Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line script tattoo reading Amor vincit omnia in reddish ink across the upper back, just below the neckline.
Amor vincit omnia script on upper back
Two stacked photos of a fine line tattoo on a shoulder, showing script quotes above an infinity symbol woven through a red outlined heart.
Infinity heart with quote script on shoulder
Small black and grey fine line tattoos on the fingers of a hand with bright green nail polish, including a skull on the ring finger and short lettering on the middle finger.
Small skull and lettering on fingers
Black ink flash design of the words love her but leave her wild in script lettering inside a circular wreath of hatched leaves, with no body placement shown.
Love her but leave her wild lettering in a leaf wreath
Fine line black script reading let it be, swept up by a wave curve, on the ankle and foot of a bare foot standing on a wooden boardwalk.
Let it be script with wave on an ankle
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 ink script lettering reading Faith with looping flourishes on the side of a hip, with a pink top in the frame.
Faith script lettering on the side of the hip
Black fine line script reading Redeemed on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the palm of the hand open above it.
Redeemed script on an inner wrist
Black lettering in an infinity loop reading live the life you love, shown as a design, as temporary transfers on grass, and as a small fine script tattoo on a woman's upper back.
Infinity loop lettering reading live the life you love
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 script lettering reading Let it Be on the inner forearm, with sunlight glowing behind the arm.
Let it Be script lettering on a forearm
Black and grey fine line lettering on a person's upper back reads hand wash warm water, mild soap like dry, do not machine dry, do not iron, with four laundry care symbols below.
Laundry care label text on upper back
Black and grey script lettering with swirling flourishes running vertically along the side of the ribs.
Script lettering with flourishes on ribs
Black line drawing of the words Just Breathe in flowing handwritten script on a white background, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
Just Breathe script lettering design
Black and grey flash drawing of a pizza slice with dripping cheese, hearts and an I LOVE AFFAIR banner, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
I Love Affair pizza slice flash design
Single-colour tattoo on a thigh of the words HELL IS EMPTY AND ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE, framed by swirling scrollwork in lettering and fine line style.
Quote lettering with scrollwork on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork flash drawing of a howling wolf before a stippled full moon, with the words You're a werewolf and I'm a full moon and a small flower and leaves, drawn in ink on a sketchbook
Howling wolf and full moon flash
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
Two wrists showing matching black script tattoos that read To infinity and beyond, one phrase split across both inner wrists in fine line lettering.
To infinity and beyond script on wrists
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
Small fine line arrow tattoo with black stylised lettering along the shaft, coloured in red and purple, placed on the ribs.
Arrow with lettering on the ribs
Pencil sketch of a pin-up woman with three bears and Just Right script in Neo-trad and lettering styles, drawn as a tattoo design.
Pin-up portrait with bears and Just Right script
Black line drawing of a broken heart, split into two halves with the words BE FRIENDS across them, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Broken heart with BE FRIENDS lettering
Black script lettering reading Always my mother Forever my friend, looped inside an infinity symbol on a forearm, in a lettering style.
Infinity script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading She flies by her own wings on a plain white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Script quote reading She flies by her own wings
Black and grey lettering flash sheet showing SXE, XXX, Straight Edge, Poison Free and Drug Free designs in varied typefaces.
Straight edge and drug free lettering flash sheet
Black and white photo of a leg in bed with a grey shaded rose, flowing hair and a rose design, plus script lettering running down the side, in a botanical and lettering style.
Roses and flowing hair sleeve with script on a leg
Black script lettering reading God is within her, she will not fail runs across the top and side of a foot, with a small reference at the end.
Script quote across the top of a foot
Fine line cursive script tattoo reading within and without on skin, with a printed book page of text below.
Within and without script lettering
Black fine line giraffe tattoo on a woman's shoulder, with script lettering forming the body of the giraffe.
Giraffe outline with script lettering on shoulder
Small black script tattoo across the upper back of a woman with a blonde ponytail, with a tiny dark tattoo near her left shoulder blade.
Small script tattoo on upper back
Two hands with fine line black Roman numeral lettering tattooed along the fingers, reading V XIV XIII on one and XIII XIV V on the other.
Roman numeral tattoos on two fingers
Black script lettering reading Barista on a plain grey background, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Barista script lettering design
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
Black block lettering reading I'LL BE BETTER THAN I WAS across a forearm, with dark shaded ink along the upper edge of the arm.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a heart holding a human hand and a paw, with a crescent moon, stars, a flower and the words Boys Whatever and Cats Forever, on a limb.
Heart with hand and paw, cats forever lettering
Small anchor tattoo with a red and white ribbon wrapped around it, above script lettering reading hope anchors the soul, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Anchor and ribbon with Hebrews 6:19 script
Two photos of a fine line black script lettering tattoo, shown on the inner forearm and on the upper back near the neck.
Fine line script tattoo on forearm and upper back
Black block lettering reading Face your fear, accept your war runs down a person's forearm, with military vest and camouflage trousers visible behind.
Face your fear quote on forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a state outline with a city skyline silhouette and lettering inside it, on the side of the ribs.
State outline with skyline and lettering on ribs
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
Black and grey realism portrait of a smiling woman between two flags, with blackletter lettering reading Only Judy Can Judge Me, on a thigh.
Portrait of a smiling woman with lettering on thigh
Colour realism portrait of a bald man with the lettering I'D RATHER BE A BLIND MOTH, tattooed on the lower leg.
Realism portrait with quote on calf
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
Fresh black script lettering with a starfish, dots and a shell on the side of the ribs, covered by clear wrap and tape.
Script quote with starfish and shell on ribs
Two bare feet with blue outline tattoos of a stag and an animal head, each with black lettering reading Expecto Patronum, on a black leather couch.
Expecto Patronum foot tattoos
Fine line black script lettering tattoo running around the inner wrist, with another person's hand holding the wearer's hand.
Fine line script tattoo on the wrist
Close-up of knuckle lettering spelling TEA TIME in black letters with teal shading, with a small teal teapot on the left hand, in a traditional lettering style.
TEA TIME lettering across knuckles