Letter tattoo ideas

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

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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
Colour tattoo of an open book on a stack of books with black letters floating above it, on the side of the ribs.
Open book with floating letters on the ribs
Close photo of a black blackletter lettering tattoo on the inner wrist of a forearm, with the hand resting on a laptop keyboard.
Blackletter lettering on the wrist
Fine line black compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters and a dotted circle centre, placed on the foot.
Compass rose tattoo on a foot
Two matching black arrow tattoos with feathered fletching and a dotted circle sit on the forearms of two people with their hands together.
Matching arrow tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W lettering on the side of the ribs, shown in a black and white photo.
Compass rose on the ribs
Black linework tattoo across a person's upper back, showing large blackletter letters, a skeletal hand holding blades, and smaller lettering, in a lettering-led style.
Blackletter lettering and skeletal hand on a back
Fine line black tattoo of angular letterforms and chevron shapes on the inner upper arm.
Angular letterforms on the upper arm
Two interlocked hands show matching black script monogram tattoos on the ring fingers, in a lettering style.
Script monogram on two ring fingers
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a row of hatched teeth with letter labels, plus two smaller tooth drawings and a small hatched fragment.
Labelled teeth illustration on a forearm
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
Gold metallic temporary tattoo of three Greek-style letters with a pair of scissors on the inner wrist, styled as lettering.
Gold foil Greek letters and scissors on a wrist
Traditional style compass rose in blue and green on the upper back, with N, E, S and W letters and a map outline inside a dotted circle.
Compass rose over a map outline on upper back
Black and grey flash sheet of decorative alphabet letters A to Z, each with floral swirls, and some with small butterflies, in a lettering style.
Decorative alphabet letters A to Z with swirls
Close-up photo of a grey-black lettering tattoo on the upper arm, with the letters a, r and m stacked vertically in a serif font.
Stacked serif letters spelling arm on upper arm
Close view of a small black Hebrew lettering tattoo on a person's upper shoulder, above a grey strappy top.
Small Hebrew lettering on a shoulder
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with a monogram, swirling tribal-style linework and small stars on the side of a person's torso.
Crescent moon and stars on the side
Small black fine line tattoo of a crown and a script letter on the side of a finger.
Crown and script on a finger
Black line drawing of an ornate capital letter with a swirled base, a five-petalled flower, small buds and leaves on vines, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ornate capital letter with flowers and leaves
Hand-drawn sketch of two crossed arrows with the letters N, E, S and W marking the compass points, in dark grey line on a pale background.
Crossed arrows with compass points sketch
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 raised fists show a small black BROOKLYN lettering tattoo on one inner wrist and a simple black outline crown on the other, in a fine line style.
Brooklyn lettering and crown on wrists
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
Small fine-line black tattoo of a letter P with a single dot beneath it on the upper arm.
Small letter P with dot on upper arm
Eight numbered sheets of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs, featuring Greek letters, geometric patterns, anchors and chevrons.
Gold metallic Greek letter temporary tattoo sheets
Pencil drawing of a compass rose with an arrow pointing north east, labelled W, E and S, shown on a sheet of paper.
Compass rose design drawn on paper
Faded compass rose tattoo with cardinal letters on the back of a person's neck, shown in light grey ink.
Compass rose on the back of the neck
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
Black and red lettering tattoo with swirling vines, a small purple butterfly and a red heart shaded on the inner wrist and forearm.
Script letters, vines and heart on a wrist
Fine line black X and O tattoos on the inner wrists of two raised hands against a pale grey background.
Small X and O on inner wrists
Fine line black tattoo of crossed arrows with N, E, S and W compass letters on the back of a person's neck.
Compass arrows tattoo on the back of the neck
Close black and white photograph of a small black ink lettering tattoo with looping flourishes and an accent mark on skin, body part not shown.
Black ink script tattoo with flourishes
Black and grey floral sleeve tattoo on a forearm, with a wing, a swirling shape, large letters and a triangular geometric motif, worn beside a metal wristwatch.
Floral sleeve with wing on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a grey-shaded typewriter key cluster with letters, framed by orange flowers, green leaves and black scrollwork in an oval.
Typewriter keys in a flowered oval on a calf
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 view of a person lying in white bedding, showing three small fine line tick marks on the inner forearm and a small letter and short script on the ribs, in black ink.
Fine line marks on forearm and ribs
Black block lettering reading MY BODY MY ART on a person's lower abdomen, above the waistband of blue denim jeans.
My Body My Art lettering on the lower abdomen
Black and grey flash sheet of ornate script capital letters with swirling flourishes and shaded edges, intended as lettering designs for tattoos.
Ornate script alphabet flash sheet
Small fine line black x and o tattoos on the inner wrists of two people whose hands are clasped together on a white pillow.
Small x and o tattoos on two wrists
Black and grey tattoo of a typewriter with a quote reading May I never be complete, on the upper arm, with letters spilling from the keys.
Typewriter with spilling letters and quote
Black line drawing of an A to Z blackletter alphabet sheet, with each capital letter shown in ornate gothic script on a white background.
Blackletter alphabet sheet, A to Z
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of a crouching winged Superman figure in front of a grey Superman shield, with the letters DC in script below.
Winged Superman and shield on upper arm
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
Black ink blackletter alphabet sheet showing capital letters A to Z with decorative swashes on a cream background, shown as lettering flash.
Blackletter uppercase alphabet flash
Black line lettering design stacking the letters A, an ampersand, C and E vertically on a white background, in a bold lettering style with no body placement shown.
Stacked A, ampersand, C and E lettering design
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