Tattoo ideas

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

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Two forearms pressed together in black and white, each with a fine line script tattoo on the inner forearm, one reading To infinity and the other reading and Beyond.
To infinity and beyond script on two forearms
Colour tattoo of a brown songbird inside a wreath of leaves, flowers and berries with the words FREE INDEED above it, on the upper arm.
Bird and floral wreath with lettering on upper arm
Black fine line script tattoo reading dreamer on the side of a torso, partly covered by a grey knitted sleeve.
Dreamer script on the side ribs
Black fine line script reading Sometimes you gotta fall before you fly, with black bird silhouettes and a shaded purple feather on a person's upper back.
Birds, feather and script quote on a back
Three pairs of ankles with matching fine line black script tattoos reading Ohana, each with a small heart flourish, placed on the ankles.
Matching Ohana script ankle tattoos
Close photo of a script tattoo reading Family is forever with a shaded cross behind the word Family, on the side of the torso above a waistband.
Family is forever script with a cross
Two black and grey script lettering tattoos on a forearm, reading For her I'd risk it all and Because of her I will not fall.
Script quotes on two forearms
Black fine line script reading na mo amituofo runs along the side of the ribs, below a black bra band.
Fine line script lettering on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and cursive script across the shoulder and upper arm.
Black and grey orchids with script on upper arm
Tattoo design of the words Never Lose Your Flames in bold script lettering inside a flame shape, shaded from red at the top to black at the base.
Never Lose Your Flames lettering in a flame
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a quote set in a typewriter-style font, running down the forearm.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Six-panel black and white collage of tattoos: a shaded rose, the word Hope on an arm, beautiful in script, a lotus on a back, be kind to yourself on a forearm, and a fine stem on the upper back.
Collage of rose, lettering and botanical tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of a horse head merged into a heartbeat trace, with the script words with every heartbeat beneath it, on the side of a thigh.
Horse head heartbeat line with script
Dark script lettering tattooed in four lines along the side of a ribcage, set against bare skin.
Script quote along the ribs
Black script lettering reading My family my everything across the upper chest near the collarbone, in a Lettering style.
Script text reading My family my everything
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with a clover and blackletter text reading et virtute, on an upper arm.
Pocket watch and clover on upper arm
Black and grey close-up photo of the words Bad Influence in script lettering tattooed on the chin below the lower lip.
Bad Influence script lettering on chin
Black fine script tattoo reading 'We loved with a love that was more than love' across the ribs, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Script quote across the ribs
Two photos of black script tattoos: the words I'm fine on the outer lower leg below the knee, and save me on the ankle and lower calf.
Handwritten words on lower leg and ankle
Small black script word Always with four asterisk-style stars beside it, tattooed on a shoulder in a sepia photograph.
Always script with stars on a shoulder
Black and grey photo of the inner forearm with the words Here I stand. in a typewriter style font, set against a pale, soft-focus background.
Here I stand lettering on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo running vertically down a person's upper back, in a lettering style.
Fine line script down the spine
Black script tattoo reading Love, Mom on the inner forearm, shown beside a yellow card with handwritten writing.
Love, Mom in script on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a ribbon bow, scrolls and the words Each day is a gift and not a given right, on the ribs.
Ribbon, scrolls and quote on the ribs
Black fine line tattoo of a giraffe whose neck and body are formed from the words Stand Tall in script, on the side of the ribs.
Giraffe formed from Stand Tall lettering
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading warrior in blue ink on a woman's inner forearm, while she holds an open book wrapped in a teal knit sweater.
Warrior script on inner forearm
Black script lettering reading Dreams are our escape from reality on the upper back near the shoulder blade, seen over a white vest top.
Script quote across upper back
Black and grey script tattoos reading Start and today on two forearms, with a shaded dollar sign above the word today.
Start and today script on forearms
Close photo of a thin black script tattoo reading God is good along the inner forearm near the wrist, in a lettering style.
God is good script on the forearm
Black and grey tree of life tattoo on a person's upper arm and shoulder, with family names written across the branches and roots.
Family tree with names on upper arm
Black and white photo of a fine line infinity symbol with the word love written inside it on the side of an ankle, with platform heels on a rug.
Infinity and love script on an ankle
Close-up of the word peculiar in black typewriter-style lettering on the lower stomach, above the waistband of denim jeans.
Peculiar lettering on the lower stomach
Close photo of a thin black cursive script tattoo running diagonally across a shoulder, in fine line lettering style.
Cursive script line across a shoulder
Black and grey ink drawing of a giraffe with its neck curled round, with a line of text running down the neck in a lettering design.
Giraffe neck with quote lettering
Back view of a person with long dark hair, showing a small black lettering tattoo of Roman numerals on the shoulder.
Small Roman numerals on the upper back
Black script quote about a rare flower beside a pink cherry blossom branch tattoo on skin, in a lettering and botanical style.
Cherry blossom branch with script quote
Black script lettering reading All good things are wild and free across the ribs, a lettering tattoo in black ink on bare skin.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with fading butterflies and handwritten script on the outer thigh.
Skull, butterflies and script on a thigh
Close photo of a blue lotus tattoo with purple shading beside black fine-line cursive script reading spira volens on the inner forearm.
Blue lotus and script on a forearm
Black handwritten script lettering on a white background reading 'the show must go on... All over the place... or something', a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Handwritten script quote: the show must go on
Small red lettering tattoo of a short phonetically spelled word on the lower back, above dark camouflage leggings.
Small red word tattoo on the lower back
Traditional style colour tattoo on the thigh showing a sun over snowy peaks and a river, framed by a rope border and the words If it's the mountains bending rivers you will have them.
Mountain, river and sun scene on a thigh
Realistic-style tattoo of a key with a pink bow and a keyhole, with the script words follow your heart along the shaft, on the side of a torso.
Key with pink bow and follow your heart script
Black hand-drawn script lettering reading just breathe on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Just breathe script lettering design
Black script lettering reading Love is All or Nothing with a small heart on the inner forearm of a woman with dark hair.
Love is All or Nothing script on forearm
Black script lettering reading It's More Than Just A Game above and below a shaded grey hockey trophy and a red winged emblem, tattooed on an upper arm.
Hockey trophy and red wing with script quote
Two small black serif lettering tattoos showing the numerals 13 on the left ankle and VII on the right ankle, photographed from behind.
Numerals 13 and VII on both ankles
Fine line black tattoo on a wrist showing an infinity symbol, three birds in flight and the word faith with heb 11:1 written beside it.
Infinity symbol with birds and faith script

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