Lettering tattoo ideas

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Fine line script tattoo of the words God is within her, she will not fall, Psalm 46:5, across the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Psalm 46:5 script quote across the upper back
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'you are enough' on the inside of a wrist, with a fist raised in the background.
Fine line script 'you are enough' on a wrist
Black fine line script lettering reading remain in me on a sage green background, a tattoo lettering design with no placement shown.
Remain in me script lettering design
Black script lettering reading One Love with sweeping flourishes on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
One Love script lettering design
Fine line black tattoo of an anchor beneath an infinity symbol with the words love and life on a thigh.
Infinity anchor with love and life script on thigh
Two pencil drawings of tattoo designs in script lettering: a shaded key reading one heart, and a red and grey heart reading one love.
One heart key and one love heart designs
Black fine line lettering forming an infinity symbol with the words Live the life you love, tattooed on the ribs.
Infinity symbol lettering on the ribs
Black and grey realistic anatomical heart tattoo on one forearm beside a Portuguese quote in typewriter-style lettering on the other forearm.
Anatomical heart and Portuguese quote on forearms
Black fine line script tattoo of the word fidelium on the top of a foot near the ankle, with a purple patterned fabric beneath.
Fine line script word on a foot
Black script lettering reading Malia 2011, that's what she said, running along the outer top of a bare foot.
Script quote along the top of a foot
Small black lettering reading let it be on the upper back of a person with brown hair, with a tattooist's gloved finger pointing at it.
Let it be lettering on upper back
Fine line cat face with whiskers and a small pink heart on a finger, with a grey bow and script lettering on the fingers beside it.
Cat face and bow on fingers
Black and grey tattoo of a sailing ship with birds flying off its sails, waves below and the words SAIL ON beside them, on the forearm.
Sailing ship and birds on an arm
Close-up of a fine line black script lettering tattoo reading Send me on the side of a foot, with blue painted toenails and rolled denim jeans.
Script lettering on the side of a foot
Close-up photograph of the word promise in thin white script tattooed along the side of a finger, shown in a lettering style.
Promise written in script along a finger
Black lettering tattoo of two swallows in flight above the words we only part to meet again 5-17-12, in a typewriter-style font on skin.
Two swallows above a quote and date
Two sheets showing the word POWER stacked vertically in bold serif capitals, purple letters with an offset orange shadow, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
POWER lettering design on two transfer sheets
Black lettering design on a plain white background reading BREATHE in spaced capitals above the handwritten phrase this isn't the end, with no body part shown.
Breathe and this isn't the end lettering
Black script lettering tattoo running down the outer upper arm of a person with blonde hair, who wears a jewelled corset.
Script tattoo on upper arm
Black ink geometric mandala with script symbols across a woman's upper back, with English words tattooed to the upper right.
Yantra mandala tattoo across upper back
Black and white photo of a fine serif lettering tattoo reading I am significant. on the upper back below the shoulder blade, with dark hair falling over the shoulder.
"I am significant" lettering on a shoulder blade
Black script tattoo reading Previously on Lost across the fingers of a hand, with striped fabric in the background.
Previously on Lost script across fingers
Colour tattoo of a pink and blue treble clef, black music staff and notes, with the script words His Wounds Have Paid My Ransom, on the upper back.
Treble clef and script quote on upper back
White brush-style lettering reading Hot mess across a forearm near the wrist, with an inset showing the design glowing green under UV light.
Hot mess lettering on a wrist
Black and grey photo of a forearm with a lowercase typewriter-style quote tattooed along it, the fist clenched at the right of the frame.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Colour and grey tattoo of an ornate oval mirror with red script reading Create Yourself, a red lipstick and a shaded grey rose, on the calf.
Mirror, rose and lipstick on a calf
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with green leaves and the script 'You are my sunshine' running down the side of the ribs, in a botanical style with black outlines.
Sunflower and script on the ribs
Blue silhouette birds rise in a flock above the script words Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly, tattooed across the upper back.
Flock of birds and script quote on upper back
Black and grey blackwork band tattoo on a forearm, with a white ampersand left as negative space in the solid black ink.
Ampersand band on a forearm
Two arms crossed over each other, each with matching black lettering reading (it's alright), one on the upper arm and one on the forearm.
Matching (it's alright) lettering on two arms
Fine line black script reading All was well on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
All was well script on upper back
Black handwritten lettering reading I just felt like running, Forrest Gump, across the lower leg above the ankle, with a grey and pink running shoe beside it.
Forrest Gump quote on lower leg
Close photo of the fine line black script tattoo reading aquí y ahora across the lower abdomen, above a black waistband.
Fine script phrase across the lower abdomen
Black ink drawing of an infinity symbol with the word 'you' on the left loop, 'me' on the right loop and a small heart on the lower left curve, drawn as a tattoo design.
Infinity symbol with 'you' and 'me' and a heart
Black and grey script lettering tattoo of a verse with the reference Psalms 3:5, running diagonally along the side of a foot near the ankle.
Script verse tattoo on a foot
Close-up of three stacked lines of the word busy in black lettering on the outer thigh, with a paperback book resting on the lap.
Busy repeated lettering on a thigh
Black and grey photograph of a fine line script tattoo on a woman's ribs, partly covered by a white vest top.
Script quote tattoo on ribs
Black and grey shaded tattoo of an infinity symbol made from a horseshoe and feather, with the word fearless in script, on the side of the ribs.
Infinity horseshoe and feather with script word
Fine line black Roman numerals tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm of a hand with a ring on one finger.
Roman numerals on an inner wrist
Black fairy silhouette with wings and a wand above the script words Believe in yourself, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fairy silhouette and quote on a forearm
Flash sheet of green lettering designs with two-word phrases such as Hold Fast, Home Sick and Open Eyes, headed Knucks, drawn for knuckle tattoos.
Knuckle lettering flash sheet, mix and match
Fine black lettering reading not all those who wander are lost, with two small bird silhouettes, running along the top of a bare foot on a sandy beach.
Quote and birds along a foot
Small black Hebrew script lettering tattooed on the inner wrist, with a black and white French bulldog resting its head on the hand.
Small Hebrew script tattoo on a wrist
Black script lettering forms a treble clef spiral across the ribs, with the word love in red.
Lyric treble clef across the ribs
Black and grey tattoos of a compass, a pocket watch, flowers and a lettered banner on two upper arms.
Compass and pocket watch with banner on two arms
Black and grey script tattoo reading Faith, Hope and Love with a small cross and heart, across the top of a foot near the ankle.
Faith, Hope and Love script on an ankle
Back of a woman in a car showing a dark outlined tattoo of the word FUCK in blocky letters across her upper back, with a curled shape to the left.
Blocky word tattoo across upper back
Two black and grey tattoos on forearms in realistic shading and script lettering, one showing a fishing rod and reel, the other a hook and heart.
Fishing rod and hook tattoos on two forearms