Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black outline tattoo of a cartoon character with raised arms and an open mouth, with the words I AM THE LIZARD QUEEN below it, on a person's calf above a white sock.
Cartoon character with quote on calf
Traditional style flash sheet showing a black heart with a pink rose and teal leaves, beside two black and gold hearts with a YOU SUCK banner and arrows, with no body placement shown.
Rose heart and banner hearts flash sheet
Colour tattoo of red tulips and green leaves on a calf, with a lettered quote wound along a ribbon-like vine in a realistic style.
Tulips and lettering tattoo on a calf
Fine line black script lettering arranged in a heart shape on skin, with a bright light glare across the upper part of the design.
Script lettering heart tattoo
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo on a person's side ribs, above the waistband of light denim shorts.
Fine line script on the side ribs
Black script lettering reading 'What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger' across the outer thigh, shown in a black and white photo.
Script quote on a thigh
Black line drawing of a hand-lettered quote reading "But I crumble completely when you cry." in a lettering style, with broken, crumbling letterforms, on a white background.
Hand-lettered quote in black line
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of the Jurassic Park logo with a dinosaur silhouette on the upper arm, with a red and green rose tattoo above it.
Jurassic Park logo tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo across a full back showing a bearded winged figure holding a staff above a muscular horned figure, with lettering along the top.
Winged figure and horned figure across a back
Traditional-style flash design on a wooden board showing a smiling sloth above a banner reading DON'T HURRY BE HAPPY, framed by colourful flowers and leaves.
Sloth with banner flash design
White line drawings on a black background of traditional tattoo flash, including a skull with a dagger, a horseshoe, an anvil, roses, an envelope reading I HATE YOU and a spider web.
Traditional flash sheet with skull, dagger and horseshoe
Black script tattoo reading sky's the limit, with a thin cloud outline trailing from the final word, on a person's side above the waistband of denim.
Sky's the limit script with cloud
Black and grey script reading Lady on a forearm and fine lettering across the fingers and back of a hand, with a navy hoodie in the background.
Script lady on forearm and lettered hand
Black and grey double-headed eagle tattoo on a woman's upper back, with handwritten script lettering to its right, shown in a close-up below.
Double-headed eagle on upper back
Traditional-style tattoo on an upper thigh showing a dagger over a banner reading Fear Cuts Deeper Than Swords, flanked by blue roses and dark leaves.
Dagger, banner and roses on a thigh
Two matching blue outline animal tattoos on the tops of both feet, each with the word Expecto or Patronum in black lettering beneath.
Expecto Patronum foot tattoos
Black and grey line drawing of a skeletal hand raising a gavel above cannabis leaves and small flowers, with the word LIBRA and the caption justice: just us beneath, shown as a tattoo design rather
Skeletal hand holding a gavel with cannabis leaves
Black lettering reading courage on the side of a finger, with red painted nails and a blurred yellow background.
Courage lettering on a finger
Black script lettering tattoo running down the outer thigh of a person lying on white bedding in a red top.
Script tattoo on a thigh
Black line drawing of a yarn ball with two knitting needles and a heart, with banners reading MY SOUL IS FED WITH NEEDLE AND THREAD, drawn as a tattoo flash design.
Yarn ball and needles with banner lettering
Black and grey fine line lettering arranged inside a heart outline on the inner wrist of a hand resting on a dark wooden surface.
Lettering in a heart on the inner wrist
Black linework traditional flash sheet showing a perfume bottle, a potted plant with a banner, a sundae, a hand holding lipstick, a pin-up, cherries and a knife with banners.
Traditional flash sheet with pin-up and cherries
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a crowned lion above a lamb, with Romans 1:16 script lettering across the lower back.
Crowned lion and lamb on back
White ink tattoo reading "We're all mad here" in decorative capitals across an arm, with a patterned fabric sleeve visible at the left.
"We're all mad here" lettering on an arm
Black ornamental lettering design with sweeping flourishes on a white background, in a lettering style with no body placement shown.
Ornate black lettering with flourishes
Black and white photo of the words All monsters are human in a typewriter-style font tattooed on the inner forearm, with a checked shirt sleeve rolled up above it.
All monsters are human lettering on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a golden potion bottle with a cork stopper, purple ribbons, a Lucky banner and a Felix Felicis tag, on the calf, over a pink stippled cloud.
Potion bottle with Lucky banner on a calf
Black script reading Love me for who i am with two butterflies near the shoulder, in a fine line lettering style.
Butterflies and script on a shoulder
Black and grey flowing script lettering arranged in the shape of a cross, drawn on pale paper as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Script lettering arranged as a cross
Close crop of a woman in a red dress holding a white cat skeleton, with dark tattoos on her forearms and a flower design on the back of her hand.
Tattooed forearms holding a cat skeleton
Black flowing script reading Ohana with two small hibiscus flowers beneath the letters, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Ohana script with hibiscus flowers
Pencil sketch of the Batman bat symbol with the word BATMAN in block lettering, shaded with hatching and cracked details, shown as a design with no body placement.
Batman logo pencil sketch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in an oval frame with a large rose and script lettering across the upper arm and shoulder.
Portrait and rose on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo on the thigh showing a buck symbol inside an outlined heart, with a quote about ducks, trucks and buck beneath it.
Buck heart and quote on a thigh
Small black outline tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope with the words Hebrews 6:19 beneath it, on the inner wrist.
Anchor with rope and text on a wrist
Tattoo on skin of a framed cartoon scene with pink-clad figures above black Latin lettering reading Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
Latin lettering below a framed cartoon scene
Fine line black script tattoo reading heaven has taken my hero across the upper back, just below the neck, with hair in a bun above it.
Script quote across upper back
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back showing a grey spaceship, a pink, green and yellow spiral, pink flowers and the words I AIM TO MISBEHAVE.
Spaceship and spiral on upper back
Black line lettering design stacking the letters A, an ampersand, C and E vertically on a white background, in a bold lettering style with no body placement shown.
Stacked A, ampersand, C and E lettering design
Colour realism tattoo of pink lilies, a tulip bud and two butterflies across the top of a foot, with script lettering beside them.
Pink lilies and butterflies on a foot
Fine line black script reading we're all mad here on a forearm, with green palm fronds behind the arm.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering with two shaded roses and leaves running down the side of a ribcage.
Script lettering with roses on ribs
Colour tattoo on a calf of a heart framing a tornado above a farmhouse, green Emerald City spires and red sparkly shoes on a yellow brick road, with the words There's no place like Home.
Ruby slippers and tornado in a heart on a calf
Black linework flash sheet showing the word Sprinkles set in many lettering styles, including Dutch serif, script, curved and hand-drawn forms.
Sprinkles lettering variations on a flash sheet
Black ink tattoo of a mathematical equation with a cube root, set in a fine, handwritten style on the lower back, with white lace fabric above it.
Algebraic equation tattoo on skin
Black and grey rabbit mask tattoo with red hand-lettered quote and red splatter marks on an upper arm, shown in a realism and lettering style.
Rabbit mask and red lettering on upper arm
Heavily tattooed forearms crossed over a white t-shirt, with a Japanese-style koi fish and red flowers on one forearm and a traditional skull and crossbones on the upper arm.
Koi fish and skull tattoos on crossed arms
Traditional colour tattoo of a gramophone with green leaves on a calf, set against a grey dotwork background with the word HARDCORE.
Gramophone and leaves with HARDCORE lettering on a calf