Tattoo ideas

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

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Realism style tattoo of a grey SLR camera with a Canon label, purple succulent, green vines and blue flower, with Stay Focused script below, on the ribs.
SLR camera with Stay Focused script on ribs
Black script reading muay thai above a shaded red boxing glove tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm.
Muay thai script and boxing glove on wrist
Black ornamental padlock and key flash design with handwritten script above and below, shown without any body placement.
Ornate padlock and key with love script
Hand-drawn script lettering reading freed, with CHRIST above and ME below, flanked by green leaf sprigs on a speckled off-white background.
Christ freed me script lettering with leaves
Black script tattoo spelling the word Faith across the wrist, with a small star flourish above the F, beside pink painted nails.
Faith script tattoo on a wrist
Realism tattoo of a star with torn-skin edges filled with words such as friendship, family and love in red, across a shoulder and upper arm.
Torn-skin star with words on shoulder
Close-up of a black semicolon and a black and red yin yang symbol beside the words 'My story is not finished' in a typewriter font, tattooed on a forearm.
Semicolon and yin yang with quote on forearm
Small lettering reading bad wolf in a typewriter style on the side of the ribs, rendered in pale ink on light skin.
Bad wolf lettering on the ribs
Black ink bamboo stalks and leaves with Japanese-style calligraphy down the back, extending onto the shoulder, with small red seal stamps.
Bamboo and calligraphy across a back
Black and grey handwritten script tattoo reading Darlin' you'll be ok with a signature-style mark, in fine line lettering on the inner forearm.
Handwritten quote and signature on forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading walk by faith across the top of a foot, photographed against a wooden deck.
Walk by faith script on a foot
Close photo of black script lettering reading Never Settle along the side of a finger, with the hand resting on a car steering wheel.
Never Settle script on a finger
Illustrated design of a pigtailed character blowing pink bubble gum and holding a baseball bat, with bold lettering and watercolour splashes in pink, purple and teal.
Pigtailed character with bubble gum and bat
Black script lettering reading "If you kiss me goodnight I'll know, everything is alright" runs diagonally along a forearm.
Script quote along a forearm
Black and grey fine line script quote tattoo running across a woman's ribs, photographed in black and white.
Script quote tattoo on ribs
Back view of a woman in a white lace bodysuit showing a small fine line tattoo of symbols and numerals in black ink across the mid-back.
Small line of symbols and numerals on mid-back
Close photo of a black fine-line tattoo of an anchor wrapped in an infinity symbol, with the script words I refuse to sink beneath it, on skin.
Anchor and infinity with script quote
Black and grey script lettering tattoo across the upper back reading I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, with Philippians 4:13 below.
Scripture lettering across upper back
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a rope heart enclosing a noose, with the words MISERY LOVES ME above and below, on a forearm.
Rope heart with noose and lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Give me strength when I'm standing and faith when I fall, tattooed along the ribs in a lettering style.
Script quote on the ribs
Black fine line tattoo of a cross with a small heart and the script word hope on skin, photographed close up.
Fine line cross with heart and script hope
Black fine line script tattoo reading Does this unit have a soul? on the forearm, shown against a red and white striped background.
Script quote on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo in the shape of the state of Minnesota, filled with names and place words, on the side of a torso.
Minnesota state outline made of words
Red and black blackletter capital letter with three black birds in flight, tattooed on a lower leg in a lettering style.
Blackletter initial with birds on a calf
Black script lettering reading surrender tattooed across a finger on the hand, shown in a close photograph.
Surrender script across a finger
Two clasped hands show matching black lettering tattoos on the forearms, set in a typewriter-style font that reads everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.
Matching quote tattoos on forearms
Black and grey tattoo design with the words She is clothed in strength and dignity, framed by blossom branches and two butterflies.
Proverbs 31:25 lettering with blossom and butterflies
Two hands with matching black Roman numeral lettering tattooed along the fingers, one hand wearing a silver ring and bracelets.
Matching Roman numeral finger tattoos
Black and grey tattoo on the ribs of a side torso showing dreamcatchers, shaded feathers and the script quote Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
Dreamcatchers and feathers with script on ribs
Black serif lettering reading "i am, i am, i am." on the inner forearm, with the sleeve of a maroon top pushed up above it.
"i am, i am, i am" lettering on a forearm
Close crop of a woman's left forearm with fine black script lettering tattooed along the inner arm, wearing a white vest top and yellow pleated skirt.
Script lettering on a forearm
Two black and grey tattoos on forearms: a ship's wheel with the script 'Be the one to guide me' on the left, and a shaded anchor with a chain and the script 'but never hold me down' on the right.
Ship's wheel and anchor script tattoos on forearms
Fine line black lettering reading w(h)ine on the ankle of a leg, above a pink and black striped sock.
Small w(h)ine lettering on an ankle
Traditional style tattoo of a globe, flowers, leaves and a suitcase on a forearm, with the words Every path leads home.
Globe and suitcase with lettering on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of paw prints with the names Kato, Max, Lucy and Sammy, red hearts and a quote, placed on the upper back.
Paw prints with pet names and a quote
Black script lettering reading Diabetes 1 inside an infinity-style loop on the inside of a forearm near the wrist.
Diabetes 1 script on a wrist
Black and grey script tattoo reading "life is good" in lettering style on the side of a torso, below a black sports bra.
"Life is good" script on the ribs
Two people hold hands, each with a matching fine line 'always' script tattoo with a small triangle, circle and line motif on the inner wrist.
Matching 'always' wrist tattoos
Black and grey back tattoo in traditional style, with Latin script, stars, dice, cherries, strawberries and a skull in a flower, spread across the upper and lower back.
Back piece of dice, cherries and Latin script
Black script lettering reading NO REGRETS across a forearm, in a lettering style with flowing capitals.
No Regrets script on a forearm
Handwritten lettering in black ink on pale paper, forming an infinity symbol with the words Live the life you love, as a flash design for a lettering tattoo.
Live the life you love infinity lettering
Fine line black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with the script word 'always' and three small asterisks, placed on the upper back.
Deathly Hallows symbol and 'always' on upper back
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Please return to Tiffany & Co. New York 925 on the back of the neck.
Tiffany & Co. lettering on the back of a neck
Teal and purple feather joined to a black arrow with the script words Follow your arrow, fine line lettering on pale skin.
Feather and arrow with script on the back
Black and grey flash design of the words Be Different in script lettering over a stippled dotwork flower with leaves, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Be Different script over a dotwork flower
Black ink Roman numeral lettering in five lines, with hyphens between the numerals, tattooed on an upper arm.
Roman numeral dates on upper arm
Black and grey photo of two clasped hands, with script lettering reading King and Queen, each under a crown, tattooed on the hands.
King and Queen crown lettering on hands
Fine line black script reading wanderlust, running diagonally along the inner upper limb of a person in a patterned top, with the sea and rocks behind.
Wanderlust script tattoo

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