Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black script lettering tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a pale pink dress with sheer sleeves, photographed from behind.
Script tattoo on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a lit candle with a drip-covered purple and blue wax body and a brass holder, with the words A FIRE INSIDE beneath, on the upper arm.
Candle with A FIRE INSIDE lettering
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo on an upper arm, showing a pig outline with the word vegan written in script inside it.
Vegan pig outline on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red hot sauce bottle with green cap and banners reading Put it on everything and We trust, on the upper arm.
Hot sauce bottle with banners on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a teapot, teacup, red flowers and green leaves above a orange banner that reads TEA LOVER.
Tea lover banner with teapot and flowers on upper arm
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Love on the upper arm, with a white lace top in the background.
Love script tattoo on an upper arm
Traditional-style tattoo of a red anatomical heart pierced by arrows, with a banner reading WE ARE NOT OUR FAILURES, on the upper arm.
Heart with arrows and banner
Colour traditional tattoo of a gold pocket watch reading WELL SPENT, with pink and teal roses and green leaves, on an upper arm.
Pocket watch and roses with WELL SPENT dial
Black script lettering tattoo running down the outer upper arm of a person with blonde hair, who wears a jewelled corset.
Script tattoo on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a black and grey flying saucer with a rainbow beam, sparkles and the words Do you think I'm spooky.
UFO with rainbow beam on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red heart with a banner reading FUCK THAT, framed by yellow flowers and green and black spikes, on an upper arm.
Traditional heart with banner and flowers
Black and grey tattoos of a compass, a pocket watch, flowers and a lettered banner on two upper arms.
Compass and pocket watch with banner on two arms
Black ink script lettering reading Allonsy, decorated with fine line swirls, on the inner upper arm of a woman with long wavy hair.
Allonsy lettering with swirls on upper arm
Two mirrored traditional tattoos on an upper arm, showing a blue-visor pilot helmet above a blue rose and a dark trooper-style helmet above a red rose, with banners reading Standing By and Move Along.
Pilot helmets and roses on upper arm
Black and grey tattoos cover a person's back, arms and hands, with skull, ribcage and spine imagery against a dark background.
Full back and arms covered in skeletal tattoos
Black and white photo of a realistic tattoo on an arm that looks like torn skin, revealing lines of Latin text on the upper arm and forearm.
Torn skin revealing Latin text on arm
Black and grey realism style rose surrounded by ornate banding on the upper arm, with small script beneath it.
Black and grey rose with banding on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two pink roses, a star and an eye in a triangle on a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Roses, star and eye on upper arm
Black ink tattoo on an upper arm reading I'm a LUMBERJACK AND I'M OK, with a hand-drawn axe and tree stump, in a Lettering style.
Lumberjack slogan with axe on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a Darth Vader helmet with blue and purple flowers, green leaves and an orange banner reading YOU WERE RIGHT, on the upper arm.
Darth Vader helmet with banner on upper arm
Two arms show a full sleeve tattoo of skulls, swirling forms and hands in realistic grey shading with bright pink bands, worn on the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve of skulls and swirls in grey and pink
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a star of printed words, including family, love and friendship, appearing through a torn skin effect.
Star of words torn through skin on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a deer head with antlers in a forest scene on the upper arm, with a banner below reading RIP JOEY.
Deer and forest on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a skull with red-shaded eye sockets, crossed banners reading Goonies Never Say Die and a ship's wheel on an upper arm.
Skull with Goonies Never Say Die banners
Traditional-style tattoo of a blue-black raven head above a red banner reading the hardest thing in this world is to live in it, on the upper arm.
Raven and quote banner on an arm
Black and grey linework tattoo of a hanging 'Sorry we're closed' sign on an upper arm, with brush and pen designs below near the elbow.
Sorry we're closed sign on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty dressed as a nurse, holding a syringe and a test strips canister, with the word Diabetic beneath, on the upper arm.
Hello Kitty nurse with syringe on upper arm
Fine line lettering reading TOUGH ENOUGH in orange, teal, purple, green and yellow on the upper arm of a person in a striped top.
Multicoloured TOUGH ENOUGH lettering on upper arm
Blackwork and red-line sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, with a circular symbol, arrow-like marks and lettering.
Abstract black and red arm sleeve
Black ink script lettering on an upper arm showing a crossed-out name above the words oops and I meant Hollie, in a freehand script style.
Crossed-out name with 'oops I meant' lettering
Realistic black and grey Dalek tattoo with teal dome lights and an Exterminate banner, set against a radiating line pattern on the upper arm.
Dalek with Exterminate banner on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of an orange peach with green leaves and a black banner reading JUST PEACHY, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Peach with Just Peachy banner on upper arm
Realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing zombie figures, character portraits and tattooed lettering in colour.
Zombie and portrait full sleeve
Black script reading sempre con voi with a simple bird outline on the upper arm, shown in two stacked photos.
Sempre con voi script and bird on upper arm
Black and grey sketchy-style bird with spread wings tattooed across a man's upper back and shoulder blade, with typewriter lettering on the upper arm.
Sketchy bird in flight across upper back
Black fine-line tattoos of a palm tree, a safety pin, a can, a triangle and small words across a forearm, thigh and calf.
Small fine-line icons on arms and legs
Black brush lettering tattoo reading "Much virtue in if" in a loose, hand-drawn style on the upper arm.
Much virtue in if lettering on upper arm
Black and white photo of a woman wearing a stormtrooper helmet, showing black and grey tattoos on her forearm, upper arm, hands, abdomen and legs, including a script lettering piece on the stomach.
Script and rose tattoos with stormtrooper helmet
Four views of a black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a raven, a realistic eye, bare branches and the words Go with the flow.
Raven, eye and tree full sleeve
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a weathered wooden cross with a ribbon banner reading To Live Is Christ in script, on the upper arm.
Wooden cross with To Live Is Christ banner
Close view of a woman's arms showing black lettering and an arrow on the forearm, a red and black lotus on the upper arm, and a dark patterned tattoo beside it.
Lettering and lotus tattoos on forearm and upper 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 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 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
Traditional colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS with orange explosions, a gear motif and banners reading We only have what we remember, on an upper arm.
TARDIS and explosions on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a stylised bird with folded wings and a banner reading PRETTY BIRD, on the upper arm.
Pretty Bird banner tattoo on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo reading 'bold as love' on the upper arm, seen from behind in soft natural light.
Bold as love lettering on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the upper arm showing two figures with bird skulls for heads, with the words NEVER TRUST THE LIVING between them.
Two bird-skulled figures with Never Trust the Living