Tattoo ideas

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

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Two stacked photographs of black script lettering: on the side of the ribs it reads I carry your heart with me, and on the chest it reads I carry it in my heart.
Script quotes on ribs and chest
Ink drawing of an ornate lettering design with curling leaf flourishes and dot shading, drawn on cream paper beside a fine liner pen.
Ornate lettering sketch with flourishes
Dark distressed block lettering reading SUCK IT UP across a forearm just above the wrist, with a clenched fist at the top of the frame.
Suck It Up block lettering on a forearm
Black fine lettering reading "I am." in a typewriter-style serif on the side of a person's ankle and foot.
"I am." lettering on the ankle
Black lettering reading 'To die will be an awfully big adventure' above a thin outlined eight-pointed star, tattooed on a forearm in a lettering style.
Quote and star on a forearm
Close view of a thin black fine line script tattoo reading joy on the lower leg, with a blurred background and bare feet below.
Fine line script word joy on a calf
Close-up of two fine line black script tattoos reading still and beautiful on the side of a torso, with skin folds visible.
Still and beautiful script on the side of a torso
Small colour tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand showing a red medical alert star of life beside the black lettering DIABETIC TYPE 1.
Diabetic type 1 medical alert tattoo on a wrist
Two forearms crossed together, each with matching black script reading I will always stand by your side and a small swallow on the forearm.
Matching script quote and swallow tattoos
Black script tattoo of the words 'The pain you feel today... is the strength you feel tomorrow' across the lower back, just above a waistband.
Script quote tattoo across the lower back
Back view of a black and grey heartbeat line tattoo with an outlined heart across the upper back and shoulders, with lettering on both upper arms.
Heartbeat line and heart across upper back
Small heart tattoo with a blue diagonal stripe and black shading, with the word wife in black script beneath it, on an ankle.
Heart and wife script on an ankle
Close-up of gold foil script reading bride tribe on the inner forearm and wrist of a hand, with a pink peony beside it.
Gold bride tribe lettering on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading "One foot in the grave" on the back of a calf, beside a blue prosthetic leg.
Lettering reading one foot in the grave on a calf
Black ink quote tattoo reading 'The hardest thing in this world is to live in it' in serif lettering, running along a forearm.
Quote tattoo along a forearm
Black script tattoo reading Psalm 45:13 in a fine line style on the inner wrist.
Psalm 45:13 script on the inner wrist
Hand-drawn flash design of a syringe wrapped in grey banners with lyrics, with two purple flowers, in a traditional style.
Syringe with lyric banners and flowers
Close photograph of the word inspiration in thin black cursive script across the inner wrist, in a fine line lettering style.
Inspiration script on the inner wrist
Black and grey leaf scroll tattoo beside script lettering reading 'It's supposed to be you and me against the world', on the side of the ribs.
Leaf scroll and script quote on the ribs
Black handwritten script lettering tattooed across a person's upper back and shoulder blade, with a hand resting on the shoulder.
Script quote across a shoulder blade
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading all good things are wild and free on a person's ribs, with a white top and dark-painted nails at the edge of the frame.
Script quote along the ribs
Two raised forearms showing a shaded black dotwork rose with leaves on the left forearm and the word Dreamer in fine script lettering on the right inner wrist.
Black rose and Dreamer script on forearms
Black script tattoo reading 'You'll never walk alone' running along the top of a foot, with matching tattoos on a second pair of feet beside it.
You'll never walk alone script on feet
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading but the fighter still remains, placed on the middle of a person's back.
Fine line script quote on the mid back
Pencil flash design of a pirate ship under a compass rose with Tinker Bell and shadowy figures, above the words Second star to the right and straight on till morning.
Pirate ship and compass rose flash design
Black handwritten lettering tattoo reading Dad with a underline stroke, in a lettering style, on the inside of a wrist.
Handwritten word tattoo on the wrist
Watercolour-style monarch butterfly and handwritten script on a woman's upper back, with a black circle and a small heart beside it, placed on the shoulder blade.
Watercolour butterfly and script on upper back
Gold metallic temporary tattoo reading Team Bride, with a small heart and a lip print, on the inner forearm.
Team Bride gold lettering on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of the words you only live once in black script tattooed diagonally across the inner forearm.
You only live once script on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading Never look back on the inner forearm, set against reddened skin.
Never look back in script on the arm
Two people press their inner forearms together, each showing half of a circular fine-line script tattoo that reads follow me and I'll follow you around a small outline motif.
Circular script quote tattoo on two forearms
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo in Arabic script on the inner wrist of a hand resting on a steering wheel.
Small Arabic script tattoo on wrist
Black handwritten script lettering reading blessed are the pure in heart on a plain white background.
Handwritten script reading blessed are the pure in heart
Black and grey script lettering with flourishes tattooed across the tops of two feet, one phrase on each foot.
Script lettering across both feet
Black ink quote tattoo in a gothic-style serif on the inner upper arm, reading I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep.
Poem quote along the inner upper arm
Black fine line script tattoo reading Life's roughest storms prove the strength of our anchors, with a small anchor, on the side of a foot.
Script quote and anchor on a foot
Black fine line lettering on two feet, one reading for them I'd risk it all and the other reading because of her I will not fall.
Matching quote tattoos on two feet
Close-up of the word agape tattooed across a finger, with a small red heart in place of the o, in fine lettering on a hand.
Agape lettering on a finger
Black fine-line lettering tattoo of a quote in a serif script running along the inner forearm near the wrist, against a pale fluffy background.
Quote lettering on a forearm
A woman lies on white bedding with her face hidden by her arm, showing a small black lettering tattoo that reads love on her forearm.
Small script word tattoo on a forearm
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo reading "type one" with chevron symbols below it, on the inner wrist, in fine line lettering style.
Small fine line "type one" wrist tattoo
Black fine line script tattoo reading 'jeder tag ist ein geschenk' across the inner forearm, shown on a pale arm resting on a dark leather cushion.
German script quote on a forearm
Two people wearing bras and loose tops show matching black script tattoos reading "to infinity" and "and beyond" on the upper chest.
Matching "to infinity and beyond" script tattoos on chests
Two matching fine line black script tattoos reading Sisters within an infinity symbol, one on the back of the neck and one on the inner wrist.
Matching sisters infinity tattoos
Black lettering tattoo on a thigh reading 'It takes courage to grow up and become who you truly are', with ornamental flourishes above and below the text.
Quote lettering with flourishes on a thigh
Fine line handwritten script reading "Just be there" in black ink on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
"Just be there" handwritten script
Black ink tattoo of the word freedom in a serif typeface with a small bird above the final letters, on the inner wrist.
Freedom lettering with bird on wrist
Pencil sketch of the words Family First in flowing script lettering on pale paper, shown on a wooden table beside an eraser and a pen.
Family First script lettering sketch

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