Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black script tattoo reading "Smile" on the side of a woman's torso below her shoulder, shown in a close photo of her bare back.
Small script word "Smile" on a ribcage
Black lettering tattoo of the Hindi word karma in Devanagari script on the inside of a wrist, shown beside the original design on a white background.
Karma in Devanagari script on a wrist
Black ink hand-lettered script design reading I loved you at your darkest, with Romans 5:8 beside it, drawn on white paper as a lettering design.
Script lettering: I loved you at your darkest
Close photo of a small black fine line heart outline on one finger and the word Love in black script lettering on the next finger, both on the hand.
Heart and Love script on fingers
Black script reading "in a world of my own" with a leaf stroke, running into an outlined daisy on a forearm, in a fine line lettering and botanical style.
Script quote and daisy on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a pink rose with green leaves above the lyric How Strange It Is To Be Anything At All in a scrolled black cartouche, on a lower leg.
Pink rose and quote on a calf
Fine line tattoo on a forearm of dandelion seeds drifting upward with script words and a dark silhouetted figure at the base, with pink and blue accents.
Dandelion seeds and script on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of the word OHANA with a thin arrow running through the letters, across the inner wrist.
Ohana word and arrow on a wrist
Black handwritten script reading "i love you to the moon and back" with a small black crescent moon on the inner wrist, in a lettering style.
Quote and crescent moon on a wrist
Black cursive script lettering reading carpe diem on a white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Carpe diem in cursive script
Black lettering tattoo reading Carpe Diem inside an infinity symbol on a forearm, in a script lettering style.
Carpe Diem script in an infinity symbol
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, a feather, a pocket watch, butterflies and cursive script along the ribs and side of the torso.
Roses, feather and script on a side torso
Black script lettering reading I'd Rather Die On My Feet Than Live On My Knees runs across the upper arm in lettering style.
Script quote lettering across the upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo of the word beautiful rising diagonally across the inner forearm.
Beautiful script on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading Vienna waits for you in cursive script on the inner wrist, shown against a patterned rug.
Script quote reading Vienna waits for you on a wrist
Close-up of a typewriter-style quote, 'Art Is The Weapon Imagination IS The Ammunition', in black ink with multicoloured watercolour splashes on the ribs.
Quote with watercolour splashes on the ribs
Black and grey winged heart tattoo with the script words Only God knows why, on the top of a foot.
Winged heart and script on a foot
Small script tattoo on the upper back of a woman in a burgundy backless dress and wide-brimmed hat.
Small script word on upper back
Sample sheet of fifteen tattoo-style lettering fonts in black and red, with names such as Billion Stars and Bleeding Cowboys, under a playing card spade emblem.
Free tattoo fonts sample sheet
Hand with red nails resting on ripped jeans, showing fine line chevron and bar tattoos on the fingers and black lettering tattoo on the thigh.
Finger line tattoos and lettering on thigh
Black and white photo from behind of a woman with a messy bun, showing a small fine line script tattoo reading imagine with a peace sign beneath it on the back of the neck.
Imagine script with peace sign on the nape
Handwritten script reading "We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, ok?" beside a blue TARDIS tattoo on the upper chest.
Quote and TARDIS on the upper chest
Black and grey realism style dandelion tattoo on the ribs with drifting seeds and the words behaving as the wind behaves along the stem.
Dandelion seeds and script on ribs
Black and white photo of a fine-line lettering tattoo reading abis volat propriis on the lower back, above a dark waistband.
Latin script line tattoo on lower back
Small red lettering reading Fearless on the inner forearm of a woman whose hand rests on a steering wheel.
Fearless word tattoo on a forearm
Black script lettering quote across the lower leg above the ankle, with blue and orange swirling star shapes in colour.
Script quote with swirling stars on lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, winged figures and script lettering across a man's upper arm, shoulder, back and ribs.
Black and grey roses and script on back and arm
Black script lettering reading not all those who wander are lost, with a feather and a small bird, tattooed on the ankle of a foot on a beach.
Feather, bird and quote on the ankle
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with shaded feathers, small flying birds and the word Dream in script on the forearm near the wrist.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and birds on a wrist
Black flowing script lettering reading Allons-y, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Allons-y script lettering design
Black script lettering reading How we survive is what makes us who we are, tattooed across the ribs with some redness around it.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Black ink tattoo on a upper back showing the script words 'When words fail' above a heart made from treble and bass clefs, with 'Music speaks' below.
Clef heart with 'When words fail' quote on back
Black typewriter-style lettering reading I'll be one tough act to follow runs along the inner forearm.
Quote lettering along a forearm
Black script quote reading I will fly, chase the wind and touch the sky, beside an arrow and feather tattoo on the side of a ribcage.
Arrow and feather with script quote on ribs
Black script lettering reading Stay Alive on the inner forearm, just above a black leather strap worn at the wrist.
Stay Alive script on the wrist
Fine line black tattoo of the word Riddikulus in script with a feather beneath it, on the inside of a wrist.
Riddikulus script and feather on a wrist
Black fine line script reading Allons-y across the upper chest, above the neckline of a black V-neck top.
Allons-y script on the upper chest
Black script lettering on a forearm reads I looked in the mirror, & Decided to stay, set against patterned fabric.
Script quote on a forearm
Small black serif letter V lettering tattoo on the wrist, with blurred green foliage and a pale flower behind the arm.
Serif letter V on the wrist
A grid of small fine line tattoos in black ink on the neck, upper back, wrists, hands and ankle, including an infinity symbol, a feather and the word imagine.
Collage of small fine line tattoos
Red and black medical alert tattoo reading TYPE 1 DIABETIC on the inner forearm near the wrist, in a bold traditional-style outline.
Type 1 diabetic medical alert on a wrist
Black ink tattoo across a person's upper back showing the words JUST DO IT in bold block capitals above a large solid black swoosh curve, in a lettering style.
Just Do It lettering and swoosh on a back
Black ink flowing script reading Love never fails, with small birds perched and flying among the letters, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Love never fails script lettering design
Flash design of a cream ribbon banner with black script reading a quote about stars and returning, set on a purple background with black stars, drawn in a neo-traditional style.
Ribbon banner with a star-scattered quote
Black hand-lettered tattoo reading DO NOT RESUSCITATE on the upper chest, with a striped shirt being held open around it.
Do Not Resuscitate lettering on a chest
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Smile on the side of a person's ribs, below the arm.
Smile script on the side ribs
Black script lettering reading Soul Sister on the lower back, shown on two people side by side in a black and white photo.
Matching Soul Sister script tattoos
Close-up of a black typewriter-style tattoo reading don't blink on the upper chest near the collarbone, with blonde hair and a grey top visible.
Don't blink lettering on the upper chest

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