Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Neo-traditional flash design of a woman with a hair bun and a frog on her hand, framed by pink lotus flowers and a banner reading Bayou Beauty.
Bayou Beauty portrait with frog and lotus flowers
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded rose with a stem and leaf, beside fine script reading tale as old as time, on the side of the torso.
Rose and script lettering on the side
Black line drawing of a weeping willow tree with a ribbon banner reading BEND DON'T BREAK wrapped around its trunk, in a tattoo flash style.
Willow tree with Bend Don't Break banner
Black and grey dotwork mandala with a flower of life centre and leaf motifs covering the back of a hand and forearm, with small letters on the fingers.
Mandala and flower of life on hand and forearm
Black and grey floral leg sleeve with roses, foliage and script running from ankle to thigh, with the leg raised against a wooden jetty.
Floral leg sleeve with script
Papercut traditional-style flash design of a compass, roses, dice, a butterfly and a banner reading Not all who wander are lost, shown as white cut paper on grey card.
Compass, roses and dice flash design
Black ink line drawing of a pine tree, a deer and hatched hillside with a banner reading Prone to Wander, on aged paper.
Prone to Wander pine and deer design
Black and grey rose and floral tattoo on a man's forearm and hand, with lettering across the knuckles, shown beside a cuff of a striped shirt and a dark suit.
Rose and floral forearm tattoo
Black outline tattoo of two roses with angular leaves on a forearm, with a line of script lettering above near the wrist.
Outline roses on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and handwritten script lettering across the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey orchids with script on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses and leaves with script reading a quote, placed on the outer thigh.
Realistic roses and script quote on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a blue orchid with green vines and blue script reading Just Breathe, on the side of a torso above the ribs.
Blue orchid and vines with Just Breathe script
Outline tattoo of a pin-up woman with a pearl necklace, lotus flowers and a Bayou Beauty banner, placed on the upper arm.
Pin-up woman with lotus and banner on upper arm
Outline tattoo on an upper arm showing a city skyline above script reading There's no place like home, with red-shaded flowers below.
City skyline and script lettering on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a small daisy sprig tied with a bow on the forearm, with script lettering above it on the same arm.
Daisy sprig and script on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and cursive script including the word Love, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Orchids and script on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoos of a palm tree above a wave on two wrists, plus curved lettering on a forearm, as two people hold hands on sand.
Palm tree and wave tattoos on two wrists
Black fine line outline of a symmetrical lotus flower tattoo on the inner upper arm, with partial lettering visible at the top right.
Outline lotus flower on upper arm
Pencil sketch tattoo design of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, roses and leaves, and the script words Time flies.
Pocket watch with roses and script lettering
Dandelion seed head on a long stem with fine script lettering across the ribs, shaded in grey with a soft purple-pink head.
Dandelion seed head and script quote on ribs
Black and grey realism leg sleeve on the thigh and calf showing a lion head, sunflowers, a clock face and scrolled lettering.
Lion and clock leg sleeve in black and grey
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
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
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 and grey realism tattoo of a five-petalled blossom with leaves and a lettered banner across the lower back.
Black and grey flower with lettered banner
Fine line tattoo of a pink flower with a stem and script lettering along the collarbone, on a woman wearing a dark floral top.
Pink flower and script on collarbone
Hand-drawn coloured design of a whisk, knife and spoon crossed over purple flowers and green leaves, with a yellow banner reading Mis en place.
Whisk, knife and spoon with flowers and banner
Black and grey flash design of a ribcage, heart, spine and pelvis framed by serrated leaves, with no body placement shown.
Anatomical ribcage and pelvis with leaves, Cancer
Black handwritten script reading be brave, framed by green leaves and small orange, yellow and pink flowers, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Be brave script with flower wreath
Black and grey rose with leaves on the outer leg beside a script tattoo on the other leg, both photographed in bathwater.
Rose and script tattoos on legs in a bath
Dark-outlined tree tattoo with green leaves and red and green lettering reading Money, the root of all evil, on a person's upper back.
Tree with money lettering on upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a yellow daffodil, a heart-shaped banner with lettering, and green leaves and an orange ribbon on the side of the ribs.
Daffodil and heart banner on the side ribs
Grey shaded daisy tattoo on the shoulder with fine script lettering running down the upper arm, the word sunshine picked out in yellow.
Daisy and script on a shoulder
Black line drawing of a dandelion whose seeds become musical notes and a treble clef, with the script words don't let them say you ain't beautiful, shown as a tattoo design and not on skin.
Dandelion turning into music notes with script
Green shaded four-leaf clover with a curling stem above the Irish phrase go deo i mo chroí, drawn as a flash design with no body placement shown.
Four-leaf clover with Irish lettering
Two forearms in black and grey fine line tattoos: a palm tree, a small bird, a paper plane, the word WILDERNESS and a line with a circle.
Palm tree and wilderness forearm tattoos
Black ink tree with spreading roots on a forearm, with the words Deep roots are not reached by the frost set in bold serif lettering across the trunk and canopy.
Tree with roots and lettering on a forearm
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
Flash design of three purple and green thistles tied with a purple and cream ribbon, above a cream banner reading Sassy Lassie, on a black background.
Three thistles with ribbon and banner
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 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 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 grey traditional tattoo of a planchette with a crescent moon and three flowers on the thigh, beside a heron leg and a feather.
Planchette with crescent moon and flowers on thigh
Hand-drawn flash design of arrows radiating from the words follow your arrow, with feathers and a lotus flower, in fine line and blue, teal and pink colouring.
Radiating arrows and feathers flash design
Black and grey realistic roses with leaves and fine script lettering running down the upper arm, shown from two angles.
Black and grey roses with script on upper arm
Black and grey flash design of dandelion seeds drifting up from an ornate silhouette with butterflies and flowing script lettering, on a white background.
Dandelion seeds and script design
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the ribs reading She is clothed with strength dignity and laughs without fear of the future, with fine-line roses and sprigs of leaves below and beside the text.
Scripture lettering and roses on the ribs
Black and grey flash design of a crescent moon filled with line-drawn flowers and dotwork shading, with a constellation of stars and handwritten script beside it.
Floral crescent moon with stars and script