Lettering tattoo ideas

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Colour lettering tattoo spelling Goonies in a red, orange and yellow gradient with dark outlines, above black lettering reading never say die, on skin.
Goonies logo lettering tattoo
Black script lettering design reading Love me for who I am on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Script lettering reading Love me for who I am
Black fine line tattoo of a soldier outline with a serif quote inside the figure, on skin in black ink.
Soldier outline with quote tattoo
Black script lettering tattoo on the lower back reading Where life begins and love never ends, with Family in larger script beneath.
Script quote tattoo reading Family
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading Alma libre on the upper chest, below the collarbone.
Script words on the upper chest
Collage of three tattoos: a fine line Mickey Mouse head outline with the word dream on the upper back, a small script mark behind an ear, and a black Mickey silhouette with patterned fill on the
Mickey Mouse outline tattoos in a three-image collage
Black ink tattoo of a cross with the script words Romans 12:2 on skin, in a lettering style; the body placement is not visible.
Cross and Romans 12:2 script lettering
Close-up of a fine line handwritten script tattoo reading "We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?" with a small blue TARDIS, on the upper chest.
Handwritten quote and TARDIS on the chest
Black, grey and red realistic skull tattoo with splashed ink and script lettering on the inner forearm.
Skull with red splashes on a forearm
Blue watercolour-style TARDIS tattoo with black script lettering on the ribs of a person's side.
TARDIS and script on the ribs
Black and grey tattoos on both forearms showing a stack of book spines, large quotation marks and lettering, with small sketched flying figures near the wrist.
Book spines and quotes on both forearms
Black lettering tattoo reading I love you to the moon and back, with stars and a crescent moon, across a person's upper back shoulder, with a grey rose tattoo visible at the edge of the frame.
I love you to the moon and back on a shoulder
Two arms with black script lettering on the forearms, one reading For them I'd risk it all and the other reading Because of her I will not fall.
Two script quotes on forearms
Black and grey flash sheet of five angular script-style tattoo designs, each with a caption underneath.
Five glyph-style tattoo designs with captions
Colour tattoo of Captain America's shield with a white star on the inner forearm, above the words Sometimes you have to believe that heroes exist.
Captain America shield with quote on forearm
Black script lettering tattoo running down the outer leg from the upper thigh towards the knee, shown in a lettering style.
Script lettering running down a leg
Black ink drawing of a heartbeat trace with hatched peaks and the handwritten words feel them call, drawn on white paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Heartbeat line with handwritten script
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo in blackletter style running vertically along the inside of a forearm, with a woven bracelet and a gold band above it.
Small blackletter word on a forearm
Black script lettering design reading 'And the chaos within me found balance' on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Script quote about chaos and balance
Black ink infinity symbol with swirled ends and the word love in cursive script on a forearm.
Infinity symbol with love script on forearm
Black handwritten script lettering on white reading 'What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger', shown as a lettering design with no body placement visible.
Handwritten quote, What doesn't kill you
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses and a compass with script above, on the outer thigh.
Roses and compass on a thigh
Black typewriter-style lettering reading I am burdened with glorious purpose runs along the side of a torso, shown in two stacked photographs.
Typewriter quote along the side of the ribs
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with an anchor and heart, the script words Love Anchors the Soul and the reference Hebrews 6.19, shown as a tattoo design.
Infinity anchor with the words Love Anchors the Soul
Two feet show matching black script lettering reading You'll never walk alone, running along the outer foot in lettering style.
Script quote along the outer foot
Black ink drawing of a cross with the word faith in cursive script running down the upright, sketched on lined paper, a fine line lettering design.
Faith script across a cross
Black ink tattoo of two silhouetted birds on a branch with a small heart knot and a script quote above, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Birds on a branch with quote across the upper back
Black script lettering on a side ribcage reading a line about being stitched together, with coloured sewing motifs including a red thread spool, three buttons and a tomato pincushion.
Script quote on ribs with sewing motifs
Black lettering tattoo of a long passage about passion running vertically down the side of a torso over the ribs.
Passion quote lettering down the side
Black handwritten script reading walk by faith on a plain white background, shown as a lettering tattoo design.
Walk by faith handwritten script lettering
Black ink tattoo on a thigh with script lettering reading Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, a flock of birds and a feather.
Quote, birds and feather on a thigh
Three photographs of fine line tattoos: a pink infinity symbol with the word run on the back of the neck, black script reading exhale and inhale on the ankles, and a black outline heart pierced by an
Infinity, exhale, inhale and heart tattoos
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing a teal watercolour Star of Life with an orange snake around a black staff, and the script words Diabetic and Type 1 Insulin.
Star of Life and diabetic script on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a stylised bird above the words remember who you are running down a forearm, with a studded bracelet on the wrist.
Bird outline and script on a forearm
Black and grey fine line lettering reading 'i love you to the moon and back' with a small crescent moon on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Moon and quote on the inner wrist
Black and grey script tattoo reading Semper Fi with swirling flourishes and a black eagle, globe and anchor emblem on a forearm.
Semper Fi script and eagle emblem on forearm
Black line-art flash sheet of a geometric alphabet, A to Z, set in a grid of letters built from circles, diamonds, arrows and parallel lines.
Geometric line alphabet flash sheet
Black outline tattoo on a forearm with the script Too Beautiful for Earth above a sleeping winged cherub.
Script and winged cherub on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Nobodies and Perfect with a pink and black shaded heart between them, across the upper chest.
Script words and pink heart on upper chest
Black block lettering reading STAY ALIVE with a small line symbol beneath it, tattooed on the inside of a wrist in a simple lettering style.
Stay Alive lettering on a wrist
Raised fist showing a wrist design of black and pink lettering reading I'm with Lucy's hen party, with a pink cocktail glass beneath.
Hen party lettering and cocktail glass on wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded feather with birds lifting away from it and the script Psalms 91:4 beside it, on skin, likely the back or side of the torso.
Feather and birds with Psalms 91:4 script
Close-up of a red stamp-style VOID tattoo with blue-grey lettering beneath it on an upper arm.
Red VOID stamp tattoo on upper arm
Black flowing script reading Saudade with a small leaf sprig at the lower right, shown as a standalone lettering design on a white background.
Saudade script lettering with leaf
Black and grey wrist tattoo of the word give above a tree stump with a red heart, set among outlined grass, on the forearm.
Give word above a stump with red heart
Black and grey botanical tattoo design of dandelion seeds, daffodils, a rose and a sunflower with script lettering, shown on a white background.
Dandelion, daffodils, rose and sunflower with script
Black hand-drawn lettering design of phrases arranged in the shape of a cross, shown as a flash-style tattoo design on a white background.
Text cross lettering design
Black script lettering reading 'We loved with a love that was more than love' runs along the inside of a forearm in a lettering style.
Script quote along a forearm