Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading Twenty-Six. Two with a stylised running figure above the first letter, on the upper back.
Twenty-Six. Two script with runner on back
Black and grey script tattoo reading Angels never leave, they're always at your side, with a feathered angel wing, on the side of a body.
Angel wing and script quote on the side
Two bare feet with black script lettering tattooed along the tops, forming a quotation that continues from the left foot to the right, with painted toenails and a toe ring.
Script quote tattoos across both feet
Black and grey photo of the words skin is boring in script tattooed among bold black linework on skin.
Skin is boring script tattoo
Black and grey script tattoo reading 'You are my sunshine' curved around a shaded heart with a sun behind it, placed on the side of the hip.
You are my sunshine heart with sun on the hip
Close view of a hand with small finger lettering and a cross, pointing at a white t-shirt, with a black-grey upper arm tattoo and red script on the arm.
Finger lettering and red script on upper arm
Black and grey torn skin effect tattoo on an upper arm, with lines of lettering revealed beneath the skin.
Torn skin lettering on upper arm
Black script lettering reading She believed she could so she did on a white background, with small mandala doodles in the corners, drawn as a lettering design.
She believed she could so she did lettering
Fine line black script tattoo reading mia with a small looped heart on the side of the ribs, shown in a black and white photo.
Script name and heart on the side ribs
Black and grey photo of a small fine line GRL PWR lettering tattoo on the side ribs, below a lifted grey sweater and above jeans.
GRL PWR lettering on the ribs
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo on a forearm, set in a circle with the word Wanderlust above a cabin, mountains, pine trees and leaves.
Wanderlust mountain cabin forearm tattoo
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a blue Deathly Hallows triangle showing a silhouetted figure in a forest, with script lettering below reading Don't let the Muggles get you down darling.
Deathly Hallows triangle and script quote on forearm
Black and grey flash drawing of a sloth holding two hatched banners reading NAP ALL DAY, SLEEP ALL NIGHT and PARTY NEVER, in a traditional style.
Sloth holding banners with slogan
Black ink drawing of the phrase It is well with my soul in hand-lettered script, flanked by two sprigs of leaves and berries on a white background.
It is well with my soul lettering with leafy vines
Close view of a small fine line black script tattoo reading this too shall pass on the lower leg, with embellished heels in the background.
Fine line script quote on a lower leg
Flash design of a black-outlined ribbon banner with green shading carrying the lettering IN THE WAVES OF CHANGE WE FIND OUR TRUE DIRECTION, shown on a speckled background.
Ribbon banner with a lettered quote
Pencil sketch of a traditional style tattoo design showing a headstone inscribed Wish You Were Here, a crescent moon, a rose and leaves.
Headstone with rose and crescent moon design
Black script lettering reading Love Fearlessly runs along the neck behind the ear of a woman with her hair up in a bun.
Love Fearlessly script behind the ear
Fine line black arrow tattoo on the back of a hand, with the lowercase word breathe in lettering on the forearm below it.
Arrow and breathe lettering on a forearm
Black fine-line script tattoo reading Pura Vida across the ribs, shown on a person's side below a black crop top.
Pura Vida script on the ribs
Black teardrop design with white ornate script lettering reading The craziest thing we can do is nothing, drawn as a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Teardrop lettering with swirled script
Red lip print and red script lettering reading 'Love my smile... Beware of my silence' tattooed on an arm.
Lip print and script lettering on an arm
Two photos of a fine line black infinity symbol tattoo with script wording, reading 'to infinity' on the top image and 'and beyond' on the bottom, on skin.
Infinity symbol with 'to infinity and beyond' script
Black handwritten script reading "She's not afraid" with a small open heart beneath it, drawn as a lettering design on a white background.
"She's not afraid" script with a heart
Fine line black tattoo of a feather, a flock of birds and a line of script lettering across the top of a foot, with pink toenail polish.
Feather, birds and script on a foot
Fine line black script tattoo running vertically on the back of a person's neck, photographed from behind with purple hair and a white top.
Fine script tattoo on the back of the neck
Black brush lettering design reading Fuck around and find out, with sweeping underlines, drawn on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Fuck around and find out lettering design
White ornamental lettering reading Serenity, with swirling flourishes above and below, on a plain black background, shown as a tattoo design.
Serenity lettering with flourishes
Black and grey portrait tattoo of a bearded man with shoulder-length hair on the upper arm, with the lettering Only Grohl can judge me below it.
Black and grey portrait with quote on upper arm
Woman in a white mandala sun print t-shirt, with black lettering and a red rose tattoo on her forearm and upper arm.
Lettering and rose tattoos seen beneath a mandala tee
Red pencil sketch of a neo-trad tattoo design showing a sugar skull woman with pinned curls, a profile of a man with a quiff, and a Vigilante script banner.
Sugar skull woman and profile man flash
Black lettering tattoo reading i came. i swam. i conquered. in a condensed typeface across the inner wrist and forearm, with a raised fist and a lake behind.
Three-line quote tattoo on a forearm
Woman seen from behind in a red lace dress with an open back, showing a small black script lettering tattoo across her upper back.
Small script tattoo on upper back
White script lettering reading Be Brave above a horizontal arrow, shown as a tattoo design on a black background.
Be Brave script lettering with arrow
Black and grey fine line lily with a Greek word in script lettering beside it, tattooed on the side of the torso.
Lily and Greek lettering on the side of the torso
Pen sketch of a tattoo design showing a safety pin with a bow and two lettered ribbons, drawn on paper with no body part visible.
Safety pin and bow with lettered ribbons
Back view of a person with curly brown hair showing a small black fine line script lettering tattoo on the upper back, with the wording partly faint.
Script lettering phrase on upper back
Black ink drawing of the word hope in flowing hand-lettered script, with two feathered arrows passing beneath it, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Hope script lettering with two arrows
Black and grey photograph of two feet, each with a fine line tattoo of a split heart pendant on a chain anklet, with lettering on the halves, placed on the ankle.
Matching broken heart anklet tattoos on two feet
Fine line black tattoo of a dumbbell with the words DON'T GIVE UP above it, on the outer upper arm of a person photographed from behind.
Dumbbell and lettering on upper arm
A fine line black script quote tattoo runs along the inner forearm of a hand resting on a teal leather car seat.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo running down the spine of a bare back, partly covered by black ribbons crossed over the skin.
Lettered quote running down the spine
Black lettering tattoo of the quote 'No matter how far life pulls you back eventually you move forward' with a grey arrow across the ribs.
Quote and arrow tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey realistic orchids with flowing script lettering across an upper arm and shoulder tattoo.
Black and grey orchids with script on upper arm
Black handwritten script reading 'This too shall pass.' on a plain white background, a lettering design suited to a fine line tattoo.
Handwritten 'This too shall pass' lettering
Black line drawing of the words OFF WITH HER HEAD arranged in the shape of a playing card club, with a spiral in the top lobe, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Off with her head lettering in a club shape
Small black fine line script lettering on a woman's side ribs, shown with a white bralette and open blue shirt.
Small script lettering on the ribs
Black flowing script lettering reading Carpe Diem with long thin flourishes on a white background, a design for a tattoo.
Carpe Diem script lettering design