Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black and grey script lettering tattoo running along a forearm, photographed in black and white.
Script quote on a forearm
Black and red script lettering reading Money over Men with swirling flourishes, tattooed along a forearm.
Money over Men script lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script reading breathe in, breathe out, move on on the inner wrist, set against a hessian background.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Matching geometric sigil tattoo with tiny lettering on both forearms, shown with the arms pressed together.
Geometric sigil tattoo on both forearms
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a Superman-style shield with stylised lettering inside, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Superman shield on a wrist
Black and grey caduceus tattoo with the word DIABETIC above and TYPE 1 below, in a traditional lettering style, on the forearm.
Caduceus with Diabetic and Type 1 lettering on a forearm
Two colour tattoos of sugar skull portraits, one on a calf and one on a forearm, with script lettering below the forearm piece.
Sugar skull portraits on calf and forearm
Two matching black script tattoos on the inner wrists read Now you're my whole life and Now you're my whole world, with the hands held together.
Matching script quote tattoos on two wrists
Fine line black tattoos of a slender sprig on the side of the torso, a small star on the upper arm and the words GIRL POWER on the inner forearm.
Fine line sprig, star and GIRL POWER lettering
Two stacked photos of black blackletter lettering reading Artoscience and philosophy across a forearm, with a faint red scar line running beneath.
Blackletter lettering on a forearm
Two hands held palms out showing a black and grey realistic portrait tattoo on the back of one hand, lettering across the fingers, and a pink peony on the forearm.
Portrait hand tattoo with finger lettering
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm and hand, with a gold wristwatch and a gold watch on the other wrist, beside a stack of banknotes.
Lettering on a forearm beside gold watches and cash
Colour traditional tattoo of a black cat with yellow eyes, a crown and a third eye on the back of a hand, with LADY lettered across the fingers.
Black cat with third eye on hand
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm of a yellow and purple typewriter over crossed fountain pens, with a red banner reading WRITE BRAVELY.
Typewriter and crossed pens on a forearm
A person in a patterned dress holds a Ricoh film camera, showing a black and grey rose on the forearm, a sleeve on the upper arm, and lettering and a botanical design on the legs.
Rose, lettering and botanical tattoos on a person holding a
Fine line lettering tattoo in purple ink reading H.o.p.e; on the inner wrist, with a keyboard in the background.
Hope in fine line script on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wristwatch with a repeated NOW dial and a metal strap with clasp, on the forearm near the wrist.
Wristwatch tattoo with matching strap
Colour tattoo on a forearm of two interlocking puzzle pieces, one with a red and yellow Superman shield and one with a pink lily and gold crown, framed by script lettering reading Unique Different and
Puzzle pieces with a Superman shield and lily
Fine black lettering in the Devanagari script on the inner forearm, framed by a row of small dots on each side.
Devanagari script on the forearm
Black and grey photo of two flying bird silhouettes above the script words Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, tattooed on a forearm in a fine line lettering style.
Two birds and script quote on a forearm
Two colour tattoos in a neo-traditional style: a forearm portrait of a moustached man with lightning bolts and lettering, and an upper arm portrait of a bearded man in a paper boat hat with an eye and
Two colourful portrait tattoos on forearm and upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo of the word beautiful with a small pink dot, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Beautiful script on a wrist
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading let your fears go across the forearm, photographed in black and white.
Script quote "Let your fears go" on forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a champagne bottle with a popping cork and the words No Troubles Just Bubbles on a banner, with red flowers, on a forearm.
Champagne bottle with banner on a forearm
Metallic gold foil temporary tattoo of a crown above the letters HRH in block lettering, on the inner forearm of a person.
Gold foil HRH crown tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey shaded butterfly tattoo across the inner hands of a person pressing their palms together in prayer, with lettering on the wrist.
Butterfly tattoo across praying hands
Black ink pocket watch with Roman numerals, a flower and a banner reading TIME IS ON MY SIDE, tattooed on a forearm.
Pocket watch and banner on a forearm
Colour traditional dagger tattoo on a forearm, with a banner reading DEAD MEN DON'T CATCALL and small pin and anchor motifs below.
Dagger and banner on a forearm
Traditional forearm tattoo of a red and white lighthouse, a black-sailed ship, banners and flowers on a red sunburst, shown in four angled views.
Lighthouse and ship on a forearm
Close photo of fine line black script lettering reading Belong Everywhere across the inner wrist and forearm.
Belong Everywhere script on the wrist
Black and grey fine line script reading live the life you love, curved around the inside of a wrist.
Live the life you love script on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Let the Ocean take me across a forearm, with smaller script tattoos visible on the upper chest.
Script quote reading Let the Ocean take me on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of an ornate grey frame with teal gemstones around a teal oval reading Beauty from pain in black script.
Beauty from pain script in an ornate teal frame
Black lettering tattoo reading LOVE on the inner wrist, with the O replaced by a heart containing a wheelchair symbol.
Love lettering with wheelchair symbol heart on wrist
Black and grey Roman numeral tattoo on a forearm beside a fine serif lettering tattoo on another forearm, outdoors in green grass.
Matching Roman numeral and lettering forearm tattoos
Black and white photo of tattooed forearms and hands gripping a skateboard, with a traditional rose and a woman's portrait on the left forearm and a heart design on the back of the right hand.
Tattooed hands and forearms gripping a skateboard
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm reading Blood makes you related and Loyalty makes you family, with smoke-like shading above the text.
Lettering quote on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script reading let go, with an arrow running through the lettering, on the inner forearm.
Let go script with arrow on forearm
Black compass rose tattoo with blue, green, pink and red watercolour splashes and a script quote, on a forearm.
Compass rose with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Two forearms crossed together, each with matching black script reading I will always stand by your side and a small swallow on the forearm.
Matching script quote and swallow tattoos
Two raised forearms showing a shaded black dotwork rose with leaves on the left forearm and the word Dreamer in fine script lettering on the right inner wrist.
Black rose and Dreamer script on forearms
Black and grey photograph of the words you only live once in black script tattooed diagonally across the inner forearm.
You only live once script on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading Never look back on the inner forearm, set against reddened skin.
Never look back in script on the arm
Colour tattoo of a green awareness ribbon with the word Fighter written in black script across it, on the forearm.
Green awareness ribbon with Fighter script
Forearm with a colour traditional rose and star, a grey deer framed by flowers, and the words Don't let me drown in black lettering, with a thigh tattoo visible below.
Rose, deer and lettering on a forearm
Two matching fine line tattoos in dark ink on skin, one reading love by the moon beside a crescent moon and one reading live by the sun beside a sun, shown on forearms.
Matching moon and sun script tattoos
Colour tattoo of cartoon Homer Simpson with katakana lettering on a pink burst background, across the inner forearm.
Homer Simpson comic burst on forearm
Three matching fine line tattoos on forearms show two hands shaped like bunnies forming a heart, with the word love beneath each one.
Matching bunny hands heart tattoos on forearms