Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
Close-up of the back of a leg in pink running shoes, with black arrows and red block lettering reading PLEASE GO AROUND on the calf.
Please Go Around arrows on a calf
Black serif lettering reading 'we are all earthlings' across a forearm, with a green top and a studio chair in the background.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading an Irish phrase across the ribs, shown on skin with a shirt lifted to the side.
Irish script lettering on the ribs
Black ink script lettering reading Allonsy, decorated with fine line swirls, on the inner upper arm of a woman with long wavy hair.
Allonsy lettering with swirls on upper arm
Traditional flash sheet of four designs in colour: chess pieces with a rose, a sunset over waves, an hourglass with a skull, and a fox with pine trees, above a BRAND NEW banner.
Traditional flash sheet with rose, fox and hourglass
Navy line drawing of a bearded sailor in a striped top and cap, with tattooed arms, anchor and rope, and the lettering A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.
Sailor flash with smooth sea lettering
Fine line black script lettering tattoo across the upper back, spread over several lines of text beside the shoulder blade.
Script quote tattoo across the upper back
Black ink tattoo of a bird silhouette beside Hebrew lettering on the inner wrist, in a lettering style with a simple silhouette motif.
Bird and Hebrew lettering on a wrist
Forearm covered in colour tattoos, including a green gecko, a dragon and lettering, with a dark t-shirt sleeve above.
Colour tattoos on a forearm
Hand-drawn ornate script lettering reading New York with fine line flourishes on white paper, sketched in progress with a pen.
New York ornate script lettering design
Woman seen from behind with a fine black script tattoo running down her upper back between the shoulder blades, below a braided updo with a white flower.
Script tattoo down the upper back
Black ink tattoo across the upper back spelling COEXIST, where each letter is replaced by a religious or peace symbol, including a crescent and star, a peace sign, e=mc2, a Star of David, an eye, a
Coexist lettering tattoo across the upper back
Two open palms, each with the words Place Boob Here tattooed in black block lettering on the palm.
Place Boob Here lettering on both palms
Black ink pen drawing of a hot air balloon with banners reading It's not about the destination and It's about the journey, surrounded by clouds, rays and an anchor, in a lettering style suited to a
Hot air balloon with journey banner design
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading Non ducor duco across the side of a person's ribs.
Non ducor duco in fine script on the side
Thin black lettering reading STAY ALIVE, with the letters crossed by a single horizontal line, tattooed across the inner wrist beside a line-art design sheet.
Stay Alive lettering on a wrist
Black and grey script tattoo reading Forever 18 with a small butterfly, sitting on the lower torso above a yellow bikini bottom.
Forever 18 script with butterfly on lower torso
Pencil sketch of the words Stay a little longer in flowing script lettering with swirled flourishes, drawn on paper beside a stencil and an eraser.
Stay a little longer script lettering sketch
Two hands with traditional tattoos: a red-eyed wolf head on the back of one hand, a woman in a beanie on the other, and black lettering across the fingers.
Wolf and portrait hand tattoos with lettering
Black and grey script lettering reading Fleur Rebelle across the ribs, with a hand with long nails resting beside it.
Fleur Rebelle script on ribs
Close photo of a fine line script tattoo reading je ne regrette rien in black ink on the inner forearm, against a dark background.
Fine line script reading je ne regrette rien on a forearm
Traditional tattoo of a red rose with green leaves above a black banner with lettering, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark top and black trousers.
Rose and banner lettering on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a black umbrella with a green bird-head handle and a red banner reading Anything Can Happen, on a forearm.
Umbrella with banner on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'An Angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards', with a red trident and gold ring tattooed beside it on the back.
Typewriter quote with red trident
Black cursive script lettering of the word agape on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Agape in cursive script lettering
Black and grey italic script tattoo on a man's forearm, reading 'to thine own self be' with the end cut off by the frame, above a sketched line motif.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Woman seen from behind with a small black fine line tattoo of numerals or lettering on her mid back, wearing a white backless top and denim shorts.
Small numeral tattoo on upper back
Black and white photo of matching fine-line script lettering on the inner forearms of two people, one hand holding a coffee cup.
Matching script lettering on two forearms
Black and grey realism style tattoo of an eye within a pyramid and sunburst inside a circular coin-style border with lettering, on the back of a hand, with a tattooed forearm above.
Eye in pyramid coin design on hand
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
Close photograph of a pink awareness ribbon tattoo looped into an infinity shape with black script lettering reading faith, on the inner wrist.
Pink ribbon infinity with faith script
Fine line tattoo of a pastel house lifted by coloured balloons, with the words Adventure is out there above it, on a person's upper back.
Balloon house with Adventure is out there
Black and grey lettering tattoos reading LOVE HER and I LOVE HIM across two fingers in a lettering style, with a small motif above the first word, photographed on a wooden surface.
Love her and love him finger lettering
Back of a woman's neck with her hair in a bun, showing a fine line black script tattoo reading Stay Gold running vertically down the neck.
Stay Gold script on the back of the neck
Black ink lettering reading John 3:30 and He > I on a forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
John 3:30 lettering on a forearm
Traditional style flash design of a skateboard with a lettered banner, orange flames and two blue flowers, with no body placement shown.
Skateboard with flames and blue flowers
Two mirrored traditional tattoos on an upper arm, showing a blue-visor pilot helmet above a blue rose and a dark trooper-style helmet above a red rose, with banners reading Standing By and Move Along.
Pilot helmets and roses on upper arm
Black Roman numerals in a fine line lettering style tattooed along the side of two fingers, one on each of two hands.
Roman numeral finger tattoos on two hands
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 tattoos cover a person's back, arms and hands, with skull, ribcage and spine imagery against a dark background.
Full back and arms covered in skeletal tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of the word faith in cursive script, with a cross running through the letters, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Faith script and cross on a wrist
Black ink lettering tattoo on the inner wrist showing a Cheshire Cat grin above the words We're All Mad Here.
Cheshire Cat grin and We're All Mad Here on wrist
Dotwork drawing of a stern gorilla wearing a military helmet with bullets on the band and the words Beware the imposter of man, in black and white.
Gorilla in a military helmet with stippled shading
Two inner wrists with black script lettering: 'always be true' on the left and 'Love with passion' with a small heart on the right.
Matching wrist script quotes
Pen drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design on paper, with two banners reading Fatally Yours, a skull, a heart, a flower and leaves, shown without a body placement.
Fatally Yours banners with skull and flower
Fine line black script reading let it be, joined to a curling wave, on the side of a bare foot above a thin ankle chain, with a wooden deck behind.
Let it be script with wave on ankle