Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black and grey tattoo design of birds taking flight beside the script words Don't be afraid to fly, shown without any body placement.
Birds in flight with 'Don't be afraid to fly'
Fine line black script tattoo running down a woman's forearm, above a blue silk scarf tied around her wrist.
Fine line script on a forearm
Bold black block lettering reading BELIEVE tattooed on a forearm, with a slightly shaded, dimensional look.
Believe lettering on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading Blessed, with a small heart and a dangling rosary with cross, on a person's lower back.
Blessed script with rosary on lower back
Two open palms show small black lettering tattoos on the wrists, one reading Better Halves and the other Best Friends, with wedding rings on both hands.
Matching lettering tattoos on two wrists
Black typewriter-style lettering on the inside of a forearm reads 'i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)' against a dark striped background.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Two people with fine line script tattoos reading To infinity and and beyond on their upper chests, in black ink.
Matching script quote tattoos on the chest
Single-line handwritten script design reading positivity in black on a white background, drawn in a fine line lettering style with no body placement shown.
Positivity in fine line script
Close photo of the words just breathe; written in black fine line script across the inner wrist and forearm.
Just breathe script on the wrist
Black script tattoo reading Let it be with three small birds in flight, on the inner forearm near the wrist, in a lettering style.
Let it be script with three birds on a forearm
Black fine line script lettering on a white background reading keep life simple, drawn as a single continuous stroke design for a tattoo.
Keep life simple script lettering design
Black script lettering reading Breathe, with a flock of small black birds rising from the final letters, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Breathe script with flying birds
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner wrist showing an infinity symbol with the word faith and heb 11:1 beneath, with three small birds flying above.
Infinity symbol, faith script and birds on wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a seated man holding a glass beside a line of text, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Seated man and quote on upper back
Small fine line tattoo of a colourful house lifted by a bunch of balloons, with the words Adventure is out there above it, on the upper back.
Balloon house with 'Adventure is out there' quote
Two black script lettering tattoos, one reading for them I'd risk it all on the top of a foot and one reading because of her I will not fall on the other foot.
Two script quotes on the feet
Black script lettering tattoo reading a quote about dancing and music, placed along the ribs on a bare torso.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Close-up of a green botanical sprout tattoo with a black script word vegetarian beside it, on the forearm.
Vegetarian script with a green sprout on an arm
Black and white photo of an infinity symbol tattoo on the inner wrist, with the words live the life you love set in script and block lettering.
Infinity symbol with live the life you love lettering
Black script lettering tattoo on the upper arm reading 'our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean'.
Quote about a wave and the ocean on the upper arm
Black script tattoo reading Strength, with a small cross through the T, on the side of the ribs.
Strength script with cross on ribs
Black script lettering reading 'He walks with me' with flourishes and a small fish outline, on the side of a foot.
Script quote 'He walks with me' on a foot
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a bird on a branch, with a ribbon banner spiralling down the forearm bearing a quote.
Bird and quote banner on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo of the word love with a long swash line across a forearm, set against a plain white background.
Love script on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo on a forearm reading got a dream, got a spark, got somewhere to be.
Small lettering quote on a forearm
Black and white photo of two people with matching fine script tattoos reading hakuna matata, one upside down on the upper back and one on the shoulder.
Matching hakuna matata script on two shoulders
Black block lettering reading must be this tall to ride, with a red left-pointing arrow between the lines, a lettering tattoo on the side of the ribs.
Must be this tall to ride sign on ribs
Fine line black script tattoo running down the spine of a woman seated at a bar, photographed from behind.
Script quote running down the spine
Black and white photo of a forearm with the words THIS MEANS NOTHING in simple hand-drawn block lettering across the inner arm.
Forearm lettering reading This means nothing
Grey anchor design with the script words 'My family is my anchor' set over it, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Anchor with 'My family is my anchor' script
Side of a torso showing a lettering tattoo of the words Art Is The Weapon, Imagination Is The Ammunition in black type over colourful watercolour splashes on the ribs.
Watercolour splash and quote on the side ribs
Black ink lettering reading LOVE WHAT YOU DO in stacked, overlapping serif capitals on the inner wrist of a hand held up against a plain white background.
Stacked serif phrase on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading today you are you, that is truer than true, in a typewriter-style font.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading find what you love and let it kill you, tattooed across the inner forearm.
Typewriter quote tattoo on a forearm
Pencil sketch of the words Fresh and Foolish in flowing script lettering with an ampersand, drawn on white paper resting on a wooden table.
Fresh and Foolish script lettering sketch
Two forearms with matching fine line black script tattoos reading I love you mama and I love you more, each with two bird silhouettes in flight.
Matching script and bird tattoos on forearms
Black script lettering design on a white background reading imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, drawn in flowing calligraphic strokes.
Script quote: imperfection is beauty, madness is genius
Pencil-style drawing of a coiled cobra with green watercolour washes and the word Slytherin in script beneath it, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Coiled snake with Slytherin lettering
Black and grey fine line script name with a small footprint tattoo on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Script name and footprint on upper back
Black script lettering along the ribs reads in part "you'll die for nothing", partly covered by a red lace top, with a small red rose tattoo on the arm at the left edge.
Script quote along the ribs
Two matching black script quote tattoos on the inner wrists, reading 'I am not afraid to keep on living' and 'I am not afraid to walk this world alone'.
Matching quote tattoos on inner wrists
Black script lettering reading Let go, or be dragged across the inner wrist, in a lettering style on the forearm.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Black lettering design reading Take me anywhere in script and capitals, with two arrows below, drawn on a plain white background as a flash design.
Take me anywhere lettering with two arrows
Black block lettering reading WHITE down the left calf and TRASH down the right calf of a person in plaid shorts, seen from behind in a shop aisle.
Stacked lettering on both calves
Black ink drawing of the word trust in flowing handwritten script, with a thin line running out from both sides and the words IN THE LORD in capitals beneath, on a plain white background.
Trust in the Lord script design
Black ink sketch of a mountain range above the script words "the mountains are calling", shown as a flash design on a white background with no body placement visible.
Mountain sketch with script quote
Torso selfie showing black script lettering along the left ribs and a colourful floral tattoo on the upper arm, in workout clothes.
Script on ribs with floral arm tattoo
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a dotted inner ring and blackletter lettering along the lower edge, on a person's back.
Compass rose with blackletter lettering