Letter tattoo ideas

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

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Two sheets showing the word POWER stacked vertically in bold serif capitals, purple letters with an offset orange shadow, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
POWER lettering design on two transfer sheets
Back of a woman in a car showing a dark outlined tattoo of the word FUCK in blocky letters across her upper back, with a curled shape to the left.
Blocky word tattoo across upper back
Black and white photo of a shirtless torso showing fine line Chi-Rho symbols on both shoulders, a small cross on the abdomen and letters on the upper arms.
Chi-Rho symbols, cross and letters on torso
Blue and black shield tattoo with the letters W and B on the inner forearm, with a black and grey sketch tattoo above it.
Blue shield logo on a forearm
Colour compass rose tattoo with black outlines and N and S letters on the forearm, in a geometric star style.
Compass rose tattoo on the forearm
Hand-drawn flourished script monogram of interlocking letters in dark ink on a sepia background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Flourished script monogram design
Colour tattoo of blue three-dimensional block letterforms on a man's chest, shown as if tearing through the skin to reveal red beneath.
Blue 3D letterforms torn through skin on chest
Close-up of a hand with four small fine line black monogram tattoos, one on each finger, sitting on the fingers of the hand.
Four monogram tattoos across the fingers
Close-up of a small fine line black tattoo of a heart with a looping script letter on the inner ankle, beside a bare foot on a wooden floor.
Fine line heart and script on an ankle
Black compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters inside a dotted ring, shown on the inner forearm in a traditional style.
Compass rose tattoo on the inner forearm
Close photo of a small, thin black fine-line mark on the inner ankle of a bare foot resting on white sheets.
Small black mark on an ankle
Two small black script letter tattoos on the fingers of clasped hands, in a fine line lettering style.
Script letters on two fingers
Fine line lettering reading TOUGH ENOUGH in orange, teal, purple, green and yellow on the upper arm of a person in a striped top.
Multicoloured TOUGH ENOUGH lettering on upper arm
Realism black and grey tattoo of a bass guitar across the back of a hand, with letters tattooed on the fingers.
Bass guitar tattoo on the back of a hand
Black ink drawing of a compass rose with an arrow and ribbon, shaded in stippled dotwork on a white background.
Compass rose and arrow design
Two matching black fine line compass rose tattoos with swirling needle points on the inner wrists of two people.
Matching compass tattoos on the wrists
Two palms turned up showing a small black fine line arrow with feathered fletching, a single eye, and the words THE DEVIL WON'T KEEP TIL MORNING in black lettering.
Arrow, eye and quote on palms
Colour realism tattoo of the German flag appearing through torn skin on a man's calf, with a small black letter below it.
German flag under torn skin on a calf
Black crown above a triangle with the letters FOB tattooed on the back of a hand, held beside a black wristband with white lettering.
Crown and FOB triangle on the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of orange poppies, green vines and a large decorative letter with swirling scrollwork on a person's limb, in a botanical style.
Poppies and a decorative letter on a limb
Black outline lettering spelling NICE, one letter on each finger of a hand, in a lettering style with ornate, decorative letterforms.
NICE lettered across four fingers
Fine-line black tattoo of angular capital letters with chevron symbols on the upper arm, in a lettering style.
Angular lettering with chevrons on an arm
Black and white photo of fingers with fine line tattoos spelling MEW, with a small cat face between the E and the W, on the hand.
MEW lettering with a cat on fingers
Traditional-style flash drawing of an open envelope with a letter reading FUCK OFF, a red flower and black leaves on the left.
Envelope with red flower and FUCK OFF letter
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a shaded rose inside a compass rose with N and S markings, on a forearm.
Rose and compass rose on a forearm
Black ink drawing of an ornate calligraphic letter with floral and leaf filling and stippled dotwork outlines, shown on white paper beside a quartz cluster and a fine liner pen.
Ornate floral lettering design in fine ink
Black key tattoo on the inside of a wrist, overlaid on soft watercolour-style blocks of purple, pink, blue and orange.
Black key over watercolour blocks on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork-shaded compass rose tattoo with a fleur-de-lis and scrolls on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Compass rose with scrollwork on upper back
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm showing stylised initials MTW above the script quote Open your mind Before your mouth.
Initials and quote on a forearm
Black fine line compass tattoo with N, E, S and W letters and arrowed points, on the inner ankle.
Small compass tattoo on an ankle
Close view of a small black lettering tattoo of capital letters and numerals on the back of a hand, resting on an open Bible.
Small letter block tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters on the forearm, with shaded star points inside a circular ring.
Compass rose on a forearm
Colour compass rose tattoo with black linework and an orange watercolour wash on the upper arm, with a compass flash design visible in the background.
Compass rose tattoo with orange watercolour splash
Pencil drawing of a compass rose tattoo design with N, E, S and W points and a shaded rose at the centre, in a black and grey gothic style.
Compass rose design with central rose
Small black compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters on the inner wrist, shown in a fine line style.
Compass rose tattoo on a wrist
Bold black ink tattoo of a crown above a triangle containing the letters FOB, on a forearm near the elbow.
Crown and FOB triangle on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of crossed arrows with the letters M and R and two small dots on a forearm, covered with cling film and tape.
Crossed arrows with M and R on a forearm
Black serif lettering spelling LADYLIKE, one letter per finger across both hands, in a lettering style with pink nail polish visible.
LADYLIKE lettered across fingers
Red and gold crown tattoo on the inner wrist, with a small black script letter below it.
Crown and script letter on a wrist
Colour tattoo of four stacked alphabet blocks spelling ISLA in Lettering style on the outer forearm of a person wearing a white t-shirt.
ISLA letter blocks on a forearm
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters and a dotted outer ring, shown on the forearm.
Compass rose on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo on the top of a foot, with a large bold ornamental letter beside the word Forever in cursive script.
Forever script with bold letter on a foot
Two small black lettering tattoos on the inner wrists, an X beside a solid black heart on the left and an O beside a heart on the right.
X and O with heart wrist tattoos
Black serif lowercase alphabet tattoo running across the ribs of a bare torso, with a hand with a ring holding the skin beside it.
Lowercase alphabet tattoo across the ribs
Small black fine line tattoo of two angular symbols above a right-pointing arrow, on the inside of a wrist.
Symbols and arrow on a wrist
Close photograph of a pink and black butterfly with black vine linework and small letters on the side of a torso, tattooed on the ribs.
Butterfly and vines on the ribs
Black and white photo of a man's hands with blackletter-style lettering tattooed across the fingers and back of the hands, in black ink.
Black lettering tattoos across fingers and hands
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