Tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a black script tattoo reading happiness depends upon ourselves along the left ribs, with a hand holding up a lilac top beside it.
Happiness quote in script on the ribs
Hand-drawn black ink design of a ship wheel and an anchor with script lettering reading be the one to guide me and but never hold me down, drawn across a spiral notebook.
Ship wheel and anchor script design
Fine line black lettering running diagonally up the inner forearm, set in a thin sans serif typeface and rotated so the text reads vertically.
Rotated sans serif lettering on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading Meow across the back of a hand, with the word love on a finger, beside stacked gold rings.
Meow and love script on the hand
Black fine line bell curve above a quote in black lettering, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Bell curve and quote on the ribs
Black and grey photo of the word Blessed in script lettering on the inner wrist and forearm, with a hand gripping from the left.
Blessed script on a wrist
Black script lettering with swirling flourishes reading Kiss Me Where I Pee, tattooed across the lower abdomen above a dark waistband.
Black script lettering with flourishes across the lower
Black and grey script tattoo reading the sun will soon rise above the shadow, with a sun above and a crescent moon below, on the side of a torso.
Sun, moon and script quote on the side ribs
Black and grey photograph of the words never give up in handwritten script tattooed along a finger, held by another hand.
Never give up lettering on a finger
Black fine line script reading live free with three flying birds on the upper back, seen from behind on a woman in a grey sweater.
Live free script and birds on upper back
Small black tattoo of the word Nox in serif lettering with a crescent moon and a trail of dots on the forearm.
Nox lettering with crescent moon and stars
Close view of black script lettering across the ribs and abdomen, with a traditional envelope tattoo and a larger coloured design on the thigh, on a person lying on a grey patterned blanket.
Script lettering on ribs with thigh tattoos
Black line drawing of a circular Tengwar script inscription, a Tolkien-style Elvish lettering design with no body part shown.
Tengwar ring inscription lettering design
Black and grey tattoo of the state of Texas with the word Texas in script, a cross above and shaded roses with leaves, on a person's upper back.
Texas state outline with cross and roses
Fine line tattoo of a spoon outline with the script words Let me spoon you, sitting on the inner wrist.
Spoon outline and script on wrist
Black fine line script reading This too shall pass across a woman's upper shoulder, with her face cropped out of the frame.
Script quote tattoo on a shoulder
Black ink drawing on white paper of the word HOME formed from wood grain lines, with a knot in the letter O, suited to a lettering design.
Word HOME drawn in wood grain with a knot
Black lettering tattoo of an infinity symbol merged with a heart outline, with the script words thick and thin, on a area of skin.
Infinity heart with thick and thin script
Close-up of black script lettering reading vivere liberamente across the lower back, just above a blue bikini bottom.
Vivere liberamente script on the lower back
Fine line black script tattoo reading explore dream discover running from the ankle along the outer side of a bare foot on sand.
Explore dream discover script on the ankle
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey anchor wrapped in an orange and purple rope, with black script reading Hope anchors the soul, Hebrews 6:19.
Anchor and rope with script verse on a limb
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small bird beside the script words this too shall pass, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Bird and script quote on a forearm
Fine line black script reading Believe with a small bird silhouette on the side of a finger, joined by a thin trailing line.
Believe script with bird on finger
Small black serif lettering reading So it goes. on the upper arm, just below a rolled grey sleeve.
Serif quote on upper arm
Back of a woman with red hair and a floral top, showing a fine line script tattoo reading forever young across the upper back below the neck.
Forever young script on upper back
Blue fine line tattoo of a swirled heart with the word Sisters in script lettering, on a person's upper back.
Sisters script inside a swirled heart
Black fine line script reading she flies with her own wings across the side of a torso, above the ribs, with grey fabric at the top edge.
Script quote along the side ribs
Close photo of a black script tattoo reading We're all mad here across a forearm, with a blue beaded bracelet on the wrist.
Script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering tattooed on the side ribs reads I gave them life, they gave me a reason to live.
Script quote along the ribs
Two matching shoulder blade tattoos of the word Ohana in fine line script beside a pink flower, shown in two photos.
Matching Ohana script and flower tattoos
Fine line black script lettering with a pink and blue watercolour poppy on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone.
Script and poppy on the shoulder
Black fine line tattoos on the top of a foot showing a heart-shaped cat outline, the word Cat in script, and a small whisker face near the ankle.
Cat heart, script word and whiskers on a foot
Black and grey dreamcatcher with shaded feathers and a script quote above it, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Dreamcatcher and feathers with script on ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a state outline with the word home in cursive script on the upper arm.
State outline and home script on upper arm
Colour drawing of a tattoo design showing a purple and orange mountain inside a golden laurel wreath, with the words Don't paint me black when I used to be golden in black lettering.
Mountain in a golden laurel wreath with lettering
Black script tattoo reading inhale the future exhale the past with a small flock of birds in flight, on a shoulder.
Quote and birds on a shoulder
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Life's a tangled web across the ribs, in a lettering style tattoo on bare skin.
Life's a tangled web lettering on the ribs
Black and grey botanical tattoo on the inner forearm showing a feather with roses, small flowers and leaves, with a word written along the feather.
Feather and roses on a forearm
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo of a short cursive phrase on the outer ankle of a bare foot, with trees in the background.
Script quote on an ankle
Black ink script lettering reading "it is well" with flowing calligraphic strokes on a pale textured background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Script lettering reading it is well
Fine line black infinity symbol tattoo with a small flower and script lettering on the top of a foot.
Infinity symbol with flower on foot
Fine line scallop shell tattoo above the script word Cali in blue ink, placed on the side of the hip near the buttock.
Scallop shell and script name on the hip
Black fine line script tattoo reading Not all those who wander are lost across the outer thigh, with a denim shirt above it.
Script quote on a thigh
Fine line black tattoos on a forearm showing a triangle with a circle, a lightning bolt, two circles, the script words Mischief Managed, footprints and a small script line.
Deathly Hallows and script quote on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading Wanderlust with an airplane silhouette and a looping swirl line, on the forearm.
Wanderlust script with airplane on forearm
Black script lettering arranged in the shape of a cross across the upper back, with a smaller script tattoo near the left shoulder.
Script cross tattoo across the upper back
Black and grey hand-drawn tattoo flash design of ornate Mom lettering with a rose, leaves and the words Happy Birthday and Always by my side.
Ornate Mom lettering with a rose
Black and grey typewriter lettering reading I told you to be patient, fine, balanced, kind, across the side of the ribs.
Typewriter quote along the ribs

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