Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading Never a victim, forever a fighter across the lower back above the waistband of blue jeans.
Script quote across the lower back
Traditional style tattoo design showing a blue gem, a red bomb with a lit fuse and green leaves and vines, with banners reading Sirens who slay together and Stay together, shown on a navy phone case.
Sirens who slay together tattoo design on phone case
Black and grey fine line forearm tattoo of a compass rose, a sailing ship and an ornate cartouche with lettering, with a small globe near the wrist.
Compass rose, ship and cartouche on a forearm
Black and grey botanical wreath with the words MY BODY MY RULES tattooed on the outer thigh.
Floral wreath with lettering on thigh
Fine line black script tattoo of four linked hearts with names on a person's upper back, placed down the centre of the spine.
Four linked hearts with script names on upper back
Five metallic gold and black temporary tattoo sheets on a white background, showing butterflies, wings, chains, lettering, arrows, feathers and geometric shapes.
Metallic temporary tattoo design sheets
Black linework tattoo of a skull with a radish sprouting from its head and the word VEGAN beneath it, on the calf.
Skull and radish on a calf
Black and grey photograph of two wrists, each with a lettering tattoo: Life's too SHORT to worry on the left and Life's too LONG to wait on the right.
Matching quote tattoos on two wrists
Traditional style tattoo of a woman with yellow flowers in her dark hair and an orange top, with the word divine written below, on the ankle.
Woman portrait with flowers and the word divine
Fine black cursive script reading one day at a time tattooed across the inner wrist, with light blue painted nails visible at the top of the frame.
Script quote tattoo on an inner wrist
Black script lettering reading Wild Child on a white background, with a leafy sprig beneath the words, in a design suited to a tattoo.
Wild Child script lettering with leafy sprig
Close-up of a small black fine line Roman numeral tattoo on the upper chest, partly visible above a white collar and black leather jacket.
Roman numerals on the upper chest
Black hand-lettered script reading breathe, shown as a large design on white, a temporary transfer on grass, and a small fine line version on the chest.
Breathe script word tattoo
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading immeasurably more across the inner forearm, on a light skin tone.
Immeasurably more script on a forearm
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing an anchor, clasped hands, crossed arrows, a rope, flowers, an envelope and banners with lettering.
Traditional flash sheet with anchor, hands and banners
Black and grey realism feather tattoo with flying birds and Beautiful Disaster script lettering on the side of the ribs.
Feather and birds with lettering on ribs
Black script lettering in Turkish over pink and blue watercolour splashes on the side of a ribcage, with a teal strap visible above.
Script lettering over watercolour splashes on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye with long lashes and a large letter N, with the words Never Look Back running down the side, on a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Realistic eye and compass on upper back
Small purple tulip tattoo with a yellow-green leaf and fine line script running beside the stem, on the side of the ribs.
Purple tulip with script on the ribs
Two matching realistic colour tattoos of tabby cat faces with purple and teal banners and scrollwork, shown side by side on the legs.
Matching cat portraits with name banners
Black linework tattoo on a forearm showing a planchette with a moon, a hand resting on it, and the words YES and GOODBYE.
Ouija planchette and moon on a forearm
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo on a forearm, with two banners reading SINK OR SWIM and leaf shapes above a ring at the top of the shaft.
Anchor with Sink or Swim banners on a forearm
Realism and abstract blend tattoo on a man's chest and shoulder, showing a black raven on thistle stems with a flying bird, red and grey bands and Latin lettering.
Raven and thistle across chest and shoulder
Black line drawing flash design of a rose and a stitched heart wrapped in a thorned vine, with the words Please stay forever with me.
Rose and stitched heart with lettering design
Black script lettering reading Enough on a area of skin, with fine linework and a soft, slightly blurred background.
Enough in black script lettering
Two clenched fists show the word SELFMADE tattooed in dark letters across the knuckles, in a lettering style with teal shading on the hands.
SELFMADE lettering across knuckles
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a thigh showing a cartoon woman in a red polka dot bandana and glasses, flexing one arm in front of an orange sun, with a red rose below and a quote in black
Cartoon flexing woman and rose on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch, two roses and the script Tempus fugit across the upper back.
Pocket watch and roses with Tempus fugit
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a snow globe with an aurora sky, pine trees and snowflakes on an upper arm, with the word Dreamer beside it.
Snow globe with aurora and the word Dreamer
Small black serif lettering reading No matter who you are, always be the good one, with a small red heart below it, on a forearm.
Quote and red heart on a forearm
Traditional-style sugar skull tattoo with a pompadour hairstyle, a cigarette and red flowers on an upper arm, with the words Rockin N Rollin and N What Not.
Sugar skull with pompadour on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the words Follow Your Heart above a compass rose on a person's upper back.
Follow your heart and compass on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of an armoured warrior with a spear beneath a double-headed eagle, with red accents and the word Illyria, on an upper arm.
Armoured warrior and double-headed eagle on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of a woman's back, shown from behind with her hair up.
Vertical lettering down the spine
Painted flash design of a raised animal paw with tan fur, dark toe beans and a dark pad patch, above a red ribbon banner reading HIGH FOUR.
Raised paw with HIGH FOUR banner
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a tree above the script words i climbed the tree to see the world, on the inner forearm.
Tree and quote on a forearm
Hand holding a colourful flash drawing of a rainbow, hearts, a lollipop, stars, flowers and a cloud, with the words Sugar, spice and everything nice in bold lettering.
Sugar, spice and everything nice flash design
Close photo of a tattoo on the upper arm showing a black Batman bat symbol that fades into red handwritten HAHA laughter lettering.
Batman logo fading into Joker laughter
Two script lettering tattoos with small orange sun designs, one reading You are my sunshine on the upper back and one reading My only sunshine on the upper arm.
Matching sun and sunshine lyric tattoos
Fine line script tattoo reading Amor vincit omnia in reddish ink across the upper back, just below the neckline.
Amor vincit omnia script on upper back
Two stacked photos of a fine line tattoo on a shoulder, showing script quotes above an infinity symbol woven through a red outlined heart.
Infinity heart with quote script on shoulder
Small black and grey fine line tattoos on the fingers of a hand with bright green nail polish, including a skull on the ring finger and short lettering on the middle finger.
Small skull and lettering on fingers
Black ink flash design of the words love her but leave her wild in script lettering inside a circular wreath of hatched leaves, with no body placement shown.
Love her but leave her wild lettering in a leaf wreath
Fine line black script reading let it be, swept up by a wave curve, on the ankle and foot of a bare foot standing on a wooden boardwalk.
Let it be script with wave on an ankle
Two arms flexed toward the camera, each with a colour pizza slice tattoo with pepperoni and HOME-SLICE lettering in traditional style, with roses and banners on the upper arm.
Matching pizza slice tattoos on two forearms
Black ink script lettering reading Faith with looping flourishes on the side of a hip, with a pink top in the frame.
Faith script lettering on the side of the hip
Black and grey fine line tattoo of three arrows wrapping around the forearm as a band, with cursive lettering partly visible above.
Arrow band around a forearm
Traditional style flash design of a black kraken with yellow eyes wrapping around a sailing ship, with a red sun and banners reading Kraken's Revenge on a starred cream background.
Kraken's Revenge sailing ship design