Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey lettering reading I'M WITH STUMPY with a small graphic beneath it, tattooed on the calf of a person with a prosthetic leg on a running track.
I'm With Stumpy lettering on a calf
Black script lettering reading Little Monsters, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Little Monsters script lettering design
Black and grey mandala tattoo with script lettering on a forearm, shown alongside a pencil sketch of the design and a second mandala tattoo on another pair of wrists.
Mandala with script on forearms
Black fine line script reading Party on Wayne with a pair of glasses above it, tattooed on skin at the lower back.
Party on Wayne script with glasses
Fine line black tattoo on a forearm showing an arrow inside a dotted loop, script lettering and an ampersand, ending in an arrow pointing to a small circular motif.
Arrow and script loop on a forearm
Two people in black and grey bras show matching fine line script tattoos on their ribs, reading To infinity and and beyond.
Matching "To infinity" and "and beyond" script on ribs
Close view of a small black Hebrew lettering tattoo on a person's upper shoulder, above a grey strappy top.
Small Hebrew lettering on a shoulder
Black lettering tattoo of the Greek word Φιλία on the side ribs, shown with a teal top lifted beside it.
Greek word philia on the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo of a three-line quote across the upper back, shown from behind with the hair pulled up and a patterned top strap visible.
Script quote across upper back
Black script reading Refuse to sink with a small anchor and stars, tattooed on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Refuse to sink script with anchor on chest
Two hands held side by side showing matching black script tattoos reading Queen and King, each with a crown above the lettering, on the hand and fingers.
Matching Queen and King script tattoos with crowns
Black fine line script reading 'there is always hope' tattooed across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote 'there is always hope' on chest
Two fine line black script tattoos of the word Ohana on a forearm, one with three bird strokes and one with two hibiscus flowers.
Ohana script with birds or hibiscus flowers on a forearm
Pale, faded script lettering reading Trust across a wrist, shown as a whitened lettering tattoo in a Lettering style.
Trust script on a wrist
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
Pencil sketch of the words John 3:16 in flowing script lettering on squared graph paper, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
John 3:16 script lettering sketch
Black script lettering reading Hello there, the angel from my nightmare across the lower back, above a pair of blue jeans.
Script quote across the lower back
A grid of cross stitch chart designs in traditional tattoo flash style, including swallows, hearts, roses, a pin-up, a cherry pair and lettering, on a grey background.
Sheet of cross stitch tattoo-style flash designs
Black line drawing of a heart with the words TACOS BEFORE VATOS, surrounded by sparkles and flowers, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Heart with lettering and sparkles flash design
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 and grey realism tattoo of a clenched fist holding banknotes with script lettering above and below, on the ribs.
Fist gripping cash with script lettering
Fine line black botanical wreath of leaves and small flowers around the script words beauty for ashes, tattooed on a forearm.
Leafy wreath with script lettering on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a heart framing a night camping scene with a tent, campfire, mountains and stars, with the words Beauty for ashes below, in a neo-traditional style on a limb.
Heart with campfire scene and lettering
Hand-drawn black ink script lettering of the word Live on white paper, with a black marker pen resting at the top of the frame.
Script lettering design reading Live
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the thigh with an outlined cross and the script words I can do all things, plus Philippians 4:13 beneath.
Cross and lettering tattoo on the thigh
Two clenched fists show the word KNITPURL tattooed one letter per finger in a serif lettering style, with black outlines and pink, orange and yellow fills on the hands.
KNITPURL lettering across knuckles
Black and grey tattoo of two footprints beside ornate script lettering with flourishes on a forearm.
Footprints and script lettering on a forearm
Black ink hand-lettered design reading 'A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor' on aged, sepia paper, with decorative flourishes above the text.
Hand-lettered sailing quote on aged paper
Black silhouette of a leaping whale with the words Do what is right, not what is easy set in white distressed lettering across its body, drawn in a vintage woodcut style.
Whale with Do What Is Right quote
Black handwritten script lettering on the inner forearm of a person, with a brush touching the skin near the start of the line.
Script quote on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a carved jack-o'-lantern with curling vines and the words Halloween Forever arched around it on a forearm.
Jack-o'-lantern with Halloween Forever lettering
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
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with puzzle-piece patterned wings and black script reading I Will Fight above and Your Fight below, on skin.
Puzzle-piece butterfly with script lettering
Black lettering reading "send me" in a typewriter-style font across a forearm, with a faint blurred tattoo visible at the top left.
"send me" lettering on a forearm
Hand-drawn tattoo design of a compass with pink flowers, leaves and a scroll banner reading Take Me Home, shaded in grey with coloured pencil accents.
Compass and flowers with Take Me Home banner
Black fine line tattoo of a cross, a heartbeat line ending in a heart and the words Faith, Hope, Love across the upper back.
Cross, heartbeat and heart on upper back
Black and grey lettering design of a globe wrapped in botanical sprigs, with the words Be the change you wish to see in the world.
Globe with lettering and botanical sprigs
Black line tattoo of a hanging sign reading Gone to Market on the top of a foot, near the toes, in fine line style.
Hanging sign reading Gone to Market on a foot
Fingers on a hand with black lettering reading 'me about my tattoo' in script, plus a small teal diamond tattoo, with white and glitter nail polish.
Finger script phrase and diamond on hand
Black ink tattoo of the word Ohana in script with a hibiscus flower and swirling linework on a forearm, set against a mandala patterned background.
Ohana script and hibiscus on a forearm
Black ink compass rose with N, E, S and W points above the words Explore, Dream and Discover in script on a forearm.
Compass rose and lettering on a forearm
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 and grey realism tattoo of praying hands wrapped in a rosary in front of a cross, with banners reading Only God Can Judge Me, on the back.
Praying hands, rosary and banner tattoo
Collage of four fine line infinity symbol tattoos with script wording, shown on a wrist, a finger and the upper back.
Infinity symbol tattoos in a four-photo collage
Fine line black tattoo of a heart with the word WILD inside it, placed on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Small wild heart tattoo near the collarbone
Black fine line lettering spelling LOVE on a forearm, with the O replaced by a smiley face with X eyes and a small star cluster beside it.
LOVE lettering with a smiley face as the O
Fine line flash design of the words Do small things with great love, with a stylised flower and leaves at each side.
Quote with flowers and leaves design