Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black and grey portrait tattoo of a man's face with lettering below it, on the inside of a forearm.
Portrait and quote on a forearm
Close photo of a small black block-lettered word tattooed on the inner wrist of a forearm, with a printed page below.
Small block lettering on the inner wrist
Small black script lettering tattoo on the inner forearm of a woman in an ombre linen top and long necklace.
Script tattoo on inner forearm
Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box shaded in a realistic style on a forearm, with black script and a black line drawing above it.
TARDIS police box on a forearm
Black and grey realism skull and lotus tattoo across a woman's back, with arms raised and sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Skull and lotus back tattoo with sleeves
Black lettering tattoo of three lines of uppercase text on a forearm, set against a dark background.
Lyric quote on a forearm
Man photographed from behind with a large eagle tattoo across his upper back in realistic shaded greys with a red detail, and a lettered sleeve on his left arm.
Eagle with wings spread across a back
Black and grey tattoo of a sailing ship with a flock of birds flying from its sails, waves beneath and the words SAIL ON on the forearm.
Sailing ship and birds on a forearm
Black serif lettering reading Fa;th, with the semicolon replacing the i, tattooed on a wrist.
Fa;th lettering on a wrist
Colour and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a shaded skull, a red rose, a pale butterfly, bird silhouettes and a lettered banner.
Skull, rose and butterflies on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script lettering tattoo reading we're all mad here, placed across the forearm.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Black and white photo of two pairs of clasped hands showing matching fine-line Roman numeral lettering VIII IV XII on the inner wrists, with a beach and sea behind.
Roman numeral wrist tattoos on a beach
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face with a raised hand gesture on the forearm.
Realism portrait of a man on a forearm
Fine line black ink tattoos on both arms of a person in a brown tank top, including a heart with text, a deer with butterfly wings and a feather, on the forearms and upper arms.
Small fine line tattoos across both arms
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm spelling LOVE, with the letters formed by a hairdryer, hand mirror, scissors and a curling iron cord.
LOVE lettering made from salon tools on a forearm
Close view of a man's clasped hands showing black lettering tattoos on both forearms and fingers, plus a black-and-grey ornamental design on the right wrist.
Script lettering and ornament on forearms and hands
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Je ne sais quoi on the inner forearm, with a relaxed hand extended to the right.
Je ne sais quoi script on a forearm
Two open palms show small black line tattoos: an arrow, dots and a symbol on one hand, and an eye with a short line of lettering on the other.
Arrow, eye and lettering on palms
Fine black script reading 'After all this time? Always' above and below a line-drawn triangle, circle and vertical line symbol on the inner forearm.
Script quote and triangle symbol on a forearm
Black lettering reading MADE IN ENGLAND on a forearm, with a partly visible black and grey lion head tattoo near the wrist.
Made in England lettering on a forearm
Fine line black script lettering on the inner forearm of a person holding a red quilted handbag with a gold chain strap.
Small script tattoo on a forearm
Two matching black and grey tattoos on inner forearms, each showing a seated cartoon creature in soft shading beside the word OHANA in thin lettering.
Matching Stitch and Ohana forearm tattoos
Two black and grey forearm tattoos: a key reading My Brothers Keeper above an arrow reading My Sisters Protector, both in script lettering.
Key and arrow script tattoos on forearms
Black and grey tattoo covering a forearm, with the word Money in script, a skull, smoky shapes and bare branches, reaching down toward the hand.
Black and grey skull and smoke forearm sleeve
Black ink lettering reading Once Upon A Time with flowing vines and leaves across the inside of a forearm, in a Lettering style.
Once upon a time lettering with vines on a forearm
Black cursive script reading Bad Wolf with a blue spiral ornament between the words, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Bad Wolf script with blue spiral on forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a snow globe showing a city skyline, framed by red flowers and green leaves, with the words WILD PROMISE on a banner on the forearm.
Snow globe with city skyline and flowers
Fine line black constellation tattoo of dots, stars and connecting lines on the inner forearm and wrist, with partly visible lettering above it.
Star constellation tattoo on a wrist
Realism black and grey rose sleeve on a woman's arm, with a rose on the chest and script lettering on the ribs.
Black and grey rose sleeve with script on ribs
Black and grey realism rose over sheet music on an upper arm and forearm, with a moth tattoo on the chest, shown in a three-panel photo collage.
Rose over sheet music arm sleeve
Black and grey outline tattoo on the forearm showing two hatched anatomical hearts above the word WHO in block letters, with an open rectangle shape at the top.
Two anatomical hearts with WHO lettering
Traditional style colour tattoo of the cartoon sailor Popeye holding a spinach can labelled SPINACH, on the forearm.
Popeye the Sailor on a forearm
Colour tattoo of overlapping blue block lettering with grey and white highlights across a forearm, in Lettering style.
Overlapping blue block lettering on a forearm
Collage of four photos showing small matching tattoos on wrists and ankles, including heart outlines, hash marks, a colour pinky-promise hands design and small lettering.
Matching small tattoos on wrists and ankles
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anatomical heart with flames, a pocket watch and a banner on the forearm.
Anatomical heart and pocket watch on a forearm
Two forearms resting on a white sheet, each with fine line black script tattoos, including the words always in flux and float, and a small arrow on the left forearm.
Fine line script and arrow tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a dotwork hand holding a flower stem with leaves, with the words Wish me the best beside it, on a forearm.
Hand holding a flower reading Wish me the best
Four-panel photo of a black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a skull, roses, a clock, a microphone and text banners, running from shoulder to wrist.
Black and grey skull full sleeve
Black line tattoo of the outline of the state of Oklahoma on the inner wrist, with the word HOME inside and a red heart in place of the O.
Oklahoma outline with HOME lettering on wrist
Traditional style compass with a star, yellow flowers and pink ribbon banners wrapping around a forearm.
Compass and flowers on a forearm
Two forearms side by side, one with a red heart and gold filigree tattoo beside purple flowers, the other with a gold key and script name in Traditional style.
Heart and key tattoos on two forearms
Traditional style tattoos of roses and flowers covering a forearm and the fingers and hands of a person wearing a white graphic t-shirt.
Traditional forearm sleeve and hand tattoos
Black and white photo of two people embracing, with LOVE tattooed across the knuckles and black-and-grey lettering and a portrait tattoo on the forearms.
Embracing couple with knuckle lettering
Black ink quote in a serif-style font running down a forearm, with a circular tree of life design near the wrist, in black and grey ink.
Tree of life and quote on a forearm
Person in a car driving with a traditional-style arm sleeve featuring swallows and banners, with a geometric tattoo on a passenger's thigh in the foreground.
Traditional sleeve and thigh tattoos in a car
Inner forearm with the word WILDERNESS in serif capitals, a long thin diagonal line with a small circle, and a small fine line mark near the top.
Wilderness lettering and fine line on forearm
Four arms show temporary tattoos: a black shutter aperture on a forearm, a teal digital watch on a wrist, the word PLAY HARD across the knuckles, and a rainbow colour wheel on a hand.
Temporary tattoos of a shutter, watch and colour wheel
Pale fine line script lettering on an inner wrist and forearm, photographed against a car steering wheel and dashboard.
Fine line script lettering on an inner wrist