Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Close crop of a torso showing a fine line black script tattoo reading paciencia on the side ribs, above light denim shorts.
Fine line script phrase on the ribs
Two black script lettering tattoos reading Hopeless and Romantic with small flourishes, one on each ankle, above red canvas sneakers.
Hopeless Romantic script ankle tattoos
Lettering design with the English lines Two Bodies, One Heart and Two Minds, One Soul above the same meaning in blue Tengwar elvish script.
Two Bodies, One Heart and Tengwar script lettering
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading aloha, followed by wave lines, on the forearm.
Aloha script with waves on forearm
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading There will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears, set across the ribs of a person whose face is not shown.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Fine line black ink tattoo of two hands holding a cat's cradle string, with the words NO DAMN CAT above and NO DAMN CRADLE below, on the outer thigh.
Cat's cradle hands with lettering on a thigh
Flat vector arrow design with the words follow your arrow in script along the shaft, purple and black fletching and an arrowhead, on a white background.
Arrow with follow your arrow script
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a rose, script words and a dove over smoky shading.
Black and grey rose, script and dove on an arm
Fine line black tattoo of angular letters on the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top.
Angular letters on a forearm
Black ink lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, in a hand-lettered script style.
Quote lettering on the inner forearm
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with the words You Are My Sunshine in script above it, on a person's shoulder.
Sunflower with script on a shoulder
Black and grey fine line arrow with leaves and vines running across the back, with the lettering WARR;OR above the shaft.
Arrow and vines with WARR;OR lettering
Black and grey script tattoo reading semper ad meliora on a forearm, photographed in black and white.
Semper ad meliora script on a forearm
Black silhouette of a Canada goose on off-white paper, with white script reading You Silly Goose and swirling ornaments across its body.
Canada goose with You Silly Goose lettering
Black and grey script lettering spelling a word across the back of a hand, with a shaded bow and diamond above it and a crown at the wrist.
Script lettering and bow on the back of a hand
Black and grey lettering on a chest and a forearm covered in wings and florals, with a black cat held in front of the arm and gold chains and a cross pendant.
Black cat held against chest and forearm tattoos
Black spiral tattoo of brick-like tiles on an upper arm, with the words There is no place like home curling around it and HOME set larger beneath.
Spiral brickwork tattoo with home lettering on upper arm
Black script lettering reading "And though she be but little, she is fierce" across the upper chest below the collarbone, in a fine lettering style.
Script quote across the upper chest
Black ink handwritten lettering design on a light background reading a short line of lyrics, with the words sleepwalking, night, lost, broken and right emphasised in larger script.
Handwritten lyric lettering design
Two people seen from behind on a beach, each with a black script tattoo reading forever on the lower back, with sand dusted on their skin.
Forever script tattoos on two lower backs
Black script lettering tattoo running along the inner forearm of a person with a bracelet on the wrist.
Script lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading Once upon a time, with small swirl flourishes, on a forearm.
Once upon a time script on a forearm
Two fine line script tattoos reading sunshine phrases, one along the ribs and one on the inner forearm, in black ink.
Matching sunshine script on ribs and forearm
Thin black script reading Someday followed by three dots, shown as a fine line lettering tattoo design on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Someday script lettering design
Colour drawing of the words BE YOU, NOT THEM in ornate orange lettering, decorated with flowers, a mushroom, bluebirds, a skull and turtles, with red swirling linework.
Be you, not them lettering design
Two arms placed side by side, each showing half of a black script heart tattoo reading 'You are mine' and 'I am yours', with Roman numeral dates, on the forearm.
Matching heart script tattoos on two forearms
Close photo of small black script lettering tattooed on the side of a finger, with two hands held together.
Small script lettering on a finger
Close photo of fine line black script reading 'el exito es la mejor venganza' across the skin of the hip, below a dark garment.
Spanish script quote on the hip
Black linework alphabet sheet of ornate lettering in a traditional style, with numerals and symbols, shown as a tattoo lettering design.
Ornate tattoo lettering alphabet sheet
Black line design of the word MUSIC where the letters are replaced by musical symbols, including a clef, beamed notes and a rest, on a white background.
MUSIC lettering made from musical symbols
Close-up of a black script word tattooed across a wrist in lettering style, with a hand and grey nail polish visible at the top of the frame.
Black script lettering on a wrist
Black and grey flash design of a lighthouse inside a rope circle, with a ship's wheel at its base and three banners carrying lettering.
Lighthouse and ship's wheel with banners
Black and grey lettering tattoos on a man's upper arm and forearm, including the words Yesterday, May and Friday and the number 3, shown beneath a white t-shirt sleeve.
Handwritten words and a number on an arm
Small wrist tattoo of three red and pink lip prints above four lines of black serif lettering, on a forearm against green grass.
Three lip prints and text on a wrist
Black and grey script lettering over a shaded block monogram on a forearm.
Script lettering over shaded monogram on forearm
Black and grey pencil flash sheet showing heart lettering designs, a globe with a ribbon banner, a lightning bolt, a shoe and heart, and a linework portrait with lightning bolt face makeup.
Lettering and heart flash sheet
Black and grey photo of a forearm with fine script lettering reading a quote about playing a dangerous game, with three short marks below.
Script quote on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a red cardinal perched on a branch among white dogwood flowers, with script lettering below.
Cardinal and dogwood tattoo
Black ink lettering in a stylised non-Latin script on a forearm, photographed against a warm, golden background.
Stylised script lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo of a chain link above the words would you kindly, on a lower leg above the ankle, with a red skirt and tan leather couch behind.
Chain link and lettering on a lower leg
Black hand-drawn lettering reading OOPS with an exclamation mark and two underlines, drawn on a plain white background as a lettering design.
Hand-drawn OOPS lettering design
Fine line black lettering reading LIVE FREE with a small heart after the last word, on a pale forearm against a cream fluffy background.
Live Free lettering on a forearm
Several tattooed arms and hands wrapped together, showing a black and grey figure on a forearm, a compass design on an upper arm and small lettering on the fingers.
Intertwined tattooed arms and hands
Black fine line lettering reading BELIVE MY DECISION on the inner upper arm, with a grey sweatshirt sleeve visible above.
Small lettering reading Belive my decision
Black and white photo of a bare back with a thin vertical line of cursive script tattoo running down the spine.
Vertical cursive script down the spine
Black and grey hand-drawn flash sheet of small tattoo designs, including a planet, paper plane, guitar, airplanes, a bridge, a sailboat and short phrases in lettering.
Hand-drawn tattoo design sheet with phrases and icons
Black script lettering reading Take me as I am or watch me as I go, tattooed in two lines across the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Close photo of white ink script reading Live Life across the inner wrist, in a fine lettering style.
Live Life script on a wrist