Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style flash design of a woman in leopard print holding a wand, with red roses and cream banners reading GREEN, SUPER GREEN, BZZZZZZTTT and HOT HOT HOT, on a green background.
Pin-up figure with roses and banners
Script reading The heart of an Indian beside a profile headdress tattoo on the lower back, mostly black and grey with small red accents.
Script lettering and feathered headdress on back
Pencil sketch of a cross made from black cursive lettering on paper, with soft grey shading beneath the letters, shown as a lettering design without a body placement.
Cursive script words arranged in a cross
Tote bag printed all over with traditional-style flash designs of aliens, UFOs, hands, flowers, flames and banner lettering in colour.
Tote bag printed with tattoo flash designs
Fine line black sun outline with lettering on the left foot and a crescent moon outline with script on the right foot, both placed near the ankle.
Sun and moon outlines with script on two feet
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo flash design showing a portrait with a lightning bolt across the face, sparkles and a banner with the words ZIGGY PLAYED GUITAR.
Portrait with lightning bolt and banner design
Flash design of a scowling blue daruma-style mask with crossed swords behind it and the script lettering Read Between The Lines above, with no placement on the body shown.
Angry blue daruma mask with crossed swords
Black and grey photograph of a small owl tattoo on the back of a hand, in a fine line style, near the base of the middle finger.
Small owl tattoo on the back of a hand
Black script tattoo reading Carpe Diem with a small outlined butterfly beside it, placed on the inner forearm.
Carpe Diem script with butterfly on forearm
Healed tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade showing a shaded grey wand with blue swirling sparks and the script words Expecto Patronum.
Wand and Expecto Patronum script on upper back
Four black script lettering designs of the word Wanderlust on a white background, with a small definition line beneath, shown as a lettering flash sheet with no body placement.
Wanderlust lettering in script styles
Close-up of a small black lettering-style tattoo on the inner forearm of a person lying on a bed, with pink nails and a floral garment visible.
Black lettering-style tattoo on a forearm
Black ink drawing on paper of two semicolons with the hand-lettered words OUR STORIES and WILL NEVER END, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Semicolon with hand-lettered quote design
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red sailing boat with yellow sails and blue waves, placed on the thigh.
Sailing boat with waves on thigh
Colour tattoo of a grey cartoon donkey wearing a green and yellow striped hat, with red blood splatters and lettering beneath, on a forearm.
Cartoon donkey in striped hat on forearm
Black and white flash drawing of a hand with crossed fingers holding a cigarette, with lettering around it and a small anchor on one finger.
Crossed fingers holding a cigarette
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey robot with a red panel and the lettering H-q, framed by brown swirling waves and a teal background with white circles, on the calf.
Robot with swirling waves on a calf
Traditional-style flash design of a red rose, two headstones with carved busts, clasped hands, a shovel and a banner reading Forever True.
Forever True flash with rose and headstones
Black blackwork infinity symbol tattoo on a forearm, with the words ALL OF THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE written through the loop in handwritten capitals.
Infinity symbol with lettering on forearm
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with the word Wanderlust in cursive script on the side of a torso, shown beside the ribs.
Wanderlust script and compass rose
Fine line script lettering reading saved by grace across the inner wrist and forearm, with a silver cuff bracelet beside it.
Saved by grace script on a wrist
Black fine line script lettering reading "He Lives" on a plain white background, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
"He Lives" script lettering design
Black ink MMVI Roman numeral lettering on the forearm of one person, held hands with another person who has a matching tattoo on the forearm.
Matching MMVI numerals on forearms
Black and grey flash design of a three-masted pirate ship with a skull flag, surrounded by pirate-themed lettering and a shark.
Pirate ship with lettering flash design
Black line drawing of a winged symbol with a cross and an A-shaped figure, above the words Archangel Michael protects me, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Archangel Michael wings and cross design
Black and white photo of a script lettering tattoo across a man's chest and an ornamental tattoo on the back of his hand, with a tabby kitten resting against him.
Script chest tattoo and hand tattoo with a kitten
Red pencil sketch of a woman's face with closed eyes, a feathered headdress and roses, drawn as a tattoo design on a sketchbook page.
Woman with feather headdress and roses sketch
Close photo of black block-capital lettering reading HEART HOPE tattooed on a lower leg above a sheer ankle sock, in a fine line lettering style.
Heart Hope lettering on a lower leg
Black lettering tattoo reading There's no place like HOME on the inner wrist, with a large looping script H.
There's no place like home lettering on wrist
Black and grey tattoo of the USMC eagle, globe and anchor emblem inside a circle of lettering, on the upper arm and shoulder.
USMC eagle, globe and anchor on an upper arm
Black outline smiley face with X eyes, arrows and the words Be Strong When Things Fall Apart, with yellow, teal and red paint splatters, on an upper arm.
Smiley with X eyes and splatter on upper arm
Black ink flash sheet showing three Deathly Hallows symbols with curved script quotes, and a pair of winged designs flanking the word Always.
Deathly Hallows symbols with script lettering
Two matching forearm tattoos with black bird silhouettes, blue, teal and pink watercolour splashes, and the words Choose to keep going and this too shall pass beside a semicolon.
Matching semicolon and bird tattoos with watercolour
Flash design of a blonde cartoon woman in a pink dress, framed by roses, thorns, two birds and a banner reading Once Upon a Dream, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Blonde heroine with roses and a banner
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing an armoured woman with a halo, surrounded by flames, above a red banner reading Bigmouth Strikes Again.
Armoured saint in flames with banner on upper arm
Black outline sugar skull tattoo with a cross and flower motif on the thigh, with cursive script lettering above it.
Sugar skull with script on thigh
Small black lowercase lettering reading let it be on an upper back, with a gloved finger resting beside it.
Small let it be lettering on upper back
Traditional style tattoo on the upper arm showing a white goose and yellow chick above a steaming teacup, with the word PIVOT and red flowers below.
Goose and chick above a teacup on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two swallows, a ball of yarn with crossed knitting needles and a ribbon banner on the upper arm.
Swallows and yarn ball with banner
Black fine-line lettering reading "not all those who wander are lost" runs along the inner forearm.
Quote lettering along a forearm
Pencil drawing of three owls perched on a branch above the words Nobody's Perfect in ornate block lettering, with a fourth owl hanging upside down, drawn on wood-grain paper.
Owls on a branch with Nobody's Perfect lettering
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo reading F;GHT ON on the forearm, with the I replaced by a semicolon.
Fight on lettering on a forearm
Black bold script lettering set vertically on a cream background, shown as a lettering design with no skin or body placement visible.
Bold black script lettering, set vertically
Traditional tattoo of Darth Vader above a red heart and the words Who's Your Daddy, on the side of the ribs, with a red halo behind the helmet.
Darth Vader with heart and banner
Two thin black script tattoos on a person's forearms: a short line of non-Latin script on the left arm and a cursive English quote on the right.
Two forearm script tattoos
Navy line drawing of a vintage-style woman holding a fringed banner that reads FREE WILL, on a tan background, shown as a tattoo design.
Woman holding a fringed FREE WILL banner
Black line-work tattoo of a lion's head with the word Courage in script and DEAR HEART in capitals below, on the forearm of a person with long auburn hair.
Lion and courage lettering on a forearm
Small black lettering tattoo of four lines of abbreviated text on the inner forearm, beside a gold coin resting on the skin.
Four lines of small text on a forearm