Lettering tattoo ideas

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Traditional style flash design of three cartoon characters, a vampire, a grinning skeleton and a witch, above a banner reading Three of a Kind and a red rose.
Three of a Kind witches and skeleton flash
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm of an ornate golden key with a red gem heart, a bow and crown, a dagger, and a pink ribbon reading Fight like a girl.
Jewelled key and ribbon banner on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo on the lower leg of a palm tree, red hibiscus, waves and the words Endless Holiday, with a sailing ship running down the shin, photographed on a beach.
Palm tree and ship on the lower leg
Black and white flash design of a cat in a top hat with a spade card, bow tie and cigar, flanked by roses and leaves, with the words Lie to the Liars and Steal from Thieves arced around it.
Cat in top hat with roses and slogan
Traditional colour tattoo of a skull with red-shaded eye sockets, crossed banners reading Goonies Never Say Die and a ship's wheel on an upper arm.
Skull with Goonies Never Say Die banners
Traditional-style flash design of a skull with a red rose crown, orange earrings and a FRIDA banner over red roses.
Skull with flower crown and FRIDA banner
Coloured drawing on kraft paper of a house lifted by a cluster of multicoloured balloons, with a pastel banner reading Adventure is out there, in a traditional tattoo flash style.
Balloon house with Adventure banner design
Traditional style colour tattoo of a stacked sandwich with an olive on a cocktail pick, wrapped in an orange banner reading 'We finish each others sandwiches', on the ankle.
Stacked sandwich with banner on ankle
Black and grey tattoo on a calf showing two cartoon figures, one in a dark cloak and one in a cap, inside a vine wreath with the words Ain't that just the way.
Cartoon pair and lettering on a calf
Colourful Hogwarts house crest tattoo on a forearm, with a lion, serpent, badger and eagle around a central H, a banner reading DRACO and a Latin motto, in a traditional style.
Hogwarts house crest on a forearm
Traditional-style tattoo of a blue-black raven head above a red banner reading the hardest thing in this world is to live in it, on the upper arm.
Raven and quote banner on an arm
Black line drawings in a traditional style, including a heart with a cabin and pine trees, drawn on a wooden hand mannequin.
Traditional heart, cabin and portrait flash on a wooden hand
Colour traditional tattoo on a calf of a rose over crossed baseball bats, with barbed wire above and the words Life's Swinging Hard and But I'm Swinging Harder.
Rose and crossed bats with barbed wire
Flash design of a green-tipped sonic screwdriver wrapped in three white ribbon banners reading Wibbly, Wobbly and Timey-Wimey, with a green halftone glow behind it.
Sonic screwdriver with Wibbly Wobbly banners
Colour traditional tattoo of a dark-haired cartoon man in a suit with orange clouds behind him and a Danger Zone banner, on a forearm.
Cartoon portrait with Danger Zone banner on forearm
Black and grey flash design of a dotwork-shaded rose with three arrows and the words "Love yourself so no one has to" curved around it.
Rose and arrows with "Love yourself" lettering
Traditional style colour tattoo of an orange peach with green leaves and a black banner reading JUST PEACHY, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Peach with Just Peachy banner on upper arm
White traditional-style design of clasped hands, crossed arrows and banners with lettering, printed on a black t-shirt hanging on a wall.
Clasped hands and arrows shirt design
Traditional style flash design of a woman with curled hair, two blue roses, an eyeball and a banner reading I only have eyes for you.
Pin-up woman with roses and eyeball banner
Traditional style flash drawing of a cartoon woman with dark red hair holding a red rose, with a red rose, blue leaves and a ribbon banner reading BELLE, shown without a body placement.
Belle with rose and banner flash
Colour traditional tattoo on a lower leg showing a swallow, a heart on a banner, a compass and red and purple flowers, with partial banner lettering.
Traditional swallow and compass on a lower leg
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a crown with pink and grey shading and black script lettering below it, on the upper thigh of a person in denim shorts.
Crown and script lettering on a thigh
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a blue cartoon bear wearing a bandana and holding a HUG LIFE band, placed on the ribs.
