Initial tattoo ideas

64 photos and flash · 63% Lettering, 36% Fine line · Forearm most common

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A sheet of eight black line monogram designs in flourished lettering styles, with initials such as JM, CB, SB, AG, EJ and TS, shown on a plain white background.
Eight decorative monogram designs on white
Black and grey line drawing of a traditional-style anchor wrapped in ribbon banners, one reading FAMILY, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Anchor with family ribbon banners
Black ink drawing of an ornate capital letter A decorated with swirls, dots and leaf shapes on crumpled white paper, in a lettering design style with no body placement shown.
Ornate letter A with flourishes
Fine line tattoo design of a woman in profile with flowing red and black hair, overlaid with grey script initials.
Woman in profile with flowing hair and script
Black ink drawing of an ornate capital letter D with acanthus leaf flourishes, shaded with fine hatching in a lettering style.
Ornate capital letter D with acanthus leaves
Black ink drawing of an interlocking script A and N monogram with a small heart in the centre, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Interlocking A and N monogram with heart
Black fine line script letters b and k joined by a thin connecting line and a solid heart, shown as a tattoo design on a light grey background.
Script letters b and k with a heart
Flash design of a pink pig sitting on a rose inside a heart made of petals, with the initials SJ above, in a botanical style with black linework and pink watercolour.
Pig and rose in a petal heart
Black line drawing of a crown above crossed arrows, a diamond at their centre and the letters N, A, X and J, on a plain white background.
Crown, crossed arrows and diamond design
Black line drawing of the initials E and M joined by a plus sign, with a fine-line botanical sprig on each side, shown on a white background as a tattoo design.
E and M initials with leafy sprigs
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