Lettering Tattoo Designs

Including lettering and writing with a tattoo can be a great way to really make a tattoo design pop out and make it unique and original. However, you have to choose the tattoo lettering style very carefully. Written or lettering only tattoos can also make very unique tattoos and impactful design. If you are thinking about including lettering in your tattoo design in any way then you will want to read this article. By the end of the article you will have some ideas to start working on your own letter tattoo design.

Combining Lettering And Designs

If you are thinking about combining your tattoo with a design then you have to plan ahead and carefully choose what you want to write and the style of font hat you want to use. For example an Irish shamrock tattoo is probably not going to look good with a phrase written in Sanskrit below it. It would look much better if that was written in an old English script or Celtic font. So the first thing you want to consider is if you have or are getting an image tattoo and it will be combined with writing then you will want to make sure the design and style of the two match. A large Japanese Koi fish tattoo will look great with some Kanji writing alongside of it but would look horrible with some form of an elvish looking script from the Lord Of The Rings movie for example. So plan ahead and match the font and style of writing with the type of image you are getting.

Foreign Writing

In recent years many written tattoo designs have incorporated a foreign script. This is an easy way to add a little mystic to the overall tattoo design and make it look foreign and special all at one time. Adding a foreign script is a great option. However, care should be taken when doing this also. You want to really make sure that the designs says exactly what you think it does. In all honestly there are some unfortunate situations where a persons gets a tattoo design of for example a Japanese Kanji design but hen latter find out it means something totally different then they thought. Don't get stuck with this. Instead plan ahead and make sure you check your design with a native speaker of the language to make sure it translates to what you want to say.

Letter Only Tattoos

Lettering only tattoos are also very popular. If you don't really want a design with your tattoo and just have a word or a phrase that can make a wonderful tattoo design also. A lot of people these days are choosing a lettering only tattoo design. People often get important dates tattooed on themselves. Maybe an important line from a poem or a quote that is important. For example maybe just the words Carpe Diem which means live for today might make a great reminder to you to live life ot it's fullest. Find what is important to you and then find some way to remind yourself of the importance of that through some writing.

Ambigram Tattoos

Another popular tattoo that is pretty new to the scene are ambigram tattoos. THese are tattoos of words that can be read in two directions. Often if it is only a one word ambigram the word can be read upside down or right side up. However, really advanced lettering artists can make two word ambigrams. These are when two words are placed togheter in such a way that there is one word going from left to right and then another word when read from right to left. These are gaining quickly in popularity and you can find amibgram writing resoruces and designs online.

If you are choosing a written only or lettering with your tattoo design just make sure you take time to incorporate the design and the lettering style. Lettering with a tattoo can really help make the tattoo stand out and be unique. The above listed ideas are just a few options but really it will be your tattoo so take some time and plan what you want.