27 Resilience Tattoo Ideas

Resilience is “an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change.” For many, learning what it takes to be resilient is a difficult task, one that bears marking with a permanent tattoo reminder.

Using the word resilience in a native tongue-themed tattoo has certainly become a more popular illustration, when previously a symbolic design or foreign language text may have been used in the depiction.

With an idea such as using the word resilience in a design, simple is beautiful. Most designs either use an easy-to-read typewriter-style font or flowing cursive to illustrate the word.

Others will extend their resilience tattoo concept to incorporate other popular tattoo imagery, ranging from flowers and mandalas to birds and animals. All of these secondary images have meanings associated with strength and growth.

The overwhelming majority of tattoos are placed on the inner forearm or lower part of the arm and wrist. It’s within the sightlines of the subject, which is an important factor for affirmation tattoos.

For others, especially those incorporating flowers and flowing cursive script, the lower leg and along the spine are great placements for long, narrow tattoo images.

Resilience tattoos are almost always smaller designs. Simple, one ink color or black tattoos can cost less than $200 for work by an experienced pro, who average $150-$200 per hour. 

The word resilience itself may only cost the shop minimum (anywhere from $75-$200 depending on the parlor)

For small designs in complex detail or those etched in a bright range of colors, they can cost 2 2.5 times the price of a similar simple tattoo ($400-$500).

Make sure you have a solid understanding of the price before committing to the work and set aside 15% on top of your price to tip the artist.