Letter tattoo ideas

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

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Ink drawing of an ornate lettering design with curling leaf flourishes and dot shading, drawn on cream paper beside a fine liner pen.
Ornate lettering sketch with flourishes
Red brush-stroke tattoo design on a white background showing a kanji-like character, a paw print and the letter U.
Red brush paw print with letters
Black flash design of a crown above large letters FOB, with a ribbon banner reading Save Rock and Roll and a small lightning bolt.
Crown over FOB lettering with banner
Small red queen of hearts and king of hearts tattoos on the side of two touching fingers, in a simple lettering style.
Queen and king of hearts on two fingers
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 tattoos on a forearm, including a bulb shape, a grinning mouth and a spiral, with a white t-shirt worn above.
Black and grey forearm tattoos with a spiral
Close-up of two hands with red K and Q letter tattoos, each paired with a heart, on the fingers and hand, with a dark tattoo partly visible on the wrist.
K and Q heart tattoos on fingers
Black and grey blackletter alphabet flash sheet from A to Z inside a chain border, with no body placement shown.
Blackletter alphabet flash sheet
Back view of a model in a backless navy beaded gown, with a small black lettering tattoo on her upper arm.
Small lettering tattoo on upper arm, runway model
Black ink lettering M, E and W with a small star across the fingers of a hand, placed on the knuckles, with gold glitter nail polish.
Letters M, E, W and a star on fingers
Black monoline drawing of the words New York in angular geometric letters on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
New York geometric line lettering design
Fine line black anchor tattoo with a heart at the top and the letters L and M beside the shank, on an ankle.
Anchor with heart and initials on an ankle
Watercolour-style compass tattoo on the inner forearm, with black linework and pink and blue wash, an arrow pointing south and N and S letters.
Compass with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattooed across the fingers of both hands, with silver moth rings on the middle fingers.
Finger lettering with silver moth rings
Blue ink drawing of a geometric compass rose mandala on paper, held up by a hand against a plain wall.
Compass rose mandala drawing
Two black ink infinity symbol tattoos made of small letters, one on the top of a foot and a smaller matching one on an ankle.
Matching infinity symbol tattoos on feet
Two matching small black XO lettering tattoos on the inner wrists of two forearms.
Matching XO tattoos on two wrists
Small black lettering tattoo on the back of a person's neck, with hair pulled up and a blue plaid shirt visible.
Small lettering tattoo on the back of the neck
Fine line script monogram of the letters N and L in black ink on the inner wrist, photographed in black and white.
Script NL monogram on a wrist
Fine line black envelope tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a wall covered in postage stamps and envelopes.
Small envelope tattoo on wrist
Black ornate script lettering tattoo on the ankle, photographed in black and white with a stylised flourish above the letters.
Ornate black script tattoo on ankle
Fine line black ink lettering reading expecto patronum along the ribs and a small triangle and circle symbol on the forearm.
Script line and geometric symbols on torso and forearm
Pen and ink drawing of an ornate, flourished letter with scroll details on paper, with a faint pencil sketch of another letter behind it.
Ornate lettering sketch of a flourished letter
Fine black angular lettering tattoo on the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top, shown in a close side view.
Small angular lettering on a forearm
Black ink compass rose tattoo with a fleur-de-lis at the top and dotwork detail, on the upper back of a woman whose face is not shown.
Compass rose on upper back
Black fine-line tattoo of two crossed oars surrounded by the letters N, E, S and W, on the inner forearm.
Crossed oars with compass points
Large LOVE letters filled with pink cherry blossoms, petals and grey Japanese-style clouds on a light grey background.
LOVE letters with cherry blossom design
Black ink compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W markings, in fine line style, on the centre upper back of a person with their hair tied back.
Compass rose tattoo on the upper back
Small black and grey tattoo of a d-pad, two lettered round buttons and two pill-shaped buttons on the inner wrist.
Game controller buttons on a wrist
Black ink compass rose with feathers and a watercolour wash of pink and green across the back of a hand, a fine line and watercolour style tattoo.
Compass rose with feathers on the back of a hand
Solid red heart tattoo with pale 1D lettering on the back of a lower leg, above a leopard print shoe.
Red heart with 1D on a calf
Two hands with black gothic-style letters tattooed one per finger, spelling out a word across the fingers, with a small symbol on the back of the right hand.
Black letters tattooed across the fingers
Black and grey tattoo of the letters GO beside an outlined globe with shaded continents, on plain skin.
GO lettering beside a globe
Black ink alphabet sheet from A to Z in a bold lettering style, with triangle and diamond shapes filling the letters, on a pale background.
Decorative alphabet flash sheet
Brown line drawing of a compass rose with N, E, S and W points, a fleur-de-lis at the top and a small black bird at upper left, shown as a flash design with no body part visible.
Compass rose with fleur-de-lis and bird
Pink shaded tattoo of interlocking letters in a bold outlined style, sitting on the forearm near the wrist.
Pink interlocking monogram on a forearm
Back of two hands with a grey shaded lotus on one and a coloured traditional rose on the other, plus small finger tattoos spelling DOLL and FACE.
Rose and lotus hand tattoos with finger lettering
Two pairs of feet with matching fine line black infinity symbol tattoos decorated with small letters, one on the top of the foot and one on the ankle.
Matching infinity tattoos with letters on two pairs of feet
Black compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters on a man's shoulder and upper arm, shown in traditional style.
Compass rose on a shoulder
Small black fine line lotus flower tattoo with a stylised letter inside, sitting on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Small lotus flower on a foot
Black ink drawing of a mandala-style compass rose with lotus motifs, shown as a flash design for a tattoo.
Mandala compass rose tattoo design
Black ink stylised lettering tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand resting on an open Bible beside a pen.
Stylised letters on the inner wrist
Sepia photo of two small fine line script letters with tiny hearts, one on each inner wrist.
Two small script letters with hearts on wrists
Small tattoo of an open book with a pink cover and scattered grey letters above it, on the inner forearm.
Open book and floating letters on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an owl in flight carrying an envelope, inked on the outer thigh.
Owl carrying a letter on a thigh
Close-up of a traditional style tattoo on skin showing a flying saucer with a small figure beneath it, a stars, a red heart on an envelope, and a red and blue heart at the top.
UFO, envelope and heart tattoos on a limb
Fine line black compass rose with a vertical arrow, feather and the letter N, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Compass rose and arrow on the ribs
Colourful sketch-style tattoo of a stack of books with small floating letters and watercolour splashes, on the forearm.
Stack of books with watercolour splashes on a forearm