Tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a Winnie the Pooh quote in serif lettering, with a sketched Winnie the Pooh and Piglet and a trail of footprints below.
Winnie the Pooh quote and Piglet on upper arm
Galaxy-shaded triangle tattoo with black knotwork, a leaf in a circle and stylised lettering on the inner forearm.
Galaxy triangle with knotwork on a forearm
Black brush script lettering spelling the word Wonderful on a plain white background, a lettering design for a tattoo.
Wonderful in brush script lettering
Two black script quote tattoos sit on the upper thighs, with a black and grey feather design between them.
Script quotes on thighs with feather
Black and white photo of small block lettering reading GRL PWR tattooed on a forearm, with a dark background and a necklace visible above.
GRL PWR lettering on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two sugar skulls, one with curled hair and a flowered hat, on an upper arm, with a script lettering piece in a second panel.
Sugar skull couple on upper arm
Black ink Chinese characters with English captions reading Sisters, Elder Sister and Younger Sister, shown as a lettering tattoo design sheet with no body placement.
Chinese characters for sisters, elder and younger
Fine line black feather tattoo with three small birds and the script words Strength, Growth and Love on the inner forearm.
Feather, birds and script on a forearm
Close crop of a torso in a torn white top, showing fine black script lettering on the upper arm and a second script line on the forearm, both partly cropped.
Script lettering on upper arm and forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading Be careful who you trust, the devil is an angel, over shaded wings tattooed on the side of a ribcage.
Script quote with wings on the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading breathe, with a wave flourish, on the inside of a wrist.
Breathe script with wave on wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering reading wild and free across the side of the ribs, partly covered by a black top.
Wild and free lettering on the side ribs
Fine line black cross with thin cursive script lettering on the inner wrist and forearm of a raised hand.
Cross and script on the inner wrist
Black fine-line script tattoo running vertically down the centre of the chest, between the hands of a person in an open denim shirt.
Vertical script tattoo on the chest
Fine line black script reading just keep swimming with a small anchor on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Just keep swimming script with anchor on shoulder
Black script tattoo reading part of the words no regrets across the upper back of a woman in a white lace bra and denim shorts, partly cropped.
Script quote tattoo on a back
Thin black fine line lettering reading WARR;OR, with a semicolon in place of the letter I, on the upper arm below a pink sleeve.
Warrior lettering on upper arm
Two forearms with matching black script fine line tattoos reading Okay? and Okay. on the forearm, with hands joined beside them.
Matching Okay script tattoos on forearms
White hand-lettered script reading Brave with a small arrow beneath it, drawn on a plain black background in a lettering style suited to a tattoo design.
Brave script with arrow design
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading we see things they'll never see along the inside of a forearm.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a person's bare back showing a crown above bold ASSHOLE lettering with cross motifs, plus traditional sleeve tattoos on the raised arms and a word on one hand.
Crown and lettering across a back
Black script lettering spelling Joy with a shaded pink flower on the inner wrist, in a botanical lettering style.
Joy script with flower on wrist
Black serif lettering reading And the tree was happy runs along the top of a shoulder in a warmly lit close-up photo.
Quote tattoo along the shoulder
Two people show matching black script lettering tattoos reading shall never drift apart, placed along the collarbone and upper shoulder.
Matching script quote tattoos on two collarbones
Fine line script tattoo reading Courage on the forearm near the wrist, shown in pale ink against the skin.
Courage script on a wrist
Fine line black script reading 'Not all those who wander are lost' across the outer thigh of a person in a denim shirt.
Script quote on a thigh
Black and grey stylised lettering forming an armband tattoo around the upper arm, shown against a white sleeve.
Black lettering armband on upper arm
Line drawing of the words Love yourself in flowing script, framed by paisley-style flowers, feather shapes and swirling flourishes on a tan textured background.
Love yourself script with floral flourishes
Colour tattoo of a teal and grey raptor claw with black outlines and the words Clever Girl curved along its edge, on the outer thigh.
Raptor claw with Clever Girl script
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with three stacked ribbon banners reading Fortune favors the hustle, shown on paper with no placement on the body.
Fortune favors the hustle ribbon banner
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a woman's profile with the words Jane Austen in script beneath it, on the inner forearm, with Austen novels stacked behind.
Jane Austen silhouette and script on wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading for thee I love I will sacrifice, running vertically along a person's left side ribs.
Script quote running down the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading I'll be seeing you on a forearm, with a metal bracelet visible at the top of the frame.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Two hands with matching black lettering tattoos on the fingers, reading love you most and love you more.
Matching love you most and love you more finger tattoos
Black script lettering reading Favoured, Constant and a third word on three fingers of a hand, placed on the finger segments.
Script words tattooed on three fingers
Realism style tattoo of a frowning face in round glasses and a red beanie, with lettering curved around it, on a lower leg.
Bespectacled face in red beanie on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a seated Buddha with a lotus and a halo on the upper arm and shoulder, with floral ornament and script on the forearm.
Seated Buddha and lotus sleeve on an arm
Two stacked photos show a fine line lowercase letter a on a man's middle finger knuckle and a fine line lowercase letter j on a woman's inner wrist.
Small letter tattoos on a finger and wrist
Black ink infinity loop tattoo on the side of the ribs, with Peter Pan and Tinker Bell silhouettes and the words Never Grow Up in script lettering.
Peter Pan silhouettes in an infinity loop on ribs
Black script lettering on a white background reading Give Me Strength when I'm standing and Faith when I fall, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Script quote design: Give Me Strength
Colour tattoo of a leg lamp in a wooden crate with a red banner reading A MAJOR AWARD, on a lower leg.
Leg lamp in a crate with banner
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading DON'T OPEN and DEAD INSIDE beside a door with hands reaching out, shown on the top of both feet.
Door and hands lettering across two feet
Bold black lettering reading iRun with small red 26.2 above it, tattooed on a person's upper back below a purple top strap.
iRun lettering on upper back
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo spelling the word spark on the side of a woman's ribcage, with a white vest top visible.
Spark script tattoo on the ribs
Small black fine line tattoo of an arrow with the word believe in script on the ribs, beside black lace underwear.
Arrow and believe script on the ribs
Colour tattoo on a calf of a gold armillary sphere with stars and a grey centre, above and below script lettering reading The ones we love never truly leave us.
Armillary sphere with script quote on a calf
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading be strong and courageous along the ribs, with the person's hair falling over the shoulder.
Script quote along the ribs
Black fine line script reading inhale the future exhale the past, with a flock of birds flying above it on a shoulder.
Script quote and birds on shoulder

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