Lettering tattoo ideas

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Fine line script tattoo reading expecto patronum in dark ink along the upper arm, just past a blue sleeve.
Expecto patronum script on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded feather above the word Always in script lettering, on the top of a foot.
Feather and Always script on the foot
Two black tattoos, each an ornate anchor with script lettering: love is patient on a forearm, and love is kind on the lower back.
Matching anchor tattoos with love is patient and love is
Close-up of a dark script tattoo reading Bite Me with a small heart on the inside of a lower lip, with two hands pinching the lip.
Bite Me script tattoo on the lower lip
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wooden cross with a candle on top and a ribbon reading In Memory of Those I've Lost, on the side of the ribs.
Wooden cross with candle and memorial ribbon
Black lettering tattoo of a four-line quote across the upper back, set in a serif typeface on a shoulder blade.
Quote tattoo across a shoulder blade
Black ink tattoo on skin of a Deathly Hallows symbol with a wand through it, followed by the word Always in script, a lightning bolt and three stars, placed on the back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with Always script
Black script tattoo reading 'May your song always be sung' across the side of a bare back, against a dark red warm-toned room.
Script quote on a bare back
Fine line black infinity symbol with the word love written through its loop, tattooed on the inside of a wrist.
Infinity symbol with love script on wrist
Black script lettering tattoo reading With pain comes strength across a patch of skin, in a fine line style.
Script quote reading With pain comes strength
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mason jar filled with planets, a ringed Saturn and a spiral galaxy, with a label reading FAR AWAY, on the forearm.
Mason jar galaxy on a forearm
Black script lettering reading 'You are free to sever the chains of fate that bind you' across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote across the upper chest
Grey shaded paw print tattoo on an ankle with an outlined script letter B and blue highlights on the letter.
Script B over a paw print on an ankle
Black line flash design of an anchor with a small heart at its base, with the script words 'A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor.' written above and below it.
Anchor with heart and sailor quote
Black fine line script tattoo reading Faith with an arrow running through it, on the inner forearm.
Faith script and arrow on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading happiness on the forearm, shown as a hand holds a cup of gelato in front of a display case.
Small script happiness tattoo on wrist
Black linework tattoo of a hanging sign reading Gone to Market on the top of a foot, in a simple hand-drawn lettering style.
Gone to Market hanging sign on foot
Black and grey realism portrait tattoo on a leg, with script on the thigh and a wing design on the hip, shown on a striped bed.
Leg portrait, script and bird tattoos on a bed
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading mad to live on the side of a ribcage, in a fine lettering style.
Mad to live lettering on the ribs
Fine line black tattoo of mountain peaks above the word adventure in script on the inner forearm.
Mountain peaks and adventure script on a forearm
Realistic grey lipstick tattoo with a red tip on the middle finger, above red script lettering across the hand, shown on a light-skinned hand with red nails.
Lipstick and red script on a hand
Black lettering tattoo on the side of the ribs, with the words HAPPY ENDING? above a four line poem and a handwritten style signature below.
Poem and signature on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo in a serif typeface reading 'but without the dark, we'd never see the stars' across the outer thigh.
Quote tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol on a folded cloth, ringed by the words 'The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death', on the upper back.
Deathly Hallows on a cloth with circular quote
Traditional style tattoo of a crescent moon with a face, a gold star and the words Sleepy Head in script on a forearm.
Crescent moon with face and star on a forearm
Fine line black script lettering reading The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow, tattooed across the lower back above a grey waistband.
Quote tattoo across the lower back
Realistic feather tattoo wrapped in black ribbon swirls with a script letter M and small star on the upper back, shaded in grey and muted pink.
Feather with ribbon and letter M on upper back
Black and grey blackletter lettering and a winged design across the chest and stomach of a hooded person, with tattooed arms.
Blackletter chest and arm tattoos
Two-panel photo of black script lettering on a forearm, reading "I'm fine" above and "save me" upside down below.
I'm fine and save me lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Trust your struggle across the upper chest below the collarbone, in a lettering style.
Script lettering along a collarbone
Two wrists with matching black script tattoos reading Big Sis and Lil Sis, each with a small red heart beside the words.
Matching Big Sis and Lil Sis wrist tattoos
Black script tattoo reading Faith on the lower abdomen, just above the waistband of dark jeans, in a fine line lettering style.
Faith script tattoo on the lower abdomen
Black and white photo of a black script tattoo reading Never Again on the back of a neck, with a strap visible below it.
Never Again script tattoo on the neck
Traditional style anchor tattoo wrapped in rope on the forearm, with the words Hope Anchors the Soul in blackletter lettering and small red gems.
Traditional anchor with rope and lettering
Black script lettering reading Hope above a grey shaded puzzle piece tattoo on the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
Hope lettering and puzzle piece on a wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of the numerals 18:13 on the inner forearm, with a metal wristwatch worn on the same wrist.
18:13 in fine line on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of praying hands wrapped in a scroll banner reading Lord forgive me for my past wrongs and future sins, on the upper arm.
Praying hands with banner on upper arm
Several sheets of gold script temporary tattoo designs reading team Bride, arranged on a bright pink background.
Team Bride gold script temporary tattoo sheets
Black flowing script lettering reading it ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it, drawn on a plain white background in a lettering style.
Script quote lettering design
Black script lettering reading learn to love yourself and never hide the scars, with a small butterfly outline, tattooed across the upper back.
Script quote and butterfly tattoo on the back
Black ink drawing of a heart filled with scrolls and the word sister in script, with purple shading, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Sister script within a swirled heart
Black and white photo of the words BE THE CHANGE in black lettering tattooed on the inner wrist, with beaded bracelets worn above and below it.
Be the change lettering on a wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of mountain peaks above the script word matthew and 17:20, placed on a shoulder blade.
Mountain peaks with script on the shoulder
Black fine line infinity symbol with the word sister in cursive script, shown as a temporary tattoo on a wrist.
Infinity symbol with sister script
Black fine line script tattoo reading With pain comes strength across skin, with the body part not clearly shown.
With pain comes strength script tattoo
Black and grey guillotine tattoo reading Keep your chin up beside a gallows with noose reading Hang in there, both on a lower leg.
Guillotine and gallows tattoos on lower legs
Fine line black script tattoo of the words mind and matter stacked either side of a horizontal line, on the lower abdomen below the navel.
Mind and matter script on the lower abdomen
Temporary tattoo on a wrist reading I'M WITH MEGAN'S BACHELORETTE PARTY above two martini glasses, in a typewriter-style lettering design with pink accents.
Bachelorette party temporary tattoo on a wrist