestai lettering with a pencil cross
Black script tattoo reading Strength with a small heart at the end, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Strength script with heart on wrist
Flash sheet of gold and silver foil temporary tattoo designs, including icosahedrons, arrows, a sunburst and lettering, with no body placement shown.
Metallic geometric flash sheet with lettering
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with feathers, clouds and script lettering across the forearm, in a fine line and shaded style.
Compass rose with feathers and clouds on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Love is All or Nothing with a small heart, tattooed along the upper arm.
Script quote with heart on upper arm
Tattoo of an infinity symbol formed by a wand with sparkles, with the word Always in black script, on the side of the ribs.
Infinity wand with Always script on ribs
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a radio tower with a red heart, lightning bolts and a city silhouette inside a ring of lettering reading Do What You Love and Love What You Do, with the
Radio tower and heart with Do What You Love text
Hand-drawn black pen sketches of infinity symbols with fine-line lettering such as love, faith, peace, hope and young, plus a heart with an infinity knot, on paper.
Infinity symbol lettering sketches
Close-up photograph of a black ink tattoo of the word Hope in script, with an anchor above and below it, on a patch of skin.
Hope script with anchor tattoo
Black fine line script reading alis volat propriis, ending in a detailed feather, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.
Alis volat propriis script with feather
Black lettering tattoos reading 'Too weird to live' and 'Too rare to die', with small bat outlines, on the backs of two thighs above denim cut-off shorts.
Quote lettering across both thighs
Black and grey tattoo of a ribbon banner with the words I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, surrounded by footprints, on skin.
Ribbon banner with footprints
Colour lettering tattoo reading 'the ones that love us never really leave us' with roses and peonies on a thigh.
Floral quote lettering on a thigh
Two bare feet with matching black script lettering tattoos above the ankles, each with a small anchor, on a wooden bench and gravel.
Matching anchor and quote tattoos on ankles
Black and grey script tattoo reading one step at a time with a small looped flourish, across the side of a foot.
One step at a time script on a foot
Black and white hatched line drawing of the word Boop with a full stop, a lettering tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Boop lettering design
Black and grey realistic tattoo on a forearm showing torn skin revealing words such as courage, freedom, integrity and compassion.
Torn skin revealing virtue words on a forearm
Three arms meet in the centre of the frame, each showing a matching black script tattoo reading ohana on the inner forearm.
Matching ohana script tattoos on three wrists
Close photo of two fingers with black gothic-style lettering tattooed along them, reading peace will win and fear will lose.
Peace will win and fear will lose on fingers
Black and grey tattoo on an upper back showing a shaded feather, a flock of birds and the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not.
Feather, birds and quote on upper back
Fine line script lettering design of the word beautiful with a flowing line extending from each side, drawn in black on a cream background.
Beautiful in fine line script
Close photo of a small black script tattoo reading fancy on the upper chest, beside long brown hair and a sequinned top.
Fancy script on upper chest
Black fine line outline of two roses with a small script inscription on a woman's shoulder and collarbone area.
Outline roses and script on a shoulder

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