Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black lettering tattoo reading eyeballs to entrails next to an open swirling heart outline on the upper back.
Swirling heart and script quote on upper back
Faded fine line infinity symbol joined to the word love in cursive script, tattooed on a forearm.
Infinity symbol with love script
Two versions of a tattoo design drawing of a lantern lamppost with three banners reading COURAGE, DEAR and HEART, one in green and one in black and grey, in a fine line lettering style.
Lamppost with COURAGE, DEAR, HEART banners
Fine line black script reading memento mori running vertically along the ribs of a woman whose black top is pulled up to the side.
Memento mori script on ribs
Black script lettering reading individuality, tattooed across a person's shoulder, with a soft-focus background.
Individuality in script on a shoulder
Two matching wrist tattoos in black typewriter-style lettering, reading ad astra on the left wrist and per aspera on the right.
Matching Latin wrist lettering tattoos
Two bare feet with black script lettering tattooed along the tops, forming a quotation that continues from the left foot to the right, with painted toenails and a toe ring.
Script quote tattoos across both feet
Black and grey photo of the words skin is boring in script tattooed among bold black linework on skin.
Skin is boring script tattoo
Black and grey script tattoo reading 'You are my sunshine' curved around a shaded heart with a sun behind it, placed on the side of the hip.
You are my sunshine heart with sun on the hip
Black script lettering reading belle âme with small dots either side, above a smaller line reading a beautiful soul, on a plain white background.
Belle âme script lettering design
Close view of a hand with small finger lettering and a cross, pointing at a white t-shirt, with a black-grey upper arm tattoo and red script on the arm.
Finger lettering and red script on upper arm
Black script tattoo reading "Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live" across a forearm, in a black and white photo.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line serif script tattoo on a forearm reading 'i spent my life folded between the pages of books', with an open book behind the arm.
Book quote tattoo on a forearm
Black ink hand lettering of the word Possibilities in a flowing script with a sweeping underline swash, drawn on a pale grey background, in a lettering style.
Possibilities script lettering with underline swash
Black and grey torn skin effect tattoo on an upper arm, with lines of lettering revealed beneath the skin.
Torn skin lettering on upper arm
Black ink lettering tattoo on the upper back showing Roman numerals V·XV·XXVII above the script words Love you, in a serif and cursive lettering style.
Roman numerals and script Love you on upper back
Black hand-lettered quote 'Don't tell people your plans. Show them your results.' curved in an arch on a white background.
Arched quote lettering design
Black script lettering reading She believed she could so she did on a white background, with small mandala doodles in the corners, drawn as a lettering design.
She believed she could so she did lettering
Black fine line script tattoo reading You'll be in my heart always across the upper chest.
Script quote across the upper chest
Fine line black script tattoo reading mia with a small looped heart on the side of the ribs, shown in a black and white photo.
Script name and heart on the side ribs
Black and grey photo of a small fine line GRL PWR lettering tattoo on the side ribs, below a lifted grey sweater and above jeans.
GRL PWR lettering on the ribs
Black capital lettering reading MADE IN ENGLAND across a forearm, with another hand holding the arm and a wristwatch visible above.
Made in England lettering on a forearm
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo on a forearm, set in a circle with the word Wanderlust above a cabin, mountains, pine trees and leaves.
Wanderlust mountain cabin forearm tattoo
Black hand-drawn block lettering reading SELF LOVE CLUB on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
"Self Love Club" lettering design
Black outline tattoo of a sleeping baby wrapped in angel wings, with script above reading Never in my arms and below reading Always in my heart, on the upper back.
Sleeping baby in angel wings with script
Fine line black script tattoo reading faith, with a cross-shaped line running through the word, on the inner wrist.
Faith script tattoo on a wrist
Black lettering reading EVERY BOOK IS A WORLD above an open book, in a lettering style, on the inner wrist.
Every book is a world with open book on wrist
Black and grey tattoo on the side of a ribcage showing a bare tree whose branches form a heart around the script words Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it.
Tree with heart canopy and script quote on ribs
Black fine line script reading Just a dream away with a small Mickey Mouse outline at the end, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Script quote "Just a dream away" on wrist
Black and grey script lettering reading All the world's a stage, placed on the side of the hip with black lace visible above it.
All the world's a stage script on the hip
Fine line black infinity symbol with a small script word woven through its loop, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Infinity symbol with script word on wrist
Single-line handwritten script design reading Be lovely, drawn in black on a white background, shown as a flash style lettering design with no body placement visible.
Handwritten Be lovely script design
Two close-up photos of matching script lettering tattoos on the ankles, each with a small purple heart, in black ink with purple accents.
Matching heart and quote ankle tattoos
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a blue Deathly Hallows triangle showing a silhouetted figure in a forest, with script lettering below reading Don't let the Muggles get you down darling.
Deathly Hallows triangle and script quote on forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Fear { display: none; } runs along the inside of a forearm, a fine lettering tattoo in black ink.
CSS quote lettering on a forearm
Black ink lettering reading Lenny=white and Carl=black tattooed on a palm, shown above a cartoon hand with the same text.
Lenny=white and Carl=black tattoo on palm
Black and grey flash drawing of a sloth holding two hatched banners reading NAP ALL DAY, SLEEP ALL NIGHT and PARTY NEVER, in a traditional style.
Sloth holding banners with slogan
Black outline tattoo of a leaf wreath framing a typed quote on a forearm, set against a white bedsheet.
Leaf wreath quote on a forearm
Black cursive script tattoo of the words loyalty, hope, love, family, believe and strength arranged in a heart shape on the chest.
Cursive word heart tattoo on the chest
Black ink drawing of the phrase It is well with my soul in hand-lettered script, flanked by two sprigs of leaves and berries on a white background.
It is well with my soul lettering with leafy vines
Black fine line tattoo of an open heart joined to a cursive script word on the inner forearm, in a fine line and lettering style.
Heart and cursive script tattoo on forearm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading I believe in miracles on the lower back, sitting above the waistband of denim jeans.
Script phrase above the waistband
Two wrists side by side with matching fine line script tattoos reading 'to infinity and beyond', in blue ink with small red birds on the right wrist.
Matching 'to infinity and beyond' wrist tattoos
Black ink stylised lettering tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand resting on an open Bible beside a pen.
Stylised letters on the inner wrist
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading free along the back of a hand, with a woman resting her hand on her denim-clad shoulder.
Free script lettering on the back of a hand
Fine line black tattoo of an anchor woven into an infinity symbol with the word hope and a small heart, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Anchor and infinity with hope on the upper back
Close view of a small fine line black script tattoo reading this too shall pass on the lower leg, with embellished heels in the background.
Fine line script quote on a lower leg
Black monoline handwritten script reading Be kind on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Be kind handwritten script design