Tattoo ideas

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

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Small fine line black letter Q with a solid red heart beside it, tattooed on the ankle.
Small black Q and red heart on ankle
Fine line script tattoo of the words Take a chance they don't come much bigger than this across the inner wrist, shown in a sepia photo.
Script quote tattoo on the wrist
Two matching fine line black script tattoos reading sisters with a heart, one on a calf and one on an ankle.
Matching sisters script tattoos with heart
Black script reading Mischief Managed with a trail of black footprints running down the side of a ribcage, in a lettering style.
Mischief Managed script and footprints on ribs
Fine line black ink script reading Jeremiah 29:11 above a wing-like flourish, tattooed on the wrist.
Jeremiah 29:11 script with wing flourish on wrist
Red script lettering reading Barbie, with a small trademark symbol, tattooed on a person's lower back above their jeans.
Red Barbie script on lower back
Two hands with the word promise in black script tattooed along the side of a finger, with one finger raised in front.
Promise script tattoos on two fingers
Black script lettering tattoo on a person's ribs reading Let all that you do be done in love, 1 Corinthians 16:14.
Scripture script tattoo on ribs
Colour and black ink tattoo of a dandelion, music notes, two orange butterflies and a quote in script across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Dandelion and music notes with script on a shoulder
Small fine-line black tattoo of Roman numerals VII and VIII separated by outlined triangles, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Roman numerals with triangles on a forearm
Flash sheet of 29 hand-drawn East Asian characters in black brush lettering, each labelled in English with words such as Courage, Heart and Honour.
Single-character word flash sheet
Tattoo design of a black infinity symbol with scrolls, a solid red heart inside the left loop and the word love in cursive script on the right loop, shown on a plain white background.
Infinity heart with love script
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with a pocket watch, roses and script lettering, in a neo-traditional style.
Pocket watch and roses pencil design
Black handwritten-style lettering reading I LOVE YOU along a finger, with a diamond ring on the neighbouring finger.
I love you lettering on a finger
Black ink fine line tattoo of a hatched balloon with a wavy string and the words Let it go in script on a forearm.
Balloon and 'Let it go' on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo on a lower abdomen reading Life Goes On in script, with a heartbeat trace and a semicolon above the words.
Life Goes On script with heartbeat line
Black script lettering and a lotus flower tattoo on the lower back, just above the waistband of grey and white Calvin Klein underwear.
Script and lotus tattoo on the lower back
Close photo of small black script lettering tattooed on the side of a finger, with two hands held together.
Small script lettering on a finger
Red Spartan helmet tattoo with black Greek lettering reading Molon Labe on the inner upper arm, in a bold solid style.
Spartan helmet with Greek lettering on an arm
Close photo of fine line black script reading 'el exito es la mejor venganza' across the skin of the hip, below a dark garment.
Spanish script quote on the hip
Script lettering arranged in a heart shape on the lower back, reading Dream, Hope, Love, Family, Believe and Strength.
Heart of words on the lower back
Black and grey flash sheet of Harry Potter themed designs, including the Deathly Hallows symbol, round glasses, a lightning bolt and several script phrases, with no body placement shown.
Harry Potter themed tattoo flash sheet
Fine line black script tattoo reading love with a small crossing stroke, on the top of a foot with pink painted toenails.
Script love tattoo on the top of a foot
Black blackletter script tattoo reading Family across the outer forearm, with a swash on the F and the Y.
Family blackletter lettering on a forearm
Black ink handwritten script reading be kind with a full stop, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background, with no body placement shown.
Be kind handwritten script design
Black linework alphabet sheet of ornate lettering in a traditional style, with numerals and symbols, shown as a tattoo lettering design.
Ornate tattoo lettering alphabet sheet
Two pairs of feet with matching fine line black infinity symbol tattoos decorated with small letters, one on the top of the foot and one on the ankle.
Matching infinity tattoos with letters on two pairs of feet
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading "What don't kill you'll make you more strong", with a geometric four-pointed star at the wrist.
Quote and star on a forearm
Black and white photo of two people holding hands, each with a small fine line heart tattoo on the wrist or forearm, with script lettering on an upper arm.
Matching small heart tattoos on held hands
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading I am enough the way I am across a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Script quote across upper back
Black fine line infinity symbol tattoo with a feather and the word family in script, placed on the upper back.
Infinity symbol with feather and script
Black handwritten script lettering on a white background reading Whisper words of wisdom, let it be, with The Beatles written beneath, suitable as a lettering design.
Script quote from The Beatles lyric
Small black serif tattoo of the numerals 9 and 3/4 on the inner wrist, shown in a close-up photo.
9 and three quarters on the inner wrist
Black line design of the word MUSIC where the letters are replaced by musical symbols, including a clef, beamed notes and a rest, on a white background.
MUSIC lettering made from musical symbols
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading "I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul", in a plain serif style.
Two-line quote tattoo on a forearm
Close photo of a black lettering tattoo reading Family First in flowing script across the inside of a forearm.
Family First script on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading dreamer of improbable dreams across the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a black and white photo.
Script quote across upper back
Black script reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good over blue, purple and pink watercolour splashes on a forearm.
Quote script over watercolour splashes on a forearm
Black ink flash sheet of ornate script letter A designs, several combined with heart shapes and flowing flourishes, on a white background.
Decorative script letter A designs with hearts
Fine line script tattoo on the inner wrist, with two red woven bracelets worn beside it.
Small script word on the inner wrist
Close-up of a black script word tattooed across a wrist in lettering style, with a hand and grey nail polish visible at the top of the frame.
Black script lettering on a wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering reading life in every word across the upper back, with a hand resting on the shoulder.
Life in every word lettering across upper back
Black serif lettering of a chemical formula, C6470 H10012 N1726 O2013 S42, tattooed in a single line across the lower back.
Chemical formula lettering across the back
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style serif font reading do I dare disturb the universe? across the forearm, in a lettering style.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Fine line black anchor with handwritten script reading I refuse to sink, tattooed on the top of a shoulder near the collarbone.
Anchor and 'I refuse to sink' script on shoulder
Black and grey flash design of a lighthouse inside a rope circle, with a ship's wheel at its base and three banners carrying lettering.
Lighthouse and ship's wheel with banners
Red watercolour-style flower with a yellow-green leaf and the word sister in fine script on the inner forearm.
Red watercolour flower with the word sister on forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading faith inside a fish outline, placed on the lower back above the waistband of jeans.
Faith script inside a fish outline on the lower back

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