Letter tattoo ideas

351 photos and flash · 52% Lettering, 29% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Pencil sketch of a compass design with skis running north to south, crossed ski poles on the diagonals and mountain peaks across east and west, with N, E, S and W lettering.
Compass design with skis, poles and mountains
Close-up of a small black fine-line tattoo of angular geometric symbols on the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top.
Fine line angular symbols on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an outlined heart joined with a stylised script letter, placed on the back of a neck.
Outlined heart and script letter on the neck
Small black fine line compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters on the heel of a foot.
Compass rose on a heel
Two closed fists showing BOOKWORM tattooed in black traditional-style letters across the knuckles, one letter per finger.
BOOKWORM knuckle lettering
Black and grey fine line compass rose tattoo with N and S letters, an arrow and a feather running down the inner wrist and forearm.
Compass rose and feather on a wrist
Black and white photo of two clenched fists with the word SPINSTER tattooed in serif capitals across the finger segments, a lettering tattoo on the hands.
Spinster lettering across knuckles
Black line drawing of a traditional-style bird carrying a sealed envelope with a scalloped flap and small heart, with flowers and radiating rays, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Bird carrying a love letter with flowers
Colour tattoo of a blue NY logo with grey and black biomechanical-style shading on the upper arm, shown in close view.
Blue NY logo on upper arm in biomechanical shading
Flash design of a large black calligraphic letter entwined with green leaves, sprigs and a pale green rosebud on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Botanical calligraphic letter with leaves and rose
Black and grey fine line tattoos of the letters M, E and W and a small cat face across four fingers of a hand, with glitter nail polish.
Letters and small cat on fingers
Small fine-line black tattoo of a triangle, cursive letters cf and the number 508 on the top of a foot.
Triangle, script letters and 508 on a foot
Black ink hand-drawn alphabet sheet showing capital letters A to Z in an ornate, sharp-serifed lettering style, suitable as a tattoo lettering reference.
Hand-drawn A to Z lettering sheet
Teal fine line outline of a psi symbol on a forearm, with a grey knitted sleeve in the background.
Teal psi symbol on a forearm
Two black fine line tattoos on an upper arm: an outline world map above and a compass with arrows and the letters N, E, S and W below.
World map and compass tattoos on arms
Two wrists held together, each with a black and grey crown tattoo above an ornate letter, forming a matching pair.
Matching crown and ornate letter wrist tattoos
Black and grey family tree tattoo with swirling leaves, script lettering and roots on the side of the ribs.
Family tree with roots and script lettering on ribs
Black compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters on the heel of a foot, shown in a black and white photograph.
Compass rose tattoo on the heel
Hand-drawn A to Z alphabet sheet in bubbly graffiti-style lettering with black outlines and grey shading, shown as a design drawing rather than on skin.
Graffiti-style alphabet lettering sheet
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a heart-shaped Ouija board with a moon, a red gem and hanging drops, on the calf.
Ouija board heart with moon and gem
Black and grey drawing of two crossed arrows with the letters N, E, S and W at the compass points, on a cream background.
Crossed arrows with compass points
Two interlocked hands showing small red fine line tattoos of a king and a queen with hearts on the fingers, with a faded grey script tattoo on the upper hand.
King and queen of hearts on fingers
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
Colourful traditional-style sleeve of peonies, roses and a unicorn on a woman's arm, with lettering on her fingers and a white t-shirt behind.
Traditional floral sleeve with peonies and roses
Black and white photo of two clasped hands, with a serif letter tattoo on each wrist that together spell LOVE.
LOVE lettering on clasped wrists
Black ink flash sheet of two decorative alphabets in traditional-style lettering, one with solid black fills and one with outline letters, plus numerals and punctuation.
Alphabet and numerals lettering flash sheet
Two small black fine line tattoos, an X on one inner wrist and an O on the other, shown on raised hands against a white background.
Small X and O wrist tattoos
Black and grey fine line compass tattoo with arrows and cardinal points on the forearm.
Compass tattoo on a forearm
Four close-up panels show a black ae ligature tattoo with two dots above it, fading from solid black ink to almost no visible ink on the skin.
Ae letter tattoo across four stages of fading
Pen sketch of a compass rose with N, E, S and W points, a circle with inner spokes, and an arrow flanked by two feathers, drawn as a tattoo design.
Compass and dreamcatcher arrow design
Black line drawing flash sheet of an ornate outlined alphabet, numerals, scrolls, daggers and a scroll banner, with no body placement shown.
Ornamental alphabet and numbers flash sheet
Small black lettering reading HE>i on the inner wrist of a raised hand, in a simple lettering style.
Small HE>i lettering on a wrist
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
Hand-drawn black ink alphabet sheet showing capital letters A to Z, each with diamond shading inside the letterforms, on a white background.
Hand-drawn alphabet lettering sheet
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 photograph of a small black Greek lettering tattoo on the upper thigh, beside red underwear and white striped thigh-high socks.
Small Greek letters on a thigh
Black line drawing of a compass rose with N, E, S and W letters above an anchor, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Compass rose and anchor design
Black line drawing of an upper and lower case script alphabet and numerals 0 to 9 in flowing copperplate-style lettering, shown as a reference sheet.
Copperplate script alphabet and numerals sheet
Realistic black and grey forearm tattoo of a compass, sailing ships and a letter with a red wax seal, placed on the inner forearm.
Compass, ships and sealed letter on a forearm
Black ink drawing of an ornate decorative capital letter with filigree patterning and curling flourishes on white paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate decorative letter in ink
Small black letter Y tattoo on the side of a person's torso, with one hand resting near it and a striped top.
Small letter Y tattoo on the side
Close-up of a black XO lettering tattoo with a small red heart above the letters, on the inner wrist.
XO lettering with red heart on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork compass rose design with N, E, S and W letters and ornate mandala-style petals, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Dotwork compass rose design
Two fingers with small tattoos, a black line-work anchor on one finger and a colour shark fin above blue water on the next, with black lettering across the knuckles and fingers.
Anchor and shark finger tattoos
Fine line black compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters on the heel of a foot.
Compass rose tattoo on a heel
Close photo of a fine black script lettering tattoo running diagonally along the inner forearm of a person in a black top.
Thin script lettering on a forearm
Black fine line compass rose tattoo with N and S points on the inner wrist and forearm, photographed from above on a concrete ground.
Compass rose on an inner wrist
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