Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black blackletter-style lettering reading Expecto Patronum with pink and blue watercolour splashes behind it, tattooed on a lower leg above a grey canvas trainer.
Expecto Patronum lettering on a calf
Two clasped hands with matching fine-line black Roman numeral lettering reading XIV II MMXII on the fingers, styled as lettering on the hand.
Roman numeral date tattoos on two fingers
Black fine line script lettering reading valar morghulis on the inner wrist of a raised arm, against a blurred tree background.
Small script lettering on the inner wrist
Two forearms resting palm up on a white sheet, with fine line black script tattoos and a small heart outline on the forearm.
Fine line script and a heart on two forearms
Black and grey tattoo of three folded banknote triangles on skin, shown beside a hand tattoo of Family First script lettering on the back of the hand.
Banknote triangles and Family First hand script
Colour tattoo of the cartoon fish Dory above the words Just Keep Swimming in black lettering, on a forearm.
Dory with Just Keep Swimming lettering on a forearm
Black and grey flash design of a stippled full moon above the script words Fly me to the moon, shown on a plain light background with no body placement visible.
Full moon with script lettering flash
Close view of a white t-shirt printed with black line drawings of hands holding cigarettes, beside a forearm with small black script lettering and a tiny hand tattoo.
Hand-print tee with script forearm tattoos
Grey arched lettering with swash tails across the upper back, reading Mississippi, on a sunburnt back.
Arched lettering across upper back
Galaxy-shaded triangle tattoo with black knotwork, a leaf in a circle and stylised lettering on the inner forearm.
Galaxy triangle with knotwork on a forearm
Black and white photo of small block lettering reading GRL PWR tattooed on a forearm, with a dark background and a necklace visible above.
GRL PWR lettering on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two sugar skulls, one with curled hair and a flowered hat, on an upper arm, with a script lettering piece in a second panel.
Sugar skull couple on upper arm
Close crop of a torso in a torn white top, showing fine black script lettering on the upper arm and a second script line on the forearm, both partly cropped.
Script lettering on upper arm and forearm
Fine line black cross with thin cursive script lettering on the inner wrist and forearm of a raised hand.
Cross and script on the inner wrist
Two forearms with matching black script fine line tattoos reading Okay? and Okay. on the forearm, with hands joined beside them.
Matching Okay script tattoos on forearms
White hand-lettered script reading Brave with a small arrow beneath it, drawn on a plain black background in a lettering style suited to a tattoo design.
Brave script with arrow design
Black and white photo of a person's bare back showing a crown above bold ASSHOLE lettering with cross motifs, plus traditional sleeve tattoos on the raised arms and a word on one hand.
Crown and lettering across a back
Black and grey stylised lettering forming an armband tattoo around the upper arm, shown against a white sleeve.
Black lettering armband on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a teal and grey raptor claw with black outlines and the words Clever Girl curved along its edge, on the outer thigh.
Raptor claw with Clever Girl script
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with three stacked ribbon banners reading Fortune favors the hustle, shown on paper with no placement on the body.
Fortune favors the hustle ribbon banner
Black script lettering reading Favoured, Constant and a third word on three fingers of a hand, placed on the finger segments.
Script words tattooed on three fingers
Realism style tattoo of a frowning face in round glasses and a red beanie, with lettering curved around it, on a lower leg.
Bespectacled face in red beanie on a calf
Colour tattoo of a leg lamp in a wooden crate with a red banner reading A MAJOR AWARD, on a lower leg.
Leg lamp in a crate with banner
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading DON'T OPEN and DEAD INSIDE beside a door with hands reaching out, shown on the top of both feet.
Door and hands lettering across two feet
Realism style tattoo of a grey SLR camera with a Canon label, purple succulent, green vines and blue flower, with Stay Focused script below, on the ribs.
SLR camera with Stay Focused script on ribs
Hand-drawn script lettering reading freed, with CHRIST above and ME below, flanked by green leaf sprigs on a speckled off-white background.
Christ freed me script lettering with leaves
Illustrated design of a pigtailed character blowing pink bubble gum and holding a baseball bat, with bold lettering and watercolour splashes in pink, purple and teal.
Pigtailed character with bubble gum and bat
Black script lettering reading "If you kiss me goodnight I'll know, everything is alright" runs diagonally along a forearm.
Script quote along a forearm
Black script lettering reading Give me strength when I'm standing and faith when I fall, tattooed along the ribs in a lettering style.
Script quote on the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading Does this unit have a soul? on the forearm, shown against a red and white striped background.
Script quote on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo in the shape of the state of Minnesota, filled with names and place words, on the side of a torso.
Minnesota state outline made of words
Black and grey tattoo design with the words She is clothed in strength and dignity, framed by blossom branches and two butterflies.
Proverbs 31:25 lettering with blossom and butterflies
Two hands with matching black Roman numeral lettering tattooed along the fingers, one hand wearing a silver ring and bracelets.
Matching Roman numeral finger tattoos
Two black and grey tattoos on forearms: a ship's wheel with the script 'Be the one to guide me' on the left, and a shaded anchor with a chain and the script 'but never hold me down' on the right.
Ship's wheel and anchor script tattoos on forearms
Fine line black lettering reading w(h)ine on the ankle of a leg, above a pink and black striped sock.
Small w(h)ine lettering on an ankle
Traditional style tattoo of a globe, flowers, leaves and a suitcase on a forearm, with the words Every path leads home.
Globe and suitcase with lettering on a forearm
Handwritten lettering in black ink on pale paper, forming an infinity symbol with the words Live the life you love, as a flash design for a lettering tattoo.
Live the life you love infinity lettering
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Please return to Tiffany & Co. New York 925 on the back of the neck.
Tiffany & Co. lettering on the back of a neck
Black and grey flash design of the words Be Different in script lettering over a stippled dotwork flower with leaves, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Be Different script over a dotwork flower
Black lettering tattoo reading Through Thick and Thin around an infinity symbol, with a dot either side, in lettering style on bare skin.
Infinity symbol with Through Thick and Thin lettering
Fine line black script lettering that appears to read Free, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Fine line script lettering reading Free
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cupcake with pink frosting, a cherry and a banner reading Life is Sweet on the forearm.
Cupcake with cherry and banner on a forearm
Shirtless man with a black NY cap covering his face, showing traditional rose and heart tattoos and lettering across his chest, arms and abdomen.
Heavily tattooed torso and arms under a cap
Close crop of a bare midriff in white bikini bottoms, with a small black script tattoo on the side of the hip.
Small script tattoo on the hip
Black and grey tattoos of a robed figure and blackletter text on a thigh, with lettering on the fingers and stretching across the stomach above denim shorts.
Blackletter text and robed figure on thigh
Black script lettering reading a Bible verse across the upper back, near the shoulder blade, with a black lace top strap visible.
Scripture lettering across upper back
Black handwritten script reading "And she will be loved" on a white background, with a single sweeping stroke above the first word, shown as a lettering tattoo design.
Handwritten "And she will be loved" lettering
Close crop of a person in a navy paisley print T-shirt with a small black script lettering tattoo on the upper arm.
Small script tattoo on an upper arm