Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black ink tattoo of the words Not all those who wander are lost in a serif font, flanked by two small bird silhouettes, on the upper back below the neck.
Quote and two birds on upper back
Woman seen from behind in a gym with a small fine line script tattoo of a short phrase on her upper back near the shoulder blade.
Small script tattoo on upper back
Black and grey script lettering reading Always remember who you are runs along the inner forearm in a monochrome photo.
Script quote along a forearm
Two matching heart tattoos with swirling scrollwork and the word Sisters in script on the forearms, with a small pink bow tattoo visible below.
Matching sisters heart tattoos on forearms
Pencil sketch of the word Ohana in cursive lettering with three simple bird shapes above and beside it, shown as a flash design on paper.
Ohana script with three birds
Black and grey wolf head tattoo with roses across the abdomen, with script lettering above and coloured tattoos on the thighs and upper arms.
Wolf and roses across the abdomen
Close-up of a small fine line black script tattoo reading blessed on a person's shoulder.
Blessed script tattoo on a shoulder
Two forearms with matching black and grey tattoos: a ship's wheel with script reading be the one to guide me, and an anchor with script reading but never hold me down.
Matching ship's wheel and anchor forearm tattoos
Watercolour-style heart tattoo in rainbow colours with black script lettering across it, on the lower limb of a person's skin.
Watercolour heart with script quote
Two bare feet with colour tattoos of scales of justice on the left foot and a sugar skull on the right, with lettering reading Tread Lightly across the tops and Heisenberg along the soles.
Scales and sugar skull on both feet
Fine line black script infinity symbol tattoo containing three handwritten names across the top of a foot.
Infinity symbol with script names on foot
Black script lettering reading Nothing is promised with a red lip print below it, tattooed across the upper chest and shoulder.
Script quote and red lip print on collarbone
Flash design of a teal block letter M with a teal sphere and black and blue scrollwork swirls on a white background.
Teal M letter with blue scrollwork
Two bare legs in a bath of foam, covered in colour traditional tattoos including roses, an animal head, a wolf or panther head, script lettering and designs on the feet and ankles.
Traditional leg tattoos with roses and animal heads
Black script tattoo reading Believe on the inner wrist, where the capital B forms a heart loop, with a blurred shoreline behind.
Believe script with heart on wrist
Black fine line infinity symbol with the word family written in script across its loop, tattooed on skin in a lettering style.
Infinity symbol with family script
Gold metallic temporary tattoo of the Greek letters delta and gamma beside an anchor on the inner wrist.
Gold Greek letters and anchor on wrist
Black and grey script tattoo reading Meow on the side of the ribs, with a black bra visible above it.
Meow script tattoo on the ribs
Flash sheet of black script lettering tattoo designs with ornate flourishes, including New York City and Happy Times Sad Times, on a cream background.
Script lettering flash sheet with flourishes
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm showing stylised initials MTW above the script quote Open your mind Before your mouth.
Initials and quote on a forearm
Close photograph of a black script lettering tattoo reading Je ne regrette rien on the inner wrist of a hand raised with pale pink nails.
French phrase in script on a wrist
Two people seen from behind with matching script quote tattoos on their upper back, one with a feather and infinity symbol and the other with an anchor and infinity symbol.
Matching infinity and quote tattoos on shoulders
Black ink lettering tattoo on the inner wrist showing a semicolon beside the words 'You Are The Author' in mixed script fonts.
Semicolon and 'You Are The Author' on a wrist
Black script tattoo reading Allons-y on the top of a foot near the ankle, with blue bow flats and dark jeans visible.
Allons-y script tattoo on the foot
Black script word sisters with a pink looping swash tattooed on the side of a lower back, with a white bikini strap visible.
Sisters script with pink swash on lower back
Black and grey photo of the word Strength in flowing script lettering on the inner wrist, with another hand holding it.
Strength script lettering on a wrist
Black and grey fine line script tattoo running vertically down the upper back of a person with dark hair, near the neck.
Fine line script tattoo on upper back
Tattoo of grey shaded vertebrae curving along a teal ribbon, with blackletter lettering reading Strength below, on the upper back.
Spine ribbon and Strength lettering on upper back
Grey flourished script reading faith above smaller pink lettering that reads is things which are hoped for and not seen, shown as a design on a plain white background.
Faith script lettering design
Black and grey compass rose tattoo on a forearm, framed by the words 'Create your own path' in a curved lettering style.
Compass rose with 'Create your own path' on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a woman's upper back, showing a profile silhouette with a ship inside it, surrounded by looping script.
Profile silhouette and script on upper back
Black and grey script lettering reading Stop Watching and Start Doing inside a thin diamond outline on a forearm, in lettering style.
Stop Watching and Start Doing lettering
Black script lettering reading Just Breathe with a full stop, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Just Breathe script lettering design
Fine line script tattoo reading Always, looped through an open heart outline, on the inner wrist, with silver bangles worn above it.
Always script with heart on a wrist
Fine line black script reading no fear across the top of a foot, close to the base of the toes.
No fear script across the top of a foot
Back view of a woman with a small black lettering tattoo on her upper arm, partly legible French text, with her hand on her hip.
Small text tattoo on upper arm
Two matching black script tattoos reading Together forever, never apart, maybe in distance, but not in heart, across the upper back and shoulder.
Matching script quote on two upper backs
Fine line black tattoo of a stretching cat with the word enjoy in script on the ankle, linked by a single line from its tail.
Stretching cat with script on an ankle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the upper arm showing two figures with bird skulls for heads, with the words NEVER TRUST THE LIVING between them.
Two bird-skulled figures with Never Trust the Living
Black and grey tattoo of a crown and anchor wrapped in rope, with the script words My King above and My Anchor below, on a person's side.
Crown and anchor with script lettering
Close view of the back of a neck with the word Resilience in black fine line script tattoo lettering at the base of the neck, below dark hair.
Resilience script tattoo on the nape
Black stencil-style lettering reading USMC above SMEPER FI across the upper back, shown in a close photograph of bare skin.
USMC and Semper Fi lettering on upper back
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading Carpe Diem with three small birds beneath it, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Carpe Diem script with three birds on the upper back
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading walk by faith on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Walk by faith script on a foot
Black typewriter-font quote tattoo reading she believed she could so she did, set in a stacked column on the side of the ribs.
Typewriter quote tattoo on the ribs
Black and white photo of fine line script lettering reading Wild Child on the side of a ribcage, above a dark garment band.
Wild Child script on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain landscape with a cabin and pine trees in a circle, with the words Home is where the mountains are, on an upper arm.
Mountain landscape with Home is where the mountains are
Close photograph of a fine line black cursive script tattoo running diagonally along the inner forearm of a pale-skinned arm, with a grey sleeve at the top of the frame.
Cursive script lettering on an inner forearm