Tattoo ideas

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

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Two matching black and grey tattoos on inner forearms, each showing a seated cartoon creature in soft shading beside the word OHANA in thin lettering.
Matching Stitch and Ohana forearm tattoos
Black fine line tattoo on a upper back showing a central circular emblem with the number 42 and spiral motifs, surrounded by ornate script in a ring.
Circular script design across upper back
Two black and grey forearm tattoos: a key reading My Brothers Keeper above an arrow reading My Sisters Protector, both in script lettering.
Key and arrow script tattoos on forearms
Black fine line script lettering reading I keep a close watch on this heart of mine, tattooed across the ribs on pale skin.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and white lettering design reading I knew who I was this morning but I've changed a few times since then, with a key, a mushroom and a cupcake beside the words.
Quote lettering with key, mushroom and cupcake
Black handwritten script lettering on a white background reading 'Sometimes, the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy', shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Script quote: sometimes, the only way to stay sane
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a three-line quote beside an outlined heart with a lightning bolt, on the side of the ribs.
Quote and heart with lightning bolt on side
Black line drawing of the word OBLIVIATE in a typewriter-style font, with the A replaced by the Deathly Hallows symbol, on a white background.
OBLIVIATE lettering with Deathly Hallows symbol
Fine line script tattoo reading family with a small heart outline on the side of a finger, in dark ink.
Script word family with heart on finger
Black flowing script lettering spelling the word beloved on a plain white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Beloved script lettering design
Black fine line tattoo of the words let it be with a swirling tail and three small swallows, on the top of a woman's foot.
Let it be script and swallows on a foot
Black lettering tattoo of a Proverbs 31:25 quote in mixed script and serif fonts across the ribs and side of the torso.
Scripture quote across the ribs
Two wrists pressed together showing matching fine line tattoos of the word sisters within an infinity symbol, each with three small birds above.
Matching sisters infinity tattoos on wrists
Close side view of a fine black script tattoo reading na mo amituofo along the ribs, below a black bra strap.
Script lettering along the ribs
Black script lettering reading Shhh followed by three dots, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background with no body placement shown.
Shhh script lettering design
Traditional-style flash design of a lantern with a gold flame, three moths and banners reading LIGHTS, WILL, GUIDE and YOU HOME, with no body placement shown.
Lantern with moths and banner lettering
Black blackletter script tattoo reading Eppur Si Muove across the upper back of a person with dark curly hair.
Eppur Si Muove across the upper back
Woman seen from behind with a ponytail and open-back white top, showing a small black script tattoo between her shoulder blades and a small dark motif lower on her back.
Short script line on upper back
Colour tattoo of a cartoon character in a blue top beside a pink flower, green leaves and the words Worst Tattoo Ever in black script, on a limb.
Cartoon character with Worst Tattoo Ever lettering
Two wrists show matching black fine line infinity symbol tattoos with the words you and me in script, placed on the inside of the wrist.
Matching infinity tattoos reading you and me
Black ink lettering reading Once Upon A Time with flowing vines and leaves across the inside of a forearm, in a Lettering style.
Once upon a time lettering with vines on a forearm
Hand-drawn black ink sketch of a looping, cross-shaped design with the words run, with and perseverance, the numbers 3.1, 6.2, 13.1 and 26.2, and small hearts, drawn on lined paper.
Run with perseverance looping script design
Colour tattoo of a stylised orange lion with a dark outline beside the script words Hakuna Matata, on the inner forearm.
Lion and Hakuna Matata script on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it, Proverbs 4:23, on the back of a lower leg above the ankle.
Proverbs 4:23 script quote on a calf
Black lettering reading ALWAYS KEEP FIGHTING in three stacked lines across the forearm, in a lettering style.
Always Keep Fighting lettering on an arm
Black script reading Texas over a red-tinted Texas state outline, with shaded roses, on a person's upper back.
Texas state outline with script and roses
Pencil drawing of a cross wrapped in ribbon banners reading Your Pain, Is A and Gift, drawn in black and grey shading as a tattoo design.
Cross with ribbon banners, pencil design
Collage of six black script tattoos on skin, including quotes on a shoulder, the back of the neck and forearms, plus an anchor and a feather with an infinity symbol.
Script quote tattoos on shoulder, neck and forearm
Black serif lettering on the upper back near the shoulder blade reads it has been a beautiful fight still is, in a Lettering style tattoo.
Quote across the upper back near the shoulder
Small black Chinese-style character tattoo on a forearm, with the hand resting on a car steering wheel, in a lettering style.
Small character tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black script reading beyond inside an infinity symbol tattooed on the inner wrist.
Beyond script inside an infinity symbol on a wrist
Black fine line infinity symbol with the words love and life in flowing script on an upper arm, with a hand resting beside it wearing two gold rings.
Infinity symbol with love and life script
Small fine-line black tattoo of a triangle, cursive letters cf and the number 508 on the top of a foot.
Triangle, script letters and 508 on a foot
Black and grey typewriter lettering reading 'Fight it, take the pain, ignite it' across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Typewriter quote across upper back
Black line drawing of the word LOVE in serif capitals, entwined with flowers and swirling vines, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
LOVE lettering with floral vines
Three inner wrists pressed together, each with a small matching Sisters script tattoo beside a purple and teal feather.
Matching Sisters feather wrist tattoos
Black script lettering reading Dream across the inner wrist, shown in a close, straight-on photo.
Dream script on the inner wrist
Realistic pocket watch with gold chain and playing card suit symbols beside script quotes from Alice in Wonderland, a lettering and realism tattoo on the thigh.
Pocket watch and quote on a thigh
Black fine line script tattoo reading "this too shall pass" across the upper back, with a beige lace top and teal fabric visible above it.
"This too shall pass" script on the back
Black fine line script reading not all those who wander are lost, with two small bird silhouettes, tattooed on the outer side of a bare foot on wet sand.
Quote and birds tattoo on the side of a foot
Fine line black outline of a Mickey Mouse head on the upper back, with the word dream written in script inside the lower curve.
Outline Mickey Mouse head with script on upper back
Black lettering tattoo reading my food doesn't scream in a typewriter-style font, on the forearm.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading fearless with a small heart, on the top of a foot in a white ballet flat.
Fearless script on the top of a foot
Black cursive script reading Bad Wolf with a blue spiral ornament between the words, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Bad Wolf script with blue spiral on forearm
Black and grey photo of a fine line script tattoo reading courage dear heart running along the inner forearm.
Fine line script quote on inner forearm
Black hand-lettered tattoo reading 'Not all those who wander are lost' with a ribbon banner behind 'who' across the top of a foot.
Lettered quote across the top of a foot
Black typewriter-style lettering on a forearm reads 'You are always exactly where you are suppose to be', shown against a white vest top.
Typewriter quote along a forearm
Black script lettering reading Stay Strong on the top of a foot near the ankle, with a hand with rings holding the foot.
Stay Strong script tattoo on a foot

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