Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink lettering arranged into an anchor-like shape on the side of a hip, in a lettering style, photographed beside a dark waistband.
Lettering arranged into an anchor shape on hip
Red name badge tattoo on an upper arm reading Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, You killed my Father, Prepare to die, in black lettering.
Name badge tattoo with movie quote
Small black fine line lettering reading F;GHT ON, with a semicolon in place of the I, on the inner forearm.
Fight on lettering on a forearm
White ink lettering tattoo reading Believe, with swirling flourishes, on the forearm.
Believe script on a forearm
Close-up of a small black fine line script tattoo of two lines of words on a woman's lower leg above the ankle, with red high heels and an anklet visible.
Fine line script tattoo on a lower leg
Black line drawing of an ornate genie lamp with two roses, leaves and swirling smoke, with script lettering, shown as a flash design on cream paper.
Genie lamp and roses flash with script
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Pursuit of happiness running across the outer thigh, with white shorts visible at the left edge.
Pursuit of happiness script on a thigh
Traditional flash sheet with the words NO MONEY NO TATTOO, a swallow, a lighthouse, falling coins, a clasped handshake on a striped sleeve, an anchor and shears in the corners.
No money no tattoo flash sheet
Black line tattoo of a snarling monster with clawed hands reaching above the words Grrr Argh, shown on bare skin in a close-up photo.
Snarling monster with Grrr Argh lettering
Black line drawing of a heart reading TACOS BEFORE VATOS, surrounded by sparkles and small flowers, as a fine line tattoo design.
Tacos before vatos heart flash
Back of a person's neck and upper back showing a fine line black tattoo of the words Not all those who wander are lost, with a small bird on each side.
Quote and two birds on upper back
Black fine line script lettering in two lines across a person's ribs, partly covered by a dark waistband.
Script quote along the ribs
Hand-drawn script lettering of the word blessed in black ink with thin blue flourishes on white paper, shown as a design sketch with no body placement.
Blessed script lettering design
Black script tattoo of the word family woven through an infinity symbol on the inner forearm.
Infinity symbol with family script on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of a teal and yellow doorway with radiating light rays, beside black typewriter-style lettering reading If you're a dreamer, come in.
Dreamer quote beside a glowing doorway on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading 'Everything happens for a reason' along an upper arm, with a smiling mouth and a hand with a ring in the frame.
Fine line script quote on upper arm
Two matching fine line lettering tattoos, reading GIRL ALMIGHTY on one forearm and SHE'S NOT AFRAID on the other upper arm.
Matching text tattoos on two forearms
Close photograph of a woman's chin and neck with a hand resting under her jaw, showing a fine black handwritten script tattoo running diagonally along the inner forearm.
Fine handwritten script on a forearm
Black ink hand lettering on white reading IT IS well WITH MY soul, with tall capitals and flowing script words.
It is well with my soul lettering design
Colour tattoo on a upper chest showing the word Love in script over a red and blue flag design, with an eagle, globe and anchor emblem and the reference 1 COR. 13:13.
Love script, flag and eagle emblem on chest
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a shaded profile silhouette with ribbon banners reading Darling You'll Be Okay, on a forearm.
Silhouette and banner on a forearm
Fine line hourglass design with mountains, a crescent moon and the words He has made everything beautiful in its time, drawn on white paper beside pens and a phone.
Hourglass and mountains with verse lettering
Two small black lettering tattoos on the knees of a person in ripped jeans, one reading THANKS and the other NO, with the text rotated on each knee.
Thanks and No lettering on two knees
Hand-drawn flash design of a multicoloured eye with decorative lettering reading Look for the Girl with the Sun in Her Eyes.
Eye design with "Look for the Girl" lettering
Fine line black script reading I am enough on a shoulder, shown in a sepia photograph with a pearl pendant necklace.
I am enough script on a shoulder
Black lettering tattoo in Devanagari script across the upper arm, shown in a close photograph of the skin.
Devanagari script on upper arm
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a pocket watch with Roman numerals, roses and leaves, with the words Time Flies in script lettering across the lower half.
Pocket watch and roses with Time Flies script
Black and grey tattoo flash design of brass knuckles, two roses and a ribbon banner with the script words Love thy Neighbor and Lev.19:18, shown without any body placement.
Brass knuckles and roses with Love thy Neighbor
Red lettering tattoo of the word BAD on the side of a person's ribs, shown in a close, angled photo of bare skin.
Red BAD lettering on the ribs
Pencil sketch of a lettering flash design with ribbon banners reading Life is Short, Break the Rules, Kiss Slowly and Love Truly, drawn on graph paper.
Lettering flash with banners and quotes
Black and grey barcode tattoo with the word HUMAN and the digits 0 and 1 beneath it, on a person's torso in a black and white photograph.
Barcode tattoo with the word HUMAN
Black lettering reading Insert Coins In Slot with a small red arrow and black flourishes above it, on a person's lower back above jeans.
Insert Coins In Slot lettering on lower back
Black lettering reading hiv in bold lowercase letters with a thin curved arrow pointing left, tattooed on a lower abdomen above a waistband, in a black and grey lettering style.
Lowercase hiv lettering with arrow on abdomen
Black script lettering reading 'If fate should fail us then hope will see us through' with two black leaf sprigs, tattooed on the side of a ribcage.
Script quote with leaf sprigs on the ribs
Red cursive script and a lipstick tube tattoo on a finger, with a grey and black cap and a red base, shown on the hand.
Lipstick tube and red script on finger
Black script lettering tattoo on the side of the ribs, shown in a black and white photo with a white top lifted above it.
Script word tattoo on the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading "Not all those who wander are lost" across the outer thigh, partly covered by a denim shirt.
Script quote along a thigh
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind with a fine line script tattoo reading Be free and small bird shapes on her upper back.
Fine line script tattoo on upper back
Black script tattoo reading thick and thin inside a looping infinity and heart outline on a forearm.
Thick and thin script within an infinity loop
Two forearms with black tattoos: a bold blackwork X on the left wrist, a small lettering word on the right wrist, and thin black bands with tiny leaf and heart symbols around each forearm.
Bold X and word tattoos on both wrists
Fine line black script tattoo reading we're all mad here across the forearm.
We're all mad here script on a forearm
Black ink gothic lettering across four fingers spells NICE on a hand, with the C drawn as an outline shape.
NICE lettering across four fingers
Black and grey lettering tattoos on two wrists, shown in a monochrome photo of clasped hands with a ring on one finger.
Matching wrist lettering on clasped hands
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading L'espoir across the inner arm, shown in a close black and white photograph.
Fine line script word on an arm
Black and grey compass rose with a mandala-style border and script lettering reading to seek a Great Perhaps, on a shoulder and upper chest.
Compass rose and script quote on shoulder
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling black cat head with purple eyes and red ears, with STAY above and HOME below, on the thigh.
Snarling black cat with STAY HOME lettering
Three lines of fine black script lettering reading aut viam inveniam aut faciam, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Latin script lettering on upper back
Black flowing script lettering reading I am my beloved's, and my beloved is Mine with looping flourishes on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Script lettering quote in black ink