Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey script lettering reading Family is where life begins and love never ends on a forearm, in a fine line lettering style.
Family quote script on an arm
Woman seen from behind at a pool edge, with a large black cross and vertical script lettering tattooed across her back, plus a small red cross above.
Cross and script on a back
Black script lettering on the inner upper arm reads Sky above me, Earth below me, Fire within me.
Three-line script quote on inner upper arm
Black ink script lettering reading A Dream is A Wish Your Heart Makes, framed by dotted stars and a small Mickey Mouse silhouette, on skin.
Script lettering with dotted stars and Mickey silhouette
Black ink flash sheet of ornate calligraphic lettering designs on a beige background, including the words Joy, Love, Peace and Love One Another, with no body placement shown.
Calligraphic lettering flash sheet
Fine line black script tattoo reading Spirit lead me with an arrow beneath it, on the ankle and foot of a person.
Spirit lead me script and arrow on an ankle
Black fine line script reading alis volat propriis with a small bird silhouette in flight, shown on a pale grey background.
Alis volat propriis script with bird
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an eye with long lashes and an intricate iris pattern, with 'Never Give Up' in script above it, on the upper arm.
Realistic eye with Never Give Up script
Collage of three photos of a shoulder tattoo of coloured paw prints in blue, green, purple and orange above the script 'I'll meet you at the bridge'.
Colourful paw prints with script on a shoulder
Fine line black tattoo of the Roman numerals VII and VIII with outlined triangles on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Roman numerals VII and VIII with triangles
Black and grey flash design of a rolling pin with script banners reading "They see me rollin'" and "They hatin'", drawn for use as a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Rolling pin with "They see me rollin'" banners
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an outlined heart joined with a stylised script letter, placed on the back of a neck.
Outlined heart and script letter on the neck
Black script lettering reading Hello Sweetie across the index finger of a hand held in a V shape, with red painted nails.
Script 'Hello Sweetie' on a finger
Black lettering reading I run for those who can't sits above two black footprints and a dotted red trail, all tattooed on skin.
Running quote with footprints on skin
Close-up of a fine-line black tattoo of a curly script word love inside an open heart on the lower abdomen, beside a belly button piercing.
Love script heart on the lower abdomen
Design reading YOU'RE ALREADY DEAD, with each letter formed from bones such as ribs, vertebrae and a skull, in white on a black background.
You're Already Dead bone lettering
Black lettering reading Here comes the sun in a typewriter style serif, tattooed on the side of the ribs, with a striped bandeau top and a braid visible.
Here comes the sun lettering on ribs
Close photo of a palm-facing hand with the word darling in fine black script across the middle finger, and a small black cross on a fingertip.
Darling script across a finger
Black script tattoo reading 'My mom is my angle' across the upper back, with reddened skin around it.
Script quote across the upper back
Black and grey death's head moth tattoo with a skull on its thorax, framed by two lines of black lettering on the thigh.
Death's head moth with quote on a thigh
Fine line script word with a compass rose tattoo on the ribs, shown in a sepia photograph with a knitted wrap draped over the shoulder.
Script word and compass on ribs
Pink lotus flower tattoo with a grey centre and the word Fearless in black script above it, on a forearm.
Fearless script and pink lotus on a forearm
Close photo of a small black fine line script tattoo on the side of a foot, worn with grey heels with a braided ankle strap.
Small script lettering on the side of a foot
Pencil sketch of an ornate key with the word Honesty in cursive script across its shaft, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Honesty key pencil sketch
Black fine line cross with cursive script reading Matthew 6:31, tattooed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Cross and Matthew 6:31 on upper back
Fine line black script reading run free on the outer side of a bare foot, close to the heel.
Run free script on a foot
Fine line black ink tattoos on both arms of a person in a brown tank top, including a heart with text, a deer with butterfly wings and a feather, on the forearms and upper arms.
Small fine line tattoos across both arms
Black linework flash design of a robot head inside circular blackletter-style lettering reading YOU ARE WHO YOU CHOOSE TO BE, drawn on cream paper.
Robot head with circular quote lettering design
Upper arm tattoo of the words The Joke's On You in black lettering, with black Joker-style eyes and a red smile in a watercolour splatter style.
The Joke's On You lettering with Joker eyes on upper arm
Black and grey script lettering reading big sis and lil sis across two fingers on the hand.
Big sis and lil sis finger lettering
Two hands with matching black lettering reading 5:1:13 on the ring fingers, in a fine, typewriter-style font.
Matching number tattoos on ring fingers
Black ink tree with a stippled canopy above the script quote 'i climbed the tree to see the world' on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Tree and script quote on the inner wrist
Two matching fine line black tattoos on the inner wrists, each showing a small figure on a swing beside the words Sisters and 92 95.
Matching sisters swing tattoos on wrists
Handwritten script lettering reading Even so, it is well with my soul in navy ink on white, a lettering design in a Lettering style with no body placement shown.
Script lettering of a hymn phrase in navy
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the top of a foot, showing the script words I'll remember for you beside a simple cartoon animal.
Script phrase and cartoon animal on top of a foot
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow above the words 'this too shall pass' in script, on the side of a person's ribs.
Arrow and script lettering on the ribs
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm spelling LOVE, with the letters formed by a hairdryer, hand mirror, scissors and a curling iron cord.
LOVE lettering made from salon tools on a forearm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of a green tent among pine trees under a starry sky, with the words Home is where your heart is arched above and below it, in a traditional style.
Tent and pine trees with lettering on an upper arm
Black script lettering reading i am not afraid to walk this world alone, tattooed across the inner wrist and forearm of a hand held up against greenery.
Quote tattoo along the inner wrist
Two matching fine line tattoos of a letter C with small numbers and a fraction, on the inner forearms near the wrists, in black and grey.
Matching C and fraction wrist tattoos
Two closed fists showing BOOKWORM tattooed in black traditional-style letters across the knuckles, one letter per finger.
BOOKWORM knuckle lettering
Black serif lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading we all have scars and we all have stories, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo reading we all have scars
Two fingers with matching black script tattoos reading til my dying day, shown in a lettering style on the hand.
Til my dying day script on fingers
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering reading 'you're going to have to save yourself' across the upper back, with dark hair pulled up behind the neck.
Typewriter quote across upper back
Woman seen from behind with a curly updo, wearing a beaded dress with crossed straps, showing a fine black lettering tattoo running vertically down her upper back.
Vertical script tattoo down the upper back
Close view of a man's clasped hands showing black lettering tattoos on both forearms and fingers, plus a black-and-grey ornamental design on the right wrist.
Script lettering and ornament on forearms and hands
Hand-drawn lettering design reading 'Bind my wandering heart to thee' in black marker on pale blue paper, a lettering sketch with no body placement shown.
Hand-lettered 'Bind my wandering heart to thee' design
Black script lettering reading nil gach uile fhanai caillte in two lines across a woman's upper back near the shoulder.
Script lettering across upper back

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