Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black and grey traditional tattoo of a shaded profile silhouette with ribbon banners reading Darling You'll Be Okay, on a forearm.
Silhouette and banner on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading thick and thin inside a looping infinity and heart outline on a forearm.
Thick and thin script within an infinity loop
Two forearms with black tattoos: a bold blackwork X on the left wrist, a small lettering word on the right wrist, and thin black bands with tiny leaf and heart symbols around each forearm.
Bold X and word tattoos on both wrists
Fine line black script tattoo reading we're all mad here across the forearm.
We're all mad here script on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading L'espoir across the inner arm, shown in a close black and white photograph.
Fine line script word on an arm
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading aloha, followed by wave lines, on the forearm.
Aloha script with waves on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a rose, script words and a dove over smoky shading.
Black and grey rose, script and dove on an arm
Fine line black tattoo of angular letters on the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top.
Angular letters on a forearm
Black ink lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, in a hand-lettered script style.
Quote lettering on the inner forearm
Black and grey script tattoo reading semper ad meliora on a forearm, photographed in black and white.
Semper ad meliora script on a forearm
Black and grey lettering on a chest and a forearm covered in wings and florals, with a black cat held in front of the arm and gold chains and a cross pendant.
Black cat held against chest and forearm tattoos
Black script lettering tattoo running along the inner forearm of a person with a bracelet on the wrist.
Script lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading Once upon a time, with small swirl flourishes, on a forearm.
Once upon a time script on a forearm
Two fine line script tattoos reading sunshine phrases, one along the ribs and one on the inner forearm, in black ink.
Matching sunshine script on ribs and forearm
Two arms placed side by side, each showing half of a black script heart tattoo reading 'You are mine' and 'I am yours', with Roman numeral dates, on the forearm.
Matching heart script tattoos on two forearms
Close-up of a black script word tattooed across a wrist in lettering style, with a hand and grey nail polish visible at the top of the frame.
Black script lettering on a wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoos on a man's upper arm and forearm, including the words Yesterday, May and Friday and the number 3, shown beneath a white t-shirt sleeve.
Handwritten words and a number on an arm
Small wrist tattoo of three red and pink lip prints above four lines of black serif lettering, on a forearm against green grass.
Three lip prints and text on a wrist
Black and grey script lettering over a shaded block monogram on a forearm.
Script lettering over shaded monogram on forearm
Black and grey photo of a forearm with fine script lettering reading a quote about playing a dangerous game, with three short marks below.
Script quote on a forearm
Black ink lettering in a stylised non-Latin script on a forearm, photographed against a warm, golden background.
Stylised script lettering on a forearm
Fine line black lettering reading LIVE FREE with a small heart after the last word, on a pale forearm against a cream fluffy background.
Live Free lettering on a forearm
Several tattooed arms and hands wrapped together, showing a black and grey figure on a forearm, a compass design on an upper arm and small lettering on the fingers.
Intertwined tattooed arms and hands
Close photo of white ink script reading Live Life across the inner wrist, in a fine lettering style.
Live Life script on a wrist
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo on a forearm, set in a circle with the word Wanderlust above a cabin, mountains, pine trees and leaves.
Wanderlust mountain cabin forearm tattoo
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a blue Deathly Hallows triangle showing a silhouetted figure in a forest, with script lettering below reading Don't let the Muggles get you down darling.
Deathly Hallows triangle and script quote on forearm
Fine line black arrow tattoo on the back of a hand, with the lowercase word breathe in lettering on the forearm below it.
Arrow and breathe lettering on a forearm
Woman in a white mandala sun print t-shirt, with black lettering and a red rose tattoo on her forearm and upper arm.
Lettering and rose tattoos seen beneath a mandala tee
Black lettering tattoo reading i came. i swam. i conquered. in a condensed typeface across the inner wrist and forearm, with a raised fist and a lake behind.
Three-line quote tattoo on a forearm
A fine line black script quote tattoo runs along the inner forearm of a hand resting on a teal leather car seat.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of a grey wolf with red splatter accents, with block lettering above reading Be strong when you are weak, brave when you are scared and humble when you are victorious.
Wolf and motto on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of an hourglass with a red blood drip, the words TO GET YOU OFF MY MIND and a blue flower below, on the forearm.
Hourglass with blood drip and blue flower
Black lettering reading HIC ET NUNC, set in a serif style, running diagonally across a man's forearm.
Hic et nunc lettering on a forearm
Fine line black script reading Saved by Grace with a small cross tattooed on the inside of a forearm.
Saved by Grace script and cross on forearm
Fine line white ink script lettering reading Let It Be on the inner wrist, shown in a close-up photograph.
White script lettering reading Let It Be on a wrist
Fine line tattoo of a blue Tardis outline with the word Allons-y in black script across the inner forearm.
Tardis outline with Allons-y script on forearm
Black script lettering reading Soror Amata with a small heart beside it, tattooed along the forearm.
Script lettering with heart on forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a sailing ship with birds flying off its sails, waves below and the words SAIL ON beside them, on the forearm.
Sailing ship and birds on an arm
White brush-style lettering reading Hot mess across a forearm near the wrist, with an inset showing the design glowing green under UV light.
Hot mess lettering on a wrist
Black serif lettering reading 'we are all earthlings' across a forearm, with a green top and a studio chair in the background.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a bird silhouette beside Hebrew lettering on the inner wrist, in a lettering style with a simple silhouette motif.
Bird and Hebrew lettering on a wrist
Thin black lettering reading STAY ALIVE, with the letters crossed by a single horizontal line, tattooed across the inner wrist beside a line-art design sheet.
Stay Alive lettering on a wrist
Two hands with traditional tattoos: a red-eyed wolf head on the back of one hand, a woman in a beanie on the other, and black lettering across the fingers.
Wolf and portrait hand tattoos with lettering
Close photo of a fine line script tattoo reading je ne regrette rien in black ink on the inner forearm, against a dark background.
Fine line script reading je ne regrette rien on a forearm
Black and grey italic script tattoo on a man's forearm, reading 'to thine own self be' with the end cut off by the frame, above a sketched line motif.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of matching fine-line script lettering on the inner forearms of two people, one hand holding a coffee cup.
Matching script lettering on two forearms
Close photograph of a pink awareness ribbon tattoo looped into an infinity shape with black script lettering reading faith, on the inner wrist.
Pink ribbon infinity with faith script
Black ink lettering reading John 3:30 and He > I on a forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
John 3:30 lettering on a forearm