Lettering tattoo ideas

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Four views of a black and grey full arm sleeve with red sunburst rays, a profile portrait, the words Easy Rider and a road ends sign, and a motorcyclist, placed on the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve with Easy Rider motif and red sunburst
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded face with long hair, labelled Jesus, on the inner forearm.
Jesus portrait on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a face merged with a city skyline, barbed wire and birds, with bold lettering below on the forearm.
City skyline and face double exposure on upper arm
Close-up of a small black fine line script lettering tattoo on the forearm of a woman with long blonde hair and silver rings.
Small script lettering on a forearm
Black and grey realism full arm sleeve tattoo showing praying hands, a rosary, haloed figures, clouds and a scroll of text, shown from three angles on an upper arm and forearm.
Religious full sleeve with praying hands
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon man in a suit above a banner reading DANGER ZONE, shown on the forearm.
Suited man portrait with Danger Zone banner
Black script lettering across the ribs beside a black and grey realism sleeve with a pocket watch on the upper arm and forearm.
Script on ribs and pocket watch sleeve
Blue-grey handwritten quote and a line drawing of a serotonin molecule tattooed on a forearm, with a small bird at the bottom edge.
Serotonin molecule and quote on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a bird silhouette with speech bubbles and a boxed caption in lettering.
Black bird silhouette with quote lettering
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a red-haired cartoon woman in round glasses and a green jacket, with arms folded, above a black-outlined flower with teal leaves.
Cartoon character and flower on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of the word hallelujah in lowercase typewriter-style lettering on the inner forearm.
Small hallelujah lettering on a forearm
Traditional-style tattoo of a black sheep head with curled black wool, crossed bones and a banner reading Black Sheep, on the forearm.
Black sheep head with banner on forearm
Black and grey serif lettering across a forearm in two lines of text, with lace and skull-print fabric behind the arm.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading "I must go" with a small rose and a bird outline on the inner forearm.
"I must go" script with a small rose on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on the inner forearm of a tombstone-shaped outline with a small cherub at the top, grass at the base, and the words EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT in capitals.
Tombstone quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey engraved-style crest tattoo with a lion-like figure and a curling banner bearing partly visible lettering, on the inner forearm.
Engraved crest with banner on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a plaster with the words I WILL FEEL BETTER on the inside of a wrist, with a printed flash sheet behind.
Plaster with "I will feel better" on a wrist
Black ink feather tattoo on a forearm, filled with hatched and dotted ornamental patterns and two names in lettering.
Ornate feather with names on forearm
Fine-line black tattoos on a forearm showing a plaster, a hand gesture, a small wedge and a ribbon banner reading WHATEVER.
Small fine-line bandage, hand and WHATEVER banner
Two black outline tattoos of broken chain links and cuffs on the palms of outstretched hands, with a star tattoo and lettering visible on the forearms above.
Broken chain tattoos on both palms
Black script lettering reading "A dream is a wish your heart makes" with small blue stars, tattooed on the inner forearm, lettering style.
Script quote with stars on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face split into angled panels with a cigarette, on the inside of a forearm.
Fractured male portrait on a forearm
Two matching traditional-style colour tattoos of pizza, one a slice with a banner and one a whole pie, on the calves of two people.
Matching pizza tattoos on two calves
Two matching black outline puzzle piece tattoos with dotted multicolour fill and script wording, one on an upper forearm and one on a lower forearm, in fine line style.
Matching puzzle piece tattoos on two forearms
Black linework tattoo of an outlined flower with leaves above the words We Are Not Our Failures, with a thin arrow running through the lettering, on a forearm.
Outlined flower and lettering on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a typewriter with a banner reading HOW SOON IS NOW and red flowers, on a forearm.
Typewriter and banner reading How Soon Is Now
Fine line tattoo on the inner forearm showing a black cross joined to a heartbeat line that becomes a red heart outline, with the words Faith, Hope and Love in small black capitals below.
Cross, heartbeat and heart on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the Hogwarts school crest with a HOGWARTS banner across the top, placed on the calf in a traditional style.
Hogwarts crest tattoo on a calf
Woman in a white tank top resting one hand on her pregnant belly, with a thin black script tattoo running along her forearm.
Fine line script on a forearm
Black and grey chest and neck tattoo with script lettering and foliage, partly visible above an open grey shirt collar.
Chest and neck tattoos under a grey shirt
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading wanderlust on the inner wrist, with gold bangles and a mountain landscape behind.
Wanderlust lettering on the inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a striped jumper and shorts on the forearm, with Cyrillic lettering below.
Cat in striped jumper with Cyrillic lettering
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a dreamcatcher with two feathers beside the word Dreamer in blackletter-style script on the inner wrist.
Dreamer lettering with dreamcatcher on wrist
Black and grey script lettering reading Money Over Everything across a forearm, with a white cat and a chair in the background.
Money over everything script on a forearm
Black fine line script reading que sera sera across the inside of a wrist, with red nail polish on the hand above.
Que sera sera script on a wrist
Black and grey photo of a fine line script tattoo on the inner forearm, reading what appears to be as it goes, with a small dot above the letters.
Fine line script lettering on a forearm
Black looping script lettering tattoo running down the forearm, drawn in thin, flowing cursive strokes.
Looping script lettering on a forearm
Full colour Neo-trad style sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a Maleficent figure with green and purple tones and a princess figure above, with partial lettering at the wrist.
Disney character sleeve on an arm
Black script lettering reading I will make better mistakes tomorrow, in a fine line style, across the outer forearm of a person in a red plaid shirt.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a pocket watch with gears and a banner reading Everything is borrowed, on the forearm.
Pocket watch and banner on a forearm
Traditional style heart tattoo with a white DONE banner and dark leaves on the forearm, in red, orange and black ink.
Traditional heart with DONE banner on forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a sun over mountains and a lake, with handwritten lettering arranged around the design.
Mountain and sun quote on forearm
Fine line black script reading free with a small bird in flight on the inner forearm, shown against a pale background.
Free script with a bird on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows triangle symbol on the inner forearm, with cursive script partly hidden by a striped sleeve.
Deathly Hallows symbol on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading don't panic on the inner forearm, with a blurred metro carriage and passenger in the background.
Don't panic lettering on inner forearm
Two traditional style colour tattoos on the inner wrists and forearms, one showing a glue bottle with a CONSTRUCT banner and one showing scissors with a CREATE banner, both with blue and red flowers.
Glue bottle and scissors wrist tattoos
Neo-traditional style colour tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a green tail on a forearm, with the words NEVER LOSE YOUR VOICE in black lettering above and below.
Mermaid and lettering on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoos of cats with ornamental scrollwork and a tower on two forearms, with script lettering above the wrists.
Cats, scrollwork and tower on two forearms