Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black fine line script tattoo reading Meraki, with a swirling flourish above and a leaf sprig below, on the thigh.
Meraki script with leaf sprig on thigh
Line drawing flash design of three lilac-shaded roses with grey leaves beside the lettering "We shall meet in a place where there is no darkness" and the numerals I-XVII-MMXV, shown on a white
Roses with quote lettering design
Black and grey dotwork peony tattoo on a forearm, with shaded petals, outlined leaves and a partial lettering tattoo at the top edge.
Dotwork peony on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a red and yellow flower with an eye inside a heart across the back of a hand, with a chrysanthemum on the forearm above.
Eye in heart flower on the back of a hand
Close-up of a black ribbon-style knot tattoo with three purple flowers on a forearm, with small lettering at the left edge.
Black ribbon knot and violets on forearm
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
Fine line black script lettering with a pink and blue watercolour poppy on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone.
Script and poppy on the shoulder
Colour drawing of a tattoo design showing a purple and orange mountain inside a golden laurel wreath, with the words Don't paint me black when I used to be golden in black lettering.
Mountain in a golden laurel wreath with lettering
Black line drawing of ornate script lettering decorated with flowers, hearts and dotted outlines, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Script lettering design with flowers
Overhead view of many small temporary tattoo designs, including animals, flowers, lettering and simple line motifs, scattered around a silver tin marked SUPER.
Temporary tattoo designs around a metal tin
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hand holding a flowering branch on a forearm, with partial lettering beside it.
Hand holding a blossom branch on a forearm
Flash design of the words Mama Tried in ornate gold-brown lettering, with a revolver and pink and white flowers around it.
Mama Tried lettering with revolver and flowers
Black script lettering reading 'If fate should fail us then hope will see us through' with two black leaf sprigs, tattooed on the side of a ribcage.
Script quote with leaf sprigs on the ribs
Pencil sketch design of an anchor wrapped in a rope and vine, with hibiscus flowers and the word Ohana written beneath it.
Anchor with hibiscus and Ohana script
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with the words You Are My Sunshine in script above it, on a person's shoulder.
Sunflower with script on a shoulder
Black and grey fine line arrow with leaves and vines running across the back, with the lettering WARR;OR above the shaft.
Arrow and vines with WARR;OR lettering
Colour drawing of the words BE YOU, NOT THEM in ornate orange lettering, decorated with flowers, a mushroom, bluebirds, a skull and turtles, with red swirling linework.
Be you, not them lettering design
Black and grey tattoo of a revolver with the words Never Look Back on its barrel, flanked by two roses and leaves on a forearm.
Revolver and roses on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a red cardinal perched on a branch among white dogwood flowers, with script lettering below.
Cardinal and dogwood tattoo
Black ink drawing of the phrase It is well with my soul in hand-lettered script, flanked by two sprigs of leaves and berries on a white background.
It is well with my soul lettering with leafy vines
Black and grey fine line lily with a Greek word in script lettering beside it, tattooed on the side of the torso.
Lily and Greek lettering on the side of the torso
Black and grey realistic orchids with flowing script lettering across an upper arm and shoulder tattoo.
Black and grey orchids with script on upper arm
Black and grey realism leg sleeve on a thigh and calf showing a lion, daisies, a pocket watch and a scroll banner with lettering.
Lion, daisies and pocket watch leg sleeve
Black and grey tattoos of a compass, a pocket watch, flowers and a lettered banner on two upper arms.
Compass and pocket watch with banner on two arms
Two women seen from behind, one with the word DUDE in black blackletter script across her upper back, the other with sweet in black script above her shoulder blade and a colour lily tattoo on her
Dude and sweet lettering with a lily on two backs
Black and grey realism roses with leaves and a dotted chain running down a woman's leg from thigh to ankle, with a small script tattoo on her wrist.
Black and grey roses down a leg
Black and white tattoo design of bold italic script lettering set within a circular wreath of roses, peonies and a dahlia, with no body placement shown.
Script lettering in a circular rose and peony wreath
Black and grey tattoos on bare legs in a bath, including a rose with leaves, script lettering reading SELF and floral designs on the thighs.
Lettering and rose tattoos on thighs in a bath
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with an open pocket watch, a lily, a beaded chain, bee and scrollwork, with script lettering on the watch lid.
Pocket watch, lily and beaded chain design
Shaded green artichoke tattoo with layered leaves on a forearm, photographed with a soft blurred background.
Green artichoke tattoo 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
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
Line drawing flash design of a dotwork-shaded snake coiled around two pink roses, with planetary symbols and the Latin phrase Omnia Vnvs Est beneath.
Snake with roses and planetary symbols
Black ink drawing of an ornate calligraphic letter with floral and leaf filling and stippled dotwork outlines, shown on white paper beside a quartz cluster and a fine liner pen.
Ornate floral lettering design in fine ink
Colour tattoo of a perched songbird inside a floral wreath with the words Free Indeed above it, on the forearm.
Songbird and floral wreath with Free Indeed
Black ink line drawing of a heart made of leaf veins, with the word DAD formed from leaves, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Heart of leaves spelling DAD
Black dotwork tattoo of a pair of sycamore seeds joined at a short stem, on the outer arm, with partial lettering tattooed at the upper right.
Sycamore seed tattoo on arm
Colour tattoo on a calf of a bare leg in a bath, showing a cartoon creature in an ornate oval frame with pink roses, a pink bow and lettering in neo-traditional style.
Cartoon creature and roses on a calf
Black and white photo of a person seen from behind, with a large back tattoo of script and roses and tattoos on the upper arm.
Back piece with script and roses
Colour tattoo of purple anemone flowers and a gold heart frame with a turquoise centre and script lettering, on the forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Purple anemones and gold heart on forearm
Fine line drawing of an outstretched hand with poppy flowers, leaves, a moon and an eye motif, and the words trust the path unseen, in black ink with blue accents.
Hand with poppies and lettering
Black ink flash design reading One for the road, surrounded by feathers, a kookaburra, a moon, a sun, wattle, a fish, a bottle, an eye and animal skulls, drawn in fine line with stippled shading.
One for the road tattoo flash design
Colour tattoo of a songbird inside a wreath of flowers and berries, with the words Free Indeed above, on the upper arm.
Songbird in a flower wreath with Free Indeed lettering
Colour tattoo of orange California poppies with green leaves and a banner with partly legible lettering, on the outer forearm.
Orange poppies and banner on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a brown songbird inside a wreath of leaves, flowers and berries with the words FREE INDEED above it, on the upper arm.
Bird and floral wreath with lettering on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoos on both ankles, with a peony bloom and leaves on the left and flowers and foliage on the right.
Black and grey floral ankle tattoos
Six-panel black and white collage of tattoos: a shaded rose, the word Hope on an arm, beautiful in script, a lotus on a back, be kind to yourself on a forearm, and a fine stem on the upper back.
Collage of rose, lettering and botanical tattoos
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh of a blue globe with green continents, surrounded by bright flowers, scrolls and a banner reading TRAVEL DISCOVER EXPLORE.
Globe, flowers and banner on a thigh