Lettering tattoo ideas

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Small black Cyrillic lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, shown in a close photo of a light-skinned hand resting on red fabric.
Cyrillic word tattoo on the wrist
Black and grey flash sheet of ornate script capital letters with swirling flourishes and shaded edges, intended as lettering designs for tattoos.
Ornate script alphabet flash sheet
Colour traditional pin-up tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman in a pink apron holding a tray of cupcakes, with red script reading I should be in the kitchen.
Pin-up with cupcakes and kitchen script
Fine black script lettering reading grace on the inner forearm, with a partly visible coloured tattoo at the edge of the frame.
Grace script lettering on inner forearm
Black ink tattoo of the word Beauty in script lettering, with an ornate dagger blade running into the B, on the inner forearm.
Beauty script with blade on forearm
Black and grey photograph of a fine line script tattoo running along a forearm, styled as flowing handwritten lettering.
Fine line script on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script reading big sis on one foot and lil sis on the other, shown on the feet of two people against a white background.
Big sis and lil sis script on feet
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a Bible verse above a rosary with a cross, on a forearm, shown in a two-panel photo.
Scripture and rosary on a forearm
Small dark grey serif lettering reading Run on the outer side of an ankle, in black and grey ink.
Small word lettering on an ankle
Black and grey tattoo of a typewriter with a quote reading May I never be complete, on the upper arm, with letters spilling from the keys.
Typewriter with spilling letters and quote
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading Bruised But Never Broken in dark ink across the upper back near the shoulder.
Script quote Bruised But Never Broken on a shoulder
Small black script lettering reading Pink Floyd on the inside of a wrist, shown in a lettering style on a light, hazy background.
Pink Floyd lettering on a wrist
Close-up of a fine black handwritten script tattoo reading twenty six two, running up the side of an ankle.
Twenty six two script on an ankle
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading until the very end with small asterisks, on the inside of an ankle above a black boot.
Until the very end lettering on an ankle
Close photograph of a black ink word tattoo reading Thnks in simple hand-drawn lettering on the inner wrist.
Thnks lettering on an inner wrist
Black script lettering reading I, a red outlined heart and Jesus on a pink background, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body placement.
I heart Jesus script lettering design
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo of the word soul on a forearm, with a small dot over the letter o.
Soul script on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo of a four-line rhyming verse across the upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Four-line script verse on upper back
Fine black serif lettering reading a short quote, with a small red heart below it, on the forearm of a woman in a grey top.
Serif quote and small heart on a forearm
Two tattoos on a forearm: the word Demolition in black lettering with red splashes and a heartbeat line, and Lovers below with black bats, crossed lines and red hearts.
Demolition and Lovers lettering on a forearm
Two matching black fine line tattoos of interlocking hearts with script quotes about sisters, one on the forearm near the wrist and one on an ankle.
Matching sister quote and heart tattoos
Black script tattoo of 1 Corinthians 13:13 across the side of a torso, in a fine handwritten lettering style.
1 Corinthians 13:13 verse in script
Black lettering tattoo of a quote in a typewriter font across the lower back, reading she slept with wolves without fear, for the wolves knew a lion was among them.
Quote tattoo in typewriter font on lower back
Two wrists with black script lettering tattoos reading Stay and Strong on the forearm, with a small red heart beside the word Strong.
Stay and Strong wrist tattoos
Black flash design of a treble clef merged with a fountain pen nib, with the words THIS IS MY STORY THIS IS MY SONG set in lettering beside it.
Treble clef and pen nib with lyric text
Black fine line script quote tattoo running across the side of the ribs, partly covered by a grey towel.
Script quote along the ribs
Black line drawing of an anchor entwined with an infinity loop, with the script words hope and life, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Anchor with infinity loop and hope and life script
Black script reading Sisters by chance, Friends by choice, with three small swallow silhouettes, on the side of the ribs in fine line lettering.
Script quote with swallows on the ribs
Fine line black infinity symbol with the script words and beyond across the upper back, viewed from behind just below the neck.
Infinity symbol with script on upper back
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm of a hand holding blue forget-me-not flowers in a blue and yellow base, with the words FORGET ME NOT in black lettering beside it.
Forget-me-not hand and lettering on a forearm
Black and grey script tattoos on two forearms pressed together, reading Friends by Chance and Sisters by Choice, each followed by a small heart.
Matching sister quote tattoos on forearms
Small fine line black ampersand tattoo on the inner wrist, with bare feet and a wooden floor visible in the background.
Ampersand tattoo on the inner wrist
Black handwritten script reading je t'aime on a white background, with a long swash running through the final letters, shown as a lettering design with no body placement visible.
Je t'aime handwritten script lettering
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading hope with a small outlined star on the inner wrist, partly surrounded by stacked black and silver bangles.
Hope script with a star on the wrist
Four people's inner wrists show matching black fine line script reading No. 4, with a key drawn between the two middle designs.
Matching No. 4 wrist tattoos with a key
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading this too shall pass on the upper arm of a person with long auburn hair, seen from behind.
Script quote tattoo on upper arm
Black script lettering reading Family with sweeping flourishes on the inner forearm, shown in a close photograph of healed skin.
Family script lettering on forearm
Black handwritten script tattoo reading living is easy with eyes closed, running across the ribs, with a pink and white striped top lifted above it.
Handwritten quote along the ribs
Close photo of a black serif lettering tattoo reading 'You are an expression of the universe' in centred lines on the upper arm, with a dark t-shirt sleeve rolled above it.
Text quote tattoo on upper arm
Black and white photo of script tattoos reading King and Queen, each with a crown, on the back of two hands.
King and Queen script with crowns on hands
Two pairs of hands held palm up on a beach show matching black fine serif Roman numeral lettering tattoos reading VIII IV XII on the inner wrists.
Roman numeral wrist tattoos on a beach
Black fine line script tattoo reading One day at a time, placed across the upper chest along the collarbone.
One day at a time script on the collarbone
Black lettering tattoo of the words GOD IS WITHIN HER, SHE WILL NOT FALL in a stacked, brush-style script across the skin of an arm.
Lettered quote tattoo on an arm
Black fine line tattoo of a heart joined to the word sisters on a calf, with a matching tattoo on an ankle.
Matching sisters heart tattoos on calf and ankle
Black handwritten script reading 'i am not afraid to walk this world alone' across the inner forearm, in a fine lettering style.
Handwritten quote on the inner forearm
Small fine line black lettering reading mind over matter, with a horizontal line between the words, on a person's lower abdomen above the waistband.
Mind over matter fine line lettering
Black and grey tattoo of a feather dissolving into a flock of birds, with the script line Sometimes when you fall, you fly, on the side of the ribs.
Feather and birds with script on ribs
Black script lettering reading Family sits on the upper chest near the collarbone, beside a white bra strap and grey top.
Family script on upper chest