Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey photograph of a small vertical lettering tattoo on the back of the neck, reading N 40 W 105 with triangles above and below.
Coordinates tattoo on the back of a neck
Black ink tattoo of the word AHIMSA in Latin capitals with Devanagari script beneath it, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Ahimsa lettering on upper chest
Black line drawing of the words Country Girl in flowing script, with a horse head outline above the letters and a heart shape below, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Country Girl script with horse head and heart
Black and white flash design of a sword running through the words Be Brave Not Safe in decorative lettering with swirling flourishes.
Be Brave Not Safe lettering with sword
Black and grey tattoo of a flying saucer inside a circle of typewriter-style lettering, on an arm or leg of unclear placement.
UFO with circular quote tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate mirror frame beside a lettered quote in blackletter style, on the side of a person's ribs.
Quote and ornate mirror on the ribs
Small black fine line script lettering tattooed behind a person's ear, placed on the skin below the ear's edge.
Small script lettering behind the ear
Black script lettering running along the outer ankle and side of the foot in a sepia photograph.
Script lettering along an ankle
Black and grey eye tattoo with dotwork shading and lashes, above the words I'M STILL FOND OF YOU, on an upper arm, with partial tattoos above and below.
Eye tattoo with 'I'm still fond of you' lettering
Fine black script lettering reading If there is hope, it lies in the proles, set along the ribs beneath a breast, with a hand with black nails resting above it.
Script quote along the ribs
Two black ink calf tattoos on a beach: a ship's wheel on a man's left leg and an anchor on a woman's right leg, each with script wording above and below.
Ship's wheel and anchor calf tattoos
Colour traditional tattoo of a green succulent in a terracotta pot with the words What up, succa? above and below, shown in two close photos on skin.
Succulent in pot with 'What up, succa?' lettering
Back view of a person with a black cursive script tattoo reading violent delights have violent ends across the upper back.
Cursive quote across upper back
Black and grey tattoo of the words I love you to the moon and back in handwritten lettering, with a small crescent moon below, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
"I love you to the moon and back" lettering with moon
Black fine line script lettering reading Sorella sits on a forearm near the wrist, photographed in warm orange light.
Fine line script word on forearm
Two panels show matching black script lettering tattoos on skin, reading 'You are mine' and 'I am yours', each with Roman numerals II XVI XIII beneath.
Matching script lettering tattoos
Close-up of a black fine-line Arabic script lettering tattoo across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Arabic script tattoo on upper back
Hand-drawn ornate letterform in red fineliner with scrolls, filigree and hatched shading, a design suited to lettering-style tattoos.
Ornate red ink lettering sketch
Black and grey hand-drawn design of a stack of books with the words I might read until I feel better in lettering across the spines.
Stack of books with a reading quote
Two black lettering tattoos in a typewriter font sit on a pair of forearms, one reading Do or die you'll never make me and the other reading Because the world will never take my heart.
Two forearm quote tattoos in typewriter lettering
Colour tattoo of Kodos, the green one-eyed alien from The Simpsons, with tentacles and the words 'Don't blame me I voted for Kodos' above, on a thigh.
Kodos from The Simpsons with lettering on a thigh
Fine white-ink cursive script reading breathe deep on a forearm, with a small dark script tattoo on the wrist.
Breathe deep script on forearm
Small black fine line Roman numerals run vertically down the back of a person's ankle, above white canvas trainers.
Vertical Roman numerals on an ankle
Close view of a thin black fine line script tattoo on the outer thigh of a person lying on a sunlounger by the sea.
Fine line script on a thigh at the beach
Woman wearing a white tee with a yellow sun mandala print, showing black script and fine-line tattoos on her forearm and upper arm.
Woman in sun and moon mandala tee with arm tattoos
Small black serif capital letters tattooed on the inner wrist, resting on a patterned fleece and a yellow blanket.
Small Greek capital lettering on wrist
Two matching black script tattoos reading Anam Cara, one on the top of each foot, shown in lettering style on bare feet against dark rock.
Matching script lettering on two feet
White lettering on a black background forming a skull outline, with the words Beautiful Disaster, Perfectly Imperfect, Love Hate, Live Fast Die Pretty and Sinner Saint.
Skull made of lettering
Black script lettering reading Valar Morghulis with flourished capitals, tattooed across the inner forearm in a lettering style.
Valar Morghulis script on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading family with a small heart beside it, on the side of a finger held against a white fluffy surface.
Family script and heart on finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man in glasses and a tie on the outer thigh, with a scroll banner reading Assistant Regional Manager.
Portrait of a man in glasses with banner on thigh
Black and white photo of two clenched fists with traditional-style LOVECATS lettering tattooed across the fingers and a small star above the knuckles on the right hand.
LOVECATS lettering across fingers
Traditional style black and grey tattoo of a cartoon man in sunglasses with stitches and a red mouth, above the words ALL HYPE NO HEART, on a limb.
Cartoon face with sunglasses and lettering
Black line drawing of bubbly script lettering reading Filthy Douche, surrounded by suds and bubbles, as a tattoo flash design.
Bubble lettering reading Filthy Douche
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading Stars can't shine without darkness, placed across the upper chest below the collarbone.
Script quote across the collarbone
Hand-drawn lettering design reading Never give up in ornate script with flourishes, sketched in pencil on paper beside a pencil.
Never give up lettering design
Black line flash design of two fists with HAND MADE across the knuckles, beside a spool of thread, scissors, a needle and yarn.
Hand made fists with sewing tools
Yellow lettering with a dark outline reading DON'T PANIC in bubble capitals, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Don't Panic lettering on a forearm
Pen-drawn ornate lettering design on paper with a large decorative initial, swirling flourishes and a cursive script word, shown beside a black fineliner pen.
Ornate flourished lettering design
Black and grey lettering and clock tattoo with an ornate scrolled frame, shown on the lower back with part of a feathered wing at the top edge.
Ornate clock face with a wing above
Black and grey blackletter lettering reading REGRET NOTHING across the upper arm.
Regret nothing lettering on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of an eye within a triangle above the words Ladies Love Outlaws, on the forearm near the elbow.
Eye in triangle with lettering on arm
Pencil drawing of a crescent moon, a hand holding a wand and two ribbon banners with script lettering, shaded in yellow and black linework.
In the Name of the Moon banner design
Black ink lettering tattoo of the word Always in script, with a Deathly Hallows symbol in place of the A and a feather beneath, on the forearm.
Always script with Deathly Hallows and feather
Black and grey Celtic knotwork cross with the words Tell me I can't above and And I'll show you I can below, tattooed on a calf.
Celtic cross with quote lettering on a calf
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
Black script lettering arranged in a loop across a bare leg, with a wine bottle and picnic basket on a striped blanket behind.
Script lettering looped in a circle on a leg
Two matching fine line script tattoos on wrists, one reading 'to' with an infinity symbol and the other reading 'and beyond'.
Matching 'to infinity and beyond' wrist tattoos