Tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink infinity symbol forming a heart, with the script words thick and thin, on the skin of a limb.
Infinity heart with thick and thin script
Close photo of fine line black script lettering reading Belong Everywhere across the inner wrist and forearm.
Belong Everywhere script on the wrist
Fine line infinity symbol tattoo on the inner forearm with the script words life and love and a grey shaded feather.
Infinity feather with life and love on forearm
Black and grey photo of a small serif lettering tattoo reading Be. on the inner wrist of a raised hand with dark painted nails.
Small serif word Be. on a wrist
Lettering tattoo on an upper back reading "Can we create something beautiful and destroy it?" with red roses and stems in a botanical style.
Quote script and red roses on upper back
Black dotwork tattoo of a smoking pipe below a city skyline with a crescent moon and the word Gotham, on the stomach above red trousers.
Pipe and city skyline on the abdomen
Small black script word Love inside an outline heart tattoo on the inner wrist, in a fine line lettering style.
Love script in a heart on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Be Stronger than Your Excuses, with a small swash flourish between the lines, on a white background.
Be Stronger than Your Excuses script lettering
Black and grey script quote tattoo framed by two antler shapes on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Antler and script quote on upper back
Two photos: fine-line black script reading 'We're all stories in the end' across the upper back near the shoulder, and a bold black Deathly Hallows symbol with Mickey Mouse ears tattooed on skin.
Script quote and Deathly Hallows with mouse ears
Black fine line tattoo of a cross with cursive script running down its centre and small leaf flourishes, on the skin of the torso.
Cross with cursive script and leaves
Two stacked photos of inner forearms with fine-line script lettering and a small swallow silhouette tattoo in black ink.
Script quotes with swallows on forearms
Fine black linework infinity symbol with the word hope in script across the inner wrist and forearm.
Infinity symbol with hope on a wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo on the top of a foot, reading the word hope in script, with the h formed by a ribbon and a heart in the o.
Hope script with ribbon and heart on a foot
Purple shaded feather tattoo with black bird silhouettes rising from its tip and fine script lettering beside it, on the side of the ribs.
Purple feather with birds and script on ribs
Fine line design of a small solid star above a thin vertical line, with the words TRUE NORTH in spaced capitals beneath, on a white background.
Star above a line with True North lettering
Close view of a black script lettering tattoo on the right side of the ribs, above a gold waist chain, with a beige bralette visible at the top of the frame.
Script lettering tattoo on the ribs
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a castle in a beaded oval frame, surrounded by roses and the words Beauty Lies Within.
Castle and roses in an oval frame
Two wrists held together against a beach backdrop, each with a black lettering tattoo of the Roman numerals VIII IV XII.
Roman numeral wrist tattoos on a beach
Purple brushstroke enso circle above the script words not all who wander are lost, tattooed on the top of a foot.
Purple enso circle and script quote on a foot
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading immeasurably more across the inside of a wrist, on a pale background.
Immeasurably more script on a wrist
Black and grey fine line script reading live the life you love, curved around the inside of a wrist.
Live the life you love script on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Let the Ocean take me across a forearm, with smaller script tattoos visible on the upper chest.
Script quote reading Let the Ocean take me on a forearm
Black and white four-panel grid of a fine line infinity tattoo with three flying birds and script words on the inner wrist.
Infinity symbol with birds on a wrist
Forearm tattoo of an ornate grey frame with teal gemstones around a teal oval reading Beauty from pain in black script.
Beauty from pain script in an ornate teal frame
Black fine line script tattoo reading I believe in miracles across the lower back, just above the waistband of light denim shorts.
I believe in miracles script on lower back
Black script tattoo reading Stay Strong on the inner wrist, with stacked silver and pearl bracelets and red roses behind.
Stay Strong script on a wrist
Close-up of a lettering tattoo reading 'Laters, baby' in a dark red script on the lower back, with a hand resting above it.
Laters, baby lettering on lower back
Pencil sketch of the word Faith in flowing script lettering with decorative swirls, drawn as a tattoo design on textured paper.
Faith script lettering with flourishes
Black fine line script reading I refuse to sink, with a small anchor at the end, on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
I refuse to sink script and anchor on shoulder
Two photos of black and grey script lettering tattoos on forearms, one reading Your Pain Is A Gift with flourishes and the other a quote with butterfly accents.
Script quotes on forearms
Close-up of a black fine line script tattoo reading 'your story isn't over yet;' across the upper chest, with a black choker at the neck.
Script quote on the upper chest
Close-up of black script lettering reading Carry on across the upper chest, with hands holding open a hooded top.
Carry on script tattoo on the chest
Black ink script tattoo reading 'Wars begin in the minds of men' across the underside of a forearm, near the wrist.
Quote 'Wars begin in the minds of men' on forearm
Black and grey photo of two fingers on a hand, each with the phrase til my dying day in script lettering across the finger.
Til my dying day script on two fingers
A short line of black script lettering across the inner wrist of a hand with green painted nails.
Black script lettering across the wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' along a forearm, with a blurred background.
Script phrase on a forearm
Close crop of a woman's raised upper arm showing a small black fine line script tattoo, with an olive shirt, black top and black handbag in view.
Small script word on upper arm
Close-up of a small black fine line Roman numeral tattoo with a dot between the characters on the side of a finger, with red painted nails resting on a steering wheel.
Small Roman numeral tattoo on a finger
Black hand-lettered quote design reading Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you, with a feathered arrow and a flowing underline, on a white background.
Keep your face toward the sunshine quote with arrow
Close photo of black block lettering reading MADE IN ENGLAND on pale skin, with a dark feathery design beside it, held by two hands.
Made in England lettering on a limb
Fine line script tattoo of the word love in black ink on the inner forearm, with a looping flourish under the letters.
Script love tattoo on a forearm
Close-up of a watercolour-style rainbow semicolon tattoo with black script reading my story isn't over, arcing above it on the skin.
Semicolon with rainbow wash and script quote
Black script lettering reading I carry your heart, with a heartbeat line trailing beneath it, on the side of a person's ribs.
Script quote with heartbeat line on ribs
Black ink drawing of a heart whose lower point becomes an infinity loop, with the word love in script inside, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body placement visible.
Heart and infinity design with love script
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'Let all that you do be done in love' with 1 Corinthians 16:14 beneath, on the side ribs.
Scripture lettering across the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo on a forearm reading I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night, with three small stars below.
Star quote in fine line script
Black script lettering tattooed across the neck, worn with a silver necklace of two crescent moon charms and a pink stone pendant.
Script quote tattoo on the neck

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