Letter tattoo ideas

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

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Two hands with traditional tattoos, showing a dagger and heart with a banner on the back of one hand and single letters across the knuckles of the other.
Knuckle letters and traditional hand tattoos
Close-up of a fine line black tattoo on the side of a chest showing crossed arrows with a small heart above and the letters L, V and E around the centre.
Crossed arrows with heart and LOVE letters
Black compass rose tattoo with N and S lettering on the side ribs, with a fine circle and arrowhead points.
Compass rose on the side ribs
Small fine line black compass tattoo with a crosshair circle, a long needle arrow and a letter beside it, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fine line compass on a forearm
Black fine line compass cross tattoo with the letters M, S, N and A on the inner forearm of a man with visible arm hair.
Fine line compass cross on a forearm
Watercolour-style compass rose tattoo with black linework and orange, purple and blue splashes on the upper arm.
Watercolour compass on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a compass rose tattoo design with feather accents on the west and south points and a dotted central medallion.
Compass rose with feathers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling wolf across the back of a hand, with flowers and shading continuing up the forearm.
Snarling wolf on the back of a hand
Black script letter beside a solid paw print tattoo on the outer ankle, photographed against a leopard print rug.
Paw print and script letter on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a blue and white NY logo shown through a torn-skin effect on the calf.
Torn skin reveal with blue NY logo on a leg
Black and white photo of a small fine-line script tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand with striped nails visible above it.
Small script lettering on inner wrist
Black lettering sheet showing an ornate uppercase alphabet in a traditional display style, repeated twice on a cream background.
Decorative uppercase alphabet sheet
Two small black fine line tattoos, an X and an O, placed on the wrists of two raised arms in black sleeves.
XO tattoos on both wrists
Fine line black tattoo of angular letters on the inner wrist, photographed with the palm facing up and purple nail polish visible.
Angular letters on the inner wrist
Two small black fine line tattoos, an X on one inner wrist and an O on the other, shown against a white background with black sleeves.
Small XO wrist tattoos in fine line
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 and grey realism tattoo of a pocket compass, quill, coins and a map on an upper arm.
Realistic compass and map sleeve piece
Small black leaf sprig tattoo and two small letter-like marks on a palm holding a brass compass in front of misty mountains.
Leaf sprig tattoo on palm holding compass
Black ink sketch of a stylised three-dimensional block letter with diagonal hatched shading and small bubbles, drawn as a tattoo design in a lettering style.
3D block letter with hatched shading and bubbles
Small black XXX lettering tattoo on the back of a hand near the wrist, with silver rings on two fingers against a plain pale background.
XXX lettering on the back of a hand
Black script monogram of two interlocking letters with curling flourishes, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Interlocking script monogram on upper back
Black and grey geometric block lettering tattooed vertically along the inner forearm of a person holding an open hand out over a wooden floor.
Geometric block lettering on a forearm
White blackletter capital letters A to Z with decorative swirls and flourishes on a black background, shown as a lettering flash sheet.
Blackletter alphabet flash sheet
Black and white photo of a shirtless man seen from behind, with a lettering tattoo reading london across his upper back and a floral tattoo at the edge of his left shoulder.
London script tattoo on a seated man's back
Black and grey photograph of a butterfly tattoo on the inner forearm, with a semicolon as its body, the letters AKF and a small infinity symbol below.
Butterfly with semicolon and initials on wrist
Compass rose tattoo in a watercolour-style wash of teal, pink and purple, with feathers, on the upper back.
Compass rose with feathers on the upper back
Black serif lettering reading LOVE is split across two wrists, with LV on one wrist and OE on the other, while two hands are clasped together.
LOVE lettering split across two wrists
Dark grey stylised letter tattoo on the outer forearm of a hand with yellow stiletto nails reaching into a monogram tote full of banknotes.
Stylised letter tattoo on a forearm
Two matching fine line black tattoos of an infinity loop crossed by an arrow, with the letters R and K, shown on two wrists.
Matching infinity and arrow wrist tattoos
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a central anchor and a fleur-de-lis above the N, in dotwork shading, on the side of the ribs.
Compass rose with anchor on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a long sword with a stylised tree above and two elvish-style letters on the calf, shown from two angles.
Sword, tree and script on a calf
Small black fine line script lettering tattooed behind a person's ear, placed on the skin below the ear's edge.
Small script lettering behind the ear
Hand-drawn sketch in purple pen of a compass rose surrounded by flowers, buds and leaves, a flash design for a tattoo.
Compass rose with flowers and buds
Black and grey shaded rose tattoo with compass arrows and leaves on the thigh, photographed on a bed.
Shaded rose with compass arrows on thigh
Black and grey stag head tattoo with long antlers across the back of a hand, with small letter tattoos on two fingers, in traditional and dotwork style.
Stag head and antlers on the back of a hand
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a purple rose with green leaves and a gold crown and sceptre on the ankle and top of a foot.
Purple rose and crown on a foot
Two small fine line script letters, one with a tiny heart, tattooed in dark ink on the inner wrists in a sepia photograph.
Two small script letters on wrists
Hand-drawn ornate letterform in red fineliner with scrolls, filigree and hatched shading, a design suited to lettering-style tattoos.
Ornate red ink lettering sketch
Small black serif lettering, the letters B, I, X, V and I stacked at an angle, on the side of a hip in a close photograph.
Stacked serif letters on a hip
Fine line black script lettering tattooed on the skin behind a person's ear, close up.
Small script letters behind the ear
Black ink flowing script alphabet chart showing upper and lower case letters in Lettering style on a white background, with no placement on skin.
Flowing script alphabet chart
Two palms facing the camera with black block lettering on the fingers, reading COME on the left hand and HOME on the right, in a lettering style on the hand.
COME HOME lettering across fingers
Small black-outlined infinity symbol with script letters R and M, a central heart and two red hearts, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Infinity symbol with R and M on wrist
Red and pink dripping FRESH lettering tattooed across the stomach, shown below a white bra.
FRESH lettering across the stomach
Black line tattoo of a Punnett square grid with capital E and lowercase e letters on the inner wrist.
Punnett square tattoo on a wrist
Black ink lettering tattoo of an ornate capital letter with curled terminals, outlined in a crescent moon and small star outlines, on a limb.
Decorative capital letter with crescent moon and stars
Small fine line black compass tattoo with a central arrow and a single letter, sitting on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fine line compass on inner forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a man and woman seated either side of a Ouija board inside a circle, on the outer thigh.
Couple at a Ouija board on a thigh