Lettering tattoo ideas

3,720 photos and flash · 59% Lettering, 22% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Hand-drawn flash design of the script phrase la Vita è Bella above a simple arrow, drawn in dark ink on paper.
Script phrase with arrow design
Neo-trad style flash design of a red-haired cartoon girl surfing a turquoise wave beneath pink flowers and a ribbon banner with lettering, with no body placement shown.
Surfing girl with wave and flowers
Black line drawing of hand-drawn lettering reading Look for Beauty, Listen with Love, Live to Inspire, with a swirled butterfly, hearts and flourish dividers, shown as a tattoo design.
Look for Beauty lettering with butterfly
Pencil drawing of an owl in flight, with wings and body filled with swirls, dots and stylised lettering, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate owl in flight design
Black crown design filled with white mountain and pine tree linework, with the lettering you my are king and PSALM 44:4, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Crown with mountains and lettering
Flash sheet showing a colour floral skull with butterflies and ribbon, a black and grey skull with a spiked crown, and JANE lettering beside a deer silhouette.
Floral skull, misfit skull and deer flash sheet
Black line flash design of a stitched spellbook with an eye on its cover, a banner reading It's all just a bunch of, and purple Hocus Pocus lettering.
Stitched spellbook with eye and banner flash
Black ink script lettering design with stippled shading, dots and swirling flourishes, drawn on white paper.
Script lettering design with dotwork shading
Hand-drawn tattoo design of two lungs and a trachea with stippled dotwork and watercolour-style washes, with the words Need you like water in my lungs above and below.
Lungs with lettering design
Traditional-style flash sheet of hearts with banners, flowers and lettering such as no scrubs, go away and drop dead, drawn on paper with no placement on the body.
Heart and banner flash sheet
Black and grey pencil drawing of a Dalek above a banner reading EXTERMINATE, shown as a tattoo design on a spiral sketchbook page.
Dalek with EXTERMINATE banner design
Line drawing flash of a pizza slice with pepperoni and mushrooms, with banners reading I WILL NEVER and BREAK YOUR HEART, in a traditional style.
Pizza slice with banner lettering
White line drawings of traditional tattoo flash motifs, including a skull, rose, diamond and dagger, repeated across a black duvet cover on a bed.
Traditional tattoo flash print on black bedding
Black and grey lettering design reading Play the Hand You're Dealt, with a pencilled spade and playing cards above and flourishes around the script, drawn as a flash design with no body placement
Play the Hand You're Dealt lettering design
Pencil drawing of an eye with long lashes and two tear drops, with the words I'M FINE above and a silhouette of two people embracing in the iris.
Eye with tears and I'M FINE lettering
Traditional flash drawing of a sailor pin-up woman with closed eyes and a sailor cap, framed by a green laurel wreath and a yellow banner reading Sink or Swim.
Sailor pin-up with laurel wreath and Sink or Swim banner
Pencil and ink drawing of an open book outline, with lettering running along its edges that lists book genres and the words I love books.
Hand-lettered open book design with genre list
Black ink flash design of two birds and the lettering I am flawed if I'm not free, with swirling flourishes, shown on a white background.
Two birds and quote lettering design
Black and white line drawing of a sun and moon face split down the middle, with the words we live by the sun and we feel by the moon around it.
Sun and moon face with quote lettering
Drawn Mr and Mrs knuckle tattoo design on two fists, framed by red roses and blue forget-me-not flowers, in a botanical Hand style.
Mr and Mrs knuckle design with roses
Illustrated flash design of purple angel wings and a halo framing a dark car in front of a full moon, with a banner reading Carry on my wayward son.
Winged banner with car and moon
Black ink drawing of a rope-wrapped anchor and ship's wheel beneath calligraphic lettering reading the sailor's creed, shown as a design on paper rather than on skin.
Anchor and ship's wheel with sailor's creed lettering
Pencil and ink drawing of a compass inside a hatched frame, with three banners reading Before you ask which way to go, remember where you've been.
