Tattoo ideas

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

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Black handwritten script reading Here comes the sun with a full stop, drawn as a fine line tattoo design on a plain white background.
Here comes the sun handwritten script
Before and after photos of a forearm lettering cover-up: black script lyrics on the left, and on the right a coloured tattoo of lined notebook paper showing the corrected wording.
Lettering cover-up and fix-up on a forearm
Fine line black lettering tattoo reading Namaste with a small ornate symbol at the end, placed on the forearm.
Namaste script on the forearm
Black ink tattoo of a vertical column of small characters down the centre of a woman's bare back, photographed from behind.
Vertical characters down the spine
Black ink line drawing of a four-line ribbon banner with hand-drawn lettering and hatched shading on the folds, shown as a flash design on textured paper.
Ribbon banner with four lines of lettering
Black and white photo of a serif quote tattoo reading I'm the hero of this story across the side of the ribs, with a grey knit top draped below it.
Quote tattoo reading I'm the hero of this story
Black cursive script tattoo reading Philippians 4:13 across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Scripture verse in cursive on the shoulder
Black lettering reading 'We are what we pretend to be' with a small asterisk below, tattooed on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Handwritten quote tattoo on the shoulder
Black script tattoo reading Stay Strong with a feather above the letters, placed on a person's upper chest near the shoulder.
Stay Strong script with feather on shoulder
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading I was a drizzle and she was a hurricane, running diagonally across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black script lettering runs along a woman's forearm as she holds a camera up to take a photo of herself.
Script tattoo on forearm in a selfie
Traditional style flash design of a light blue ribbon banner with the word Survivor in black script, outlined in black on a white background.
Survivor ribbon banner design
Two stacked photos of healed script tattoos: the upper one shows a grey butterfly and the words You'll never know dear, the lower one shows a blue flower and the words how much I love you.
Butterfly and script quote tattoos
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading letitbe across the forearm.
Fine line script word on a forearm
Dark script quotation tattoo across a woman's upper back, shown from behind with her shoulder and a blue top visible.
Script quotation across upper back
Black script lettering reading Anything is possible and that's the beauty of it, tattooed on a woman's hip.
Script quote tattoo on a hip
Pale yellow script lettering reading Twist and Shout, surrounded by looping fine line flourishes on a dark charcoal background.
Twist and Shout script lettering with flourishes
Fine line black script tattoo arranged in a ring on the upper back of a person wearing a dark top.
Circular script ring on upper back
Black lettering tattoo reading THIS IS LOVE in bold block capitals, with JOHN 4:10 in smaller text beside it, on a forearm.
THIS IS LOVE lettering on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a bass clef joined to the word hope in cursive script, on pale skin.
Bass clef and hope script tattoo
Fine line black script tattoo reading no fear across the top of a bare foot near the toes, with red painted toenails.
No fear script on the top of a foot
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an ornate tiara with the script word Harlow beneath it, surrounded by circles and a dotted line, on a forearm.
Fine line tiara with script name on forearm
Fine line black infinity symbol with the words love and life written within it, tattooed on the inner wrist of a forearm.
Infinity symbol with love and life on wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading CCCXC in a handwritten style across the inner wrist.
CCCXC lettering on a wrist
Black and grey script tattoo reading with pain comes strength, with a swirl flourish and two shaded dumbbells, on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Strength script and dumbbells on upper chest
Black fine line script reading Ohana on the inner forearm near the wrist, with long dark hair visible behind.
Ohana script on the inner wrist
Black script lettering reading She flies by her own wings runs across the ribs on a person's side, with a floral top lifted beside it.
Script quote along the ribs
Fine line tattoo on the inner forearm of a black outlined circle with a red branch sprouting from its left side and the word survive written in red script across the centre.
Survive script and branch circle on a forearm
Black script lettering reading For you I shall live, with Roman numerals, tattooed along the neck behind a person's ear.
Script quote behind the ear
Black ink infinity symbol with looping script lettering above a tribal-style bird with a long flowing tail, tattooed on a person's ribs.
Infinity script and bird on ribs
Black and red top hat above a spade shape containing the lettering "We're all mad here", tattooed on the forearm in a lettering style.
Top hat and spade with lettering on forearm
Black script lettering reading dance magic dance, ending in a small cartoon creature with blue flame-like details, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dance magic dance script with a creature
Black and white photo of two hands held together, each wrist showing a small black Roman numeral tattoo in a serif lettering style on the forearm.
Roman numeral tattoos on two wrists
Fine black line drawing of a castle skyline with script lettering reading Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Hogwarts castle skyline with script quote
A small black semicolon tattoo in fine line style on the inside of a wrist, with a hand and nails visible above it.
Small semicolon tattoo on a wrist
Colour burger tattoo and script lettering on a person's forearm and upper arm, with a second small tattoo on the lower right arm, worn beside a blue ringer t-shirt.
Burger and script tattoos on arms
Black script lettering reading Lights will guide you home across the inside of a forearm, in a fine lettering style.
Script quote on a forearm
Thin black fine line handwritten script reading Enough on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Handwritten word Enough design
Fine line script tattoo design reading i love you, with a looping flourish beneath the words, drawn on a plain white background.
Handwritten i love you script design
Black fine line geometric symbol with circles and lorem ipsum text tattooed on the inner wrist.
Geometric symbol and lorem ipsum text on a wrist
Black script lettering tattoo of a four-line quote on a lower leg, shown against a wooden floor.
Script quote tattoo on a lower leg
Fine line black tattoo of the New York skyline with the Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building, with cursive script beneath, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
New York skyline with script on a wrist
Two forearms with handwritten black lettering tattoos reading Peace will win and Fear will lose, placed on the forearms.
Peace will win and fear will lose on forearms
Black and grey realism feather tattoo above the words Wingardium Leviosa in script lettering, on the inner upper arm.
Shaded feather and script quote on upper arm
Two stacked photos of a lettering tattoo on skin, a script quote with a purple butterfly at each end, placed along the side of the body.
Butterfly and script quote on skin
Two arms pressed together in black and grey, one with fine line lettering reading GIRL ALMIGHTY on the forearm and one with SHE'S NOT AFRAID on the upper arm.
Girl Almighty and She's Not Afraid text tattoos
Black script lettering reading 'without struggle there is no progress' tattooed on a ribcage, shown in a lettering style.
Quote reading 'without struggle there is no progress'
Close-up of a black typewriter-style quote tattooed along the side of the ribs, reading you are terrifying and strange and beautiful, something not everyone knows how to love.
Typed quote tattoo along the ribs

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