Lettering tattoo ideas

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Fine line black script reading Jer 29:11, with a small purple semicolon, across the inner wrist.
Jer 29:11 script on the wrist
Two matching black and grey tattoos of a compass and pocket watch with flowers and a lettered banner, shown on a pair of forearms.
Compass and pocket watch forearm pair
Black and grey bullet tattoos in a row on a forearm, with the words For the Fallen above them, as a hand holds a cartridge.
Bullet tattoos with For the Fallen on forearm
Fine line script tattoo reading bind my wandering heart to thee in black ink across the inner forearm.
Script quote on the inner forearm
Close photograph of the phrase Lights will guide you home in black cursive script across the inside of a forearm.
Script quote reading Lights will guide you home
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a crystal cluster on the forearm, with faint lettering partly visible above it.
Crystal cluster on the forearm
Black fine-line script tattoo reading Imperfection is beauty running along a pale forearm, photographed in black and white.
Script quote reading Imperfection is beauty
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
Colour script lettering reading As Lost As Alice, As Mad As a Hatter in blue, red and black ink on a forearm, with a small red heart.
As lost as Alice lettering on a forearm
Three black ink tattoos of the word sorella, in script and block lettering, on two forearms and a wrist.
Sorella word tattoos on forearms and wrist
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
Close view of black lettering tattooed along the side of a person's waist reading 'In the sun I feel as one', with a small black tattoo on the forearm at the top right.
Lyric line tattoo along the side of the waist
Two photos of black script lettering on a forearm reading you see all my light, and below it you accept all my dark, placed on the inner forearm.
Script quote tattoos on the forearm
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
Close-up of the word ALWAYS in black serif lettering on the inside of a wrist, with a thin vertical dagger-like line through the A and a small red smear beneath.
ALWAYS lettering on the wrist
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of a framed, Polaroid-style drawing of a house with a fence, with flourished script lettering below it.
Framed house drawing and script on a forearm
Fine line black script reading l'amour fou, joined to a thin continuous line running along the forearm.
L'amour fou script on a forearm
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
Blue and black tribal symbol with a grey Libra scroll banner and blue stars, tattooed on the arm.
Libra scroll and stars on an arm
Black ink lettering tattoo on a forearm, with the words my best friend, my lover and my husband arranged around a heart outline and a script word in the centre.
Heart lettering tattoo on a forearm
Black script lettering reading 'This too shall pass' tattooed across the inner wrist in a fine line lettering style.
Script lettering reading 'This too shall pass'
Fine line black tattoo of handwritten script, a musical staff with notes and a treble clef on the inner forearm.
Script and music staff on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a forearm reading MAGIC, with a triangle, circle and vertical line symbol in place of the letter A.
MAGIC lettering with triangle symbol on a forearm
Three forearms side by side, each with a small stack of three outlined and filled triangles in black and grey fine line style on the inner forearm.
Three matching triangle tattoos on forearms
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
Black lettering and linework tattoo of a TARDIS police box above the script words We're All Stories In The End, on the inner forearm.
TARDIS and script quote on a forearm
Realism-style black and grey tattoo of two dog tags on a chain across a forearm, with lettering stamped on the tags.
Dog tags with chain on a forearm
Black fine line script lettering runs down a person's forearm while they hold a vintage twin lens camera against a grey door.
Script lettering on a forearm
A man seen from behind in a black beanie and olive t-shirt, with black and grey tattoos on his left forearm and upper arm.
Black and grey tattoos on a forearm
Woman in a white graphic t-shirt showing fine line lettering reading KEEP GRL PWR and Carpe Diem on her left forearm, and a coloured lotus tattoo on her right forearm.
Lettering and lotus tattoos on forearms
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
Black lettering tattoos on a forearm, including KEEP GRL PWR with a small arrow, and a script line near the wrist, shown beside a woman in a white printed t-shirt.
Lettering tattoos on a forearm and upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a sloth face with the words I'd Rather Be Napping above and below it, on the inner wrist.
Sloth face with text on a wrist
Black ink lettering reading Once Upon A Time with vine and leaf flourishes across the forearm, in a lettering and botanical style.
Once Upon A Time lettering with vines on forearm
Solid black semicolon tattoo with cat ears on the dot, on the lower forearm, with a black and grey face and swirling hair tattoo above it.
Cat semicolon on the forearm
Black outlined smiley face with X eyes and lettering above and beside it, with blue and red watercolour-style splashes, on a forearm.
Smiley face with lettering on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of a circle enclosing a sun, mountains and water, with lettering above and below reading room for one more troubled soul.
Mountain and sun circle with quote on forearm
Woman in a white graphic tee with a black and grey Om mandala print, showing a black fine line arrow and lettering tattoo on one forearm and a red floral tattoo on the other arm.
Lettering and floral tattoos on forearms
Close photo of black fine script lettering reading Moment on the inner forearm, with a pendant necklace and a bare shoulder visible.
Script lettering on a forearm
Two fine line black script tattoos, one reading amica mea on the upper back and one reading soror mea on the inner forearm.
Latin script words on back and forearm
Shirtless man with a realistic black and grey skull and red sunburst tattoo across his chest and stomach, with geometric linework and red and grey sleeves on both arms.
Skull and geometric full torso and sleeve tattoo
Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of script lettering on a line like a heartbeat, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fine line script on a heartbeat line
Close photo of a small black Hebrew lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, in a fine lettering style, with the hand raised against a pale background.
Small Hebrew lettering on the inner wrist
Forearm tattoo in a shaded traditional style showing the words The Goonies in orange and yellow lettering above a skull and crossbones, a Never Say Die banner, and a skeleton in front of crossed
The Goonies skull and skeleton forearm tattoo
Temporary tattoo on the inner wrist reading I'm With Erin's Bachelorette Party, with a red lipstick kiss mark beneath the text.
Bachelorette party temporary tattoo on wrist
Colour traditional tattoo of a pink milkshake with a strawberry and straw on a forearm, with a banner reading Brings all the boys.
Milkshake with strawberry and banner on forearm
Black ink lettering tattoo on the inner forearm imitating a leather label, reading a stylised logo with the words 100% LEATHER and MADE IN PORTUGAL.
Leather label tattoo on a forearm
Coloured pencil drawing of a clenched fist with red nails and a lettering design reading 'be kind to yourself' with a small heart on the wrist, in a lettering style.
Fist with 'be kind to yourself' wrist design