Lettering tattoo ideas

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Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling pink baby triceratops surrounded by flowers, leaves and hearts, with RAWR lettering below, on the thigh.
Pink baby triceratops with flowers and RAWR lettering
Neo-traditional style flash design of a red-haired archer with a Celtic knot tattoo on her shoulder, a bow, arrow, sword and white flowers, with a banner reading Fate Loves the Fearless.
Red-haired archer portrait with lettered banner
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
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a battered helmet, a rose and leaves in black and grey shading, with lettering across the top.
Helmet, rose and lettering design
A neo-traditional compass rose with a red wash and the words Families are the compass that guide us, tattooed across a man's chest and shoulder.
Compass and family quote on chest
Neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid with teal tail, fish and a banner reading SIREN, with an anchor and wave tattoo on her arm.
Mermaid with banner reading Siren
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a cat in a flying helmet and goggles beside a red biplane, with the words Come Fly With Me on a banner, on the calf.
Cat pilot and biplane on a calf
Flash design of a snarling wolf wearing a red cap with stylised lettering, beside a black circle with crossbones and paint drips, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Snarling wolf in a red cap
Neo-traditional flash design of a green zombie hand gripping a red rose, with two curled banners and a small skull at the lower left.
Zombie hand holding a red rose with banners
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a calf showing Maude Flanders from The Simpsons in the pose of Our Lady of Guadalupe, with the banner text ONLY MAUDE CAN JUDGE ME.
Maude Flanders as Our Lady of Guadalupe
Neo-trad style flash design of a red-haired cartoon girl surfing a turquoise wave beneath pink flowers and a ribbon banner with lettering, with no body placement shown.
Surfing girl with wave and flowers
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
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a pin-up woman with curly dark hair and two cats, with an orange banner reading EAT LADY, on the upper arm.
Pin-up woman with cats on upper arm
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 flash design of a grey owl with orange eyes carrying an envelope, with two banners reading Don't count your owls until they have been delivered, set against blue clouds and stars.
Owl carrying an envelope with banner scrolls
Red and yellow flower tattoo with shaded petals and a black script phrase, on the lower back, in a neo-traditional style with lettering.
Red flower with script saying Your Pain is a Gift
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a Lego-style Wonder Woman minifigure holding a paintbrush, with a WATCH YOUR STEP banner, on the thigh.
Lego Wonder Woman with banner on a thigh
Neo-traditional flash design of a dark-haired pin-up character in a black bodice, with banners reading Waiting for true love's kiss, roses and a rope frame.
Pin-up character with banners and roses
Colour tattoo of an iced coffee cup with a yellow straw and teal ice cubes, with Death Before Decaf lettering, on an upper arm.
Iced coffee cup with Death Before Decaf lettering
Black and grey wolf tattoo with smoke across a woman's stomach, with a floral tattoo on the thigh and black lace underwear.
Wolf tattoo across the stomach
Full colour Neo-trad style sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a Maleficent figure with green and purple tones and a princess figure above, with partial lettering at the wrist.
Disney character sleeve on an arm
Neo-traditional style colour tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a green tail on a forearm, with the words NEVER LOSE YOUR VOICE in black lettering above and below.
Mermaid and lettering on a forearm
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
Colourful neo-traditional flash drawing of a rainbow, lollipop, hearts, stars and flowers with the words Sugar, spice and everything nice, held up by a hand with glittery nail polish.
Sugar, spice and everything nice flash design
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
Coloured flash design of a red-haired mermaid in a rope-edged oval frame, with two fish, an anchor and a SIREN banner, in a neo-traditional style.
Red-haired siren in an oval frame
Neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired archer with a Celtic knot on her shoulder, a bow and arrows, white blossoms and a banner reading Fate loves the Fearless.
Red-haired archer with Fate loves the Fearless banner
Black and grey realism leg sleeve with a woman's face and a black cat on the calf, a three-eyed cat and ornate scrollwork with lettering on the ankle and foot.
Cat and woman portrait leg sleeve with scrollwork
Two colour tattoos in a neo-traditional style: a forearm portrait of a moustached man with lightning bolts and lettering, and an upper arm portrait of a bearded man in a paper boat hat with an eye and
Two colourful portrait tattoos on forearm and upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh of a grey jar labelled Deadly Nightshade, held by a green stitched hand with purple smoke and a flower below.
Deadly Nightshade jar held by a stitched hand
Flash design of a pink heart pierced by a dagger wrapped in a snake, with bat-like wings and a skull above and a Without You banner below.
Snake and dagger heart with Without You banner
Colour tattoo of a red rose under a gold-topped glass dome with a banner reading until the last petal falls, shown in daylight and under UV light, on an upper leg.
Enchanted rose under glass dome on thigh
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
Colour tattoo on the thigh showing a blue TARDIS police box above a cream banner reading ALLONS-Y, framed by red roses and pink swirls, in a neo-traditional style.
TARDIS and roses banner on a thigh
Forearm tattoo of an ornate grey frame with teal gemstones around a teal oval reading Beauty from pain in black script.
Beauty from pain script in an ornate teal frame
Flash design of a woman in profile wearing a red horned headpiece, with red roses and a banner reading Witches be crazy, in a neo-traditional style with no body placement shown.
Witch profile with roses and banner
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo on a leg of a grinning alien with an exposed brain and bulging eyes, beside red lettering reading ACK! ACK! ACK!, flying saucers, leaves and red flowers.
Alien with exposed brain and ACK! ACK! ACK! lettering
Pencil flash design of an ornate compass rose with a fleur-de-lis point and True North lettering, shown in black and grey without any body placement.
Compass rose with True North lettering
Neo-traditional flash design of a pin-up styled Snow White figure with a red bow, framed by a rope border, red roses and a banner reading waiting for true love's kiss.
Pin-up Snow White with banners and roses
Neo-traditional tattoo of a skull in a knitted bobble hat with an eyepatch, crossed crochet hooks and a HOOKED banner, on a leg.
Skull in a knitted hat with crossed crochet hooks
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a Martian head with exposed brain and bulging eyes in a glass dome, with ACK lettering, on the calf.
Martian head in dome with ACK lettering on a leg
Flash design of a white rabbit sitting on a cream ribbon banner, framed by pink roses and teal leaves, in a neo-traditional style with no body placement shown.
Rabbit and ribbon with roses
Neo-traditional tattoo of a bearded sailor in a knit cap with a pipe, rope and red rose, on the thigh.
Bearded sailor portrait with rope and rose
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a UFO carrying an alien in its dome, with stars, a moon and a banner reading Ride or Die, on a calf.
UFO with alien and Ride or Die banner on a calf
Neo-trad style flash design of two skulls beneath spread wings, with purple roses and a banner reading Lethal Angel, shown on a plain grey background.
Winged skulls with roses and banner
Colour neo-trad style tattoo of a cartoon owl perched on an open book in front of an orange moon, on the upper arm.
Cartoon owl on an open book with a moon
Colour tattoo of pizza slices forming a peace symbol with the words Give Pizza Chance around the edge, in a neo-trad style on an ankle.
Pizza slices and Give Pizza Chance
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