Tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style tattoo of a red heart with a green crack through it, set in a black flame burst with the words The World, Will Never and Take My Heart, on a thigh.
Cracked red heart with flames and lettering
Black handwritten script tattoo reading What We Do In Life and Echoes In Eternity across the side of the ribs.
Two-line quote in script on the side ribs
Collage of four photos of black script lettering tattoos on ankles and feet, including the word wanderlust and the phrase maybe in distance, but never in heart.
Script lettering tattoos on ankles and feet
Black script lettering tattoo on the back of a hand, which rests on a black object wrapped in plastic.
Script lettering tattoo on the hand
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo on skin, with two words joined by a large infinity loop.
Script lettering in an infinity loop
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an anatomical heart with the word AGAPE in thin capitals above it, on the lower leg.
Anatomical heart with AGAPE lettering
Black lettering tattoo on a person's upper back reading 'It takes courage to grow up and become who you truly are', with scrolled flourishes above and below and an attribution to e.e. cummings.
Quote lettering across upper back
Black cursive lettering reading Stay Strong with small blue watercolour swallows flying across it on a plain grey background.
Stay Strong script with blue swallows
Fine line pink infinity symbol with the word love written in script across it, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Infinity symbol and love script on a wrist
Flash sheet of flourished script numerals from 1 to 20 in black linework, with looping tails, shown as tattoo design options.
Flourished script numerals 1 to 20
White fine line infinity symbol on a black background, with the word blessed written in script along its lower right loop, shown as a tattoo design.
Infinity symbol with script blessed
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a solid bird in flight with the words take me far written in script on a line that ends in an arrow, on the upper back.
Bird in flight with 'take me far' script
Six black script lettering samples of the word 'Ohana on a white background, shown as tattoo flash in varying weights and flourishes.
'Ohana lettering in several script styles
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading til death along a finger, with a blurred background.
Til death script on a finger
Black Arabic script reading Just breathe, with the English translation in a typewriter-style serif beneath, on a plain white background.
Arabic lettering reading Just breathe
Realistic black and grey pencil drawing of a sleeve design with sparrows, hummingbirds, roses, feathers and the script The sky is the limit.
Birds, roses and script sleeve design
Colour tattoo of falling autumn leaves and swirling script reading I am a leaf on the wind watch how I soar, on the outer thigh, with a green vine tattoo above it.
Autumn leaves and script quote on a thigh
Black and white photo of a vertical line of runic-style lettering tattooed along the side of a person's torso, in a fine line lettering style.
Vertical runic lettering along the side of the torso
White linework lettering reading Allons-y on black, with a sonic screwdriver drawn diagonally and scattered stars and swirls, in a lettering style.
Allons-y lettering with sonic screwdriver
Black and grey script and lotus flower tattoo on the lower back, with white and grey Calvin Klein waistbands visible.
Script and lotus tattoo on lower back
Realistic blue ribbon and black cross with beads on the side ribs, with the script Genesis 50:20 running along the ribbon.
Blue ribbon and beaded cross on the ribs
Fine line tattoo of the word Hope in black script above a purple outlined heart with a small ribbon motif, on the inner wrist.
Hope script and purple heart on a wrist
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading Amicizia on the back of the neck, partly covered by reddish-brown hair.
Amicizia script on the nape of the neck
Black lettering tattoo in script reading God Is A Awesome God, curved across the upper chest below the collarbones, shown in two stacked photos.
Script phrase across the upper chest
Small black fine line script tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a yellow backless dress, photographed from behind.
Fine line script on an upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a heart outline containing script strokes and a cross-like mark, on the side of the torso.
Small heart outline with script on the side
Fine line black script reading carpe diem on a forearm, with a second photo showing the same area covered by skin-toned concealer.
Carpe diem script on forearm, before and after concealer
Black blackletter lettering in four lines runs down the side of a torso, forming a quote about hope beneath it all.
Blackletter quote along the side ribs
Two fingers pressed together, each with a dark blue-black script tattoo reading Promise, placed on the hand.
Promise script on two fingers
Black line design of a long, diagonal script quote that ends in a feather, birds and a dreamcatcher, shown on a white background.
Script quote with feather and dreamcatcher
Back of a person's neck with vertical rainbow stripe tattoo above black block lettering reading NOT CRYING ON SUNDAYS.
Rainbow stripes and lettering on the neck
Two tattoos side by side: a black microphone on a finger held near a chin, and typewriter-style POWER lettering with a teal female symbol on a forearm.
Microphone on finger and POWER lettering on forearm
Fine line wrist tattoo of a paint palette, ink pot, quill and camera above the Italian phrase L'arte è la soluzione al caos.
Palette, ink, quill and camera with Italian script
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading "i felt free" on a person's shoulder, with a black strap and a thin chain visible.
"i felt free" script on shoulder
Black and white photo of a forearm with a quote tattooed in black serif lettering, with a band of symbols near the wrist.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Teal line drawing in a traditional nautical style showing a sailing ship, waves and an anchor wrapped in rope, with a banner reading I am the captain of my soul.
Sailing ship and anchor banner design
Packaged sheet of temporary tattoo designs in black, grey, blue and red, showing a Hello Kitty figure, a Playboy bunny logo, banners, a heart and stars.
Playboy and Hello Kitty temporary tattoo sheet
Black and grey script lettering with a ribbon banner and scrollwork on a calf, with an ornate letter at the centre.
Script lettering with banner on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a cowboy riding a galloping horse beside the words cow girls don't cry ride baby ride, on a person's upper back.
Rodeo rider on horseback with lettering on upper back
Black script lettering tattoo of a four-line quote running along the side of a person's hip or upper thigh.
Script quote tattoo along the side of the hip
Flash sheet of seven black calligraphic Chinese characters, each with an English word beneath it: dream, everlasting, good luck, happiness, harmonious, heart and journey.
Seven character flash designs with English meanings
Fine line script lettering reading love me for who I am, running vertically down the centre of a bare back.
Script lettering down the spine
Black fine line script and a partly hidden floral tattoo on the lower back, shown above a white Calvin Klein waistband.
Fine line script and flower on lower back
Black fine line daisy tattoo with cursive script trailing down from the petals along the skin, shown in a close photograph.
Daisy with script lettering
Forearm tattoo of a green flying figure silhouette above the black script Take me to Neverland, with a dotted green trail.
Peter Pan silhouette and Neverland script on forearm
Black and grey flash design of Jack Skellington and Sally in a sugar skull style, with roses, pumpkins and blackletter lettering, with no body placement shown.
Jack and Sally blackletter design
Fine line tattoo of an infinity symbol with the script words Love you more between the loops, the left loop in grey and the right in green, on skin.
Infinity symbol with 'Love you more' script
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a rolled bundle of banknotes, flames and bold script lettering in a lettering style.
Banknotes, flames and lettering on upper arm

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