Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black script tattoo reading still i rise, with a thin stem, two leaves and a small flower bud, on the side of a person's ribs.
Still I rise script with a flower on the ribs
Black ink script reading Home is where the heart is, inside a state outline with a small heart at its left edge, on a lower leg.
Home is where the heart is lettering on calf
Black fine line tattoo of the words Only god can fudge me in script across a person's upper back, with an outlined cartoon figure below the lettering.
Script quote and cartoon figure on a back
Fine line black tattoo of a crescent moon, five stars and a ribbon banner reading to the moon and back, on the upper back.
Crescent moon and stars with script banner
Black serif lettering reading I'm the hero of this story across the side of a torso, partly covered by a grey knit top.
I'm the hero of this story text tattoo
Black fine line lettering across the lower back reads When You Wish Upon A Star, with Mickey and Minnie Mouse outlines and Dreams Do Come True, Minnie wearing a small red bow.
Mickey and Minnie quote on lower back
Cheshire Cat tattoo with a grinning face, blue and green splashes and quote lettering across the upper arm.
Cheshire Cat and quote on upper arm
Black script lettering on a white background reading Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, with two linked hearts beside the first line, shown as a design with no body placement.
Script lettering with two hearts
Black fine line cursive script tattoo of a single word across the inner wrist and forearm.
Cursive script word on a wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading fearless, ending in a small solid heart, on the inner forearm.
Fearless script with heart on forearm
Black lettering reading KEEP GRL PWR on a woman's forearm, with a sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and small marks on the fingers.
Keep Girl Power lettering on forearm
Black script lettering reading Peace, Love, Unity and Respect on the inside of a forearm, with a person in a green top and denim shorts behind.
Peace, Love, Unity, Respect lettering on a forearm
Colourful blackletter lettering spelling Google across the upper back of a person photographed from behind.
Google lettering across upper back
Black script lettering tattoo reading
Script quote on upper chest
Close view of a black script lettering tattoo reading 'Forget the risk and take the fall', placed across the upper back.
Script quote across upper back
Hand-drawn script lettering design reading Be brave with your life in black ink on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Be brave with your life lettering
Black and grey photograph of a fine line script quote reading You'll never know dear, how much I love you, running diagonally across a person's upper back below the shoulder.
Script quote across a shoulder blade
Close-up of small black serif lettering reading bibliophile along the inner wrist, with an open book held above it.
Bibliophile lettering on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a small serif lowercase lettering tattoo reading acp on the upper arm, near the elbow.
Small lowercase lettering on upper arm
Two people seen from behind with matching black script lettering tattoos across their upper shoulders, one reading You be the Anchor that keeps my feet on the Ground.
Matching script quote tattoos on two shoulders
Black ink hand-drawn alphabet sheet showing capital letters A to Z in an ornate, sharp-serifed lettering style, suitable as a tattoo lettering reference.
Hand-drawn A to Z lettering sheet
Black ink drawing of a howling wolf beneath a curling ribbon banner with hymn lyrics, in a dotwork and lettering style, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Howling wolf with hymn banner design
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind with her hair in a bun, showing a thin cursive script tattoo across the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Fine script line across upper back
Black script infinity symbol tattoo reading Sisters and Brother on the side of the ribs, shown fresh with redness around the ink.
Infinity tattoo with Sisters and Brother script
Black ink ship's wheel with script reading Be the one to guide me, and an anchor with rope and script reading but never hold me down, tattooed on the thighs.
Ship's wheel and anchor thigh tattoos
Black and grey realistic tattoo of three elephants walking in a line with linked trunks, above script lettering, on the side of a person's ribs.
Three elephants and script on the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo of a Bible verse across the upper back of a woman with dark wavy hair, placed horizontally between the shoulder blades.
Script verse across upper back
Gold metallic temporary tattoo reading BRIDE TRIBE with a feathered arrow, in a lettering style, on the inner forearm.
Bride Tribe lettering with arrow on a forearm
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo reading Fall down seven times, stand up eight, placed on a woman's side ribs.
Script quote on the side ribs
Fine line black tattoo on a wrist showing a heartbeat line that forms a heart at its start and runs into the word faith in cursive script.
Heartbeat line and faith script on wrist
Two wrists side by side, each with a matching black lettering tattoo of an outlined heart, a small wing and the word Sisters, with a bracelet on each wrist.
Matching sisters heart and wing wrist tattoos
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the words love and faith in script, woven through an infinity symbol on the top of a foot in a high heeled shoe.
Love and faith infinity script on foot
Fine line black script lettering reading I walk the line across the outer side of a bare foot, with red painted toenails visible.
Script quote reading I walk the line on a foot
Black ink script lettering reading go live on a plain off-white background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement visible.
Go live script lettering design
Black and grey flash sheet drawing of a sailing ship on waves, two swallows, an anchor and a telescope, with the script phrase Between the Devil and the deep blue Sea beneath.
Sailing ship, swallows, anchor and telescope flash
Black ink infinity symbol forming a heart outline, with the words thick and thin in script lettering, tattooed on skin.
Thick and thin infinity heart script
Black lettering tattoo reading Est. 1981 on the lower back of a woman wearing denim shorts and a black bikini top, seen from behind.
Est. 1981 lettering on lower back
Black lettering on an off-white background forming a playing card spade, with the words We're all mad here set in flowing and block letters.
Spade lettering reading We're all mad here
Flash sheet of gold, silver and teal metallic temporary tattoo designs, including arrows, feathers, chevrons, a triangle and the word love.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheet with arrows and feathers
Close-up of a black fine line tattoo on an ankle, showing a world map outline beside the word Wanderlust in script.
Wanderlust script and world map on ankle
Fine line black script reading follow your heart with a thin arrow and small heart below it, on the inner forearm.
Follow your heart script and arrow on a forearm
Close-up of fine black script lettering running vertically across a shoulder and upper arm, in a lettering style.
Vertical script lettering on a shoulder
Black lettering tattoo reading "I'm Fine" in a script style on the back of a thigh above the knee, shown in two side-by-side photos.
"I'm Fine" script on a thigh
Close-up of a thin black fine line script tattoo reading Believe in yourself on the inner wrist, with a braided bracelet below it.
Believe in yourself script on wrist
Fine line black script lettering on the side of a hip, just above black lace underwear.
Script lettering on a hip
Black script tattoo reading Love me for who i am with a small butterfly above the words, across the upper chest near the shoulder.
Script quote and butterfly across the chest
Black cursive script tattoo reading walk by faith across the side of a foot, shown against a red and purple background.
Walk by faith script on a foot
Colour tattoo of a pink rose with green leaves inside a circular frame, with the script words Tale As Old As Time arching above it, on a person's upper back.
Pink rose in a ring with script on the back

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