Script lettering tattoo ideas

78 photos and flash · 65% Lettering, 21% Realism · Forearm most common

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Colour tattoo on a lower leg showing the words My Hope in black script lettering over green and blue splashes and drips, on the calf below the knee.
My Hope script with green splashes on calf
Black ink script tattoos reading Respect, Loyalty and Love across three fingers, with a small outlined diamond on the back of the hand.
Respect, loyalty and love script on fingers
Black script lettering reading 'Those who fly solo Have the strongest wings' across the upper back of a person with short blonde hair.
Script quote tattoo across upper back
Black script tattoo reading strength with an infinity loop swash on the inner wrist, shown on a forearm in a close photograph.
Strength script with infinity loop on wrist
Pencil drawing of a cross wrapped in ribbon banners reading Your Pain, Is A and Gift, drawn in black and grey shading as a tattoo design.
Cross with ribbon banners, pencil design
Colour tattoo of three green shamrocks with pale pink banners reading Live, Laugh and Love, in a traditional style with black outlines.
Three shamrocks with Live Laugh Love banners
Black lettering tattoo of a Greek word in a flowing script on the inner wrist, with a healed scar visible below it.
Greek script word on inner wrist
Forearm tattoo of a pink awareness ribbon joined to a black heartbeat line, with script lettering reading fuck cancer and small grey letters DECD above.
Cancer awareness ribbon and heartbeat on a forearm
Close-up of a fine line lettering tattoo on the side of the torso, with the words Live the life you love forming an infinity symbol and two small red hearts.
Infinity quote tattoo on the side
Close-up of a script lettering tattoo on skin reading In all this chaos we found safety, framed by red and grey heartbeat lines.
Script quote with red heartbeat lines
Realistic tattoo of a Ball Mason jar with glowing fireflies on the inner forearm, shaded in browns and greys with warm highlights.
Mason jar and fireflies on a forearm
Realism tattoo on the forearm of a pink rose in front of a black and grey pocket watch and a script banner, with colour only in the rose.
Pink rose, pocket watch and banner on a forearm
Two people seen from behind with matching black and grey heart tattoos reading Mother Daughter across the upper back.
Matching mother and daughter heart tattoos on backs
Man in a white vest holding a tabby kitten against his forearm, showing black ink script lettering on his chest and an ornamental tattoo on his arm and hand.
Script chest tattoo and forearm design with kitten
Black and blue tattoo of a winged staff with entwined snakes inside a blue ring, with the words Type 1 Diabetic written below, on the inner forearm.
Winged staff and Type 1 Diabetic on a wrist
Black and white photo of a black script tattoo reading alis volat propriis along the side of the ribs, in a lettering style.
Latin script phrase along the ribs
Black script lettering reading Saved by Grace Ephesians 2:8, tattooed on skin in a lettering style.
Saved by Grace lettering
Black and grey flash sheet with four designs: a cracked tombstone reading HOPE, a dagger with Sad Truth, a noose with Sweet Dreams, and a rose with a basketball centre reading Still Ballin.
Four flash designs on a light background
Black ink semicolon above the words My story isn't over in script lettering on the ankle.
Semicolon and quote on an ankle
Cheshire Cat grin tattoo with curling script lettering on an upper arm and shoulder, finished with blue and green watercolour splashes.
Cheshire Cat grin on an upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pink ball of yarn with knitting needles and a banner reading Knit Fast Die Warm, on the upper arm.
Yarn, needles and Knit Fast Die Warm banner
Black and grey script lettering reading Beauty in the Breakdown with swash flourishes and shaded outlines, tattooed on an upper arm.
Beauty in the Breakdown lettering on an arm
Black and grey script tattoo reading Love is in the Hair on a forearm, with shaded hair dryer and scissors and a small heart.
Love is in the hair lettering with scissors and dryer
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pug's head in profile with script lettering beneath it, on the outer side of a limb.
Realistic pug portrait with script lettering
Close photo of a black knotwork tattoo with a red script word and swirl beneath it, placed on the upper back.
Celtic knot with red script on upper back
Pencil sketch of a compass rose with N, E, S and W labels and the words A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor set in a circle around the centre.
Compass rose with sailor quote
Grey shaded fishing hook tattoo with the word Dad in script inside its curve and a red heart-shaped barb, on the top of a foot.
Fishing hook with Dad script on foot
Two black and grey tattoos on forearms in realistic shading and script lettering, one showing a fishing rod and reel, the other a hook and heart.
Fishing rod and hook tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey nautical star design with zebra stripe shading inside and the script words Class of '08 beneath it.
Nautical star with zebra stripes
Coloured flash design of a star fruit with a green leaf on top and a pale blue banner reading One Sky, One Destiny across it, drawn in a bold traditional style.
Star fruit with banner reading One Sky, One Destiny
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose made from rolled banknotes with script banners above and below, on the outer thigh.
Rose of banknotes with script banners on a thigh
Two wrists pressed together, each with a matching black fine line infinity symbol tattoo reading love sister on the inner wrist.
Matching infinity tattoos on wrists
Black and grey realism sleeve with a pocket watch and roses on the left arm, and script lettering across the ribs of a woman in a black bikini.
Pocket watch sleeve and script lettering on torso
Two feet with matching fine line infinity symbol tattoos on the ankles, each with heart shaped loops, one with the word best and one with the word friends.
Matching infinity and heart ankle tattoos
Pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a black arrow with a patterned geometric shaft and the words follow your arrow where ever it points, drawn on lined paper.
Arrow with follow your arrow lettering
Black script reading Bad Kitty with a paw print and pink watercolour splashes on a forearm, with a tabby cat resting beside it.
Bad Kitty script and paw print on a forearm
Black line drawing of a sealed envelope with a monogram wax seal, two roses and script reading No post on Sundays, in a traditional flash style.
Envelope and roses with No post on Sundays lettering
Fine line infinity symbol with script lettering over a soft pink, purple and blue wash, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Infinity symbol with script on the ribs
Traditional-style flash design of a skull with red roses and green leaves, wrapped in cream scroll banners carrying script lettering.
Skull and roses with scroll banners
Two people show matching shaded padlock tattoos with pink heart-shaped panels, with script reading Like Mother and Like Daughter, on their upper backs.
Matching heart padlock tattoos on two shoulders
Black fine line script reading 'We shall never drift apart' with an anchor, tattooed on the top of a foot and on a lower leg above the ankle.
Matching anchor and script quote on feet
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate key wrapped in ribbon banners with script lettering, shown on a forearm.
Ornate key wrapped in lettered ribbons on a forearm
Black line drawing of a geometric mandala with a script title reading Transformation and a paragraph of text beside it, shown as a flash design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Transformation mandala design
Traditional-style flash design of a profile figure looking upwards, with a blue rose, a sonic screwdriver and a banner reading Her Name Was Rose.
Her Name Was Rose banner with sonic screwdriver
Black line drawing of a coffee cup and saucer with steam swirls and two ribbon banners reading But First, Coffee, shown as a tattoo design on white.
But First, Coffee cup design
Overlapping gold foil temporary tattoo transfers on white backing, each showing a diamond ring with the words Team Bride inside an oval.
Team Bride diamond ring temporary tattoos
Realism-style tattoo of a grey cassette tape with script lettering and two red roses on an upper arm.
Cassette tape and two red roses on an upper arm
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo of a stylised green and teal creature with script lettering and red zigzag details on an upper arm and shoulder.
Stylised creature with script on upper arm