Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey dotwork and geometric mandala with a triangle eye on a forearm, with a bold lettering tattoo reading I will stand my ground on the forearm below.
Eye mandala forearm and lettering on wrist
Black and white photo of fingers with fine line tattoos spelling MEW, with a small cat face between the E and the W, on the hand.
MEW lettering with a cat on fingers
Fine line script tattoo reading Don't dream your life, live your dream along a forearm, with a hand with pink nails raised above it against a white fur background.
Script quote on a forearm
Traditional black and grey log cabin tattoo with pine trees and smoke on the back of a hand, with the words AND GUIDE ME HOME below.
Log cabin and lettering on the back of a hand
Fine line black tattoo of a small flower on a stem with leaves and Arabic script beside it, placed on the ankle and foot.
Flower stem and Arabic script on an ankle
Fine line black tattoo of a small turtle above the word Trust in cursive script on the inner wrist.
Turtle and Trust script on inner wrist
Two black and grey fine line script quote tattoos on the inner forearms of two people, placed side by side.
Matching script quotes on forearms
Black script lettering reading live the life you love arranged in an infinity loop, shown as a design, on temporary transfers and as a small tattoo on skin.
Live the life you love infinity lettering
Black script lettering reading Look alive sunshine across the inner wrist and forearm, in a lettering style.
Look alive sunshine script on wrist
Black block lettering reading 'One foot in the grave...' on the back of a calf, with a prosthetic leg visible beside it.
Quote tattoo on a calf
Black and white photo of the words James 1:2 in cursive script tattooed on the back of the neck, with hair and a hand blurred in the foreground.
James 1:2 script on the neck
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a Dumbo quote in cursive script on a limb, with the Dumbo name in Disney-style lettering beneath it.
Dumbo quote in script on a limb
Black Devanagari lettering on the side of a woman's ribs, seen during a yoga pose against a grey studio backdrop.
Devanagari script on the ribs
Two black typewriter-style words, Relapse and Recover, tattooed on a pair of wrists in a lettering design.
Relapse and recover wrist tattoos
Two black serif lettering tattoos on forearms, one reading enormous pocket (partly cropped at the edge) and one reading heavy boots.
Two word tattoos on forearms
Black handwritten script tattoo of a Galileo quote across the upper back, in a lettering style, on a person wearing a black top with the face not shown.
Galileo quote in script across upper back
Colour and greyscale tattoo on a forearm showing a shaded paw print, a red heart, the word SOULMATE in handwritten lettering and a purple heart below.
Paw print, heart and SOULMATE on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face in profile with a script signature reading Elvis Presley beneath it, on a limb.
Portrait and script signature on a limb
Two matching black script tattoos on the inner wrists of a pair of arms, reading No Lies on the left and Just Love on the right.
No Lies and Just Love script wrist tattoos
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading faithfully along the inner forearm, shown in black ink on pale skin.
Faithfully script on a forearm
Small black block-capital lettering reading BE PRESENT BE LOVE on the inner wrist.
Be Present Be Love lettering on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism sleeve with a pocket watch and roses on the left arm, and script lettering across the ribs of a woman in a black bikini.
Pocket watch sleeve and script lettering on torso
Fine line black lettering reading mind above matter, split by a horizontal line, on the lower abdomen below the navel.
Mind over matter fine line lettering
Black script lettering on a forearm reads I am not afraid, I was born to do this, with a skull bracelet on the wrist and ripped denim behind it.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an upside-down cursive word inside an outlined downward triangle on the inner forearm.
Upside-down script inside a fine line triangle
Black ink mockingbird perched on a branch with leaves and the quote It's a sin to kill a Mockingbird in script, on the forearm near the wrist.
Mockingbird on a branch with script on a forearm
Fine line black script letter C with a small outlined heart tattooed on the inside of a wrist, with a hand curled in front of it.
Script letter C with heart on wrist
Black lettering tattoo of three Chinese characters in a vertical line down the upper back of a person with blonde hair pulled over one shoulder.
Three Chinese characters down the upper back
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a cupcake with swirled frosting, a cherry on top, wrapped sweets and a ribbon banner reading Sweet Evil.
Cupcake and Sweet Evil banner design
Close-up of a black typewriter-style lettering tattoo reading choose life with a full stop, on a section of pale skin.
Choose life lettering tattoo
Close crop of a woman in a black strappy dress wearing a gold dreamcatcher necklace, with a small green script tattoo on her upper chest near the shoulder strap.
Script tattoo near collarbone, dreamcatcher necklace
Black and grey tattoo of two bird silhouettes above a stacked serif quote on the ribs, with pale fabric draped across the torso.
Two birds and quote on ribs
Realistic red anatomical heart tattoo with grey shading and black script quotes above and below it, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Anatomical heart with script quote on upper back
Watercolour-style tattoo of a Stitch silhouette in blue, green, purple, yellow and pink on an arm, with black script reading Ohana means family, Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.
Stitch silhouette with Ohana quote on an arm
Small black capital letters spelling LOVE, tattooed vertically along the inner rim of an ear in a lettering style.
LOVE lettering on the inner ear
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cowboy hat and a boot with the script words Life's a dance you learn as you go, on the upper back.
Cowboy hat and boot with script quote
Black and grey photograph of a fine black script quote tattooed along the upper arm of a person whose face is not shown.
Black script quote along an upper arm
Black ink handwritten lettering with a small cross, reading 'My soul will rest in your embrace for I am yours you are mine', across the upper back of a person wearing a blue top.
Handwritten quote with cross on upper back
Black ink lettering reading Nosce te ipsum in a joined script style, running diagonally across a forearm.
Latin lettering across a forearm
Black ink script lettering design reading Wild Heart above Gypsy Soul, with a double-headed arrow between the lines, on a white background.
Wild Heart Gypsy Soul lettering design
Fine line black script reading follow your heart with a small arrow and heart beneath it, tattooed on the inside of a forearm.
Follow your heart script with arrow on a forearm
Black and grey photos of two feet, each with fine script reading a sunshine quote beside a small sun, one on the top of the foot and one near the ankle.
Script sunshine quotes on feet
Black and white photo of a woman with her hair in a bun, showing a small vertical Roman numeral lettering tattoo on the upper back below the neck.
Vertical Roman numerals on upper back
Black fine line infinity symbol with the word sisters written in script inside the loop, tattooed on skin.
Infinity symbol with sisters script
Black fine line script tattoo reading Amor vincit omnia with love conquers all beneath it, across the inner forearm.
Latin script quote on a forearm
Two clenched fists show black lettering on the knuckles spelling STARS and WARS, with a green leaf and flower tattoo on the back of one hand.
STARS WARS knuckle lettering
Black fine line cursive script tattoo running down the outer upper arm of a person whose back and shoulder are also visible.
Cursive script tattoo on upper arm
Black serif lettering reading LIVE LIFE OFF THE WALL across the outer side of a foot near the ankle, on a dark carpet.
Live Life Off The Wall lettering on a foot

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