Lettering tattoo ideas

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Two matching black script quote tattoos on the wrists, reading It's Only Forever and Not Long At All.

Matching wrist script quotes in black ink

Fine line black script lettering reading Kacham Cie across the top of a foot, with teal painted toenails and denim visible at the top edge.

Script lettering on the top of a foot

Two black script lettering tattoos on the upper arms, one beginning Remind me and the other reading When everything else is gone.

Matching script quote tattoos on upper arms

Two stacked photos of an infinity symbol tattoo with script lettering, one in teal and blue and one in red and black, on skin.

Infinity symbol with script lettering on skin

Black script lettering tattoos on two people's lower backs, reading 'There is no better friend than a sister' and '...and, there is no better sister than you'.

Matching sister quote tattoos on lower backs

Fine line script tattoo reading forever and ever in dark purple ink running down the inner forearm near the wrist, beside a white rose.

Forever and ever script on a forearm

Black ink ribbon banner reading SHIVER ME TIMBERS on the inner forearm, shown as a temporary tattoo being peeled from its backing sheet.

Shiver me timbers banner on a forearm

Black and grey pencil design of symmetrical blackletter-style lettering with four wolf heads and flowing ornamental lines, drawn as a flash design for a tattoo.

Symmetrical blackletter lettering with four wolf heads

Fine line black script tattoo running vertically down the centre of a woman's back, along the spine.

Vertical script tattoo along the spine

Black and grey tattoo on the inner wrist showing a dreamcatcher with shaded feathers, a flock of birds and the script word Dream.

Dreamcatcher and feathers on a wrist

Black ink bird with feathers and roses on the side ribs, with flowing script tattooed on the thigh, in a black and white photo with a patterned yellow bikini.

Bird and roses on ribs, script on thigh

Fine line tattoo of birds in flight rising up a forearm beside the word faith in cursive script.

Birds in flight and faith script on a forearm

Three wrists on a wooden table, each with a small black lettering tattoo reading DREAM, HOPE and LOVE in plain capitals on the inner forearm.

Dream, hope and love wrist lettering

Two-panel photo of a fine serif "live free" lettering tattoo in black ink on the side of a person's ribs, wearing a pale dress.

Live free lettering on the side ribs

Small black fine-line tattoo of three birds in flight above the cursive word invictus, on the upper back of a woman in a bikini.

Invictus script and three birds on the back

Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a night camp with a tent, campfire and crescent moon, with the script words not all who wander are lost.

Night camp scene with script lettering on upper arm

Black tribal-style lettering design with curling swirls and tapering spikes, shown as a standalone flash design on a white background.

Tribal swirl lettering design

Small black XO lettering tattoo on the side of a finger, in a simple lettering style, held beside a white cigarette.

XO lettering on a finger

Close-up of a black lettering tattoo on a man's upper chest, with the word LOL repeated in four rotated orientations to form a cross.

LOL lettering in a cross on the chest

Lettering tattoo reading I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good, with dark footprints beside it, glowing blue-white under blacklight on an arm.

UV quote tattoo with footprints

Black script lettering reading Refuse to sink with swirling flourishes and a small anchor below, tattooed on the side of the ribs.

Refuse to sink script with anchor on ribs

Black lettering tattoo reading words with a superscript 3 on the inner wrist, in a typewriter-style font.

Words with a superscript 3 on a wrist

Fine line black script tattoo reading awake my soul with a swash underline, on the side of the ribcage, in a black and white photo.

Awake my soul script on the side ribs

Black and white photo of the script phrase Dum Spiro Spero tattooed along a forearm, with a metal watch on the wrist.

Dum Spiro Spero script on a forearm

Black and white photo of a raised hand with a small black script word tattooed on the inner wrist.

Script lettering on the inner wrist

Black handwritten script tattoo reading Thuder Only Happens When Its Raisinl, placed on the side of the torso above the waistband of blue jeans.

Handwritten quote on the side of the torso

Tattoo design of an infinity symbol with the words Love and Family in script, decorated with a green feather, leaves and purple and teal butterflies.

Infinity symbol with love and family script

Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font across the top of a foot, reading a short note, placed on the foot above the toes.

Typewriter-style note tattoo on the foot

Black script lettering reading Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path, with Psalm 119:105 below, tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.

Psalm 119:105 lettering on upper back

Black ink handwritten word brave with a line and arrow beneath it, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.

Brave script with arrow design

Black typewriter-style lettering reading we're all stories in the end runs along a forearm.

Typewriter quote on a forearm

Black and grey photo of the words Spank Me in black script lettering flanked by two small outlined hearts, on the side of a hip above frayed denim shorts.

Script lettering with hearts on the hip

Fine line black infinity symbol with the script words 'and beyond' inside it, tattooed on the side of a ribcage.

Infinity symbol with 'and beyond' on ribs

Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Stitch with hibiscus and plumeria flowers, above the words Ohana means family, on a person's side ribs.

Stitch with flowers and Ohana lettering

Black line drawing of the word King with a crown and the word Queen with a crown, both in flowing script, presented as a pair of flash designs.

King and Queen script with crowns

Black ink infinity symbol with handwritten script reading you'll be with me wherever I go, tattooed on the inner forearm.

Infinity symbol with quote on forearm

Small black fine line script reading be still and know on the inner forearm, with the wearer in a striped top.

Fine line script phrase on inner forearm

Two wrists on sand showing gold script lettering reading bride's babes with a small heart, in a lettering style on the forearm near the wrist.

Gold script bride's babes on wrists

Black and grey photo of two wrists with the script words "You Are My Strength" tattooed in a fine line cursive style across the inner wrists.

You Are My Strength script on two wrists

Black cursive script lettering tattooed on the top of a foot near the ankle, with waves breaking on sand behind it.

Cursive script tattoo on a foot at the beach

Side view of a person in a black backless top with the word Hope in black script tattooed on the side of the ribcage below the arm.

Hope script tattoo on the side ribs

Black script lettering running down the outer thigh of a person wearing denim shorts and knee-high boots, on a street.

Script quote tattooed on a thigh

Black script lettering tattoo running along the outer forearm, with thick strokes and sharp, tapered ends.

Black script tattoo on a forearm

Colour flash design of a blue and pink bird on a flowering branch with the script Never Clip My Wings and two music notes.

Bird on a branch with Never Clip My Wings script

Profile outline with lettered quote

Black and grey photo of a forearm with the words I go to seek a great perhaps tattooed in a typewriter-style lettering font.

Typewriter quote on a forearm

Black and grey shaded paw print with a small heart, above the script name Abby and the dates 2004-2014, on the inner forearm.

Paw print with name and dates on a forearm

Black fine line script tattoo reading Wanderlust with an arrow and feathered fletching on the top of a foot.

Wanderlust script with arrow on foot