Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black fine line cursive script lettering runs diagonally up the inner forearm, with a hand, a handwritten page and a mug of tea beside it.
Fine line script lettering on forearm
Close-up of the word 'saved' in thin black fine line script tattooed on the inner forearm.
Fine line script word 'saved' on a forearm
Fine line black tattoos of a palm tree above a wave on two wrists, plus curved lettering on a forearm, as two people hold hands on sand.
Palm tree and wave tattoos on two wrists
Line drawing of a teal rope knot wrapped around a wrist, with handwritten lettering beside the fingers, shown as a tattoo design sketch on the forearm.
Rope knot design around a wrist
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a heart with a crescent moon, stars and clasped hands, above a flower, with the words Boys whatever cats forever.
Heart with clasped hands and lettering
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a gold-rimmed pocket watch with rope, a skeletal hand and a grey banner reading WAKE UP DEAD.
Pocket watch and skeletal hand on a forearm
Teal and black compass rose tattoo with calligraphic swirls and letters, on the inner forearm.
Teal compass rose on a forearm
Black and grey traditional style forearm tattoo of a man with a pompadour haircut in profile, with script reading Love me Tender and a rose beside it.
Pompadour portrait with script and rose on a forearm
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a cat's face with lettering reading Lil Bub on a forearm, with a real tabby cat held against the arm.
Cat portrait tattoo on a forearm
Matching black ink tattoos on both forearms, each showing a triangle with lettering inside and a vertical row of moon phase symbols, in a geometric style.
Triangle and moon phases on forearms
Three raised wrists with gold foil Team bride lettering tattoos on the forearms, against a sunlit beach.
Gold foil Team bride temporary tattoos on wrists
Black fine line script lettering reading valar morghulis on the inner wrist of a raised arm, against a blurred tree background.
Small script lettering on the inner wrist
Two forearms resting palm up on a white sheet, with fine line black script tattoos and a small heart outline on the forearm.
Fine line script and a heart on two forearms
Full colour sleeve tattoo of roses, daisies and hearts on an arm resting on a wooden table, in a traditional style.
Colourful floral sleeve on an arm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon fish Dory above the words Just Keep Swimming in black lettering, on a forearm.
Dory with Just Keep Swimming lettering on a forearm
Close view of a white t-shirt printed with black line drawings of hands holding cigarettes, beside a forearm with small black script lettering and a tiny hand tattoo.
Hand-print tee with script forearm tattoos
Galaxy-shaded triangle tattoo with black knotwork, a leaf in a circle and stylised lettering on the inner forearm.
Galaxy triangle with knotwork on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a black-outlined banner reading RISE ABOVE over four tan upright sticks with red accents, on a forearm.
Rise Above banner and four sticks on a forearm
Black and white photo of small block lettering reading GRL PWR tattooed on a forearm, with a dark background and a necklace visible above.
GRL PWR lettering on a forearm
Close crop of a torso in a torn white top, showing fine black script lettering on the upper arm and a second script line on the forearm, both partly cropped.
Script lettering on upper arm and forearm
Fine line black cross with thin cursive script lettering on the inner wrist and forearm of a raised hand.
Cross and script on the inner wrist
Two forearms with matching black script fine line tattoos reading Okay? and Okay. on the forearm, with hands joined beside them.
Matching Okay script tattoos on forearms
Black and white photo of a person's bare back showing a crown above bold ASSHOLE lettering with cross motifs, plus traditional sleeve tattoos on the raised arms and a word on one hand.
Crown and lettering across a back
Black blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a skull with spiral eyes inside a triangle, with stylised lettering above, on the inside of a forearm.
Skull in triangle on a forearm
Black script lettering reading "If you kiss me goodnight I'll know, everything is alright" runs diagonally along a forearm.
Script quote along a forearm
Photograph of a hand and wrist with a teal diamond, a small ghost, a star and the words YOUR THROAT HERE tattooed in black lettering on the back of the hand.
Diamond, ghost and lettering tattoos on a hand
Black fine line script tattoo reading Does this unit have a soul? on the forearm, shown against a red and white striped background.
Script quote on a forearm
Two black and grey tattoos on forearms: a ship's wheel with the script 'Be the one to guide me' on the left, and a shaded anchor with a chain and the script 'but never hold me down' on the right.
Ship's wheel and anchor script tattoos on forearms
Traditional style tattoo of a globe, flowers, leaves and a suitcase on a forearm, with the words Every path leads home.
Globe and suitcase with lettering on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cupcake with pink frosting, a cherry and a banner reading Life is Sweet on the forearm.
Cupcake with cherry and banner on a forearm
Shirtless man with a black NY cap covering his face, showing traditional rose and heart tattoos and lettering across his chest, arms and abdomen.
Heavily tattooed torso and arms under a cap
Traditional style tattoo of a red heart with teal-shaded dark green leaves and a cream banner with black lettering, on the forearm.
Traditional heart with banner on forearm
Forearm covered in a colourful sleeve tattoo with a paw print, LEGO minifigure, maple leaf, snowflake and puzzle pieces, shown in a close photo.
Colourful forearm sleeve with LEGO and paw print
Black and grey photo of dense handwritten lettering being drawn across a bare back, with a hand holding a pen and a dark tattoo visible on the forearm.
Handwritten lettering across a bare back
Traditional style tattoo of a purple umbrella above a yellow heart-shaped tag reading Northern Downpour Sends Its Love, on a forearm.
Umbrella and heart tag on a forearm
Black and grey portrait tattoo on a forearm and upper arm, with knuckle lettering on the fingers and hand, photographed on a woman in a dark speckled t-shirt.
Portrait and lettering tattoos on hand and arm
Close photo of a hand making a peace sign in a car, with small black script lettering on the inner wrist, shown in black ink.
Small script lettering on an inner wrist
Two hands raised against a clear blue sky, with a small black lettering tattoo on the inner wrist and tiny black marks on one finger.
Small lettering on wrist and finger tattoos
Two forearms with black lettering tattoos, each beside a black rebel insignia: one reads I love you and the other reads I KNOW.
Matching forearm lettering with insignia
Two crossed forearms in black fine line ink, one with a small cross and the other with angular geometric lettering that appears to read GOD, both on the inner forearm.
Small cross and angular lettering on forearms
Black script lettering reading Through Dangers Untold and Hardships Unnumbered on an inner forearm, beside a white dogwood flower on grey stone.
Script quote on an inner forearm
Fine line black lettering stacked across the inner wrist, with a red and blue checked shirt cuff below.
Stacked lettering on inner wrist
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'i am fearfully and wonderfully made' along a forearm, with a pearl bracelet at the wrist.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Close-up of white ink lettering reading We're all mad here across an arm, in a fine lettering style.
White ink quote on a forearm
Black and grey suspension bridge tattoo with small lettering on a forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Suspension bridge on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a skull-topped cupcake with a red bow and the words Cut cake not wrists, with a small pink flower beside it, on a forearm.
Skull cupcake with lettering on forearm
Black lion tattoo on the forearm, its body formed from the words Hakuna Matata in a bold tribal-style lettering design.
Lion formed from Hakuna Matata lettering
Black and grey script lettering runs down a man's side over the ribs, while another man's arm shows a realistic skull sleeve from upper arm to forearm.
Script on ribs and skull sleeve on arm