Blackletter tattoo ideas

55 photos and flash · 95% Lettering, 7% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Hand-drawn Hufflepuff house crest design in yellow, black and grey, with a badger over a striped shield and a blackletter banner reading Hufflepuff.
Hufflepuff crest with badger and banner
Pencil flash sheet showing the word INSANE drawn in ten lettering styles, including script, blackletter, serif and an ornate design, for use as tattoo lettering.
Insane lettering flash sheet in ten styles
Black and grey blackletter Latin lettering with small flourishes across a forearm, set in two lines.
Latin blackletter text on a forearm
Close photograph of black blackletter lettering tattooed vertically along the side of a person's ribs, with a dark wall and records in the background.
Vertical blackletter lettering on the ribs
Black blackletter script tattoo reading Eppur Si Muove across the upper back of a person with dark curly hair.
Eppur Si Muove across the upper back
Black and grey flash sheet of ornate script and blackletter lettering designs, including words, numbers and month names, with no body placement shown.
Lettering flash sheet in black and grey
Forearm tattoo of a black blackletter letter with blue-grey shading above a black script quote reading just a sign to remind me tomorrow is worth the fight.
Blackletter letter and quote on a forearm
Flash sheet of ornate blackletter capital letters A to Z in black line work with floral flourishes, styled as lettering designs.
Ornate blackletter alphabet A to Z
Black and grey blackletter alphabet flash sheet with A to Z in ornate gothic capitals and swirling flourishes, shown as drawn designs rather than on skin.
Blackletter alphabet flash sheet
Close view of two hands with blackletter lettering spelling RECKLESS across the finger segments in teal ink, with small cross marks above the knuckles.
Reckless lettering across knuckles
Black blackletter-style tattoo of the word Magic, with a triangle and circle symbol in place of the a and a lightning bolt forming the i, on pale skin.
Magic lettering with symbols
Black blackletter lettering arranged in a diamond shape, appearing to spell earth, air, fire and water, shown as a flat design drawing with no body placement.
Earth, air, fire and water blackletter design
Two wrists side by side with black lettering tattoos: the word Beauty in script on the left wrist and Beast in a bold blackletter style on the right wrist.
Beauty and Beast wrist tattoos
Red and black blackletter letter with the script phrase Your Pain Is A Gift tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Quote and blackletter letter on upper back
Black and grey blackletter alphabet flash sheet from A to Z inside a chain border, with no body placement shown.
Blackletter alphabet flash sheet
Close-up of a hand with black stiletto nails and black skull rings, over a forearm covered in black blackletter lettering tattoos and an ornamental design.
Blackletter lettering on a forearm beside skull rings
Black blackletter script reading We the People tattooed along the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top, with a checked shirt and bookshelves in the background.
We the People lettering on a forearm
Black and white sheet of temporary tattoo designs reading No Regerts in bold, serif and blackletter lettering, shown in several sizes.
No Regerts lettering flash sheet
Black and white flash design of a skull in a sombrero, flanked by roses and crossed daggers beneath a diamond, with blackletter text reading Pierce the Veil.
Skull in sombrero with roses and daggers
Black and grey blackletter script with a diamond lattice border tattooed along a forearm, against a dark background.
Blackletter text and lattice on a forearm
Black and grey flash design of a cartoon pin-up riding a chopper motorcycle above blackletter Born Wild lettering.
Pin-up cartoon on a chopper with Born Wild lettering
Black flash design of the Japanese kanji for strength above the word STRENGTH in blackletter lettering, on a white background.
Kanji for strength with blackletter lettering
Black and grey circular flash design of an apple with a skull face and a blackletter quote around the ring, with no placement on the body shown.
Skull apple badge with blackletter quote
Black and white blackletter alphabet sheet showing upper and lower case letters A to Z in an ornate lettering style.
Blackletter alphabet lettering sheet
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of a detailed crown above a blackletter R and a line of Roman numerals, on the calf.
Crown and blackletter R on a calf
Black and grey pencil design of symmetrical blackletter-style lettering with four wolf heads and flowing ornamental lines, drawn as a flash design for a tattoo.
Symmetrical blackletter lettering with four wolf heads
Back view of a person with black and grey blackletter lettering across the upper back, a rose tattoo on the upper arm and knuckle lettering on the raised hand.
Blackletter back piece and rose on upper arm
Brown blackletter lettering design reading Old School on a white background, with swashed capitals and fine trailing strokes, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Old School blackletter lettering design
Black and grey blackletter lettering and a winged design across the chest and stomach of a hooded person, with tattooed arms.
Blackletter chest and arm tattoos
Black and grey blackletter lettering spelling HARES, running vertically down a forearm.
Vertical blackletter lettering on a forearm
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 blackletter capital D design with a castle silhouette and four-point stars inside the letter, shown as a drawn tattoo design without a body placement.
Blackletter D with a castle
White blackletter capital letters A to Z with decorative swirls and flourishes on a black background, shown as a lettering flash sheet.
Blackletter alphabet flash sheet
Black and grey blackletter lettering reading REGRET NOTHING across the upper arm.
Regret nothing lettering on upper arm
Back of a woman's head with a braided updo, showing a small black blackletter-style letter tattoo on the nape of the neck.
Blackletter letter on the nape of the neck
Two stacked photos of black and grey blackletter lettering tattooed on skin, with grey shading fading through the strokes.
Blackletter lettering shown in two panels
Black line drawing of a heart outline containing blackletter-style lettering that reads Family, with a large decorative initial F, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Family lettering in a heart outline
Black line drawing flash sheet of an ornate blackletter capital alphabet with floral flourishes, suitable as lettering designs for a tattoo.
Ornate blackletter capital alphabet sheet
Black blackletter alphabet sheet showing uppercase and lowercase letters A to Z in a gothic lettering style, suitable as tattoo lettering reference.
Blackletter alphabet sheet
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a dotted inner ring and blackletter lettering along the lower edge, on a person's back.
Compass rose with blackletter lettering
Close photo of a black blackletter lettering tattoo on the inner wrist of a forearm, with the hand resting on a laptop keyboard.
Blackletter lettering on the wrist
Black linework tattoo across a person's upper back, showing large blackletter letters, a skeletal hand holding blades, and smaller lettering, in a lettering-led style.
Blackletter lettering and skeletal hand on a back
Close photograph of two lines of black blackletter-style lettering tattooed across a person's ribs, with a shop interior visible behind.
Two lines of blackletter text on ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a raised finger in front of lips beside ornate blackletter lettering with flourishes, on a limb.
Lips and raised finger with blackletter lettering
Blackletter tattoo reading Blog Life across the upper back of a person with wet hair standing in a swimming pool, in black ink.
Blog Life lettering across upper back
Black line drawing of an A to Z blackletter alphabet sheet, with each capital letter shown in ornate gothic script on a white background.
Blackletter alphabet sheet, A to Z
Black ink blackletter alphabet sheet showing capital letters A to Z with decorative swashes on a cream background, shown as lettering flash.
Blackletter uppercase alphabet flash
Twelve month names from January to December in black blackletter lettering with flourishes, drawn on textured white paper, shown as a vertical strip.
Twelve month names in blackletter lettering