Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black handwritten script lettering on a white background reading 'the show must go on... All over the place... or something', a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Handwritten script quote: the show must go on
Small red lettering tattoo of a short phonetically spelled word on the lower back, above dark camouflage leggings.
Small red word tattoo on the lower back
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a pepperoni pizza slice with a "Pizza my heart" banner and script lettering on a forearm.
Pizza slice with a "Pizza my heart" banner
Traditional style colour tattoo on the thigh showing a sun over snowy peaks and a river, framed by a rope border and the words If it's the mountains bending rivers you will have them.
Mountain, river and sun scene on a thigh
Realistic-style tattoo of a key with a pink bow and a keyhole, with the script words follow your heart along the shaft, on the side of a torso.
Key with pink bow and follow your heart script
Colour tattoo on the outer thigh of a blue ball of yarn, crochet hook, pink scissors and orange tape measure, with the script words Just Keep Crafting beneath.
Yarn, crochet hook and scissors on a thigh
Close-up of black fine script reading Stay Strong with a small heart, tattooed on the inside of a wrist beside gold bracelets.
Stay Strong script on a wrist
Pencil sketch of two crossed arrows with the words BE, AND, STILL and KNOW set around the crossing point, a lettering-led tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Crossed arrows with 'Be still and know' lettering
Black fine line bow tattoo on the back of a wrist, with script lettering reading Trust Yourself on the inner forearm and Love across a finger.
Bow and script words on hand and forearm
White cursive lettering reading Stay Strong with a small outlined heart on a black background, a black and grey lettering design.
Stay Strong script lettering with a heart
Large abstract back tattoo in black ink and red splashes, showing a vinyl record, turntable, bare tree and the word turn, placed across the back and side of the torso.
Abstract turntable and tree back piece
Black line drawing of two detailed eyes with lashes and brows, with Russian lettering between them, on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design.
Pair of eyes with Russian lettering
Black line drawing of a circular geometric diagram with arcs, dots and a small filled circle, above the words hello, sweetie in a thin script, shown as a tattoo design.
Circular line diagram with "hello, sweetie."
Fine line black script reading lumos with a four-pointed star beside it, tattooed on a wrist.
Lumos script and star on a wrist
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh of a blue globe with green continents, surrounded by bright flowers, scrolls and a banner reading TRAVEL DISCOVER EXPLORE.
Globe, flowers and banner on a thigh
Black ink line drawing of a segmented serpent biting its own tail in a circle, with the lettering Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration set around the edge.
Circular serpent design with quote lettering
Black and grey Viking chest and arm sleeves, with two longships and tattooed portraits in the sails above a large Thor's hammer on the stomach.
Viking ships and Thor's hammer chest piece
Black and grey realism tattoo of a blaster pistol with the words HAN SHOT FIRST beneath it, on the outer thigh of a person in denim shorts.
Blaster pistol tattoo on thigh
Black line drawing of the Aquarius water bearer figure pouring water, with a wave symbol and the word AQUARIUS beneath it, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Aquarius water bearer zodiac design
Black script lettering in fine handwritten style runs diagonally across a pale inner forearm and wrist.
Script lettering quote across the wrist
Four small fine line tattoos on hands and wrists in a collage, including a diamond, an eye, a heart, an arrow, a cross and a circle, placed on fingers and wrists.
Small fine line tattoos on hands and wrists
Black silhouette of a man raising a long gun overhead and holding a chainsaw, with red blood splatters and the words Hail to the king baby, tattooed on a calf.
Chainsaw silhouette with blood splatter on calf
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 script lettering reading "it is well" with a line over the word "it" on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design.
"it is well" script lettering design
Small black script tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun, photographed from behind against a city skyline.
Small script tattoo on upper back
Black fine line tattoos of a small triangle and tiny lettering on a forearm, with a dark shaded shape on the upper arm, in black ink.
Fine line triangle and script on forearm
Black line drawing of the words HERE COMES THE SUN in hand-drawn lettering, with SUN inside a circle surrounded by a spiky sunburst outline, on a white background.
Here Comes the Sun lettering in a sun
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading persevere along the upper thigh of a person in denim shorts.
Persevere script on a thigh
Traditional-style tattoo of two skulls and a banner on the upper back of a person in a white lace dress, with tattooed hands holding beer bottles.
Skull and banner tattoo on a lace-backed dress
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
Two photos of a fine line black script tattoo reading to infinity and beyond with three bird silhouettes in flight, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
"To infinity and beyond" script with three birds on chest
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a hooded grim reaper skull with the words DEAD SERIOUS beneath it, on an upper arm.
Grim reaper with DEAD SERIOUS lettering
Traditional style flash design of a purple Hylian shield with a gold triangle emblem, a blue hilted sword, two red roses and a banner reading It's dangerous to go alone, coloured on paper.
Hylian shield, sword and roses flash
Black and grey light switch tattoo with ON and OFF lettering, placed behind a person's ear.
Light switch tattoo behind the ear
Black and grey tattoo of an owl perched on a branch beside blossom, with a banner reading ALL ROADS LEAD HOME and a compass, in traditional-style linework.
Owl, compass and banner on a limb
Black ink handwritten script reading Wait and hope with a long sweeping underline, drawn on a white card over a dark wooden surface, in a lettering style suited to a tattoo design.
Script lettering reading Wait and hope
Traditional-style flash design of dice, a green bottle and a can in flames above a banner reading Roll the Dice, with no body placement shown.
Roll the dice flash with flames and banner
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mason jar filled with planets and stars, with a label reading FAR AWAY, on the forearm.
Mason jar galaxy with FAR AWAY label
Traditional style flash design of a grinning skull with flames, crossed pistols, spade symbols and a banner reading Diablo, drawn in black, cream and red.
Skull with flames, pistols and banner
Black and grey script lettering with swirling flourishes across a lower abdomen, above two heart-framed pin-up tattoos on the thighs.
Script lettering on abdomen with heart pin-up thighs
Black and white photo of a woman's legs, with a Beauty and the Beast outline tattoo inside a floral wreath on the thigh and a banner tattoo on the knee.
Beauty and the Beast thigh tattoo
Black fine line script lettering reading keep it close watch on this heart of mine, curving along the ribs.
Script quote curving along the ribs
Black linework flash design of a gramophone inside an ornate oval frame, with leaves and a banner reading Music is a place to be, drawn on tracing paper.
Gramophone in an ornate frame with banner
Set of traditional-style tattoo flash designs printed as stickers, showing a teacup, aeroplane, microphone, cigarette hand, globe, ship wheel and carousel horse, all with lettering on banners, on a
Traditional flash designs printed as stickers
Three traditional style flash designs on a pale surface: a ship wheel with a banner, a carousel horse with a banner, and a hand holding a microphone with a banner.
Ship wheel, carousel horse and microphone flash
Black lettering tattoo reading Jerk and Bitch on the inside of a wrist, in a script and a bold serif style.
Jerk and Bitch lettering on a wrist
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh showing banners reading Don't Forget The Important Things, with a red flame motif in a blue circle and teal and orange flowers.
Traditional banner quote on thigh
Small fine line black script tattoo with a trailing line on the back of a person's neck, partly hidden by dark hair pinned up.
Fine line script on the back of the neck