Tattoo ideas

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

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Two matching forearm tattoos with black bird silhouettes, script quotes and teal and pink watercolour splashes.
Matching watercolour quote forearm tattoos
Close-up of a raised hand showing silver-gold foil lettering reading GIVE GRACE in block capitals on the inner wrist, with matching cards on a white background.
Metallic GIVE GRACE lettering on a wrist
Black script lettering reading 'For one so small, you seem so strong' across the side of the ribs, in a Lettering style.
Script quote along the ribs
Flash design of a black-outlined ribbon banner with green shading carrying the lettering IN THE WAVES OF CHANGE WE FIND OUR TRUE DIRECTION, shown on a speckled background.
Ribbon banner with a lettered quote
Black and grey realism tattoo of praying hands above cursive script lettering, on the back of a person's neck.
Praying hands and script on the back of the neck
Pencil sketch of a traditional style tattoo design showing a headstone inscribed Wish You Were Here, a crescent moon, a rose and leaves.
Headstone with rose and crescent moon design
Pencil sketch of an open hand with the words Promise, love, PROVOKE, DIRECTION and Good Luck written around the fingers, shown as a tattoo design idea.
Hand sketch with word designs
Black script lettering reading Love Fearlessly runs along the neck behind the ear of a woman with her hair up in a bun.
Love Fearlessly script behind the ear
Black ink lettering tattoo reading think positive on the inner forearm, with a cross running through the letter I in positive.
Think Positive lettering with a cross on the wrist
Two wrists show matching black infinity symbol tattoos with the word love in script and Roman numerals beside them, in a lettering style on the wrist.
Matching infinity and love tattoos on wrists
Black and grey lettering reading IRON BORN with a crossing arrow on a forearm, beside a black spider web tattoo, with redness around the fresh ink.
Iron Born lettering with arrow on a forearm
Fine line black arrow tattoo on the back of a hand, with the lowercase word breathe in lettering on the forearm below it.
Arrow and breathe lettering on a forearm
Black fine-line script tattoo reading Pura Vida across the ribs, shown on a person's side below a black crop top.
Pura Vida script on the ribs
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading Never give up. across the inner forearm.
Never give up script on forearm
Close-up of a black ink script tattoo reading Love, Mom on the inner wrist, beside a handwritten note on yellow paper with the same words.
Love, Mom handwriting tattoo on wrist
Black teardrop design with white ornate script lettering reading The craziest thing we can do is nothing, drawn as a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Teardrop lettering with swirled script
Small fine line black tattoos of the letters O and C on the ankles, shown above white sneakers on sand.
Letters O and C on the ankles
Black fine line script tattoo reading Love with a small solid heart on the inner wrist, against a dark background.
Love script with heart on the wrist
Black handwritten script lettering reading wander often and wonder always on a white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Wander often, wonder always script lettering
Close photo of black script lettering reading 'Never don't give up' tattooed along a forearm, with a bent arm and an indoor background.
Script quote lettering on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, showing an infinity loop with a small cross and the word faith in script with a tiny heart.
Faith infinity symbol with cross on wrist
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading dalya on the outer forearm, with a thin silver bangle beside it.
Handwritten script word on a forearm
Small black script tattoo reading let it be, in fine line lettering, on the back of a person's neck below the hairline.
Let it be script on the back of the neck
Sepia photo of two small fine line script letters with tiny hearts, one on each inner wrist.
Two small script letters with hearts on wrists
Red lip print and red script lettering reading 'Love my smile... Beware of my silence' tattooed on an arm.
Lip print and script lettering on an arm
Fine line tattoo of the quote 'How strange it is to be anything at all' inside a black scrollwork frame, on the lower leg.
Swirl-framed quote on a calf
Two matching black ink tattoos of the word love in flowing script inside open heart outlines, one on each forearm, in a fine line lettering style.
Matching love script in hearts on forearms
Two photos of a fine line black infinity symbol tattoo with script wording, reading 'to infinity' on the top image and 'and beyond' on the bottom, on skin.
Infinity symbol with 'to infinity and beyond' script
Black line drawing of a heart with a curled swirl, the word family in script lettering inside it, and a loop at the base, shown as a design with no skin visible.
Family script inside a swirl heart design
Pink and red butterfly tattoo with black outlines and curved script lettering across two forearms.
Pink butterfly with script on forearms
Fine black script reading 'Think of the happiest things, it's the same as having wings' with red and black stars on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote with stars across upper back
Black script tattoo reading Love on the inner wrist, where the letter V is formed by a pair of crossed scissors.
Love script with scissors on a wrist
Blue Japanese-inspired wave tattoo with a handwritten quote on the inner forearm, reading You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
Blue wave and quote on a forearm
Black handwritten script reading "She's not afraid" with a small open heart beneath it, drawn as a lettering design on a white background.
"She's not afraid" script with a heart
Black and grey photo of two matching fine line infinity symbol tattoos on a forearm, one with a scrolling script name.
Matching infinity symbol tattoos on two wrists
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a green tent beneath pine trees and stars, with the words HOME IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS arched above and below the scene.
Camping tent and quote on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a feather, a flock of birds and a line of script lettering across the top of a foot, with pink toenail polish.
Feather, birds and script on a foot
Fine line script tattoo reading "you are my sunshine" across the top of a foot.
"You are my sunshine" script on a foot
Black and white photo of two forearms with black lettering tattoos and paw prints, one reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good and the other reading Mischief Managed.
Matching quote and Mischief Managed forearm tattoos
Black cursive script tattoo on the nape of a person's neck, with the hair pulled up in a bun, photographed from behind.
Cursive script tattoo on the nape of the neck
Black Roman numeral tattoo running down a person's forearm, with a gold bangle above it and a supplement tub held in the other hand.
Roman numerals on a forearm
Fine line black script reading free, with a small swallow at the end of the stroke, on skin near the upper back under a grey top.
Free script with a bird on the upper back
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo on skin reading 'Ruin and Recovery are both from within' across two lines.
Script quote tattoo reading Ruin and Recovery
Black flourished lettering design reading Not all who wander are lost, set in mixed capitals and swash letters on a plain white background.
Not all who wander are lost lettering
Black fine line script reading wanderlust on the back of a person's neck, with dark hair pulled up behind it.
Wanderlust script on the back of neck
Healed watercolour-style cross tattoo in teal, purple, pink and yellow with the script words Lead me to the cross, on a forearm.
Watercolour cross with script on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo running vertically on the back of a person's neck, photographed from behind with purple hair and a white top.
Fine script tattoo on the back of the neck
Fine line black script reading courage, dear heart, running diagonally along the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Courage, dear heart script on a wrist

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