Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Two forearms raised in thumbs up, each with a navy oval badge reading it's AWESOME time in white lettering, lettering style, on the forearm.
Matching thumbs up badge tattoos on forearms
Black and white photo of a black fine line Bowie logo and italic script tattoo on the inner forearm, with a black lace bra and dark jeans visible beside it.
Bowie logo and script on a forearm
Colourful tattoo of an elephant covered in swirl patterns, with a pink and orange flower and the script words Forever With No Exchanges, shown on skin.
Swirl-patterned elephant with script
Close photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Wanderlust with a looping underline, on the inner wrist of a hand held in a loose fist.
Wanderlust script on the inner wrist
Black linework tattoo of a police box outline on the upper arm, with a block of capitalised lettering quoting nine hundred years of time and space.
Police box quote on upper arm
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
Red biohazard symbol with blue-fletched arrows crossing it and black lettering reading Fight the dead and Fear the living, tattooed on the side of the torso.
Biohazard and crossed arrows slogan tattoo
Close photo of a line of black cursive script tattoo running up a man's forearm, with a dark wristwatch and green top visible.
Script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Bad Wolf, with a blue TARDIS with a yellow lantern in place of the letter d, tattooed on skin in a lettering style.
Bad Wolf script with a blue TARDIS
Black ink line drawing of a four-line ribbon banner with hand-drawn lettering and hatched shading on the folds, shown as a flash design on textured paper.
Ribbon banner with four lines of lettering
Black lettering reading 'We are what we pretend to be' with a small asterisk below, tattooed on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Handwritten quote tattoo on the shoulder
Pale yellow script lettering reading Twist and Shout, surrounded by looping fine line flourishes on a dark charcoal background.
Twist and Shout script lettering with flourishes
Fine line black script tattoo arranged in a ring on the upper back of a person wearing a dark top.
Circular script ring on upper back
Black lettering tattoo reading THIS IS LOVE in bold block capitals, with JOHN 4:10 in smaller text beside it, on a forearm.
THIS IS LOVE lettering on a forearm
Black and white photo of two hands held together, each wrist showing a small black Roman numeral tattoo in a serif lettering style on the forearm.
Roman numeral tattoos on two wrists
Colour burger tattoo and script lettering on a person's forearm and upper arm, with a second small tattoo on the lower right arm, worn beside a blue ringer t-shirt.
Burger and script tattoos on arms
Black fine line geometric symbol with circles and lorem ipsum text tattooed on the inner wrist.
Geometric symbol and lorem ipsum text on a wrist
Black script lettering tattoo of a four-line quote on a lower leg, shown against a wooden floor.
Script quote tattoo on a lower leg
Two arms pressed together in black and grey, one with fine line lettering reading GIRL ALMIGHTY on the forearm and one with SHE'S NOT AFRAID on the upper arm.
Girl Almighty and She's Not Afraid text tattoos
Black handwritten script lettering reading "with you, I am home." on a cream background, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
"With you, I am home" script lettering
A printed sheet of the word Wanderlust set in a dozen different lettering styles, pinned to a board, offered as lettering flash for a tattoo design.
Wanderlust lettering study sheet
Black monoline lettering on a white background spelling WARR;OR, with a semicolon in place of the letter I, in a lettering tattoo design.
Spaced lettering reading WARR;OR
Black and grey tattoo of two swallows above the Roman numerals XVIII IX MMX on the upper arm, with a script tattoo partly visible at the top right.
Two swallows and Roman numerals on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo in ornate script with swirling flourishes reading find what you love, love what you find, across the inner forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Two wrists side by side with matching dark script tattoos, Queen on the left and King on the right, with gold chain bracelets.
Matching Queen and King wrist script tattoos
Black flash design of the Japanese kanji for strength above the word STRENGTH in blackletter lettering, on a white background.
Kanji for strength with blackletter lettering
Gold script lettering reading don't fear with a full stop, drawn in fine linework on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Don't fear script lettering design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded feather joined to an infinity symbol with the script words stay and strong, on the inner upper arm.
Feather and infinity script reading stay strong
Pale pink fine script reading Just breathe with an outlined ribbon on the inside of a forearm, styled as lettering.
Just breathe script and ribbon on a forearm
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
Black and white photo of a man's bare upper back with hands behind his head, showing the word artist in lowercase sans-serif lettering between the shoulder blades, in Lettering style on the Back.
Word tattoo across the upper back
Black and grey serif lettering spelling the word arm vertically down the outer upper arm, in a lettering style.
Vertical lettering reading arm on an upper arm
Black line drawing of a hand-drawn sun with rays, with the words LIFE IS TOUGH BUT SO ARE YOU lettered inside the circle, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Line drawn sun with lettered quote
Black script tattoo reading The pain you feel today... is the strength you feel tomorrow, sitting along the lower back above a waistband.
Script quote tattoo on lower back
Two matching forearm tattoos show interlocked wedding rings above the lettering What God Has joined Together and Let no man Separate Matt 19:6.
Matching wedding ring tattoos with scripture
Black and grey tattoo design of an infinity symbol with a heart on one loop and script lettering running along the strokes.
Infinity heart with script lettering
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing a musical staff ribbon forming a heart, with a treble clef, notes, stars and the words Music is Life.
Music staff heart with treble clef and script
Black serif lettering reading "we're all mad here" across the inner forearm, in a fine-line style.
We're all mad here lettering on a forearm
Pink handwritten script reading shine on on a plain white background, drawn as a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Shine on handwritten script design
Black script reading life is a beautiful struggle runs across the top of a foot beneath four bird silhouettes in flight, in black ink.
Four birds in flight and script quote on foot
Black fine script lettering tattoo of a Latin phrase across the lower back of a person wearing white shorts and a braided belt.
Latin script tattoo across the lower back
Close photo of a small black lettering tattoo reading "let it be" on a person's forearm, with a grey and red sleeve and a blurred background.
"let it be" lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading Ad Astra on the inner wrist and forearm.
Ad Astra script on a wrist
Black fine-line script lettering reading What would Love do? along the forearm near the wrist, with a hand and gold bracelets raised beside it.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Fine black outline world map and the word Adventure with an arrow tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
World map outline and Adventure arrow on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo of a single word in ornate looping script, placed on the side of the ribs with a green striped top and red fabric visible.
Ornate script word on the ribs
Black handwritten lettering reading "you are art" across a person's inner forearm, near the wrist, in a fine line lettering style.
Handwritten "you are art" on the forearm
Black and grey fine line script reading fri som en fågel with a small swallow on a person's upper back, placed between the shoulder blades.
Script lettering and swallow on upper back