Lettering tattoo ideas

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Blue ink drawing of an ornamental letter R with swirling flourishes on white paper, with a grey fineliner pen at the top left.
Ornamental letter R with flourishes in blue ink
Black serif lettering tattooed on the inner forearm reads: We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worst that has been done to us.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Blue and purple dandelion with drifting seeds and a black typewriter-style quote, tattooed on a forearm.
Dandelion seeds and quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading a quote across the side of a person's ribs, with a red top at the top of the frame, in a lettering style.
Script quote tattoo on ribs
Four photos of fine black script lettering tattoos: a quote on the hip, two quotes on the forearms and one on the thigh.
Script quote tattoos on hip, forearms and thigh
Black ink anchor with a heart-shaped ring and the script words Hebrews 6:19 below it, tattooed on the side of the torso.
Anchor with heart and Hebrews 6:19 script
Fine line black script tattoo reading until the very end, sitting across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Until the very end script on the collarbone
Black and grey tattoo of a treble clef with the script words "I hope you dance" beside it, shown on skin in a lettering-led style.
Treble clef with "I hope you dance" script
Black script reading 'You Can't Take the Sky From Me' above a grey shaded spacecraft tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script quote and spacecraft on a wrist
Fine line white ink script monogram tattoo on the inside of a wrist, shown against a pale cream background.
White ink script monogram on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Family is forever, with a looping infinity-style swash, on the side of the torso, in a Lettering style.
Family is forever script on the side of the torso
Black script lettering quote and a colour sugar skull tattoo with red roses on a bare thigh.
Text quote and sugar skull on a thigh
Two matching black infinity symbol tattoos made of small lettering, one on each inner wrist.
Matching infinity wrist tattoos
Black script lettering on a white background reading "Put God first and you'll never be last." in flowing, brushed strokes.
Script lettering quote: Put God first
Black and grey script tattoo reading breathe with a semicolon on the inner wrist, shown in two black and white photos from the palm side and the back of the wrist.
Breathe semicolon script on a wrist
Black lettering in a typewriter-style font reads wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure, running across the top and side of a foot.
Quote tattoo across the top of a foot
Black line drawing of a curling wave flowing into the script words 'into the sea', a fine line lettering tattoo design on a white background.
Wave swirl with 'into the sea' script
Small black lettering tattoo reading you are art, running diagonally across the skin of an arm, in a Lettering style.
You are art lettering on an arm
Black ink tattoo of the word Believe in cursive script with swirls and a small cross, on a person's upper back.
Believe script with swirls on upper back
Close-up of a small fine line black script word tattoo on the inner wrist, with the hand open against a dark background.
Small script word on the inner wrist
Close photo of a thin black script tattoo reading fearless across the wrist and back of the hand.
Fearless script on a wrist
Black fine line script tattoo of the words God is within her, she will not fall, Psalm 46:5, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Psalm 46:5 script across upper back
Red pencil drawing of a heart-shaped house with scalloped roof tiles, a chimney with smoke, a rose with leaves and the words HEART & HOME on a banner, shown as tattoo flash with no body placement.
Heart-shaped house with rose and banner
Black and grey script lettering reading Money Over Everything across a forearm, with a white cat and a chair in the background.
Money over everything script on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering tattoo on the chest, reading Dad followed by a four-line quote about remembering and missing someone.
Dad quote in script lettering on chest
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded paper airplane with motion lines and the words a perfect paper airplane, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Paper airplane and quote on a wrist
Two hands with black block lettering across the fingers reading HOPELESS ROMANTIC, with small outlined hearts, a lettering style tattoo on the fingers.
Hopeless romantic finger lettering with hearts
Black fine line script tattoo reading you will walk with me always, running along the top outer side of a bare foot on a woven straw mat.
Script quote along the side of a foot
Black and white photo of two hands with traditional-style finger tattoos of block letters, an umbrella, a rain cloud, a crescent moon and a star.
Finger lettering with umbrella, cloud, moon and star
Black ink tattoo of an anchor entwined with an infinity symbol and the script words I refuse to sink, on the inner wrist, in a lettering style.
Anchor, infinity symbol and script on wrist
Black fine line script reading que sera sera across the inside of a wrist, with red nail polish on the hand above.
Que sera sera script on a wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner wrist showing an infinity symbol with the word faith, the reference heb 11:1 and three birds in flight above.
Infinity symbol with faith and birds on a wrist
A raised bare foot against a blue sky shows a fine black script lettering tattoo running along the outer side of the foot near the ankle.
Script line along the side of a foot
Fine line infinity symbol joined to the word love in script on the inner forearm near the wrist, in faded grey ink.
Infinity symbol and love script on wrist
Close photograph of a pale forearm with small grey script reading stay gold, set against a brick wall above a wooden table.
Stay gold script on a forearm
Hand-drawn black ink script lettering reading "be you", shown as a tattoo design on plain white paper with no body placement visible.
Be you script lettering design
Black line drawing of the word love in script, with a small heart beside the l and a solid anchor in place of the v, on a white background.
Love script with heart and anchor design
Black fine line script reading Only if I want to with a small paper aeroplane, on the outer forearm against a wooden shingle wall.
Script quote and paper aeroplane on a forearm
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading "it's a beautiful day to save lives" in a plain sans-serif font.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black compass rose with the script words Keep a weather eye on the horizon, tattooed on the side of a torso beside a striped bikini.
Compass rose with script on the side of the torso
Black lettering tattoo on the ribs reading 'And though she be but little, she is fierce', set in serif type with an italic word.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Black and white photo of a raised hand showing small lowercase "i am." lettering tattooed on the inner wrist, in a fine-line style.
Small "i am." lettering on the inner wrist
Sepia photograph of a black ink anchor tattoo with rope and script reading 'My Hope is the anchor of my soul' on the side of the body, above a lace top.
Anchor and script tattoo on the side
Two matching black script tattoos reading Always sit on the ankles of two people, photographed side by side over a plastic-covered surface.
Matching Always ankle tattoos
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'always' on the inner wrist.
Always script on the wrist
Two matching black and grey shoulder tattoos of three birds on a branch, with script reading Where you go, I'll go and Where you stay, I'll stay.
Matching bird and script shoulder tattoos
Black and grey photo of a fine line script tattoo on the inner forearm, reading what appears to be as it goes, with a small dot above the letters.
Fine line script lettering on a forearm
Hand-drawn black ink alphabet sheet showing capital letters A to Z, each with diamond shading inside the letterforms, on a white background.
Hand-drawn alphabet lettering sheet