Lettering tattoo ideas

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Black handwritten script lettering of the word lovely on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Lovely in handwritten script
Fine line black script tattoo reading believe with an arrow running along the inner forearm, shown on a hand resting on a granite countertop.
Believe script with arrow on inner forearm
Grey shaded footprint tattoo on skin with the handwritten words 'My whole world, It begins and it ends with you' beside it.
Footprint tattoo with quote
Small black lettering tattoo of latitude and longitude coordinates on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark top and denim shorts.
Coordinates tattoo on the inner forearm
Black handwritten script lettering reading "with you, I am home." on a cream background, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
"With you, I am home" script lettering
Vertical column of dark Roman numerals with a small swallow silhouette in the middle, tattooed down the centre of a person's upper back.
Vertical Roman numerals with a swallow on a back
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo reading Mrs. on the side of a finger, beside a diamond ring on the same hand.
Mrs. script on a ring finger
A printed sheet of the word Wanderlust set in a dozen different lettering styles, pinned to a board, offered as lettering flash for a tattoo design.
Wanderlust lettering study sheet
Small script tattoo reading Freedom with a dark blue bird beside it on a finger, in a lettering style.
Freedom script tattoo on a finger
Black fine line script tattoo reading You get what you give, running across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script quote on inner wrist
Flash sheet of numbered braille and cursive script word designs such as love, joy, courage and peace, drawn in black ink on white.
Braille word flash sheet
Black lettering tattoo reading "If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough" in a typewriter font across the upper arm, with a camera held over the face.
Typewriter quote on upper arm
Black monoline lettering on a white background spelling WARR;OR, with a semicolon in place of the letter I, in a lettering tattoo design.
Spaced lettering reading WARR;OR
Black and grey tattoo of a hatched mountain range above the script words there was nowhere to go but everywhere, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Mountain range and script quote on upper back
Black script tattoo reading Grace with a small cross above the final letter, on the inner forearm.
Grace script and cross on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a star under peeling skin, filled with words such as friendship, freedom and love, on a shoulder and upper arm.
Torn skin star with virtue words on upper arm
Close photo of blue-grey handwritten lettering reading Babby Girl on the back of a person's neck.
Handwritten lettering on the back of the neck
Black and grey script reading Rebel across the lower abdomen, flanked by two shaded revolvers with red roses, with a navel piercing visible above.
Rebel lettering with revolvers and roses
Black and grey tattoo of two swallows above the Roman numerals XVIII IX MMX on the upper arm, with a script tattoo partly visible at the top right.
Two swallows and Roman numerals on upper arm
Fine line black ink lettering spelling the word WITCH on the forearm, with stylised, looping letterforms.
WITCH lettering on a forearm
Two bare feet at a pool edge, each with black script lettering tattooed on the top, reading never gonna grow up and never gonna slow down.
Matching script quote tattoos on two feet
Black lettering tattoo in ornate script with swirling flourishes reading find what you love, love what you find, across the inner forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Two wrists side by side with matching dark script tattoos, Queen on the left and King on the right, with gold chain bracelets.
Matching Queen and King wrist script tattoos
Black flash design of the Japanese kanji for strength above the word STRENGTH in blackletter lettering, on a white background.
Kanji for strength with blackletter lettering
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo reading Stars can't shine without the darkness, with blue and pink watercolour-style wash behind it, on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote with blue and pink wash on chest
Gold script lettering reading don't fear with a full stop, drawn in fine linework on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Don't fear script lettering design
Fine line black script tattoo reading "fairest of them all" across the upper arm, shown in close up against blurred skin.
Script quote "fairest of them all" on skin
Fine line black tattoo on the inner wrist reading miles to go, with a dashed route and a small paper plane.
Miles to go wrist tattoo with dashed plane
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded feather joined to an infinity symbol with the script words stay and strong, on the inner upper arm.
Feather and infinity script reading stay strong
Black fine line tattoo of a heart built from fingerprint-like swirls, with 'est.' and 9·11·10 in script and numerals beside it, on a forearm.
Fingerprint heart with date on forearm
Black fine line tattoo of an open mouth with teeth and a dripping outline on the upper arm, with the words What's love got to do with it inside.
Dripping open mouth with lyric quote
Black line drawing of a sealed envelope with a monogram wax seal, two roses and script reading No post on Sundays, in a traditional flash style.
Envelope and roses with No post on Sundays lettering
Close-up photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading life is beautiful on the side of a thigh, with white lace underwear visible above it.
Life is beautiful script on the thigh
Black script lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading: our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean.
Wave quote lettering on an upper arm
Pale pink fine script reading Just breathe with an outlined ribbon on the inside of a forearm, styled as lettering.
Just breathe script and ribbon on a forearm
Black and white photo of a person seen from behind, with a large back tattoo of script and roses and tattoos on the upper arm.
Back piece with script and roses
Fine line black tattoo of a world map above the handwritten word wanderlust, on the inner wrist and forearm, with a red string bracelet beside it.
Fine line world map and wanderlust on a wrist
Two side-by-side photos of a thin black script tattoo reading "and ever" on skin near the shoulder, above a black top.
"and ever" script tattoo near the shoulder
Two fine line black tattoos on wrists, each reading Sisters 92 95 beside a small drawing of a girl on a swing.
Matching sisters swing tattoos on wrists
Fine line black lettering tattoo of coordinates with degree symbols, placed across the upper back of a woman in a white lace bodysuit and jeans.
Coordinate line tattoo across upper back
Black ink line drawing of a mandala and floral tattoo design with handwritten script, shown as a flash sketch, with no placement on the body.
Mandala and floral line design with script
Black script lettering reading 'What if I fall? But my darling, What if you fly?' on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a cat's head above the word Meow in script, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Cat outline and Meow script on a wrist
Black handwritten lettering reading Chasing the original high across the upper chest, partly shown as a white shirt is pulled aside.
Chasing the original high quote on chest
Black and white photo of a man's bare upper back with hands behind his head, showing the word artist in lowercase sans-serif lettering between the shoulder blades, in Lettering style on the Back.
Word tattoo across the upper back
Inner wrist with a lettering tattoo of a bachelorette party slogan beside two pink martini glasses, shown in black and pink ink on the forearm.
Bachelorette slogan with martini glasses on wrist
Black and grey fine script tattoo reading lux in tenebris along the forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Lux in tenebris script on a forearm
Black and grey serif lettering spelling the word arm vertically down the outer upper arm, in a lettering style.
Vertical lettering reading arm on an upper arm