Lettering tattoo ideas

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Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a pocket watch, red rose and purple banners reading THIS TOO SHALL PASS.
Clock, rose and banner on a forearm
Black and grey traditional style hourglass tattoo on the upper arm, with a flower at the top, a sailing ship in the upper and lower bulbs, and the words savor it on a banner.
Hourglass with ship and flower on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a dark handbag with an orange beaded handle and a red PICTURE IT banner across it, on the upper arm.
Handbag and PICTURE IT banner on upper arm
Traditional flash drawing of a woman with bats swirling through her hair and bold red-rimmed eyes, with lettering reading Bat Shit Crazy beneath her.
Woman with bats in her hair, traditional flash
Two black and grey dotwork tarot card tattoos on the lower legs, showing The Chariot on the left and Strength with the numeral VIII on the right.
Tarot cards The Chariot and Strength on legs
Colour traditional tattoo of a coiled rattlesnake over a waving orange banner reading Don't Tread On Me, with a skull and rope on the upper back.
Rattlesnake and Don't Tread On Me banner
Traditional black and grey flash design of a cartoon character with glasses inside a rayed halo, holding a rose, with the words Pray for butts beneath.
Madonna-style cartoon figure with rose flash
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style dagger with the name Rumplestiltskin on the blade and a banner reading All Magic Comes With a Price, drawn as a tattoo design.
Dagger and banner reading All Magic Comes With a Price
Traditional tattoo of a red and white umbrella in rain and grey clouds inside a rope-edged oval, with the banner BETTER GET USED TO IT, on the top of a foot.
Umbrella and banner on the top of a foot
Black and grey tattoo of an acorn with two oak leaves and the letters ox above it, shaded in soft grey, on the forearm.
Acorn and oak leaves on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a light bulb with the words BABE YOU TURN ME ON arched above it and green leaves at its sides, on a limb.
Light bulb with quote on a limb
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a white unicorn head with a golden mane, surrounded by rainbow-coloured rays and a FOREVER banner, on a thigh.
Unicorn and FOREVER banner on a thigh
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of a peony with leaves above a lettered ribbon banner, being sketched on paper by a hand holding a pencil.
Peony and lettering banner flash sketch
Traditional style flash design of a smiling pin-up woman in boots and gloves riding an oversized black moustache, with Best Ride lettering and Giddy Up beside it.
Pin-up woman riding a giant moustache
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pineapple house with a blue door and the words I'M READY beneath it, on the calf.
Pineapple house with I'm Ready lettering
Colour traditional tattoo of a compass in an octagonal frame with yellow banners reading BRING ME THAT HORIZON, on a person's upper back.
Compass with banners on upper back
Traditional style eagle tattoo with a red sun, a lettered banner and a purple flower on a person's upper arm.
Traditional eagle with banner on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a horse wearing an orange halter inside a horseshoe, with leaves and a banner reading Lil Sebastian, on the upper arm.
Horse portrait in horseshoe on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo on a limb showing a red cross emblem on a blue and orange circle, flanked by green leaves and banners reading Type II and Insulin Dependant.
Type II and insulin dependant banners with red emblem
Traditional style sleeve on a man's left arm, showing a swallow, a ribbon banner and a ship, with a script tattoo partly visible on his chest.
Traditional sleeve with swallow and ship on left arm
Black line drawing flash design of a winged pincushion with two skulls on pins and a curled banner reading Sew or Die, in a traditional style.
Winged pincushion with skulls and Sew or Die banner
Traditional style colour tattoo on the forearm showing a salmon nigiri piece, a yellow bird with a moustache and a pink banner reading SUSHI TIME, all outlined in black.
Salmon nigiri and bird with SUSHI TIME banner
Flash style drawing of a blue tidal wave with a cream banner reading We Will Bring The Tidal Wave and the words Pierce The Veil 2013 beneath, shown without any body placement.
Tidal wave banner flash design
Flash design of a red heart pierced by a green dagger with dripping blood drops and the word BOSS written above in black lettering.
Dagger through a heart with BOSS lettering
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an ornate birdcage with a bird inside and a swallow flying out, above a banner of text on the upper arm.
