Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black script lettering reading Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, with a feather and flying birds, drawn on a white feathered background.
Feather, birds and script quote design
Fine line cursive script reading nothing is permanent, drawn in dark ink across a pale textured background in a four-panel collage.
Nothing is permanent script lettering
Black and grey fine line design of five feathers above the lettering Under His wings you will find refuge, with Psalm ninety one verse four beneath it.
Five feathers with Psalm 91:4 lettering
Black and grey drawing of a skeletal marching band drum major with a plumed hat and baton, beside lettering reading I am not afraid to keep on living.
Skeleton drum major with lettering
Black ink lettering design on white paper, with a decorative blackletter-style word surrounded by scrollwork and foliage, beside a fine black pen.
Ornate lettering design in black ink
Hand-drawn lettering design reading Harry, Hermione and Ron in flowing script, with a lightning bolt, crown, glasses and small star doodles, drawn in brown ink on a sepia background.
Harry, Hermione and Ron name lettering design
Black and white lettering design reading Harley-Davidson with a B and D emblem, a ribbon banner and ornate spires, drawn as a flash design with no body placement shown.
Harley-Davidson lettering with ribbon and emblem
Black design drawing of a row of spiral and angular symbols above the word UNFOUND in serif lettering on a white background.
Unfound lettering with spiral symbols
Hand-drawn flash sheet of infinity symbol tattoo designs with handwritten words such as love, faith and hope, in fine black linework.
Infinity symbol lettering designs
Black script lettering reading Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, with two outlined hearts beside it, shown as a design on a white background.
Always on my mind script with two hearts
Black and grey lettering design reading Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future, in a shaded and outlined traditional-style typeface on a beige background.
Every saint has a past lettering design
Black and grey drawing of an ornate lettering tattoo design surrounded by leaves, flowers and ribbons, with no body placement shown.
Ornate botanical lettering design
Black distressed typewriter-style lowercase alphabet with punctuation on a white background, shown as a flash sheet of lettering designs.
Distressed typewriter alphabet sheet
Fine line tattoo design of four birds in flight above the script lettering life is a beautiful struggle, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Four birds above a script quote
Pencil sketch of the words One and Only in flowing script lettering on white paper, lying on a wooden surface beside a pencil.
One and Only script lettering sketch
Hand-drawn black pen tattoo design of an anchor with the words Refuse to Sink and swirls on lined notebook paper.
Refuse to sink anchor design
Black line drawing of a sword wrapped in ribbon banners reading 'All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us', with a shield, ring, rose and landscape vignette.
Sword and quote banners line design
Hand-drawn black ink lettering design reading NO DAY BUT TODAY with FORGET REGRET between arrows, shown on pale paper.
No day but today lettering design
Black script lettering reading Veni Vidi Vici on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design in a fine line lettering style.
Veni Vidi Vici in script lettering
Black and grey traditional nautical designs, including a ship, star, compass and lighthouse, shown as flash sheets and temporary tattoos on a thigh.
Nautical temporary tattoo designs on a thigh
Pencil sketch of the words Fresh and Foolish in flowing script lettering with an ampersand, drawn on white paper resting on a wooden table.
Fresh and Foolish script lettering sketch
Black line drawing of a bold, graffiti-style word with a rising sun, clouds, flowers, feathers and a bird, designed as a lettering piece for a tattoo.
Bubble lettering with sun, clouds and flowers
Black script lettering reading Wild Child on a white background, with a leafy sprig beneath the words, in a design suited to a tattoo.
Wild Child script lettering with leafy sprig
Black hand-lettered script reading breathe, shown as a large design on white, a temporary transfer on grass, and a small fine line version on the chest.
Breathe script word tattoo
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing an anchor, clasped hands, crossed arrows, a rope, flowers, an envelope and banners with lettering.
Traditional flash sheet with anchor, hands and banners
Black line drawing flash design of a rose and a stitched heart wrapped in a thorned vine, with the words Please stay forever with me.
Rose and stitched heart with lettering design
Hand holding a colourful flash drawing of a rainbow, hearts, a lollipop, stars, flowers and a cloud, with the words Sugar, spice and everything nice in bold lettering.
Sugar, spice and everything nice flash design
Black ink flash design of the words love her but leave her wild in script lettering inside a circular wreath of hatched leaves, with no body placement shown.
Love her but leave her wild lettering in a leaf wreath
Black lettering in an infinity loop reading live the life you love, shown as a design, as temporary transfers on grass, and as a small fine script tattoo on a woman's upper back.
Infinity loop lettering reading live the life you love
Black line drawing of the words Just Breathe in flowing handwritten script on a white background, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
Just Breathe script lettering design
Black and grey flash drawing of a pizza slice with dripping cheese, hearts and an I LOVE AFFAIR banner, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
I Love Affair pizza slice flash design
Black and grey dotwork flash drawing of a howling wolf before a stippled full moon, with the words You're a werewolf and I'm a full moon and a small flower and leaves, drawn in ink on a sketchbook
Howling wolf and full moon flash
Pencil sketch of a pin-up woman with three bears and Just Right script in Neo-trad and lettering styles, drawn as a tattoo design.
Pin-up portrait with bears and Just Right script
Black line drawing of a broken heart, split into two halves with the words BE FRIENDS across them, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Broken heart with BE FRIENDS lettering
Black script lettering reading She flies by her own wings on a plain white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Script quote reading She flies by her own wings
Black and grey lettering flash sheet showing SXE, XXX, Straight Edge, Poison Free and Drug Free designs in varied typefaces.
Straight edge and drug free lettering flash sheet
Black script lettering reading Barista on a plain grey background, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Barista script lettering design
Black script lettering reading Little Monsters, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Little Monsters script lettering design
Pencil sketch of the words John 3:16 in flowing script lettering on squared graph paper, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
John 3:16 script lettering sketch
A grid of cross stitch chart designs in traditional tattoo flash style, including swallows, hearts, roses, a pin-up, a cherry pair and lettering, on a grey background.
Sheet of cross stitch tattoo-style flash designs
Black line drawing of a heart with the words TACOS BEFORE VATOS, surrounded by sparkles and flowers, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Heart with lettering and sparkles flash design
Hand-drawn black ink script lettering of the word Live on white paper, with a black marker pen resting at the top of the frame.
Script lettering design reading Live
Black ink hand-lettered design reading 'A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor' on aged, sepia paper, with decorative flourishes above the text.
Hand-lettered sailing quote on aged paper
Black silhouette of a leaping whale with the words Do what is right, not what is easy set in white distressed lettering across its body, drawn in a vintage woodcut style.
Whale with Do What Is Right quote
Hand-drawn tattoo design of a compass with pink flowers, leaves and a scroll banner reading Take Me Home, shaded in grey with coloured pencil accents.
Compass and flowers with Take Me Home banner
Black and grey lettering design of a globe wrapped in botanical sprigs, with the words Be the change you wish to see in the world.
Globe with lettering and botanical sprigs
Fine line flash design of the words Do small things with great love, with a stylised flower and leaves at each side.
Quote with flowers and leaves design
Black ink drawing of the words Let me be brave in script lettering, with a bird in flight dissolving into stippled dots at the end of the phrase.
Let me be brave lettering with a bird