Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black fine line tattoo on a forearm of a paper plane with a dashed flight path looping beneath it and the words Act on your impulse running along the path.
Paper plane and dashed flight path on forearm
Woman seen from behind with a black fine line script tattoo running vertically down the side of her back, placed beside her shoulder blade.
Fine script lettering down the back
Fine line black script tattoo forming a ring on the upper back, with the wearer's hair in a bun above it.
Circular script tattoo on upper back
Black and grey flash sheet of four cross-stitch style tattoo designs: lettering reading thug life, an ornate scroll, a heart with the word mom, and an anchor.
Cross-stitch style flash sheet of four designs
Two side-by-side photos: on the left, an outline triangle on a pale forearm and a solid black triangle on a darker forearm; on the right, two fine line infinity-style love tattoos on fingers.
Triangles on forearms and love on fingers
Two people with matching fine line script tattoos on their ribs, one reading you'll keep me wild and the other you'll keep me safe, in black ink.
Matching script quotes on two sets of ribs
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'we live with the scars we choose' on the side of the torso.
Typewriter quote tattoo on the side
Black ink tattoos of book spines, quotation marks and handwritten script quotes across a man's crossed forearms, in fine line style.
Book spines and literary quotes on forearms
Black and grey tattoo of a ribbon bow and scrollwork frame with the words I gave them life, they gave me a reason to live, on the outer thigh.
Ribbon bow and scroll with script on thigh
Black script lettering tattoo reading Philippians 4:13 on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Scripture verse in script on upper back
Black script lettering tattoo on the outer thigh, set in four lines of text reading a quote about forgiveness.
Quote lettering on a thigh
Black and grey temporary tattoo of the word divergent in script with birds on one forearm, and a row of circular symbols on the other.
Divergent script and circle symbols on a forearm
Black and grey angel wings framing the word Hope in script across the top of a foot, with a small heart in the lettering.
Angel wings and Hope script on foot
Fine line black crown above the word love in script on an upper arm, shown beside a plain black and white design of the same crown and lettering.
Small crown and love script tattoo
Black and grey Celtic trinity knot with swirling flourishes and the script words Qui estis, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Celtic knot and script on upper back
Black script lettering reading She is clothed in strength and dignity, with three swallows, tattooed along the side of a foot.
Swallows and script quote on a foot
Black ink lettering reading OHANA with a small outlined heart on the inner wrist, shown in a close photograph of a forearm.
Ohana lettering with heart on wrist
Black and white photo of two small lettering and symbol tattoos, one on the back of a hand and one on a wrist, with a second tattooed arm visible at the top right.
Small letter and symbol tattoos on hand and wrist
Black line drawing of a giraffe whose neck and body are formed from the flowing script word Stalld, in a fine line style, shown as a design on a white background.
Giraffe drawn with script lettering
Fine line black tattoo of a heart outline with the word love in cursive script and a small anchor hanging from its base, on the upper back.
Love script heart with anchor on the back
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of a feather with the script words alis volat propriis beneath it, shown as a tattoo design on a plain background.
Feather with Latin script design
Black pixel-style lettering reading HM04 on the inner upper arm of a flexed arm, against a dark blind backdrop.
Pixel lettering HM04 on upper arm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading 'my story isn't over' with semicolons, placed on the inner wrist of a raised fist.
Semicolon quote on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo on the forearm reading Let's go exploring in black script, with a blue bobble hat and a yellow and black striped scarf, plus a small black band near the wrist.
Let's go exploring lettering on a forearm
Fine line script lettering reading if only in cream ink on a taupe background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Fine line script reading if only
Flash sheet of eight fine line Wanderlust designs in cream ink on a dark background, including hamsa hands, mountains, sunbursts and script lettering.
Wanderlust line-art flash sheet of eight designs
Black and white photo of a fine script lettering tattoo reading Freedom Beauty Truth Love across a person's ribs, with a dark lace band at the hip.
Freedom Beauty Truth Love script on ribs
Black and grey realism wings on the lower back, one with a gold halo and one with small horns, flanking script reading Angel for some and Demon for others.
Angel and demon wings with script on lower back
Black script lettering reading I'll never give up, I'm a fighter across the inner upper arm, with a few small red marks near the text.
Script quote on the upper arm
Black script lettering reading Hope on the inner wrist, with the o replaced by a purple awareness ribbon and a semicolon ending in a green ribbon.
Hope script with ribbon on wrist
Black lettering reading Always on the inner wrist, with blue, green, orange and red watercolour splashes and small black stars.
Always lettering with colour splashes on a wrist
Black ink handwritten script reading lion hearted girl on a pale background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Lion hearted girl handwritten script
Black and white flash sheet of Joker-themed tattoo designs, including a jester skull, playing cards, HAHA lettering, a grinning mouth and the word JOKER.
Joker-themed tattoo flash sheet in black ink
Flash sheet of flowing script lettering designs in dark brown ink on white, including the words Thanks, Respeto, Skate, Ardon, La Raza, Madre and Vegas.
Script lettering flash sheet
Black and red split heart tattoo on an upper thigh, with devil horns, a halo, angel wings and handwritten script reading devil and heaven.
Split heart with devil and angel script on thigh
Fine line cursive script reading beautiful chaos in black ink along the side of a person's ribs, with a navy sports bra above.
Beautiful chaos script on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading pura in a clean sans serif, set vertically down the back of a person's neck.
Vertical word tattoo on the back of the neck
Black lettering in a typewriter-style font reading find what you love and let it kill you, tattooed along a forearm.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black hand-lettered script reading stayclassy on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Stayclassy script lettering design
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a quotation with the attribution Dr. M.L.K jr, set in lines down the inner forearm.
Quotation lettering on a forearm
Black dotwork drawing of a teacup and saucer with a small alien head in a crescent moon, a tea bag, and the words Not everybody's cup of tea across the top.
Teacup with alien in crescent moon
Close crop of a man in a plaid suit and polka dot tie, with a black and grey script lettering tattoo on the back of his hand near a wristwatch.
Script lettering on the back of a hand
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm: the word Beauty in flowing script with scrollwork above, and Beast in vertical blackletter down the lower arm.
Beauty and Beast lettering on a forearm
Fine black script lettering reading Isaiah with small Roman numerals XL : XXVI beneath, placed on the upper back.
Script name with Roman numerals on upper back
Black and grey photo of a fine line script tattoo reading saved by grace along the inner forearm, with the hand raised above it.
Saved by grace script on forearm
Black script lettering tattoo across an upper back, reading 'You make beautiful things out of dust Gen. 2:7', placed over the shoulder blade.
Script quote across the upper back
Black ink script lettering on white paper reading I loved you at your darkest, with Romans 5:8 beside it, shown as a lettering tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Script lettering reading I loved you at your darkest
Black ink line drawing of a treble clef whose curls spell out the words whisper, words, of, wisdom, let it be, a lettering design shown on beige paper with no body placement visible.
Treble clef with looping script lettering