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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Four views of a black and grey full arm sleeve with red sunburst rays, a profile portrait, the words Easy Rider and a road ends sign, and a motorcyclist, placed on the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve with Easy Rider motif and red sunburst
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded face with long hair, labelled Jesus, on the inner forearm.
Jesus portrait on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a face merged with a city skyline, barbed wire and birds, with bold lettering below on the forearm.
City skyline and face double exposure on upper arm
Black and grey realism full arm sleeve tattoo showing praying hands, a rosary, haloed figures, clouds and a scroll of text, shown from three angles on an upper arm and forearm.
Religious full sleeve with praying hands
Black script lettering across the ribs beside a black and grey realism sleeve with a pocket watch on the upper arm and forearm.
Script on ribs and pocket watch sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face split into angled panels with a cigarette, on the inside of a forearm.
Fractured male portrait 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
Two colour tattoos of sugar skull portraits, one on a calf and one on a forearm, with script lettering below the forearm piece.
Sugar skull portraits on calf and forearm
Two hands held palms out showing a black and grey realistic portrait tattoo on the back of one hand, lettering across the fingers, and a pink peony on the forearm.
Portrait hand tattoo with finger lettering
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wristwatch with a repeated NOW dial and a metal strap with clasp, on the forearm near the wrist.
Wristwatch tattoo with matching strap
Two colour tattoos in a neo-trad style: a sugar skull portrait with blue hair on the calf and a sugar skull portrait with flaming red hair on the forearm, with script lettering below.
Sugar skull portraits on calf and forearm
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a realistic lighthouse, a woman's portrait and a rose, across the forearm and upper arm.
Lighthouse and portrait full sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rabbit-eared skull with the words FEAR and LOVE below, on the inner forearm.
Rabbit skull with FEAR and LOVE on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a rose, script words and a dove over smoky shading.
Black and grey rose, script and dove on an arm
Two forearms: a red heart with a keyhole and small lettering on the left, and a shaded grey ornate key with lettering on the right, both in a realism and neo-traditional style.
Heart with keyhole and ornate key on forearms
Realism tattoo on a forearm combining an amber glass bottle, a black and white portrait of a long-haired man and a figure in a top hat.
Bottle and portrait collage on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of a grey wolf with red splatter accents, with block lettering above reading Be strong when you are weak, brave when you are scared and humble when you are victorious.
Wolf and motto on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a sailing ship with birds flying off its sails, waves below and the words SAIL ON beside them, on the forearm.
Sailing ship and birds on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass over an old map with handwritten place names and a sailing ship, on a forearm.
Compass over an old map on a forearm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of an eye within a pyramid and sunburst inside a circular coin-style border with lettering, on the back of a hand, with a tattooed forearm above.
Eye in pyramid coin design on hand
Black and white photo of a realistic tattoo on an arm that looks like torn skin, revealing lines of Latin text on the upper arm and forearm.
Torn skin revealing Latin text on arm
Two arms show a full sleeve tattoo of skulls, swirling forms and hands in realistic grey shading with bright pink bands, worn on the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve of skulls and swirls in grey and pink
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cross emerging through cracked skin on a forearm, with Risen and Savior scroll banners across it.
Cracked stone cross with Risen and Savior banners
Realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing zombie figures, character portraits and tattooed lettering in colour.
Zombie and portrait full sleeve
Black and grey shaded rose with script lettering on a forearm, with a circular inset showing a red lip print tattoo.
Shaded rose and script on a forearm
Four views of a black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a raven, a realistic eye, bare branches and the words Go with the flow.
Raven, eye and tree full sleeve
Black and grey realism style tattoo of rolled dollar bills with partial lettering, covering a forearm.
Rolled dollar bills on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing torn skin that reveals a stone-like surface inscribed with words such as loyalty, integrity and compassion.
Torn skin revealing virtue words on a forearm
Three views of a full arm sleeve on a man's arm, with a black and grey clock face, a shaded hand, geometric linework and red splashes.
Clock and hand full arm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of torn skin revealing Latin text across an upper arm and down towards the elbow.
Torn skin revealing Latin text on an arm
Black and grey Viking chest and arm sleeves, with two longships and tattooed portraits in the sails above a large Thor's hammer on the stomach.
Viking ships and Thor's hammer chest piece
Two matching realism tattoos in black and grey on forearms, each showing a hand with a hooked pinky finger above a ribbon banner.
Matching hands with ribbon banners on forearms
Realistic passport stamp tattoos in blue, red and black across a forearm, showing dated immigration-style marks and a border agency stamp.
Passport stamps on a forearm
Two matching forearm tattoos: a shaded black and grey game controller and a colour stack of books, each above the words I have lived a thousand lives.
Matching game controller and books on forearms
Realism black and grey tattoo of a large skull across the chest and stomach, with the word INSOMNIA above it and further tattoos on the neck, upper arm and forearm.
Full torso skull and dark imagery tattoo
Black and grey realism full arm sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, shown from five angles, featuring a banknote portrait, playing cards, stars and an 8 ball.
Full arm sleeve with banknote portrait and cards
Two stacked photos of matching crown tattoos on an arm, one reading her king and the other his Queen, both in grey shading with red accents.
Matching crown tattoos with script wording
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with gears and Roman numerals on a forearm, with the name Greyson on the dial and 2015 below.
Pocket watch with gears on a forearm
Black and white photo of a shirtless man with black and grey script lettering on his chest, neck and hand tattoos, and realism-style sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Script lettering on chest with sleeve tattoos