Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black fine line script tattoo reading blessed with a small cross above the final d, on the inner wrist.
Blessed script with cross on the wrist
Black and grey tattoo of five moon phases with fine script lettering below them, sitting on the forearm.
Moon phases with script on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Only God Can Judge Me in blackletter-style script with swirling flourishes along a forearm.
Only God Can Judge Me lettering on an arm
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering reading 'We only part to meet again' runs diagonally along a forearm, partly covered by clear wrap.
Typewriter quote along a forearm
Close photo of a black blackletter-style lettering tattoo running vertically along the inside of a forearm, in solid black ink.
Vertical blackletter lettering on forearm
Lettering tattoo shaped like an anchor with a blue word and red heart on the inner forearm, in black and grey with small colour accents.
Anchor made of lettering on an inner forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a purple yarn skull with crossed knitting needles and orange banners reading KNIT FAST and DIE WARM.
Yarn skull with knitting needles on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a skull within an ace of spades, banners reading Life is a gamble, roses, a crown and dice.
Ace of spades skull with dice and roses on forearm
Two colour traditional tattoos on forearms, one of a hand holding a lighter with a 'BEST' banner, the other a hand holding a joint with a 'BUDS' banner, both with cannabis leaves and red flowers.
Matching lighter and joint hand tattoos on forearms
Black ornate script lettering with looping flourishes on the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
Ornate script lettering on an inner forearm
Black and grey script reading Lady on a forearm and fine lettering across the fingers and back of a hand, with a navy hoodie in the background.
Script lady on forearm and lettered hand
Black and grey fine line lettering arranged inside a heart outline on the inner wrist of a hand resting on a dark wooden surface.
Lettering in a heart on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of the words All monsters are human in a typewriter-style font tattooed on the inner forearm, with a checked shirt sleeve rolled up above it.
All monsters are human lettering on a forearm
Close crop of a woman in a red dress holding a white cat skeleton, with dark tattoos on her forearms and a flower design on the back of her hand.
Tattooed forearms holding a cat skeleton
Fine line black script reading we're all mad here on a forearm, with green palm fronds behind the arm.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Heavily tattooed forearms crossed over a white t-shirt, with a Japanese-style koi fish and red flowers on one forearm and a traditional skull and crossbones on the upper arm.
Koi fish and skull tattoos on crossed arms
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm spelling COEXIST, with the letters replaced by a rounded ear, a figure in a wheelchair, braille dots, crossed sticks and a cross, in front of green and orange floral
Coexist lettering on a forearm
Collage of small black fine line tattoos drawn from classic books, shown on upper arms, forearms, shoulders and backs.
Literary tattoos on arms and backs
Two photographs: black script reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good on the side of a torso, and black lettering reading Mischief Managed with flourishes on a forearm.
Script quote and lettering tattoos on skin
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a lantern with an eye in a triangle and a banner reading WHERE WILL THIS ROAD LEAD, on the forearm.
Lantern with eye and banner on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading BAD WOLF across the inner wrist, in a casual hand-drawn script, photographed with the palm raised.
Bad Wolf lettering on a wrist
Black and grey realism portrait of a man in sunglasses with block lettering and red splashes, tattooed on a forearm.
Portrait and lettering sleeve on a forearm
Two forearms with black lettering tattoos: "Trust Your Struggle" in cursive script on the upper arm and "UNUM ARBITRIO VARIAT OMNIA" in serif capitals on the lower arm.
Script and Latin lettering on two forearms
Black lettering tattoo in Latin script running along a forearm, with another hand touching the skin in a pale, warm-toned photo.
Latin lettering tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a solid bat emblem between two lines of rotated lettering, one reading why do we fall and the other so we can learn to pick ourselves up.
Bat emblem and quote on a forearm
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a red and grey anchor wrapped in banners reading Hold Fast, 604 and In Christ, with blue roses.
Traditional anchor and roses on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on the forearm of a man with swept-back hair in a dark jacket, his hands gripping the lapels beneath a banner reading THE KING IS DEAD.
Black and grey portrait with banner on forearm
Black lettering reading Victim with a line through it above Survivor, with a coloured pencil and pink eraser, tattooed on a forearm.
Crossed-out Victim and Survivor lettering with pencil
Black script lettering reading Come together on the inner forearm, with a dark elastic band just below it.
Come together script on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a blue TARDIS police box above the word Geronimo in black lettering, with a red fez and bow tie, on a loose watercolour splash.
TARDIS and Geronimo on a forearm
Close-up of the word CONTINUE tattooed in black lettering on a forearm, with the I replaced by a semicolon.
Continue lettering with semicolon on forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a tomahawk forming a cross, with a wood-grain handle, lettering on the blade and a feather with teal beads, on a forearm.
Tomahawk cross with feather on a forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo on the inner forearm with teal and pink splashes and black script reading Sangre, sudor y gloria.
Watercolour splash with script on forearm
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Believe with a small outlined star above it, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Believe script tattoo with a star
Black and grey dotwork compass rose with an arrow, feather and ribbon tattooed on the inner forearm.
Compass, arrow and feather on forearm
Two forearm tattoos in black and grey, a guillotine on the left arm with the words KEEP YOUR CHIN UP and a noose on a gallows on the right arm with the words HANG IN THERE.
Guillotine and gallows on two forearms
Traditional style forearm tattoo of an eye inside a grey cloud above an umbrella and red raindrops, with the words IS THAT TEARS OR IS IT RAIN.
Eye in a cloud with umbrella and raindrops
Single-colour blue tattoo on a forearm showing a Scottish saltire with a lion-like figure and black Gaelic-style lettering at the wrist.
Blue saltire and lion on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of ornate scissors with scrollwork on the inside of a forearm, with a script tattoo visible on the foot.
Scissors tattoo on a forearm
Collage of fine line script tattoos on an upper arm, forearm, wrist and neck, reading words such as love, smile, soul and live fearless.
Script words on arms, wrist and neck
Full sleeve realism tattoo on an arm with horror-style portraits, a skull mask, a silhouetted figure and orange flames, with lettering at the lower wrist.
Horror-themed realism sleeve with fire background
Close up of a fine line script word tattooed in black ink along the forearm, shown in a warm, vintage-toned photograph.
Fine line script word on a forearm
Two photographs: black script reading hakuna matata with small birds on a foot, and a black mermaid silhouette with small fish on a wrist.
Script and birds on a foot, mermaid on a wrist
Three stacked photos of a flourished script name tattoo in lettering style on the forearm, from red outline to finished black linework.
Script name lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading omnia mutantur nihil interit across the inner forearm.
Latin script quote on a forearm
Black and grey hourglass tattoo with ornate Time Is Money lettering on a forearm, in lettering style with shading.
Hourglass and Time is Money lettering on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a one dollar banknote with a grey portrait on a green background, placed on the forearm near the wrist.
Dollar bill tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos on both forearms showing a stack of book spines, large quotation marks and lettering, with small sketched flying figures near the wrist.
Book spines and quotes on both forearms