Letter tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style tattoos on the back of a hand, showing a bow and arrows, a half heart, red drops and the word ROMANTIC in black lettering.
Bow, arrows and lettering on the hand
Two clasped hands showing small red fine line tattoos: a K with a heart on one finger and a heart above a Q on the other.
Red K and Q heart tattoos on fingers
Black ink compass rose with feathers and compass point letters on the back of a hand, over a pink and green watercolour wash.
Compass and feathers on the back of a hand
Two interlocked hands show matching black script monogram tattoos on the ring fingers, in a lettering style.
Script monogram on two ring fingers
Small black lettering tattoos on the fingers of a hand with black nails, resting on the face of an orange and white cat with its eyes closed.
Lettering tattoos on fingers, hand resting on a cat
Small black fine line tattoo of a crown and a script letter on the side of a finger.
Crown and script on a finger
Close-up of a wrist and hand with tiny black fine line tattoos, including a small cross-like mark on the wrist and a small symbol on a finger.
Small fine line marks on wrist and finger
Two hands held together showing a red traditional rose on the back of one hand and a black and grey rose on the other, with small finger tattoos on the fingers.
Rose tattoos on the backs of both hands
Two clenched fists show the word KNITPURL tattooed one letter per finger in a serif lettering style, with black outlines and pink, orange and yellow fills on the hands.
KNITPURL lettering across knuckles
A clenched fist with blue-grey blackletter-style lettering reading CATS MEOW across the knuckles, with a turquoise painted fingernail on the thumb below.
Cats Meow lettering across knuckles
Close view of a man's hand with a small black capital lettering tattoo on the side of the ring finger, in a lettering style, with a wristwatch and dark suit sleeve visible.
Small capital lettering on a finger
Two fists held toward the camera, with the word LOVE in black serif capitals across the fingers of one hand and SICK across the other, both on the hand.
LOVE and SICK finger lettering
Close-up of two hands, with a small black crown, letter K and spade tattoo on one finger and a small red outlined symbol tattoo on the neighbouring finger.
Crown, letter and spade tattoos on fingers
Traditional black and grey moth tattoo across the back of a hand, with a feather tattoo on the wrist and letters on the fingers.
Moth on the back of a hand
Black blackletter lettering tattooed one letter per finger on two hands, resting on a dark leather surface.
Blackletter letters across fingers
Small fine line black heart outline with a script letter inside, tattooed on the side of a finger on a hand.
Heart and script letter on a finger
Black and white photo of two small lettering and symbol tattoos, one on the back of a hand and one on a wrist, with a second tattooed arm visible at the top right.
Small letter and symbol tattoos on hand and wrist