Tattoo ideas

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

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Black barcode tattoo on the inner wrist with the word TRUELOVE printed beneath it, photographed against a soft purple background with light flare.
Barcode tattoo reading TRUELOVE on a wrist
Black fine line script tattoos on a forearm: an infinity symbol with three small birds and a name above Roman numerals, and a larger Carpe Diem lettering piece with Roman numerals below.
Infinity, name and Carpe Diem script on forearm
Pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a black arrow with a patterned geometric shaft and the words follow your arrow where ever it points, drawn on lined paper.
Arrow with follow your arrow lettering
Black block lettering reading WAL MART with a star in the middle, tattooed across a man's lower back above his jeans and brown belt.
WAL★MART lettering across lower back
Close-up of a watercolour-style orange flower bloom with black script lettering on a person's ankle.
Orange bloom and script on an ankle
Black lettering tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates in a slanted script on the side of an ankle.
Latitude and longitude numbers on an ankle
Small black typewriter-style text reading no retreat no regrets on a forearm, with a hand holding a Starbucks cup beside it.
No retreat no regrets on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo in a non-Latin script running vertically down the forearm.
Vertical non-Latin script on a forearm
Black handwritten script reading inhale confidence, exhale doubt on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Handwritten quote: inhale confidence, exhale doubt
Fine line black tattoo of the word lumos beside a four-pointed star on the wrist.
Lumos script and star on wrist
Black script tattoo reading Traveler on the back of a person's neck, with their hair pulled up and hands in their hair.
Traveler script on the back of the neck
Black lettering with a black arch and a red coiled shape on the top of a foot, in a simple lettering style.
Crohns awareness lettering on a foot
Close view of a small fine line script tattoo on the ankle of a woman standing barefoot in shallow surf on a sandy beach.
Fine line script tattoo on an ankle
Black fine line script tattoo reading Carpe Diem with three small bird silhouettes, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Carpe Diem script with birds on upper back
Black and grey script lettering reading Not all those who wander are lost, running diagonally across the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Colour realism tattoo on the ribs showing a portrait in mirrored sunglasses with a cigarette, red Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas lettering and black bats.
Fear and Loathing portrait on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading riot on one thigh and grrrl on the other, in a typewriter-style font, on a person wearing a striped skirt.
Riot grrrl lettering across both thighs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the words You are not alone above a sketched girl holding a book, on a lower leg.
Quote and sketched girl with a book
Black hand-lettered script reading The struggle is part of the story on a pale pink background, a Lettering design for a tattoo.
Script lettering: The struggle is part of the story
Black line tattoo of a pine tree, a ribbon banner reading Prone to Wander and fern-covered hills on the forearm, with a small red accent.
Pine tree and banner on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading Unbreakable on the inner forearm, against blue patterned fabric.
Unbreakable script on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a star-shaped flower with swirling stems and the word Sisters in script, on the ankle.
Black and grey flower with Sisters script on ankle
Black lettering tattoo reading 'To have faith, is to fly' above a solid black silhouette of a flying figure on the inner wrist.
Script quote and flying figure on a wrist
Hand with dark script lettering across the middle finger, a dollar sign on the back of the hand and a shaded rose on the forearm.
Script lettering across a finger
Close photo of a black lettering tattoo reading Family on one finger and a small dark anchor tattoo on another finger, in a Lettering style on the hand.
Family script and anchor on fingers
Black and white ink drawing of a large letter S, its strokes formed from flowing flame-like lines and ocean waves with foam crests.
Wave and flame letter S design
Two palms-up wrists with matching fine-line black script tattoos, one reading I believe in you and the other reading I believe in you, too.
Matching script quote tattoos on the wrists
Two forearms raised in thumbs up, each with a navy oval badge reading it's AWESOME time in white lettering, lettering style, on the forearm.
Matching thumbs up badge tattoos on forearms
Colour tattoo of two black Mickey and Minnie silhouettes, with a pink bow on Minnie, arranged in a heart of purple and teal stars and the word Believe in lettering, on a lower leg.
Mickey and Minnie heart with stars on a calf
Black and white photo of a black fine line Bowie logo and italic script tattoo on the inner forearm, with a black lace bra and dark jeans visible beside it.
Bowie logo and script on a forearm
Colourful tattoo of an elephant covered in swirl patterns, with a pink and orange flower and the script words Forever With No Exchanges, shown on skin.
Swirl-patterned elephant with script
Colour tattoo of a red rose with green stem and falling petals, with the words The Beauty Is Found Within written along the stem, on the side of the torso.
Red rose with script on the side
Black handwritten script reading 'I am saved by His Grace' on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design.
Handwritten 'I am saved by His Grace' script
Black serif lettering reading 'but without the dark, we'd never see the stars' across the upper thigh, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo on the thigh
Close-up of a black typewriter-style lettering tattoo reading smart, kind, important across the upper back.
Smart, kind, important lettering on upper back
Close photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Wanderlust with a looping underline, on the inner wrist of a hand held in a loose fist.
Wanderlust script on the inner wrist
Black handwritten script reading love three times stacked down the page, with a small outlined heart beneath, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Love Love Love script with small heart
Black linework tattoo of a police box outline on the upper arm, with a block of capitalised lettering quoting nine hundred years of time and space.
Police box quote on upper arm
Close-up of the inner wrist with thin dark script tattoo reading All my love, Dad, in a handwriting style lettering.
All my love, Dad script on a wrist
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading passion across the inside of a wrist.
Passion script on a wrist
Black script reading Bad Kitty with a paw print and pink watercolour splashes on a forearm, with a tabby cat resting beside it.
Bad Kitty script and paw print on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a heart made of leaf veins, with the word DAD formed from leaves, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Heart of leaves spelling DAD
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo running along a person's forearm, with denim shorts and a white top in the background.
Fine line script on a forearm
Red biohazard symbol with blue-fletched arrows crossing it and black lettering reading Fight the dead and Fear the living, tattooed on the side of the torso.
Biohazard and crossed arrows slogan tattoo
Black serif lettering spelling LADYLIKE, one letter per finger across both hands, in a lettering style with pink nail polish visible.
LADYLIKE lettered across fingers
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an infinity symbol with the word faith in cursive script across the upper back.
Infinity symbol with faith script on upper back
Close photo of a line of black cursive script tattoo running up a man's forearm, with a dark wristwatch and green top visible.
Script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Bad Wolf, with a blue TARDIS with a yellow lantern in place of the letter d, tattooed on skin in a lettering style.
Bad Wolf script with a blue TARDIS

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