Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black and white photo of a black script quote tattoo running along the upper thigh, partly covered by a hand holding dark fabric.
Script quote along the upper thigh
Two people shown from behind with matching black and grey angel wing tattoos over their shoulder blades, each with script lettering beside the wing.
Matching angel wing tattoos with sibling script
Black lettering and an anchor tattoo on the side of a foot near the ankle, with the script words We shall never drift apart running along the skin.
Anchor and script quote on a foot
Black script lettering reading To The Moon with a long underline swash on a plain grey background, shown as a lettering design rather than a tattoo on skin.
To The Moon script lettering design
Black and grey fine line script reading nothing gold can stay with a small flower sketch, tattooed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade, with hair falling across the skin.
Nothing gold can stay script on upper back
Two palms turned up showing a small black fine line arrow with feathered fletching, a single eye, and the words THE DEVIL WON'T KEEP TIL MORNING in black lettering.
Arrow, eye and quote on palms
Black and grey fine line script reading Memento Mori across the ribs in a black and white photo.
Memento Mori script on a rib cage
Two black and grey tattoos on forearms: an arrow with the script words Her Guardian on the left, and feathered wings with script lettering between them on the right.
Arrow and wings tattoos on two forearms
Hand-drawn flash design of two closed eyes with radiating dotted lines, above and below the words 'AND YOU SEE YOUR GYPSY' in dark brown lettering on a pink textured background.
Hand-lettered eyes design on pink
Close photo of the word persevere in fine black cursive script across the inner forearm.
Persevere script on an inner arm
Black script lettering reading 'Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered' across the upper thigh.
Script quote across the upper thigh
Black ink script lettering flash sheet with flourished phrases, scroll borders and a small ornament, shown on white with no body placement.
Script lettering flash sheet
Black and grey fine line script lettering on the side of the ribs, shown in a black and white close-up photograph.
Fine line script word on the ribs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a globe showing continents, with the words Isaiah 6:8 and Here I am, Lord. Send me. across the upper back.
Fine line globe with Isaiah 6:8 on upper back
Black script reading sempre con voi with a simple bird outline on the upper arm, shown in two stacked photos.
Sempre con voi script and bird on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of a tree with a leafy canopy, two long trunks and grass, beside the quotation 'and she loved a little boy very, very much even more than she loved herself', with grey shading at
Tree and quotation tattoo on the side of the body
Hand-drawn design of the word Survivor in dark purple marker on cream paper, with a long swooping flourish rising through the first letter.
Survivor lettering with a long flourish
Black script lettering reading "faith" in a fine line style on the inner forearm.
Script word "faith" on a forearm
Black and grey shaded rose with script lettering on a forearm, with a circular inset showing a red lip print tattoo.
Shaded rose and script on a forearm
Black and white lettering flash sheet showing ten Paris metro station names in varied decorative script and block styles, with no body placement shown.
Paris metro station lettering sheet
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a crown with pink and grey shading and black script lettering below it, on the upper thigh of a person in denim shorts.
Crown and script lettering on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of an open pizza box with a slice, a flame and two banners reading Can't Stop Won't Stop, with Hot-N-Fresh on the box, on the lower leg.
Pizza box and banners on a calf
Woman seen from behind with dark script lettering tattooed across her upper back and shoulder, wearing a red patterned dress with gold straps.
Script lettering across upper back
Black brush lettering tattoo reading "Much virtue in if" in a loose, hand-drawn style on the upper arm.
Much virtue in if lettering on upper arm
Black and white photo of a foot with a fine script lettering tattoo reading Dance like nobody's watching running along the side of the foot.
Script quote tattoo along a foot
Black and white photo of a fine line Roman numeral lettering tattoo running down the centre of a woman's upper back.
Roman numerals down the upper back
Close view of the back of a neck with the black lettering open at the close tattooed in a serif script, with a raised scar running down below it.
Open at the close lettering on neck
Black and white photo of a woman wearing a stormtrooper helmet, showing black and grey tattoos on her forearm, upper arm, hands, abdomen and legs, including a script lettering piece on the stomach.
Script and rose tattoos with stormtrooper helmet
Fine black Greek lettering reading agape on the inner wrist, with the hand raised against a red background and a striped sleeve.
Greek word agape on the inner wrist
Black ink tattoo of the Deathly Hallows triangle symbol above a lettered quote on the inner forearm.
Deathly Hallows symbol and quote on a forearm
Flash-style drawing of a cartoon woman with black bob hair and glasses, her arms raised, framed by hatched gold banners reading Smart, Strong, Sensual, Woman.
Cartoon woman with Smart Strong Sensual Woman banners
Black and white photo of both forearms covered in lettering and collage-style tattoos, including outlined MY LIFE text, a skull, and a rose on the hand.
Forearm lettering and sticker-style collage tattoos
A woman in a standing split yoga pose shows a small black script lettering tattoo on her ribs, in black and grey ink.
Standing split pose with small rib lettering
Black fine line anchor tattoo with a small heart at its base and script lettering reading Hebrews 6:19, on the outside of an ankle.
Anchor and scripture reference on an ankle
Close photo of the word Riddikulus in thin black script lettering across the inner forearm near the wrist, shown against a dark blurred background.
Riddikulus lettering on a wrist
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a weathered wooden cross with a ribbon banner reading To Live Is Christ in script, on the upper arm.
Wooden cross with To Live Is Christ banner
Black script lettering tattoo on a forearm, with the arm holding a red tennis racket and a yellow ball.
Script lettering on a forearm
Pencil sketch flash design of a woman with long flowing hair embracing herself, framed by script lettering and floral flourishes, shown without a body placement.
Woman with script lettering design
Black and grey script lettering with a flourish and shading on the back of a man's hand, with a wristwatch on the wrist.
Script tattoo on the back of a hand
Two flash designs of script lettering reading I Love you more and I Love you most, each with a looping line and a small green heart.
I Love you more and I Love you most designs
Two matching forearm tattoos of a black and grey Celtic knot with the handwritten words Forever Daddy's Angel above each knot.
Matching Celtic knot forearm tattoos
Close view of a woman's arms showing black lettering and an arrow on the forearm, a red and black lotus on the upper arm, and a dark patterned tattoo beside it.
Lettering and lotus tattoos on forearm and upper arm
Fine-line black tattoo of angular capital letters with chevron symbols on the upper arm, in a lettering style.
Angular lettering with chevrons on an arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of tribal patterns on the shoulders and upper arms, with fine script lettering across the chest and a forearm lettering piece, on a shirtless torso.
Chest script and tribal shoulder tattoos on a torso
Black fine-line script reading Life goes on with a heartbeat trace beneath it, tattooed on a forearm.
Life goes on script with heartbeat line
Black and grey dotwork and geometric mandala with a triangle eye on a forearm, with a bold lettering tattoo reading I will stand my ground on the forearm below.
Eye mandala forearm and lettering on wrist
Black and white photo of fingers with fine line tattoos spelling MEW, with a small cat face between the E and the W, on the hand.
MEW lettering with a cat on fingers
Traditional black and grey log cabin tattoo with pine trees and smoke on the back of a hand, with the words AND GUIDE ME HOME below.
Log cabin and lettering on the back of a hand