Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses with script lettering and a small cross on the side of the ribs.
Black and grey roses with script on ribs
Black and grey realistic flash design of praying hands wrapped in a rosary beneath a scroll banner reading INRI.
Praying hands with rosary and INRI scroll
Two photographs of legs with black handwritten lettering tattooed on the calf and ankle, reading I'm fine and save me.
Handwritten words on calf and ankle
Black fine line script tattoo reading Good Vibes on the side of a torso, with a knitted jumper pulled across the left of the frame.
Good Vibes script on the side ribs
Close view of fine line black script tattoo reading Ad astra per aspera across skin, in a lettering style.
Ad astra per aspera script on skin
Close view of a fine-line black cursive script tattoo with two short crossing bars on the inside of a wrist.
Cursive script and two bars on a wrist
Black script lettering arranged in a heart outline with a small red heart at its centre, tattooed on a person's side above the ribs.
Script words forming a heart on the side
Black and grey realistic compass tattoo on a chest, appearing to break through cracked skin that reveals fragments of lettering.
Compass breaking through skin on a chest
Four-step photo of a temporary tattoo, a blue watercolour USA outline with lettering reading land that I love, being applied to an upper arm in lettering style.
Temporary USA map tattoo applied to upper arm
Small black Roman numeral tattoo sitting behind an ear in a side-on photo, set in a simple lettering style.
Roman numerals behind the ear
Hand-drawn French script reading aimez-moi pour qui je suis in dark brown ink with a long flowing line on cream paper, shown as a lettering design.
French script lettering on paper
Collage of fine line script tattoos on an upper arm, forearm, wrist and neck, reading words such as love, smile, soul and live fearless.
Script words on arms, wrist and neck
Black ink drawing of the word enough in flowing script, with two sweeping curved strokes forming a loose heart-like shape, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Enough script with swooping strokes
Black ink hand-lettered design reading I won't fall in love with falling, with the final word in flowing, elongated script on a plain off-white background.
Hand-lettered quote about falling
Black Arabic script lettering tattooed along the side of the ribs, with a hand resting over it and a jewelled ring.
Arabic script tattoo on the ribs
Colour traditional-style tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope, with the words THE LORD IS MY above and Anchor below, on skin.
Anchor with rope and scripted text
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and cursive script wrapping over the shoulder and upper arm.
Orchids and script on an upper arm
Close up of a fine line script word tattooed in black ink along the forearm, shown in a warm, vintage-toned photograph.
Fine line script word on a forearm
Sepia photograph of a bare back with a fine line script tattoo running vertically down the spine, with the hair pinned up.
Script line down the spine in sepia
Man crouching against a wall, showing a black and grey realism tattoo of angelic figures, script lettering and roses across his shoulder, upper arm, back and ribs.
Black and grey angel and rose tattoo across back and arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded feather with three flying birds and script lettering on a person's skin.
Feather with flying birds and script
Two photographs: black script reading hakuna matata with small birds on a foot, and a black mermaid silhouette with small fish on a wrist.
Script and birds on a foot, mermaid on a wrist
Black and white flash sheet of song lyric lettering designs with small icons such as a heart, planet, wings and arrow, in mixed script and block fonts.
Lyric lettering flash sheet in black
Three stacked photos of a flourished script name tattoo in lettering style on the forearm, from red outline to finished black linework.
Script name lettering on a forearm
Collage of small black and grey tattoos on fingers: a Harry Potter lightning scar, a shaded owl, a golden snitch, Platform 9 3/4, and a knot design on another finger.
Harry Potter finger tattoos and a knot design
Black and grey script tattoo of the words If our love could have saved you, you would have lived forever, framed by shaded angel wings and a halo on the upper back.
Angel wings and script quote on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of two small footprints above the script words you are my sunshine, on the top of a woman's foot.
Footprints and script lettering on a foot
Black script tattoo reading Geronimo with a small bow beneath it, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Geronimo script with a bow on the upper chest
Black and white photo of a bare foot with fine line script lettering reading never stop dancing across the top.
Never stop dancing script on a foot
Six black ink handwritten versions of the word hazel stacked vertically on white, varying from bold brush strokes to thin flowing lines, shown as lettering design options with no body placement.
Hazel in six handwritten script styles
Black fine line script tattoo reading omnia mutantur nihil interit across the inner forearm.
Latin script quote on a forearm
Black and grey pencil flash design of a money tree with banknotes falling from its branches, two devil figures and the words Money the root of all evil.
Money tree sketch with devil figures
Black script lettering set in several vertical lines across the upper back, shown in a close-up photograph of the skin.
Vertical script lettering across upper back
Black and grey hourglass tattoo with ornate Time Is Money lettering on a forearm, in lettering style with shading.
Hourglass and Time is Money lettering on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo on a thigh reading 'It takes courage to grow up and become who you truly are', with scrolled flourishes above and below, against blue fabric.
e.e. cummings quote tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey flash sheet of numbered and lettered designs for the word The, shown in script, blackletter, block and ornamental styles, with no body placement.
Lettering sheet of the word The in many styles
Black and grey realism rose sleeve on an upper arm and a script and pocket watch tattoo on a thigh, shown on a woman crouching outdoors.
Rose sleeve and script thigh tattoo outdoors
Colour lettering tattoo spelling Goonies in a red, orange and yellow gradient with dark outlines, above black lettering reading never say die, on skin.
Goonies logo lettering tattoo
Black script lettering design reading Love me for who I am on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Script lettering reading Love me for who I am
Black and grey tattoos on both forearms showing a stack of book spines, large quotation marks and lettering, with small sketched flying figures near the wrist.
Book spines and quotes on both forearms
Black lettering tattoo reading I love you to the moon and back, with stars and a crescent moon, across a person's upper back shoulder, with a grey rose tattoo visible at the edge of the frame.
I love you to the moon and back on a shoulder
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo in blackletter style running vertically along the inside of a forearm, with a woven bracelet and a gold band above it.
Small blackletter word on a forearm
Two feet show matching black script lettering reading You'll never walk alone, running along the outer foot in lettering style.
Script quote along the outer foot
Black and grey script tattoo reading Semper Fi with swirling flourishes and a black eagle, globe and anchor emblem on a forearm.
Semper Fi script and eagle emblem on forearm
Raised fist showing a wrist design of black and pink lettering reading I'm with Lucy's hen party, with a pink cocktail glass beneath.
Hen party lettering and cocktail glass on wrist
Close-up of a red stamp-style VOID tattoo with blue-grey lettering beneath it on an upper arm.
Red VOID stamp tattoo on upper arm
Black hand-drawn lettering design of phrases arranged in the shape of a cross, shown as a flash-style tattoo design on a white background.
Text cross lettering design
Black ink hand-lettered script design reading I loved you at your darkest, with Romans 5:8 beside it, drawn on white paper as a lettering design.
Script lettering: I loved you at your darkest