Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black and red medical alert tattoo on the inner wrist reading Meniere's Disease and Vertigo, with a red snake-and-staff symbol and MEDIC ALERT lettering around it.
Medical alert wrist tattoo for Meniere's disease
Black script lettering reading Barista on a plain grey background, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Barista script lettering design
Black script tattoo reading 'to thine own self be true' with a small bird beside it, on the inner wrist, worn with stacked silver bangles.
Script quote with a small bird on the wrist
Black and grey flash sheet of decorative alphabet letters A to Z, each with floral swirls, and some with small butterflies, in a lettering style.
Decorative alphabet letters A to Z with swirls
Black fine line script reading Walk by faith with a small cross beside it, tattooed across the top of a foot.
Walk by faith script with cross on foot
Black and white photo of two open palms, with the words 'i love you.' tattooed on one wrist and 'i know' on the other in a serif font.
Wrist lettering with two palms turned up
Close-up of a bare arm with black lettering reading LUCE in capitals on the upper arm and a small script line on the forearm near the elbow.
Luce and script lettering on an arm
Black block lettering reading I'LL BE BETTER THAN I WAS across a forearm, with dark shaded ink along the upper edge of the arm.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a heart holding a human hand and a paw, with a crescent moon, stars, a flower and the words Boys Whatever and Cats Forever, on a limb.
Heart with hand and paw, cats forever lettering
Black script lettering reading Come to me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest, running up the inside of a forearm.
Black script quote along a forearm
Small anchor tattoo with a red and white ribbon wrapped around it, above script lettering reading hope anchors the soul, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Anchor and ribbon with Hebrews 6:19 script
Colour tattoo on an arm of the word Hope in black script above a pink and teal ribbon looping through a black heart outline.
Hope script, ribbon and heart on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope with Faith, Hope and Love banners, placed on the forearm.
Anchor with Faith, Hope and Love banners on a forearm
Close-up of a blue and grey infinity symbol tattoo with the word Love, a crescent moon with a face and small stars, on the top of a foot.
Infinity, moon and stars on a foot
Two photos of a fine line black script lettering tattoo, shown on the inner forearm and on the upper back near the neck.
Fine line script tattoo on forearm and upper back
Black block lettering reading Face your fear, accept your war runs down a person's forearm, with military vest and camouflage trousers visible behind.
Face your fear quote on forearm
Black fine line flash design of the word Always in cursive script, with the capital A drawn as a triangle, circle and vertical line, shown on a white background.
Always script with triangle and circle A
Close photo of a thin black script tattoo reading 'i am because you were' on a person's upper back below the shoulder blade, in a fine line lettering style.
Fine script phrase across a shoulder blade
Black and grey script lettering reading No Regrets, with a shaded outline, tattooed on a forearm near the elbow.
No Regrets script lettering on an arm
Small black lettering reading let it be in a typewriter-style font on the upper back, with a gloved finger pointing at it.
Let it be lettering on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a state outline with a city skyline silhouette and lettering inside it, on the side of the ribs.
State outline with skyline and lettering on ribs
Two tattoo photos: black script reading Roll Tide on a forearm, and a red letter A with an elephant and Crimson Tide banner on a calf.
Roll Tide script and Crimson Tide elephant
Black lettering tattoo on the outer thigh reading We're all mad here, with the words arranged in the shape of a spade.
We're all mad here lettering in a spade shape
Colour traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a T-rex, a raptor and a sunburst beside roses, leaves and two banners with lettering.
Dinosaurs, roses and banners on an upper arm
Black cursive lettering tattoo reading soul meets body across the side of a thigh, with a pale waistband at the top edge of the frame.
Soul meets body script on upper thigh
Close-up of a coloured red bow and black script tattoo reading Because I'm a Lady, that's why across the top of a foot, with pink painted toenails visible.
Red bow and script quote on a foot
Black and grey fine line lettering runs vertically down the centre of a person's back, seen from behind, with hair in a loose bun.
Vertical script down the spine
Fine line black script reading inhale the future exhale the past with a flock of small birds above it, on a person's shoulder and upper chest.
Script quote and birds on a shoulder
Close-up of a neck behind an ear with the words never lose yourself in black script lettering running diagonally across the skin.
Never lose yourself script on the neck
Black and grey arm sleeve with a rose on the shoulder and a script tattoo on the ribs, on a reclining woman in a black lace bralette.
Arm sleeve and side script tattoos
Black and grey realism portrait of a smiling woman between two flags, with blackletter lettering reading Only Judy Can Judge Me, on a thigh.
Portrait of a smiling woman with lettering on thigh
Colour realism portrait of a bald man with the lettering I'D RATHER BE A BLIND MOTH, tattooed on the lower leg.
Realism portrait with quote on calf
Close photograph of two lines of black blackletter-style lettering tattooed across a person's ribs, with a shop interior visible behind.
Two lines of blackletter text on ribs
Black fine line script reading i carry your heart with a small heart flourish on the outer side of a foot near the ankle.
Script reading I carry your heart on a foot
Two forearms with script quote tattoos, one reading Together forever, never apart and the other maybe in distance but never in heart, with a small pink heart.
Matching quote tattoos on two forearms
Black blackletter word Protect tattooed on a forearm, with two people's hands clasped inside a car.
Blackletter Protect forearm tattoo in a car
Black lettering tattoo of a numbered passage in a serif typeface on the inner forearm of a person whose arm rests on a pink and grey leaf-patterned cloth.
Printed text quote tattoo on a forearm
Black script lettering of a three-line quote with flying bird silhouettes, tattooed across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bird silhouettes and quote on upper back
Close view of a black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font on an upper arm, with the text cropped at the edge of the frame.
Partly visible lettering tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey shaded world map tattoo on a person's upper chest, with the words it's all worth reaching for written above it.
World map and quote across the chest
Close crop of a woman's torso in a pale lace bra and satin skirt, showing the fine line script word wholehearted tattooed on the midriff above the waistband.
Wholehearted script on the midriff
Colour tattoo of a waving Union Jack with the words Made in England in blackletter script above it.
Made in England script above a Union Jack
Realistic pink awareness ribbon tattoo with the words Faith, Hope and Love in script, shaded in grey, on the inner forearm.
Pink ribbon with Faith, Hope and Love on a forearm
Black ink script reading Phil 4:13 above an infinity symbol with the word strength on a shoulder, in a Lettering style.
Phil 4:13 and infinity strength lettering on a shoulder
Two matching black fine line script tattoos spelling ohana on the forearms of two people, one on the inner arm and one on the lower forearm.
Matching ohana script tattoos on forearms
Fresh black script lettering with a starfish, dots and a shell on the side of the ribs, covered by clear wrap and tape.
Script quote with starfish and shell on ribs
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading free on the back of a woman's hand, with her other hand resting on her shoulder.
Free script tattoo on the back of a hand
Two bare feet with blue outline tattoos of a stag and an animal head, each with black lettering reading Expecto Patronum, on a black leather couch.
Expecto Patronum foot tattoos