Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey fine line dreamcatcher with two feathers and small script lettering above the hoop, on a forearm.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork style tattoo of a tipi, log cabin and igloo stacked above the words Home Sweet Home on a thigh.
Tipi, log cabin and igloo stacked on a thigh
Black script lettering reading She believed she could so she did on a white background, with small mandala doodles in the corners, drawn as a lettering design.
She believed she could so she did lettering
Fine line black script tattoo reading mia with a small looped heart on the side of the ribs, shown in a black and white photo.
Script name and heart on the side ribs
Black and grey photo of a small fine line GRL PWR lettering tattoo on the side ribs, below a lifted grey sweater and above jeans.
GRL PWR lettering on the ribs
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo on a forearm, set in a circle with the word Wanderlust above a cabin, mountains, pine trees and leaves.
Wanderlust mountain cabin forearm tattoo
Black ink flash design of a stiletto heel with three banners reading boys only, want love if and it's torture, drawn in a traditional style on white paper.
Stiletto heel with banner quote
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a blue Deathly Hallows triangle showing a silhouetted figure in a forest, with script lettering below reading Don't let the Muggles get you down darling.
Deathly Hallows triangle and script quote on forearm
Traditional style tattoo of an open book with two red roses and the words We're all stories in the end, on the ankle.
Open book and roses on an ankle
Traditional style tattoo on a thigh showing a hand holding a white rose, with banners reading Valar Morghulis and Valar Dohaeris, framed by red berries, green leaves and yellow flames.
Hand and rose banner tattoo on thigh
Black and grey flash drawing of a sloth holding two hatched banners reading NAP ALL DAY, SLEEP ALL NIGHT and PARTY NEVER, in a traditional style.
Sloth holding banners with slogan
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
Close view of a small fine line black script tattoo reading this too shall pass on the lower leg, with embellished heels in the background.
Fine line script quote on a lower leg
Flash design of a black-outlined ribbon banner with green shading carrying the lettering IN THE WAVES OF CHANGE WE FIND OUR TRUE DIRECTION, shown on a speckled background.
Ribbon banner with a lettered quote
Pencil sketch of a traditional style tattoo design showing a headstone inscribed Wish You Were Here, a crescent moon, a rose and leaves.
Headstone with rose and crescent moon design
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
Black script lettering reading Love Fearlessly runs along the neck behind the ear of a woman with her hair up in a bun.
Love Fearlessly script behind the ear
Traditional colour tattoo of a dripping pizza slice with pepperoni and two banners reading Drink Pizza and Eat Beer, on the forearm.
Pizza slice with Drink Pizza and Eat Beer banners
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
Fine line black arrow tattoo on the back of a hand, with the lowercase word breathe in lettering on the forearm below it.
Arrow and breathe lettering on a forearm
Black fine-line script tattoo reading Pura Vida across the ribs, shown on a person's side below a black crop top.
Pura Vida script on the ribs
Black teardrop design with white ornate script lettering reading The craziest thing we can do is nothing, drawn as a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Teardrop lettering with swirled script
Colour tattoo of Princess Peach and Mario in a pixel-style cartoon look, below bold black lettering reading Two Against the World, shown on ribs and on an ankle.
Mario and Peach with "Two Against the World" text
Colour tattoo of Jesus with a halo riding a T-rex, with a banner reading FUCK YEAH, on the upper arm.
Jesus riding a T-rex with banner
Red lip print and red script lettering reading 'Love my smile... Beware of my silence' tattooed on an arm.
Lip print and script lettering on an arm
Black and grey dotwork flash design of a flying saucer emitting a light beam over pine trees, inside a circle with the words The truth is still out there.
UFO over pine trees with slogan
Two photos of a fine line black infinity symbol tattoo with script wording, reading 'to infinity' on the top image and 'and beyond' on the bottom, on skin.
Infinity symbol with 'to infinity and beyond' script
Traditional colour tattoo of a cat wearing a floral crown, with a teal banner reading MEATBALL and red and yellow flowers, on the thigh.
Cat in a floral crown with banner on thigh
Black handwritten script reading "She's not afraid" with a small open heart beneath it, drawn as a lettering design on a white background.
"She's not afraid" script with a heart
Fine line black tattoo of a feather, a flock of birds and a line of script lettering across the top of a foot, with pink toenail polish.
Feather, birds and script on a foot
Fine line black script tattoo running vertically on the back of a person's neck, photographed from behind with purple hair and a white top.
Fine script tattoo on the back of the neck
Black brush lettering design reading Fuck around and find out, with sweeping underlines, drawn on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Fuck around and find out lettering design
Black ink line drawing of a figure seen from behind, with antlers rising through wavy hair inside an oval hatched frame, above the words Sugar we're goin down.
Antlered figure with lyric lettering
Black line drawing of a hand with a cuff reading LOVE KILLS, holding up a card marked with a heart pierced by an arrow.
Hand holding a heart card with Love Kills
Black and grey realism tattoo of a face in a hat with red BAD lettering across the upper arm and shoulder.
Realism portrait with red lettering on upper arm
White ornamental lettering reading Serenity, with swirling flourishes above and below, on a plain black background, shown as a tattoo design.
Serenity lettering with flourishes
Black and grey portrait tattoo of a bearded man with shoulder-length hair on the upper arm, with the lettering Only Grohl can judge me below it.
Black and grey portrait with quote on upper arm
Woman in a white mandala sun print t-shirt, with black lettering and a red rose tattoo on her forearm and upper arm.
Lettering and rose tattoos seen beneath a mandala tee
A black outline tattoo of a brain with red shading at its centre and the word think beneath it, on an upper arm, examined under a purple UV lamp.
Brain outline tattoo with the word think
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
Traditional style tattoo on a thigh showing an instant camera, a red rose, pink flowers and an hourglass in a photo frame, with the words Everything and Changes.
Instant camera, rose and hourglass on a thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor with an orange ribbon and the words I refuse to sink in black script, on a limb.
Anchor with ribbon and script on skin
Black lettering tattoo reading i came. i swam. i conquered. in a condensed typeface across the inner wrist and forearm, with a raised fist and a lake behind.
Three-line quote tattoo on a forearm
Woman seen from behind in a red lace dress with an open back, showing a small black script lettering tattoo across her upper back.
Small script tattoo on upper back
White script lettering reading Be Brave above a horizontal arrow, shown as a tattoo design on a black background.
Be Brave script lettering with arrow
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
Pen sketch of a tattoo design showing a safety pin with a bow and two lettered ribbons, drawn on paper with no body part visible.
Safety pin and bow with lettered ribbons
Shirtless man seated on a bed with a black tribal sleeve on his upper arm and a grey rose tattoo on his chest, head cropped out of frame.
Tribal sleeve and chest rose on a shirtless man