Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black and grey Japanese style tattoo covering a torso and upper arm, with a pagoda, an oni demon holding prayer beads, clouds and a dragon on the sleeve.
Pagoda and oni demon torso and sleeve
Black ink tattoo on a forearm with the words knitting is the saving of life in typewriter lettering around three stylised leaf or wheat motifs.
Knitting quote with leaf motif on forearm
Black fine line tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with scrolled flourishes and cursive lettering reading always, on the forearm.
Deathly Hallows and always script on forearm
Close photo of a small fine line script tattoo in black ink running across the inner forearm, with a hand and pink knit sleeve in the frame.
Fine line script tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a compass rose with a fleur-de-lis north marker and the words not all those who wander are lost, on the inner forearm.
Compass rose and quote on the inner forearm
Black linework tattoo of a geometric emblem within a circle, with a quote beneath it, on the inside of a forearm.
Geometric emblem and quote on forearm
Black fine script lettering reading Riddikulus with a small wand motif, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Riddikulus script on forearm
Black and grey tattoo of the words I love you to the moon and back in handwritten lettering, with a small crescent moon below, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
"I love you to the moon and back" lettering with moon
Black fine line script lettering reading Sorella sits on a forearm near the wrist, photographed in warm orange light.
Fine line script word on forearm
Two black lettering tattoos in a typewriter font sit on a pair of forearms, one reading Do or die you'll never make me and the other reading Because the world will never take my heart.
Two forearm quote tattoos in typewriter lettering
Fine white-ink cursive script reading breathe deep on a forearm, with a small dark script tattoo on the wrist.
Breathe deep script on forearm
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
Small black serif capital letters tattooed on the inner wrist, resting on a patterned fleece and a yellow blanket.
Small Greek capital lettering on wrist
Black script lettering reading Valar Morghulis with flourished capitals, tattooed across the inner forearm in a lettering style.
Valar Morghulis script on a forearm
Yellow lettering with a dark outline reading DON'T PANIC in bubble capitals, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Don't Panic lettering on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an eye within a triangle above the words Ladies Love Outlaws, on the forearm near the elbow.
Eye in triangle with lettering on arm
Black ink lettering tattoo of the word Always in script, with a Deathly Hallows symbol in place of the A and a feather beneath, on the forearm.
Always script with Deathly Hallows and feather
Two wrists with matching black crown tattoos, one reading One Life and the other One Love, with the hands clasped together.
Matching crown tattoos reading One Life and One Love
Two black tattoos on a forearm: a bold key silhouette reading MEMORY IS THE KEY, and a second black symbol in a blocky lettering style.
Memory is the key quote on forearm
Small fine line tattoo on the inner wrist reading Paris, with the Eiffel Tower forming the A and a solid red heart beside the word.
Paris with Eiffel Tower and red heart on wrist
Black ink Arabic script lettering tattooed across the inner forearm, photographed with the arm raised against a gallery-style room.
Arabic script on a forearm
Four people's inner wrists show matching black script tattoos reading No 1/4, No 2/4, No 3/4 and No 4/4, with a key design beside No 3/4.
Four numbered wrist tattoos, 1/4 to 4/4
Black script lettering tattoo across the back of a hand and wrist, with a small cross above it, on a woman wearing a black bikini top and denim shorts.
Script lettering tattoo on the hand and wrist
Black and white photo of fine line cursive script lettering running diagonally along a forearm, with the hand relaxed below.
Cursive script lettering on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo on the inner forearm of a hand raised against a grey tiled floor, in an angular style that appears to be Tengwar.
Elvish script tattoo on a forearm
Close view of a wrist with typewriter-style lettering reading I'm with Amanda's Bachelorette Party and a black anchor with a red rope, placed on the forearm near the wrist.
Bachelorette party anchor on a wrist
Close photo of the word COURAGE above FEAR in lettering split by a horizontal line on the wrist, with part of a leaf tattoo visible above it.
Courage and fear lettering on a wrist
Close photo of a small black fine line script lettering tattoo on the inner forearm, with a hand resting over the knee and red nail polish.
Fine script lettering on the inner forearm
A hand holding black cat-eye sunglasses, showing a small black script tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, with partly visible lettering.
Black script wrist tattoo with cat-eye sunglasses
Collage of three black and grey forearm tattoos: a lettered Carl Sagan quote, an engraved travel scene with landmarks, and the word travel in fine line script with a heartbeat line.
Travel tattoos: quote, city landmarks and script
Matching black and grey tattoos of a compass and a clock with flowers and a script banner, placed across two forearms.
Compass and clock pair on forearms
Fine line black script reading Jer 29:11, with a small purple semicolon, across the inner wrist.
Jer 29:11 script on the wrist
Two matching black and grey tattoos of a compass and pocket watch with flowers and a lettered banner, shown on a pair of forearms.
Compass and pocket watch forearm pair
Fine line script tattoo reading bind my wandering heart to thee in black ink across the inner forearm.
Script quote on the inner forearm
Close photograph of the phrase Lights will guide you home in black cursive script across the inside of a forearm.
Script quote reading Lights will guide you home
Black fine-line script tattoo reading Imperfection is beauty running along a pale forearm, photographed in black and white.
Script quote reading Imperfection is beauty
Colour script lettering reading As Lost As Alice, As Mad As a Hatter in blue, red and black ink on a forearm, with a small red heart.
As lost as Alice lettering on a forearm
Three black ink tattoos of the word sorella, in script and block lettering, on two forearms and a wrist.
Sorella word tattoos on forearms and wrist
Close view of black lettering tattooed along the side of a person's waist reading 'In the sun I feel as one', with a small black tattoo on the forearm at the top right.
Lyric line tattoo along the side of the waist
Two photos of black script lettering on a forearm reading you see all my light, and below it you accept all my dark, placed on the inner forearm.
Script quote tattoos on the forearm
Close-up of the word ALWAYS in black serif lettering on the inside of a wrist, with a thin vertical dagger-like line through the A and a small red smear beneath.
ALWAYS lettering on the wrist
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of a framed, Polaroid-style drawing of a house with a fence, with flourished script lettering below it.
Framed house drawing and script on a forearm
Fine line black script reading l'amour fou, joined to a thin continuous line running along the forearm.
L'amour fou script on a forearm
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 ink lettering tattoo on a forearm, with the words my best friend, my lover and my husband arranged around a heart outline and a script word in the centre.
Heart lettering tattoo on a forearm
Black script lettering reading 'This too shall pass' tattooed across the inner wrist in a fine line lettering style.
Script lettering reading 'This too shall pass'
Fine line black tattoo of handwritten script, a musical staff with notes and a treble clef on the inner forearm.
Script and music staff on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a forearm reading MAGIC, with a triangle, circle and vertical line symbol in place of the letter A.
MAGIC lettering with triangle symbol on a forearm