Tattoo Name Design

The beautifully wrought A in Alexandra gives this tattoo a degree of classical style hard to achieve. The artist has done a brilliant job of keeping this piece clean and elegant – it flows effortlessly across the inside forearm.

This tattoo of Blake mixes graffiti found in the Chicano style with a measure of Polynesian tribal. It’s large and bold, using the letters of the name for shading rather than the flourishes around the name as you’d usually expect.

A tattoo on the inner upper arm tends to be a good place for people looking to get words inked into their skin as it’s a good space to get a squarely rendered, well balanced set of words. This example again uses a nice, flowing script to pay homage to this man’s three daughters.

This is a nicely executed calligraphy style tattoo using a Chinese font. The letters been made to look realistic by creating the impression the word has been painted on with a horsehair brush instead of needle.

This is a modern take on Polynesian style, done with gun and needle rather than spike and chisel. This piece travels effortlessly across the skin, with the color gradients creating a consistent pattern through the entire artwork.

This name tattoo is unique and refreshing. Here the rope motif spells out the name Payton boldly along the man’s inner forearm.

This Nicholas tattoo utilizes an unusual font to good effect. There’s symmetry in the piece that the bordering highlights at the bottom employ well to form balance in the name.

This family name tattoo should be a source of great pride. Firstly, getting tagged down the ribs would’ve hurt plenty, and over a good deal of time. Second, the cursive font is handled exquisitely, especially the flow from silver-gray at the top of the wording down to the dark gray at the bottom.

This commemorative tattoo mixes some sharp lettering with the child’s footprint to create the full image honoring his son Lorenzo. This type of work is a mainstay in name tattoos given that society has become much more accepting of ink.

This version of Alex is beautifully worked. It’s a testament to the artist that all the flowing cursive meshes well together instead of becoming overwrought and hard to understand. The small amount of dotwork in the tattoo is a nice, unique touch.

Bold, graffiti style tattoos are great when done with a bit of style. This version of Kristy is that way – it creates the name from the part of the piece that isn’t tattooed and translates onto the skin effectively in the rose work comprising the rest of the art.

Such a well-drawn piece of imagery. The use of the names Jack and Alice to form such an extraordinary fish image is quite unique. Using a single gauge needle to make a crisp, concise tone of black ink adds to the structure of the work that may have been lost with a more traditional use of shadow.

This is a sublime use of font to create a standout inner forearm name tattoo. The sharp black line-work works perfectly with the style of font to render the names as if they’ve been drawn on lazily with a calligraphy pen.