Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink pen sketch of two stylised waves inside a circle, with the words A million waves in the ocean and Crash at once to make you smile written around the edge.
Waves and quote in a circular pen sketch
Black and grey drawing of an anatomical heart wrapped in ribbon banners reading shipwrecked bones carry my seasick heart home, with two swallows, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Anatomical heart with ribbon lettering
Pencil sketch of the word Wanderlust in script, with mountain peaks above the letters and a compass rose beside them, drawn on torn paper over wood.
Wanderlust script with mountains and compass
Black and grey traditional style flash design of a hockey mask on a blade shape, with the words IT'S FRIDAY FRIDAY curving along the edge.
Hockey mask and blade flash with Friday lettering
Black ink flash design on white paper showing script lettering that reads I have loved you with an everlasting love, with arrows and feathers, held beside a pencil.
Arrows and feathers with Jeremiah 31:3 lettering
Sheet of eight hand-drawn decorative letter M designs in black outline lettering, with swirls, flourishes and gothic-style serifs, for tattoo lettering.
Decorative letter M lettering flash sheet
Pink flash-style design of a heart with a banner reading FEMINIST and two roses with leaves, drawn in bold outlines with no body placement shown.
Feminist banner, heart and roses flash
Black line flash drawing of two long-nailed hands with stylised flames, sparkles and the words Fire Walk With Me above a chain.
Hands with flames and Fire Walk With Me
Neo-traditional style flash design of a red-haired archer with a Celtic knot tattoo on her shoulder, a bow, arrow, sword and white flowers, with a banner reading Fate Loves the Fearless.
Red-haired archer portrait with lettered banner
Black line drawing of a mountain peak with zigzag snow lines above bold block lettering reading DRD4-7R, in a simple monoline design.
Mountain peak above DRD4-7R lettering
Traditional style flash drawing of a clawed glove hand with a banner reading Never Sleep, in red, teal and brown.
Clawed hand with Never Sleep banner
Black and grey flash design of a rolling pin with script banners reading "They see me rollin'" and "They hatin'", drawn for use as a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Rolling pin with "They see me rollin'" banners
Design reading YOU'RE ALREADY DEAD, with each letter formed from bones such as ribs, vertebrae and a skull, in white on a black background.
You're Already Dead bone lettering
Traditional-style flash sheet of four cartoon characters with scroll banners, flowers and a large red rose, drawn in bold outlines and bright colour.
Cartoon character flash sheet with roses and banners
Black linework flash design of a robot head inside circular blackletter-style lettering reading YOU ARE WHO YOU CHOOSE TO BE, drawn on cream paper.
Robot head with circular quote lettering design
Handwritten script lettering reading Even so, it is well with my soul in navy ink on white, a lettering design in a Lettering style with no body placement shown.
Script lettering of a hymn phrase in navy
Hand-drawn lettering design reading 'Bind my wandering heart to thee' in black marker on pale blue paper, a lettering sketch with no body placement shown.
Hand-lettered 'Bind my wandering heart to thee' design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a battered helmet, a rose and leaves in black and grey shading, with lettering across the top.
Helmet, rose and lettering design
Hand-drawn lotus flower in purple and teal ink linework over a watercolour wash, with the words Be enlightened beneath it, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Lotus flower with Be enlightened text
Black line drawing flash design of an anchor wrapped in rope beside a ship's wheel, with the words Guide me in your truth and Anchor me in your love.
Anchor and ship wheel with quote lettering
Black brush lettering design reading take the risk, in a loose script style on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Take the risk brush lettering design
Black ink hand-lettered design reading Wild hearts can't be tamed, with looping flourishes, shown as a drawn tattoo design without a body placement.
Wild hearts can't be tamed lettering
Several sheets of cartoon cat temporary tattoo designs in watercolour style, with cat portraits, paw prints, fish, mice and words such as Meow and Purr.
Cat temporary tattoo design sheets
Pencil flash sheet showing the word INSANE drawn in ten lettering styles, including script, blackletter, serif and an ornate design, for use as tattoo lettering.
Insane lettering flash sheet in ten styles
Black Tibetan script lettering design on a plain white background, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body part visible.
Tibetan script lettering design
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design showing a hand with dark nails holding a cracked oval hand mirror, with a banner reading YOU'RE STILL PRETTY.
Hand holding a cracked mirror with banner
Pencil drawing of a winged heart bound with chains and a hanging padlock, with the words This record is for the outcasts beneath it.
Winged heart wrapped in chains with padlock
Black line-art flash design of a ribbon banner with the words don't worry, you're just as sane as I am, flanked by wings and a pair of round spectacles, with a cherry below.
Ribbon banner with wings and spectacles
Black and grey drawing of an eagle with spread wings holding a Live to Ride banner, with a blank banner below, in a traditional style.
Eagle with Live to Ride banner
Black and white lettering design reading I knew who I was this morning but I've changed a few times since then, with a key, a mushroom and a cupcake beside the words.
Quote lettering with key, mushroom and cupcake
Black line drawing of the word OBLIVIATE in a typewriter-style font, with the A replaced by the Deathly Hallows symbol, on a white background.
OBLIVIATE lettering with Deathly Hallows symbol
Navy line drawing of a pocket watch, rose, leaves and beads with a banner reading TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Pocket watch, rose and banner design
Traditional-style flash design of a lantern with a gold flame, three moths and banners reading LIGHTS, WILL, GUIDE and YOU HOME, with no body placement shown.
Lantern with moths and banner lettering
Neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid with teal tail, fish and a banner reading SIREN, with an anchor and wave tattoo on her arm.
Mermaid with banner reading Siren
Black line drawing of the word LOVE in serif capitals, entwined with flowers and swirling vines, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
LOVE lettering with floral vines
Black script lettering on a white background reading Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, with two linked hearts beside the first line, shown as a design with no body placement.
Script lettering with two hearts
Black ink hand-drawn alphabet sheet showing capital letters A to Z in an ornate, sharp-serifed lettering style, suitable as a tattoo lettering reference.
Hand-drawn A to Z lettering sheet
Flash design of a snarling wolf wearing a red cap with stylised lettering, beside a black circle with crossbones and paint drips, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Snarling wolf in a red cap
Black lettering on an off-white background forming a playing card spade, with the words We're all mad here set in flowing and block letters.
Spade lettering reading We're all mad here
Neo-traditional flash design of a green zombie hand gripping a red rose, with two curled banners and a small skull at the lower left.
Zombie hand holding a red rose with banners
Black fine line drawing of an open heart outline with handwritten script wording curving around its upper right edge.
Open heart outline with script wording
Traditional-style flash drawing of a striped hot air balloon with a banner reading Enjoy Your Journey, a woven basket and small stars, in red, brown and black ink on kraft paper.
Hot air balloon with Enjoy Your Journey banner
Black fine line script lettering reading follow your heart, drawn on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Follow your heart script lettering
Black flowing script calligraphy reading "it is well" on a white background, drawn as a lettering design in a lettering style.
"It is well" script lettering design
Two black ink drawings of tattoo designs in Elvish Tengwar-style lettering, one labelled Always and one labelled Love, on a white background.
Always and Love in Tengwar script
Black and grey flash sheet of ornate script and blackletter lettering designs, including words, numbers and month names, with no body placement shown.
Lettering flash sheet in black and grey
Pencil drawing of a tattoo lettering design with ribbon banners, French script, a heart, a pocket watch and a script word, shown without any body placement.
Pencil lettering banner with French script
Black and grey traditional flash design of an hourglass reading TEMPUS FUGIT, with a sailing ship in the top bulb and a skull in the bottom bulb.
Hourglass with skull and ship