Tattoo ideas

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

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Two hand-drawn black ink infinity symbol designs on paper, each with script lettering running along the loop and small outlined hearts.
Infinity symbol with hearts and script lettering
Close-up of a small fine line script word "you" in black ink on the back of a woman's neck, with her hair pulled to one side.
Small script word "you" on the back of the neck
Black fine line script reading wanderlust on the inner wrist, with stacked beaded bracelets and cherry blossom trees behind.
Wanderlust script on the inner wrist
Back view of two black typewriter-style lettering tattoos reading Clutch and Gas, one on each calf.
Clutch and Gas words on two calves
Fine line drawing of a small lion cub above which the handwritten words never forget who you are appear, in black ink on beige paper.
Lion cub and quote line drawing
Two inner wrists with black script lettering: 'always be true' on the left and 'Love with passion' with a small heart on the right.
Matching wrist script quotes
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading believe along the side of a hand, with a gold ring on the ring finger.
Believe script on a hand
Fine line black heartbeat heart with the word Sisters in script, tattooed on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Matching heartbeat and Sisters tattoos on feet
Fine line black script reading let it be, joined to a curling wave, on the side of a bare foot above a thin ankle chain, with a wooden deck behind.
Let it be script with wave on ankle
Close view of a fine line black script lettering tattoo reading a quote, running along the ribs beside a navel piercing.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and blue tattoo on the upper arm of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, chemical structure drawings, ink splatters and script reading Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth
Pocket watch and script on upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a three-masted ship on hatched waves with a dotted line to an anchor, above the script words Life's roughest storms prove the strength of our anchors, on crumpled paper.
Ship, waves and anchor with script quote
Black lettering tattoo reading YES I'M CHANGING in a plain sans-serif typeface across the inner upper arm, with a striped sleeve and beach behind.
Yes I'm Changing quote on upper arm
Two people stand side by side showing matching black script tattoos on their ribs, with lines reading I'll love you forever and As long as in living.
Matching script quotes on two ribcages
Black ink fine line infinity symbol with a shaded feather that breaks into scattered dots, and the word free in script, on the side of the ribs.
Infinity symbol with feather and the word free
Black fine line cursive script reading Carpe Diem across the upper back of a woman with blonde hair tied up.
Carpe Diem script on upper back
Fine line script tattoo running along the inner forearm of a raised arm, with gold bangles on the other wrist against a pale blue background.
Fine line script on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing the words Nifty Fifty above three aperture diagrams, with a hand holding a 50mm lens against a black background, in lettering and geometric style, on the
Nifty Fifty and aperture tattoos on a forearm
Fine line black arrows with script names and a small heart across the side of the ribs.
Arrows with script names on the ribs
Black lettering design of the Chinese characters for family above the English word Family, on a plain white background, with no body placement shown.
Chinese characters for family
Black fine-line handwritten script tattoo running down the inner upper arm of a woman with her arm raised against a weathered wall.
Handwritten script tattoo on an upper arm
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo reading Because I'm a Lady, that's why, placed across the lower back above a dark waistband.
Script quote across the lower back
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Fearless with a purple awareness ribbon crossing the letters, in fine line lettering on skin.
Fearless script with purple awareness ribbon
Black handwritten lettering design reading "Choose to chance the rapids" above an ampersand and "dare to dance the tides" on a white background.
Handwritten quote design in two lines
Close-up of two black script lettering tattoos on the backs of the wrists, reading figlia on the left hand and madre on the right, with a silver bangle on the left wrist.
Figlia and madre script on the hands
Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Quote tattoo on the upper arm
Black monoline script reading forever and always with a loose heart outline below, shown as a lettering design for a tattoo.
Forever and always script with heart
Two people seen from behind, each with a black script quote on the shoulder, one reading I'll love you forever and the other a matching phrase.
Matching script quotes on two shoulders
Heart-shaped ribbon tattoo with Mom in script lettering, green flowers and leafy swirls, on skin.
Heart ribbon with Mom script and flowers
Black script text tattoo in several lines along the side ribs of a woman in a black bikini wearing gold chains.
Script text tattoo on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo of a phonetic transcription in square brackets, running across a forearm in a Lettering style.
Phonetic script on a forearm
Fine black script lettering reading Live nothing but love across the upper chest of a shirtless torso.
Script quote on upper chest
Black script lettering tattoo reading May there always be an angel by my side, set across the ribs on a close side view.
Script quote along the ribs
Two photos of a forearm with small black typewriter-style lettering: heart above mind, and courage above fear, in a lettering style on the inner forearm.
Word pairs tattooed on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of the script lettering "The Game is On" tattooed along a forearm, with the last word cut off at the right edge.
"The Game is On" lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo of the word mind above a line and matter below it, set out like a fraction on the upper back below the neck.
Mind over matter lettering on upper back
Fine line black script lettering reading She's unstoppable unpredictable across the side of the ribs.
Script quote reading She's unstoppable unpredictable
Black and white photo of the outer thigh of a person holding a cigarette, with 'ROCK N' ROLL' tattooed in black block lettering.
Rock n' Roll lettering on a thigh
Close-up of the words Have Faith in black handwritten script lettering tattooed on skin, with a faint reddish line beneath the text.
Have Faith script on skin
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an ornately patterned hot air balloon on the outer thigh, with the word freedom in black script trailing from its basket.
Hot air balloon and freedom script on thigh
Black ink tattoo on an upper arm reading I'm a LUMBERJACK AND I'M OK, with a hand-drawn axe and tree stump, in a Lettering style.
Lumberjack slogan with axe on upper arm
Black and grey script tattoo reading Live nothing but love across the upper chest of a shirtless person, shown in lettering style.
Script quote on upper chest
Fine line black script tattoo reading Loved by the King, running diagonally along the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script quote along the inner forearm
Black hand-drawn outline of a bow above the handwritten words 'a girl without a bow is not a girl' on a cream background, shown as a flash-style design.
Bow and handwritten quote design
Sepia photo of two people's inner forearms touching, with fine line script tattoos reading one in the same and two of a kind.
Matching script quote tattoos on two forearms
Two black and grey fine line script tattoos on the upper back, one reading Together Forever Never Apart and the other reading Maybe in Distance But Never in with a small heart.
Script quote tattoos on the upper back
Hand-drawn flourished script monogram of interlocking letters in dark ink on a sepia background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Flourished script monogram design
Black ink line drawing of an infinity symbol with the word love in script, a feather at the lower right and a second script word on the right loop, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Infinity symbol with feather and script

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