Tattoo ideas

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

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Black typewriter-style lettering on the inner forearm reads 'We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.' with a gold chain bracelet at the wrist.
Typewriter quote tattoo on a forearm
Black fine script tattoo reading kiss kill kiss on the inner wrist, shown beside stacked gold bracelets and a black quilted bag.
Kiss kill kiss script on wrist
Close photo of a black blackletter-style lettering tattoo running vertically along the inside of a forearm, in solid black ink.
Vertical blackletter lettering on forearm
Lettering tattoo shaped like an anchor with a blue word and red heart on the inner forearm, in black and grey with small colour accents.
Anchor made of lettering on an inner forearm
Fine line black and grey tattoo on the inner forearm showing a hatched circle with the quote how rare and beautiful it is to even exist.
Hatched circle with quote on a forearm
Black ornate script lettering with looping flourishes on the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
Ornate script lettering on an inner forearm
Two photos of black handwritten script tattoos on the inner wrists, one reading xoxo Mom and the other reading Love you Dad.
Handwritten xoxo Mom and Love you Dad on wrists
Teal script tattoo of the word faith with a small cross above the final letter, on the inside of a wrist.
Faith lettering with cross on wrist
Fine line black script tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown with two hands pressed together against a plain white wall.
Small script tattoo on a forearm
Wrist with a temporary tattoo reading I'm with Amber's bachelorette party, with a palm tree and coconut cocktail, set against tissue paper flowers.
Bachelorette party slogan with palm tree
Three arms with matching black script tattoos near the wrist reading Sisters 1 of 3, Sisters 2 of 3 and Sisters 3 of 3, each with a small red heart.
Three sisters matching wrist script tattoos
Lettering tattoo on a forearm with black names arranged in a heart around the word love in red script.
Names in a heart with love script on forearm
Collage of twelve close-up tattoos inspired by Harry Potter, including the Deathly Hallows symbol, a broom, a wand, Platform 9 3/4 and the word Always, on forearms, neck, back, chest and ankle.
Harry Potter themed tattoos in a twelve-photo collage
Two matching black swallow tattoos with cursive script reading Follow your heart and Never look back, placed on the forearms of two people side by side.
Two swallows and script on forearms
Black ink stylised script tattoo stacked vertically on the inner forearm, with looping curved strokes and bold vertical bars.
Stylised script tattoo on a forearm
Two wrists with black lettering tattoos: Chinese characters on the left and the word firefly in script on the right, both on the inner wrist.
Chinese characters and firefly script on wrists
Black and grey photograph of an open palm with a small script lettering tattoo on the forearm near the wrist.
Script word on an inner wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading saved by grace across the inner forearm above the wrist, with the hand resting on white bedding.
Saved by grace script on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading be your own kind of beautiful, set diagonally on the inner forearm.
Be your own kind of beautiful script on forearm
Two wrists with matching fine line script tattoos in blue and red, reading 'to' with an infinity symbol and 'and beyond' with small birds.
Matching 'to infinity' and 'and beyond' wrist script
Black fine line script reading breathe with a feather below it, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Breathe script and feather on wrist
Black and grey script reading Lady on a forearm and fine lettering across the fingers and back of a hand, with a navy hoodie in the background.
Script lady on forearm and lettered hand
Fine line black script tattoo reading Love me for who I am with a small heart at the end, on the inner forearm.
Love me for who I am script on a forearm
Black hand-lettered text reading Bride's bitches across the inner wrist and forearm, in a lettering style.
Bride's bitches lettering on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of three birds in flight above cursive script on the inner wrist and forearm.
Three birds and script quote on a wrist
Black and grey fine line lettering arranged inside a heart outline on the inner wrist of a hand resting on a dark wooden surface.
Lettering in a heart on the inner wrist
Black ink infinity symbol with a feather across it and the word Dance in script, tattooed on the inner arm.
Infinity symbol and feather with Dance
Black serif lettering reading peace will win and fear will lose across two lines on the forearm.
Peace will win, fear will lose on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow with the word hope in cursive script along its shaft, on a forearm.
Hope script and arrow on a forearm
Black and white photo of the words All monsters are human in a typewriter-style font tattooed on the inner forearm, with a checked shirt sleeve rolled up above it.
All monsters are human lettering on a forearm
Fine line blue script reading in a world of my own with a daisy outline on the inner forearm, drawn in a lettering and botanical style.
Script quote and daisy on a forearm
Two arms intertwined, showing fine line script tattoos reading I walk the line on an upper arm and Because your mine on a forearm, in a sepia photo.
Script text on two forearms
Black and grey tattoo of a dreamcatcher with two shaded feathers, birds and the word Dream in script, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on a wrist
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Believe on the inner forearm near the wrist, beside woven coloured and beige bracelets.
Believe script tattoo on a wrist
Black ink script quote with a small leaf sprig and a circular Gallifreyan-style design on the forearm.
Quote script and circular design on forearm
Fine line black script reading we're all mad here on a forearm, with green palm fronds behind the arm.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Black ink lettering tattoo of a handwritten medical chart, with labels such as Time, BP, HR and Meds and a heartbeat trace, across the inside of a forearm.
Medical chart fields on a forearm
Red handwritten script tattoo reading Let's Rock on the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a lettering style.
Let's Rock script on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo on the inner forearm, drawn like a handwritten note with a smiley face, the words Get tattoo with the second word struck through, and ruled lines beneath.
Handwritten note tattoo on forearm
Two wrists showing matching black script tattoos that read Every atom of me and & Every atom of you, in a lettering style on the inner forearms.
Matching script wrist tattoos
Neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a grey California state outline with a bear, orange poppies, green leaves and a Dreams banner.
California poppies and state outline on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing small feet, butterflies and a script name in fine lettering.
Script name, feet and butterflies on a forearm
Black script reading too beautiful for earth with a shaded grey angel wing, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Too beautiful for earth script and wing on a wrist
Forearm tattoo of the words Made in Oregon in green script inside a black outline of the state of Oregon.
Made in Oregon script in a state outline on forearm
Black and grey photo of two inner wrists, one with the word past and the other with the word future, both in a simple serif lettering style.
Past and future lettering on wrists
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm spelling COEXIST, with the letters replaced by a rounded ear, a figure in a wheelchair, braille dots, crossed sticks and a cross, in front of green and orange floral
Coexist lettering on a forearm
Collage of small black fine line tattoos drawn from classic books, shown on upper arms, forearms, shoulders and backs.
Literary tattoos on arms and backs
Two photographs: black script reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good on the side of a torso, and black lettering reading Mischief Managed with flourishes on a forearm.
Script quote and lettering tattoos on skin

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