Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading let go let God across the back of a hand's finger, resting on a thigh.
Let go let God script on a finger
Black script tattoo reading Family with the lines Where life begins and and love never ends beneath it, shown on upper back skin in a two-photo collage.
Family script tattoo on upper back
Black ink lettering design on white paper, with a decorative blackletter-style word surrounded by scrollwork and foliage, beside a fine black pen.
Ornate lettering design in black ink
Script lettering reading Breathe in white ink on a wrist, with pale raised lines on reddened skin.
Breathe script lettering on a wrist
Two hands with small fine line tattoos on the fingers, a tree on one finger and an owl on another, in black ink.
Tree, owl and matching finger tattoos
Black ink tattoo on the upper back showing a silhouette of a girl blowing dandelion seeds, with the word Mom in cursive script above.
Mom script and dandelion silhouette on upper back
Two thighs show matching black lettering tattoos above the knees, each with a leafy vine and flower, reading OH NO LOVE and YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
Matching thigh tattoos with leaves and a flower
Fine line black tattoo of the word Wanderlust in cursive script with an arrow through it, on the forearm.
Wanderlust script with an arrow
Black and grey realism feather tattoo with fading splatter dots and script lettering reading There, but for the grace of God, go I, on the side of a torso.
Feather and script quote on ribs
Black script tattoo reading And this too shall pass on the side of a torso, with two hands resting against the skin.
Script quote on the side of the torso
Hand-drawn lettering design reading Harry, Hermione and Ron in flowing script, with a lightning bolt, crown, glasses and small star doodles, drawn in brown ink on a sepia background.
Harry, Hermione and Ron name lettering design
Two people hold hands, each with a black script lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, partly cropped to read i love him and i love her.
Matching script wrist tattoos on clasped hands
Black script lettering reading DiabeT1c, with the T1 in blue, and a blue outlined circle beneath it, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Script DiabeT1c lettering with blue circle on wrist
Fine line black script tattoo on the inner forearm, with a grey knitted sleeve pushed back at the wrist.
Small script tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with a beaded chain and looping script lettering around it, on an upper arm.
Pocket watch with script quote
Colour photo of a black bat wing fading into red with scattered red, green and purple HA lettering on the upper arm.
Bat wing and laughing HA lettering on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo reading 'if you don't live for something you'll die for nothing' across the chest, set in a plain serif style.
Quote lettering across the chest
Black and grey script reading Triumph across a woman's chest, with shaded roses and flourishes on either side and a tattoo on her shoulder.
Triumph script with roses on chest
Monoline drawing of an anchor with the word faith written down its shank, in brown ink on aged parchment, shown as a tattoo design.
Anchor with faith lettering
Blue-ink tattoo of a flock of birds rising above the words Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly, across a person's upper back.
Flock of birds and script on upper back
Black lettering tattoo reading BAD WOLF in a blocky, hand-drawn style across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Bad Wolf lettering near the collarbone
Black lettering tattoo reading I am all made out of shipwrecks in a typewriter style on the inner upper arm, with a knitted sleeve pushed up above it.
Quote lettering on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lightning bolt containing glasses, a book and a teacup, surrounded by handwritten script along the ribs.
Lightning bolt with objects and script on ribs
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading "so it goes." on the side of a person's torso, in dark ink on pale skin.
Small script quote "so it goes." on the side of the torso
Three small black Roman numeral III tattoos, one on each of three wrists, in a simple lettering style.
Three Roman numeral III wrist tattoos
Colourful rainbow paint splash tattoo with black Born This Way lettering and an equals sign on an upper arm, in a painterly style.
Rainbow paint splash with Born This Way on upper arm
Two forearms with fine line black script lettering, a small outlined triangle and a partial outline shape, shown with palms facing up.
Script phrases and a triangle on two forearms
Black ink umbrella above the word SUPREME in bold block lettering across the back of a neck.
Umbrella above Supreme on the neck
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a flying saucer with beams of light and stars above the words GET IN LOSER, on the lower leg.
Get in Loser UFO on a lower leg
Black blackletter alphabet sheet showing uppercase and lowercase letters A to Z in a gothic lettering style, suitable as tattoo lettering reference.
Blackletter alphabet sheet
Fine line black tattoo on the wrist showing a circle and small wedge resting on a line, with script lettering beneath reading I am my own piece.
Circle and script lettering on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of the word Always beside a triangle and circle symbol and a small lightning bolt, on the side of the ribs.
Always script with Deathly Hallows symbol
Black script tattoo reading take your time don't live too fast, troubles will come and they will pass, with three bird silhouettes, on the inner upper arm.
Script quote and three birds on upper arm
Black ink Ichthys fish tattoo with the word faith in script, sitting on the top of a foot beside pink painted toenails.
Ichthys fish with faith on a foot
Traditional style tattoo on a calf of a pair of legs in fishnet stockings and red heels, with banners reading Don't dream it, be it.
Fishnet legs and banners on a calf
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading beloved on the inner wrist, with a thin bracelet just above it.
Beloved script on the wrist
Colour tattoo of a world map with soft watercolour-style fills, a paper plane and a dashed flight path, with the words Those who fly alone have the strongest wings beneath, on the side of the torso.
World map with paper plane and quote
Flash design of a ship's wheel and an anchor wrapped in rope, with script lettering reading Be the one to guide me but never hold me down, in black ink on a pale background.
Ship's wheel and anchor with quote lettering
Black and white lettering design reading Harley-Davidson with a B and D emblem, a ribbon banner and ornate spires, drawn as a flash design with no body placement shown.
Harley-Davidson lettering with ribbon and emblem
Circular tattoo on the lower leg showing a blue Japanese-style wave beneath the black lettering I AM THE SEA AND NOBODY OWNS ME.
Wave and quote on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of a looping ribbon design with the word love in script on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Looped ribbon with script love on a wrist
Flash sheet of hand-drawn tattoo designs in a fantasy theme, including a bearded tree face, a moth, a hobbit-style door in a bottle and a witch hat over a city.
Fantasy flash sheet with tree, moth and bottle
Black handwritten-style lettering reading Talk less. Smile more. across the inner forearm.
Talk less, smile more lettering on forearm
Close-up of two clenched fists with BURRITOS tattooed in grey ink across the fingers, a lettering tattoo on the hand.
Burritos spelt across knuckles
Black design drawing of a row of spiral and angular symbols above the word UNFOUND in serif lettering on a white background.
Unfound lettering with spiral symbols
Traditional style tattoo of a red fox riding a black skateboard, with the words TOO WEIRD TO LIVE and TOO RARE TO DIE arcing around it on a limb.
Fox on a skateboard with lettering
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a triangle with a circle and a silhouetted figure against blue trees, above black script reading Don't let the Muggles get you down darling.
Deathly Hallows triangle and quote on a forearm
Hand-drawn flash sheet of infinity symbol tattoo designs with handwritten words such as love, faith and hope, in fine black linework.
Infinity symbol lettering designs