Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Small dark script tattoo on the forearm of a woman lying head down in the back of a vintage turquoise pickup on a beach.
Woman with hat and small tattoo in a vintage pickup
Black fine line script tattoo on a forearm, reading I love you to the moon and back within an infinity symbol of stars, with a crescent moon.
Infinity symbol with moon and script
Black outline tattoo of two roses with angular leaves on a forearm, with a line of script lettering above near the wrist.
Outline roses on a forearm
Hand-drawn ink design of a winged sheep across three banners reading A teenage vow in a parking lot, til tonight do us part, with grey shading and brown and yellow wash accents.
Winged sheep with lyric banners
Black script lettering reading 'And though she be but little she is fierce' across the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Script quote on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a green top hat with a red ribbon, feather and tag, beside the black lettering "We're all mad here", on the chest.
Top hat and "We're all mad here" on the chest
Black lettering tattoo running vertically along the side of the hip of a person lying on a bed, with grey underwear waistband visible.
Black lettering tattoo on a hip
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing the word NAVY, stars, a warship and a torn flag with the number 43.
Navy warship and torn flag on upper arm
Traditional tattoo of a guillotine with a Best Wishes banner, flanked by yellow-orange roses and black leaves, on a limb.
Guillotine, roses and a Best Wishes banner
Black and grey realism full arm sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, shown from five angles, featuring a banknote portrait, playing cards, stars and an 8 ball.
Full arm sleeve with banknote portrait and cards
Red script lettering reading Trust No One, arranged in a heart shape on a plain light grey background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Trust no one script in a heart shape
Black fine-line script tattoo reading 'To live in the hearts you leave behind is not to die' running across a shoulder, with a small outlined heart at the end.
Script quote across the shoulder
Black and white photo of a fine line script word tattooed along the forearm of a person, with a softly blurred background.
Fine script lettering on a forearm
Traditional-style flash design of red and purple scissors wrapped in banners reading DON'T LOSE YOUR WAY and SWEET HEART, over white line flowers on a mint background.
Scissors and banners with flowers design
Black and white flash design of a coffin with a central skull, flourishes and a block of lettering on a speckled background, in a lettering style.
Coffin with skull and lettering
Close photograph of a hand with pale nails resting on hair, showing fine line script lettering in black ink along the middle finger and a small mark on the index finger.
Script lettering across two fingers
Black script tattoo reading Life flows on within you and without you, running diagonally along the forearm.
Script quote along a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and handwritten script lettering across the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey orchids with script on upper arm
Black line lettering design arranged in a circle reading 'What goes around comes around', shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Circular 'What goes around' lettering design
Black flowing script lettering reading Veni Vidi Vici on a white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Veni Vidi Vici in flowing script
Black fine line tattoo of orbiting circles, a dial and a crescent on the inner forearm, in a geometric style.
Orbital astrolabe design on forearm
Black line drawing of a lettering design reading The Mountains Are Calling And I Must Go, with three peaks above and a ribbon banner below, in a lettering style.
The mountains are calling lettering design
Back view of a person with black and grey blackletter lettering across the upper back, a rose tattoo on the upper arm and knuckle lettering on the raised hand.
Blackletter back piece and rose on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box wrapped in cream banners with black script lettering, sitting on the lower leg.
TARDIS wrapped in quote banners on the calf
Black ink script lettering reading Blue Neighbourhood, drawn by a hand holding a pen on white paper, shown as a lettering design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Blue Neighbourhood script lettering design
Two matching black script tattoos on the side ribs of two people lying on a bed, one wearing white lingerie and one in patterned shorts.
Matching script tattoos on the ribs
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an hourglass, rose and leaves with banners reading Time does not heal, on an upper arm.
Hourglass and rose with 'Time does not heal'
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses and leaves with script reading a quote, placed on the outer thigh.
Realistic roses and script quote on a thigh
Black and grey traditional tattoo of clasped hands inside a dotwork-shaded heart, with Call Me Safe Bet lettering and a flower, on a forearm.
Clasped hands in a heart with Call Me Safe Bet lettering
Colour traditional-style tattoo of the Joker's grinning face with green hair on a lower leg, shown beside black velvet boots.
Joker portrait tattoo on a lower leg
Close-up of black script lettering reading "It's called Vitiligo." on a forearm, with lighter depigmented skin patches visible around the tattoo.
"It's called Vitiligo" script on a forearm
Woman seen from behind with a small black script tattoo reading 'a love supreme' on her upper back, hair in a bun, city balcony behind her.
Small script phrase on upper back
Close photograph of a fine line cursive script word tattoo in black ink on the top of a foot near the ankle, resting on a purple patterned blanket.
Cursive word tattoo on the foot
Black and grey script tattoo reading Ohana with three small swallow silhouettes, placed on the side of the ribs below a black bra strap.
Ohana script lettering with swallows on ribs
Black hand-drawn uppercase alphabet lettering design in a playful, bouncy script, shown twice on a white background, with no body placement.
Uppercase alphabet in playful hand-drawn script
Close photo of a fine line script quote in black ink across a pale forearm against a dark background.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Black and grey realistic drawing of an eye with the words Don't Blink in block lettering above, and a screaming face reflected in the pupil.
Don't Blink eye design with screaming face
Colour realism tattoo of a red rose with white feathered wings, a small dove and a water droplet on the upper arm, set against dark shading.
Red rose and dove on upper arm
Traditional style flash design of a teapot pouring into a teacup, with a red rose, green leaves and banners reading WHEN IN DOUBT DRINK TEA.
Teapot pouring tea beside a rose
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant riding a unicycle with a banner reading ELEVATE and birds in flight above, on a person's side ribs.
Elephant on a unicycle with birds on the ribs
Black and grey script lettering tattooed across a woman's lower abdomen above black underwear, with a colour traditional-style tattoo on the upper arm at the top left.
Script lettering across the lower abdomen
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's face with red cheeks and a banner beneath it, on the top of a foot above a tan leather sandal.
Traditional woman portrait on ankle
Black ink tattoo of the word island above an outlined heart filled with pine tree silhouettes, on the inner forearm.
Island word and heart with pine trees on a forearm
Black line drawing of a razor blade beside hand-lettered text reading "If I were you, I'd put that away" and "Darling, you'll be okay" on a white background.
Razor blade with hand-lettered quote
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on the inner forearm showing a delta-shaped emblem with two banners reading MAKE and IT SO, surrounded by small stars.
Delta emblem with banners on forearm
Close-up of a lettering tattoo on skin showing the word Diabetic in black script inside a red outlined medical alert star, with the numerals 1 above and below.
Diabetic medical alert star tattoo
Black ink tattoo of a vintage sewing machine with CAROLINA lettering on the body, placed on the upper arm in an engraved style.
Vintage sewing machine on upper arm
Pencil drawing of a compass rose with a ring of lettering reading before you ask which way to go and remember where you have been, shown on graph paper.
Compass rose with lettered ring