Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey traditional flash design of a mermaid holding a palette and brush beneath a crescent moon, with a squirrel and the banner reading She's a Rose, She's a Pearl.
Mermaid painter with squirrel and banner
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a blue sewing spool and needle with banners reading MAY YOUR BOBBIN ALWAYS BE FULL, on a limb.
Blue spool with banners reading May your bobbin always be
Neo-traditional tattoo design of a woman with long dark hair, feathers, hummingbirds and sunflowers, with a banner reading choose your own path.
Woman with hummingbirds and path banner
Black and grey realism tattoo of two lions' heads side by side with leaves and partial script lettering along the bottom edge, shown on skin.
Two lions with leaves in black and grey realism
Fine-line black tattoo of angular capital letters with chevron symbols on the upper arm, in a lettering style.
Angular lettering with chevrons on an arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of tribal patterns on the shoulders and upper arms, with fine script lettering across the chest and a forearm lettering piece, on a shirtless torso.
Chest script and tribal shoulder tattoos on a torso
Black fine-line script reading Life goes on with a heartbeat trace beneath it, tattooed on a forearm.
Life goes on script with heartbeat line
Black and grey tattoo of the state of California on the upper arm, showing a bear, pine trees, a bridge and the word California.
California state outline tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and geometric mandala with a triangle eye on a forearm, with a bold lettering tattoo reading I will stand my ground on the forearm below.
Eye mandala forearm and lettering on wrist
Black and white photo of fingers with fine line tattoos spelling MEW, with a small cat face between the E and the W, on the hand.
MEW lettering with a cat on fingers
Traditional black and grey log cabin tattoo with pine trees and smoke on the back of a hand, with the words AND GUIDE ME HOME below.
Log cabin and lettering on the back of a hand
Black script lettering reading live the life you love arranged in an infinity loop, shown as a design, on temporary transfers and as a small tattoo on skin.
Live the life you love infinity lettering
Black and grey flash drawing of a UFO beaming up a brain above a cracked skull, with the words LOSING MY MIND beneath it.
UFO beaming a brain above a cracked skull
Traditional-style flash drawing of an open envelope with a letter reading FUCK OFF, a red flower and black leaves on the left.
Envelope with red flower and FUCK OFF letter
Neo-traditional flash design of a braided, dark-haired figure holding a green skull bottle, flanked by birds and roses, with a banner reading Over Your Dead Body; no body placement shown.
Braided figure with potion bottle and banner
Black line drawing of a cross, a heartbeat line and a heart above the words Faith, Hope and Love on a plain pale background.
Cross, heartbeat and heart with Faith Hope Love
Pink cartoon raptor peering over lilac banners that read CHAOS IS WHAT KILLED THE DINOSAURS, DARLING, on a pale pink background.
Pink raptor with lilac banner lettering
Black line drawing of a teepee with the words Girls Have Cooties, a cactus, a sun and clouds, drawn on tracing paper beside pens and a hand with a tattooed forearm.
Teepee and cactus desert design sketch
Line drawing flash design of a dotwork-shaded snake coiled around two pink roses, with planetary symbols and the Latin phrase Omnia Vnvs Est beneath.
Snake with roses and planetary symbols
Black script lettering on a forearm reads I am not afraid, I was born to do this, with a skull bracelet on the wrist and ripped denim behind it.
Script quote on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a compass with red, green and yellow tones, flowers and leaves, and the words SHOWS US THE WAY on an arm.
Compass with SHOWS US THE WAY lettering
Black and white flash sheet of tattoo designs on a phone case, including a fox head, compass, bird, spider webs, playing card suits and a rope knot.
Black ink flash sheet with spider webs, compass and fox
Black ink lettering reading Nosce te ipsum in a joined script style, running diagonally across a forearm.
Latin lettering across a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a vintage sewing machine with the word Carolina on the front, placed on the outer upper arm of a woman in a white lace top.
Vintage sewing machine on upper arm
Black and white photo of a woman with her hair in a bun, showing a small vertical Roman numeral lettering tattoo on the upper back below the neck.
Vertical Roman numerals on upper back
Black and red geometric triangle tattoo with a circled logo and the words twentyonepilots, shown on a forearm above a red knit sleeve.
Geometric triangle and band logo on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a seal pup with hatched shading, with small letters above and a chevron mark below, on a leg.
Seal pup tattoo on a leg
Black ink drawing of a circular badge design with the words ALL GOOD THINGS ARE WILD AND FREE around a solid black pine tree silhouette, on white paper.
Pine forest badge with 'All good things are wild and free'
Black ink drawing of an ornate calligraphic letter with floral and leaf filling and stippled dotwork outlines, shown on white paper beside a quartz cluster and a fine liner pen.
Ornate floral lettering design in fine ink
Black and grey fine script lettering in several lines on the side ribs of a person in black underwear, sitting outdoors on a grey towel.
Small script tattoo on the side ribs
Metallic gold foil temporary tattoo reading BRIDE to be inside a ring with a diamond and sparkles, on the forearm near the wrist.
Bride to be ring temporary tattoo
Pen drawing of flowing script lettering with looped capitals and long swashes on a pale paper background, a lettering design for a possible tattoo.
Flowing script lettering on paper
Traditional colour tattoo on a calf showing a UFO beaming up a figure over snowy mountains under a purple starry sky, with the words I want to believe below.
UFO over mountains with I want to believe
Colour tattoo of a Star Wars clone trooper holding a blaster in front of a galaxy-filled Galactic Empire emblem, on the outer thigh, in a realistic style.
Clone trooper and Galactic Empire emblem on a thigh
Black script lettering reading 'those cunning folk' in a fine line lettering style across the side of the ribs.
Those cunning folk script on side ribs
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a running hare with dotted geometric lines and the words MAKE YOUR LUCK, on a person's upper back.
Running hare with geometric lines on upper back
Fine line black and grey tattoos of a bicycle on each foot, with the words Life has and no limits, shown above turquoise pointed heels.
Bicycle tattoos reading Life has no limits
Pencil flash drawing of a trident above a triangle and circle with a bird-like figure and arrow, with an Always banner beneath; no body placement shown.
Trident, triangle and Always banner design
Black line drawing of a heart with a ribbon-style band reading love, honesty, and communication in script, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Heart with love, honesty and communication script
Collage of four fine line travel tattoos: a world map across a upper back, a Wander Lost banner on a forearm, a small airplane on a back, and a compass rose on a wrist.
Collage of four travel tattoos
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo of the word unless on the side of the body, above a dark garment.
Fine line script word tattoo reading unless
Traditional style flash design of two swallows over clasped hands with red roses and green laurel, shown on a round board and in a white frame beside a vintage camera.
Swallows holding hands in traditional flash style
Pale pink handwritten script reading Aries on a coral background, a lettering design with no skin or body part visible.
Aries handwritten script lettering
Black script lettering tattoo across the upper back of a woman with long wavy hair, wearing a black lace top and grey beanie.
Script tattoo across upper back
Hand-drawn flash design of a crosshatched ribbon banner wrapping vertically, with the lettering 'You are what you love not who loves you' in black on a purple background.
Ribbon banner with 'You are what you love' lettering
Two legs covered in black and grey tattoos including roses, a crown and script lettering, with the thigh and calf visible.
Multiple black and grey tattoos on both legs
Black and grey tattoo of a rose emerging from torn skin, with banded lettering and shaded metallic rings, on the forearm.
Rose under peeled skin on a forearm
Black and white photo of a man in a striped shirt and tie, with black linework and script tattoos on both forearms.
Forearm tattoos with script lettering