Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black blackwork tattoo of marching soldier silhouettes forming a silver fern leaf, with the script words Lest we forget beneath it, on the chest.
Marching soldiers in a silver fern with script
Black fine-line script lettering tattoo running vertically down the nape and upper back of a person with short hair.
Vertical script tattoo down the nape
Three-panel collage of black and grey tattoos: a tall pine tree on an upper arm, a detailed house with clouds on a forearm, and 'gone fishing' in script on a wrist.
Pine tree, house and 'gone fishing' script
Blue script tattoo reading Everything happens for a reason with a small heart, across the upper back beneath a pink bra strap.
Script quote "Everything happens for a reason" on upper back
Black script lettering reading Philippians 4.18 on the inner upper arm, with a dark band on the bicep above it.
Philippians 4.18 script on upper arm
Woman seen from behind with red hair and one hand raised to her head, showing a red lettering tattoo of a short verse across her upper back.
Red lettering quote across upper back
Gold metallic temporary tattoo reading BRIDE TRIBE, with a heart-shaped arrow between the words, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Bride Tribe lettering with arrow on wrist
Black script tattoo reading Don't let the Muggles get you down, with a lightning bolt, on a person's arm.
Quote tattoo with a lightning bolt
Black ink flash design of the word Teacher in flowing script inside an apple outline, with a leaf and curled stem, on a white background.
Teacher lettering inside an apple
Black ink flash sheet of two decorative alphabets in traditional-style lettering, one with solid black fills and one with outline letters, plus numerals and punctuation.
Alphabet and numerals lettering flash sheet
Two black and grey infinity symbol tattoos with fine line script on the inner forearms, one reading my sister's protector and the other my brother's keeper.
Matching infinity tattoos with sibling script
Black fine line tattoo of the word Love in looping script inside an outlined heart, on the inner wrist.
Love script inside a heart on a wrist
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading liberté on a person's upper back.
Liberté script on upper back
Close photo of a small black script tattoo reading happiness on the upper thigh of a person in denim shorts and black sandals.
Script word tattoo on a thigh
Black ink cross above the script words Psalm 46:5 on a forearm, covered by clear plastic wrap.
Cross and Psalm 46:5 script on a forearm
Black script lettering reading "A dream is a wish your heart makes" with small blue stars, tattooed on the inner forearm, lettering style.
Script quote with stars on a forearm
Close-up of the word Fearless in pale, fine script lettering tattooed on a patch of skin.
Fearless in pale script lettering
Close-up of a fine line lettering tattoo on the side of the torso, with the words Live the life you love forming an infinity symbol and two small red hearts.
Infinity quote tattoo on the side
Two photographs, one above the other, of black script lettering reading Party on, Wayne on an inner arm and Party on, Garth on a second arm, both in a fine-line lettering style.
Two matching script quote tattoos on arms
Black script reading Do you suppose she's a wildflower, with a colour daisy and green leaves, tattooed on the top of a foot in a lettering and botanical style.
Script line and daisy on a foot
Black and grey realism tattoo across a man's upper back showing the word Amendment in flowing script, two engraved handguns and a quotation beneath, viewed from behind.
Amendment lettering and two handguns on back
Black fine line script reading He walks with me across the heel and sole of a foot, with a small cross tattooed on the ankle.
Script quote and small cross on an ankle
Red and yellow flower tattoo with shaded petals and a black script phrase, on the lower back, in a neo-traditional style with lettering.
Red flower with script saying Your Pain is a Gift
Black fine line script tattoo reading Walk by faith not by sight, running along the outer side of a foot from the heel towards the toes.
Script quote along the side of a foot
Black handwritten lettering reading I'm not perfect and Neither are you across a person's lower back, with dark hair at the top of the frame.
I'm not perfect lettering on lower back
Close-up of a black fine line script tattoo reading be still on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Be still script on a wrist
Two people seen from behind, each with a black script quote tattoo on the shoulder blade: on the left "I'll love you forever", on the right "I'll like you for always".
Matching script quotes on two shoulders
Pencil sketch of a heart with the word Love in flowing script lettering, drawn on tracing paper beside a black marker.
Love script heart design sketch
Black lettering reading Not all those who wander are lost, with two birds in flight, on a woman's upper back beside purple flower heads.
Quote and birds on upper back
Fine line black ink tattoo of the numbers one to six arranged in an arc on the outer ankle.
Numbers one to six around an ankle
Black line drawing of a simple cross above the fine-line lettering I surrender who I've been for who you are, on a plain light grey background.
Cross and lettering quote design
Black script lettering reading Allons-y in a fine script style, tattooed across the ribs on a pale torso.
Allons-y script tattoo on the ribs
Black fine line script reading Nana with a thin arrow running beneath it, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Nana script with arrow on ribs
Four forearms show matching black arrow tattoos with Roman numerals, two small fine line arrows on the wrists and two larger feathered arrows on the forearms.
Matching arrow tattoos with Roman numerals
Two black script tattoos on the inner wrists, reading No lies and Just love, set side by side in a lettering style on a forearm.
No lies and Just love wrist script
Close crop of a small black lettering tattoo reading i've got the world to go on a woman's upper arm.
Quote lettering on an upper arm
Two wrists side by side with fine line script tattoos on the inside, reading 'to' with an infinity symbol and 'and beyond', with a small red mark near the end.
Matching 'to infinity and beyond' wrist tattoos
Black script tattoo reading Love me for who i am, with a small butterfly and a larger shaded butterfly, on the upper chest and shoulder.
Script quote and butterflies across shoulder
Two matching fine line heart tattoos with the word sisters written inside, one in grey and one in purple, on the inner forearms of two people.
Matching sisters heart tattoos on inner forearms
Two forearms, one above the other, each with a fine line black script tattoo reading "We got this" followed by a small heart, on the inner forearm.
Matching "We got this" script on forearms
Pen and ink drawing of an ornate script lettering design with swirling flourishes on cream paper, beside a black fineliner pen.
Ornate script lettering design in ink
Black script lettering reading Serenity, running vertically on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Serenity script lettering design
Two wrists in a sepia photo, each with black script lettering reading Love all and Trust few, placed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Love all and trust few script on wrists
Blue silhouette birds rise from the shoulder blade, with the script lettering Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly beneath them on a person's upper back.
Flock of birds and script quote on back
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'we're all stories in the end' runs along the inside of a forearm.
Quote 'we're all stories in the end' on forearm
Black lettering tattoo of a four-line quote in a blackletter style, running along the side of a person's ribs.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Two forearms held together, one with a fine line outline of a camera and the other with black lettering reading f/5.6 and 1/125 on the inner arm.
Camera and exposure settings tattoos on forearms
Collage of nine black ink tattoos in fine line script and small symbols, including a feather behind the ear, a key with the word honesty, an anchor with chains and the word alive on the wrist.
Script and symbol tattoos on wrists and ear