Tattoo ideas

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

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Two hands with matching black Roman numeral lettering tattooed along the fingers, one hand wearing a silver ring and bracelets.
Matching Roman numeral finger tattoos
Black and grey photo of two clasped hands, with script lettering reading King and Queen, each under a crown, tattooed on the hands.
King and Queen crown lettering on hands
Shirtless man with a black NY cap covering his face, showing traditional rose and heart tattoos and lettering across his chest, arms and abdomen.
Heavily tattooed torso and arms under a cap
Black and grey tattoos of a robed figure and blackletter text on a thigh, with lettering on the fingers and stretching across the stomach above denim shorts.
Blackletter text and robed figure on thigh
Fine script lettering reading Love tattooed along a finger, shown on the hand with red nail polish.
Love script tattoo on a finger
Black and white photo of hands in beaded lace sleeves, with a small fine line script tattoo on one finger.
Small script tattoo on a finger
Two hands overlapping on a green marbled surface, with fine line script on one ring finger and a small interlocking heart on the other ring finger, both in black ink.
Matching script and heart finger tattoos
Black and grey portrait tattoo on a forearm and upper arm, with knuckle lettering on the fingers and hand, photographed on a woman in a dark speckled t-shirt.
Portrait and lettering tattoos on hand and arm
Two hands raised against a clear blue sky, with a small black lettering tattoo on the inner wrist and tiny black marks on one finger.
Small lettering on wrist and finger tattoos
Black handwritten script reading as you wish along the side of a finger, in a lettering style, with a diamond ring on the adjacent finger.
As you wish script on a finger
Close view of a black script tattoo on a forearm, partly showing the words I love, with clasped hands, red nails and a diamond ring.
Script tattoo on a forearm beside a diamond ring
Black and white photo of fingers with small script lettering reading King and Queen, each finger paired with a small crown tattoo in black ink.
King and queen finger tattoos with crowns
Black and white photo of two hands with hand-lettered "I love you" script tattooed across the fingers, in a lettering style on the fingers.
"I love you" script on two fingers
Close photograph of a faded, healed word tattoo in simple lettering that appears to read always, placed across a finger on the hand.
Faded lettering reading always on a finger
Black and white photo of two hands clasped together, showing a small fine line K with a heart on one finger and a Q with a heart on the other, with script-style tattoos across the back of the hand.
King and queen card tattoos on fingers
Two hands held together, with the word FRIENDS in black lettering tattooed across the fingers and dark nail polish on the nails, a Lettering tattoo on the hand.
FRIENDS lettering across fingers
Close photo of a realistic eye tattoo with a blue iris and black and grey script above it, on the inner wrist and hand.
Realistic blue eye tattoo on the wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoos across the fingers and back of both hands of a man in a tweed suit and tie.
Lettering tattoos on fingers and hands
Black script reading Tale as old as time runs across the fingers of a hand, with a small pink rose and green stem below it on the back of the hand.
Tale as old as time script and rose on hand
Close-up of the word hope in thin, lilac-toned script tattooed along a finger, a fine line lettering piece on the hand.
Hope lettering on a finger
Collage of four couple tattoos in fine black and blue linework, including script reading to and beyond on wrists, Mickey and Minnie on hands, MRS and MR on forearms, and a kissing silhouette on a
Matching couple tattoos in a four-photo collage
Small black script lettering reading yolo on the side of a finger, in a fine line lettering style, photographed on a hand resting over dark jeans.
Small yolo script on a finger
Fine line black script reading Believe along the side of a finger, with a thin line trailing down to a small leaf near the knuckle.
Believe script and leaf on a finger
Black and grey photograph of the words LIKE A LADY tattooed in block lettering across the top of a finger, with dark painted nails on the hand.
Like a Lady lettering across fingers
Black and white photo of a small fine-line script tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand with striped nails visible above it.
Small script lettering on inner wrist
Two hands held together, each showing a small black lettering tattoo on a finger, with silver rings nearby.
Small character tattoos on two fingers
Black and grey photograph of the word wanderlust in small serif lettering on the inner wrist of a hand with dark painted nails.
Wanderlust lettering on the inner wrist
Close-up of the word love in black cursive lettering tattooed along the side of a finger on a hand held up against a blurred background.
Love script tattoo on a finger
Black and white photo of a small black fine line tattoo reading love with a paw print on the side of a finger.
Small love script with paw print on a finger
Black and white photo of a hand covered in small fine line doodle tattoos, including a diamond, a daisy, a pizza slice and words such as HOMEWRECKER, with a cigarette held between the fingers.
Small doodle tattoos across the back of a hand
Black handwritten lettering reading Riddikulus on a finger, beside a brass star-shaped ring on the same finger.
Riddikulus script on a finger
Black and white photo of a hand with fine line script reading Let it be across one finger and a partial script word on the finger below, placed on the hand.
Let it be script on fingers
Two clasped hands show black typewriter-style lettering reading Mr and Mrs on the fingers, a lettering tattoo on the hand.
Mr and Mrs finger tattoos
Two interlocked hands with small black numeral tattoos in a fine lettering style on the fingers, with silver rings worn on two fingers.
Matching numerals on two fingers
Black ink script lettering reading it goes on, with a small bird, on the side of a finger in lettering style.
Script lettering and bird on a finger
Close-up of the word wanderlust in a black serif typewriter-style lettering tattoo across the middle segment of a finger, on a pale hand against a plain background.
Wanderlust lettering on a finger
Two matching fine line tattoos of the word love looped through an infinity symbol, one on each of two adjacent fingers.
Matching love and infinity finger tattoos
Seated person with a black ink traditional-style heart banner reading MOTHER and a draped figure on the inner forearm, with TAKE CARE lettering on the back of the hand.
Mother banner and take care lettering on forearm
Black and white photo of fine line script reading serendipity along the ribs, with a smaller word tattooed on the wrist.
Serendipity script tattoo on the ribs
Close-up of two fists with black ink knuckle lettering spelling STAY TRUE, with a grey rose tattoo on the right forearm.
STAY TRUE knuckle lettering
Fine line drawing of a hand mid finger snap with the words SNAP OUT OF IT across the fingers, shown as a flash design for a hand tattoo.
Snap out of it hand design
Small black XXX lettering tattoo on the back of a hand near the wrist, with silver rings on two fingers against a plain pale background.
XXX lettering on the back of a hand
Black cursive script tattoo reading la dolce vita across the back of a hand, in a lettering style.
La dolce vita script on the back of a hand
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading endless love across a finger, against a dark floral fabric background.
Endless love script on a finger
Black and white photograph of two interlocked hands with small black script lettering tattooed on the fingers.
Small script words on interlocked fingers
Close-up of a small black fine-line Roman numeral XII tattoo with a dot between the X and II on the side of a woman's finger, with red nail polish and a car steering wheel behind.
Small Roman numeral XII on a finger
Black ink script letter B with the date 07.19.11 tattooed across two adjacent fingers of a hand, a lettering tattoo on the hand.
Matching script B and date tattoos on fingers
Black serif lettering reading NEVER TRUST THE LIVING across the fingers of a hand resting on a marble table, with mint nail varnish.
Lettering across fingers on a hand

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