Script tattoo ideas

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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
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
Black and grey tattoo of the state of Texas with the word Texas in script, a cross above and shaded roses with leaves, on a person's upper back.
Texas state outline with cross and roses
Black and grey hand-drawn tattoo flash design of ornate Mom lettering with a rose, leaves and the words Happy Birthday and Always by my side.
Ornate Mom lettering with a rose
Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing a bold block letter with a dot above, red and black shading and a grey scroll banner reading Enjoy the Journey.
Enjoy the journey banner on a calf
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with an hourglass, three roses, a pocket watch and banners reading I wish time was on our side, in a traditional style.
Hourglass, roses and pocket watch tattoo design
Several arms and hands pressed together, showing a realistic black and grey cat tattoo, banknotes, portrait tattoos and a skull on the forearms and hands.
Realism portraits and cat on hands and forearms
Black ink traditional-style anchor design with three banner scrolls across the shank reading Sleeping With Sirens, drawn as a flash sheet with no body part visible.
Anchor with three banners reading Sleeping With Sirens
Traditional style tattoo of a grim reaper holding a scythe and smoking a cigarette, with 'Life's a Drag' script, on the upper leg.
Grim reaper with scythe and script
Colour tattoo on a calf of a pink and a blue butterfly above ribbon banners with script lettering, in a traditional style.
Two butterflies with name banners on a calf
Traditional style colour tattoo of a teacup with steam, a crescent moon and a laurel branch, with the words tea, Earl Grey, hot, on the inner forearm.
Teacup and crescent moon on a forearm
Black and grey pencil flash sheet showing heart lettering designs, a globe with a ribbon banner, a lightning bolt, a shoe and heart, and a linework portrait with lightning bolt face makeup.
Lettering and heart flash sheet
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a heart-shaped wreath of blue, orange and pink flowers around black script reading Fall in love with yourself, on the outer thigh.
Heart wreath with script quote on thigh
Tabby cat held against a forearm and upper arm with a black and grey cat face banner tattoo and script lettering, with touches of red ink.
Cat face banner tattoo on an upper arm
Full colour sleeve tattoo in a Japanese and traditional style on a raised arm, showing a rose, clouds, a wave and a script banner on the forearm and upper arm.
Colour sleeve with clouds and script banner
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, shown from three angles, with roses, a pocket watch, a crown, playing cards and a skull on the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey full sleeve with roses and pocket watch
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor with an orange ribbon and the words I refuse to sink in black script, on a limb.
Anchor with ribbon and script on skin
Person seen from behind with black and grey tattoos covering the back, neck and both arms, including a winged figure on the back and a rose on the upper arm.
Heavily tattooed back and arms seen from behind
Flash drawing of pink lips biting a gold bullet engraved with the words Trust no Bitch, in a traditional style, with no placement on the body shown.
Pink lips biting a bullet with script
Neo-traditional forearm tattoo of a compass rose in a round frame, framed by yellow flowers and pink banners with partly visible lettering.
Compass and flowers on a forearm
Traditional style flash sheet of nine tattoo designs with lettering, including a winged banner, a pie, a black car, a flaming coffin and a salt canister, with red sigils scattered between them.
Supernatural themed flash sheet
Colour tattoo of a swallow among pink cherry blossom branches with the word Nanny in black script, shown in two close photos on a leg.
Swallow and cherry blossom with script on a leg
Flash-style design of a black cat with yellow eyes, framed by pink roses and green leaves, with a banner reading Wednesday beneath it.
Black cat with roses and Wednesday banner
Black and white photo of two people holding hands, both with tattooed arms, showing a dragon and clouds sleeve on the right arm and a dagger design on the left forearm.
Tattooed sleeves holding hands
Woman in a peach sleeveless blouse with a lace collar, showing colour tattoos of roses and a bird on her upper arms and forearms.
Colour roses and bird tattoos on both arms
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a mascara wand, eyelashes, hearts, a rose in a bottle and script lettering.
Make-up motifs with script on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a squirrel in a bow tie holding an acorn, with a speech bubble reading gracias, on the upper arm.
Cartoon squirrel with acorn and gracias speech bubble
Black and grey lettering tattoos reading LOVE HER and I LOVE HIM across two fingers in a lettering style, with a small motif above the first word, photographed on a wooden surface.
Love her and love him finger lettering
Pen drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design on paper, with two banners reading Fatally Yours, a skull, a heart, a flower and leaves, shown without a body placement.
Fatally Yours banners with skull and flower
Two traditional colour tattoos on a calf: a blue heart reading eat me beside a pink bottle reading drink me, both with flowers and leaves.
Eat me heart and drink me bottle on a calf
Black and grey traditional flash design of a grim reaper lying on its front talking on a telephone, with a scythe and the words when death calls.
Grim reaper on a telephone with script
Black and grey swallow tattoo in flight beside the script words "and in time, this too shall pass" on a pale area of skin.
Swallow with script quote
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
Traditional colour tattoo of a pocket watch, a feather and a red rose with green leaves on the forearm, with script lettering below.
Pocket watch, feather and rose on a forearm
Coloured drawing on kraft paper of a house lifted by a cluster of multicoloured balloons, with a pastel banner reading Adventure is out there, in a traditional tattoo flash style.
Balloon house with Adventure banner design
Traditional style tattoo of an acoustic guitar wrapped in a script banner, with two red roses, on the forearm.
Guitar, roses and lyric banner on a forearm
Traditional-style tattoo of a blue-black raven head above a red banner reading the hardest thing in this world is to live in it, on the upper arm.
Raven and quote banner on an arm
Colour tattoo of a cupcake with pink frosting, sprinkles and a cherry on top, above an orange banner reading Life is Sweet, on a limb.
Cupcake and cherry with a Life is Sweet banner
Colour traditional tattoo on a lower leg showing a swallow, a heart on a banner, a compass and red and purple flowers, with partial banner lettering.
Traditional swallow and compass on a lower leg
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
Colour traditional style tattoo on a calf of a cartoon dog wearing round glasses with its tongue out, framed by red, orange and yellow flowers and a script banner.
Bespectacled dog with flowers and banner
Black and grey tattoo flash design covering a phone case, with swallows, a moth, a compass, a rose, a microphone and chevrons in a traditional style.
Black and grey flash sheet of swallows and a moth
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a weathered wooden cross with a ribbon banner reading To Live Is Christ in script, on the upper arm.
Wooden cross with To Live Is Christ banner
Pencil and pastel flash drawing of a woman with braided hair, an anchor tattoo on her cheek and blue script across her braid, in a traditional style.
Braided hair woman with anchor and script
Black and grey flash sheet of Harry Potter themed designs, including a skull with a snake, a wand, round glasses, a lightning bolt and script lettering.
Harry Potter themed flash sheet
Two matching forearm tattoos in black ink: a ship's wheel with the words 'be the one to guide me' and an anchor with 'but never let me down'.
Ship's wheel and anchor with matching quote tattoos
Black and grey flash drawing of a slick-haired man's face with a banner reading Don't tell me that I'll be fine, framed by two stippled roses.
Man's face with banner and roses design
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