Lettering tattoo ideas

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon man in a suit above a banner reading DANGER ZONE, shown on the forearm.
Suited man portrait with Danger Zone banner
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a red-haired cartoon woman in round glasses and a green jacket, with arms folded, above a black-outlined flower with teal leaves.
Cartoon character and flower on a forearm
Traditional-style tattoo of a black sheep head with curled black wool, crossed bones and a banner reading Black Sheep, on the forearm.
Black sheep head with banner on forearm
Two matching traditional-style colour tattoos of pizza, one a slice with a banner and one a whole pie, on the calves of two people.
Matching pizza tattoos on two calves
Colour traditional tattoo of a typewriter with a banner reading HOW SOON IS NOW and red flowers, on a forearm.
Typewriter and banner reading How Soon Is Now
Colour tattoo of the Hogwarts school crest with a HOGWARTS banner across the top, placed on the calf in a traditional style.
Hogwarts crest tattoo on a calf
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
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
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 caduceus tattoo with the word DIABETIC above and TYPE 1 below, in a traditional lettering style, on the forearm.
Caduceus with Diabetic and Type 1 lettering on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a black cat with yellow eyes, a crown and a third eye on the back of a hand, with LADY lettered across the fingers.
Black cat with third eye on hand
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm of a yellow and purple typewriter over crossed fountain pens, with a red banner reading WRITE BRAVELY.
Typewriter and crossed pens on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a forearm of two interlocking puzzle pieces, one with a red and yellow Superman shield and one with a pink lily and gold crown, framed by script lettering reading Unique Different and
Puzzle pieces with a Superman shield and lily
Traditional style colour tattoo of a champagne bottle with a popping cork and the words No Troubles Just Bubbles on a banner, with red flowers, on a forearm.
Champagne bottle with banner on a forearm
Black ink pocket watch with Roman numerals, a flower and a banner reading TIME IS ON MY SIDE, tattooed on a forearm.
Pocket watch and banner on a forearm
Colour traditional dagger tattoo on a forearm, with a banner reading DEAD MEN DON'T CATCALL and small pin and anchor motifs below.
Dagger and banner on a forearm
Traditional forearm tattoo of a red and white lighthouse, a black-sailed ship, banners and flowers on a red sunburst, shown in four angled views.
Lighthouse and ship on a forearm
Black and white photo of tattooed forearms and hands gripping a skateboard, with a traditional rose and a woman's portrait on the left forearm and a heart design on the back of the right hand.
Tattooed hands and forearms gripping a skateboard
Forearm with a colour traditional rose and star, a grey deer framed by flowers, and the words Don't let me drown in black lettering, with a thigh tattoo visible below.
Rose, deer and lettering on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a scalloped heart reading BE BRAVE, framed by two flowers and dark leaves, on a forearm.
Be brave heart with flowers on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a cherubic face with closed eyes and a red flower on the inner forearm, beside a yellow crescent moon and red star.
Cherub face with flower on forearm
Colour tattoo on an arm of a ball of teal and grey yarn crossed with two knitting needles, above and below the words KNIT FAST DIE WARM in traditional-style lettering.
Yarn ball with knitting needles and lettering
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a log cabin among pine trees, a mountain, a moon and clouds, with a scroll banner of lettering beside it.
Cabin, pines and mountain on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a red and yellow flower with an eye inside a heart across the back of a hand, with a chrysanthemum on the forearm above.
Eye in heart flower on the back of a hand
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm showing a sewing machine above the words 'As ye sew, so shall ye rip', in a lettering and traditional style.
As ye sew sewing machine tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing C-3PO above red flowers and a grey banner reading STAY GOLD.
C-3PO with banner and flowers on forearm
Forearm tattoo with a shaded red rose above black script lettering and large ornate letters, in a traditional style.
Rose and lettering on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a shaded profile silhouette with ribbon banners reading Darling You'll Be Okay, on a forearm.
Silhouette and banner on a forearm
Black dotwork circle with the words 1 tbsp and 1 tsp inked on the palm, with traditional colour tattoos of an apple and a bird on the wrist and forearm.
Dotted circle with measurements on palm
Two people's forearms side by side showing matching traditional-style tattoos of a shovel and a shaded object, each with a scroll banner carrying lettering, on the inner forearm.
Matching shovel and banner forearm tattoos
Traditional style tattoo of a closed umbrella with a green bird-head handle and a red banner reading Anything can happen, on the forearm.
Umbrella with banner on a forearm
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo on a forearm, set in a circle with the word Wanderlust above a cabin, mountains, pine trees and leaves.
Wanderlust mountain cabin forearm tattoo
Traditional colour tattoo of a dripping pizza slice with pepperoni and two banners reading Drink Pizza and Eat Beer, on the forearm.
Pizza slice with Drink Pizza and Eat Beer banners
Colour traditional tattoo of a stack of books with lettered spines reading There's more to life than books, you know, but not much more, on a lower arm.
Stacked book spines with lettering on a forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on the forearm showing a house with a scalloped roof, dotted smoke, a TAKE CARE banner and a rope knot.
House and rope knot with TAKE CARE banner
Traditional style tattoo of an hourglass with a red blood drip, the words TO GET YOU OFF MY MIND and a blue flower below, on the forearm.
Hourglass with blood drip and blue flower
Two hands with traditional tattoos: a red-eyed wolf head on the back of one hand, a woman in a beanie on the other, and black lettering across the fingers.
Wolf and portrait hand tattoos with lettering