Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism tattoo of feathers and a rose on an upper arm and forearm, with Roman numerals X II MCMXLIX in a line on the forearm.
Feather wing and rose on an arm
Fine line black tattoo of a stack of books with the word Escape in script beside it, on the ankle.
Escape lettering and stacked books on the ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch, gears and smoke with a banner reading Tempus Vincit Omnia, on the inner forearm.
Pocket watch and gears on a forearm
Black fine line script reading Redeemed on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the palm of the hand open above it.
Redeemed script on an inner wrist
Black lettering in an infinity loop reading live the life you love, shown as a design, as temporary transfers on grass, and as a small fine script tattoo on a woman's upper back.
Infinity loop lettering reading live the life you love
Fine line black tattoo of angular letterforms and chevron shapes on the inner upper arm.
Angular letterforms on the upper arm
Black Devanagari-style script lettering tattoo on the outer upper arm, shown in close view with a dark sleeve at the shoulder.
Devanagari-style script on upper arm
Two interlocked hands show matching black script monogram tattoos on the ring fingers, in a lettering style.
Script monogram on two ring fingers
Black script lettering reading heaven has taken my hero runs across a woman's upper back and shoulder, with her hair in a bun.
Script quote across a shoulder
Black script lettering reading Let it Be on the inner forearm, with sunlight glowing behind the arm.
Let it Be script lettering on a forearm
Black and grey fine line lettering on a person's upper back reads hand wash warm water, mild soap like dry, do not machine dry, do not iron, with four laundry care symbols below.
Laundry care label text on upper back
Black and red cut-out style lettering tattoo across a forearm reading I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Close side view of skin with the words Still and Beautiful in thin dark script lettering, placed on the side of the torso.
Still and Beautiful script on the side
Close-up of a small fine line black script tattoo reading let it go on a person's side ribs, just below a black bra strap.
Fine line script reading let it go on the ribs
Black and grey realism portrait tattoo of a man with a full curly afro, with a script scroll reading Bob Marley beneath him.
Realism portrait with Bob Marley scroll lettering
Black and grey photo of two forearms, each with a black blackletter-style lettering quote tattoo on the inner forearm.
Two matching lettering quotes on forearms
Black and grey script lettering with swirling flourishes running vertically along the side of the ribs.
Script lettering with flourishes on ribs
Close-up of a black handwritten script tattoo reading 'this is what a feminist looks like' across pale skin.
Handwritten script quote tattoo
Black line drawing of the words Just Breathe in flowing handwritten script on a white background, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
Just Breathe script lettering design
Black ink sketch of a flowing script tattoo design with the names Jonah, Tyler, Grace and Rose, hearts and curling swirls, drawn on pale paper.
Names, hearts and swirls script design
Black line drawing of the words I AM A in thin capitals above warrior in a flowing script, with an outlined heart, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
I am a warrior lettering with heart
Black and grey flash drawing of a pizza slice with dripping cheese, hearts and an I LOVE AFFAIR banner, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
I Love Affair pizza slice flash design
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading C'est la vie on the side of a person's torso, near the ribs.
Fine line C'est la vie script on the side
Close photograph of a fine black Roman numeral tattoo reading II II LXXXII on the side of a foot, with a small outline heart above it near the ankle.
Roman numerals and small heart on an ankle
Fine line black script tattoo written beneath the bust on a woman wearing a blue bikini top, partly hidden by the fabric.
Fine script tattoo under the bust
Black brush-stroke guitar with a heart sound hole and the script words For the love of music on the outer thigh.
Brush guitar with script quote on a thigh
Single-colour tattoo on a thigh of the words HELL IS EMPTY AND ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE, framed by swirling scrollwork in lettering and fine line style.
Quote lettering with scrollwork on a thigh
Black brush-script lettering of the word love on a plain white background, drawn as a design with no body placement shown.
Hand-lettered word love in black script
Fine line black script tattoo reading free on the wrist of a hand resting beside a sleeping lion cub on grass.
Fine line script word on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork flash drawing of a howling wolf before a stippled full moon, with the words You're a werewolf and I'm a full moon and a small flower and leaves, drawn in ink on a sketchbook
Howling wolf and full moon flash
Black lettering tattoo of many words arranged in a flowing shape across a person's upper arm, with the text running down toward the elbow.
Words arranged in a flowing shape on upper arm
Two wrists showing matching black script tattoos that read To infinity and beyond, one phrase split across both inner wrists in fine line lettering.
To infinity and beyond script on wrists
Black lettering tattoo reading my food doesn't scream in a typewriter-style font, placed on the inner forearm.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Fine black script lettering reading love is patient and love is kind on the inner upper arm, with a denim sleeve above.
Love is patient, love is kind lettering on arm
Black lettering reading "I love you to the moon and back" with a small crescent moon below it, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
"I love you to the moon and back" on a wrist
Small fine line arrow tattoo with black stylised lettering along the shaft, coloured in red and purple, placed on the ribs.
Arrow with lettering on the ribs
Small black lettering tattoos on the fingers of a hand with black nails, resting on the face of an orange and white cat with its eyes closed.
Lettering tattoos on fingers, hand resting on a cat
Black script lettering reading Hope on the inner wrist, with the H drawn in teal as a looping ribbon shape.
Script word Hope on the inner wrist
Pencil sketch of a pin-up woman with three bears and Just Right script in Neo-trad and lettering styles, drawn as a tattoo design.
Pin-up portrait with bears and Just Right script
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a ruined wooden cabin and a dark silhouetted figure, with the script line Celebrate the way the night hides scars above it.
Ruined cabin and script lyric on a forearm
Gold metallic temporary tattoo of three Greek-style letters with a pair of scissors on the inner wrist, styled as lettering.
Gold foil Greek letters and scissors on a wrist
Black and grey script tattoo reading The course of true love never did run smooth, across the side of the ribs.
Script quote across the ribs
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo reading The End in mixed script and serif lettering on the inner forearm.
The End lettering on an arm
Black and white photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading We're all stories in the end on a forearm, below a plaid shirt sleeve.
Handwritten quote script on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo on a forearm of an outlined heart joined to a heartbeat line that runs into the cursive word faith.
Heartbeat line and faith script on forearm
Small black block lettering reading BAD WOLF on the inner wrist, with a rolled-up denim sleeve.
Bad Wolf lettering on the inner wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading Agape across the side ribs of a torso.
Agape script on the ribs
Black ink lettering reading vegan; in a serif typeface on the inner wrist, beside a yellow knitted sleeve and patterned fabric.
Vegan semicolon wordmark on a wrist