Lettering tattoo ideas

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Two wrists with fine line black tattoos: a passport-style stamp and triangle stamp on one wrist, and the word wanderlust with a compass on the other.
Passport stamps and compass on wrists
Black script lettering tattoo reading Always across the wrist of a hand, with the palm and fingers visible.
Always script tattoo on a wrist
Navy stippled mountain range with snowcaps and a flowing script word to the right, shown as a standalone design on a pale background with no body part visible.
Navy mountain range with script word
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the state of Texas outline with the word home in script along the lower edge, on the side of the ribs.
Texas outline with script home on ribs
Black ink script lettering reading Perfectly Imperfect, with a ribbon banner under the word Imperfect, drawn as a lettering design on a white background.
Perfectly Imperfect script lettering design
Two matching foot tattoos: a watercolour feather with flying birds and the words I'll be your wings on the left foot, and a shaded grey anchor with waves and birds on the right foot.
Feather, birds and anchor tattoos on both feet
Black and white photo of a fine line script lettering tattoo reading Familie na aan die hart along the ribs, with a hand and shirt at the edge of the frame.
Script phrase along the ribs
Black and grey realistic moon tattoo with the words LA LUNA above it, on the upper arm of a person wearing a dark t-shirt.
Realistic moon and La Luna lettering on upper arm
Lettering tattoo on a forearm of the state of Wisconsin outlined in black, with a handwritten quote inside and a small red heart near the bottom.
Wisconsin state outline with handwritten quote
Fine line black lettering reading hope with a puzzle piece outline beside it, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Hope script and puzzle piece on a wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering reading walk by faith across the top of a foot, with a denim jean cuff visible above the ankle.
Walk by faith lettering on a foot
Close view of a small black ampersand tattoo on the lower back of a person with shoulder-length wavy brown hair, in fine line lettering style.
Small ampersand on a back
Fine line infinity heart tattoo with two names in script and soft blue and purple wash, on the back.
Infinity heart with script names
Black script lettering reading Be the change on the inner wrist, in a lettering style with a flowing, hand-drawn look.
Be the change script on a wrist
Black and grey script lettering reading For her I'd risk it all on a forearm, with a second line, Because of her I will not fall, on the other arm.
Script quotes on two forearms
Black fine line script tattoo reading most ardently across the outer ankle and foot.
Most ardently script on an ankle
Fine line black Arabic script lettering tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand against a black background.
Small Arabic script on inner wrist
Black script lettering reading Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders, with a solid black cross above it, on a person's upper back.
Cross and script quote across upper back
Black script tattoo reading Dream as if you'll live forever and Live as if you'll die today across the upper back, with a feather and beads on the right shoulder blade.
Script quote and feather across upper back
Black fine line cursive lettering reading free your mind on a shoulder, shown in two photographs.
Free your mind script on the shoulder
Black and grey image of two hands holding pistols, with the word VERITAS lettered across the knuckles and fingers and rosary beads wrapped around the wrists.
Veritas lettering on two hands holding pistols
Fine line black script reading God with us, with a full stop, drawn on pale textured paper with no body part shown.
God with us script lettering design
Script lettering reading Believe in Yourself on the inner wrist and forearm, with Be and You in pink and the rest in dark blue-black ink.
Believe in Yourself script on the wrist
Black script lettering reading a four-line rhyming poem across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Four-line poem in script across the back
Black script lettering reading There is Beauty in Brokenness across the collarbone, in a fine line lettering style.
Script quote across the collarbone
Small black fine line tattoo of two angular symbols above a right-pointing arrow, on the inside of a wrist.
Symbols and arrow on a wrist
Fine black French script tattooed vertically down the centre of a woman's upper back, below her hair bun.
Vertical French script down the spine
Black handwritten-style lettering tattoo on the upper arm reading a quote in quotation marks, with an attribution line beneath it, in a lettering style.
Handwritten quote tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the inner wrist spelling Coexist, with the letters replaced by a peace sign, Star of David, yin yang and cross.
Coexist lettering with symbols on the wrist
Colour tattoo on a thigh showing a peeled banana wearing a top hat and monocle, with the script words I find this attire appealing, in a traditional style.
Peeled banana in a top hat on a thigh
Black fine line script tattoo running down the outer upper arm of a person wearing a black lace bralette.
Script lettering along upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo reading what if you fly on the side of a torso, with pink lace lingerie along the bottom edge of the image.
Fine line script reading what if you fly
Black gothic-style lettering reading Dreamer beside a dreamcatcher with feathers and small blue beads on the inner wrist.
Dreamer lettering with dreamcatcher on wrist
Woman seen from behind with a vertical black Roman numeral tattoo running down her spine and a partial tattoo on her upper arm.
Roman numerals down the spine
Black script tattoo reading "but without the dark, we'd never see the stars" across the upper thigh, in a lettering style.
Quote script on a thigh
Black fine line script and symbols on the inner wrist, including a lightning bolt, a platform 9 3/4 sign and a Deathly Hallows triangle.
Fine line quote and symbols on a wrist
Close-up of a finger with the words Trick or Treat in pale script lettering beside a small skull tattoo, in a fine line style.
Trick or treat script and skull on a finger
Black ink script tattoo reading explore on the inner forearm of a person in a black top, with another hand holding the arm.
Explore script on a forearm
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Amor é o suficiente with a blue vine sprig rising towards the shoulder, on the upper chest.
Portuguese script with vine on upper chest
Black and grey daisy tattoo with a fine line script quote trailing from its stem, sitting on the lower back above a pair of jeans.
Daisy and script quote on lower back
Close-up of a hand gripping a black camera, with the word Smile in small black script lettering tattooed on a finger.
Smile lettering on a finger
Fine line black tattoo of a flower wreath around the words Be Kind to yourself and a small heart, on the inner wrist.
Be Kind to Yourself wreath on wrist
Black script lettering reading Heartless across the finger of a hand with pink nails, set against dark denim.
Heartless script tattoo on a finger
Blue line drawing of a rayed sun with the words You are my sunshine written in script and capitals inside it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
You are my sunshine lettering in a sun
Black fine line script tattoo reading A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor, with small birds beside it, on the side of a ribcage.
Script quote and birds on ribs
Woman in an orange swimsuit and straw hat, with a small black script lettering tattoo on her upper thigh.
Script tattoo on upper thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded crown above a flowing script letter B, placed on the torso.
Crown over a script letter B
Bare legs raised against a pale wall, showing a red rose with dark flowers on one thigh and black script lettering with flowers on the other thigh, in a traditional style.
Rose and script tattoos on raised legs