Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo on a limb of the red Rebel Alliance starbird emblem with two orange banners reading Rebel and Scum, in a traditional style.
Rebel Alliance emblem with Rebel Scum banners
Traditional flash drawing of a horned pin-up devil woman holding a pistol, with a "NEVER FEEL SORRY" banner, a red skull and crossbones, and a red devil tail.
Pin-up devil with gun and banners
Black and grey realism rose and lettering on the hip, with rosary and eye tattoos on the thighs of a person wearing white Diesel underwear.
Rose, rosary and eye tattoos on thighs
Black fine line lettering reading LIKE A WAVE on the inner forearm of a person seated with ripped denim jeans.
Like a wave lettering on forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh showing an orange gramophone, a red rose with green leaves and the lettering THE THERAPISTS PUMPING THROUGH YOUR SPEAKERS.
Gramophone, rose and lettering on a thigh
Black and white photo of two forearms with fine line script lettering, a triangle outline and small motifs, holding a metal skull.
Script lettering and fine line forearms holding a skull
Black ink drawing of an ornate compass rose mandala with leaf and dot detailing, with the words Not all those who wander are lost beneath it.
Compass rose mandala design on paper
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of angular geometric letters on the outer side of an ankle, with black toenail polish visible on a white rug.
Angular fine line lettering on an ankle
Hand-drawn flash design of the word Love in dark swirling script, with two birds, a pink frangipani and vines. No body placement is shown.
Love script with birds and frangipani
Close view of a barber's tattooed hands holding a comb on a man's head, with a traditional skull on the knuckles and a coloured rose and dagger on the right hand.
Traditional hand tattoos while cutting hair
Black and grey fine line design of five feathers above the lettering Under His wings you will find refuge, with Psalm ninety one verse four beneath it.
Five feathers with Psalm 91:4 lettering
Black script lettering arranged in a cross shape on the side of a ribcage, with the reference John 3:16 written beneath it.
Scripture cross tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey realism raven with thistle stems and a Latin scroll tattooed across a man's chest and shoulder, with a small red line accent.
Raven and thistles across chest and shoulder
Pencil drawing of a shaded balloon on a long thin string above the words let it go, on an off-white background, with no body part visible.
Shaded balloon sketch with let it go
Three black line drawing flash designs on paper: a lipstick with a bow, a skull and crossbones with a spider web, and a heart containing a lipstick.
Lipstick and heart flash designs
Traditional style flash design of a skull pierced by a dagger, with a snake coiled around it and the words MAKE OR DIE beside it, drawn in black and mustard with halftone shading.
Skull, dagger and snake flash design
Black script lettering reading Stay Gold with swirls and an infinity symbol, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Stay Gold script lettering on a wrist
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a light bulb inside a circle, with TESLA and 1856 in white lettering on a solid black rectangle, on the upper thigh.
Light bulb and Tesla 1856 on upper thigh
Black and grey fine line cursive lettering running along the side of a foot near the ankle.
Fine line cursive script on the foot
Black and grey floral tattoos cover a forearm and the back of a hand, with ornate lettering across the neck of a person with dark hair.
Floral sleeve and hand tattoos with neck lettering
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading carpe diem on the ankle of a bare foot, resting on white bedding.
Carpe diem script tattoo on an ankle
Black lettering tattoo of an infinity symbol reading I love you to the moon and back, with stars and a crescent moon, on the ribs.
Infinity symbol with moon and back lettering on ribs
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a pink rose with green leaves under a blue glass dome, with the black lettered words Beauty is found within arching above it.
Rose under a glass dome with quote on thigh
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a vintage car front with a ribbed grille and headlights, above a banner reading DAD, on a limb.
Vintage car with DAD banner
Black and grey drawing of a skeletal marching band drum major with a plumed hat and baton, beside lettering reading I am not afraid to keep on living.
