Tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a green awareness ribbon with the word Fighter written in black script across it, on the forearm.
Green awareness ribbon with Fighter script
Fine line tattoo of the word HOMESICK in capitals above a small flying saucer, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Homesick lettering and UFO on wrist
Side view of a torso in a bikini on a beach, showing a black and grey shaded feather on the hip, a column of small birds up the ribs and fine script with stars above.
Feather, birds and script on a side torso
Fine line black infinity symbol with the word Love in script on the top of a foot, near a silver anklet.
Infinity symbol with love script on foot
Black fine-line feather tattoo with script lettering beneath it on the side of a ribcage.
Feather with script lettering on the ribs
Black flash design of a crown above large letters FOB, with a ribbon banner reading Save Rock and Roll and a small lightning bolt.
Crown over FOB lettering with banner
Black linework flash sheet drawn on paper, showing a skull with a flower, a flowered heart, a bouquet, a hand and a rope banner reading forget me not, in traditional style.
Traditional flash sheet with skull, heart and flowers
Black brush-lettered phrase reading Through it all, it is well on a plain white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Through it all, it is well lettering
Two matching black and grey tattoos of a bare tree with the words Sister to sister on the calves of two people, shown side by side.
Matching sister family tree tattoos on calves
Close-up of a fine line black script quote running diagonally across a fair-skinned forearm, with a ring visible on the hand below.
Script quote along a forearm
Black lettering reading don't blink in a typewriter-style font sits along the upper chest, just below the collarbone, in a close photo.
Don't blink lettering on the upper chest
Fine black handwritten script reading lumos with a four-pointed star beside it, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Lumos script and star on a wrist
Black and grey script lettering tattoo on the lower back of a person in a grey crop top and white shorts, photographed from behind in a mirror.
Script tattoo on lower back
Black ink tattoo of the word lumos in script lettering with five small stars around it, on an ankle.
Lumos lettering with stars on ankle
Fine line black script tattoo of the word explore on the inner forearm, with a blurred hand holding the wrist in the foreground.
Explore script on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering across the upper back of a woman seen from behind in a hot tub, reading I'm the hero of this story.
Quote tattoo across the upper back
Small red queen of hearts and king of hearts tattoos on the side of two touching fingers, in a simple lettering style.
Queen and king of hearts on two fingers
Black ink hand-lettered design reading Make Memories That Last Forever, with ornate scrolls and dotwork shading, being drawn with a fine pen on white paper.
Make Memories That Last Forever lettering design
Black script lettering reading Family doesn't end in blood runs diagonally down the inner forearm in a fine line tattoo.
Family quote in script on a forearm
Several forearms and wrists show matching black script tattoos reading "to life.", with a small heart symbol on one arm and a colour flower tattoo on another.
Matching "to life" script tattoos on forearms
Close photo of a black lettering tattoo on the inner upper arm, reading three lines of italic text in a plain serif typeface.
Three-line quote on an upper arm
Forearm with a colour traditional rose and star, a grey deer framed by flowers, and the words Don't let me drown in black lettering, with a thigh tattoo visible below.
Rose, deer and lettering on a forearm
Black and grey realistic scroll tattoo with the lettering you can run from your problems but you can't run from yourself, on the side of the ribs.
Scroll with quote on the side
Black script lettering reading "I can go the distance" runs across the top of a foot and ankle.
Script quote "I can go the distance" on ankle
Fine line black arrow tattoo with the script words She will be free running vertically down the nape of a person's neck.
Arrow with script down the nape of the neck
Fine line black script lettering reading with pain comes strength, placed along the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Fine line black script reading let it be, set within a wave line on the outer ankle and foot, with a thin ankle chain and wooden decking behind.
Let it be script with wave on ankle
Black and grey script tattoo reading With pain comes strength across the upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed in black and white.
Script quote across upper back
Small black Hebrew lettering tattoo on the ankle, seen beside white block-heel shoes and dark frayed jeans.
Small Hebrew script tattoo on ankle
Large traditional-style back tattoo of a hooded grim reaper holding a rifle, with arched Sons of Anarchy lettering above and California below, placed across the upper and middle back.
Grim reaper lettering across a back piece
Black and grey photograph of the words One Life One Chance in cursive script tattooed across a person's upper back, with the head and hair cropped at the top of the frame.
One Life One Chance script on upper back
Black line drawing of the handwritten script phrase Do not fear, for I am with you, with the reference Isaiah 41:10 below, as a lettering design.
Do not fear, for I am with you script
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading 'things are shaping up to be pretty odd' along the inner forearm.
Typewriter-style quote on a forearm
Flash sheet of metallic blue and bronze temporary designs showing palm trees, fern fronds, rope braids, anchors and the words live laugh love and hope, with no body placement visible.
Metallic flash sheet of palms, anchors and script
Black fine line script tattoo reading 'I will fear no evil for you are with me' across the upper back near the shoulder.
Handwritten script quote on upper back
Black hand-lettered script reading Stop and breathe on a white background, a flash design with no body placement shown.
Stop and breathe lettering design
Traditional style tattoo of a stack of books with banners reading I'VE LIVED A THOUSAND LIVES, placed on the top of a foot.
Stacked books and banners on a foot
Woman seen from behind with a black and grey lettering tattoo running vertically down her upper back, with a second small tattoo visible near her lower back.
Vertical lettering tattoo on upper back
Black fine line script lettering arranged in a heart shape on skin, forming a handwritten quote.
Heart-shaped script quote tattoo
Colour realism tattoo of an older man in a pinstriped suit and red tie on an upper arm, with the words COME ON DOWN beneath.
Portrait of an older man with lettering on upper arm
Black and grey fine line script reading love yourself, with a thin arrow and small heart below it, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Love yourself script with arrow on forearm
Black handwritten French script tattooed along the upper arm of a woman with her arm raised, lying on white bedding.
French script quote on upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo reading walk by faith across the top of a foot.
Walk by faith script on a foot
Black fine line script reading endless love with a small heart, tattooed along the side of a finger in a black and white photo.
Endless love script on a finger
Two matching fine line tattoos in dark ink on skin, one reading love by the moon beside a crescent moon and one reading live by the sun beside a sun, shown on forearms.
Matching moon and sun script tattoos
Mixed-colour Cheshire Cat tattoo wearing a top hat, with a teacup beside it and blue lettering reading We're All Mad Here, shown on skin.
Cheshire Cat with We're All Mad Here lettering
Black lettering tattoo reading don't panic in a typewriter-style font across the inner wrist of a forearm, with green crystal beads in the foreground.
Don't panic lettering on an inner wrist
Fine line black script quote tattooed along the side of a ribcage, reading life is not measured by the number of breaths we take.
Quote tattoo along the ribs

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