Tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading persevere along the upper thigh of a person in denim shorts.
Persevere script on a thigh
Black hand-drawn block lettering reading BREATHE across the inner wrist and forearm, in a lettering style.
BREATHE lettering on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded rose with a stem and leaf, beside fine script reading tale as old as time, on the side of the torso.
Rose and script lettering on the side
Two photos of a fine line black script tattoo reading to infinity and beyond with three bird silhouettes in flight, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
"To infinity and beyond" script with three birds on chest
Dark blue script lettering reading through every dark night, there is a brighter day, across the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Close photo of a small black script tattoo reading Exhale, on the back of a wrist, with a hand resting on a thigh beside white platform trainers.
Exhale script tattoo on the hand
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a hooded grim reaper skull with the words DEAD SERIOUS beneath it, on an upper arm.
Grim reaper with DEAD SERIOUS lettering
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo reading Don't forget to love yourself, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote reading Don't forget to love yourself
Pencil sketch of an ornate swash design with shaded ribbon-like forms and curling scrolls, drawn on off-white paper.
Pencil sketch of an ornate scroll flourish
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded dandelion seed head with birds and seeds drifting up the side of the ribs, with the word Always below.
Dandelion seeds becoming birds on ribs
Fine line script tattoo of the word faith on the inner wrist, shown in a Fine line lettering style.
Script word faith on the inner wrist
Black and grey script tattoo spelling the word Strength on the inner wrist and forearm, in a black and white photo.
Strength script on a wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering across the upper back reads nothing of me is original, with the person's face out of frame.
Typewriter quote tattoo across upper back
Fine line black infinity symbol tattoo with cursive script reading Live Love Laugh on the side of a thigh.
Live Love Laugh infinity script on thigh
Black ink handwritten script reading Wait and hope with a long sweeping underline, drawn on a white card over a dark wooden surface, in a lettering style suited to a tattoo design.
Script lettering reading Wait and hope
Black ink tattoo of an outlined heart with swirls, a halo and angel wings, above the script words Always Remembered, on bare skin.
Winged heart with halo and Always Remembered
Black hand-lettered design reading Embrace the Journey, with a looping script for Embrace and a swash-flourished The above a serif capitals JOURNEY, shown on a plain white background.
Embrace the Journey lettering design
Fine line script lettering design reading focus on the good, drawn in black on a plain white background.
Focus on the good script lettering
Two black script quote tattoos on the shoulders of two people's backs, one reading Together forever, never apart and the other reading Maybe in distance but never in heart.
Matching script quote tattoos on two shoulders
Black script lettering on a forearm reading "Don't let the past make your dicisions, for today", shown in a black and grey tattoo.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading be happy, with a thin wavy line beneath it, on the upper arm.
Be happy script on upper arm
Small black fine line semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand with dark painted nails, above a grey knitted sleeve.
Semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist
Traditional-style flash design of dice, a green bottle and a can in flames above a banner reading Roll the Dice, with no body placement shown.
Roll the dice flash with flames and banner
Colour tattoo of a yellow-gold towel with black lettering reading The Terrible Towel, A Pittsburgh Original, across the forearm.
The Terrible Towel forearm tattoo
Black script lettering reading God is within her, she will not fall, tattooed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote on upper chest
Black script lettering reading Leaving behind my minor life for grander maybes, with small underline flourishes, on skin at the side of the hip above a patterned fabric strap.
Script quote tattoo on the side of the hip
Black and grey lettering tattoo of the Camaro by Chevrolet logo in shaded script on a forearm, with a grey t-shirt in the background.
Camaro by Chevrolet logo on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm reading you see flowers in these weeds, beside a dandelion seed head with drifting seeds.
Quote and dandelion seed head on a forearm
Two matching black linework heart designs with ornate swirls, one reading Big Sis and the other Lil Sis in script, shown as a flash sheet.
Matching big sis and lil sis heart designs
Black and grey script lettering with swirling flourishes across a lower abdomen, above two heart-framed pin-up tattoos on the thighs.
Script lettering on abdomen with heart pin-up thighs
Black lettering-style numerals 2, 4 and 7 with a red shaded state outline between them, tattooed in a vertical line on a forearm.
Numbers and state outline on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork bee tattoo on one wrist beside the words just be in a simple serif font on the other wrist.
Matching bee and just be wrist tattoos
Black fine line script lettering reading keep it close watch on this heart of mine, curving along the ribs.
Script quote curving along the ribs
Black linework flash design of a gramophone inside an ornate oval frame, with leaves and a banner reading Music is a place to be, drawn on tracing paper.
Gramophone in an ornate frame with banner
Two forearm tattoos: the word geronimo above a brown bow tie, and the words Allons-y above a pair of red and blue 3D glasses with small stars.
Geronimo bow tie and Allons-y 3D glasses tattoos
Black line tattoo of three periodic table element boxes spelling THINK, with Th for thorium, In for indium and K for potassium, in lettering style on skin.
THINK spelt in periodic table element tiles
Fine line black script tattoo reading One step at a time with infinity symbols, placed on the side of an ankle.
One step at a time script with infinity symbols on ankle
Black ink lettering on a forearm in a typewriter-style font, reading so please forgive what i have done, no you can't stay mad at the setting sun.
Four lines of text on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading what matters most is how well you walk through the fire, with a peace symbol at the wrist end, on a forearm.
Script quote and peace symbol on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading Jerk and Bitch on the inside of a wrist, in a script and a bold serif style.
Jerk and Bitch lettering on a wrist
Fine line script tattoo reading 'Ohana in dark ink on the upper shoulder near the collarbone, with blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail.
'Ohana script tattoo on the shoulder
Black fine line tattoo of the word Always in cursive script beside a triangle, circle and line symbol, on the inside of a wrist.
Always script with triangle symbol on a wrist
Black and grey Cheshire Cat face tattoo with blue eyes and realistic shading, beside handwritten script on the inner forearm.
Cheshire Cat face and script on forearm
Thin black script tattoo reading Trust Without Borders on the inner forearm, with a city skyline and motorway behind.
Trust Without Borders script on forearm
Small fine line black script tattoo with a trailing line on the back of a person's neck, partly hidden by dark hair pinned up.
Fine line script on the back of the neck
Black and grey neo-trad style tattoo on a back showing two embracing figures, a clock face, an owl and scroll banners with lettering.
Embracing figures, owl and clock on upper back
Fine line script tattoo reading Faith, drawn in pale ink with a looped swash, on the sole of a foot.
Faith script tattoo on a foot sole
Black single-line design of the word love forming a heart outline, with a volleyball drawn in the letter o, on a grey gradient background.
Continuous line love heart with volleyball

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