Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional rose and script lettering tattoos on the thighs of legs resting in a bath, with a hand holding a cup of tea.
Rose and lettering tattoos on bathed legs
Black and grey script lettering tattoo running along a forearm, photographed in black and white.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line heart tattoo with small script on the upper arm of a woman with her back to the camera, facing the sea at dusk.
Heart with script on upper arm
Watercolour dandelion tattoo with rainbow splashes and black script lettering along the side of the ribs.
Watercolour dandelion on the ribs
Black and grey realistic orchids with cursive script lettering covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic orchids and script on an upper arm
Black ink lettering design reading Long Live the Adventure, set in a circle on white paper beside a camera, passport and pens, in a lettering style.
Long Live the Adventure lettering design
Traditional style tattoo of an open book with the words We're all stories in the end and two red flowers, on the ankle.
Open book with quote and red flowers on ankle
Fine red script lettering reading Mischief Managed across the top of a foot in a black studded high heel, Lettering style, placed on the foot.
Script lettering on the top of a foot
Woman seen from behind holding a barbell, with a black and grey winged emblem and script on her lower back, and a pink flower and scrollwork on her upper arms.
Back and arm tattoos during a barbell lift
Black script lettering tattooed along a thigh, reading a four-line quote in a fine line style, with denim shorts rolled at the top of the frame.
Script lyric quote along a thigh
Bold black brush-style Devanagari-style script lettering on a plain white background, shown as a standalone design with no skin visible.
Black Devanagari-style script lettering
Black fine line lettering reading Hakuna Matata with small animal silhouettes above it, tattooed on the top of a woman's foot near the ankle.
Hakuna Matata and animal silhouettes on an ankle
Traditional style flash drawing of a pale hand with pink fingertips, wrapped in three yellow banners reading COLD HANDS, COLDER and HEART, with dripping red and white details at the wrist.
Hand with COLD HANDS, COLDER, HEART banners
Colour traditional tattoo of a cartoon woman with dark bob hair and glasses, framed by three banners reading I am a smart strong sensual woman, with roses on a calf.
Cartoon character with banner lettering on calf
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with a banner and rope on the back of a hand, with the word FIND tattooed across the knuckles.
Anchor and banner hand tattoo from sketch to finish
Black and red script lettering reading Money over Men with swirling flourishes, tattooed along a forearm.
Money over Men script lettering on a forearm
Fine line drawing of a hand with black painted nails, with the words SNAP OUT OF IT wrapped across the fingers as a hand tattoo design.
Hand with SNAP OUT OF IT lettering
Black fine line script reading breathe in, breathe out, move on on the inner wrist, set against a hessian background.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Close crop of a person in a navy swimsuit showing small cherry tattoos in red and green and black NO BIG lettering on the upper arm.
Cherries and NO BIG lettering on an upper arm
Blue and green awareness ribbon tattoo with Celiac Disease, No Grain and No Pain lettering on a lower leg.
Celiac awareness ribbon with No Grain, No Pain lettering
Matching geometric sigil tattoo with tiny lettering on both forearms, shown with the arms pressed together.
Geometric sigil tattoo on both forearms
Black ink drawing of the Starfleet insignia filled with zentangle-style doodles, flowers and a white star, with the words To Boldly Go across the lower part.
Starfleet insignia with doodle fill
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo on the side of a ribcage, with the lettering partly legible as the word love.
Fine line script wording on the ribs
Colour tattoo on the side of a ribcage showing the Lorax on a tree stump beside a purple truffula tree, with the word Unless in blue lettering below.
Lorax and truffula tree on ribs
Colourful neo-traditional flash drawing of a rainbow, lollipop, hearts, stars and flowers with the words Sugar, spice and everything nice, held up by a hand with glittery nail polish.
Sugar, spice and everything nice flash design
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Dr Zoidberg from Futurama in a white coat above a yellow banner reading 'TRUST ME I'M A DOCTOR', on the lower leg, in a traditional style.
Dr Zoidberg with 'Trust me I'm a doctor' banner
Traditional flash design of an anchor, red heart and clasped hands holding a cross, with a TRUE LOVE banner, in red, yellow, grey and black.
True love anchor and clasped hands flash
Black and grey floral swirl tattoo with script lettering on a person's hip and side ribs, with a star on the upper thigh.
Floral swirls and script on hip and ribs
Black and grey comic panel tattoo on an upper arm, with a speech bubble of lettering above two cartoon figures under a starry night sky.
Comic panel quote tattoo on upper arm
Three ankles on grass show matching black script "Sisters" tattoos inside open heart outlines, with small coloured butterflies, placed on the ankle.
Matching sisters tattoos on three ankles
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an outlined heart with the word MUM inside and an arrow piercing it, on a shoulder.
Heart with MUM and arrow on a shoulder
Two interlocked hands show small black script lettering tattooed along the side of a finger on each hand, with silver rings worn on the same fingers.
Small script finger tattoos on interlocked hands
Hand-coloured tattoo flash drawings of three cartoon characters on a sketchbook page, with banner and flower details and lettering reading See you in hell, AAAAAAH and This is me now.
Three cartoon characters tattoo flash sheet
Close view of two hands with blackletter lettering spelling RECKLESS across the finger segments in teal ink, with small cross marks above the knuckles.
Reckless lettering across knuckles
Black script lettering reading Run and not grow weary across the top of a foot, with painted toenails visible at the front.
Script quote across the top of a foot
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a Superman-style shield with stylised lettering inside, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Superman shield on a wrist
Black ink hand-lettered design reading never stop exploring, with a ribbon banner, shaded letterforms and swirling flourishes, drawn on white paper.
Never stop exploring lettering design
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style dagger with an ornate hilt and the word Rumplestiltskin on the blade, with banners reading All magic comes with a price, shown as a tattoo design.
Dagger with banner reading All magic comes with a price
Black script lettering in two lines runs across the outer thigh of a seated person in a grey hoodie holding a mug, with the tattoo partly cropped.
Two-line script quote on an outer thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of red glitter ruby slippers and a silver star on an upper arm, with a banner above.
Red glitter ruby slippers on an arm
Black and grey caduceus tattoo with the word DIABETIC above and TYPE 1 below, in a traditional lettering style, on the forearm.
Caduceus with Diabetic and Type 1 lettering on a forearm
Two colour tattoos of sugar skull portraits, one on a calf and one on a forearm, with script lettering below the forearm piece.
Sugar skull portraits on calf and forearm
Black and grey flash design of a winged skull with ribbon banners carrying the words I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me.
Winged skull with banner quote
Coloured flash design of a red-haired mermaid in a rope-edged oval frame, with two fish, an anchor and a SIREN banner, in a neo-traditional style.
Red-haired siren in an oval frame
Small black fine line tree with leaves above the words grow up, tattooed on the upper back of a person with long hair pulled to one side.
Small tree and grow up on upper back
Two matching black script tattoos on the inner wrists read Now you're my whole life and Now you're my whole world, with the hands held together.
Matching script quote tattoos on two wrists
Black fine line calligraphic script tattoo running diagonally along the side of a person's ribs, against pale skin and a coral top.
Script tattoo running along the ribs
Colour tattoo of an open heart outline with antler-like shapes, pink, teal and tan fills, and lettering reading It's Never Goodbye and Until Next Time, on skin.
Heart tattoo with lettering on an arm