Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering in Turkish over pink and blue watercolour splashes on the side of a ribcage, with a teal strap visible above.
Script lettering over watercolour splashes on ribs
Small purple tulip tattoo with a yellow-green leaf and fine line script running beside the stem, on the side of the ribs.
Purple tulip with script on the ribs
Black and grey script lettering with swirling flourishes running vertically along the side of the ribs.
Script lettering with flourishes on ribs
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
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a melting clock draped over a hand, with the words Lost time is never found, on the side of a person's torso.
Melting clock over a hand on the side
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 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
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 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
Pink Mew Pokémon tattoo with blue eyes and black outline on the ribs, beside a black and grey block letter.
Mew tattoo on the ribs
Black and white photo of two people's sides, each with a fine line script tattoo on the ribs: a ship's wheel with a quote on the left and an anchor with a quote on the right.
Ship's wheel and anchor with script on the sides
Black fine line peacock feather tattoo on the side of the ribs, with lettering in an invented script running beside it.
Peacock feather and lettering on the ribs
Black and grey feather tattoo with flying birds and script lettering reading alis volat propriis on the side ribs.
Feather and birds with Latin script
Two people show matching black and grey script name tattoos with footprint outlines, one on the side of the ribs and one on the upper back.
Matching script name and footprint tattoos
Black fine line script quote tattoo running across the side of the ribs, partly covered by a grey towel.
Script quote along the ribs
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined hand reaching down above the words HUG LIFE and an underline, on the side of the ribs.
Outlined hand and HUG LIFE on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS with a sunburst, roses, scrollwork and a banner on the side of the ribs, in a Neo-trad style.
TARDIS and roses on the ribs
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 and grey script lettering with two shaded roses and leaves running down the side of a ribcage.
Script lettering with roses on ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading soror mea amica mea across the side of the ribs, above a faint healed band of skin.
Fine line script phrase on the side ribs
Two photographs: black script reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good on the side of a torso, and black lettering reading Mischief Managed with flourishes on a forearm.
Script quote and lettering tattoos on skin
Two handprints in grey ink on the side of a torso, with script lettering above and below them.
Two handprints with script names on the side
Black lettering tattoo on the side of the ribs reading We bury the ones we love and burn the rest, with the word burn in a heavy, flame-like style.
Quote lettering on the ribs
Black script lettering of Psalm 23:4 across the side of a person's ribs, with the face not shown.
Psalm 23:4 script on the ribs
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 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
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
Five black outline stars in a fine line style run across the side of a woman's torso, just below the ribs and beside the navel, in a photo of a woman wearing a red bikini.
Five outline stars along the side
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
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
Colour botanical tattoo of a blossoming tree with exposed roots and a banner reading Family, across the ribs on the side of the torso.
Blossoming tree with roots on the ribs
Close-up of a typewriter-style quote, 'Art Is The Weapon Imagination IS The Ammunition', in black ink with multicoloured watercolour splashes on the ribs.
Quote with watercolour splashes on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, winged figures and script lettering across a man's upper arm, shoulder, back and ribs.
Black and grey roses and script on back and arm
Black script lettering reading How we survive is what makes us who we are, tattooed across the ribs with some redness around it.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Black fine line mandala tattoo on the ribs beside a small crescent moon and star, with a colour rose tattoo on the upper arm above.
Black linework mandala and moon on ribs
Black and white photo of a vertical line of runic-style lettering tattooed along the side of a person's torso, in a fine line lettering style.
Vertical runic lettering along the side of the torso
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a swallow, two roses and a key on banners with lettering, placed on the side of the ribs.
Swallow, banners and roses on ribs
Cartoon lion cub curled up in soft tan and green ink, with the words kumbuka wewe ninoni in black script above, tattooed on the side of the body.
Lion cub and script on the side
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skeletal drum major in a plumed shako hat and baton, with lettering above and below, on the side of the ribs.
Skeleton drum major on ribs
Black linework tattoo on the side ribs showing a cross, a heartbeat line that rises into an outlined heart, and small text reading faith, hope, love.
Cross, heartbeat and heart on ribs