Tattoo ideas

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

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Hand-drawn pencil sketch of the words Once upon a time in ornate script with swirling flourishes, a lettering design for a tattoo.
Once upon a time lettering sketch
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Love always, Charlie across the outer lower leg, in a lettering tattoo.
Love always, Charlie lettering on a leg
Black and grey photograph of a block lettering tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, reading WORDS FAIL with MUSIC SPEAKS upside down beneath it.
Words fail, music speaks lettering on a forearm
Black and grey script reading Believe in the run with a winged running shoe tattoo on the side of a foot near the ankle.
Believe in the run script and winged shoe on a foot
Black ink drawing of a stylised calligraphic script design with curling flourishes on a plain grey background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Black ink calligraphic swirl design
Close-up of a small black script tattoo reading anise on the side of an ankle, worn with gold stiletto heels and dark trousers.
Anise script on an ankle
Black script lettering reading Forever across the top of a foot, with flowing loops and a fine monoline style.
Forever script lettering on the foot
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading The rest is still unwritten... across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote reading The rest is still unwritten
Black and white photo of a forearm with a solid black band tattoo containing a white ampersand, in a blackwork style on the forearm.
Ampersand in a solid black band on a forearm
Back view of a blue-teal cursive script tattoo running down the spine, with a lace garment draped over one shoulder.
Cursive script tattoo down the spine
Fine line script tattoo reading The only exception on the upper back, with a small line symbol on the forearm, seen from behind.
Script quote on upper back
Black and grey tattoo on the side of the ribs showing two lines of latitude and longitude coordinates framing a central ornamental scroll motif with tapered points.
Coordinates and ornament on the ribs
Close-up photo of a yellow heart with a red outline and black handwritten script reading 'because you're mine I walk the line' on skin.
Yellow heart with script lyric tattoo
Pen drawing of a shaded feather with the script words free yourself, live your dreams above it, as a tattoo design on paper.
Feather with 'free yourself' script design
Close crop of a woman in a black mesh top and black shorts, showing small black and red Arabic script lettering tattoos on her forearms.
Arabic script tattoos on both forearms
Close-up of black script lettering reading Everlong on pale skin, with a small red heart above the final letters.
Everlong script with a red heart
Close photo of a fine line script tattoo reading not all those who wander are lost across the upper back, with the word wander encircled by a simple outline.
Fine line quote across upper back
Close-up of a small black serif letter K tattoo behind a pierced ear, in lettering style, placed on the skin behind the ear.
Small serif letter K behind the ear
Close-up of the words stand strong in black script lettering tattooed on the ankle and foot.
Stand strong script on an ankle
Black ink tattoo of a Deathly Hallows symbol with lettering arranged around it, across the middle of a person's back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with quotation on back
Black lettering tattoo in an invented-looking script running in a curve over the shoulder, ending in an arrow pointing down the upper arm.
Curved script tattoo with arrow on shoulder
Close-up of an ear with small black numerals 269 tattooed inside the upper part of the ear, in a clean lettering style.
Numerals 269 inside the ear
A man tying a red-laced boot, showing script lettering and linework tattoos on his forearm and the back of his hand.
Script and linework tattoos on forearm and hand
Black script lettering reading He walks with me... runs along the outer side of an ankle, with pink painted toenails visible at the edge of the frame.
Script quote along the ankle
Blue UV-reactive tattoo of the word Lumos with a star burst on the back of a hand, shown glowing under blacklight, in a lettering style.
Glowing UV lettering reading Lumos on a hand
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a rose with leaves and a curving line of script across the top of a foot, above lace stiletto shoes.
Rose and script quote across the top of a foot
Fine line black script tattoo reading live fearless on the inner forearm, with a hand resting at the right edge of the frame.
Live fearless script on a forearm
Black script lettering tattooed along the side of the ribs, reading a line of text in a flowing handwritten style.
Script quote along the ribs
Pencil sketch of an interlocking script monogram in black and grey, drawn as a lettering design for a tattoo.
Interlocking script monogram sketch
Black lettering tattoo on the side of a thigh reading so hold your head up high and know it's not the end of the road, set in a serif typeface.
Quote lettering along the side of a thigh
Black ink tattoos on two inner wrists showing passport-style stamps, the word wanderlust in script and a compass rose, in fine line style.
Passport stamps, wanderlust and compass on wrists
Two pencil sketches of ornate lettering designs, one reading HOPE and one reading FAITH, with flourishes around each word.
Hope and Faith lettering sketches
Close-up of a woman's shoulders showing two black fine line script quote tattoos, one on each collarbone near the shoulder.
Two script quotes along the collarbones
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate key wrapped in ribbon banners with script lettering, shown on a forearm.
Ornate key wrapped in lettered ribbons on a forearm
White ink script tattoo reading Believe, with swirled flourishes beneath, on a forearm.
Believe script on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace running into the script words Just live, on the upper chest.
Heartbeat line with Just live script
Fine line black tattoo of two crossed lines with the letters H, A, S and D placed around the centre, on the inner upper arm.
Crossed lines with letters on upper arm
Close-up of a black and grey lettering tattoo on the back, reading you are every reason every hope and every dream ive ever had in a typewriter-style font.
Typewriter quote tattoo on the back
Small fine line black tattoo of the word escape between two arrows on the inner wrist, with gold bangles worn on the same arm.
Escape with arrows on the wrist
Black script tattoo reading Stay Strong with a small heart on the inner wrist, styled as lettering and worn beside gold bracelets.
Stay Strong script on a wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading "Take these broken wings and learn to fly" with a small bird silhouette on the forearm.
Quote and bird on a forearm
Five temporary tattoo designs on white squares: a black lotus, a magenta elephant above Námáste script, a black Om symbol, a black circle with a white Om, and magenta Námáste lettering.
Lotus, elephant and Om temporary tattoo designs
Black script lettering reading Not all those who wander are lost across the upper back of a person with dark hair, photographed from behind.
Quote lettering across the upper back
Black linework flash sheet of Irish-themed tattoo designs, including a shamrock, harp, pipe, horseshoe, pot of gold and banner lettering, shown on a flat, unmarked white sheet.
Irish-themed traditional flash sheet
Black and white photo of a raised hand showing fine line script reading good vibes on the inner wrist.
Good vibes script on inner wrist
Black and white photo of an open palm with a shaded anatomical heart tattoo and the lettering 'Hold My Heart' and 'He's Beating for You Anyways'.
Anatomical heart with quote on palm
Black and grey script tattoo reading Free Yourself on the inner forearm, with a shaded feather and a flock of birds flying off to the right.
Free yourself script with feather and birds
Colour sunflower with black script reading A Cruce Salus across the top of a foot, with red toenail polish.
Sunflower and script on the top of a foot

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