Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a black fine-line lettering tattoo reading Peace will win, Fear will lose in a typewriter-style font, with a small tattoo visible on the upper arm in the left panel.
Peace will win quote lettering on skin
Close-up of a dark blue script lettering tattoo reading Never a failure, Always a lesson across the ribs, partly covered by a pink sports bra.
Script quote on ribs
Fine line black script lettering tattoo on the outer thigh of a person in denim shorts on a sandy beach.
Small script tattoo on a thigh
Pencil and ink drawings of a dotwork geometric cat head with a triangle and a cross with blackletter lettering, shown as tattoo design sketches.
Geometric cat head and cross designs
Fresh tattoo of a red awareness ribbon with black linework and script lettering across the upper back, covered in clear plastic wrap.
Lettered awareness ribbon on a back
Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing a black silhouette of a woman holding a magnifying glass, framed by the words THIS ABOVE ALL TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE and pink and yellow flowers.
Silhouette with magnifying glass and quote on a calf
Black and grey feather wing tattoo with ink splatter dots and small lettering on the side of the ribs.
Feather wing with splatter on ribs
Two matching fine script tattoos on the soles of two feet reading Like Mother and Like Daughter, each with a small red heart.
Like Mother and Like Daughter script on feet
Colour tattoo of crossed purple and pink lightsabers tied with a teal bow and heart on a forearm, with the words THE FORCE IS WITH ME beneath.
Crossed lightsabers with a teal bow
Black lettering tattoo reading part of a Latin phrase ending in audere semper, in a plain lettering style on the outer thigh of a leg.
Latin lettering along the thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded rose with a stem and leaves, and the word Strenght in cursive script above it, on the side of a hip.
Script word and rose on a hip
Realism style tattoo of two pink roses with green leaves and a small black script line, on a woman's shoulder and upper chest.
Pink roses and script on the shoulder
Close photo of the word COURAGE above FEAR in lettering split by a horizontal line on the wrist, with part of a leaf tattoo visible above it.
Courage and fear lettering on a wrist
Two black line drawings of potted cacti and succulents on banners reading DON'T BE A PRICK and SUCK IT, a botanical flash design.
Cactus and succulent flash with banner lettering
Close photo of a small black fine line script lettering tattoo on the inner forearm, with a hand resting over the knee and red nail polish.
Fine script lettering on the inner forearm
Colour tattoo on the upper thigh showing orange daisies, a pencil with eraser, a blue awareness ribbon and the word Survivor in script.
Survivor script, daisies and awareness ribbon on thigh
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a pocket watch, red rose and purple banners reading THIS TOO SHALL PASS.
Clock, rose and banner on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a UFO above mountains and pine trees, with the words The truth is out there, on the back of a lower leg.
UFO, mountains and pines on a calf
Colour tattoo of a blue police box with scrolled black lettering reading Bad Wolf and a quotation, on the outer thigh.
TARDIS and Bad Wolf lettering on a thigh
Black ink Thai script mandala tattoo arranged in a sunburst circle across the upper back, with a second tattoo partly visible at the lower back.
Circular Thai script mandala on upper back
A hand holding black cat-eye sunglasses, showing a small black script tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, with partly visible lettering.
Black script wrist tattoo with cat-eye sunglasses
Black and grey traditional style hourglass tattoo on the upper arm, with a flower at the top, a sailing ship in the upper and lower bulbs, and the words savor it on a banner.
Hourglass with ship and flower on upper arm
Black cursive script lettering on a plain white background, reading "I didn't give you the gift of life, life gave me the gift of you."
Script quote design, gift of life
Traditional style tattoo of a dark handbag with an orange beaded handle and a red PICTURE IT banner across it, on the upper arm.
Handbag and PICTURE IT banner on upper arm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Not all those who wander are lost, with swirling flourishes, across the top of a foot.
Quote lettering with swirls across a foot
Collage of three black and grey forearm tattoos: a lettered Carl Sagan quote, an engraved travel scene with landmarks, and the word travel in fine line script with a heartbeat line.
Travel tattoos: quote, city landmarks and script
Colour realism tattoo of a red fox with autumn leaves and circular script across the upper back.
Fox and circular script on upper back
Matching black and grey tattoos of a compass and a clock with flowers and a script banner, placed across two forearms.
Compass and clock pair on forearms
Close-up of dark ink stylised lettering on the inner wrist, beside a woven friendship bracelet and a silver peace sign pendant.
Stylised lettering on inner wrist
Traditional flash drawing of a woman with bats swirling through her hair and bold red-rimmed eyes, with lettering reading Bat Shit Crazy beneath her.
Woman with bats in her hair, traditional flash
Two black and grey dotwork tarot card tattoos on the lower legs, showing The Chariot on the left and Strength with the numeral VIII on the right.
Tarot cards The Chariot and Strength on legs
Colour traditional tattoo of a coiled rattlesnake over a waving orange banner reading Don't Tread On Me, with a skull and rope on the upper back.
Rattlesnake and Don't Tread On Me banner
Fine line black script reading Jer 29:11, with a small purple semicolon, across the inner wrist.
Jer 29:11 script on the wrist
Two matching black and grey tattoos of a compass and pocket watch with flowers and a lettered banner, shown on a pair of forearms.
Compass and pocket watch forearm pair
White textured hand lettering reading IF NOT NOW WHEN, stacked over several lines on a black background, in a lettering design style.
If not now, when hand lettering
Black and grey tattoo on the ribs of a Deathly Hallows triangle, circle and line over a shaded cloud, with a quote in capitals below.
Deathly Hallows symbol and quote on the ribs
Close-up of a shaved head beside an ear, with the lettering tattoo Leave a Coment Below in black ink across the scalp above the ear.
Text tattoo reading Leave a Coment Below on a shaved head
Black and grey shaded cross tattoo with cracked-stone detailing and flowing script lettering on the upper thigh.
Shaded cross with script quote on thigh
Pencil sketch design of a pocket watch, a rose, a key and a beaded chain, with handwritten lettering beneath, drawn on white paper.
Pocket watch, rose and key pencil design
Colour tattoo of a grey and blue butterfly over a purple ribbon heart, with the script words I Will Fight above and a small red heart below, on skin.
Butterfly and ribbon heart with I Will Fight script
Black and grey shaded rose with leaves on a thigh, beside fine script lettering on the other leg, with both legs resting in a bath.
Shaded rose and script tattoos on legs
Traditional black and grey flash design of a cartoon character with glasses inside a rayed halo, holding a rose, with the words Pray for butts beneath.
Madonna-style cartoon figure with rose flash
Black and grey line drawing of a ram skull with ridged horns in front of a paisley and floral mandala, with the word Aries and two lines of text beneath.
Ram skull with mandala flash design
Pencil drawing of a cracked pocket watch with Roman numerals, two shaded roses and script lettering, drawn as a tattoo design.
Pocket watch and roses pencil design
Black and grey bullet tattoos in a row on a forearm, with the words For the Fallen above them, as a hand holds a cartridge.
Bullet tattoos with For the Fallen on forearm
Close up of black fine line script reading expecto patronum on a lower leg, beside a bearded figurine holding a cage with an owl.
Expecto patronum lettering on a lower leg
Close view of a small fine line script tattoo with a flowing underline on the side of a woman's neck, below her ear, with her hair in a bun.
Fine line script behind the ear
Fine line script tattoo reading bind my wandering heart to thee in black ink across the inner forearm.
Script quote on the inner forearm