Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Fine black cursive script tattoo curving along the outer thigh, with lettering that reads she laughs without fear of the future.
Script quote tattoo along the thigh
Black fine-line script tattoo reading With faith comes hope, ending in a small heart, on the side of a woman's ankle and foot.
With faith comes hope script on ankle
Black fine line lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of a person's upper back, from the nape of the neck.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Hand-drawn grey lettering design reading IF NOT NOW WHEN, with the words stacked and shaded in pencil on paper.
If not now when lettering design
Dark-outlined tree tattoo with green leaves and red and green lettering reading Money, the root of all evil, on a person's upper back.
Tree with money lettering on upper back
Close photo of a black and grey crown above the words Keep Calm and Carry On, a lettering tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Crown and Keep Calm lettering on a wrist
Black block lettering reading MADE IN ENGLAND on a forearm, with a small dark design above it.
Made in England lettering on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a yellow daffodil, a heart-shaped banner with lettering, and green leaves and an orange ribbon on the side of the ribs.
Daffodil and heart banner on the side ribs
Flash-style drawing of a large key wrapped in two banners reading Courage is the Key, with a heart-shaped lock, a compass and bubbles, in traditional-style colour outlines.
Key with Courage is the Key banners
Black handwritten script reading Once Upon a Dream on the inner side of a bare foot, resting on a textured grey carpet.
Once Upon a Dream script tattoo on a foot
Black compass rose tattoo with a dotted ring, small red accents and tiny lettering around the circle, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Compass rose tattoo on upper back
Small black typewriter-style lettering on a person's upper back reads 'And indeed there will be time', shown from behind in a black bra.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black script lettering reading All was well with a small lightning bolt mark, on the side of the ribs, in a fine line lettering style.
All was well script on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo on a lower leg showing three vintage butcher's cut diagrams of a sheep labelled Mutton, a calf labelled Veal and a pig labelled Pork, each with numbered cuts.
Mutton, veal and pork butcher's charts on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace above Italian script reading Sempre nel mio cuore, on the inner forearm.
Heartbeat line and script on forearm
Grey shaded daisy tattoo on the shoulder with fine script lettering running down the upper arm, the word sunshine picked out in yellow.
Daisy and script on a shoulder
Black and grey realistic black widow spider with a red hourglass on a web across a person's upper back, with script lettering reading for time and all eternity and a small rose on the shoulder.
Black widow spider and web across the back
Traditional flash sheet of six Star Wars designs: Chewbacca, C-3PO with a STAY COOL banner, Darth Vader, Yoda, an AT-AT walker and R2-D2, with roses and leaves.
Star Wars characters traditional flash sheet
Black ink tattoo of five vertical columns of Thai-style script across the upper back.
Five columns of script on upper back
Traditional style flash design of a pin-up woman in a blue top and brown shorts riding a large black moustache, with the words Best Ride and Giddy Up, and no body placement shown.
Pin-up riding a giant moustache
Flash design of a walking skeleton in a wide-brimmed hat and pipe, carrying a crescent moon bindle, with the words SEE YOU OUT THERE, in tan ink on a dark navy background.
Walking skeleton with bindle and pipe
Sketchbook page of hand-drawn tattoo flash in red and blue pencil, including a spider, umbrella, eye, apple, dagger and chainsaw, with no body placement shown.
Sketchbook page of spider, umbrella and chainsaw flash
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a brown T-rex wearing a grey suit and blue tie, with the words Don't lose your dinosaur and green footprints, on an upper arm.
Cartoon T-rex in a suit with slogan
Black and grey script lettering reading Blood Sweat and Tears above a basketball hoop with a red rim, tattooed across a man's chest.
Basketball hoop and script lettering on chest
Two black and grey tattoos on a calf, one of a guillotine above the words Keep your chin up and one of a gallows with a noose above the words Hang in there.
Guillotine and gallows tattoos on a calf
Traditional tattoo of a washing machine and laundry basket framed by a red banner reading Home is where the laundry is, on a forearm.
Washing machine banner on a forearm
Thin black lowercase lettering reading love followed by a full stop on an outstretched forearm, in a fine line lettering style.
Love lettering on a forearm
Black line drawing of a cartoon character with spiky hair and antennae, raising two middle fingers, above a traditional banner reading Peace Among Worlds.
Cartoon character with Peace Among Worlds banner
Black ink tattoo of a circular ring of stylised lettering with a central question-mark-like shape, on the inner wrist and forearm, in a Lettering style.
Black ring of stylised lettering on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Live You're Life across the ribs, in a Lettering style with thin strokes and a few decorative flourishes.
Script quote along the ribs
Traditional style hourglass tattoo with LIVE FOR TODAY banners, flowers, a skull and a rose across the side of the ribs, in black, grey and pale pink.
Hourglass with banners and skull on ribs
Black script lettering tattoo of a four-line quote in flowing cursive, placed across the top of a foot.
Script quote across the top of a foot
Close photo of a fine line teal and blue awareness ribbon above black script lettering reading With pain comes strength, on skin.
Teal ribbon and script quote tattoo
Black line drawing of a dandelion whose seeds become musical notes and a treble clef, with the script words don't let them say you ain't beautiful, shown as a tattoo design and not on skin.
Dandelion turning into music notes with script
Close-up of a fine line black handwritten script tattoo of a quote across a shoulder and upper back.
Handwritten script quote on a shoulder
Black script lettering design reading Dolci sogni on a white background, a lettering-style tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Dolci sogni script lettering design
Close-up photograph of black script lettering reading Adventure is out there tattooed on skin, in a lettering style.
Adventure is out there script lettering
Flourished script lettering reading All that glisters is not gold, with a smaller line beneath, shown as a black and grey design with no body placement.
All that glisters is not gold lettering
Fine line tattoo of a molecular structure with HO and NH2 labels on the inner wrist, shown in two photographs.
Chemical structure tattoo on a wrist
Black ink line drawing of a pizza slice with dripping cheese, a striped handled tool and two banners reading Love dies and Pizza is forever, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Pizza slice with banners reading Love dies and Pizza is
Collage of four fine line script tattoos in black ink, on a forearm, a wrist, an arm and the upper back.
Four script tattoos on arms and back
Colour tattoo of Woody from Toy Story on a forearm, with the word Dad in lettering on the wrist above him.
Woody from Toy Story on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering spans the upper chest and shoulders, with a shaded cross emblem at the centre, on a shirtless man.
Script lettering across upper chest
Black brush-script lettering reading Carpe Diem on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Carpe Diem brush lettering
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo on a forearm showing a wooden sign reading EDGE, a seated animal, a small figure and a spiky creature along a ledge.
Sign reading EDGE and figures on a forearm
Black ink flash sheet of hand-drawn lettering, hearts, roses and plasters on a notebook page, pinned to a string against a pink background.
Hand-drawn lettering flash sheet on notebook paper
Black script lettering reading Mischief Managed in two lines across the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Mischief Managed lettering on a wrist
Two hands with colourful neo-traditional tattoos on the backs: a cartoon robot holding a wrench on the left and a grinning green-capped face on the right.
Cartoon robot and grinning face on both hands