Skeleton drum major with lettering
Black and white photo of a woman's bare upper back with a small vertical line of lettering tattooed along the spine, placed between the shoulder blades.
Small lettering down the spine
Black ink lettering design on white paper, with a decorative blackletter-style word surrounded by scrollwork and foliage, beside a fine black pen.
Ornate lettering design in black ink
Two thighs show matching black lettering tattoos above the knees, each with a leafy vine and flower, reading OH NO LOVE and YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
Matching thigh tattoos with leaves and a flower
Black and grey realism feather tattoo with fading splatter dots and script lettering reading There, but for the grace of God, go I, on the side of a torso.
Feather and script quote on ribs
Hand-drawn lettering design reading Harry, Hermione and Ron in flowing script, with a lightning bolt, crown, glasses and small star doodles, drawn in brown ink on a sepia background.
Harry, Hermione and Ron name lettering design
Black script lettering reading DiabeT1c, with the T1 in blue, and a blue outlined circle beneath it, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Script DiabeT1c lettering with blue circle on wrist
Colour photo of a black bat wing fading into red with scattered red, green and purple HA lettering on the upper arm.
Bat wing and laughing HA lettering on upper arm
Four-panel photo of a black and grey full arm sleeve with clouds, sunburst rays, doves, a pocket watch, an anchor and a compass rose, on the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey cloud sleeve with doves and anchor
Black and grey pencil drawing of a ribcage shaped into a heart, with the words HERE LIES THE BONES OF A BROKEN HEART across the centre, shown as a tattoo design.
Ribcage heart with lettering
Colourful rainbow paint splash tattoo with black Born This Way lettering and an equals sign on an upper arm, in a painterly style.
Rainbow paint splash with Born This Way on upper arm
Two forearms with fine line black script lettering, a small outlined triangle and a partial outline shape, shown with palms facing up.
Script phrases and a triangle on two forearms
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a flying saucer with beams of light and stars above the words GET IN LOSER, on the lower leg.
Get in Loser UFO on a lower leg
Fine line black tattoo of the word Always beside a triangle and circle symbol and a small lightning bolt, on the side of the ribs.
Always script with Deathly Hallows symbol
Traditional colour tattoos on a forearm show a hand holding a lighter labelled BEST, above a matching hand holding a joint labelled BUDS, with leaves and pink flowers.
Matching lighter and joint hand tattoos
Traditional style tattoo on a calf of a pair of legs in fishnet stockings and red heels, with banners reading Don't dream it, be it.
Fishnet legs and banners on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a split portrait of a red-haired woman and a man in a dark suit, with a UFO and green beam.
Split portrait with UFO and green beam on upper arm
Black and white lettering design reading Harley-Davidson with a B and D emblem, a ribbon banner and ornate spires, drawn as a flash design with no body placement shown.
Harley-Davidson lettering with ribbon and emblem
Mirrored photo of a realism and abstract-style shoulder and upper arm tattoo with a clock face, a skull, a white wing, stars and the words 2nd Amendment, with red splashes.
Clock, skull and wing shoulder tattoo
Black design drawing of a row of spiral and angular symbols above the word UNFOUND in serif lettering on a white background.
Unfound lettering with spiral symbols
Traditional style tattoo of a red fox riding a black skateboard, with the words TOO WEIRD TO LIVE and TOO RARE TO DIE arcing around it on a limb.
Fox on a skateboard with lettering
Colour tattoo on the inner arm of a red biohazard symbol with blue-fletched arrows and the words Fight the Dead and Fear the Living in black lettering.
Biohazard and arrows with slogan lettering
Black ink tattoo on a limb showing a large outlined circle enclosing three smaller rings with upward arrows, silhouettes and a spider, with the words keep running below.
Three circles with arrows and keep running text
Hand-drawn flash sheet of infinity symbol tattoo designs with handwritten words such as love, faith and hope, in fine black linework.
Infinity symbol lettering designs