Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black and grey tattoo of pine trees and mountains inside a circle, with the words The journey is the reward around the edge, on the side of the body.
Pine trees and mountains in a circle with a quote
Three crossed forearms showing fine line lettering, a small bird outline and a compass rose tattoo on the forearm.
Three forearms with quote, bird and compass tattoos
Black script lettering reading Give me strength when I'm standing and faith when I fall, tattooed across the upper chest below the collarbone.
Script quote across the upper chest
Black fine line tattoo of Tengwar Elvish script running across the inner upper arm of a person with the arm raised.
Tengwar script lettering on inner upper arm
Fine line tattoo of an anchor woven into an infinity symbol with the word love and a small red heart, on the wrist.
Anchor and love infinity on a wrist
Black fine line hexagon outline with the words Test Tattoo Please Ignore inside it, on the side of the body.
Hexagon outline with test lettering
Two fists held toward the camera, with the word LOVE in black serif capitals across the fingers of one hand and SICK across the other, both on the hand.
LOVE and SICK finger lettering
Black and grey serif lettering reading I am the architect of my own Destruction, with a small flourish beneath, across a person's upper back.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose wrapped in banknotes with two scroll banners of script lettering, on the back of a calf.
Rose and banknotes with scroll lettering on a calf
Black fine line script tattoo reading what if you fly on the side of a torso, above a patterned blue top.
Script quote reading what if you fly
Forearm tattoo of the script line 'Listen with your heart you will understand' beside a soft pink and grey watercolour style profile of a woman.
Script quote and profile portrait on forearm
Black script lettering reading Strength; It's what comes from the madness we survive, tattooed across the upper chest.
Script quote across the upper chest
Black fine line tattoo of a galloping horse with the words stay strong in cursive script on the inner forearm.
Horse and stay strong script on forearm
Fine line black script word with an infinity loop and three small birds in flight, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Script word with infinity loop and birds on wrist
Colour tattoo of the Ohio state outline filled with the state flag, with the script words Home is Where the Heart is below, on the upper leg.
Ohio flag state outline on thigh
Black fine line tattoo of Belle and the Beast in profile beside a small green and pink rose, with the script words Tale as old as time beneath, on a person's upper back.
Belle and the Beast silhouette with rose on upper back
Fine line black script lettering runs from the ankle down the side of a bare foot, with a second foot beside it.
Script quotation running along the foot
Black ink tattoo on the inner forearm reading Music is Life in handwritten lettering, with media player icons below it.
Music is Life lettering with media controls
Black script lettering reading For Those I Love, I Will Sacrifice runs along the inside of a forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Two wrists side by side showing fine line script tattoos reading 'to' with an infinity symbol and 'and beyond', in blue ink with a red accent on the final letters.
Matching 'to infinity' and 'and beyond' wrist tattoos
Fine line tattoo on a forearm showing an outlined red heart, a black heartbeat line and the script word Michael.
Heartbeat line and script name on forearm
Fine line black script tattoo of the word sisters inside a heart outline with curled top, on the inner wrist.
Sisters script heart on a wrist
Woman lying on sand in a black hat and white crochet top, with a small black script tattoo on her upper arm and a small dark design near her shoulder, in fine line style.
Small script tattoo on upper arm
Two blue wrist tattoos: the word Duke in blackletter-style script on the left, and an outlined Hello Kitty holding an orange basketball on the right.
Duke lettering and Hello Kitty wrist tattoos
Black script lettering design reading Always & Forever on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Always & Forever script lettering design
Traditional style tattoo of a red and yellow rose with green leaves and a black banner of lettering across the inner forearm.
Red rose and banner lettering on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo on the side of a thigh showing a stack of three books with the words I've lived a thousand lives above them.
Stack of books and quote on thigh
Black and grey script lettering with shaded edges across a man's forearm, placed on the forearm, with a skull tattoo partly visible at the bottom right.
Script name lettering on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line compass rose tattoo on the upper back of a person with short hair, beside a mountain and Adventure script tattoo on the inner wrist.
Compass on the back and adventure on the wrist
Close view of a small black fine-line script tattoo on a woman's upper back, shown above a pale blue bandeau top and beneath a knitted sweater.
Fine line script word on upper back
Black and white photo of a Latin phrase, OMNIA CAUSA FIUNT, set in serif capitals across the upper arm in lettering tattoo.
Latin lettering on upper arm
Realism tattoo of the Cheshire Cat wearing a top hat with a percentage tag, with the words We're all Mad here in script below, on the inner ankle.
Cheshire Cat in a top hat with lettering
White handwritten script reading Simple things, set vertically on a black background, shown as a lettering design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Simple things script lettering design
Black ink lettering reading mind above a horizontal line and matter below, tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Mind over matter wrist lettering
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading "with every heartbeat" in black ink along a woman's collarbone, near the shoulder.
"with every heartbeat" script along a collarbone
Black script lettering reading Stay Gold runs diagonally down the back of a person's neck, with their hair up in a bun.
Stay Gold script on the back of the neck
Realistic colour tattoo of a silver key with a pink ribbon bow and the words follow your heart along the shaft, on the side of a torso.
Key with pink bow and follow your heart script
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading Amor across a finger, with a blue opal ring on the same hand.
Amor script tattoo on a finger
Black lettering in a typewriter-style font reads "We were born ready, ready to be free. Chasin' every thrill we could see" on the forearm, in a Lettering tattoo.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Two wrists held together showing matching black script tattoos with crowns, reading Queen on the left and King on the right, placed on the inner wrists.
Matching King and Queen crown wrist tattoos
Black and grey script tattoo reading Beautiful Disaster across the top of a foot, with a faded smudge and a trail of small flying birds.
Beautiful Disaster script with birds on a foot
Colourful compass rose tattoo with black dotted linework and a lettered ring, with watercolour-style splashes, across the upper back.
Compass rose with lettering on upper back
Black and grey medallion tattoo with Greek lettering and a large lambda, shaded to look dimensional, on the lower leg.
Greek lettered medallion on a lower leg
Black and grey feather tattoo with flying birds and script lettering reading alis volat propriis on the side ribs.
Feather and birds with Latin script
Black and white photo of a forearm with the words LOVE WILL TEAR US APART tattooed in bold block capitals against a dark background.
Love will tear us apart lettering on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading inhale exhale across the upper chest, shown on bare skin beside a white top.
Inhale exhale script on the chest
Black Roman numerals I, VIII and II in a serif lettering style across the inner wrist, with a red trainer visible in the background.
Roman numerals on a wrist
Colour tattoo on the upper arm of green and teal yarn balls, a red yarn skein and pink flowers, with the words Keep Calm arched above and Carry Yarn below.
Yarn balls and flowers with Keep Calm Carry Yarn