Lettering tattoo ideas

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Neo-trad style colour tattoo of a tabby cat's head with flowers, leaves and a banner reading BANDIT, on the outer thigh.
Cat portrait with banner on thigh
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
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
Traditional-style tattoos of an eye, a bearded face with a flower and lettering on a thigh, with a white kitten in the foreground.
White kitten in front of traditional tattoos on a thigh
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
Legs covered in colour traditional tattoos including a tiger head and a rose on the thigh and calf, shown in denim shorts outdoors.
Traditional tattoos covering legs
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
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 grey dotwork traditional tattoo of crossed scissors wrapped in two banners with lettering, placed on the outer thigh.
Scissors and banners on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses, a compass and script on the outer thigh.
Roses and compass on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull with bicycle wheel eyes, a red sawtooth halo and two lines of lettering, on the thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull with bicycle eyes on a thigh
Black lettering tattoo on a thigh in a lettering style, with a serif quote about courage between two ornamental scroll flourishes.
Lettered quote tattoo on the thigh
Fine line black script lettering tattoo on the outer thigh of a person in denim shorts on a sandy beach.
Small script tattoo on a thigh
Black lettering tattoo reading part of a Latin phrase ending in audere semper, in a plain lettering style on the outer thigh of a leg.
Latin lettering along the thigh
Colour tattoo on the upper thigh showing orange daisies, a pencil with eraser, a blue awareness ribbon and the word Survivor in script.
Survivor script, daisies and awareness ribbon on thigh
Colour tattoo of a blue police box with scrolled black lettering reading Bad Wolf and a quotation, on the outer thigh.
TARDIS and Bad Wolf lettering on a thigh
Black and grey shaded cross tattoo with cracked-stone detailing and flowing script lettering on the upper thigh.
Shaded cross with script quote on thigh
Black and grey shaded rose with leaves on a thigh, beside fine script lettering on the other leg, with both legs resting in a bath.
Shaded rose and script tattoos on legs
Realism teddy bear in an ornate frame on one thigh and black and grey script lettering on the other, with the wearer in underwear and striped socks.
Teddy bear and script tattoos on thighs
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a white unicorn head with a golden mane, surrounded by rainbow-coloured rays and a FOREVER banner, on a thigh.
Unicorn and FOREVER banner on a thigh
Two black and grey script words tattooed one on each thigh, with swirl flourishes, below denim shorts.
Script words on both thighs
Colour tattoo of a red and black emblem with the words Lok Tar Ogar in black lettering beside it, on the outer thigh.
Red emblem with lettering on the thigh
Black and grey traditional tattoo of roses, a swallow and a banner reading TIME HEALS NOTHING on the outer thigh, with a small tattoo near the ankle.
Roses and banner on a thigh
Colour tattoo of two sisters seated back to back with the words Sisters will always be connected by the heart, on the thigh.
Two sisters seated back to back on a thigh
Colour tattoo of Finn riding Jake from Adventure Time, with Finn raising a sword above a red banner reading MATHEMATICAL, on the thigh.
Finn and Jake riding with a banner on thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh of a man in a suit, his head replaced by a UFO over pine trees and mountains, with the words DO YOU THINK I'M and SPOOKY.
Suited figure with UFO and mountains on thigh
Small black lettering reading GRL PWR sits on the outer thigh of a seated person in black underwear and a white shirt.
GRL PWR lettering on a thigh
Close view of a thigh with a black line tattoo of a seated woman in front of a city skyline, with WILDSTYLE arched above and GIRL POWER lettering on the legs.
Girl Power and Wildstyle thigh tattoos
Fine line tattoo of a paper boat in a bottle with teal waves, a pink heart and the words LOVE TO TRAVEL on the upper thigh.
Paper boat in a bottle with lettering
Mixed-ink tattoo of the cartoon snowman Olaf from Frozen with the words Some people are worth melting for above him, on the outer thigh.
Olaf snowman with quote on thigh
Close view of a person in ripped denim shorts showing a colourful traditional-style tattoo of a fanged creature on the stomach, with a snake and rose on the upper arm and roses and lettering on the
Traditional tattoos on torso, arm and thigh
Black fine line tattoo of the words No Boundaries in script inside a circle of barbed wire on the outer thigh.
No Boundaries lettering in barbed wire on thigh
Black script lettering arranged in a circle on a bare thigh, in a lettering style, with a wine bottle and picnic basket on a striped blanket behind.
Circular script lettering on a thigh
Two thigh tattoos showing black script reading Good Girl with ornamental flourishes and orange flowers, worn by a person in striped shorts.
Good Girl script tattoos on thighs
Black and grey wing tattoo across the ribs and an ornamental mandala-style tattoo on the back of the hand, with vertical lettering down the outer thigh.
Wing and mandala tattoos on a woman at the beach
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart with a rose stem, smoke-like wisps and the words Comfortably Numb, on the outer thigh.
Anatomical heart with rose stem on a thigh
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a teal rose, a yellow banner reading LIKE HOME, a red shoe and the words THERE'S NO PLACE in black lettering.
Teal rose and ruby slipper on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a snarling wolf head with pine trees above and Winter is Coming lettering curved beneath it, on the upper thigh.
Wolf head and pines with Winter is Coming lettering
Realistic black and grey thigh tattoo of a woman in a short dress reading an open book on a stack of books, with red shoes, a city skyline and the word Sanctuary beneath.
Woman reading on a stack of books with Sanctuary
Black and grey realism leg sleeve tattoo of a lion with daisies, a pocket watch and a scroll banner, running from the thigh down the calf.
Lion and flower leg sleeve
Black script lettering reading "You have no power over me" with fine vines and three small pink and blue shaded orbs, on the side of a thigh.
"You have no power over me" script on thigh
Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS in front of an orange sunburst, with the words we're all stories in the end, on the upper thigh.
TARDIS with quote on thigh
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with a banner reading what a catch, surrounded by circular lettering and two stars, on an upper thigh.
Anchor and quote on a thigh
Black and grey realism leg sleeve on a thigh and calf, showing a lion head, daisies, a pocket watch, a skull and lettering.
Lion and flower leg sleeve with pocket watch
Black and grey realism rose and lettering on the hip, with rosary and eye tattoos on the thighs of a person wearing white Diesel underwear.
Rose, rosary and eye tattoos on thighs
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh showing an orange gramophone, a red rose with green leaves and the lettering THE THERAPISTS PUMPING THROUGH YOUR SPEAKERS.
Gramophone, rose and lettering on a thigh
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a light bulb inside a circle, with TESLA and 1856 in white lettering on a solid black rectangle, on the upper thigh.
Light bulb and Tesla 1856 on upper thigh
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a pink rose with green leaves under a blue glass dome, with the black lettered words Beauty is found within arching above it.
Rose under a glass dome with quote on thigh