Lettering tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, a compass and a butterfly with a ribbon banner across the upper arm of a person with blonde hair.
Roses, compass and butterfly on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a grey wolf head with green leaves, two small white forest spirits and a banner quote, on the outer thigh.
Wolf head with forest spirits and banner on thigh
Black and grey tree with exposed roots and hand-lettered quote tattooed on the side of the ribs, above hatched ground lines.
Bare tree with lettered quote on ribs
Hand-drawn lotus flower in purple and teal ink linework over a watercolour wash, with the words Be enlightened beneath it, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Lotus flower with Be enlightened text
Fine line fern sprig tattoo on the right ankle of a person in brown trousers and pink clogs, with small black lettering on the left ankle.
Fern sprig and small lettering on ankles
Woman in a pale lace top with colourful botanical tattoos on her upper chest and shoulder, including a rose design and a Stop and Smell the Roses wreath lettering piece.
Floral and script tattoos on chest and shoulder
Navy line drawing of a pocket watch, rose, leaves and beads with a banner reading TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Pocket watch, rose and banner design
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 line drawing of the word LOVE in serif capitals, entwined with flowers and swirling vines, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
LOVE lettering with floral vines
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 family tree tattoo with swirling leaves, script lettering and roots on the side of the ribs.
Family tree with roots and script lettering on ribs
Colour traditional tattoo of a sunflower with a stem, leaves and a banner reading SPARK, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Sunflower and SPARK banner on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, roses, butterflies and a banner reading Ashana on an upper arm and shoulder.
Pocket watch, roses and butterflies on upper arm
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
Black and grey realistic rose with swirling scrollwork and stylised lettering on a person's upper back.
Shaded rose with scrollwork on upper back
Black and grey shaded rose above flowing script lettering running down the calf, with scrolled line details beside it.
Rose and script lettering on a calf
Black and grey realistic lily tattoo on an upper thigh, with script lettering reading Learn from yesterday, Live for today and Hope for tomorrow.
Lily cluster with quote on thigh
Flash sheet showing a colour floral skull with butterflies and ribbon, a black and grey skull with a spiked crown, and JANE lettering beside a deer silhouette.
Floral skull, misfit skull and deer flash sheet
Three matching red flower tattoos with fine line script stems, each on a different limb, in a botanical style.
Matching red flower tattoos with script stems
Drawn Mr and Mrs knuckle tattoo design on two fists, framed by red roses and blue forget-me-not flowers, in a botanical Hand style.
Mr and Mrs knuckle design with roses
Black and grey rose tattoo with script lettering across the lower back, shown on a person in black bikini bottoms.
Rose and script lettering on lower back
Black and grey traditional rose with leaves tattooed on the back of a hand, with the word LOVE across the fingers.
Black and grey rose on the back of a hand
Tattoo flash design of three dark red roses with black linework and a central script quote in an ornate frame, drawn on a cream textured background.
Three roses with script lettering flash
Woman in a black top showing a colour floral tattoo on her upper arm, with pink and red roses, green leaves and black script reading Stop and smell the roses.
Floral wreath with "Stop and smell the roses" script
Pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a compass inside a tree wreath, with banners reading 'Not all who wander are lost' and an anchor below, in a botanical line style.
Compass, anchor and tree banner design
Black linework tattoo of an outlined flower with leaves above the words We Are Not Our Failures, with a thin arrow running through the lettering, on a forearm.
Outlined flower and lettering on a forearm
Black linework flash design of a cartoon T-rex with feathered crest and leafy wreath, with the words We Need More Teeth, drawn in fine line on paper.
T-rex with leaves and We Need More Teeth
Colour lettering tattoo reading 'the ones that love us never really leave us' with roses and peonies on a thigh.
Floral quote lettering on a thigh
Black and white drawing of the words The Strokes inside a black circle, surrounded by intricate floral and paisley doodles, shown as a tattoo design.
The Strokes logo with floral doodle design
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
Watercolour dandelion tattoo with rainbow splashes and black script lettering along the side of the ribs.
Watercolour dandelion on the ribs
Black and grey realistic orchids with cursive script lettering covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic orchids and script on an upper arm
Woman seen from behind holding a barbell, with a black and grey winged emblem and script on her lower back, and a pink flower and scrollwork on her upper arms.
Back and arm tattoos during a barbell lift
Black and grey floral swirl tattoo with script lettering on a person's hip and side ribs, with a star on the upper thigh.
Floral swirls and script on hip and ribs
Small black fine line tree with leaves above the words grow up, tattooed on the upper back of a person with long hair pulled to one side.
Small tree and grow up on upper back
Fine line black tattoos of a slender sprig on the side of the torso, a small star on the upper arm and the words GIRL POWER on the inner forearm.
Fine line sprig, star and GIRL POWER lettering
Black and grey realism lion head with daisies and a pocket watch on a full leg sleeve, running from the thigh to the calf.
Lion and pocket watch leg sleeve
Pencil-style drawing of a tattoo design with the word Love in ornate script, a large swash L, leaves and buds in black and grey.
Ornate script Love with botanical flourishes
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
Two people show matching colour tattoos of two birds on a branch with quote text above, on their upper backs near the shoulder blades.
Matching bird and branch tattoos on two backs
Black line drawing of the words GET AWAY FROM ME, with each letter set on a thin stem with small leaves, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Get away from me lettering on stems
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a castle in a beaded oval frame, surrounded by roses and the words Beauty Lies Within.
Castle and roses in an oval frame
Black fine line tattoos on a person's upper back, including a botanical sprig with cones above a hanging stick, an outlined stag bust with an arrow, and a compass design.
Botanical sprig and stag bust on a upper back
Two raised forearms showing a shaded black dotwork rose with leaves on the left forearm and the word Dreamer in fine script lettering on the right inner wrist.
Black rose and Dreamer script on forearms
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 rose tattoo on the back of a hand, with a diamond and script lettering on the thigh above it.
Rose on hand and diamond and script on thigh
Botanical tattoo across the upper back showing five plant stages growing from seed to sunflower, with the words How strange it is to be anything at all beneath.
Five-stage plant growth with a quote on upper back