Birdcage and swallow on an upper arm
Coloured flash drawing of a white mask, a red rose, green leaves and a dagger, with a banner reading Ideas are bulletproof, in a traditional style.
Mask, rose and dagger with banner design
Traditional style tattoo flash design of a man and woman above two red roses with a banner reading Timeless Love, shown without any body placement.
Timeless love couple and roses flash
Black and grey traditional tattoo of roses, a swallow and a banner reading TIME HEALS NOTHING on the outer thigh, with a small tattoo near the ankle.
Roses and banner on a thigh
Black and white flash design of a small bird perched on a branch above a three-part banner reading Rise free from care before the dawn and seek adventures.
Bird on a branch with banner quote
Traditional style tattoo of a banjo wrapped in a banner reading Fire and Hail, with orange, red and teal flowers, on the upper arm.
Banjo, flowers and banner on upper arm
Man wearing a grey top with full colour traditional tattoo sleeves on both arms and lettering across the hands, including the words Fate and Always.
Full colour traditional sleeves and hands
Back view of a leg covered in black and grey script and sleeve-style designs, with a colour traditional pin-up woman on the calf and a small tattoo at the ankle.
Leg tattoos with pin-up and script
Colour traditional tattoo of a skeleton-faced black cat, a red rose and blue flowers above a banner reading Siempre en mi corazon, on the upper arm.
Skeleton cat and rose banner on upper arm
Traditional style flash sheet of ten designs, including a green bird, a spider web, a red and black Spider-Man head, snakes, praying hands and a jack-o-lantern, with banner lettering.
Traditional flash sheet of mixed designs
Traditional style tattoo of solid red lips with a protruding tongue and the words Cherry Bomb in cream lettering, on skin.
Red lips with tongue and Cherry Bomb lettering
Black line drawing flash of a pocket watch with roses, leaves and a chain, with a script banner of lettering beneath, styled as a traditional tattoo design.
Pocket watch and roses with script banner
Traditional style tattoo on a lower leg of a blue and black striped dress with the words WHITE AND GOLD? above and below it.
Striped dress with WHITE AND GOLD? lettering
Colour traditional tattoo of a red and white lighthouse among waves and palm trees, with the words THE SEA WAS ANGRY THAT DAY beneath, on an upper arm.
Lighthouse and stormy sea on an arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a red potion bottle with banners reading "You're the antidote for everything except for me" on a forearm.
Potion bottle and banner quote on a forearm
Cross stitch of a red heart with a white banner reading MOM and a small pink rose, in a traditional tattoo style on dark navy fabric.
Cross stitch heart with MOM banner
Colour traditional-style tattoo of two crossed bacon strips with a banner reading I heart BACON and EAT MEAT below, on a limb.
Crossed bacon strips with I heart bacon banner
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman's portrait with pink jacket, pink flowers and a blue banner reading Ain't No Such Thing, on the upper arm.
Portrait with flowers and banner on upper arm
Black and grey traditional sleeve on a forearm and upper arm, featuring a tiger head, an eagle, a feathered chief, a snake and roses.
Black and grey traditional sleeve with tiger, eagle and
Close view of a person in ripped denim shorts showing a colourful traditional-style tattoo of a fanged creature on the stomach, with a snake and rose on the upper arm and roses and lettering on the
Traditional tattoos on torso, arm and thigh
Black and grey flash design of a rib cage, rose, dagger, skull and butterfly with banners reading Can we create something beautiful and destroy it, in traditional style with dotwork shading.
Rib cage, skull and butterfly with banner text
Black line drawing flash of a small bird perched on a branch in front of a circle, with a banner reading OH, HELLO across its chest.
Bird with banner reading Oh, Hello
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a leg showing a UFO, an agency badge, a hand holding a cigarette, a mobile phone, pink flowers and a banner reading Mulder it's me.
Mulder quote banner with UFO and badge
Hand-drawn black ink flash sheet of thirteen numbered traditional-style designs, including a crescent moon, pipe, hourglass, flower, moth, flying saucer, jellyfish and the word thirteen in script.
Numbered black ink flash sheet of thirteen designs