Tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading "How long is forever? Sometimes just one second" across the outer upper thigh.
Handwritten quote on an upper thigh
Black script lettering of the Serenity Prayer with two small red flowers and black vines, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Serenity prayer script with red flowers on the ribs
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Dream as if you'll live forever on the side of a torso, in lettering style.
Script quote reading Dream as if you'll live forever
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with a ship's wheel enclosing a sailing ship, a flower below, and the words DARLIN IM NOT above and COMIN HOME below.
Ship's wheel and flower sketch with lettering
Black and white flash design of piano keys curving across the page like a ribbon, with scripted lettering reading I will sing of the Lord's great love forever.
Piano keys ribbon with Psalm 89:1 lettering
Blue outlined infinity symbol with a heart and black script lettering reading Christian, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Infinity heart with script name on wrist
Black script lettering reading Hello Sweetie with a small red bow beneath it, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Hello Sweetie script with red bow
Lettering tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm reading I'm with Megan's bachelorette party, with two pink martini glasses beside a line about buying a drink.
Bachelorette party text with martini glasses
Close-up of the inner forearm near the wrist showing the words learn to fly in dark fine-line script lettering.
Learn to fly script on a wrist
Woman seen from behind with a large colour back tattoo of flowers, leaves and script, and a dark ornate design, placed across the upper and lower back.
Full back tattoo with script and florals
Black and grey pencil drawing of the word Love in ornate script with sketched flourishes, leaves and swirls, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Ornate script design spelling Love
Black script tattoo reading Today is a gift on the upper back of a person with short dark hair, in a Lettering style.
Script quote tattoo on upper back
Black ink script lettering in a cursive hand across the side of the ribs, reading a four-line romantic quote.
Black script quote along the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a smiling man with swept-back hair and the words The King in script, on the upper thigh.
Black and grey portrait with script on thigh
Black lettering reading accio adventure in a serif typeface runs along the inner forearm of a hand resting on a map of India.
Accio adventure lettering on a wrist over a map
Black and grey interlocking script monogram tattoo on the back of a person's neck, with large hoop earrings visible at either side.
Interlocking script monogram on the back of the neck
Fine line tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds that become flying birds, with the script She believed she could so she did, on the outer side of a foot.
Dandelion, birds and script on a foot
Fine line black tattoo of a small daisy sprig tied with a bow on the forearm, with script lettering above it on the same arm.
Daisy sprig and script on a forearm
Red and black Buffy the Vampire Slayer tattoo on the thigh, with a red silhouette, a dark moon and the words Death is my gift and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer lettering on thigh
Two forearms with blue script lettering: Fearless with a teal ribbon on the upper arm, and Hope with a teal ribbon beneath it.
Fearless and Hope ribbon tattoos on forearms
Two black swallows above the words we only part to meet again 5-17-12, set in a small typewriter-style font on the side of the ribs.
Two swallows and a quote on the ribs
Small black fine line lettering reading don't panic on the upper arm, with a green knit sleeve pushed up above it.
Don't panic lettering on upper arm
Lettering-style temporary tattoo on the inner wrist reading I'm with Robin & Ashley's Bachelorette Party, with two rainbow martini glasses in red and black ink.
Bachelorette party quote with rainbow martini glasses
Two photos of a fine line black script tattoo reading love is enough on the inner forearm.
Love is enough script on a forearm
Colour butterflies beside black script reading "Your tears will dry, you'll soon be free to fly", a lettering tattoo on the back.
Butterflies and script quote on the back
Black script tattoo reading my story isn't over yet with a semicolon above its end, across a forearm.
Semicolon and script quote on a forearm
Black serif lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading in the end, i want my heart to be covered in stretch marks.
Four-line quote tattoo on a forearm
Nautical flash design of white lettering on a navy background, with a crossed anchor, lifebuoy, flags and banners in a traditional style.
Nautical lettering with anchor and lifebuoy
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and cursive script including the word Love, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Orchids and script on an upper arm
Black linework tattoo on the upper back reading "Do you suppose she's a wildflower" in lettering framed by swirling vines, leaves and two coloured flowers, in a lettering and botanical style.
Wildflower quote with vines on back
Two fists bumped together show matching black script lettering reading Mrs and Mr on the fingers, a lettering tattoo on the hand.
Matching Mr and Mrs finger tattoos
Colour tattoo of a pink-ribboned gift box with script reading God's gift and black stars, on the outer thigh.
God's gift present with stars on thigh
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Not all those who wander are lost, with swirl flourishes on the outer side of a foot near the ankle.
Quote lettering with swirls on a foot
Black fine line script tattoo reading Wanderlust with a swash line across the top of a foot, placed near the ankle on sand by the sea.
Wanderlust script tattoo on a foot
Two matching black fine line tattoos of an infinity symbol with a heart, with the word sisters written in script inside the heart, on the heels of two feet.
Matching sisters infinity and heart tattoos
Black fine line cursive script lettering runs diagonally up the inner forearm, with a hand, a handwritten page and a mug of tea beside it.
Fine line script lettering on forearm
Black script lettering on an upper arm reads Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, then Love leaves a memory no one can steal.
Script quote on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a running wolf pierced by arrows, with the words WINTER IS COMIN beneath it, on the calf.
Running wolf with arrows and lettering on a calf
Close photo of a small, fine-line black lettering tattoo in a non-Latin script running across the upper thigh.
Thin black script tattoo on the thigh
Fine line black script reading faith running along a woman's forearm while she sits on grass with her arm bent.
Faith script on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line cursive script lettering tattoo running diagonally across a woman's shoulder and upper back.
Cursive script lettering across a shoulder
Close-up of the word 'saved' in thin black fine line script tattooed on the inner forearm.
Fine line script word 'saved' on a forearm
Two forearms pressed together, each with fine line black script lettering tattooed on the skin reading I will never let you fall and I'll stand up with you forever.
Matching script quote tattoos on two forearms
Two matching shaded black crown tattoos with cursive script letters on the forearms of two people holding hands.
Matching crown and script tattoos on two wrists
Photograph of a realistic tattoo of a star torn open through skin on a man's upper arm and shoulder, revealing words such as freedom and love in black, grey and red ink.
Torn skin star with words on upper arm
Black and grey blackletter lettering spelling HARES, running vertically down a forearm.
Vertical blackletter lettering on a forearm
Black handwritten lettering tattoo across a person's upper back reading I'll be stuck fixated on one star when the world is crashing down.
Handwritten lyric lettering on upper back
Close-up of black handwritten lettering reading i'm fine on a person's skin, with a hand wearing a silver ring and pale nail polish pointing at it.
"i'm fine" lettering on skin

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