Lettering tattoo ideas

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Three-view photo of a full arm sleeve in neo-trad comic book style showing the Joker, Batman, and HA HA and BANG lettering on the upper arm and forearm.
Batman and Joker comic book arm sleeve
Woman wearing a white tee with a yellow sun mandala print, showing black script and fine-line tattoos on her forearm and upper arm.
Woman in sun and moon mandala tee with arm tattoos
Black linework gravestone tattoo reading DON'T TRY, with a cracked top, a flower and a leaf, in a traditional style on the upper arm.
Gravestone with Don't Try lettering
Colour tattoo of a laughing cartoon cat with three red HA letters beside it, placed on the inner upper arm.
Laughing cartoon cat on upper arm
Man's torso, neck and arms covered in black blackwork tattoos, with a honeycomb pattern of hexagons and pentagons and a dotwork gradient around the navel.
Honeycomb blackwork torso piece
Black and grey blackletter lettering reading REGRET NOTHING across the upper arm.
Regret nothing lettering on upper arm
Close-up of a black fine-line lettering tattoo reading Peace will win, Fear will lose in a typewriter-style font, with a small tattoo visible on the upper arm in the left panel.
Peace will win quote lettering on skin
Black and grey traditional style hourglass tattoo on the upper arm, with a flower at the top, a sailing ship in the upper and lower bulbs, and the words savor it on a banner.
Hourglass with ship and flower on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a dark handbag with an orange beaded handle and a red PICTURE IT banner across it, on the upper arm.
Handbag and PICTURE IT banner on upper arm
Colour tattoo of the Goonies Never Say Die lettering with black silhouettes of figures and a large creature above, on the outer upper arm.
Goonies Never Say Die lettering on upper arm
Black outline script reading blue grass, with a simple line drawing behind it, on the outer upper arm.
Blue grass script on an upper arm
Traditional style eagle tattoo with a red sun, a lettered banner and a purple flower on a person's upper arm.
Traditional eagle with banner on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a horse wearing an orange halter inside a horseshoe, with leaves and a banner reading Lil Sebastian, on the upper arm.
Horse portrait in horseshoe on upper arm
Traditional style sleeve on a man's left arm, showing a swallow, a ribbon banner and a ship, with a script tattoo partly visible on his chest.
Traditional sleeve with swallow and ship on left arm
Man seen from behind with a large black and grey realism tattoo of lions and flowing script across his upper back and shoulder.
Lion and script tattoo across a back
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an ornate birdcage with a bird inside and a swallow flying out, above a banner of text on the upper arm.
Birdcage and swallow on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a banjo wrapped in a banner reading Fire and Hail, with orange, red and teal flowers, on the upper arm.
Banjo, flowers and banner on upper arm
Man wearing a grey top with full colour traditional tattoo sleeves on both arms and lettering across the hands, including the words Fate and Always.
Full colour traditional sleeves and hands
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two clasped hands with the words YOU ARE ENOUGH above them, on the inner upper arm.
Clasped hands with 'You are enough' lettering
Upper arm tattoo of a love quote in black lettering inside an oval wreath of red, purple and blue flowers with green leaves.
Floral wreath with quote on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a skeleton-faced black cat, a red rose and blue flowers above a banner reading Siempre en mi corazon, on the upper arm.
Skeleton cat and rose banner on upper arm
Black tattoo of a cross with bold block lettering on the upper arm, shown in a bathroom photo.
Cross and block lettering on upper arm
Close-up of a small fine line black script tattoo of a short handwritten phrase on the upper arm, with a black and white striped sleeve above.
Fine line script on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Batman comic scene with BATMAN lettering and a bat symbol across the upper arm.
Batman comic scene on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a red and white lighthouse among waves and palm trees, with the words THE SEA WAS ANGRY THAT DAY beneath, on an upper arm.
Lighthouse and stormy sea on an arm
A man seen from behind in a black beanie and olive t-shirt, with black and grey tattoos on his left forearm and upper arm.
Black and grey tattoos on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman's portrait with pink jacket, pink flowers and a blue banner reading Ain't No Such Thing, on the upper arm.
Portrait with flowers and banner on upper arm
Woman in a white graphic t-shirt showing fine line lettering reading KEEP GRL PWR and Carpe Diem on her left forearm, and a coloured lotus tattoo on her right forearm.
Lettering and lotus tattoos on forearms
Black and grey traditional sleeve on a forearm and upper arm, featuring a tiger head, an eagle, a feathered chief, a snake and roses.
Black and grey traditional sleeve with tiger, eagle and
Black lettering tattoos on a forearm, including KEEP GRL PWR with a small arrow, and a script line near the wrist, shown beside a woman in a white printed t-shirt.
Lettering tattoos on a forearm and upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a cracked stone-effect cross with the Latin words Carpe Diem and Nosce Te Ipsum, placed on the upper arm.
Cracked stone cross with Latin text on upper arm
Close view of a person in ripped denim shorts showing a colourful traditional-style tattoo of a fanged creature on the stomach, with a snake and rose on the upper arm and roses and lettering on the
Traditional tattoos on torso, arm and thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a heart-shaped skateboard deck with trucks and wheels, with the script words Love affair, on the upper arm.
Heart-shaped skateboard with Love affair script
Woman in a white graphic tee with a black and grey Om mandala print, showing a black fine line arrow and lettering tattoo on one forearm and a red floral tattoo on the other arm.
Lettering and floral tattoos on forearms
Shirtless man with a realistic black and grey skull and red sunburst tattoo across his chest and stomach, with geometric linework and red and grey sleeves on both arms.
Skull and geometric full torso and sleeve tattoo
Small black Roman numeral lettering tattooed on the inner upper arm of a person in warm sunlight.
Roman numerals on an upper arm
Black lettering tattoo on the upper arm in fine line script, showing a stack of names, several struck through with lines.
Crossed-out names on upper arm
Fine line black ink geometric lettering reading AUDIO VIDEO DISCO in three rows on the upper arm.
Audio Video Disco lettering on upper arm
Black and white photo of a man in a white vest holding a kitten, with script lettering across his chest and black ornamental tattoos on his forearm.
Chest script and kitten in black and grey
Two photographs of black script lettering tattoos, one reading love is enough on the upper arm and a smaller fine line script on the forearm.
Script phrase tattoos on upper arm and forearm
Shirtless man with a black NY cap covering his face, showing traditional style roses, a heart and script lettering on his chest, abdomen and full sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Traditional roses and lettering across chest and arms
Woman in a white tee with a yellow sun graphic, showing black lettering tattoos including KEEP and GRL PWR on her forearm.
Lettering tattoos on forearm beside a sun print tee
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pale blue diamond with orange banners reading SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND, on the upper arm.
Diamond with Shine On You Crazy Diamond banners
Back view of a woman with a fine line script tattoo running down her spine and a shaded black and grey rose on her upper arm.
Script down the spine with a rose on the arm
Black fine line tattoos on a bare arm, including the lettering We can be heroes, a small sweet, a sunburst and an X, with a solid black rectangle above the sweet.
Small lettering and icon tattoos on an arm
Black outline heart tattoo on an upper arm, with fine script lettering flowing along its lower edge, shown in black and white.
Script lettering heart on upper arm
Colour tattoo on the inner upper arm of black shaded script lettering with green leaves, a large realistic red rose and a smaller rosebud.
Script lettering with roses on upper arm
Black fine line script reading alis volat propriis between two shaded wings, tattooed on the upper arm.
Script phrase with wings on upper arm