Serif tattoo ideas

34 photos and flash · 100% Lettering, 24% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Pencil flash sheet showing the word INSANE drawn in ten lettering styles, including script, blackletter, serif and an ornate design, for use as tattoo lettering.
Insane lettering flash sheet in ten styles
Black and white photo of a small serif lowercase lettering tattoo reading acp on the upper arm, near the elbow.
Small lowercase lettering on upper arm
Close-up of a black serif Roman numeral tattoo in a single line on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Roman numerals on upper back
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a person's upper back, reading Words, are our most inexhaustible source of magic, set in a serif typeface below the shoulder blade.
Quote tattoo on the upper back
Black Roman numeral XIII lettering tattooed on the back of a bare ankle, above a dark trouser leg.
Roman numeral XIII on an ankle
Small black serif lettering reading BRAVE on the outer thigh of a person wearing a white shirt and black top.
Small BRAVE lettering on a thigh
Black serif 221B numerals tattooed on the wrist, with the hand raised and fingers visible above it.
221B numerals on a wrist
Black serif lettering reading two lines of latitude and longitude figures, N 34° 4' 54" and W 118° 6' 2", tattooed on the back of a person's neck.
Coordinate lettering on the back of the neck
Two sheets showing the word POWER stacked vertically in bold serif capitals, purple letters with an offset orange shadow, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
POWER lettering design on two transfer sheets
Black and grey serif lettering reading past on one inner wrist and future on the other, shown in a black and white photograph.
Past and future lettering on two wrists
Black and grey serif lettering spelling the word arm vertically down the outer upper arm, in a lettering style.
Vertical lettering reading arm on an upper arm
Two small black serif lettering tattoos showing the numerals 13 on the left ankle and VII on the right ankle, photographed from behind.
Numerals 13 and VII on both ankles
Black serif numerals reading 221B tattooed on the inner forearm close to the wrist, with a skin tone background.
221B tattoo on the inner forearm
Close-up of a small black serif letter K tattoo behind a pierced ear, in lettering style, placed on the skin behind the ear.
Small serif letter K behind the ear
Two-panel photo of a fine serif "live free" lettering tattoo in black ink on the side of a person's ribs, wearing a pale dress.
Live free lettering on the side ribs
Black and grey photo of two forearms, each with a small serif word tattooed on the skin: her on one arm and him on the other.
Matching her and him lettering on forearms
Six-panel grid of arms with black serif lettering quotes, such as Alice felt dreadfully puzzled, tattooed on the forearms and upper arms.
Literary quotes in serif lettering on arms
Black serif lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading in the end, i want my heart to be covered in stretch marks.
Four-line quote tattoo on a forearm
Black serif lettering reading "i am, i am, i am." on the inner forearm, with the sleeve of a maroon top pushed up above it.
"i am, i am, i am" lettering on a forearm
Black serif capital lettering tattooed vertically down the centre of a person's lower back, shown in a Lettering style on the Back.
Vertical lettering down the spine
Black serif lettering reading LOVE is split across two wrists, with LV on one wrist and OE on the other, while two hands are clasped together.
LOVE lettering split across two wrists
Black serif lettering reading Not all those who wander are lost across a pale forearm, set against a blurred green background.
Quote in serif lettering on a forearm
Small black fine-line 9 3/4 lettering tattoo on the inner wrist of a clenched fist against a plain white background.
9 3/4 numerals on the inner wrist
Small black serif 9¾ tattoo on the inside of a wrist, with a raised clenched fist above it against a plain light background.
Black 9¾ numerals on a wrist
Grey serif lettering spelling the word arm, written vertically down the outer upper arm in a Lettering style.
The word arm in serif letters on upper arm
Small black serif letter Y tattoo on a woman's side below the arm, shown in a lettering style, with her hand resting on her arm.
Small serif letter Y on the side
Black and grey photo of a bare back with the words Turn your wounds into wisdom tattooed vertically down the spine in serif lettering.
Vertical quote along the spine
Black and grey photo of the word freedom in serif lettering with a small bird above the final letters, tattooed on the wrist.
Freedom lettering with a bird on the wrist
Black and grey photo of the word JOY in small serif capitals tattooed on the upper arm, just below a grey t-shirt sleeve.
Small serif JOY on an upper arm
Black and grey photo of two forearms held together, one with the word Always in cursive script and the other with After all this time? in serif lettering.
Matching forearm lettering tattoos
Small dark grey serif lettering reading Run on the outer side of an ankle, in black and grey ink.
Small word lettering on an ankle
Close-up of a black serif script tattoo reading We're All Mad Here, running diagonally along the inner upper arm of a woman in a maroon top.
We're All Mad Here quote on upper arm
Black linework flash sheet showing the word Sprinkles set in many lettering styles, including Dutch serif, script, curved and hand-drawn forms.
Sprinkles lettering variations on a flash sheet
Black and grey flash sheet of numbered and lettered designs for the word The, shown in script, blackletter, block and ornamental styles, with no body placement.
Lettering sheet of the word The in many styles