Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoos of a robed figure and blackletter text on a thigh, with lettering on the fingers and stretching across the stomach above denim shorts.
Blackletter text and robed figure on thigh
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
Traditional style colour tattoo of a moka pot with a red flower and a scroll reading DEATH BEFORE DECAF, on the lower leg.
Moka pot and scroll reading Death Before Decaf
Traditional colour tattoo of a surfer silhouetted against a sunset with palm trees, a wave and a bottle, framed by a rope border and banners reading Somewhere Over The Rainbow, with hibiscus flowers.
Surfer at sunset with hibiscus and banner
Black and grey drawn tattoo flash of a dagger crossing a banner reading The blood of my enemies, with clouds and stars, in a traditional style.
Dagger and banner lettering flash design
Traditional style tattoo on the outer thigh showing a steaming coffee cup with a diamond motif, orange and purple flowers, a shoe and small lettering beneath.
Coffee cup and flowers on a thigh
Black line drawing of a traditional style tattoo design showing a scroll banner reading Death before decaf, two roses and a teacup with a skull and crossbones.
Death before decaf banner with roses and teacup
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
Two matching OHANA banner tattoos showing clasped hands and flowers on the lower legs, one in traditional colour and one in black and grey.
Matching OHANA handshake tattoos on calves
Traditional flash drawing of a pin-up woman in a red outfit seated in a martini glass above a skull and crossbones, with the words Sailor Beware and musical notes.
Pin-up in a martini glass over a skull
Bold black traditional-style tattoo of an open mouth with fangs and the word WHY, on a knee, with a small diamond and cherries nearby.
Open mouth with WHY on the knee
Traditional flash design of two swallows, a red rose and a heart with ribbon banners, drawn without any body placement shown.
Swallows, rose and heart banner flash
Flash sheet of tattoo designs photographed on a gift box, including a blue owl, a koi fish, a realistic eye, three BELIEVE lettering designs and a feathered headdress, all shown without a body
Traditional flash sheet with owl, eye and lettering
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
Colour tattoo on a forearm of pink roses and green leaves with black outlines, wrapped by a ribbon banner carrying lettering, in a neo-traditional style.
Roses and ribbon banner on a forearm
Purple line drawing of a leaping lion pierced by two arrows, with a banner reading BE NOT AFRAID across its body, in a traditional tattoo flash style.
Leaping lion with arrows and banner
Traditional style flash design of a grey dagger wrapped in yellow ribbon banners with lettering, a red cross detail and a red drop of blood, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Dagger and cross with lettered banners
Traditional colour tattoo of a red and black tugboat with grey smoke clouds and a TUG LIFE banner on the arm.
Tugboat with smoke and TUG LIFE banner
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a pin-up woman with knitting needles in curled hair and a banner reading I love yarn, on the upper arm.
Pin-up knitter with I love yarn banner
Flash-style drawing of a large key wrapped in two banners reading Courage is the Key, with a heart-shaped lock, a compass and bubbles, in traditional-style colour outlines.
Key with Courage is the Key banners
Traditional flash sheet of six Star Wars designs: Chewbacca, C-3PO with a STAY COOL banner, Darth Vader, Yoda, an AT-AT walker and R2-D2, with roses and leaves.
Star Wars characters traditional flash sheet
Traditional style flash design of a pin-up woman in a blue top and brown shorts riding a large black moustache, with the words Best Ride and Giddy Up, and no body placement shown.
Pin-up riding a giant moustache
Flash design of a walking skeleton in a wide-brimmed hat and pipe, carrying a crescent moon bindle, with the words SEE YOU OUT THERE, in tan ink on a dark navy background.
Walking skeleton with bindle and pipe
Traditional tattoo of a washing machine and laundry basket framed by a red banner reading Home is where the laundry is, on a forearm.
Washing machine banner on a forearm
Black line drawing of a cartoon character with spiky hair and antennae, raising two middle fingers, above a traditional banner reading Peace Among Worlds.
