Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black and grey photo of a solid cross and script lettering reading Let your faith is bigger than your fears, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cross and script quote on upper back
Shirtless man with a black NY cap covering his face, showing traditional style roses, a heart and script lettering on his chest, abdomen and full sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Traditional roses and lettering across chest and arms
Black ink tattoo of three small bird silhouettes above the cursive French script tu me manques, placed on a shoulder.
Three birds and French script on a shoulder
Two arms crossed over each other, each with the word 'always' in black fine line cursive on the inner forearm.
Matching 'always' script on two forearms
Black fine line infinity symbol joined to the cursive word dad, tattooed on the inner forearm in a black and grey photograph.
Infinity symbol with script word on forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo in cursive script reading Don't forget to love yourself, running along a forearm in a black and white photograph.
Script quote on a forearm
Realistic star tattoo on an upper arm that looks like peeling skin, filled with words such as freedom, family and friendship, with the word love in red.
Torn-skin star with words on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a white cartoon cat with a pink bow inside a gold ornate frame, with script lettering below, on a thigh.
Cartoon cat in ornate frame on thigh
Black script tattoos reading Beautiful Mother and Beautiful Daughter run along the ankles and feet of two people against a white background.
Matching script tattoos on two ankles
Two inner wrists with fine line black script tattoos, one reading To Infinity and the other and Beyond.
To Infinity and Beyond script on inner wrists
Colour tattoo of a black semicolon with blue and pink trailing wisps above the words This too shall pass in black script on a forearm.
Semicolon and script quote on forearm
Black ink lettering reading think in script above POSITIVE in capitals, with a cross running through the word, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Think positive lettering on a wrist
Black serif lettering reading Macbeth and I.iv.50-51 on the inner wrist, in a black and grey lettering style.
Macbeth and a reference line on a wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading "we're all mad here" in a typewriter-style font across the back of a person's neck, with dark hair falling beside it.
Quote tattoo across the back of the neck
Close view of a woman in a blue paisley print t-shirt, with a short line of black script tattoo partly visible on her upper arm.
Black script tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey script tattoo across a person's upper back, reading The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with the word Dance written in script through its centre, on the side of an ankle.
Infinity symbol with Dance on an ankle
Black and white photo of two hands held together, each wrist bearing a fine black Roman numeral tattoo reading VIII IV XII, with the sea behind.
Roman numeral wrist tattoos on a beach
Pencil drawing of a clenched fist with red nails, showing the words be kind to yourself and a small heart as lettering tattoo design on the forearm.
Be kind to yourself lettering on a drawn wrist
Close view of black script lettering tattooed on the back of a hand, with a dark shirt sleeve and a white shirt label visible beside it.
Black script lettering on the back of a hand
Black and grey shaded tattoo of two interlocking rings with script lettering and a date, on skin.
Interlocking rings with script names and a date
Two side-by-side black and grey realism skull tattoos on a torso, one wearing a hat with a banner reading Til my last day, the other with a veil, rose and a banner reading Til my last breath.
Two black and grey skulls with banner scrolls
Several hands pressed together, each wrist marked with a matching gold metallic temporary tattoo reading Bride Tribe above crossed arrows, in lettering style.
Gold Bride Tribe temporary tattoos on wrists
Fine line black script running down a forearm, with a small sun tattoo on the back of the hand and a small arrow on the wrist.
Script lettering and small sun tattoos on forearms
Drawn tattoo design of a shaded rose beside ornate script reading love me, with a line of serif text reading That's all I ask of you, on a white background.
Love me script with shaded rose design
Close-up of a thin black script tattoo reading blessed with a looping flourish on the ribs, worn beneath a white lace bandeau.
Blessed script on the ribs
Six gold lettering designs on white backing reading brides maid, wifey and MOH, in brush script and bold block styles, with no body placement shown.
Gold bridesmaid, wifey and MOH lettering designs
Fine line black script tattoo reading live free on the upper chest, beside the strap of a grey tank top.
Live free script on the upper chest
Fine black line drawing of an infinity symbol with a softball stitched on the left loop and the word Softball in script on the right loop, shown as a design with no body placement.
Infinity symbol with softball and script word
Flash sheet of three botanical designs: a coloured rose bouquet, a navy wreath with Stop and Smell the Roses lettering, and a floral heart with Joie de Vivre script.
Floral bouquet, rose wreath lettering and floral heart
Outlined TARDIS tattoo with blue and purple watercolour splashes and the words Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey in black script below it, on the thigh.
TARDIS with watercolour splashes and quote on thigh
Two bare feet with matching black fine line dandelion tattoos and script lettering across the top of each foot.
Matching dandelion and script tattoos on two feet
Black and grey photo of tattooed legs showing an elephant design and looping script lettering on the thigh, with a hairless cat resting on the knee.
Elephant and script tattoos on legs with a cat
Black and grey photograph of an infinity symbol tattoo on the inner wrist, with the words live the life you love in mixed lettering styles.
Live the life you love infinity wrist tattoo
Black handwritten lettering design on a white background reading A teenage vow in a parking lot 'til tonight do us part, in a lettering style with no body placement shown.
Handwritten lettering reading a teenage vow
Flash sheet of six black line infinity symbol designs, several with lettering such as faith, Strength, LOVE and HOPE, drawn on a white background.
Infinity symbol tattoo flash designs
Black line drawing flash sheet of an ornate blackletter capital alphabet with floral flourishes, suitable as lettering designs for a tattoo.
Ornate blackletter capital alphabet sheet
Fine line black script lettering running up the outer side of a foot, shown against dark leather.
Fine line script word on a foot
Two people show matching black script lettering on their ribs reading Together forever, never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart.
Matching quote tattoos on two people's ribs
Black fine line cursive script lettering on the top of a foot near the ankle, partly crossed by a brown leather sandal strap.
Cursive script lettering on the top of a foot
Close-up of a small fine line black script word tattooed on the inner forearm, with the hand resting in a white jeans pocket.
Small script word on the inner forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a feather inside an infinity symbol with the words life and love, sitting on the inner forearm.
Infinity feather with life and love on forearm
Black and grey brush script reading Be Authentic on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
Be Authentic brush lettering design
Black script tattoo reading Love Never Fails beside an ornamental interlocking knot motif on a shoulder.
Love Never Fails script with ornamental knot
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with the word faith in script and a bird in flight on the wrist.
Infinity symbol with faith and bird on wrist
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Wanderlust across the upper chest, with a silver key pendant necklace and white top beside it.
Wanderlust script on the upper chest
Black script lettering reading don't blink on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Don't blink script lettering design
Black handwritten script lettering reading who cares on a plain white background, a fine line lettering design with no body placement shown.
Who cares script lettering design