Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black fine-line lettering reading a quote, with two small roses and a colour sugar skull tattoo on a thigh.
Quote text and sugar skull on a thigh
Black typewriter-style lettering reading the heart of life is good on the upper arm, with a red and purple checked shirt beside it.
Typewriter quote on the upper arm
Black ink lettering M, E and W with a small star across the fingers of a hand, placed on the knuckles, with gold glitter nail polish.
Letters M, E, W and a star on fingers
Two black and grey script lettering tattoos on shoulders, reading Like Mother and Like Daughter, each finished with small heart shapes.
Matching Like Mother and Like Daughter script tattoos
Colour tattoo of a pink coffee mug with teal leaves and the words death before decaf in teal script on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Death before decaf mug on a forearm
Black, uneven hand-drawn block lettering on a lower leg reads 'Don't let them see you're afraid', in a rough lettering style on the calf.
'Don't let them see you're afraid' lettering on a calf
Black fine script reading Love me for who i am runs across the upper chest, with a small butterfly in the middle and a shaded butterfly on the shoulder.
Script quote and butterflies on the shoulder
Black monoline drawing of the words New York in angular geometric letters on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
New York geometric line lettering design
Close photo of a teal and black filigree heart tattoo with lettering across its centre, sitting on the upper arm.
Filigree heart with lettering on upper arm
Black script tattoo reading let it be across the top of a foot, in a fine cursive lettering style, with red nail polish visible on the toes.
Let it be script on the top of a foot
Black script lettering reading que sera sera along the inner forearm, with the hands clasped over the knees in warm sunlight.
Que sera sera script on a forearm
Fine line black script lettering in French across a forearm, with a silver bracelet and a vintage map behind.
Handwritten French script on a forearm
Black flowing script lettering reading À toi, pour toujours on a plain white background, a lettering design suited to a fine script tattoo.
French script quote lettering design
Pencil and ink flash sheet showing rat silhouettes with ornate key tails and Mind the Gap lettering, drawn without any body placement shown.
Rat and key designs with Mind the Gap script
Fine line black lettering tattoo forming a heart outline on the inner forearm, with the words set along the curve of the heart.
Heart outline of lettering on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of the word love in looping script inside a heart outline, on the wrist of a black and white photograph.
Looping love script in a heart outline
Black lettering reading Valar Morghulis with a circle symbol on a forearm, in a lettering style, with a gold surface behind.
Valar Morghulis lettering on a forearm
Close-up photo of the words Fairest of them all in black cursive script across the upper chest, with the first letter F in a larger flourished style.
Fairest of them all script on collarbone
Fine line script lettering in dark blue ink reading elgar on the inside of a wrist.
Fine line script word on a wrist
Two small red tattoos on the ankles of a person in black leather trousers, a Q with a heart on the left ankle and a K with a heart on the right, in a lettering style on an ankle.
Matching queen and king heart ankle tattoos
Two black script tattoos reading Padfoot and Moony, each with a Deathly Hallows triangle symbol above, on the back of the ankles.
Padfoot and Moony script tattoos on ankles
Small black hand-lettered script reading never grow up on the outer upper arm of a woman in a teal t-shirt, in a black and grey lettering style.
Never grow up script on upper arm
Black script tattoos reading blame, hate, love and promise, one word on each of four fingers of a hand held against a pale background.
Blame, hate, love and promise on fingers
Black line drawing of two crossed leafy sprigs forming a V shape around a four-line italic quote, a fine line botanical tattoo design.
Crossed leafy sprigs with italic quote
Close view of a small black fine line script tattoo reading everlong on the upper chest, with a hand holding the edge of a white top.
Everlong script on upper chest
Small black lettering on the top of a finger reads Sm:)e, with the colon and bracket forming a smiley in place of the i.
Smile lettering with smiley on finger
Black script lettering reading Hope on the inner wrist, beside a silver bead bracelet, in a sepia-toned photo.
Hope script lettering on a wrist
Fine black outline of a landmass on the inner forearm, with the word nice in script written beside its lower edge.
Outlined landmass with 'nice' on forearm
Flash sheet of tattoo designs with script lettering reading Stay Strong, let go and faith, plus a cross, lips, a feather, a heart and small birds.
Flash sheet of script quotes and small motifs
Traditional tattoo on a forearm showing an eye in a dark shape, red roses and a banner reading Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.
Eye, roses and banner quote on a forearm
Fine black script reading wanderlust on a shoulder, with a rocky beach and sea behind.
Wanderlust script on a shoulder
Black lettering reading STAY and SOFT on the backs of two clasped hands, with a small black and grey insect motif near one wrist.
STAY and SOFT lettering on two hands
Black script tattoo reading que sera sera on the inner forearm, with the hands clasped over bare knees outdoors.
Que sera sera script on a forearm
Black and grey script tattoo reading Miles To Go with a semicolon at the start, on the inner wrist.
Miles To Go lettering with semicolon
Black lettering tattoo of three flying bird silhouettes above the words Let it be in script, on the inside of a wrist.
Three birds and Let it be on a wrist
Two hands with the words fuck it in black cursive lettering tattooed along the fingers, one set with long nails and rings.
Script phrase tattooed across two fingers
Black and grey flash sheet with four designs: a cracked tombstone reading HOPE, a dagger with Sad Truth, a noose with Sweet Dreams, and a rose with a basketball centre reading Still Ballin.
Four flash designs on a light background
Black line drawing of the word family in flowing script inside a heart outline with looped swashes, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Family script inside a looping heart outline
Drawing of an infinity symbol tattoo design with a green and purple feather, small birds and the words love and family in script, shown on paper with no body placement.
Infinity feather with birds and love and family script
Close photo of black script lettering reading Diabetic on a forearm, with a thin pale blue arc curving around the capital D.
Diabetic script lettering on a forearm
Black Arabic script with English transliteration beneath it, reading dream, believe, dare, do, shown as a lettering design on a plain white background with no skin visible.
Arabic lettering reading dream, believe, dare, do
Black script lettering reading Love Wins on the inner wrist, with a small rainbow heart in place of the o in Love.
Love Wins script with rainbow heart on wrist
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm showing a sewing machine above the words 'As ye sew, so shall ye rip', in a lettering and traditional style.
As ye sew sewing machine tattoo on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading she believed she could so she did, set in a typewriter-style font along the side of the ribs.
Quote lettering along the ribs
Black script lettering reading Dance like the Maiden, Laugh like the Mother, Think like the Crone, with a small pentacle below, drawn as a tattoo design on a cream background.
Maiden, mother and crone script lettering with pentacle
Small black fine line tattoo reading DISCO DOLL in capital letters on the side of a hip, with a white bikini strap nearby.
Disco Doll wording on a hip
Black and grey shaded roses with Never give up Never back down script tattooed across a shoulder and upper back.
Never give up script with roses on shoulder
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm of a grey shaded chef's hat with the word Chef above, a spatula, spoon, knife and fork, and green leaves.
Chef hat and kitchen utensils on a forearm