Lettering tattoo ideas

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Upper arm tattoo of a love quote in black lettering inside an oval wreath of red, purple and blue flowers with green leaves.
Floral wreath with quote on upper arm
Black tattoo of a cross with bold block lettering on the upper arm, shown in a bathroom photo.
Cross and block lettering on upper arm
Close-up of a small fine line black script tattoo of a short handwritten phrase on the upper arm, with a black and white striped sleeve above.
Fine line script on an upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman's portrait with pink jacket, pink flowers and a blue banner reading Ain't No Such Thing, on the upper arm.
Portrait with flowers and banner on upper arm
Woman in a white graphic t-shirt showing fine line lettering reading KEEP GRL PWR and Carpe Diem on her left forearm, and a coloured lotus tattoo on her right forearm.
Lettering and lotus tattoos on forearms
Black lettering tattoos on a forearm, including KEEP GRL PWR with a small arrow, and a script line near the wrist, shown beside a woman in a white printed t-shirt.
Lettering tattoos on a forearm and upper arm
Woman in a white graphic tee with a black and grey Om mandala print, showing a black fine line arrow and lettering tattoo on one forearm and a red floral tattoo on the other arm.
Lettering and floral tattoos on forearms
Small black Roman numeral lettering tattooed on the inner upper arm of a person in warm sunlight.
Roman numerals on an upper arm
Fine line black ink geometric lettering reading AUDIO VIDEO DISCO in three rows on the upper arm.
Audio Video Disco lettering on upper arm
Black and white photo of a man in a white vest holding a kitten, with script lettering across his chest and black ornamental tattoos on his forearm.
Chest script and kitten in black and grey
Two photographs of black script lettering tattoos, one reading love is enough on the upper arm and a smaller fine line script on the forearm.
Script phrase tattoos on upper arm and forearm
Shirtless man with a black NY cap covering his face, showing traditional style roses, a heart and script lettering on his chest, abdomen and full sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Traditional roses and lettering across chest and arms
Woman in a white tee with a yellow sun graphic, showing black lettering tattoos including KEEP and GRL PWR on her forearm.
Lettering tattoos on forearm beside a sun print tee
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pale blue diamond with orange banners reading SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND, on the upper arm.
Diamond with Shine On You Crazy Diamond banners
Black fine line tattoos on a bare arm, including the lettering We can be heroes, a small sweet, a sunburst and an X, with a solid black rectangle above the sweet.
Small lettering and icon tattoos on an arm
Black outline heart tattoo on an upper arm, with fine script lettering flowing along its lower edge, shown in black and white.
Script lettering heart on upper arm
Colour tattoo on the inner upper arm of black shaded script lettering with green leaves, a large realistic red rose and a smaller rosebud.
Script lettering with roses on upper arm
Black fine line script reading alis volat propriis between two shaded wings, tattooed on the upper arm.
Script phrase with wings on upper arm
Blue and black lettering tattoo of a filigree heart reading We're all mad here, placed on the upper arm.
Heart with lettering on upper arm
Colour photo of a black bat wing fading into red with scattered red, green and purple HA lettering on the upper arm.
Bat wing and laughing HA lettering on upper arm
Colourful rainbow paint splash tattoo with black Born This Way lettering and an equals sign on an upper arm, in a painterly style.
Rainbow paint splash with Born This Way on upper arm
Heart-shaped tattoo in blue and black with filigree scrollwork and script lettering on the upper arm.
Filigree heart with lettering on upper arm
A woman kneeling and holding a camera to her face, with the word love in dark lettering tattooed on her upper arm.
Word love on upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo reading semper ad meliora on the inner upper arm of a woman with long hair, lifted arm, gold bracelets.
Semper ad meliora script on upper arm
Fine black script reading Trust your struggle on the inner upper arm of a woman wearing black lace underwear.
Script quote tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey photo of the word JOY in small serif capitals tattooed on the upper arm, just below a grey t-shirt sleeve.
Small serif JOY on an upper arm
Close-up of a small black Roman numeral tattoo reading VIII, XXV, LIV in a serif lettering style on the inner upper arm of a woman in a dark knitted jumper.
Roman numerals on an upper arm
Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm, with a quote set in a circle around a central blackletter-style monogram.
Circular quote tattoo with monogram on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm, with bold block letters made from a dollar bill and a portrait in the centre.
Dollar bill lettering on upper arm
Black script lettering tattoo on the upper arm reading 'our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean'.
Quote about a wave and the ocean on the upper arm
Torso selfie showing black script lettering along the left ribs and a colourful floral tattoo on the upper arm, in workout clothes.
Script on ribs with floral arm tattoo
Black hand-lettered text reading WHATEVER YOU DO in three lines on the inner upper arm, against a pink background.
Whatever you do lettering on an upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a snow globe with an aurora sky, pine trees and snowflakes on an upper arm, with the word Dreamer beside it.
Snow globe with aurora and the word Dreamer
Traditional-style sugar skull tattoo with a pompadour hairstyle, a cigarette and red flowers on an upper arm, with the words Rockin N Rollin and N What Not.
Sugar skull with pompadour on upper arm
Two script lettering tattoos with small orange sun designs, one reading You are my sunshine on the upper back and one reading My only sunshine on the upper arm.
Matching sun and sunshine lyric tattoos
Two arms flexed toward the camera, each with a colour pizza slice tattoo with pepperoni and HOME-SLICE lettering in traditional style, with roses and banners on the upper arm.
Matching pizza slice tattoos on two forearms
Black Devanagari-style script lettering tattoo on the outer upper arm, shown in close view with a dark sleeve at the shoulder.
Devanagari-style script on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo of many words arranged in a flowing shape across a person's upper arm, with the text running down toward the elbow.
Words arranged in a flowing shape on upper arm
Fine black script lettering reading love is patient and love is kind on the inner upper arm, with a denim sleeve above.
Love is patient, love is kind lettering on arm
Close-up of a bare arm with black lettering reading LUCE in capitals on the upper arm and a small script line on the forearm near the elbow.
Luce and script lettering on an arm
Colour traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a T-rex, a raptor and a sunburst beside roses, leaves and two banners with lettering.
Dinosaurs, roses and banners on an upper arm
Close view of a black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font on an upper arm, with the text cropped at the edge of the frame.
Partly visible lettering tattoo on upper arm
Black and white photo of a fine line script lettering tattoo of three words on the upper arm of a woman with long dark hair.
Script lettering on an upper arm
Small fine line tattoo reading The END, with script The above block capitals END, in dark ink on an upper arm.
The END lettering on an upper arm
Black lettering tattoo reading 'Though she be but little, she is fierce' in mixed block capitals and script on the upper arm, in a lettering style.
Quote lettering on upper arm
Black line tattoo of the words How strange it is to be anything at all inside a looping scroll frame, shown on an arm.
Quote in a swirl frame on an arm
Black and grey botanical tattoos with an arrow and script lettering on a woman's upper arm and forearm, in a photo where she wears a white dreamcatcher-print t-shirt.
Floral and leaf tattoos on upper arm and forearm
Black lettering tattoos, including KEEP GRL PWR, on a forearm beside a red floral tattoo on an upper arm, with a mandala owl printed on a white T-shirt.
Lettering tattoos with an owl print tee