Blue cartoon bear with Hug Life belly band
Colour traditional tattoo of an open pizza box with a slice, a flame and two banners reading Can't Stop Won't Stop, with Hot-N-Fresh on the box, on the lower leg.
Pizza box and banners on a calf
Black and grey butterfly tattoo on the ankle, with wings made of banknotes, a banner reading MOR and a small heart.
Butterfly made of banknotes on an ankle
Traditional style lantern tattoo with a lettered banner and rope border on a man's forearm, resting on a bar.
Lantern and banner tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a weathered wooden cross with a ribbon banner reading To Live Is Christ in script, on the upper arm.
Wooden cross with To Live Is Christ banner
Colour traditional tattoo of a cartoon woman in glasses and a polka dot bandana flexing her arm, with banners reading I'm a strong smart sensual woman, on a calf.
Cartoon woman flexing arm with banners
Black and grey traditional flash design of a mermaid holding a palette and brush beneath a crescent moon, with a squirrel and the banner reading She's a Rose, She's a Pearl.
Mermaid painter with squirrel and banner
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a blue sewing spool and needle with banners reading MAY YOUR BOBBIN ALWAYS BE FULL, on a limb.
Blue spool with banners reading May your bobbin always be
Traditional black and grey log cabin tattoo with pine trees and smoke on the back of a hand, with the words AND GUIDE ME HOME below.
Log cabin and lettering on the back of a hand
Traditional-style flash drawing of an open envelope with a letter reading FUCK OFF, a red flower and black leaves on the left.
Envelope with red flower and FUCK OFF letter
Traditional style colour tattoo of a compass with red, green and yellow tones, flowers and leaves, and the words SHOWS US THE WAY on an arm.
Compass with SHOWS US THE WAY lettering
Traditional colour tattoo on a calf showing a UFO beaming up a figure over snowy mountains under a purple starry sky, with the words I want to believe below.
UFO over mountains with I want to believe
Traditional style flash design of two swallows over clasped hands with red roses and green laurel, shown on a round board and in a white frame beside a vintage camera.
Swallows holding hands in traditional flash style
Two legs covered in black and grey tattoos including roses, a crown and script lettering, with the thigh and calf visible.
Multiple black and grey tattoos on both legs
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a curved raptor claw with the words Clever Girl beneath it, with a teal and red flower above, on a forearm.
Raptor claw with Clever Girl lettering
Traditional colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS with orange explosions, a gear motif and banners reading We only have what we remember, on an upper arm.
TARDIS and explosions on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a stylised bird with folded wings and a banner reading PRETTY BIRD, on the upper arm.
Pretty Bird banner tattoo on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a blue inhaler with a grey banner reading Ain't easy bein' wheezy, on the calf.
Blue inhaler with banner on a calf
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a bold black crown, script lettering and a red flower with green leaves.
Crown, script and red flower on a forearm
Two bare feet with colour tattoos of scales of justice on the left foot and a sugar skull on the right, with lettering reading Tread Lightly across the tops and Heisenberg along the soles.
Scales and sugar skull on both feet
Black and grey traditional tattoos on a bare torso: a dove over a heart with a banner on the chest, and a rose with a ribbon banner on the stomach.
Dove and heart chest tattoo with rose on stomach
Close view of a hand with a colour traditional-style tattoo on the back of the hand and wrist, worn beneath a tan suit sleeve with a striped shirt cuff.
Traditional-style hand and wrist tattoo
Black and grey compass rose tattoo on a forearm, framed by the words 'Create your own path' in a curved lettering style.
Compass rose with 'Create your own path' on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a crown and anchor wrapped in rope, with the script words My King above and My Anchor below, on a person's side.
Crown and anchor with script lettering
Black line drawing flash design of a coffee mug with a Death banner above and a Before Decaf banner below, unshaded apart from a dark coffee surface.
Coffee mug with Death before Decaf banners
Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing a city skyline, a red bridge, a moon and two stars, with a quote on banners.
City skyline, red bridge and quote banners on a calf