Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo of a raised hand with a small black script word tattooed on the inner wrist.
Script lettering on the inner wrist
Black and grey photo of the words Spank Me in black script lettering flanked by two small outlined hearts, on the side of a hip above frayed denim shorts.
Script lettering with hearts on the hip
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Stitch with hibiscus and plumeria flowers, above the words Ohana means family, on a person's side ribs.
Stitch with flowers and Ohana lettering
Black line drawing of the word King with a crown and the word Queen with a crown, both in flowing script, presented as a pair of flash designs.
King and Queen script with crowns
Black and grey photo of two wrists with the script words "You Are My Strength" tattooed in a fine line cursive style across the inner wrists.
You Are My Strength script on two wrists
Black script lettering tattoo running along the outer forearm, with thick strokes and sharp, tapered ends.
Black script tattoo on a forearm
Pen sketch of a head and shoulders in profile outline, with the words We're all stories in the end, Just make it a good one, eh? lettered inside the shape in a hand-drawn script.
Profile outline with lettered quote
Black fine line design of an ECG heartbeat trace that spikes once then runs flat, with the words SLEEP FOREVER in serif capitals below, on a plain grey background.
Flatline heartbeat with SLEEP FOREVER lettering
Black Hebrew script lettering tattooed across the inner wrist, in a clean lettering style.
Hebrew lettering on the inner wrist
Black script lettering reading tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, shown in black ink against pale skin.
Script word tattoo on inner wrist
Black and white photo of two hands with TRUE and LOVE lettering on the fingers and a shaded lion head with wings on the backs of the hands, a small child's hands resting on top.
TRUE and LOVE lettering across the knuckles
Black fine line tattoo of two crossed arrows with the names Karen and Micah and the date June 21st 2014, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Crossed arrows with names and date on forearm
Black fine line elvish-style script tattoo running diagonally across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Elvish-style script across upper back
Fine line black tattoo of the word Wanderlust in script with a fine arrow and overlapping circles across the inside of a forearm.
Wanderlust script and arrow on a forearm
Colour lion cub tattoo with black shading on the top of a foot, with the script words Remember and Who you are curving around it.
Lion cub and script on the foot
Realistic colour tattoo of an American flag revealed through torn skin on the upper arm, with DON'T TREAD lettering across the top.
American flag under torn skin on upper arm
Black and grey photo of a small script lettering tattoo reading James 1:2 on the neck, with a hand resting in hair above it.
Script "James 1:2" tattoo on the neck
Black ink flash drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope with the word SAILORS in ornate lettering across it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Anchor and SAILORS lettering design
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a pizza slice with a banner reading Love dies, pizza is 4ever, on a thigh.
Pizza slice and banner on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a red and white striped top hat inside a circle of black lettering reading Today You are You, on the upper back.
Striped hat and circular quote on upper back
Two people show black script lettering tattoos across their upper backs, one quote placed above the other, in a lettering style.
Two script quote tattoos across upper backs
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading Wanderlust on a bare foot near the ankle, with a beaded anklet, resting on tangled tree roots.
Wanderlust script tattoo on ankle
Black fine line script tattoo reading cure on the side of the ribs, partly covered by grey fabric.
Cure script on the ribs
Fine line black script lettering and a small outlined triangle tattoo on a person's forearms, with both palms held up towards the camera.
Script lettering and a triangle on both forearms
Black ink drawing of decorative script lettering with shaded capitals, swirling flourishes and a leaf motif, drawn on paper beside a black fineliner pen.
Script lettering with flourishes
Black line drawing flash design of a banner reading Death before decaf, flanked by roses, with a teacup bearing a skull and crossbones, in a traditional style.
Death before decaf banner with roses and teacup
Black ink tattoo of the words how strange it is to be anything at all, set within swirling scrollwork on the upper arm.
Quote lettering in scrollwork on an arm
Black fine line script tattoo reading what appears to be in omnia paratus, placed on the inner forearm of a hand held out against a plain grey background.
Small script line tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a woman in a cap with script lettering, a hand raised to her mouth and a rosary, a tattoo flash design with no placement on the body.
Pencil portrait of a woman in a script-embroidered cap
Black line drawing of overlapping circles of varying sizes above the words You are Loved by so Many and so Much and By no One more than ME, on a white background.
Overlapping circles with quote lettering
Black ink line drawing of a pine tree, a deer and hatched hillside with a banner reading Prone to Wander, on aged paper.
Prone to Wander pine and deer design
Colour flash design of a steel anchor wrapped in banners reading Just Keep Swimming, surrounded by cartoon sea creatures on a blue background.
Anchor with Just Keep Swimming banners
Red bow tie with black outline at the centre of a circle of black lettering, shown as a lettering-style tattoo on pale skin.
Red bow tie inside circular lettering
Two black script tattoos side by side, one reading til my last day on a forearm and one reading til my last breath on a second limb.
Matching script quote tattoos
Black script lettering reading Never let your fear decide your fate across the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photo.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Black fine line script tattoo on a forearm, reading I love you to the moon and back within an infinity symbol of stars, with a crescent moon.
Infinity symbol with moon and script
Black outline tattoo of two roses with angular leaves on a forearm, with a line of script lettering above near the wrist.
Outline roses on a forearm
Hand-drawn ink design of a winged sheep across three banners reading A teenage vow in a parking lot, til tonight do us part, with grey shading and brown and yellow wash accents.
Winged sheep with lyric banners
Black script lettering reading 'And though she be but little she is fierce' across the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Script quote on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a green top hat with a red ribbon, feather and tag, beside the black lettering "We're all mad here", on the chest.
Top hat and "We're all mad here" on the chest
Black lettering tattoo running vertically along the side of the hip of a person lying on a bed, with grey underwear waistband visible.
Black lettering tattoo on a hip
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing the word NAVY, stars, a warship and a torn flag with the number 43.
Navy warship and torn flag on upper arm
Red script lettering reading Trust No One, arranged in a heart shape on a plain light grey background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Trust no one script in a heart shape
Black fine-line script tattoo reading 'To live in the hearts you leave behind is not to die' running across a shoulder, with a small outlined heart at the end.
Script quote across the shoulder
Black and white photo of a fine line script word tattooed along the forearm of a person, with a softly blurred background.
Fine script lettering on a forearm
Black and white flash design of a coffin with a central skull, flourishes and a block of lettering on a speckled background, in a lettering style.
Coffin with skull and lettering
Close photograph of a hand with pale nails resting on hair, showing fine line script lettering in black ink along the middle finger and a small mark on the index finger.
Script lettering across two fingers
Black script tattoo reading Life flows on within you and without you, running diagonally along the forearm.
Script quote along a forearm