Lettering tattoo ideas

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Small black script lettering reading Love with a tail swash, tattooed on the side of a finger in a Lettering style.
Script love lettering on a finger
Blue and green awareness ribbon tattoo with Celiac Disease, No Grain and No Pain lettering on a lower leg.
Celiac awareness ribbon with No Grain, No Pain lettering
Black fine line tattoo of an infinity loop with silhouetted figures and the script words Forever young, on a person's ribs.
Infinity loop with silhouettes and Forever young
Black script lettering reading Fai brillare la tua luce across the lower back, above a white lace waistband.
Italian script phrase across the lower back
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo on the side of a ribcage, with the lettering partly legible as the word love.
Fine line script wording on the ribs
Colour tattoo on a forearm reading Diabetes Type 1 in typewriter-style lettering, set over a blue ring with blue, purple and pink watercolour splashes and drips.
Diabetes Type 1 watercolour tattoo on forearm
Close photo of a small fine line script tattoo reading "free" across the back of a hand resting on a shoulder, in black ink.
Fine line word "free" on the hand
Colourful neo-traditional flash drawing of a rainbow, lollipop, hearts, stars and flowers with the words Sugar, spice and everything nice, held up by a hand with glittery nail polish.
Sugar, spice and everything nice flash design
Black and grey floral swirl tattoo with script lettering on a person's hip and side ribs, with a star on the upper thigh.
Floral swirls and script on hip and ribs
Black and grey fine line elephant with mandala-style patterns on the upper back, with a script quotation tattooed below it.
Ornamental elephant and script quote on upper back
Pencil and coloured drawing of an infinity symbol with the words Love and Family in script, with green and purple feathers and small birds, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Infinity design with love and family script
Two wrists with black script lettering reading Stay and Strong, with a small red heart beside the word Strong.
Stay and Strong script tattoos on wrists
Close-up of a wrist with a small fine line script tattoo reading alive in dark ink, shown in a soft focus film photograph.
Script word alive on a wrist
Close-up of a small black fine line script tattoo running along the inner side of a foot, with blue sandals and a floral trouser hem visible above.
Fine script line tattoo on the foot
Colour tattoo of a cockatiel with a yellow crest and orange cheek patch, with the word Charlie in script beneath it, on skin.
Cockatiel with the name Charlie
Black and grey comic panel tattoo on an upper arm, with a speech bubble of lettering above two cartoon figures under a starry night sky.
Comic panel quote tattoo on upper arm
Black handwritten script design reading live to better the lives of others on a plain white background.
Handwritten quote about living to better others
Temporary lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading I Belong With Emme's Bachelorette party, If Found Please Buy Me A Drink, with pink and red lips, in a lettering style.
Bachelorette party temporary tattoo on wrist
Two pressed-together inner wrists show matching black script tattoos reading Yours and Mine, in a lettering style near the hands.
Matching Yours and Mine script on wrists
Fine line black script quote reading because I knew you, I have been changed for good, with an outlined puzzle piece below it, on a person's upper back.
Puzzle piece outline with script quote on upper back
Fine black line tattoo of the word Love in looping script inside a heart outline, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Looped Love script in a heart on upper back
Black and grey photograph of the word Promise in a typewriter-style font tattooed along the side of a finger, with a heart-shaped ring on the neighbouring finger.
Promise lettering along a finger
Three ankles on grass show matching black script "Sisters" tattoos inside open heart outlines, with small coloured butterflies, placed on the ankle.
Matching sisters tattoos on three ankles
Small black hexagon tattoo on the shoulder and fine script reading 'this too shall pass' on the upper arm of a woman lying on sand, her face hidden by a hat.
Hexagon shoulder and quote tattoo on upper arm
Four panels show black script lettering on a foot reading Together forever, Never apart, Maybe in distance, but never in heart, with a small red heart at the end.
Script quote across the foot
Close-up of a blue and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a shaded cross, an equals sign and a shaded heart, with the script 1 John 3:16 beneath.
Cross, equals sign and heart on a forearm
Blue handwritten lettering tattoo across the upper back reading how your body still remembers things you told it to forget.
Handwritten quote across upper back
Fine white ink script reading Still I Rise across the wrist, shown as a lettering piece on pale skin.
Still I Rise script on a wrist
Fine black lettering reading la vie est belle on the upper arm of a person wearing a pineapple print top.
La vie est belle lettering on the upper arm
Black and grey shaded feather quill with a pen nib and a line of small text beneath it, tattooed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Feather quill and quote on upper back
Two interlocked hands show small black script lettering tattooed along the side of a finger on each hand, with silver rings worn on the same fingers.
Small script finger tattoos on interlocked hands
Two photos of a fine line script tattoo reading Perfectly Imperfect, one with a small red balloon and one with a shaded feather and birds, on skin.
Perfectly Imperfect script with balloon or feather
Fine line black script reading "do as dreamers do" beside a small black mouse head with a red bow, tattooed on the top of a foot above a black flat shoe.
Script quote and mouse head on the top of a foot
Black line drawing of an upper and lower case script alphabet and numerals 0 to 9 in flowing copperplate-style lettering, shown as a reference sheet.
Copperplate script alphabet and numerals sheet
Black typewriter-style lettering reading so say we all across the inside of a wrist.
Typewriter lettering on a wrist
Black script lettering reading 'This above all; To thine own self be true' across a person's upper thigh, with dark clothing held beside it.
Script quote tattoo on thigh
Close view of two hands with blackletter lettering spelling RECKLESS across the finger segments in teal ink, with small cross marks above the knuckles.
Reckless lettering across knuckles
Black lettering tattoo reading think POSITIVE on the forearm, with a cross in place of the letter T in POSITIVE.
Think positive lettering with a cross on the forearm
Fine script lettering reading alpha, beta, beginning and end glows blue across several fingers under UV light.
Glowing script words on fingers under UV light
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading psalm 46:5 across the inner wrist and lower forearm, cut off at the right edge of the frame.
Psalm 46:5 script on a wrist
Two people stand side by side showing script lettering tattoos on their ribs, one reading Every sinner has a past and the other Every saint has a past.
Matching quote tattoos on the ribs
Black script lettering reading Run and not grow weary across the top of a foot, with painted toenails visible at the front.
Script quote across the top of a foot
Close-up of a fine line white ink script tattoo reading Love on the inner forearm near the wrist.
White ink script word Love on a wrist
Back view of a woman in a black top showing a small black fine line script tattoo on her upper arm, near the shoulder.
Fine line script tattoo on upper arm
Black and white photo of a small swallow silhouette above the words 'this too shall pass' in fine script tattooed on the inner forearm.
Bird and script quote on a forearm
A pink and black butterfly tattoo spans two forearms, with script lettering curving around its wings on each arm.
Matching butterfly and script forearm tattoos
Black typewriter-style lettering reading one foot in the grave on a man's calf, with a prosthetic leg visible while he stands on an escalator.
"One foot in the grave" text tattoo on a calf
Black script lettering reading Philippians 4:13 on the inner wrist of a hand with red painted nails, against a carpeted floor.
Philippians 4:13 script on wrist