Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black script reading To live would be an awfully big adventure across the top of a foot, with a flying silhouette and pink, green and purple swirls.
Peter Pan quote with flying silhouette on foot
Black ink tattoo reading think positive in script and serif lettering, with a cross replacing the T, on the inner wrist.
Think Positive lettering on the inner wrist
Two matching black script tattoos on a forearm reading I heart him and I heart her, each with a shaded heart, in black and grey ink.
I heart him and I heart her forearm script
Drawn tattoo design of an anchor entwined with an infinity symbol of rope, purple roses and the script words I refuse to sink.
Infinity anchor and roses design
Close view of a woman's forearm with a small fine line script tattoo reading patience near the wrist, beside silver rings and bangles.
Fine line script reading patience on a forearm
Two wrists side by side with matching fine line script tattoos: 'to' followed by an infinity symbol on the left and 'and beyond' on the right, in blue ink with red accents.
To infinity and beyond matching wrist tattoos
Black ink Capricorn zodiac symbol with the word Capricorn in cursive script beneath it, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Capricorn zodiac symbol and script on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading The world is quiet here runs across the inner upper arm.
Typewriter quote on upper arm
Close-up of the inner forearm with small black sans-serif capital lettering reading LOVE YOURSELF SO NO ONE HAS TO, with a small crescent moon tattoo visible on the hand.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black fine line crescent moon with a script quote beside it, tattooed on the outer thigh of a person in a brown knitted cardigan.
Crescent moon and quote on a thigh
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading I am enough the way I am, running along the collarbone and upper shoulder, in a lettering style.
Script quote along the collarbone
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading adventure across the forearm, shown in a lettering style.
Adventure lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a small black Roman numeral tattoo reading VIII, XXV, LIV in a serif lettering style on the inner upper arm of a woman in a dark knitted jumper.
Roman numerals on an upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo reading Until the very end, with three small stars at the start and a small triangle at the end, on skin.
Until the very end script tattoo with stars
Two forearms pressed together showing matching black fine line script tattoos reading Follow me and I'll follow you, arranged in a circle around a small outlined motif on the forearm.
Matching circular script forearm tattoos
Black typewriter-style lettering reading rather, they were too frightened to be cowards, tattooed along the inside of a forearm in front of a bookshelf.
Typewriter-style quote on a forearm
Fine line script tattoo on the side of a woman's ribs, in black ink, with a black bikini top and dark jeans.
Script tattoo on the ribs
Black ink script tattoo running down the spine of a woman seen from behind, with a shaded rose on her upper arm.
Vertical script down the spine with a rose
Black script tattoo on the side of a thigh reading for every dark night, with a single arrow and there is a brighter day beneath it.
Quote and arrow on a thigh
Black distressed typewriter-style lowercase alphabet with punctuation on a white background, shown as a flash sheet of lettering designs.
Distressed typewriter alphabet sheet
Black lettering tattoo reading promise on a finger, shown in a three-panel photo.
Promise lettering on a finger
Fine line black tattoo of the word warrior, with a semicolon in place of the i, above a thin arrow, on pale skin at the forearm.
Warrior lettering with arrow on forearm
Black Hebrew script tattoo running along a forearm, set against a plain indoor background with blinds and a sofa.
Hebrew script on a forearm
Two photographs of rib tattoos: a red and grey bird beneath the script words Together forever never apart, and a shaded grey daisy beneath Maybe in distance but not in heart.
Bird and daisy rib tattoos with script quotes
Black handwritten script on a white background reading inhale confidence, exhale doubt, drawn as a fine line lettering design.
Inhale confidence, exhale doubt handwritten script
Two wrists with matching fine line script tattoos reading i love her and i love him, each with a small heart, in black ink.
Matching i love her and i love him wrist tattoos
Black fine line tattoo of two eight-pointed stars and the words Think happy thoughts on the inner forearm, with cartoon nail art on the hand below.
Two stars and a quote on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading she is clothed in strength and dignity, on the side of a ribcage, with a hand resting over the shoulder.
Script quote tattoo on the side ribs
Fine line black script lettering reading Bind my wandering heart to thee across the inner forearm, against a cream background.
Script quote on a forearm
Black fine line script reading wild across the top of a foot, in a black and grey photograph.
Script word "wild" on the top of a foot
Fine line tattoo design of four birds in flight above the script lettering life is a beautiful struggle, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Four birds above a script quote
Small black script tattoo on the back of a leg just above the ankle, with taupe wedge sandals on a wooden floor.
Small script tattoo near ankle with taupe wedges
Fine line black lettering reading CALM three times in a stacked column on a forearm.
Three stacked CALM lettering on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo in a typewriter font reading Have The Courage to Live. Anyone Can Die., running vertically along the upper arm.
Typewriter quote down the upper arm
Black and grey lettering tattoo with a rose on the outer thigh of a woman in shorts and a checked shirt tied at the waist.
Rose and script tattoo on a thigh
White handwritten script reading "you got this" on a black background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
You got this handwritten lettering
Watercolour-style daisy tattoo in teal, pink and yellow on the upper arm, ringed by the script words Do you suppose she's a wildflower.
Watercolour daisy with wildflower quote
Close view of a thin black fine line script tattoo reading warrior on the inner forearm, with a book and a teal knitted blanket in the background.
Warrior script on a forearm
Handwritten black script reading 'You kiss the noise and it tastes like rock n roll' sits beside two red lip prints on a shoulder and collarbone.
Lyric script and red lips on shoulder
Fine line purple script reading let it be on the top of a woman's foot, with a denim jean cuff and red toenail polish visible.
Let it be script on the top of a foot
White ink tattoo on a wrist showing a fine line infinity symbol, the word faith in script, and three small swallows, in a Fine line lettering style.
Infinity symbol with faith script and swallows
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a gold pocket watch on a chain, playing card suit symbols and a black script quote in a realistic lettering style.
Pocket watch and quote with playing card suits
Hand-drawn flash design of three blue and black waves above the cursive word home, drawn on plain paper.
Three waves above cursive script on paper
Black and grey crown tattoos with script lettering beneath them, shown on the wrists of two people side by side.
Matching crown tattoos on two wrists
Close photo of black hand-lettered Bad Wolf tattoo on the upper chest near the collarbone, in a Lettering style.
Bad Wolf lettering on the collarbone
Two fine line black lettering tattoos on the inner forearms, one reading Be Kind to yourself inside a flower wreath and one reading You are loved in a small heart outline.
Be Kind and You Are Loved wrist tattoos
Black and grey sunflower tattoo on a shoulder, with the script words you are my sunshine running across the upper chest to the right.
Sunflower and script quote on shoulder
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind with a small script tattoo on her upper back, below her neck.
Small script tattoo on upper back