Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Hand-drawn ornate script lettering reading New York with fine line flourishes on white paper, sketched in progress with a pen.
New York ornate script lettering design
Woman seen from behind with a fine black script tattoo running down her upper back between the shoulder blades, below a braided updo with a white flower.
Script tattoo down the upper back
Two open palms, each with the words Place Boob Here tattooed in black block lettering on the palm.
Place Boob Here lettering on both palms
Black ink pen drawing of a hot air balloon with banners reading It's not about the destination and It's about the journey, surrounded by clouds, rays and an anchor, in a lettering style suited to a
Hot air balloon with journey banner design
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading Non ducor duco across the side of a person's ribs.
Non ducor duco in fine script on the side
Thin black lettering reading STAY ALIVE, with the letters crossed by a single horizontal line, tattooed across the inner wrist beside a line-art design sheet.
Stay Alive lettering on a wrist
Black and grey script tattoo reading Forever 18 with a small butterfly, sitting on the lower torso above a yellow bikini bottom.
Forever 18 script with butterfly on lower torso
Pencil sketch of the words Stay a little longer in flowing script lettering with swirled flourishes, drawn on paper beside a stencil and an eraser.
Stay a little longer script lettering sketch
Two hands with traditional tattoos: a red-eyed wolf head on the back of one hand, a woman in a beanie on the other, and black lettering across the fingers.
Wolf and portrait hand tattoos with lettering
Black and grey script lettering reading Fleur Rebelle across the ribs, with a hand with long nails resting beside it.
Fleur Rebelle script on ribs
Close photo of a fine line script tattoo reading je ne regrette rien in black ink on the inner forearm, against a dark background.
Fine line script reading je ne regrette rien on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'An Angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards', with a red trident and gold ring tattooed beside it on the back.
Typewriter quote with red trident
Black cursive script lettering of the word agape on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Agape in cursive script lettering
Black and grey italic script tattoo on a man's forearm, reading 'to thine own self be' with the end cut off by the frame, above a sketched line motif.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of matching fine-line script lettering on the inner forearms of two people, one hand holding a coffee cup.
Matching script lettering on two forearms
Close photograph of a pink awareness ribbon tattoo looped into an infinity shape with black script lettering reading faith, on the inner wrist.
Pink ribbon infinity with faith script
Fine line tattoo of a pastel house lifted by coloured balloons, with the words Adventure is out there above it, on a person's upper back.
Balloon house with Adventure is out there
Black and grey lettering tattoos reading LOVE HER and I LOVE HIM across two fingers in a lettering style, with a small motif above the first word, photographed on a wooden surface.
Love her and love him finger lettering
Back of a woman's neck with her hair in a bun, showing a fine line black script tattoo reading Stay Gold running vertically down the neck.
Stay Gold script on the back of the neck
Black ink lettering reading John 3:30 and He > I on a forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
John 3:30 lettering on a forearm
Black Roman numerals in a fine line lettering style tattooed along the side of two fingers, one on each of two hands.
Roman numeral finger tattoos on two hands
Two women seen from behind, one with the word DUDE in black blackletter script across her upper back, the other with sweet in black script above her shoulder blade and a colour lily tattoo on her
Dude and sweet lettering with a lily on two backs
Fine line black tattoo of the word faith in cursive script, with a cross running through the letters, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Faith script and cross on a wrist
Black ink lettering tattoo on the inner wrist showing a Cheshire Cat grin above the words We're All Mad Here.
Cheshire Cat grin and We're All Mad Here on wrist
Two inner wrists with black script lettering: 'always be true' on the left and 'Love with passion' with a small heart on the right.
Matching wrist script quotes
Fine line black script reading let it be, joined to a curling wave, on the side of a bare foot above a thin ankle chain, with a wooden deck behind.
Let it be script with wave on ankle
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing the words Nifty Fifty above three aperture diagrams, with a hand holding a 50mm lens against a black background, in lettering and geometric style, on the
Nifty Fifty and aperture tattoos on a forearm
Close-up of two black script lettering tattoos on the backs of the wrists, reading figlia on the left hand and madre on the right, with a silver bangle on the left wrist.
Figlia and madre script on the hands
Two people seen from behind, each with a black script quote on the shoulder, one reading I'll love you forever and the other a matching phrase.
Matching script quotes on two shoulders
Fine black script lettering reading Live nothing but love across the upper chest of a shirtless torso.
Script quote on upper chest
Black ink tattoo on an upper arm reading I'm a LUMBERJACK AND I'M OK, with a hand-drawn axe and tree stump, in a Lettering style.
Lumberjack slogan with axe on upper arm
Two black and grey fine line script tattoos on the upper back, one reading Together Forever Never Apart and the other reading Maybe in Distance But Never in with a small heart.
Script quote tattoos on the upper back
Black ink line drawing of an infinity symbol with the word love in script, a feather at the lower right and a second script word on the right loop, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Infinity symbol with feather and script
Black and grey fine line script lettering running into a feather tattoo across a forearm.
Script quote and feather on a forearm
Two black ink thigh tattoos in traditional style, a ship's wheel and an anchor wrapped in rope, each with script lettering, on a person wearing denim shorts.
Ship wheel and anchor thigh tattoos
Black and white photo of a blackwork-style lettering tattoo reading IT TAKES A BIT MORE on the side of a person's hip, above the waistband of their underwear.
Black stencil-style quote on the side of the hip
Black and white tattoo design of bold italic script lettering set within a circular wreath of roses, peonies and a dahlia, with no body placement shown.
Script lettering in a circular rose and peony wreath
Black and grey blackletter script with a diamond lattice border tattooed along a forearm, against a dark background.
Blackletter text and lattice on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box wrapped in pink banners with lettering, in a traditional style, on the lower leg.
TARDIS with banner lettering on a leg
Black and grey flash design of a stylised phoenix in flight beside flowing calligraphic lettering on a cracked cream background.
Phoenix with flowing calligraphic script
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt across the side ribs, with a star tattoo partly visible below.
Quote lettering and star on the side ribs
Black script tattoo reading Promise with a small heart on the side of a finger, styled as fine line lettering on the hand.
Promise script and heart on a finger
Colour flash design of a blue TARDIS police box with white banners reading Wibbly Wobbly, Police Box and Timey Wimey Stuff, drawn in a neo-traditional style.
TARDIS with Wibbly Wobbly banners
Black and grey script lettering with a small arrow tattooed on a woman's side torso above the waistband of her shorts, in a script lettering style, placed on the side of the abdomen.
Script lettering and arrow on side torso
Two forearms with matching black script lettering reading Not Tired, with smaller capitals reading I GOT THIS beside it, on a forearm placement.
Matching Not Tired lettering on two forearms
Black script lettering runs down the outer back of a woman's leg from thigh to ankle, shown from behind in denim shorts.
Script quotation down the back of a leg
Black fine line book stacks, quotation marks, Peter Pan silhouettes and quote lettering shown as a flash sheet, with the designs applied to a forearm in the lower right photo.
Book and quote designs on forearms
Black script lettering arranged in the shape of a cross on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Cross-shaped script lettering design