Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink tattoo of the word Beauty in script lettering, with an ornate dagger blade running into the B, on the inner forearm.
Beauty script with blade on forearm
Black and grey photograph of a fine line script tattoo running along a forearm, styled as flowing handwritten lettering.
Fine line script on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading Bruised But Never Broken in dark ink across the upper back near the shoulder.
Script quote Bruised But Never Broken on a shoulder
Black script lettering reading I, a red outlined heart and Jesus on a pink background, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body placement.
I heart Jesus script lettering design
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo of the word soul on a forearm, with a small dot over the letter o.
Soul script on a forearm
Fine black serif lettering reading a short quote, with a small red heart below it, on the forearm of a woman in a grey top.
Serif quote and small heart on a forearm
Black flash design of a treble clef merged with a fountain pen nib, with the words THIS IS MY STORY THIS IS MY SONG set in lettering beside it.
Treble clef and pen nib with lyric text
Black fine line script quote tattoo running across the side of the ribs, partly covered by a grey towel.
Script quote along the ribs
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm of a hand holding blue forget-me-not flowers in a blue and yellow base, with the words FORGET ME NOT in black lettering beside it.
Forget-me-not hand and lettering on a forearm
Black and grey script tattoos on two forearms pressed together, reading Friends by Chance and Sisters by Choice, each followed by a small heart.
Matching sister quote tattoos on forearms
Black fine line script tattoo reading One day at a time, placed across the upper chest along the collarbone.
One day at a time script on the collarbone
Black script lettering reading Family sits on the upper chest near the collarbone, beside a white bra strap and grey top.
Family script on upper chest
Black fine line script tattoo reading blessed with a small cross above the final d, on the inner wrist.
Blessed script with cross on the wrist
Two people seen from behind showing matching black fine line script reading I am because you are on the upper shoulder and upper back.
Matching script quote tattoos on shoulders
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading "what's inside her never dies" on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a grey knit top beside it.
Script quote along the collarbone
Black and grey tattoo of five moon phases with fine script lettering below them, sitting on the forearm.
Moon phases with script on a forearm
Fine black script lettering runs vertically down the thigh of a person in lace underwear who is holding a silver hand mirror.
Script tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Only God Can Judge Me in blackletter-style script with swirling flourishes along a forearm.
Only God Can Judge Me lettering on an arm
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering reading 'We only part to meet again' runs diagonally along a forearm, partly covered by clear wrap.
Typewriter quote along a forearm
Black ink lettering design reading thankful and grateful, joined by a horizontal arrow with a feathered tail and open head, drawn in a hand-lettered script style.
Thankful and grateful arrow lettering design
Black ink drawing of four stacked heart outlines with handwritten script words beside them, sketched on lined paper in a lettering design.
Stacked heart outlines with script words
Black fine script lettering on the outer thigh, reading Frangar, non fl with the end cut off by the frame, above navy stockings.
Script lettering on the outer thigh
Black and white traditional-style dagger design with three banners reading WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE SCARY MOVIE, shown as a sticker on a wooden surface.
Dagger and banner with scary movie lettering
Close photo of a black blackletter-style lettering tattoo running vertically along the inside of a forearm, in solid black ink.
Vertical blackletter lettering on forearm
Lettering tattoo shaped like an anchor with a blue word and red heart on the inner forearm, in black and grey with small colour accents.
Anchor made of lettering on an inner forearm
Small black fine line lettering reading ©Disney on the side of an ankle, photographed in warm indoor light.
Small Disney copyright text on ankle
Black ornate script lettering with looping flourishes on the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
Ornate script lettering on an inner forearm
Colour tattoo of red tulips and green leaves on a calf, with a lettered quote wound along a ribbon-like vine in a realistic style.
Tulips and lettering tattoo on a calf
Fine line black script lettering arranged in a heart shape on skin, with a bright light glare across the upper part of the design.
Script lettering heart tattoo
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo on a person's side ribs, above the waistband of light denim shorts.
Fine line script on the side ribs
Black script lettering reading 'What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger' across the outer thigh, shown in a black and white photo.
Script quote on a thigh
Black line drawing of a hand-lettered quote reading "But I crumble completely when you cry." in a lettering style, with broken, crumbling letterforms, on a white background.
Hand-lettered quote in black line
Black script tattoo reading sky's the limit, with a thin cloud outline trailing from the final word, on a person's side above the waistband of denim.
Sky's the limit script with cloud
Black and grey script reading Lady on a forearm and fine lettering across the fingers and back of a hand, with a navy hoodie in the background.
Script lady on forearm and lettered hand
Black lettering reading courage on the side of a finger, with red painted nails and a blurred yellow background.
Courage lettering on a finger
Black script lettering tattoo running down the outer thigh of a person lying on white bedding in a red top.
Script tattoo on a thigh
Black line drawing of a yarn ball with two knitting needles and a heart, with banners reading MY SOUL IS FED WITH NEEDLE AND THREAD, drawn as a tattoo flash design.
Yarn ball and needles with banner lettering
Black and grey fine line lettering arranged inside a heart outline on the inner wrist of a hand resting on a dark wooden surface.
Lettering in a heart on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a crowned lion above a lamb, with Romans 1:16 script lettering across the lower back.
Crowned lion and lamb on back
White ink tattoo reading "We're all mad here" in decorative capitals across an arm, with a patterned fabric sleeve visible at the left.
"We're all mad here" lettering on an arm
Black ornamental lettering design with sweeping flourishes on a white background, in a lettering style with no body placement shown.
Ornate black lettering with flourishes
Black and white photo of the words All monsters are human in a typewriter-style font tattooed on the inner forearm, with a checked shirt sleeve rolled up above it.
All monsters are human lettering on a forearm
Black script reading Love me for who i am with two butterflies near the shoulder, in a fine line lettering style.
Butterflies and script on a shoulder
Black and grey flowing script lettering arranged in the shape of a cross, drawn on pale paper as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Script lettering arranged as a cross
Black flowing script reading Ohana with two small hibiscus flowers beneath the letters, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Ohana script with hibiscus flowers
Pencil sketch of the Batman bat symbol with the word BATMAN in block lettering, shaded with hatching and cracked details, shown as a design with no body placement.
Batman logo pencil sketch
Black lettering tattoo on the thigh showing a buck symbol inside an outlined heart, with a quote about ducks, trucks and buck beneath it.
Buck heart and quote on a thigh
Tattoo on skin of a framed cartoon scene with pink-clad figures above black Latin lettering reading Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
Latin lettering below a framed cartoon scene