This bible verse tattoo, rather than going in the stone tablet direction, created a variety of different pieces of paper – shaded in muted gray and black to maintain an aged look – as backdrop for the text.

The artist took pains to link up the Bible quote with elegant scrollwork border with other Christian tattoos on the subject’s left bicep and arm. 

The intentionally jagged cursive of this piece is unique – it could be the actual handwriting of the subject. The artist adds in some small pieces of shading to help fill the image around the text.

Psalm 27:1 – “the Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear?” – illustrates the choice of chest tattoo image. The artist bookmarked a Bible verse to augment the beautifully executed black and gray lighthouse. The shading in this tattoo is of excellent quality – the waves and clouds provide contrasting patterns, helping give added context and depth to the whole image.

This is a nice cursive tattoo, although sticklers for grammar may have an issue with each word being capitalized. The script is tightly bunched on the skin yet flows quite cleanly for it to be understood easily by anybody close enough to read it. The choice to do the script in flat black line work rather than a combination of text and shading is the smart choice.

The clean, crisp cursive is emphasized by the gentle curve across this subject’s chest. He opts to use the opening line in conjunction with the bookmark for the rest of the quote.

This is a funky font. The Bible verse tattoo here is crisp, clean, and easy to read. The cursive script provides some nice points in which to add flourishing touches.

This chest, shoulder, and bicep tattoo combines text with shading and a religious image. The cloud shading is necessary and executed well; otherwise, the elements wouldn’t be able to join up clearly. The artist’s emphasis on long, flowing characters is a nice touch to a technically solid artwork.