Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine black outline world map and the word Adventure with an arrow tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
World map outline and Adventure arrow on a wrist
Black and grey fine serif lettering reading tempus neminem manet across the upper back near the shoulder blade, with a hand resting on the shoulder.
Latin lettering across upper back
Black lettering tattoo of a single word in ornate looping script, placed on the side of the ribs with a green striped top and red fabric visible.
Ornate script word on the ribs
Two photographs of black script lettering on the inner forearm, reading As long as we're together and ...the rest will fall in place.
Script quote tattoos on the forearm
Two people show matching black script tattoos on their ribs reading I love you to the moon and back, with a swirl and small heart.
Matching 'I love you to the moon and back' rib tattoos
Black script lettering reading Fairest of them all across the upper back, sitting near the shoulder blade.
Script quote across the upper back
Black lettering tattoo on the top of a foot, with a large bold ornamental letter beside the word Forever in cursive script.
Forever script with bold letter on a foot
Fine line black compass rose and handwritten script quote reading Not all those who wander are lost, tattooed on a foot.
Compass and quote tattoo on a foot
Two small black lettering tattoos on the inner wrists, an X beside a solid black heart on the left and an O beside a heart on the right.
X and O with heart wrist tattoos
Close-up of a fine line Arabic script lettering tattoo in black ink across the inner wrist, with the fingers and grey nail polish visible above.
Arabic script quote on inner wrist
Black handwritten lettering reading "you are art" across a person's inner forearm, near the wrist, in a fine line lettering style.
Handwritten "you are art" on the forearm
Upper back tattoo of block lettering reading Clearly I have made some bad decisions, with red and black shading on the letters.
Block lettering quote across a back
Black script tattoo reading Love Never Fails on a shoulder, beside a bold heart and knot motif.
Love Never Fails script and knot on shoulder
Black and grey fine line script reading fri som en fågel with a small swallow on a person's upper back, placed between the shoulder blades.
Script lettering and swallow on upper back
Black script lettering reading Faith, Hope and Love with a small heart between each word, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Faith, hope and love script lettering
Black script lettering reading keep going across the top of a bare foot, beside teal running shoes on gravel.
Keep going script on a foot
Black script lettering of a short rhyming poem across a person's upper back, with a pink wall and posters behind.
Rhyming poem script across upper back
Two photos of a black handwritten script tattoo on a person's upper back, one fresh and red, one healed, reading a short message to a mum with a small outline heart.
Handwritten message tattoo on upper back
Black handwritten script on a white background reading never let your fear decide your fate, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Handwritten quote lettering design
Two feet on a wooden floor, each with a fine line heart of scrollwork and the word sisters in script near the ankle, one in red and one in green.
Matching heart sisters tattoos on two feet
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a sunflower with green leaves and the word Wonder in black script on the top of a foot, with a close-up of the sunflower on the right.
Sunflower with Wonder script on a foot
Seven numbered lines of the words in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten, set in different script and typeface styles, shown as a lettering design sheet with no body placement.
Seven lettering styles for a short quote
Black script lettering reading Courage with small flying birds beside it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Courage script with flying birds
Black and grey tattoo of cracked, fractured skin filled with handwritten words, covering the middle of a person's back.
Cracked skin with handwritten words on back
Black script lettering reading We All Fall Down Sometimes on skin, with a small scalloped star outline beneath the words.
We All Fall Down Sometimes script lettering
Black and white photo of a woman's upper arm with fine line handwritten script near the shoulder and three thin horizontal bands below it.
Script lettering and lines on upper arm
Black lettering quote with four small bird silhouettes tattooed along the collarbone and top of the shoulder.
Four birds and a quote along the collarbone
Close photo of a small fine line cursive script lettering tattoo in black ink on the inner wrist, with a clenched hand and pale nails above it.
Small cursive script on an inner wrist
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 and arrow on a forearm
Fine line tattoo on the back of paw prints with the names kato, max, lucy and sammy, red hearts and the words The road to my heart is paved with paw prints.
Paw prints with pet names and red hearts
Black flowing script reading Fight it, with a black ribbon trailing from the top of the word, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Fight it script with black ribbon design
Black fine-line script lettering and a dragon sketch tattooed along a forearm, with a second small dragon outline near the wrist.
Script quote with dragon sketch on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line script word tattooed in black ink on the inner wrist and forearm, with a grey sleeve pushed up.
Fine line script word on the inner wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a mechanical creature with script lettering reading you can't take and the sky from the, on the ankle and top of a foot.
Script and robot outline on a foot
Close-up of a fine line script quote and a shaded rose tattoo across the top of a foot, worn with black lace stiletto heels.
Script quote and rose on the foot
Two wrists side by side, each with fine line blue script tattoos reading to infinity and and beyond, with small red bird marks near the second word.
To infinity and beyond wrist script
Fine line drawing of an outstretched hand with poppy flowers, leaves, a moon and an eye motif, and the words trust the path unseen, in black ink with blue accents.
Hand with poppies and lettering
Black lettering tattoo of the word Believe in a script style, with a swirled flourish beneath it, on the ankle.
Believe script with swirls on ankle
Black serif lowercase alphabet tattoo running across the ribs of a bare torso, with a hand with a ring holding the skin beside it.
Lowercase alphabet tattoo across the ribs
Two matching black anchor tattoos with script reading twin 1 and twin 2, one on each ankle, in a lettering style.
Matching anchor tattoos with twin 1 and twin 2
Black ink script lettering reading "Fuck the Systsem" in three lines across a forearm, in a lettering style.
Handwritten slogan tattoo on a forearm
Two matching black and grey forearm tattoos show an infinity symbol with the script 'I love you to the moon and back', crescent moons and stars.
Matching moon and infinity quote tattoos
Black fine line script tattoo of a Proverbs 31:25 verse across the side of the ribs, with the reference written below.
Scripture script quote along the ribs
Black ink tattoo of a Cheshire Cat grin above the words We're All Mad Here in lettering style, on the wrist.
Cheshire Cat grin and We're All Mad Here lettering
Small black fine line script reading semper fidelis on the ribs of a person wearing a grey vest top, shown alongside a black and white version of the design.
Semper fidelis script tattoo on the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading Strength on skin, with a teal ribbon running through the middle of the word.
Strength script with teal ribbon
Black and grey tattoo on the upper arm with a feather, flying birds, shaded clouds and the script quote 'Your wings were ready but my heart was not'.
Feather, birds and quote on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate scrolled key with the word Family in script lettering on the thigh.
Ornate key with Family script on thigh

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