Lettering tattoo ideas

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Close-up of the words avada kedavra tattooed in dark blue lettering along an extended index finger, in a lettering style.
Avada kedavra lettering on a finger
Black script lettering reading Thug Life on the back of a hand, resting on a car steering wheel.
Thug Life script on the back of a hand
Black blackletter tattoo of the numerals 1989 on an ankle, with an ornamental tattoo visible on the hand above, beside white sneakers.
1989 in blackletter on an ankle
Two clenched fists show the word SELFMADE tattooed in dark letters across the knuckles, in a lettering style with teal shading on the hands.
SELFMADE lettering across knuckles
Small black script tattoo on the side of a finger in a fine line style, with a thin gold ring nearby and white roses behind.
Small script tattoo on a finger
Fine black script lettering tattooed across the back of a hand beside white coffin-shaped nails and a gold watch.
Script word tattoo on the back of a hand
Small black and grey fine line tattoos on the fingers of a hand with bright green nail polish, including a skull on the ring finger and short lettering on the middle finger.
Small skull and lettering on fingers
Black fine line script reading Redeemed on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the palm of the hand open above it.
Redeemed script on an inner wrist
Two interlocked hands show matching black script monogram tattoos on the ring fingers, in a lettering style.
Script monogram on two ring fingers
Small black lettering tattoos on the fingers of a hand with black nails, resting on the face of an orange and white cat with its eyes closed.
Lettering tattoos on fingers, hand resting on a cat
Small black lettering tattoos of a Q and a K, each with a heart below, on two adjacent fingers of a hand.
Queen and king of hearts on two fingers
Two hands with fine line black Roman numeral lettering tattooed along the fingers, reading V XIV XIII on one and XIII XIV V on the other.
Roman numeral tattoos on two fingers
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading free on the back of a woman's hand, with her other hand resting on her shoulder.
Free script tattoo on the back of a hand
Close-up of knuckle lettering spelling TEA TIME in black letters with teal shading, with a small teal teapot on the left hand, in a traditional lettering style.
TEA TIME lettering across knuckles
Black and grey photo of a palm with a small barcode tattoo and the word SLAVE in spaced capitals beneath it.
Barcode and SLAVE tattoo on a palm
Black and white photo of two hands held together in a triangle, with the words what goes around comes back around tattooed in capitals across the fingers.
Quote tattooed across fingers
Black and white photo of four fingers with fine line tattoos: the letters M, E and W and a small cat face, one on each finger, placed on the hand.
Letters and a cat on four fingers
Two hands held side by side showing matching black script tattoos reading Queen and King, each with a crown above the lettering, on the hand and fingers.
Matching Queen and King script tattoos with crowns
Close-up of a black ornate lettering tattoo reading TRUE with looping flourishes on a forearm, with a smaller reddish version below on a finger.
TRUE lettering with loops on forearm
Two hands with silver metallic geometric temporary tattoos of triangles, chevrons and the word LOVE on the hand and wrist, worn with silver rings.
Silver geometric hand tattoos with triangles
Two clenched fists show the word KNITPURL tattooed one letter per finger in a serif lettering style, with black outlines and pink, orange and yellow fills on the hands.
KNITPURL lettering across knuckles
Black and grey photo of two hands with the word FEMINIST tattooed in serif lettering, one letter per finger, with a partly visible outlined design on the back of the left hand.
FEMINIST lettering across fingers
Close photograph of the word Bazinga in black lettering tattooed along the side of a finger, with dark red nail polish and a wooden wall behind.
Bazinga lettering on a finger
Black and white photo of two hands held together, with Mrs in script on one finger and Mr in block lettering on the neighbouring finger, both on the hand.
Mrs and Mr lettering on two fingers
A clenched fist with blue-grey blackletter-style lettering reading CATS MEOW across the knuckles, with a turquoise painted fingernail on the thumb below.
Cats Meow lettering across knuckles
Fingers on a hand with black lettering reading 'me about my tattoo' in script, plus a small teal diamond tattoo, with white and glitter nail polish.
Finger script phrase and diamond on hand
Collage of four fine line infinity symbol tattoos with script wording, shown on a wrist, a finger and the upper back.
Infinity symbol tattoos in a four-photo collage
Close view of a man's hand with a small black capital lettering tattoo on the side of the ring finger, in a lettering style, with a wristwatch and dark suit sleeve visible.
Small capital lettering on a finger
Black blackletter-style 1988 numerals tattooed on an ankle, with a black blackwork mandala design on the back of the hand resting nearby.
1988 numerals on ankle
Four photographs of matching fine line tattoos: the word Always with Deathly Hallows symbols on two wrists, teal and red origami swans on two forearms, watercolour hearts on two wrists, and the word
Matching tattoos on wrists, arms and fingers
Two fists held toward the camera, with the word LOVE in black serif capitals across the fingers of one hand and SICK across the other, both on the hand.
LOVE and SICK finger lettering
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading Amor across a finger, with a blue opal ring on the same hand.
Amor script tattoo on a finger
Two hands with matching thin black script tattoos on the fingers, reading mr and mrs, in a fine line lettering style.
Matching mr and mrs finger tattoos
Small black script lettering reading ho ho ho on the side of a finger, with the hand raised against a warm brown background.
Ho ho ho script on a finger
Four people's inner wrists show matching black fine line script reading No. 4, with a key drawn between the two middle designs.
Matching No. 4 wrist tattoos with a key
Black and white photo of script tattoos reading King and Queen, each with a crown, on the back of two hands.
King and Queen script with crowns on hands
Black fine line script tattoo reading blessed with a small cross above the final d, on the inner wrist.
Blessed script with cross on the wrist
Three fingers of a hand with the words Live, Laugh and Love in black script lettering, one word per finger, with red painted nails.
Live, Laugh, Love script across three fingers
Black script lettering reading promise tattooed along the side of a raised index finger, shown against a blurred dark background.
Promise lettering on an index finger
Black and grey script reading Lady on a forearm and fine lettering across the fingers and back of a hand, with a navy hoodie in the background.
Script lady on forearm and lettered hand
Black lettering reading courage on the side of a finger, with red painted nails and a blurred yellow background.
Courage lettering on a finger
Small black script tattoo reading oops on the side of a finger, shown in a fine line lettering style on a hand with red painted nails.
Oops script tattoo on a finger
Close-up of black and grey gothic lettering reading STAY TRUE across the knuckles of two hands, with shaded letterforms and a dark background.
STAY TRUE knuckle lettering
Two hands with small black fine line tattoos on the fingers, a Q with a heart on one hand and a K with a heart on the other.
Queen and king heart tattoos on fingers
A grid of photographs of small script tattoos on wrists, forearms, shoulders, neck and ankle, reading words such as imagine, joy, hope and good bye, mostly in black lettering.
Grid of script word and quote tattoos
Black blackletter lettering tattooed one letter per finger on two hands, resting on a dark leather surface.
Blackletter letters across fingers
Close-up of a hand holding a cigarette over pink satin, with the words LOVE YOU in small black lettering tattooed across the fingers.
Love you lettering on the hand
Small fine line black heart outline with a script letter inside, tattooed on the side of a finger on a hand.
Heart and script letter on a finger