Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style colour tattoo on a calf of an oval mountain lake scene with a campfire, tent and pine trees, with the words Adventure Awaits arcing above.
Campfire and mountain lake scene on a calf
Two hands with black block lettering across the fingers reading HOPELESS ROMANTIC, with small outlined hearts, a lettering style tattoo on the fingers.
Hopeless romantic finger lettering with hearts
Black and white photo of two hands with traditional-style finger tattoos of block letters, an umbrella, a rain cloud, a crescent moon and a star.
Finger lettering with umbrella, cloud, moon and star
Black fine line script reading que sera sera across the inside of a wrist, with red nail polish on the hand above.
Que sera sera script on a wrist
Two matching black and grey shoulder tattoos of three birds on a branch, with script reading Where you go, I'll go and Where you stay, I'll stay.
Matching bird and script shoulder tattoos
Black and grey photo of a fine line script tattoo on the inner forearm, reading what appears to be as it goes, with a small dot above the letters.
Fine line script lettering on a forearm
Hand-drawn black ink alphabet sheet showing capital letters A to Z, each with diamond shading inside the letterforms, on a white background.
Hand-drawn alphabet lettering sheet
Close-up of a fine line cursive script tattoo running down the outer thigh of a person in a loose white top and shorts.
Fine line script tattoo on a thigh
Black script lettering reading One day at a time, tattooed along the side of a person's ribs.
One day at a time script on the ribs
Black line drawing of two fists with the words BOOB and MILK lettered across the knuckles, printed on a grey t-shirt.
Knuckle fists design on a grey t-shirt
Black and grey wolf tattoo with smoke across a woman's stomach, with a floral tattoo on the thigh and black lace underwear.
Wolf tattoo across the stomach
Black looping script lettering tattoo running down the forearm, drawn in thin, flowing cursive strokes.
Looping script lettering on a forearm
Black ink pen drawing of the Ravenclaw crest, showing an eagle over a shield with scrolling foliage and a banner reading Ravenclaw.
Ravenclaw crest pen drawing
Black and grey tattoo of a scallop shell with a solid black pilgrim silhouette holding a staff, with Camino de Santiago lettering and the year 2013, on a calf.
Camino de Santiago scallop shell on calf
Full colour Neo-trad style sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a Maleficent figure with green and purple tones and a princess figure above, with partial lettering at the wrist.
Disney character sleeve on an arm
Black marker drawing of the state of Texas with the words Hey Y'all set inside it as stacked block lettering, shown as a design on cream paper.
Hey Y'all lettering within a Texas outline
Close view of a man's neck with black and grey script and a winged design, and his hands with traditional-style tattoos including a red-ribbed tiger and a rose, and knuckle lettering.
Neck script, wing and hand tattoos
Small black fine line arrow tattoo with the years 1966-1998 and a script word beneath it, placed on the side of a person's ribs.
Arrow with dates and script on the ribs
Flash sheet of black cat silhouette designs on a white background, including two cats with tails forming a heart and the words Cat love.
Black cat silhouette flash sheet
Traditional style colour tattoo of a snail with a skull-shaped shell and the words Death Comes Ripping around it, on a limb.
Skull-shell snail with Death Comes Ripping
Black script lettering reading I will make better mistakes tomorrow, in a fine line style, across the outer forearm of a person in a red plaid shirt.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a teal top hat with a purple band and ribbon above a black spade shape filled with the lettering 'We're all mad here', shown in a lettering style on skin.
Mad Hatter top hat above a lettered spade
Black outline tattoo of a cartoon man in a cap, sunglasses and chain holding a camera, with EASY MONEY lettering, on the thigh in a traditional style.
Cartoon man with camera and Easy Money lettering
Black ink lettering in a blocky hand style across the palm, with a small mark on the inner wrist, in a black and white photo.
Black ink lettering across a palm
Black ink mandala tattoo with layered petals and fine geometric detail on the upper arm near the elbow.
Mandala tattoo on the upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a pocket watch with gears and a banner reading Everything is borrowed, on the forearm.
Pocket watch and banner on a forearm
Black script lettering tattooed in several lines along a woman's side and ribs, with her hand resting on her arm and skin glistening with water.
Cursive script lines along the ribs
Black handwritten brush lettering reading every moment matters on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
Every moment matters lettering design
Bold traditional flash drawing of a woman with a cross, FAITH and HOPE lettering, a spider web and an anchor on her face and neck, shown as a painted wooden cutout.
Traditional pin-up flash with face and neck tattoos
Black and grey linework tattoo of a hand gripping a tattoo machine and marking a small arrow, placed on the upper back.
Hand holding a tattoo machine on the back
Traditional style heart tattoo with a white DONE banner and dark leaves on the forearm, in red, orange and black ink.
Traditional heart with DONE banner on forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading ; my story isn't over in a simple lowercase sans serif on the side of a foot.
Semicolon quote on the side of a foot
Fresh black script reading Miami, drawn as a heartbeat line across the upper back and covered with clear plastic wrap.
Miami script in a heartbeat line on the back
Two people seen from behind with matching shoulder tattoos: a knotwork crescent moon in grey and blue on the left, and a pink-shaded celtic knot medallion on the right, each with lettering around it.
Crescent moon and celtic knot tattoos on shoulders
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a sun over mountains and a lake, with handwritten lettering arranged around the design.
Mountain and sun quote on forearm
Fine line black script reading free with a small bird in flight on the inner forearm, shown against a pale background.
Free script with a bird on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading "Wild hearts can't be tamed" with decorative swirls, placed on the calf.
Wild hearts can't be tamed lettering on a leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a mask with ornate script lettering above and a revolver below, on a limb.
Mask, script lettering and revolver tattoo
Colour traditional tattoo of cartoon character Milhouse standing on a red heart with a banner of lettering above, on the upper arm.
Milhouse on a heart with banner on upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo reading still i rise, with a shaded flower and leaves at the end of a thin stem, on a patch of skin.
Still I rise script with a flower
Fine line black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows triangle symbol on the inner forearm, with cursive script partly hidden by a striped sleeve.
Deathly Hallows symbol on a forearm
Black and grey flash design of four flying silhouettes above the words Never Grow Up in thin serif lettering.
Flying silhouettes with Never Grow Up
Black lettering tattoo reading don't panic on the inner forearm, with a blurred metro carriage and passenger in the background.
Don't panic lettering on inner forearm
Two traditional style colour tattoos on the inner wrists and forearms, one showing a glue bottle with a CONSTRUCT banner and one showing scissors with a CREATE banner, both with blue and red flowers.
Glue bottle and scissors wrist tattoos
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoos with rope and script lettering on both thighs, worn above striped over-knee socks.
Matching anchor tattoos with quotes on thighs
Flash sheet in a spiral notebook with black and red dotwork designs of a goblet, radio, crown, Deathly Hallows symbol, tombstone, eye, lighter and the words Avada Kedavra.
Harry Potter Deathly Hallows flash sheet
Neo-traditional style colour tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a green tail on a forearm, with the words NEVER LOSE YOUR VOICE in black lettering above and below.
Mermaid and lettering on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoos of cats with ornamental scrollwork and a tower on two forearms, with script lettering above the wrists.
Cats, scrollwork and tower on two forearms