Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo of a hand covered in small fine line doodle tattoos, including a diamond, a daisy, a pizza slice and words such as HOMEWRECKER, with a cigarette held between the fingers.
Small doodle tattoos across the back of a hand
Black fine line script reading I will make better mistakes tomorrow, tattooed on an upper arm beneath a rolled red plaid sleeve.
Script quote on an upper arm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading keep going, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Keep going script on the upper chest
Fine line tattoo of two interlocking heart outlines on a forearm, one red with the word Sister and one blue with the word Brother in script.
Sister and brother heart outlines on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script quote reading The ones that love us never really leave us, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Fine line script reading expecto patronum in pale ink across the inner forearm, with a white t-shirt and earphone cable visible behind.
Fine line script lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo forming an infinity symbol with a small heart, placed on the ribs.
Infinity symbol with script quote on ribs
Black fine line script reading 'i am because you are' runs along a forearm above a grey knitted sweater.
Script quote along a forearm
Black fine line script reading Let it go on the inner forearm near the wrist, with three small birds flying upwards beside it.
Let it go script with birds on the wrist
Black and white photo of fine line script reading serendipity along the ribs, with a smaller word tattooed on the wrist.
Serendipity script tattoo on the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'She flies with her own wings' across a woman's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Script quote about wings on upper back
Black fine line cursive script tattoo running diagonally along a forearm against a dark background, in black and grey.
Fine line script on a forearm
Black fine line script lettering running down the middle of a woman's back, shown from behind with a long blonde braid over one shoulder.
Script lettering down the spine
Two fine line script tattoos on the inside of a pair of wrists, each joined to a thin line that wraps around the wrist, as two hands hold together.
Matching script wrist tattoos
Black fine line script lettering with swash flourishes running down the inner forearm.
Flowing script lettering on a forearm
Hand-drawn flash design of arrows radiating from the words follow your arrow, with feathers and a lotus flower, in fine line and blue, teal and pink colouring.
Radiating arrows and feathers flash design
Three arms with black fine line tattoos: a script quote, a small dolphin, and a compass rose on a forearm, with red stripes on one wrist.
Quote lettering and compass rose on forearms
Two people seen from behind with matching black script tattoos on their shoulders, reading You Are My Sunshine and My Only Sunshine, each beside a small sun drawing.
Matching sunshine script tattoos on two shoulders
Fine line black script tattoo reading walk by faith, with 2Cor.5:7 beneath it, on the side of a heel and ankle.
Walk by faith script on the ankle
Fine line black wave outline above the handwritten words Isaiah 43:2 in black ink on a person's lower torso, above a patterned waistband.
Wave outline above Isaiah 43:2 lettering
Black and grey flash design of dandelion seeds drifting up from an ornate silhouette with butterflies and flowing script lettering, on a white background.
Dandelion seeds and script design
Fine line black tattoo of a paper plane with a dotted flight path and cursive script on the side of the ribs.
Paper plane and script on the ribs
Black fine line tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with scrolled flourishes and cursive lettering reading always, on the forearm.
Deathly Hallows and always script on forearm
Close photo of a small fine line script tattoo in black ink running across the inner forearm, with a hand and pink knit sleeve in the frame.
Fine line script tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo on the ankle reading IT'S ALL OKAY in hand-drawn capitals, with an outlined heart and a grey curved line beside it.
It's all okay lettering with a heart on the ankle
Black fine line tattoo of a compass rose with a fleur-de-lis north marker and the words not all those who wander are lost, on the inner forearm.
Compass rose and quote on the inner forearm
Black linework tattoo of a geometric emblem within a circle, with a quote beneath it, on the inside of a forearm.
Geometric emblem and quote on forearm
Woman seen from behind with a small black fine line script tattoo running vertically along her upper arm, near the shoulder.
Small script tattoo on upper arm
Small black fine line script lettering tattooed behind a person's ear, placed on the skin below the ear's edge.
Small script lettering behind the ear
Black script lettering running along the outer ankle and side of the foot in a sepia photograph.
Script lettering along an ankle
Black fine line script lettering reading Sorella sits on a forearm near the wrist, photographed in warm orange light.
Fine line script word on forearm
Fine white-ink cursive script reading breathe deep on a forearm, with a small dark script tattoo on the wrist.
Breathe deep script on forearm
Close view of a thin black fine line script tattoo on the outer thigh of a person lying on a sunlounger by the sea.
Fine line script on a thigh at the beach
Fine line black script tattoo reading family with a small heart beside it, on the side of a finger held against a white fluffy surface.
Family script and heart on finger
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading Stars can't shine without darkness, placed across the upper chest below the collarbone.
Script quote across the collarbone
Black fine line tattoo on the inner forearm showing a city skyline with a domed building, a bridge and a line of lettering beneath.
Skyline line art with lettering on forearm
Black script lettering arranged in a loop across a bare leg, with a wine bottle and picnic basket on a striped blanket behind.
Script lettering looped in a circle on a leg
Two matching fine line script tattoos on wrists, one reading 'to' with an infinity symbol and the other reading 'and beyond'.
Matching 'to infinity and beyond' wrist tattoos
Fine line black script lettering reading sister with an outlined heart, placed vertically on the ankle.
Script word and heart on an ankle
Fine line black tattoo of a short-haired figure leaning forward with a raised limb and a lettered band across the torso, placed on the calf.
Fine line figure with raised arm on a calf
Small fine line tattoo on the inner wrist reading Paris, with the Eiffel Tower forming the A and a solid red heart beside the word.
Paris with Eiffel Tower and red heart on wrist
Four people's inner wrists show matching black script tattoos reading No 1/4, No 2/4, No 3/4 and No 4/4, with a key design beside No 3/4.
Four numbered wrist tattoos, 1/4 to 4/4
Black and white photo of fine line cursive script lettering running diagonally along a forearm, with the hand relaxed below.
Cursive script lettering on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo on the inner forearm of a hand raised against a grey tiled floor, in an angular style that appears to be Tengwar.
Elvish script tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black script lettering tattoo on the outer thigh of a person in denim shorts on a sandy beach.
Small script tattoo on a thigh
Two matching fine script tattoos on the soles of two feet reading Like Mother and Like Daughter, each with a small red heart.
Like Mother and Like Daughter script on feet
Close photo of a small black fine line script lettering tattoo on the inner forearm, with a hand resting over the knee and red nail polish.
Fine script lettering on the inner forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a UFO above mountains and pine trees, with the words The truth is out there, on the back of a lower leg.
UFO, mountains and pines on a calf