Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink infinity symbol with handwritten script reading you'll be with me wherever I go, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Infinity symbol with quote on forearm
Small black fine line script reading be still and know on the inner forearm, with the wearer in a striped top.
Fine line script phrase on inner forearm
Two wrists on sand showing gold script lettering reading bride's babes with a small heart, in a lettering style on the forearm near the wrist.
Gold script bride's babes on wrists
Black and grey photo of two wrists with the script words "You Are My Strength" tattooed in a fine line cursive style across the inner wrists.
You Are My Strength script on two wrists
Black script lettering tattoo running along the outer forearm, with thick strokes and sharp, tapered ends.
Black script tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey photo of a forearm with the words I go to seek a great perhaps tattooed in a typewriter-style lettering font.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Black and grey shaded paw print with a small heart, above the script name Abby and the dates 2004-2014, on the inner forearm.
Paw print with name and dates on a forearm
Black fine line tattoos on a wrist showing two passport-style stamps, the word wanderlust in script and a compass, with an open palm beside it.
Passport stamps, wanderlust and compass on wrists
Fine line script lettering in black ink on a forearm reads Spirit, lead me where my trust is without borders.
Script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering on a forearm reading Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one, photographed over a faded world map.
Script quote on a forearm
Collage of black lettering tattoos in Roman numerals, placed on wrists, the neck, the chest and the upper back, in a lettering style.
Roman numeral tattoos on wrists, neck and chest
Black fine line tattoo of two crossed arrows with the names Karen and Micah and the date June 21st 2014, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Crossed arrows with names and date on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of the word Wanderlust in script with a fine arrow and overlapping circles across the inside of a forearm.
Wanderlust script and arrow on a forearm
Small blue-black lettering reading 451 with a degree sign, in a simple serif style, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Small 451 degree numerals on a wrist
Two matching black Roman numeral tattoos reading IV, heart, I, heart, VI, one on an upper forearm and one on a wrist, with a silver watch visible.
Roman numeral pair tattoos on forearms
Two wrists pressed together, each with a fine line black script tattoo reading grande soeur and petite soeur with a small outlined heart.
Matching sister script tattoos on wrists
Collage of black fine line infinity symbol designs with script words and birds, shown as temporary tattoos on a wrist and forearm.
Infinity script temporary tattoo designs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the Latin phrase carpe diem in script across the inner wrist and forearm.
Carpe diem script on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates in a serif font on the inner forearm, with a rolled denim sleeve and stacked bangles.
Coordinates tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black script lettering and a small outlined triangle tattoo on a person's forearms, with both palms held up towards the camera.
Script lettering and a triangle on both forearms
Black cursive lettering reading dream with looping flourishes across the inner wrist, in a fine line style.
Dream script tattoo on a wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading what appears to be in omnia paratus, placed on the inner forearm of a hand held out against a plain grey background.
Small script line tattoo on a forearm
Close view of a red hand-lettered BAD tattoo on the inner forearm of a person with a white oversized top and black fishnet shorts.
Red BAD lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a white ink tattoo of the word Believe in flowing script with swirled flourishes on a forearm.
Believe script with swirls on a forearm
Two black script tattoos side by side, one reading til my last day on a forearm and one reading til my last breath on a second limb.
Matching script quote tattoos
Close-up of the inner wrist and palm showing the words "one of two" in thin black cursive lettering on the forearm.
"one of two" script on an inner wrist
Two matching forearm tattoos in black serif lettering, one reading I carry your heart with me and the other reading (i carry it in my heart).
Matching quote tattoos on two forearms
Black fine line script tattoo on a forearm, reading I love you to the moon and back within an infinity symbol of stars, with a crescent moon.
Infinity symbol with moon and script
Black outline tattoo of two roses with angular leaves on a forearm, with a line of script lettering above near the wrist.
Outline roses on a forearm
Black and grey photo of two forearms, each with a small serif word tattooed on the skin: her on one arm and him on the other.
Matching her and him lettering on forearms
Black script lettering reading 'And though she be but little she is fierce' across the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Script quote on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading onward on the inner forearm, with silver rings and bracelets and a city view behind the hand.
Onward script tattoo on the forearm
Two people show matching black FRIENDS lettering in a blocky sans-serif font across their inner wrists and forearms.
Matching FRIENDS lettering on two wrists
Black and white photo of a fine line script word tattooed along the forearm of a person, with a softly blurred background.
Fine script lettering on a forearm
Two matching forearm tattoos of split hearts filled with pink leopard spots, reading Big Sister and Little Sister in black script.
Matching big and little sister split hearts
Model with a gold metallic lace-patterned gun temporary tattoo on her hip and a geometric hexagon design on her forearm, beside a sheet of matching designs.
Gold lace gun temporary tattoo on hip
Black script lettering reading Family is my Strength across the inner wrist of a light-skinned arm.
Family is my strength script on the wrist
Black script tattoo reading Life flows on within you and without you, running diagonally along the forearm.
Script quote along a forearm
Fine line script reading redemption on the inner forearm, with three yellow dots decreasing in size towards the wrist.
Redemption script and yellow dots on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo of the word serendipity on a woman's upper arm near the shoulder, with more thin script running along her inner forearm.
Script word tattoos on shoulder and forearm
Close-up of the words Thick as Thieves in fine black script on the inner forearm near the elbow, with blurred bottles in the background.
Thick as thieves script on forearm
Close view of a small black fine lettering tattoo reading VENI VIDI VICI in capitals across the inner forearm.
Veni vidi vici lettering on a forearm
Close-up of the word adventure in small black serif lettering on the inner forearm, with a gold bangle and cord bracelet at the wrist.
Adventure lettering on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading Let go Laughing across the forearm.
Let go laughing script on a forearm
Black script lettering across the upper torso, a lace-pattern band on the thigh and a tattooed forearm holding an orange cat.
Script lettering and lace thigh band
Black lettering reading Via Veritas Vita, in a blackletter-style font, across the inner forearm against a red fabric background.
Via Veritas Vita lettering on a forearm
Close-up of black script lettering reading "It's called Vitiligo." on a forearm, with lighter depigmented skin patches visible around the tattoo.
"It's called Vitiligo" script on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading freedom with a small bird silhouette above the final letters, on the inner wrist, in a Lettering style.
Freedom lettering with a bird on the wrist

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