Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink flash sheet with six traditional-style designs: a crescent moon with clouds, a rose with a banner, a dagger with a banner, a silhouette and skull, a sun with a banner, and a heart inside a
Six black ink flash designs on a sheet
Black fine line script reading Redeemed on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the palm of the hand open above it.
Redeemed script on an inner wrist
Black lettering in an infinity loop reading live the life you love, shown as a design, as temporary transfers on grass, and as a small fine script tattoo on a woman's upper back.
Infinity loop lettering reading live the life you love
Colour realism tattoo on a calf showing three film-style characters above a crystal ball and the words Harry Potter.
Harry Potter portrait tattoo on a calf
Black Devanagari-style script lettering tattoo on the outer upper arm, shown in close view with a dark sleeve at the shoulder.
Devanagari-style script on upper arm
Black script lettering reading Let it Be on the inner forearm, with sunlight glowing behind the arm.
Let it Be script lettering on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of an ornate key wrapped in a red-outlined ribbon reading ALOHOMORA, with four sparkle stars, on an upper arm.
Key and Alohomora banner on upper arm
Black and grey fine line lettering on a person's upper back reads hand wash warm water, mild soap like dry, do not machine dry, do not iron, with four laundry care symbols below.
Laundry care label text on upper back
Traditional colour tattoo of an anatomical heart with blue and red vessels and banners reading 'You are the blood in my veins' on an upper arm.
Anatomical heart with banner scroll
Colour cartoon turtle faces tattooed across the knuckles of a hand, with grey script lettering above them on the back of the hand.
Four cartoon turtles across the knuckles
Traditional tattoo on a forearm of a sailor kissing a red-haired woman inside a gold rope heart, with a black and grey ship and the word FAMIGLIA above.
Sailor kissing in a rope heart on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a feather with flock of birds lifting away from its tip and the words Take those broken wings and learn to fly, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Feather with birds rising and a quote
Traditional style tattoo of a pink and teal dagger with red hearts and a banner reading Fight Like A Girl, on a lower leg.
Dagger and banner on a calf
Black and grey script lettering with swirling flourishes running vertically along the side of the ribs.
Script lettering with flourishes on ribs
Black line drawing of the words Just Breathe in flowing handwritten script on a white background, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
Just Breathe script lettering design
Colour tattoo of the Hogwarts school crest with a lion, a snake and ribbon banners, shown on the forearm.
Hogwarts crest with banners on forearm
Black and grey flash drawing of a pizza slice with dripping cheese, hearts and an I LOVE AFFAIR banner, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
I Love Affair pizza slice flash design
Single-colour tattoo on a thigh of the words HELL IS EMPTY AND ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE, framed by swirling scrollwork in lettering and fine line style.
Quote lettering with scrollwork on a thigh
Traditional flash design of a studded cylindrical object with a teal and red centre, wrapped in a yellow and brown banner reading NEVER ENOUGH.
Never Enough banner on a studded cylinder
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pizza slice with pepperoni and dripping cheese, with the words Stay Cheesy arched above it, on a limb.
Pizza slice with Stay Cheesy lettering
Black and grey dotwork flash drawing of a howling wolf before a stippled full moon, with the words You're a werewolf and I'm a full moon and a small flower and leaves, drawn in ink on a sketchbook
Howling wolf and full moon flash
Black lettering tattoo of many words arranged in a flowing shape across a person's upper arm, with the text running down toward the elbow.
Words arranged in a flowing shape on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a red lipstick and a scalloped heart with teal flowers and a banner reading uh as if, on a forearm.
Lipstick and heart on a forearm
Two wrists showing matching black script tattoos that read To infinity and beyond, one phrase split across both inner wrists in fine line lettering.
To infinity and beyond script on wrists
Fine black script lettering reading love is patient and love is kind on the inner upper arm, with a denim sleeve above.
Love is patient, love is kind lettering on arm
Traditional style tattoo of a swallow in flight over a red heart pierced by an arrow, with the words I'll turn my back and let myself live, on a lower leg.
Swallow, heart and arrow in a traditional banner
Small fine line arrow tattoo with black stylised lettering along the shaft, coloured in red and purple, placed on the ribs.
Arrow with lettering on the ribs
Gold line drawing of a sugar skull bride with heart-shaped eyes, a crown of roses and flowers, and the word BRIDE beneath, as a flash design.
Sugar skull bride with rose crown
Black line drawing of a Dalek with a banner across its middle reading EXTERMINATE, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain background.
Dalek with Exterminate banner flash design
Pencil sketch of a pin-up woman with three bears and Just Right script in Neo-trad and lettering styles, drawn as a tattoo design.
Pin-up portrait with bears and Just Right script
Pink cartoon design of a broken heart with a gold outline and the word BESTIES across its two halves, decorated with white sparkles.
Split heart with BESTIES lettering
Colour tattoo of four women's faces arranged like a monument above pine trees, with THANK YOU above and FOR BEING A FRIEND below, on the back.
Four portraits with thank you lettering
A coloured traditional-style tattoo sleeve on an upper arm, with blue roses and a banner reading LOVE HATE, while a man in a burgundy suit holds the arm.
Blue rose and banner sleeve on upper arm
Black line drawing of a broken heart, split into two halves with the words BE FRIENDS across them, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Broken heart with BE FRIENDS lettering
Black and grey realism tattoo of a face within a rolled-up 100 dollar banknote on an upper arm, with blackletter lettering visible beside it.
Portrait face on a banknote, upper arm
Black script lettering reading Always my mother Forever my friend, looped inside an infinity symbol on a forearm, in a lettering style.
Infinity script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading She flies by her own wings on a plain white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Script quote reading She flies by her own wings
Black and grey lettering flash sheet showing SXE, XXX, Straight Edge, Poison Free and Drug Free designs in varied typefaces.
Straight edge and drug free lettering flash sheet
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Daria in a green jacket and round glasses, with an orange banner reading MISUNDERSTOOD, on skin.
Daria cartoon with Misunderstood banner
Black and white photo of a leg in bed with a grey shaded rose, flowing hair and a rose design, plus script lettering running down the side, in a botanical and lettering style.
Roses and flowing hair sleeve with script on a leg
Traditional style colour tattoo on the back of a hand showing a dagger through a red heart with a blue banner reading ROMANTIC and purple flowers.
Dagger, heart and banner on the hand
Black script lettering reading God is within her, she will not fail runs across the top and side of a foot, with a small reference at the end.
Script quote across the top of a foot
Close-up of a single-line outline heart tattoo in dark ink on skin, with the words NOT YOU inside it.
Outlined heart with NOT YOU lettering
Red and black tattoo of the cartoon character Betty Boop in a red dress, surrounded by kiss marks and stars, on a lower leg.
Betty Boop with kiss marks and stars on a calf
Black and grey flash drawing of a tattooed forearm and hand gripping a torch, with an eagle and the words Death Before Dishonor on the arm.
Hand holding a torch over a striped flag
Fine line cursive script tattoo reading within and without on skin, with a printed book page of text below.
Within and without script lettering
Black fine line giraffe tattoo on a woman's shoulder, with script lettering forming the body of the giraffe.
Giraffe outline with script lettering on shoulder
Traditional-style flash drawing of a black sleeve cuff holding bacon, with an anchor on the wrist and the words Bringing Home The Bacon around it, painted on watercolour paper.
Bringing home the bacon flash design