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
Black and grey death's head moth tattoo with a skull on its thorax, framed by two lines of black lettering on the thigh.
Death's head moth with quote on a thigh
Fine line cursive lettering tattoo in black ink running across the front of an upper thigh, with a black dress lifted beside it.
Cursive script tattoo on a thigh
Black cursive lettering quotation tattoo across the upper thigh, shown in fine line script beside denim shorts.
Cursive quotation tattoo on the thigh
Teal and black circular sigil tattoo on the outer thigh, surrounded by a curved black lettering quote.
Teal circular sigil with quote on thigh
Black ink ship's wheel with script reading Be the one to guide me, and an anchor with rope and script reading but never hold me down, tattooed on the thighs.
Ship's wheel and anchor thigh tattoos
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
Black lettering tattoos reading 'Too weird to live' and 'Too rare to die', with small bat outlines, on the backs of two thighs above denim cut-off shorts.
Quote lettering across both thighs
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
Close-up of a fine line cursive script tattoo running down the outer thigh of a person in a loose white top and shorts.
Fine line script tattoo on a thigh
Black outline tattoo of a cartoon man in a cap, sunglasses and chain holding a camera, with EASY MONEY lettering, on the thigh in a traditional style.
Cartoon man with camera and Easy Money lettering
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoos with rope and script lettering on both thighs, worn above striped over-knee socks.
Matching anchor tattoos with quotes on thighs
Traditional rose and script lettering tattoos on the thighs of legs resting in a bath, with a hand holding a cup of tea.
Rose and lettering tattoos on bathed legs
Black script lettering tattooed along a thigh, reading a four-line quote in a fine line style, with denim shorts rolled at the top of the frame.
Script lyric quote along a thigh
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
Black script lettering in two lines runs across the outer thigh of a seated person in a grey hoodie holding a mug, with the tattoo partly cropped.
Two-line script quote on an outer thigh
Two photographs of black hand-lettered script tattoos, one on the back of a thigh above the knee and one on a lower leg near the ankle, both shown upside down to the viewer.
Black script lettering on two legs
A person in a patterned dress holds a Ricoh film camera, showing a black and grey rose on the forearm, a sleeve on the upper arm, and lettering and a botanical design on the legs.
Rose, lettering and botanical tattoos on a person holding a
Black and grey script lettering tattoos on two thighs, with a cannabis leaf print outfit and a dollar bill print top beside them.
Script lettering tattoos on thighs
Black script lettering reading 'What doesn't kill you. Only makes you stronger' across the side of a hip and upper thigh.
Script quote tattoo on the hip
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 script lettering tattooed on the upper thigh of each leg, with a phrase reading always on my mind on the left, above black lace stockings.
Script lettering on both thighs
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
Black fine line script tattoo reading Meraki, with a swirling flourish above and a leaf sprig below, on the thigh.
Meraki script with leaf sprig on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoos of four women's portraits above Stay Gold lettering in blackletter across both thighs.
Four portraits and Stay Gold lettering on thighs
Black lettering quote and a dopamine molecule drawing with blue, yellow and purple watercolour splashes, tattooed on an upper thigh.
Dopamine molecule and two lines of lettering on thigh
Close view of black script lettering across the ribs and abdomen, with a traditional envelope tattoo and a larger coloured design on the thigh, on a person lying on a grey patterned blanket.
Script lettering on ribs with thigh tattoos
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Pursuit of happiness running across the outer thigh, with white shorts visible at the left edge.
Pursuit of happiness script on a thigh
Fine line black script tattoo reading "Not all those who wander are lost" across the outer thigh, partly covered by a denim shirt.
Script quote along a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling black cat head with purple eyes and red ears, with STAY above and HOME below, on the thigh.
Snarling black cat with STAY HOME lettering
Fine line black ink tattoo of two hands holding a cat's cradle string, with the words NO DAMN CAT above and NO DAMN CRADLE below, on the outer thigh.
Cat's cradle hands with lettering on a thigh
Geometric shark head tattoo in grey shading with red teeth and red lines, with red lettering below, on the outer thigh.
Geometric shark head with red lettering on thigh
Close-up of three stacked lines of the word busy in black lettering on the outer thigh, with a paperback book resting on the lap.
Busy repeated lettering on a thigh
Two black ink thigh tattoos in traditional style, a ship's wheel and an anchor wrapped in rope, each with script lettering, on a person wearing denim shorts.
Ship wheel and anchor thigh tattoos
Black script lettering runs down the outer back of a woman's leg from thigh to ankle, shown from behind in denim shorts.
Script quotation down the back of a leg
Two black ink thigh tattoos on a woman in denim shorts: a ship's wheel with script reading Be the one to guide me, and an anchor with script reading but never hold me down.
Ship's wheel and anchor thigh tattoos
Fine black script lettering tattooed along the outer thigh of a person lying on a white bed in a red top.
Script tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey tattoos on bare legs in a bath, including a rose with leaves, script lettering reading SELF and floral designs on the thighs.
Lettering and rose tattoos on thighs in a bath
Black and white photo of a black script quote tattoo running along the upper thigh, partly covered by a hand holding dark fabric.
Script quote along the upper thigh
Black script lettering reading 'Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered' across the upper thigh.
Script quote across the upper thigh
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a crown with pink and grey shading and black script lettering below it, on the upper thigh of a person in denim shorts.
Crown and script lettering on a thigh
Black and white photo of a woman wearing a stormtrooper helmet, showing black and grey tattoos on her forearm, upper arm, hands, abdomen and legs, including a script lettering piece on the stomach.
Script and rose tattoos with stormtrooper helmet
Two legs covered in black and grey tattoos including roses, a crown and script lettering, with the thigh and calf visible.
Multiple black and grey tattoos on both legs
Woman in an orange swimsuit and straw hat, with a small black script lettering tattoo on her upper thigh.
Script tattoo on upper thigh
Bare legs raised against a pale wall, showing a red rose with dark flowers on one thigh and black script lettering with flowers on the other thigh, in a traditional style.
Rose and script tattoos on raised legs
Close crop of a person in grey shorts showing a small black fine line script tattoo on the outer thigh.
Fine script line tattoo on a thigh
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a teal whale, red flowers and the words DON'T PANIC in black lettering.
Whale and flowers with Don't Panic lettering
Traditional style colour tattoo on the thigh showing a sun over snowy peaks and a river, framed by a rope border and the words If it's the mountains bending rivers you will have them.
Mountain, river and sun scene on a thigh