Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black fine line script reading Love me for who I am with a small bird silhouette at its left end, tattooed on pale skin.
Script quote with a small bird
Fine line black script lettering reading Alivia on the inner wrist, shown on a forearm held up in a car.
Script name tattoo on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Make a Wish, Take a Chance, Make a Change and breakaway across the upper back, with small black bird silhouettes rising towards the shoulder.
Script quote with birds on upper back
Black script lettering reading 'Don't forget to love yourself' across the inner wrist, in a fine, flowing hand.
Script quote reading 'Don't forget to love yourself' on
Two wrists raised against sand, each with a gold foil script word, 'the maids' on the left and 'bride' on the right, with small hearts beside them.
Gold foil 'bride' and 'the maids' wrist tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of footprints running down the side ribs, with script reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good and a small snowflake near the hip.
Footprints and script quote on ribs
Two hands pressed together with black script lettering reading Inhale love on one and Exhale hate on the other, placed on the backs of the fingers and hands against a dark background.
Inhale love and exhale hate hand tattoos
Black script reading Strength inside an outlined heart, with a blue and purple flower at the top left, tattooed on a shoulder.
Strength script and purple flower heart on shoulder
Black and grey flash design of a crescent moon filled with line-drawn flowers and dotwork shading, with a constellation of stars and handwritten script beside it.
Floral crescent moon with stars and script
Black fine line tattoo of a compass rose with a fleur-de-lis north marker and the words not all those who wander are lost, on the inner forearm.
Compass rose and quote on the inner forearm
Black lettering tattoo in cursive script reading Accept what is, Let go of what was, and have faith in what will be, across the side of the hip and thigh.
Three-line script quote on the hip
Black linework tattoo of a geometric emblem within a circle, with a quote beneath it, on the inside of a forearm.
Geometric emblem and quote on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a rifle with a helmet and boots beside a faded flag, with the script words All Gave Some and Some Gave All.
Battlefield cross with helmet and boots on a forearm
Woman seen from behind with a small black fine line script tattoo running vertically along her upper arm, near the shoulder.
Small script tattoo on upper arm
Navy script reading Forever Beside Me arches above a heart with Love inside it, outlined in red, tattooed on the top of a foot.
Forever Beside Me script and heart on a foot
Two fingers held together, each with the word Promise in black script lettering tattooed along the side, one hand wearing a ring.
Promise script tattooed on two fingers
Black and grey realism style tattoo of roses, leaves and a feathered wing on a woman's thigh and knee, with script running down the thigh.
Rose and leaf thigh tattoo with script
Black line drawing flash sheet of infinity symbol designs with script phrases, silhouette birds, stars, a heart and the word Books, with no body placement shown.
Infinity script and bird designs on a sheet
Pink infinity ribbon tattoo with the handwritten words love and mom in black script on skin.
Pink infinity ribbon with love and mom script
Small black fine line script reading Cui Cui on a person's hip, with floral underwear visible at the edge of the frame.
Cui Cui script on a hip
Black fine line script lettering tattooed on the side of the ribs, shown reversed in a mirror selfie.
Black script lettering on the ribs
Two matching black and grey tattoos on the upper backs of two people, each showing the words Mother Daughter in script over a shaded heart with swirling scrollwork.
Matching mother and daughter heart tattoos
Black and white photo of a bare back showing a single thin black fine line tattoo running down the spine from the nape of the neck.
Single fine line down the spine
Black script reading Mischief Managed with a curved trail of footprints, tattooed on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Mischief Managed script and footprints on a foot
Red script lettering over a dark horizontal bar with small star marks, tattooed on the inside of a forearm.
Red script lettering on a forearm
Black fine script lettering reading Riddikulus with a small wand motif, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Riddikulus script on forearm
Close-up of a dark script quote reading a person's a person, no matter how small, beside a pink dandelion with a green stem, tattooed on a shoulder.
Dandelion and quote on a shoulder
Two bare feet on grass show matching fine line tattoos of the words You are my sunshine, each with a small yellow sun beside the text.
Matching sunshine quote tattoos on feet
Black and grey script lettering reading Alis Volat Propriis across the side of the ribs, above the waistband of jeans.
Alis Volat Propriis script on ribs
Black script lettering tattooed on a forearm reads I don't care, I'm still free, you can't take the sky from me.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of a small vertical lettering tattoo on the back of the neck, reading N 40 W 105 with triangles above and below.
Coordinates tattoo on the back of a neck
Close-up of a hand and forearm with the words IGNORE ALL PROBLEMS in brown block lettering on the inner forearm, against a white background.
Ignore all problems slogan on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of the word AHIMSA in Latin capitals with Devanagari script beneath it, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Ahimsa lettering on upper chest
Side of a torso showing a script quote with purple and green floral accents along the ribs, and a green and orange scale pattern tattoo on the hip.
Ribs script and green scale tattoo
Black line drawing of the words Country Girl in flowing script, with a horse head outline above the letters and a heart shape below, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Country Girl script with horse head and heart
Fine line script tattoos on two wrists, reading 'to infinity' on the left and 'and beyond' on the right, in blue ink with red accents and small birds.
To infinity and beyond on two wrists
Black and white flash design of a sword running through the words Be Brave Not Safe in decorative lettering with swirling flourishes.
Be Brave Not Safe lettering with sword
Black and grey tattoo of a flying saucer inside a circle of typewriter-style lettering, on an arm or leg of unclear placement.
UFO with circular quote tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate mirror frame beside a lettered quote in blackletter style, on the side of a person's ribs.
Quote and ornate mirror on the ribs
Grey shaded feather tattoo with script lettering reading 'With brave wings she flies' on the side of a hip, photographed in sunlight by the sea.
Feather and script quote on hip
Fine line script reading not all those who wander are lost, with a watercolour wash and an orange paper plane, on the inner forearm.
Paper plane and quote on a forearm
Small black fine line script lettering tattooed behind a person's ear, placed on the skin below the ear's edge.
Small script lettering behind the ear
Black script lettering running along the outer ankle and side of the foot in a sepia photograph.
Script lettering along an ankle
Black script tattoo of a Vincent Van Gogh quote about stars across a woman's upper back, seen from behind.
Van Gogh star quote across upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a patterned hot air balloon on the outer thigh, with the word freedom in black script hanging from its basket.
Hot air balloon with freedom script on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a full moon with cratered shading above a small serif quote on a forearm, reading Barn's burnt down, now I can see the moon.
Realistic moon and quote on a forearm
Black and grey realism roses and a compass on a leg, with fine script lettering on the thigh, shown in a bath.
Roses, compass and script on legs
Two black ink script tattoos with rising sun designs sit on a pair of wrists, reading You are my Sunshine and My only Sunshine, shown in a phone screenshot.
Matching sunshine script tattoos on wrists