Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional flash design of a howling wolf beneath a teal crescent moon, with the banners Beware the Moon and leaves around it.
Howling wolf and crescent moon design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a woman with a red bow in her hair, holding red boxing gloves, above a banner reading TOUGH LOVE.
Woman with boxing gloves and Tough Love banner
Traditional style flash sheet showing a retro television, a cassette with a flower and banner, a dark hand with a banner, and two round badges.
Traditional flash of TV, cassette, hand and banners
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a calf showing two cartoon figures, one aiming a pistol, above the words FROM THE WOMB TO THE TOMB.
Cartoon duel with lettering on a calf
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a teal rose, a yellow banner reading LIKE HOME, a red shoe and the words THERE'S NO PLACE in black lettering.
Teal rose and ruby slipper on a thigh
Traditional style flash drawing of a red and white lighthouse inside a bottle labelled On the Rocks, with an anchor on the neck, waves and rocks below.
Lighthouse in a bottle flash design
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
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
Traditional style flash design of a man in a suit beside a vintage microphone, with a red rose, a flowering sprig and a banner reading Long Live The King, shown as a framed print.
Crooner portrait with microphone and roses
Traditional-style flash design of a long-haired woman with hummingbirds, autumn leaves and sunflowers, framed by a rope border with a banner reading CHOOSE YOUR OWN PATH.
Illustrated woman with hummingbirds and banner
Traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship with red and yellow accents on a calf, with the words Loose lips sink ships on a banner below.
Sailing ship with banner on a calf
Traditional style flash drawing of a straight razor with a wood grain handle, a brass FTW plate and red accents on a tan background.
Straight razor flash design
Framed traditional-style flash design of two blue swallows, red roses and striped banners with red lettering, displayed on a table.
Traditional swallows and roses flash in a frame
Colour traditional tattoo of a pin-up woman in a star and stripe outfit holding a top hat, with a banner reading Kiss My American Ass, on a forearm.
Pin-up in stars and stripes with banner
Traditional style tattoo of an ornate grey heart with a keyhole and red accents on the chest, with a colourful tattoo on the forearm below.
Ornate heart and keyhole tattoo on the chest
Shirtless man with a black NY cap covering his face, showing traditional style roses, a heart and script lettering on his chest, abdomen and full sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Traditional roses and lettering across chest and arms
Black and grey traditional flash design of a heart holding a hand clasping a cat paw, with a crescent moon, stars, a flower and the words Boys Whatever Cats Forever.
Heart with clasped hand and cat paw
Traditional style tattoo on the back of a hand showing a grey and black cat with pink-tinted hair buns, a robe and a banner reading NERF HERDER, beside a photo of the real cat.
Cat portrait tattoo with banner on the hand
Traditional style flash design of a cartoon boy in a bow tie inside a scalloped heart framed by roses, with the words I choo choo choose you on banners.
I choo choo choose you heart flash
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a coffee mug with banners reading Death and Before Decaf on a leg.
Coffee mug with Death before decaf banners
Traditional-style tattoo of a yellow banner with a script phrase, a teal ribbon and a teal-tipped arrow on the outer forearm.
Arrow and banner on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pale blue diamond with orange banners reading SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND, on the upper arm.
Diamond with Shine On You Crazy Diamond banners
Colour tattoo of a cartoon pizza slice with bat wings, fangs and the word VAMPIZZA above it, in a bold traditional style on a leg.
Vampizza pizza slice with bat wings
Colour traditional tattoo of a claw hammer with a wooden handle wrapped in two banners reading TELL HIM I'M GONE, on the outer forearm.
Hammer with banner reading Tell him I'm gone
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a couple's faces in a red heart, with banners reading 'To die by your side' and 'Such a heavenly way', a blue flower spray and a hanging noose.
Couple in heart banner with noose on forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a cartoon character with a pompadour, round glasses and a tear, above a banner reading CRY BABY, on a calf.
Crying cartoon character with CRY BABY banner
Traditional style tattoo of a grey skull with orange banners reading EVERYDAY IS HALLOWEEN, a bat and a spider on a web, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Skull banner with bat and spider on back
Neo-traditional Batman and Catwoman head tattoos with banners and yellow roses on the back of both calves.
Batman and Catwoman calf tattoos
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with a banner reading what a catch, surrounded by circular lettering and two stars, on an upper thigh.
Anchor and quote on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a seated black cat with a gold collar beside red hieroglyphs, on the lower leg.
Seated black cat with hieroglyphs on a calf
Colour tattoo on a limb of the red Rebel Alliance starbird emblem with two orange banners reading Rebel and Scum, in a traditional style.
Rebel Alliance emblem with Rebel Scum banners
Traditional flash drawing of a horned pin-up devil woman holding a pistol, with a "NEVER FEEL SORRY" banner, a red skull and crossbones, and a red devil tail.
Pin-up devil with gun and banners
Close view of a barber's tattooed hands holding a comb on a man's head, with a traditional skull on the knuckles and a coloured rose and dagger on the right hand.
Traditional hand tattoos while cutting hair
Three black line drawing flash designs on paper: a lipstick with a bow, a skull and crossbones with a spider web, and a heart containing a lipstick.
Lipstick and heart flash designs
Traditional style flash design of a skull pierced by a dagger, with a snake coiled around it and the words MAKE OR DIE beside it, drawn in black and mustard with halftone shading.
Skull, dagger and snake flash design
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a vintage car front with a ribbed grille and headlights, above a banner reading DAD, on a limb.
Vintage car with DAD banner
Four-panel photo of a black and grey full arm sleeve with clouds, sunburst rays, doves, a pocket watch, an anchor and a compass rose, on the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey cloud sleeve with doves and anchor
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a flying saucer with beams of light and stars above the words GET IN LOSER, on the lower leg.
Get in Loser UFO on a lower leg
Traditional colour tattoos on a forearm show a hand holding a lighter labelled BEST, above a matching hand holding a joint labelled BUDS, with leaves and pink flowers.
Matching lighter and joint hand tattoos
Traditional style tattoo on a calf of a pair of legs in fishnet stockings and red heels, with banners reading Don't dream it, be it.
Fishnet legs and banners on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a red fox riding a black skateboard, with the words TOO WEIRD TO LIVE and TOO RARE TO DIE arcing around it on a limb.
Fox on a skateboard with lettering
Black and grey lettering design reading Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future, in a shaded and outlined traditional-style typeface on a beige background.
Every saint has a past lettering design
Shower curtain printed with traditional style flash designs of hearts, a swallow, a dagger and roses, hung in a bathroom.
Traditional flash hearts on a shower curtain
Flash design of a cream skull with a pentagram on its forehead, framed by red ribbon banners reading Salt and Burn, in a traditional illustrative style.
Skull with pentagram and Salt & Burn banner
Traditional style tattoos on the back of a hand, showing a bow and arrows, a half heart, red drops and the word ROMANTIC in black lettering.
Bow, arrows and lettering on the hand
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a calf showing a cartoon man with an afro, glasses and moustache in a red and white bobble hat and striped top, with the words Hello and Is it me you're looking for.
Cartoon caricature with quote on a calf
Traditional style dagger tattoo with a twisted purple hilt, green leaves and a banner reading TRUE TILL DEATH on a lower leg.
Dagger with true till death banner on calf
Black and grey traditional style compass rose tattoo with a banner reading not all those who wander are lost, on the forearm.
Compass with banner on forearm