Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Two hands with small tattoos on the fingers and backs form a heart shape, with pink nail polish and the words Keep Calm and Love Ink overlaid in the centre.
Tattooed hands forming a heart
Black script lettering reading Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, with two outlined hearts beside it, shown as a design on a white background.
Always on my mind script with two hearts
Black and white photo of a man pulling back a dark t-shirt to show thin fine line lettering reading KISS HERE on his upper chest.
Kiss Here lettering on upper chest
Black fine line tattoos across a person's neck, chest and shoulders, including open books, a quote, a book stack and large comma marks.
Literary quotes, open books and book stack on chest
Black and grey script tattoo reading Riddikulus with a shaded feather beneath it, on the forearm.
Riddikulus script with feather on forearm
Black fine-line snowflake beside cursive script lettering on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Snowflake and script lettering on forearm
Black fine line script lettering tattoo across the side ribs of a woman with long dark hair, wearing a black bra.
Black script lettering on the side ribs
Tattoo flash design of a yellow lemon character with a long nose and dark collar, framed by a red circle, two banners reading 'When life gives you lemons' and 'HMMNYAAAGH', and green leaves with small
Lemon character with banners and leaves
Black and grey line drawing of a ribcage with roses and leaves beneath a sunburst, with the word Virgo and a short quote, shown as a tattoo design.
Ribcage and roses with Virgo lettering
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 whiskey label on the calf.
Jack Daniel's whiskey label on a calf
Black fine line script tattoo reading walk by faith running diagonally across the top of a foot.
Walk by faith script on a foot
Colour lettering tattoo reading We're all stories in the end, Just make it a good one eh?, with a red bow tie below, on a person's upper back.
Quote lettering with red bow tie on upper back
Black and grey lettering design reading Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future, in a shaded and outlined traditional-style typeface on a beige background.
Every saint has a past lettering design
Dark ink tattoo of a grinning Cheshire Cat with one blue-filled eye and the words 'we're all mad here' trailing into a dotted tail, on the ankle.
Cheshire Cat grin and 'we're all mad here' on ankle
Black and grey pencil drawing of a compass with three ribbon banners reading Before you ask which, Way to go, remember and where you've been, shown as a tattoo design.
Compass with quote banners design
Teal script lettering reading Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also, running diagonally across a person's back.
Script quotation across a back
Black lettering tattoo of a quote about courage on the outer thigh, framed by ornate scrolls and set in a mix of bold and italic serif type.
Quote tattoo with scrollwork on a thigh
Black and grey feather tattoo with small script lettering on the side of a tanned torso, wearing an orange cut-out swimsuit.
Feather and script tattoo on the ribs
Shower curtain printed with traditional style flash designs of hearts, a swallow, a dagger and roses, hung in a bathroom.
Traditional flash hearts on a shower curtain
Close-up of a hand holding red and white twine, with a teal and black lettering and anchor design on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Lettering and anchor on the inner wrist
Heart-shaped tattoo in blue and black with filigree scrollwork and script lettering on the upper arm.
Filigree heart with lettering on upper arm
Black and white photo of a fine line cursive script word tattooed along the inner forearm, running diagonally from wrist towards elbow.
Fine line cursive script on a forearm
Colour lettering tattoo spelling CHICAGO across a forearm, with each letter filled with bold red, blue, orange, green and yellow patterns.
Chicago lettering on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a mountain, clouds, pine trees, a tent and a campfire above the words KEEP IT SIMPLE, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Mountain camp scene with Keep it simple lettering
Flash design of a cream skull with a pentagram on its forehead, framed by red ribbon banners reading Salt and Burn, in a traditional illustrative style.
Skull with pentagram and Salt & Burn banner
Traditional style tattoos on the back of a hand, showing a bow and arrows, a half heart, red drops and the word ROMANTIC in black lettering.
Bow, arrows and lettering on the hand
Two stacked photos of black ink lettering tattoos in gothic-style letterforms on skin, the lower one reading love.
Two black lettering tattoos on skin
Close view of a woman's bare back showing a thin black script line tattooed vertically along her side ribs, in fine line lettering.
Fine script quote along the side ribs
Monochrome line drawing of a skull with a crescent moon, two halved moon faces with eyes, sunburst rays and the words BRING ME NIGHT on a cream background.
Skull, crescent moon and split moon faces
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a calf showing a cartoon man with an afro, glasses and moustache in a red and white bobble hat and striped top, with the words Hello and Is it me you're looking for.
Cartoon caricature with quote on a calf
Black lettering tattoo reading CRAFT on the back of a hand, with the A replaced by an anarchy symbol.
CRAFT lettering with anarchy symbol on hand
Traditional style dagger tattoo with a twisted purple hilt, green leaves and a banner reading TRUE TILL DEATH on a lower leg.
Dagger with true till death banner on calf
Close overhead photo of a hand holding a takeaway coffee, with small black fine line script reading good vibes on the back of the hand near the wrist.
Good vibes script tattoo on the back of a hand
Black script lettering tattoo reading Always Love and Hate will get you every time, placed across the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a lettering style.
Script lettering reading Always Love on upper back
Black and grey traditional style compass rose tattoo with a banner reading not all those who wander are lost, on the forearm.
Compass with banner on forearm
Two hands showing traditional red rose tattoos with green leaves and chain drapes ending in a heart pendant on the back of each hand, with script on the fingers.
Traditional roses with chain drapes on hands
Neo-trad style colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing the Joker's face with green hair, a yellow and black Batman logo and red lettering reading the Joker.
Joker and Batman logo on upper arm
A woman kneeling and holding a camera to her face, with the word love in dark lettering tattooed on her upper arm.
Word love on upper arm
Two fine line script tattoos in black ink on forearms, one reading my sun and stars and the other reading moon of my life, with a dark fuzzy cuff at the lower wrist.
Matching script quotes on two forearms
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing green outlined block lettering reading Prince, with black script above it on a rainbow-coloured background.
Green bubble lettering and script on a forearm
Black and white flash design of a skull pierced by a dagger, with the words MISTAKES WERE MADE beneath, suitable as a tattoo design.
Skull pierced by a dagger with lettering
Traditional-style design of Hello Kitty with a pink heart, a banner reading Hello Kitty, roses and leaves, shown as a sticker on a white background.
Hello Kitty heart and banner tattoo design
Black and grey drawing of an ornate lettering tattoo design surrounded by leaves, flowers and ribbons, with no body placement shown.
Ornate botanical lettering design
Black script lettering reading I want your legs behind your head across the upper chest, shown in a close photo cropped at the neck.
Script quote across the upper chest
Grey shaded backpack tattoo with a compass star and the word Wanderlust on a man's upper back, photographed from behind beside a rocky lake.
Backpack and compass tattoo on upper back
Black and grey floral scrollwork and script lettering on a person's hip and thigh, photographed lying on a white bed.
Floral scroll and script on hip and thigh
Traditional colour tattoo on the top of a foot showing a dripping drain cover, a banner reading IT'S OUR TIME and DOWN HERE, and two red flowers with green leaves.
Drain banner and red flowers on a foot
Two vertical lines of black block lettering tattooed down the front of a person's lower legs, with the left reading YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER and the right reading BUT ILL NEVER FORGET.
Two-line quote down the shins