Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Torso in a black lace bralette and leather jacket, with a small red lettering tattoo on the forearm near the hand.
Small script lettering on forearm beside lace bralette
Back of a person's neck showing a small multicoloured lettering tattoo, with a white mesh jersey printed with pink lettering below.
Small coloured lettering on the back of a neck
Black fine line script lettering running down the middle of a woman's back, shown from behind with a long blonde braid over one shoulder.
Script lettering down the spine
Black script lettering reading "Without struggle, There is no progress" on the side of a ribcage, with a pink top held aside.
Script quote on the ribs
Black script lettering reading No Regrets tattooed on the left side of a person's ribs, with a white top and grey shorts visible.
No Regrets script on the ribs
Black ink tattoo of the word LOVE in angular lettering on the inner wrist, with grass in the background.
LOVE lettering on a wrist
Woman seen from behind on a beach, with a black and grey sun face tattoo on her upper back by the shoulder and fine script lettering on her lower left back.
Sun face and script on a back
Two fine line script tattoos on the inside of a pair of wrists, each joined to a thin line that wraps around the wrist, as two hands hold together.
Matching script wrist tattoos
Black serif lettering reading NEVER TRUST THE LIVING across the fingers of a hand resting on a marble table, with mint nail varnish.
Lettering across fingers on a hand
Black fine line script lettering with swash flourishes running down the inner forearm.
Flowing script lettering on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a wand wrapped in ribbon banners with paw prints and footprints, shown in two side-by-side photos on skin.
Wand with ribbon banners and paw prints
Three arms with black fine line tattoos: a script quote, a small dolphin, and a compass rose on a forearm, with red stripes on one wrist.
Quote lettering and compass rose on forearms
Black and white flash sheet of numbered semicolon designs with the words Your story isn't over yet in varied lettering styles.
Semicolon lettering flash sheet
Black lettering reading We're all mad here, set in a heart shape with blue scrollwork, tattooed on a forearm.
Heart lettering with blue scrollwork on a forearm
Black Greek script lettering tattooed diagonally across the back of a hand near the wrist.
Greek script lettering on the back of a hand
Black and red tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm of a masked head with black hair above the lettering 'I wiped the SMILE off Jokers face', in a bold black linework style.
Masked head and quote on the inner wrist
Black lettering tattoo in a vertical line down the back of a person's neck and upper back, in a fine script style.
Vertical script tattoo down the back of the neck
Black and white lettering design of a crescent moon with a seated silhouette figure, the script words set within the moon's black shape.
Crescent moon with seated figure and script
Two people seen from behind with matching black script tattoos on their shoulders, reading You Are My Sunshine and My Only Sunshine, each beside a small sun drawing.
Matching sunshine script tattoos on two shoulders
Traditional style tattoo on the thigh of a red rose with green leaves and a tan banner reading None of your business.
Rose and banner reading None of your business
Realistic shaded Cheshire Cat grin with teal eyes and grey fur, with the words We're all mad here beneath it, tattooed on skin.
Cheshire Cat grin with We're all mad here
Fine line black script tattoo reading walk by faith, with 2Cor.5:7 beneath it, on the side of a heel and ankle.
Walk by faith script on the ankle
Fine line black wave outline above the handwritten words Isaiah 43:2 in black ink on a person's lower torso, above a patterned waistband.
Wave outline above Isaiah 43:2 lettering
Black script lettering with blue shading, reading I'd risk the fall just to know how it feels to fly, tattooed diagonally along a side rib.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo covering a torso and upper arm, with a pagoda, an oni demon holding prayer beads, clouds and a dragon on the sleeve.
Pagoda and oni demon torso and sleeve
Fine black script lettering tattoo running down the upper arm of a woman in a white vest top and camouflage trousers.
Script lettering on an upper arm
Black ink tattoo on a forearm with the words knitting is the saving of life in typewriter lettering around three stylised leaf or wheat motifs.
Knitting quote with leaf motif on forearm
Black fine line tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with scrolled flourishes and cursive lettering reading always, on the forearm.
Deathly Hallows and always script on forearm
Black and white photo of the outer upper arm of a person in a grey top, with the words WE CAN BE HEROES tattooed in block capitals.
We Can Be Heroes lettering on an arm
Red awareness ribbon tattoo with black script reading Survivor over it, on the upper shoulder, in a close-up photo.
Survivor ribbon with script on shoulder
Close photo of a small fine line script tattoo in black ink running across the inner forearm, with a hand and pink knit sleeve in the frame.
Fine line script tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading Philippians 4:13 over a dark anchor tattoo on the upper arm.
Anchor and Philippians 4:13 on upper arm
Black script lettering reading I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, tattooed across a shoulder and upper back.
Script scripture quote on a shoulder
Black cursive script tattoo lettering design on a white background, reading 'Lose your mind.' above 'Find your soul.'
Two-line cursive script quote design
Hand-lettered grey script reading His beloved on a plain white background, a lettering design suitable for a tattoo.
His beloved hand-lettered script
Black and grey photo of the words Romans 8:18 in fine black script tattooed on a shoulder blade.
Script "Romans 8:18" on a shoulder
Black script lettering with decorative flourishes tattooed along the ribs, with a shirt pulled up beside it.
Script lettering along the ribs
Black and grey line drawing flash of a pin-up woman with pigtails, sunglasses and a cigarette, with lettering across her chest.
Pin-up with lettering across the chest
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 the words HOLY SHIT set in a circle, with bold interlocking letters and a halftone texture.
Circular lettering reading HOLY SHIT
Black fine line tattoo on the ankle reading IT'S ALL OKAY in hand-drawn capitals, with an outlined heart and a grey curved line beside it.
It's all okay lettering with a heart on the ankle
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
Black fine line tattoo of a compass rose with a fleur-de-lis north marker and the words not all those who wander are lost, on the inner forearm.
Compass rose and quote on the inner forearm
Black lettering tattoo in cursive script reading Accept what is, Let go of what was, and have faith in what will be, across the side of the hip and thigh.
Three-line script quote on the hip
Black linework tattoo of a geometric emblem within a circle, with a quote beneath it, on the inside of a forearm.
Geometric emblem and quote on forearm
Woman seen from behind with a small black fine line script tattoo running vertically along her upper arm, near the shoulder.
Small script tattoo on upper arm
Black fine script lettering reading Riddikulus with a small wand motif, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Riddikulus script on forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading Alis Volat Propriis across the side of the ribs, above the waistband of jeans.
Alis Volat Propriis script on ribs