Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded paper airplane with motion lines and the words a perfect paper airplane, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Paper airplane and quote on a wrist
Black ink tattoo of an anchor entwined with an infinity symbol and the script words I refuse to sink, on the inner wrist, in a lettering style.
Anchor, infinity symbol and script on wrist
Black fine line script reading que sera sera across the inside of a wrist, with red nail polish on the hand above.
Que sera sera script on a wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner wrist showing an infinity symbol with the word faith, the reference heb 11:1 and three birds in flight above.
Infinity symbol with faith and birds on a wrist
Fine line infinity symbol joined to the word love in script on the inner forearm near the wrist, in faded grey ink.
Infinity symbol and love script on wrist
Close photograph of a pale forearm with small grey script reading stay gold, set against a brick wall above a wooden table.
Stay gold script on a forearm
Black fine line script reading Only if I want to with a small paper aeroplane, on the outer forearm against a wooden shingle wall.
Script quote and paper aeroplane on a forearm
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading "it's a beautiful day to save lives" in a plain sans-serif font.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a raised hand showing small lowercase "i am." lettering tattooed on the inner wrist, in a fine-line style.
Small "i am." lettering on the inner wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'always' on the inner wrist.
Always script on the wrist
Black and grey photo of a fine line script tattoo on the inner forearm, reading what appears to be as it goes, with a small dot above the letters.
Fine line script lettering on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading resilience, with an arrow at each end, on the inner forearm.
Resilience script with arrows on the forearm
Black looping script lettering tattoo running down the forearm, drawn in thin, flowing cursive strokes.
Looping script lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Death will get us Alive across the inner forearm, shown in a black and grey tattoo.
Script quote on a forearm
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading 'The sky is not the limit. Your imagination is.' in a typewriter-style font.
Typewriter quote on forearm
Small black serif lettering reading 'be here now.' on the inner forearm near the wrist, beside a grey knit sleeve.
Be here now lettering on the inner wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering reading "i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)" across a forearm against a dark background.
Typewriter-style quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Never let your fear decide your fate, tattooed on the inner forearm in a lettering style.
Script quote on a forearm
Four people's forearms show matching fine line black script tattoos reading No 1/4, No 2/4, No 3/4 and No 4/4 on the inner wrist, with the third also featuring a small key.
Four matching numbered monogram forearm tattoos
Black script lettering reading I will make better mistakes tomorrow, in a fine line style, across the outer forearm of a person in a red plaid shirt.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey infinity symbol tattoo on the wrist, formed from fine lettering reading live the life you love and love the life you live.
Infinity quote tattoo on a wrist
Close-up of a lettering tattoo reading 13.elieve on the forearm, with the 13 in pink and outlined and the rest in dark navy.
13.elieve lettering on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a rearing horse beside the words take me away in script, on the inner wrist.
Horse silhouette and script on a wrist
Close-up of a small black question mark tattoo on a forearm, in a fine lettering style, under warm orange light.
Question mark tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a line of text on the inner forearm, flanked by a moth motif on each side.
Quote with moths on a forearm
Two forearms with matching fine line script tattoos, the upper one reading Together forever, never apart and the lower one reading maybe in distance but never in heart with a small red heart.
Paired script quote tattoos on two forearms
Realism tattoo on the forearm of a pink rose in front of a black and grey pocket watch and a script banner, with colour only in the rose.
Pink rose, pocket watch and banner on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Never let your fear decide your fate, a lettering tattoo across the forearm.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey photo of a Hebrew lettering tattoo on the inner forearm, with a bold black wavy line rising to an arrowhead above the text.
Hebrew lettering with a wavy line on the wrist
Black ink tattoo of the word hope in cursive script running along an arrow with feathered fletching, on a forearm.
Hope script and arrow on a forearm
Two wrists held together, each with black script reading Always beside a Deathly Hallows symbol on the inner wrist.
Always script with Deathly Hallows symbol on wrists
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a sun over mountains and a lake, with handwritten lettering arranged around the design.
Mountain and sun quote on forearm
Fine line black script reading free with a small bird in flight on the inner forearm, shown against a pale background.
Free script with a bird on a forearm
Black block lettering on the inner wrist reads 'Destroy what destroys you', a lettering tattoo on the forearm beside a grey knit sleeve.
Destroy what destroys you lettering on a wrist
Two matching forearm tattoos: a watercolour feather with script and flying birds on the left, and a black and grey anchor with rope, birds and script on the right.
Feather and anchor matching forearm tattoos
Close photo of the word "breathe." tattooed in a typewriter-style font in black ink across the inner wrist of a hand.
Breathe lettering on the inner wrist
Two wrists with fine line black script tattoos reading just and breathe, placed on the inner wrists.
Just and breathe script on wrists
Black lettering tattoo reading don't panic on the inner forearm, with a blurred metro carriage and passenger in the background.
Don't panic lettering on inner forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Ohana with a small heart on the inner wrist.
Ohana script with heart on wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Fear is the mind-killer across the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a close photograph.
Quote reading Fear is the mind-killer on a wrist
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading oh darling, let's be adventurous in black ink across the inner forearm, with a white lace cuff at the wrist.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Two forearms pressed together show black script lettering reading Forgive my sins and Touch my soul, with a red and multicoloured woven bracelet on one wrist.
Matching script quote tattoos on forearms
Black and grey tattoo of an anchor with the words 'a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor' on a forearm, in a black and white photo.
Anchor and sailor quote on a forearm
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a matchbook with a row of matches and the script words I burn for you on a forearm.
Matchbook with 'I burn for you' on a forearm
Neo-traditional style colour tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a green tail on a forearm, with the words NEVER LOSE YOUR VOICE in black lettering above and below.
Mermaid and lettering on a forearm
Three photos of fine line black ink tattoos: '1 of 3' with lines on a forearm, arrows with '2 of 3' on a forearm, and '3 of 3' with an arrow on the upper back.
Numbered 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3 arrow tattoos
Black and grey script lettering tattoo running along a forearm, photographed in black and white.
Script quote on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a dove carrying an olive branch above the script words Faith, Hope and Love, on a forearm, in a fine line style.
Dove with olive branch and script on a forearm

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