Cartoon character with Peace Among Worlds banner
Traditional style hourglass tattoo with LIVE FOR TODAY banners, flowers, a skull and a rose across the side of the ribs, in black, grey and pale pink.
Hourglass with banners and skull on ribs
Black ink line drawing of a pizza slice with dripping cheese, a striped handled tool and two banners reading Love dies and Pizza is forever, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Pizza slice with banners reading Love dies and Pizza is
Traditional style flash design of a cartoon fox in a green hat inside a yellow oval, with a red poppy and green leaves below, shown on a framed poster mockup.
Cartoon fox in green hat flash design
Traditional style tattoo of a bowl of pho with chopsticks, dotted steam and a banner reading Got time pho that, on the upper arm.
Pho bowl with banner on upper arm
Traditional style black and grey flash design of a crescent moon with a crying face beside a woman with a rose in her hair, with the words I hope you're miserable, shown on a grey background.
Crescent moon and woman with rose flash
Traditional style tattoo of an NES controller with banners reading TRUE and LOVE on the inner forearm.
NES controller and True Love banner on forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo designs printed on a white sweatshirt, including swallows over a clasped-hands heart, a rose with a banner, a stag and an anchor.
Tattoo designs printed on a white sweatshirt
Traditional style tattoo of a V8 engine flanked by flames on an upper back, with Detroit Muscle lettering above and a banner reading EST 1985 below.
Detroit Muscle engine with flames on upper back
Traditional style flash design of three Poké Balls with fire, water and leaf elements and ribbon banners reading Life's Hardest Choice, on a black background.
Pokeball trio with fire, water and leaf
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm of a cartoon girl in a pink bunny-ear hat, surrounded by flames, with a ribbon banner reading SEE YOU IN HELL.
Cartoon character with See you in hell banner
Traditional-style tattoo of a green and blue owl with pink feathers, with a banner reading NOT WHAT THEY SEEM, on the lower leg above the ankle.
Owl with banner on lower leg
Traditional style flash design of a woman with a voluminous dark beehive hairstyle, red roses and a ribbon banner reading LOVE IS A LOSING GAME.
Traditional portrait with roses and banner
Neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling sloth with a pink dahlia, red roses and orange lilies on the outer thigh, with a banner beneath.
Sloth with roses and lilies on a thigh
Flash design of a dark-haired cartoon princess with a red bow, framed by a rope oval, roses and banners reading waiting for love's true kiss, in traditional colour.
Dark-haired princess pin-up with true kiss banner
Seated person with a black ink traditional-style heart banner reading MOTHER and a draped figure on the inner forearm, with TAKE CARE lettering on the back of the hand.
Mother banner and take care lettering on forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon woman with curly blonde hair, a hand cupped to her mouth, above three candy heart shapes with lettering, on skin.
Cartoon woman and candy hearts on skin
Coloured flash drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with two roses, a gold star, a heart-shaped compact, a heart bell and the words Fighting Evil on banners.
Fighting Evil flash with roses, star and heart charms
Close-up of two fists with black ink knuckle lettering spelling STAY TRUE, with a grey rose tattoo on the right forearm.
STAY TRUE knuckle lettering
Colour traditional tattoo of a Lego-style painter minifigure with an afro, holding a palette and brush beside a landscape canvas and a Happy Accidents banner, on a calf.
Lego painter with Happy Accidents banner
Traditional style tattoo on a thigh showing a shaded grey cross wrapped in thorns, two red roses, grey clouds, small birds and the script words 'If heaven wasn't so far away'.
Cross, roses and heaven quote on a thigh
Two traditional style colour tattoos on forearms, one showing a bottle with a CONSTRUCT banner and flowers, the other showing scissors with a CREATE banner and flowers.
Construct bottle and create scissors on forearms
Traditional style flash design of two matching banners reading society, with a vintage bus, a compass, red roses and a bare tree, in colour.
Society banners with bus, compass and roses
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a planchette with a crescent moon and three flowers on the thigh, beside a heron leg and a feather.
Planchette with crescent moon and flowers on thigh