Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realistic skull with roses inside overlapping geometric triangles on a forearm, with the word Believe on the wrist, shown beside its flash design.
Skull and roses in triangles on a forearm
Two black and grey tattoos on forearms: a ship's wheel with the script 'Be the one to guide me' on the left, and a shaded anchor with a chain and the script 'but never hold me down' on the right.
Ship's wheel and anchor script tattoos on forearms
Black and grey portrait tattoo on a forearm and upper arm, with knuckle lettering on the fingers and hand, photographed on a woman in a dark speckled t-shirt.
Portrait and lettering tattoos on hand and arm
Black and grey script lettering runs down a man's side over the ribs, while another man's arm shows a realistic skull sleeve from upper arm to forearm.
Script on ribs and skull sleeve on arm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a skull within a tarot-style card labelled LA MORT, with a hand pinching a small object below it and a dotwork ornament at the base.
Skull tarot card and hand on forearm
Colour tattoo on the inner forearm of a tabby cat with blue eyes peeking over a coffee cup, with the words all you need is love and more coffee in a realistic style with lettering.
Cat peeking over coffee cup with lettering
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo covering a torso and upper arm, with a pagoda, an oni demon holding prayer beads, clouds and a dragon on the sleeve.
Pagoda and oni demon torso and sleeve
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of a framed, Polaroid-style drawing of a house with a fence, with flourished script lettering below it.
Framed house drawing and script on a forearm
Realism-style black and grey tattoo of two dog tags on a chain across a forearm, with lettering stamped on the tags.
Dog tags with chain on a forearm
Shirtless man with a realistic black and grey skull and red sunburst tattoo across his chest and stomach, with geometric linework and red and grey sleeves on both arms.
Skull and geometric full torso and sleeve tattoo
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a vintage microphone and two roses, with a banner reading The best is yet to come, in a realistic shaded style.
Microphone and roses banner on forearm
Four-panel photo of a black and grey full arm sleeve with clouds, sunburst rays, doves, a pocket watch, an anchor and a compass rose, on the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey cloud sleeve with doves and anchor
Black and grey script tattoo reading Riddikulus with a shaded feather beneath it, on the forearm.
Riddikulus script with feather on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage rangefinder camera with the words the way I see the world in script beside it, on a forearm.
Vintage camera with quote on forearm
Black and grey tattoos on two forearms, showing a shaded rose and leaves on the left arm and a banner, snake and skull on the right forearm.
Rose and banner lettering on forearms
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 realism portrait of a man in sunglasses with block lettering and red splashes, tattooed on a forearm.
Portrait and lettering sleeve 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
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
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
Full arm sleeve in realism style on the upper arm and forearm, featuring a grey hockey mask, a Bates Motel sign, a gas mask and red accents.
Horror sleeve with hockey mask and motel sign
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a hair clipper with the words LIKE MOTHER LIKE SON on the forearm.
Hair clipper on a forearm
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on a man's arm, showing a sailing ship, a compass rose and an anchor, with the words Love, friends and Family.
Ship, compass and anchor sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of the Joker holding a playing card, with bat shapes above and Why so serious lettering below, on a forearm.
Joker portrait with bats and lettering on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a man's face with red, blue and black ink splashes across the forearm, with partial block lettering reading CLUB below the chin.
Realistic portrait of a man's face on forearm