Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black lettering tattoo reading DOBRZE on the back of a lower leg, shown from behind beneath a blue skirt and white sneakers.
Small word tattoo on the back of a calf
Traditional-style flash drawing of a dagger with a chain link hilt, wrapped in banners reading BLOOD, SWEAT and GEARS, with a gear at the tip and a CYCLOLOGY banner below.
Dagger wrapped in ribbons with gears and chain
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined heart pierced by an arrow, with script reading your name here and three crosses, on a forearm.
Heart and arrow with script on a forearm
Traditional-style colour tattoo on a calf showing a stormtrooper helmet, a grey Death Star, a pink galaxy, green leaves and banners reading We're all fine here now and Thank you, how are you.
Stormtrooper, Death Star and banners on a calf
Fine line black script tattoo reading semper ad meliora on the inner upper arm of a woman with long hair, lifted arm, gold bracelets.
Semper ad meliora script on upper arm
Black and grey scythe tattoo curving above and behind a person's ear, with small lettering on the ear and silver hoop earrings.
Scythe tattoo behind the ear
Colour tattoo of a cartoon girl with round glasses holding knitting needles and a blue yarn ball, with KNITTING and NERD lettering, on a forearm.
Knitting nerd cartoon on a forearm
Black fine line lettering tattoo on the inner forearm, with the words live the life you love arranged in an infinity symbol.
Infinity quote lettering on a forearm
Black lettering reading Croi de Leon runs vertically down the upper back of a woman in a black top, with a small knot symbol beneath, in a lettering style.
Vertical lettering on upper back
Fine black script reading Trust your struggle on the inner upper arm of a woman wearing black lace underwear.
Script quote tattoo on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a sitting cat silhouette filled with a swirling Starry Night style sky, on the outer upper thigh.
Cat silhouette in Starry Night sky on thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo on the thigh showing a skull with a dagger behind it and a pink banner reading DEATH BEFORE DECAF, with green leaves at the sides.
Skull and dagger banner on thigh
Traditional tattoo of a red and black striped lighthouse with a banner reading But Always a Guiding Light, set on the forearm.
Lighthouse with banner on a forearm
Two forearms side by side with matching tattoos of a red circle, green triangle, orange square and black square, with the words In spite of everything, plus a zodiac symbol on the left arm.
Matching forearm tattoos with shapes and a quote
Large back tattoo in black and grey with red accents, showing lips holding a cigarette, a hand, and German lettering across the back.
Back piece with lips, hand and German lettering
Black and grey photo of the word JOY in small serif capitals tattooed on the upper arm, just below a grey t-shirt sleeve.
Small serif JOY on an upper arm
Round badge showing a red traditional-style swallow holding a banner that reads MOTHER, above a red flower with green leaves.
Swallow and MOTHER banner design
Traditional-style tattoo design of a dark heart with a ROTTEN banner, a crossed baseball bat, purple and teal roses and lips, shown on a grey textured poster background with no body placement.
Heart tattoo design with bat and roses
Black lettering tattoo on the upper back reading I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok, with a small axe illustration between the lines.
Lumberjack quote tattoo on upper back
Black fine-line script reading I am with a small crown beside it, tattooed on the inner wrist of a light-skinned forearm.
Script I am and small crown on a wrist
Traditional flash design of a red rose and a blue rose above a banner reading there's no place like home, with red shoes and a star, shown on a plain background with no body placement.
Roses and ruby slippers banner flash
Coloured flash drawing of two stylised pink and yellow mushrooms with dripping lines and two banners reading feed your head, shown on a tan background with no body placement.
Two mushrooms with feed your head banners
Pencil flash sheet titled TREE WORLD showing whimsical treehouses, a mushroom house and small flying insects, drawn in black and grey with light blue accents.
Tree world flash sheet with treehouses
Two matching black script tattoos on a forearm reading I heart him and I heart her, each with a shaded heart, in black and grey ink.
I heart him and I heart her forearm script
Close-up of the inner forearm with small black sans-serif capital lettering reading LOVE YOURSELF SO NO ONE HAS TO, with a small crescent moon tattoo visible on the hand.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a small black Roman numeral tattoo reading VIII, XXV, LIV in a serif lettering style on the inner upper arm of a woman in a dark knitted jumper.
Roman numerals on an upper arm
Black distressed typewriter-style lowercase alphabet with punctuation on a white background, shown as a flash sheet of lettering designs.
Distressed typewriter alphabet sheet
Colour traditional tattoo on an upper arm of a woman in glasses and a dark robe with a lace collar, framed by a laurel wreath and a banner reading SUPREME.
Portrait with laurel wreath on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of the word warrior, with a semicolon in place of the i, above a thin arrow, on pale skin at the forearm.
Warrior lettering with arrow on forearm
Black Hebrew script tattoo running along a forearm, set against a plain indoor background with blinds and a sofa.
Hebrew script on a forearm
Fine line tattoo design of four birds in flight above the script lettering life is a beautiful struggle, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Four birds above a script quote
Traditional style tattoo on the back of a hand showing a grey umbrella with yellow lightning bolts and blue raindrops, inside a circle of black lettering that reads you are the smell before the rain.
Umbrella and lightning with quote on the hand
Colour back tattoo of a pink lotus between blue crescent moons with dangling beads, seen on a woman facing away from the camera, with grey arm tattoos visible.
Lotus and crescent moons on a back
Close photo of black hand-lettered Bad Wolf tattoo on the upper chest near the collarbone, in a Lettering style.
Bad Wolf lettering on the collarbone
Two fine line black lettering tattoos on the inner forearms, one reading Be Kind to yourself inside a flower wreath and one reading You are loved in a small heart outline.
Be Kind and You Are Loved wrist tattoos
Black and grey sunflower tattoo on a shoulder, with the script words you are my sunshine running across the upper chest to the right.
Sunflower and script quote on shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of a vertical arrow with stylised lettering reading May the odds be ever in your favor, on the inside of a forearm.
Arrow and lettering quote on a forearm
Black lettering reading Slice of Life with red splatter marks, a lettering tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm.
Slice of Life lettering with red splatter on wrist
Two drawn sugar skulls, one wearing a top hat and one with roses and a veil, above the words till and death, in a traditional flash design.
Twin sugar skulls with 'till death' lettering
Pencil sketch of the words One and Only in flowing script lettering on white paper, lying on a wooden surface beside a pencil.
One and Only script lettering sketch
Traditional-style flash design of a man in profile holding a small vial, with red roses, a gas mask and two banners with lettering.
Man in profile with roses and banner flash
Realism style tattoo of a shaded Ball Mason jar with dark green leaves and a blank ribbon banner, on the calf.
Mason jar with leaves on a calf
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading Radiant as the sun, photographed on skin against a pale background.
Script quote reading Radiant as the sun
Hand-drawn black pen tattoo design of an anchor with the words Refuse to Sink and swirls on lined notebook paper.
Refuse to sink anchor design
Small black lettering tattoo running vertically along a forearm, with a woven cord bracelet and gold bangle at the wrist.
Small rotated word on a forearm
Black traditional-style tattoos on an upper arm, with a block-lettered quote reading NO BULLSHIT DO REAL HAVE PASSION STAY THIRSTY, an anatomical heart, a sunburst and a banner.
Quote, anatomical heart and banner on upper arm
Woman seen from behind with a fine line script lettering tattoo running down her spine, in grey-black ink, above an open lace wedding dress.
French script quote down the spine
Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm, with a quote set in a circle around a central blackletter-style monogram.
Circular quote tattoo with monogram on upper arm