Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a gold foil temporary tattoo on a forearm, reading I belong with Melissa's bachelorette party, if I'm lost buy me a drink, with a small heart below.
Gold bachelorette party temporary tattoo on forearm
Fine line cursive lettering tattoo across the lower back above a pair of jeans, with only part of the words legible.
Cursive script tattoo on lower back
Black and grey script tattoo reading 1 Corinthians 13 with an anchor beneath it, on the side of a torso below a grey top.
Anchor and scripture lettering on the side
Fine line black script lettering on the upper back of a woman with her blonde hair in a bun, wearing a white top with a low scoop back.
Small script lettering on upper back
Forearm tattoo of a city skyline beside a Steelers logo, with the words I Bleed Black and Gold in black script beneath, in mostly grey shading with yellow, red and blue accents.
Pittsburgh skyline and Steelers logo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a hand covered in small fine line doodle tattoos, including a diamond, a daisy, a pizza slice and words such as HOMEWRECKER, with a cigarette held between the fingers.
Small doodle tattoos across the back of a hand
Black and grey traditional tattoo designs printed on a white sweatshirt, including swallows over a clasped-hands heart, a rose with a banner, a stag and an anchor.
Tattoo designs printed on a white sweatshirt
Close side view of a woman lifting her top to show a small black lettering tattoo of a single word on her left ribs.
Single word script tattoo on the ribs
Colour lettering tattoo reading Believe in yourself in red and dark script, sitting on the inner forearm.
Believe in yourself script lettering on skin
Black script word Ohana with a pink hibiscus flower above its final letters, tattooed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Ohana script and hibiscus on the collarbone
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a tree built from lines of quoted text, covering the upper back.
Text tree of quotes across the back
Black and white photo of a woman's upper back showing a black script lettering tattoo reading If I Could Fly, placed between the shoulder blades below the neck.
If I Could Fly script on upper back
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading keep going, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Keep going script on the upper chest
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering reading imagine on the upper back beside the shoulder blade, in a fine line lettering style.
Imagine lettering on upper back
Forearm with a small hand-lettered Happy Camper tattoo in black on a pale blue circle, with a black and brown roasting stick crossing the words.
Happy Camper lettering on a forearm
Close-up photo of black script lettering reading Mommy with a red ribbon in the middle, tattooed on the inner wrist, in a lettering style.
Script word Mommy with red ribbon on wrist
Purple and black hand-lettered Psalm 91:4 design with a feather illustration, lettering style, no body placement shown.
Psalm 91:4 lettering with a feather
Black and white flash design of a solid spiky starburst with the word YAY in white hand-drawn capitals on a plain white background.
Starburst with YAY lettering
Black and purple tattoo of an awareness ribbon with the words Stay Strong and Breathe On, placed on the side of the ribs.
Purple ribbon with Stay Strong script on ribs
Close-up of a black ink heart-shaped banner tattoo with lettering on the outer thigh, above black lace lingerie and beside a fur coat and cash.
Heart banner tattoo on a thigh
Fine line tattoo of two interlocking heart outlines on a forearm, one red with the word Sister and one blue with the word Brother in script.
Sister and brother heart outlines on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script quote reading The ones that love us never really leave us, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Colour tattoo on the inner forearm of a tabby cat with blue eyes peeking over a coffee cup, with the words all you need is love and more coffee in a realistic style with lettering.
Cat peeking over coffee cup with lettering
Realistic colour tattoo of a silver key with a keyhole charm tied with a pink bow and the script words follow your heart, on the ribs.
Pink bow key with follow your heart script
Fine line script reading expecto patronum in pale ink across the inner forearm, with a white t-shirt and earphone cable visible behind.
Fine line script lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo forming an infinity symbol with a small heart, placed on the ribs.
Infinity symbol with script quote on ribs
Close-up of the words bride tribe in gold brush lettering on the inner wrist, with a blurred green garden behind.
Gold bride tribe script on a wrist
Black fine lettering reading ehfav with a semicolon and an arrow pointing left, tattooed on the inner wrist beneath gold bangles.
Arrow and semicolon lettering on a wrist
Black script lettering with flourishes tattooed on the upper thigh of each leg, above lace shorts trim.
Script lettering on both thighs
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm reading 'i fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.' against grass.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Seated person with a black ink traditional-style heart banner reading MOTHER and a draped figure on the inner forearm, with TAKE CARE lettering on the back of the hand.
Mother banner and take care lettering on forearm
Black fine line script reading 'i am because you are' runs along a forearm above a grey knitted sweater.
Script quote along a forearm
Black fine line script reading Let it go on the inner forearm near the wrist, with three small birds flying upwards beside it.
Let it go script with birds on the wrist
Black and white photo of fine line script reading serendipity along the ribs, with a smaller word tattooed on the wrist.
Serendipity script tattoo on the ribs
Black script tattoo reading I love you to the Moon and back, with a crescent moon and three small stars, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
I love you to the Moon and back lettering
Close-up of two fists with black ink knuckle lettering spelling STAY TRUE, with a grey rose tattoo on the right forearm.
STAY TRUE knuckle lettering
Black line drawing of a heart outline with flowing script lettering running along its edges, shown in three variants on a white background.
Heart outline with script lettering
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'She flies with her own wings' across a woman's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Script quote about wings on upper back
Black fine line Deathly Hallows symbol with purple and turquoise watercolour accents, above the script words After all this time? and Always, on the forearm.
Deathly Hallows symbol with Always script on forearm
Traditional style tattoo on a thigh showing a shaded grey cross wrapped in thorns, two red roses, grey clouds, small birds and the script words 'If heaven wasn't so far away'.
Cross, roses and heaven quote on a thigh
Black cursive script tattoo reading la dolce vita across the back of a hand, in a lettering style.
La dolce vita script on the back of a hand
Two shoulder tattoos side by side: a grey-shaded daisy beside the script words You are my sunshine, and a colour sunflower beside the script words My only sunshine, both in fine lettering.
Daisy and sunflower script tattoos on the shoulder
Black fine line cursive script tattoo running diagonally along a forearm against a dark background, in black and grey.
Fine line script on a forearm
Black and grey sunflower tattoo on a shoulder, with the script words you are my sunshine running out beside it towards the collarbone.
Sunflower and script on a shoulder
Black sans serif lettering spelling WARRIOR across the inner wrist and forearm, with the I drawn with a dot beneath it.
WARRIOR lettering on a wrist
Black and grey flash design of a globe with a botanical sprig border and script lettering reading Be the change you hope to see in the world.
Globe with botanical lettering design
Black and white photograph of two interlocked hands with small black script lettering tattooed on the fingers.
Small script words on interlocked fingers
Black Greek lettering spelling αδελφή in a simple script on pale skin just below lace trim, placed on the upper thigh.
Greek word lettering on the upper thigh