Lettering tattoo ideas

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Traditional style tattoo of a red heart with teal-shaded dark green leaves and a cream banner with black lettering, on the forearm.
Traditional heart with banner on forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a purple umbrella above a yellow heart-shaped tag reading Northern Downpour Sends Its Love, on a forearm.
Umbrella and heart tag on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a skull-topped cupcake with a red bow and the words Cut cake not wrists, with a small pink flower beside it, on a forearm.
Skull cupcake with lettering on forearm
Colour tattoo on a forearm of pink roses and green leaves with black outlines, wrapped by a ribbon banner carrying lettering, in a neo-traditional style.
Roses and ribbon banner on a forearm
Traditional tattoo of a washing machine and laundry basket framed by a red banner reading Home is where the laundry is, on a forearm.
Washing machine banner on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of an NES controller with banners reading TRUE and LOVE on the inner forearm.
NES controller and True Love banner on forearm
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm of a cartoon girl in a pink bunny-ear hat, surrounded by flames, with a ribbon banner reading SEE YOU IN HELL.
Cartoon character with See you in hell banner
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
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
Two traditional style colour tattoos on forearms, one showing a bottle with a CONSTRUCT banner and flowers, the other showing scissors with a CREATE banner and flowers.
Construct bottle and create scissors on forearms
Traditional style colour tattoo of a teal teacup with red roses, leaves and the words Death Before Decaf on the forearm.
Teacup and roses on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm of a pink potion bottle with a DRINK ME banner, an EAT ME heart cookie and a red rose above.
Drink me bottle and eat me cookie on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a butterfly with orange flowers, dark leaves and the word MUM beneath it, on an arm.
Traditional butterfly with flowers on an arm
Heavily tattooed arms crossed over a head of long hair, showing a grey rose on the hand, a pink rose on the forearm, and a teal heart on the upper back in traditional style.
Roses and heart tattoos on arms and hands
Colour traditional tattoo of Hello Kitty with a red bow, pink and yellow flowers and a banner reading HELLO KITTY on a forearm.
Hello Kitty banner tattoo on a forearm
Legs covered in colour traditional tattoos including a tiger head and a rose on the thigh and calf, shown in denim shorts outdoors.
Traditional tattoos covering legs
Traditional style colour tattoo of a horseshoe with STAY and LUCKY banners and orange flowers with green leaves on a forearm.
Stay lucky horseshoe with flowers
Two wrists with matching black crown tattoos, one reading One Life and the other One Love, with the hands clasped together.
Matching crown tattoos reading One Life and One Love
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a pocket watch, red rose and purple banners reading THIS TOO SHALL PASS.
Clock, rose and banner on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an acorn with two oak leaves and the letters ox above it, shaded in soft grey, on the forearm.
Acorn and oak leaves on a forearm
Traditional style sleeve on a man's left arm, showing a swallow, a ribbon banner and a ship, with a script tattoo partly visible on his chest.
Traditional sleeve with swallow and ship on left arm
Traditional style colour tattoo on the forearm showing a salmon nigiri piece, a yellow bird with a moustache and a pink banner reading SUSHI TIME, all outlined in black.
Salmon nigiri and bird with SUSHI TIME banner
Man wearing a grey top with full colour traditional tattoo sleeves on both arms and lettering across the hands, including the words Fate and Always.
Full colour traditional sleeves and hands
Traditional colour tattoo of a red potion bottle with banners reading "You're the antidote for everything except for me" on a forearm.
Potion bottle and banner quote on a forearm
Black and grey traditional sleeve on a forearm and upper arm, featuring a tiger head, an eagle, a feathered chief, a snake and roses.
Black and grey traditional sleeve with tiger, eagle and
Forearm tattoo in a shaded traditional style showing the words The Goonies in orange and yellow lettering above a skull and crossbones, a Never Say Die banner, and a skeleton in front of crossed
The Goonies skull and skeleton forearm tattoo
Colour traditional tattoo of a pink milkshake with a strawberry and straw on a forearm, with a banner reading Brings all the boys.
Milkshake with strawberry and banner on forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a pin-up woman in a star and stripe outfit holding a top hat, with a banner reading Kiss My American Ass, on a forearm.
Pin-up in stars and stripes with banner
Traditional style tattoo of an ornate grey heart with a keyhole and red accents on the chest, with a colourful tattoo on the forearm below.
Ornate heart and keyhole tattoo on the chest
Shirtless man with a black NY cap covering his face, showing traditional style roses, a heart and script lettering on his chest, abdomen and full sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Traditional roses and lettering across chest and arms
Traditional-style tattoo of a yellow banner with a script phrase, a teal ribbon and a teal-tipped arrow on the outer forearm.
Arrow and banner on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a claw hammer with a wooden handle wrapped in two banners reading TELL HIM I'M GONE, on the outer forearm.
Hammer with banner reading Tell him I'm gone
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a couple's faces in a red heart, with banners reading 'To die by your side' and 'Such a heavenly way', a blue flower spray and a hanging noose.
Couple in heart banner with noose on forearm
Four-panel photo of a black and grey full arm sleeve with clouds, sunburst rays, doves, a pocket watch, an anchor and a compass rose, on the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey cloud sleeve with doves and anchor
Traditional colour tattoos on a forearm show a hand holding a lighter labelled BEST, above a matching hand holding a joint labelled BUDS, with leaves and pink flowers.
Matching lighter and joint hand tattoos
Black and grey traditional style compass rose tattoo with a banner reading not all those who wander are lost, on the forearm.
Compass with banner on forearm
Traditional tattoo of a red and black striped lighthouse with a banner reading But Always a Guiding Light, set on the forearm.
Lighthouse with banner on a forearm
Black and grey traditional sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing skulls, roses, a clock, a microphone and banners with lettering.
Skull, rose and banner sleeve on an arm
Traditional coloured tattoo of a raptor head with the words Clever Girl beneath it, on the forearm.
Raptor head with Clever Girl lettering
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a bird on a branch, with a ribbon banner spiralling down the forearm bearing a quote.
Bird and quote banner on a forearm
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo on a forearm, with two banners reading SINK OR SWIM and leaf shapes above a ring at the top of the shaft.
Anchor with Sink or Swim banners on a forearm
Two arms flexed toward the camera, each with a colour pizza slice tattoo with pepperoni and HOME-SLICE lettering in traditional style, with roses and banners on the upper arm.
Matching pizza slice tattoos on two forearms
Traditional tattoo on a forearm of a sailor kissing a red-haired woman inside a gold rope heart, with a black and grey ship and the word FAMIGLIA above.
Sailor kissing in a rope heart on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the Hogwarts school crest with a lion, a snake and ribbon banners, shown on the forearm.
Hogwarts crest with banners on forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a red lipstick and a scalloped heart with teal flowers and a banner reading uh as if, on a forearm.
Lipstick and heart on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a grinning Vault Boy character in a blue suit holding banknotes, with a red devil beside him and banners reading DEAL WITH THE DEVIL, in a traditional style.
Vault Boy and devil on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos on two forearms, showing a shaded rose and leaves on the left arm and a banner, snake and skull on the right forearm.
Rose and banner lettering on forearms
Torso of a person lifting a white shirt, showing a winged figure, a spider and red LOCALS ONLY lettering in traditional-style tattoos on the stomach, with a sleeve on the upper arm.
Winged figure and spider on torso with arm sleeves