Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black script reading Saved by Grace with a small cross tattooed on the inside of a forearm.
Saved by Grace script and cross on forearm
Black line drawing of a flying saucer over a desert with cacti, an eye motif and the lettering Just Hold On We're Going Home, in a traditional flash style.
UFO and lettering tattoo design
Fine black and grey script reading and they lived happily ever after, with faded butterflies and swirls, on the back of a woman's neck.
Happily ever after script on the neck
Black and grey photo of a fine black lotus flower tattoo above a vertical script design along the side of a person's ribs.
Lotus and vertical script on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree with two child silhouettes on a swing, above script lettering, on a forearm.
Tree and swing with names on a forearm
Fine line white ink script lettering reading Let It Be on the inner wrist, shown in a close-up photograph.
White script lettering reading Let It Be on a wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading don't let your fears win along the inner upper arm.
Script quote on upper arm
Black and grey photo of a woman with fine line script lettering on her inner forearm and a dotted constellation tattoo on her ribs below the bust.
Script forearm tattoo and dotted constellation
Black and white photo of two people embracing, each with a fine line script word joy tattooed on the forearm.
Matching joy script tattoos on two forearms
Black script lettering reading family on the side of a finger, Lettering style, placed on the hand.
Family script lettering on a finger
Fine line black ink drawing of a steaming coffee mug with the word Mornin' beneath it, drawn on a pale grey background.
Coffee mug with Mornin' lettering
Black ink hand-lettered script with flourished swashes reading "Shit's totally fucked, let's eat pizza", with a small pizza slice drawn below, sketched in a notebook.
Hand-lettered script with pizza slice sketch
Black script lettering reading Break this One Bitch arcs above and below a red brick-patterned heart tattoo on a man's chest.
Script and brick heart on chest
Close-up of a black typewriter-style lettering tattoo reading I'm a recovering undercover overlover, placed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Typewriter quote across the upper back
Black and grey photo of two clasped hands with script lettering reading King and Queen, each word topped by a crown, on the hand and fingers.
King and Queen script tattoos on two hands
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Shhh... along a finger held to pink glossed lips, in a lettering style on the hand.
Shhh script on a finger
Two side-by-side photographs of black script lettering tattoos reading I Love her or I Love him, then til death do us part, with a small red heart beside the second.
Matching script lettering tattoos with a heart
Close-up of a dark blue-black script tattoo reading Imagine on an ankle and foot, worn with metallic strappy heeled sandals on a red carpet.
Imagine script tattoo on an ankle
Black blackletter-style lettering reading I'M AWSOME across the upper back, shown in a close photo of bare skin.
I'm awsome lettering across upper back
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading I am with you on a pale area of skin, with a dark fabric edge in the corner.
Fine line script reading I am with you
Woman seated with her back to the camera, showing a thin black vertical script tattoo of text running down her spine, in a lettering style on the back.
Vertical script tattoo down the back
Several arms meet in a circle with clasped hands, and several wrists and forearms carry gold metallic script reading bride tribe.
Gold bride tribe script on wrists and forearms
Black fine line script tattoo reading Come along Pond on the side of a bare foot near the ankle.
Come along Pond script on a foot
Black fine line angel wing beside the script words Angels never leave, They're always at your side, tattooed on the side of the torso.
Angel wing and script quote on the side
Black and grey tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds that turn into birds, with fine script lettering beneath it, on a person's back.
Dandelion seeds becoming birds with script quote
Two matching colour tattoos on a pair of limbs, each with script lettering, a swirl of stars, a crescent moon and an orange and blue heart, placed on the calf.
Matching lettering and star tattoos on two limbs
Black script lettering of a four-line quote tattooed across the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Script quote across the inner wrist
Black linework design of angular script arranged in a ring on a white background, suited to a lettering tattoo with no body placement shown.
Circular script inscription design
Two wrists gripping a wooden bar, each with a teal lettering tattoo on the inner forearm: Breathe in on the left and Breathe out upside down on the right.
Breathe in and breathe out wrist tattoos
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman in profile wearing a headwrap and beaded necklace, set inside an outline of the African continent with the word Africa in script.
Woman profile and Africa map on upper arm
Seven gold foil temporary tattoo designs on white backing cards reading team Bride in script, with one reading Bride above a gold arrow, on a pink background.
Team Bride gold foil tattoo designs
Fine line dotted trail with small stars and script lettering across the back of a hand, with a cartoon bee sitting on one finger.
Dotted trail and script on the hand
Black fine-line script lettering running vertically down the centre of a person's upper back, shown on bare skin with a light sheen.
Vertical script lettering down the back
Fine line infinity symbol with a heart-shaped left loop and the word life in cursive script, on the hand near the fingers.
Infinity heart with life script
Small tattoo of the numerals 451 followed by a degree sign in a serif font, in dark ink on the inner wrist and forearm.
Small 451 degree numerals on the wrist
Two people show matching black lettering reading "you're my person" with a small red heart on their calves.
Matching "you're my person" tattoos on calves
Black typewriter-style lettering reading she believed she could so she did, set in a stacked block along the side ribs of a person wearing a black lace bralette.
Typewriter quote lettering on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of two small footprints above the script words you are my sunshine, on the top of a bare foot with painted pink toenails.
Footprints and script on a foot
Black script tattoo reading fearless in a thin cursive hand on the inside of a wrist, with the fingers curled up above it.
Fearless script on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading 'she wasn't looking for a knight, she was looking for a sword' in a serif script.
Quote tattoo: she wasn't looking for a knight
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with two heart-shaped dreamcatchers, feathers, butterflies and script lettering, with no body placement shown.
Heart dreamcatchers and butterflies with script
Fine line tattoo of a blue Tardis outline with the word Allons-y in black script across the inner forearm.
Tardis outline with Allons-y script on forearm
Pencil drawing of two shaded roses, a bow, a hanging cross and a script banner reading La Familia, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Two roses, ribbon banner and cross design
Black script lettering reading a life without love is no life at all, tattooed across the upper back in lettering style.
Script quote across the upper back
Black script lettering reading Soror Amata with a small heart beside it, tattooed along the forearm.
Script lettering with heart on forearm
Black and white photo of a black script tattoo reading La vie est belle across the ribs of a bare side torso, in a lettering style.
French script quote on the ribs
Fine black script reading Curiosity often leads to trouble runs along the side of a thigh, below the hem of a grey top.
Quote tattoo along the side of a thigh
Black script lettering reading No means No, with a solid red heart beside each No, tattooed on skin.
No means no script with red hearts

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