Tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black tattoo of a mountain range above the script words the mountains are calling on skin, placed on the upper shoulder or back.
Mountain range and script quote on shoulder
Black and grey photograph of a typewriter-style lettering tattoo reading I was a drizzle and she was a hurricane, running diagonally across the upper back near the shoulder.
Typewriter quote across the upper back
Black script tattoo reading All good things are wild and free, with a shaded feather and small birds, across a woman's upper chest and shoulder.
Feather and quote across a shoulder
Black fine line script tattoo reading though she be but little she is fierce across a person's lower stomach above black lace underwear.
Script quote across the lower stomach
Two stacked photos of matching crown tattoos on an arm, one reading her king and the other his Queen, both in grey shading with red accents.
Matching crown tattoos with script wording
Close photo of the word Resilience in black script lettering with a small blue heart at the end, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Resilience script with heart on the wrist
Vertical black script tattoo running down the side of the ribs, with fine, slightly broken strokes in black ink.
Vertical black script on the ribs
Colour traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a football crest, a bottle marked with an X, the words Stay True and a red rose.
Traditional arm tattoos with football crest and Stay True
Two people stand side by side showing matching black crescent moon and script tattoos on their ribs.
Matching crescent moon and script rib tattoos
Bold black lettering on a forearm, with the letters forming an elephant shape beneath the word.
Lettering with elephant shape on forearm
Black and grey script tattoo reading Stay Strong with a shaded feather, sitting on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Stay Strong script with feather on the chest
Black ink script tattoo reading Sisters with an anchor forming the letter t, on the back of an ankle above a flip-flop.
Sisters script with anchor on ankle
Black and grey botanical tattoo with script lines on a thigh, with a hand making a peace sign at the top left.
Botanical and script tattoo on a thigh
Close-up of a black line tattoo on an arm showing a teal awareness ribbon inside a circle with the words DEFY THE HAND and YOU'RE DEALT.
Awareness ribbon in a circular text badge
Black typewriter-style lettering reading rise up followed by a large semicolon, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Rise up semicolon on the wrist
Close photo of a small black lettering tattoo reading EVERY DROP COUNTS with a tiny blue water drop, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Every drop counts lettering on a wrist
Close-up of a mouth with gold grills over the lower teeth, showing black lettering that reads FLAWLESS on the skin below the lower lip.
FLAWLESS lettering below the lip
Fine line script tattoo reading 'still' and 'beautiful' on the side of the torso, shown in a close-up photograph.
Script words 'still' and 'beautiful' on the side
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with a crescent moon, two feathers, scattered birds and script reading Dream on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and the word Dream
Black fine line script tattoo reading believe with a small heart above the i and three dots after it, on the top of a bare foot.
Believe script on the top of a foot
Colour traditional tattoo on the upper arm of a pink heart inscribed with the word NAH, framed by teal, purple and magenta flowers and green leaves.
Pink heart with flowers and NAH lettering
Black script lettering reading Goonies never say die across the lower back, with soft grey shading.
Goonies never say die script on lower back
Back view of a fine-line black script quote tattoo running vertically down the centre of the spine.
Script quote running down the spine
Black and red keyhole tattoo with an eye inside, surrounded by circular lettering reading live the car-crash hearts, on the lower leg.
Keyhole and eye with circular lettering on a calf
Two clasped hands rest on sand, each wrist bearing a matching black script tattoo reading S'il plaît à Dieu.
Matching French script wrist tattoos
Metallic gold Team Bride lettering temporary tattoo on the inner wrist, beside a pink paper flower.
Gold Team Bride temporary tattoo on wrist
Traditional style tattoo of a blue and red ball of yarn pierced by two knitting needles, with banners reading KNIT FAST and DIE WARM, on a back.
Ball of yarn with knitting needles and banners
Two hands with black lettering tattooed across the fingers, including a spiral letter form, worn with coffin-shaped rings and long pale nails.
Finger lettering and spiral tattoos on two hands
Black line drawing of the words Follow your heart in mixed lettering, with a simple arrow and a solid heart on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Follow your heart lettering with arrow
Two matching black script tattoos of the word Friends inside an infinity symbol, shown on the tops of two bare feet.
Matching infinity Friends tattoos on feet
Fine line black script tattoo reading with faith and hope on the side of a ribcage.
Faith and hope script on the ribs
Traditional colour tattoo of an inhaler wrapped in a cream banner reading Ain't easy bein' wheezy, shown close up on skin.
Inhaler and banner reading Ain't easy bein' wheezy
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading We're all stories in the end on a forearm, with a plaid sleeve above.
Script quote on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm of a person with dark hair, reading the Serenity Prayer in serif capitals and italic script.
Serenity Prayer lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading "It was then that I carried you" across the side of a foot, a fine line lettering tattoo.
Script quote tattoo along the side of a foot
Black fine line tattoo of the word Always with a Deathly Hallows symbol and three birds on the upper back.
Always lettering with birds and Deathly Hallows
Black lettering tattoo reading Curiosity often leads to trouble along the side of a thigh, with a hand resting on the hip above it.
Quote on the thigh in black script
Fine line black script reading family inside an infinity symbol on the inner wrist, with small letters placed around it.
Family script inside an infinity symbol on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo of a four-line quote in a serif typeface across the side of a ribcage, with a hand and ring visible above.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Fine line black script lettering reading oh de lally with an arrow pointing up and right, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Script words and arrow on a forearm
Black ink script and ornamental swirl tattoo running vertically down the middle of a woman's back, viewed from behind.
Script and swirl design down the spine
Small black lettering tattoo reading stet on the side of the ribs, in a simple lettering style, with a hand in a red plaid shirt lifted beside it.
Stet lettering on the ribs
Black handwritten lettering tattoo reading its is my life with Jon Bovi beneath it, placed on the upper arm.
Handwritten quote tattoo on upper arm
Two black swallow silhouettes above black script reading Follow your heart and Never look back, tattooed on two forearms.
Matching swallows and script quotes on wrists
Temporary tattoo of a sombrero and bold fiesta lettering in red, green, yellow and black on the inner wrist, shown with the palm facing up.
Bachelorette fiesta lettering on the wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading Love with a small heart beside it, on the side of a finger.
Love script and heart on a finger
Black fine line script tattoo of the word enough with a long looping flourish above the letters, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Enough script on the inner wrist
Traditional style tattoo of the words No means No in black script with a solid red heart after each No, flanked by coloured designs on skin.
No means No script with red hearts

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