Compass with banner quote drawing
Sheet of black script lettering samples spelling Alis volat propriis in several calligraphic styles, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Script lettering samples in several fonts
Traditional style flash design of a grey owl with orange eyes carrying an envelope, with two banners reading Don't count your owls until they have been delivered, set against blue clouds and stars.
Owl carrying an envelope with banner scrolls
Several temporary tattoo designs on a wooden table, including a dreamcatcher with feathers, crossed arrows, an anchor and script lettering.
Temporary tattoo sheets with dreamcatcher and script
Tattoo flash design of three dark red roses with black linework and a central script quote in an ornate frame, drawn on a cream textured background.
Three roses with script lettering flash
Black ink flash design of the word Teacher in flowing script inside an apple outline, with a leaf and curled stem, on a white background.
Teacher lettering inside an apple
Black and grey tattoo design of a tooth framed by radiating lines, with the word WISDOM beneath it, in a traditional flash style.
Wisdom tooth with sunburst flash
Black line drawing of a simple cross above the fine-line lettering I surrender who I've been for who you are, on a plain light grey background.
Cross and lettering quote design
Neo-traditional flash design of a dark-haired pin-up character in a black bodice, with banners reading Waiting for true love's kiss, roses and a rope frame.
Pin-up character with banners and roses
Pen and ink drawing of an ornate script lettering design with swirling flourishes on cream paper, beside a black fineliner pen.
Ornate script lettering design in ink
Pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a compass inside a tree wreath, with banners reading 'Not all who wander are lost' and an anchor below, in a botanical line style.
Compass, anchor and tree banner design
Black ink design of a crowned, winged figure cradling a stippled globe, framed by a circle, two stars and a line of lettering beneath, with no placement shown.
Crowned winged figure holding a globe
Dark line drawing of two scroll banners reading I solemnly swear I am up to no good, with a pair of small footprints below, on a cream background.
Two scroll banners with a quote and footprints
Traditional-style anchor with a red and gold stock and a DAD banner, printed as a design on a white ceramic mug.
Traditional anchor with DAD banner design
Black linework flash design of a cartoon T-rex with feathered crest and leafy wreath, with the words We Need More Teeth, drawn in fine line on paper.
T-rex with leaves and We Need More Teeth
Black ink drawing of a crab with moon phases on its shell, a feather, a flower, shells, an anchor and a CANCER banner, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Zodiac crab with moon phases and banner
Black ink flash sheet of an ornate script alphabet titled Double, with swirling flourishes, shown as a drawn lettering design rather than on skin.
Double script alphabet flash sheet
Black ink line sketch of a man with a quiff and a lightning bolt across his face, with lyrics in handwritten lettering and radiating lines, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Line drawing of a lightning bolt face with lyric
Fine line flash design of yarn balls, crossed knitting needles, a small heart and the word love in swirling script, drawn in dark red on a pale pink background.
Yarn, needles and script swirls
Black and grey drawing of a treble clef wrapped in two scroll banners that read I am married to the music, for better or worse, with a pointed blade shape at the top.
Treble clef with quote banners
Traditional style flash drawing of a pink-frosted cupcake with a bow, a slogan banner, two orange flowers and a rising sun, in full colour.
Cupcake with banner flash design
Black ink pen sketch of stylised cursive script lettering on cream paper, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Hand-drawn script lettering sketch
Flash sheet of gold and silver foil temporary tattoo designs, including icosahedrons, arrows, a sunburst and lettering, with no body placement shown.
Metallic geometric flash sheet with lettering
Pen and wash drawing of an anatomical heart with red drips on a cupcake, with a banner reading Sweet Heart beneath, designed as a tattoo flash.
Anatomical heart on a cupcake with banner
Black fine line script reading alis volat propriis, ending in a detailed feather, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.
Alis volat propriis script with feather
Black and white hatched line drawing of the word Boop with a full stop, a lettering tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Boop lettering design