Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black line drawing of a sword wrapped in ribbon banners reading 'All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us', with a shield, ring, rose and landscape vignette.
Sword and quote banners line design
Hand-drawn black ink lettering design reading NO DAY BUT TODAY with FORGET REGRET between arrows, shown on pale paper.
No day but today lettering design
Black and grey realism eagle head tattooed on the back of a hand, with the word SOUL in block lettering across the knuckles and fingers.
Eagle portrait on the back of a hand
Black and white photo of script lettering reading Try walking in my shoes on the back of a calf, with the wearer in black high heels.
Try walking in my shoes script on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm, with bold block letters made from a dollar bill and a portrait in the centre.
Dollar bill lettering on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a pepperoni and olive pizza slice with PIZZA TIME lettering and drips on a calf, with the printed design shown beside it.
Pizza slice with PIZZA TIME lettering on a calf
Fine line black tattoo on a forearm reading Until the very end with three small stars, leading to a Deathly Hallows symbol with ornate scrollwork.
Until the very end script and Deathly Hallows symbol
Black script lettering reading Veni Vidi Vici on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design in a fine line lettering style.
Veni Vidi Vici in script lettering
Full back tattoo in orange, purple and grey showing a Clemson University tiger paw, the words CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, the date 1889, a clock tower, a football player and a lying tiger, on the back.
Clemson University tiger full back piece
Black and grey traditional sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing skulls, roses, a clock, a microphone and banners with lettering.
Skull, rose and banner sleeve on an arm
Fine line black tattoo of a paper plane beside the cursive word Wanderlust, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Paper plane and Wanderlust script on upper back
Black and grey traditional nautical designs, including a ship, star, compass and lighthouse, shown as flash sheets and temporary tattoos on a thigh.
Nautical temporary tattoo designs on a thigh
Black fine line script lettering tattoo on a wrist, partly covered by a dark leather wrap bracelet with a gold clasp.
Script quote tattoo on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a postmark stamp reading New York NY 9 DEC 1994 beside wavy cancellation lines on the side of the ribs.
Postmark stamp on the ribs
Close-up of the Italian phrase la pura verità in fine black serif lettering on skin at the side of the neck.
Italian phrase la pura verità in black serif
Black fine line script tattoo reading c'est la vie across the back of a hand, shown in a close photograph.
Script phrase c'est la vie on a hand
Two open palms show small black lettering tattoos on the wrists, one reading Better Halves and the other Best Friends, with wedding rings on both hands.
Matching lettering tattoos on two wrists
Full colour traditional tattoo of a gold anchor with chain, a silver USN lettering and a naval emblem over an American flag on the upper arm.
US Navy anchor over American flag
Black script lettering tattoo reading a quote about dancing and music, placed along the ribs on a bare torso.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Traditional coloured tattoo of a raptor head with the words Clever Girl beneath it, on the forearm.
Raptor head with Clever Girl lettering
Black and white photo of an infinity symbol tattoo on the inner wrist, with the words live the life you love set in script and block lettering.
Infinity symbol with live the life you love lettering
Black script lettering tattoo on the upper arm reading 'our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean'.
Quote about a wave and the ocean on the upper arm
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a bird on a branch, with a ribbon banner spiralling down the forearm bearing a quote.
Bird and quote banner on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo on a forearm reading got a dream, got a spark, got somewhere to be.
Small lettering quote on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a crowned creature sailing a boat under a crescent moon and stars, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Crowned creature in a sailboat on the upper back
Black and grey tattoos on a forearm sleeve with botanical and geometric motifs, plus script on the wrist and small lettering on the fingers.
Forearm sleeve with wrist script and finger lettering
Fine line black script tattoo running down the spine of a woman seated at a bar, photographed from behind.
Script quote running down the spine
Black typewriter-style lettering reading find what you love and let it kill you, tattooed across the inner forearm.
Typewriter quote tattoo on a forearm
Pencil sketch of the words Fresh and Foolish in flowing script lettering with an ampersand, drawn on white paper resting on a wooden table.
Fresh and Foolish script lettering sketch
Colour tattoo on a limb showing two dark silhouetted figures against a rainbow and orange sunset inside an outline shape, with an ALLONS-Y banner below.
Two silhouettes, rainbow and sunset with banner
Traditional style flash drawing of a sonic screwdriver wrapped in banners that read 'The Doctor will see you now', in grey, gold, blue and purple on a black background.
Sonic screwdriver with 'The Doctor will see you now' banner
Black script lettering reading Let go, or be dragged across the inner wrist, in a lettering style on the forearm.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Torso selfie showing black script lettering along the left ribs and a colourful floral tattoo on the upper arm, in workout clothes.
Script on ribs with floral arm tattoo
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a dotted inner ring and blackletter lettering along the lower edge, on a person's back.
Compass rose with blackletter lettering
Colour tattoo of a teal trailer and pink flamingos with the words trailer trash for life and proud of it, on the side of the torso.
Teal trailer and flamingos with slogan on side
Colour realism tattoo of a shark, jellyfish, sea turtle and coral on the side of the ribs, with a quote in lettering above.
Underwater scene with sea turtle and jellyfish on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a nail cross wrapped in wire, with the script words Only The Strong Survive, on the upper back.
Nail cross with Only The Strong Survive script
Colour traditional tattoo on a limb of a cartoon figure with a bare belly beside a red rose, under the slogan MY BODY MY RULES.
Cartoon character and rose with slogan
Close photo of a black serif lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading 'It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.'
Quote tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage rangefinder camera with the words the way I see the world in script beside it, on a forearm.
Vintage camera with quote on forearm
Black and grey realistic bee tattoo with shaded wings and the words 'You're the bee's knees but so am I' above and below it, on a calf.
Bee with pun lettering on a calf
Black fine-line eight-point star beside cursive lettering reading let it go on the inner forearm, photographed outdoors against a blurred green background.
Star and script lettering on the forearm
Cartoon cracker character with legs and the words I'M GONNA CRUMB repeated above it, a tattoo on the side of the torso.
Cartoon cracker with I'm gonna crumb lettering
Black hand-lettered text reading WHATEVER YOU DO in three lines on the inner upper arm, against a pink background.
Whatever you do lettering on an upper arm
Close-up of the words avada kedavra tattooed in dark blue lettering along an extended index finger, in a lettering style.
Avada kedavra lettering on a finger
Black script lettering reading strength lies in nights of peaceful slumber over an orange and pink watercolour splash on a forearm.
Script quote with watercolour splash on a forearm
Black line drawing of a bold, graffiti-style word with a rising sun, clouds, flowers, feathers and a bird, designed as a lettering piece for a tattoo.
Bubble lettering with sun, clouds and flowers
Traditional style tattoo of a blue and red sneaker with trailing laces and sparkles on the thigh, with the words Zig A Zig Ahhh written beneath.
Sneaker with Zig A Zig Ahhh lettering