Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black fine line script reading Let it go with four small flying birds on the outer ankle and foot.
Let it go script and birds on the ankle
Black script tattoo reading Geronimo with a small bow beneath it, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Geronimo script with a bow on the upper chest
Black and white photo of a bare foot with fine line script lettering reading never stop dancing across the top.
Never stop dancing script on a foot
Collage of four fine line infinity tattoos: faith script on a wrist, a quote on an inner wrist, a feather with script on a forearm, and a heart infinity on an ankle.
Infinity tattoos with script, feather and heart
Sepia drawing of a swallow in flight beside cursive script reading and in time, this too shall pass.
Swallow in flight with cursive quote
Colour tattoo of an ornate hot air balloon with a black script word reading freedom on the thigh, in a traditional style.
Hot air balloon and freedom script on thigh
Black script tattoo reading "It only takes a little push to pull on through" beside a small outlined heart with an eye, on the upper arm.
Heart and eye with script quote on an arm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading I love you to the moon and back, with a small crescent moon below, on the inner forearm.
Moon and back quote with crescent moon on forearm
Collage of black script lettering tattoos on forearms, wrists, hands and ankles, including the phrases You and me and Times infinity.
Script quote tattoos on forearms, hands and ankles
Two matching black fine line tattoos of the word soulsister, one on a forearm and one on the upper back, each with small arrow-like ends.
Matching soulsister script on forearm and back
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading "If you can dream it, you can do it" on the side of the ribs, with a hand and ring visible above.
Black script quote on the side ribs
Hand-drawn flash design of the words Be thankful in script, with leafy vines, a bare branch with acorns and the text Colossians 3:15, drawn in black line with pale yellow and pink accents.
Be thankful lettering with vines and branch
Six black ink handwritten versions of the word hazel stacked vertically on white, varying from bold brush strokes to thin flowing lines, shown as lettering design options with no body placement.
Hazel in six handwritten script styles
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading With pain comes strength along the ribs of a person wearing a grey sports bra.
Script quote reading With pain comes strength on ribs
Black and grey upper arm tattoo of a handwritten script verse framed around a pale moon, a dark spiral hill and small star sparkles.
Script verse with spiral hill and moon
Forearm tattoo of a feather with a quill nib, watercolour splashes in blue, green, pink and purple, and the word Believe in script beneath.
Watercolour feather and Believe on forearm
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm reading Beauty in flowing script with a flourish above, and BEAST in vertical blackletter capitals below.
Beauty and beast lettering on a forearm
Black script design reading Love, with a silhouette of an airplane in place of the o and a small heart after the e, on a plain white background.
Love script with airplane and heart
Black fine line script reading Believe with a small outlined heart on the inner wrist of a hand with blue nails.
Believe script with heart on wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading omnia mutantur nihil interit across the inner forearm.
Latin script quote on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading Not all those who wander are lost, in fine line lettering on the wrist, with beaded bracelets worn below it.
Script quote tattoo on the wrist
Small fine-line black script reading satis, with an arrow running through the letters, on the inner wrist.
Satis script with arrow on wrist
Black and grey pencil flash design of a money tree with banknotes falling from its branches, two devil figures and the words Money the root of all evil.
Money tree sketch with devil figures
Black script lettering reading Live on a forearm, with a blue semicolon in place of the i dot and a small red heart after the e.
Live script with semicolon on a forearm
Red blackletter letter with black cracked shading and small black script lines above and below it, tattooed on a forearm, in a lettering style.
Red blackletter letter with script quote on forearm
Black ink calligraphic script in a Tengwar-style alphabet, with grey shaded vine flourishes, drawn as a tattoo design on a pale background.
Tengwar-style script with vine flourish
Two matching forearm tattoos show a black silhouette of a woman holding hands with two children, with script text reading because of her I will not fall and for them I'd risk it all.
Matching family silhouette and quote forearm tattoos
Handwritten navy lettering reading I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar, drawn as a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Handwritten quote about a leaf on the wind
Black monoline script lettering of the word Serendipity on a plain grey background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Serendipity script lettering design
Black script lettering set in several vertical lines across the upper back, shown in a close-up photograph of the skin.
Vertical script lettering across upper back
Black and grey hourglass tattoo with ornate Time Is Money lettering on a forearm, in lettering style with shading.
Hourglass and Time is Money lettering on a forearm
Bold black block lettering reading WAL, a star, then MART across the lower back, above jeans and a brown belt.
Bold block lettering across lower back
Black handwritten script lettering tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder, photographed from behind in a car.
Handwritten quote across upper back
Pink and purple Celtic knot above black script lettering reading Always Keep Fighting, tattooed on the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Celtic knot and Always Keep Fighting script
Black and grey realism forearm tattoo of a casino scene with dice, poker chips, an ace of spades, a roulette wheel and an All In banner.
Casino forearm tattoo with dice and aces
Black and grey script reading Isaiah 40:31 with a shaded feather beneath it, tattooed on a shoulder.
Isaiah 40:31 script and feather on a shoulder
Black lettering tattoo on a thigh reading 'It takes courage to grow up and become who you truly are', with scrolled flourishes above and below, against blue fabric.
e.e. cummings quote tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey flash sheet of numbered and lettered designs for the word The, shown in script, blackletter, block and ornamental styles, with no body placement.
Lettering sheet of the word The in many styles
Black script lettering in an infinity loop reading family and five names, tattooed in fine line on a person's hip.
Infinity symbol with family names on hip
Two photographs of women seen from behind, one with a small black script lettering tattoo on her upper back beside a strappy top.
Script tattoo on a woman's upper back
Black line drawing of a dandelion clock with drifting seeds and the words my wish in flowing script, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Dandelion seeds with my wish script
Black and grey photo of the words wish you were here tattooed in small serif lettering across a forearm.
Wish you were here lettering on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a yellow dandelion clock with green leaves and a handwritten quote running down the calf, in a botanical style.
Dandelion and script quote on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a feather with birds flying away and the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a person's upper back and shoulder.
Feather, birds and quote on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of the letter G, two angle brackets and a V on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the palm facing up.
Small letters and symbols on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of an infinity symbol with curled flourishes and the word love in cursive script on a forearm.
Infinity symbol with love script on a forearm
Black and grey realism rose sleeve on an upper arm and a script and pocket watch tattoo on a thigh, shown on a woman crouching outdoors.
Rose sleeve and script thigh tattoo outdoors
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Beauty in script above a vertical blackletter BEAST on a forearm.
Beauty and Beast lettering on a forearm