Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey butterfly wing and an orange ribbon beside Proverbs 31:25 script lettering, tattooed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Scripture lettering and butterfly on upper back
Black ink tattoo of an ornate key with the word Sisters in script across the top of a foot, near the ankle.
Sisters key tattoo on a foot
Black script tattoo reading Let it be on the inner wrist and forearm, with a rainbow friendship bracelet and a white watch beside it.
Let it be script tattoo on the inner wrist
Black script tattoo reading Philippians 4:13 across the top of a bare foot resting on grass, with a denim jeans cuff visible.
Script verse tattoo on a foot
Two people seen from behind on a beach, each with a black script tattoo reading forever on the lower back, with sand dusted on their skin.
Forever script tattoos on two lower backs
Black lettering tattoo of the word love in script, joined to a looping symbol, on a person's upper back.
Looping love script on upper back
Black script lettering tattoo running along the inner forearm of a person with a bracelet on the wrist.
Script lettering on a forearm
Close-up of the word Fighter in red-brown flowing script lettering across the inner forearm, with a knitted sleeve at the edge of the frame.
Fighter script on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading Joy on the upper chest, just below the collarbone, photographed in black and white.
Script word Joy on upper chest
Two photos of black script lettering on the back of a thigh and on an ankle, with the words shown upside down in the frame.
Script words on thigh and ankle
Black and grey script lettering reading big sis and lil sis, tattooed across two fingers on the hand.
Big sis and lil sis script on two fingers
Back of a woman's neck with a small black fine-lined tattoo of Roman numerals, XXXI above XIIIX, worn with a gold leaf chain.
Roman numerals on the back of the neck
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a mountain outline above the words Psalm 121 on the inner wrist.
Mountain outline and Psalm 121 on a wrist
Two photographs of script lettering tattooed along the soles of a pair of feet, reading When it rains, look for Rainbows and When it's dark, look for Stars.
Script quotes about rain and stars on feet
Two pink daisy flowers with yellow centres and dark grey script lettering on the side of a neck and shoulder.
Pink daisies and script on neck
Close-up of a black and grey penguin tattoo with a red heart and handwritten lettering above it on the lower leg near the ankle.
Penguin and handwritten heart on ankle
Two matching pink and black butterfly tattoos on the inner forearms, each framed by a curved script quote about sisterhood.
Matching butterfly tattoos with sister quote
Black fine line script tattoo reading Once upon a time, with small swirl flourishes, on a forearm.
Once upon a time script on a forearm
Black and grey shaded drawing of a feather quill dipping into a heart-shaped ink pot, with the word Love in script beneath it, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Feather quill and heart ink pot design
Fine line black script lettering runs vertically on a person's upper back, seen through a cut-out in a pale blue knitted jumper.
Small script tattoo on upper back
Black ink tattoo on a forearm showing a handwritten script quote above three open books with quill pens, in a line-drawn lettering style, placed on the inner forearm.
Quote and open books on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a rose made from folded dollar bills with leaves and black script lettering beneath, in a realism style.
Rose made of folded banknotes with script
Realistic tattoo of a star torn open through skin on the upper arm and shoulder, filled with words including FRIENDSHIP, FAMILY, FREEDOM and a red LOVE.
Torn-skin star with words on an upper arm
Two fine line script tattoos reading sunshine phrases, one along the ribs and one on the inner forearm, in black ink.
Matching sunshine script on ribs and forearm
Black ink script reading Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning, inside a stippled dotwork circle with two small stars, drawn as a lettering design.
Peter Pan quote in a dotted circle with stars
Black script lettering reading You'll never know dear, how much I love you runs across a bare upper arm.
Script quote on upper arm
Thin black script reading Someday followed by three dots, shown as a fine line lettering tattoo design on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Someday script lettering design
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo reading 'let it be' on a person's upper back, with a gloved hand pointing at it.
Small 'let it be' lettering on upper back
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo reading Courage on the forearm of a woman in a pink tulle dress.
Courage script tattoo on a forearm
Colour drawing of the words BE YOU, NOT THEM in ornate orange lettering, decorated with flowers, a mushroom, bluebirds, a skull and turtles, with red swirling linework.
Be you, not them lettering design
Black typewriter-style lettering reading peanut allergy across the inner wrist, with the last word cut off at the right edge of the frame.
Peanut allergy lettering on a wrist
Dark blue lettering quote reading I belong with Erin's Bachelorette Party, with a green shamrock, on the inside of a wrist against green leaves.
Bachelorette party quote on wrist
Black script lettering reading Stay Strong on the inner wrist, with a hand curled above and dark fabric behind.
Stay Strong script on the wrist
Two matching black and grey fine line tattoos of a feather within an infinity loop, with 'big sister' and 'little sister' script, on the lower legs.
Matching feather and infinity sister tattoos
Gold script lettering reading Bride Tribe with a small arrow on the back of a hand, in a fine line style against a plain white background.
Bride Tribe lettering in gold on a hand
Black fine line script tattoo reading Serendipity on the side of the torso.
Serendipity script tattoo on the side
Two raised hands, each with the word Promise tattooed in black script along the middle finger.
Promise lettering on two middle fingers
Black lettering tattoo of an Ouija board with the alphabet, numbers, YES, NO and GOOD BYE, in a lettering style on the lower back.
Ouija board across the lower back
Small black block capital lettering reading BE BRAVE, set diagonally on the inner forearm in a lettering style.
Be Brave lettering on a forearm
Black ink lettering design reading I am the master of my fate, the captain of my soul, with a sunburst above and flourished script, on a textured off-white background.
Lettering quote: master of my fate
Black serif lettering reading serendipity with a full stop, tattooed on the inner arm in a close photo.
Serendipity lettering on an arm
Two matching infinity-shaped script lettering tattoos on forearms, reading a mother's love is forever and of a daughter, with LOVE picked out in blue.
Matching infinity quote tattoos on forearms
Black script lettering reading Stay Strong above a semicolon and My Love, tattooed on the upper arm of a person wearing a grey top.
Stay Strong semicolon lettering on an arm
Black Leo zodiac symbol with three red star designs and the word Leo in script on the top of a foot.
Leo zodiac symbol and stars on a foot
Two arms placed side by side, each showing half of a black script heart tattoo reading 'You are mine' and 'I am yours', with Roman numeral dates, on the forearm.
Matching heart script tattoos on two forearms
Pencil drawing of a face with smeared dark eye makeup and a red grinning mouth, above the script words Love is a Joke, with coloured pencils and pens around it.
Joker face sketch with Love is a Joke lettering
Black fine line anchor tattoo on the side of the torso, with the words life and love in script looping around it like an infinity sign.
Anchor and script infinity tattoo on side
Black script lettering reading "Too Legit 2 Quit" on reddish skin, in a lettering style with the body part not visible.
"Too Legit 2 Quit" script lettering

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