Lettering tattoo ideas

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Neo-traditional tattoo of a glowing UFO over pine trees and a purple night sky, framed in an oval with the words I WANT TO BELIEVE below, on the thigh.
UFO and pine trees on a thigh
Upper arm tattoo of an ornate spade with teal filigree scrolls and black lettering reading We're all mad here, in a decorative lettering style.
Ornate spade with 'We're all mad here' lettering
Black and white line drawing of a woman with a flower in her hair holding a dagger, with the word PSYCHO across her brow, in a neo-traditional flash style.
Woman with dagger and PSYCHO lettering
Neo-traditional flash design of two pink roses, a pastel banner reading Nugg Life, and a pile of chicken nuggets with a dipping sauce pot, with no body placement shown.
Nugg Life rose and nugget flash design
Colour tattoo of a pink coffee mug with teal leaves and the words death before decaf in teal script on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Death before decaf mug on a forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a shaded compass rose tattoo design with the words True North above it and ornate fleur-de-lis points.
Compass rose with True North lettering
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo flash design showing a portrait with a lightning bolt across the face, sparkles and a banner with the words ZIGGY PLAYED GUITAR.
Portrait with lightning bolt and banner design
Colour tattoo of a grey cartoon donkey wearing a green and yellow striped hat, with red blood splatters and lettering beneath, on a forearm.
Cartoon donkey in striped hat on forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey robot with a red panel and the lettering H-q, framed by brown swirling waves and a teal background with white circles, on the calf.
Robot with swirling waves on a calf
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
Flash design of a blonde cartoon woman in a pink dress, framed by roses, thorns, two birds and a banner reading Once Upon a Dream, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Blonde heroine with roses and a banner
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing an armoured woman with a halo, surrounded by flames, above a red banner reading Bigmouth Strikes Again.
Armoured saint in flames with banner on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a teacup with a pink rose and green leaves on the upper arm, with the words Tea heals all wounds curving around the saucer.
Teacup and rose with tea quote
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey anchor wrapped in an orange and purple rope, with black script reading Hope anchors the soul, Hebrews 6:19.
Anchor and rope with script verse on a limb
Flash design of a heart-shaped Death Star wrapped in a REBUILD banner, drawn in grey linework with teal, yellow and orange accents on the ribbon.
Heart-shaped Death Star with REBUILD banner
Colour tattoo of three scaled dragon eggs in teal, purple and orange above a black banner reading DRACARYS, on a forearm.
Three dragon eggs and a Dracarys banner on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a red fox with the words Breathe Out So I Can Breathe You In in ornate black script on the forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Fox and lettering on a forearm
Realism-style tattoo of a tabby cat in a top hat within a laurel wreath, with a banner reading Jack the Ripper, on the upper thigh.
Cat in top hat portrait on a thigh
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a creature with an open mouth and tongue, a fin above and scales, with pink fill and black outlines on an upper arm.
Pink-backed creature with fin and lettering on arm
Neo-traditional flash design of a blonde woman in a dark gown and white gloves, holding a small mouse, with a clock, a bird and a KEEP ON BELIEVING banner.
Princess with mouse in a leafy frame
Black line drawing of an ornate genie lamp with two roses, leaves and swirling smoke, with script lettering, shown as a flash design on cream paper.
Genie lamp and roses flash with script
Forearm tattoo of a teal and yellow doorway with radiating light rays, beside black typewriter-style lettering reading If you're a dreamer, come in.
Dreamer quote beside a glowing doorway on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a upper chest showing the word Love in script over a red and blue flag design, with an eagle, globe and anchor emblem and the reference 1 COR. 13:13.
Love script, flag and eagle emblem on chest
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a pocket watch with Roman numerals, roses and leaves, with the words Time Flies in script lettering across the lower half.
Pocket watch and roses with Time Flies script
Black and grey tattoo flash design of brass knuckles, two roses and a ribbon banner with the script words Love thy Neighbor and Lev.19:18, shown without any body placement.
Brass knuckles and roses with Love thy Neighbor
Pastel coloured flash design of a triceratops and two dinosaur heads with pink roses, ferns and leaves, framed by a banner reading dinosaurs eat man and woman inherits the earth.
Dinosaurs, roses and banner flash design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a tabby cat in a top hat and monocle, with a songbird perched on the hat, on the upper arm.
Cat in top hat and monocle on upper arm
Flash design of a horned helmeted skull with two purple roses and a cream banner with lettering, in neo-traditional style with speckled shading.
Horned helmet skull with roses and banner
Grey skull tattoo with dripping teardrops and a banner above it, on the outer upper arm of a person in a grey t-shirt.
Skull with banner on upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional flash design of a woman in profile holding a rose, with banner lettering reading LUST is the THORN and LOVE is the ROSE.
Profile woman with rose and banner
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a blue Grumpy Bear under a grey rain cloud, with the word GRUMPY in blue lettering below, on a leg.
Grumpy Bear under a rain cloud
Neo-traditional flash design of a pin-up princess holding a small mouse, with a clock tattoo on her arm, swallows, and a Keep On Believing banner.
Pin-up princess with clock arm and banner
Several tattooed arms and hands wrapped together, showing a black and grey figure on a forearm, a compass design on an upper arm and small lettering on the fingers.
Intertwined tattooed arms and hands
Colour tattoo of a red rose under a gold-rimmed glass dome with the words until the last petal falls, on the thigh, shown in daylight and under UV light.
Enchanted rose under glass dome on a thigh
Two forearms: a red heart with a keyhole and small lettering on the left, and a shaded grey ornate key with lettering on the right, both in a realism and neo-traditional style.
Heart with keyhole and ornate key on forearms
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a flying saucer above a log cabin and mountains in a triangle, with the words I want to believe arched above.
UFO over a cabin on a calf
Red pencil sketch of a neo-trad tattoo design showing a sugar skull woman with pinned curls, a profile of a man with a quiff, and a Vigilante script banner.
Sugar skull woman and profile man flash
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red hot sauce bottle with green cap and banners reading Put it on everything and We trust, on the upper arm.
Hot sauce bottle with banners on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon character with yellow pigtails, red lips and pink hearts above a teal banner reading Bad Bitch, on the outer thigh.
Cartoon character with banner on thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the top of a foot showing a smiling flame sprite with bold eyes and a banner reading MAY ALL YOUR BACON BURN.
Fire sprite with banner on the foot
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon character riding a chained grey wrecking ball with a sad face, on the calf.
Cartoon character on a wrecking ball, calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two pink roses, a star and an eye in a triangle on a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Roses, star and eye on upper arm
Colour flash design of a blue TARDIS police box with white banners reading Wibbly Wobbly, Police Box and Timey Wimey Stuff, drawn in a neo-traditional style.
TARDIS with Wibbly Wobbly banners
Colour tattoo of a smiling sloth clinging to a cream sign with the words LET'S FUCK, shown on a section of skin.
Sloth holding a sign
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty dressed as a nurse, holding a syringe and a test strips canister, with the word Diabetic beneath, on the upper arm.
Hello Kitty nurse with syringe on upper arm
Realistic black and grey Dalek tattoo with teal dome lights and an Exterminate banner, set against a radiating line pattern on the upper arm.
Dalek with Exterminate banner on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo design of a woman with long dark hair, feathers, hummingbirds and sunflowers, with a banner reading choose your own path.
Woman with hummingbirds and path banner
Neo-traditional flash design of a braided, dark-haired figure holding a green skull bottle, flanked by birds and roses, with a banner reading Over Your Dead Body; no body placement shown.
Braided figure with potion bottle and banner