Filigree tattoo ideas

504 photos and flash · 17% Botanical, 12% Neo-trad · Forearm most common

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Hand with silver metallic mandala-style temporary tattoos on the back and fingers, with matching wrist and finger bands, against a grey and white fur background.
Silver mandala temporary tattoo on a hand
Black and grey realistic rose tattoo framed by black lace-style flourishes on a shoulder, with a wooden cabinet and chair in the background.
Realistic rose with lace flourishes on shoulder
Black ink scrollwork cross tattoo on the side of the ribs, with curled ends on each arm and the base of the cross.
Scrollwork cross on the ribs
Black and grey drawing of two crossed ornate skeleton keys with detailed scrolled bows and engraved shafts, shown on a plain white background.
Crossed ornate skeleton keys
Pencil sketch of an ornate key with the word Honesty in cursive script across its shaft, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Honesty key pencil sketch
Realistic mechanical eye tattoo with a blue iris, brass-style gears, screws and filigree detail, placed on the upper back.
Mechanical eye with gears on the back
Black line drawing of a bull skull with an ornate floral pattern on the forehead and teal feathers hanging from each side, shown as a standalone design.
Bull skull with feathers design
Black line tattoo of two roses and an ornate filigree oval on the outer thigh, with a dotted line trailing below.
Roses and filigree oval on a thigh
Pencil drawing of a woman wearing an ornate filigree mask, framed by roses, lilies, leaves and orchids, in a botanical realism style.
Masked woman with roses and orchids
Black linework hummingbird with ornamental scrolled detailing across the wings and tail, tattooed on the outer forearm.
Filigree hummingbird on a forearm
Realistic black, grey and red tattoo of an ornate pocket watch surrounded by acanthus scrollwork across the back of a hand and forearm.
Pocket watch and scrollwork on hand and forearm
Fine line hamsa hand tattoo with filigree scrollwork and a central eye, sitting on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Hamsa hand on upper back
Lilac and grey butterfly tattoo with filigree scrollwork wings and a heart-shaped top, placed on the forearm, with a small red heart tattoo partly visible at the bottom left.
Lilac butterfly and heart on forearm
Fine line white ink ornamental tattoo running vertically down the side of the ribs.
Vertical white ink ornament on ribs
Close view of a red ornamental scrollwork tattoo running along the outer rim of an ear, with a captive ring piercing and a white spiral plug in the lobe.
Red scrollwork tattoo along the outer ear
Black and grey tattoo of the state of Texas filled with swirling scrollwork on the upper arm.
Texas outline filled with scrollwork
Black ornamental hamsa hand tattoo with an eye motif on the outer thigh of a seated woman in a red skirt, in Blackwork style.
Ornate hamsa hand on a thigh
Black and grey ornamental sugar skull tattoos on the side of two fingers, with a ring visible on a third finger.
Sugar skull tattoos on two fingers
Black fine line mandala and paisley tattoo covering the shoulder, upper arm and upper back, shown from two angles.
Mandala and paisley sleeve across shoulder and back
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull with red roses and swirling linework on a man's upper arm and shoulder, worn beneath a white vest top.
Sugar skull and roses on upper arm
Neo-trad heart locket tattoo with grey filigree scrollwork, a red gem centre and a ribbon, shown on skin.
Filigree heart locket with red gem
Three metallic gold ornamental scroll borders with leaf and curl motifs on a cream background, shown as a design sheet with no body placement.
Three gold scroll border designs on cream
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with flowing hair and birds above, sitting on the upper thigh.
Sugar skull woman on thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a ribcage and laced spine with filigree scrollwork across the upper and lower back of a person facing away from the camera.
Laced spine and ribs across the back
Pencil sketch of a compass rose with labelled points inside an ornate pocket watch case with a beaded chain, drawn as a tattoo design.
Compass rose in an ornate pocket watch
Back of a person showing a black ink lace-like scrollwork tattoo with flowers and leaves across the shoulder blade.
Black lace scrollwork across a shoulder blade
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo on the chest between the breasts, with fan-shaped ornaments above and a teardrop point below.
Lotus mandala on the chest
Flash sheet of red and blue filigree ornaments, swirls, rosettes and crescent moon phases, with the word Marked in blue script across the centre.
Red and blue ornament and moon phase flash sheet
Realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint, blue eyes and red lips, shaded in grey on the forearm.
Sugar skull woman portrait on forearm
Flash sheet of six black ink arrow designs with ornate filigree shafts, several topped with eight-point star motifs, drawn on pale paper.
Row of ornate arrows and star designs
Realism tattoo of an angel within plate armour and chainmail covering the shoulder and upper arm, shown from two angles.
Angel in armour on shoulder and upper arm
Two pairs of hands pressed together against a lavender wall, with white ink ornamental paisley designs on the backs of the hands, the fingers and the wrists.
White ink paisley designs on hands and wrists
Black fine line ornamental tattoo of hanging drops and dotted motifs across a woman's shoulder and upper chest, with a pendant shape near the upper arm.
Ornamental filigree tattoo across shoulder and chest
Black filigree butterfly tattoo with a blue and pink ribbon at its centre, on a person's upper back below the shoulder blade.
Filigree butterfly with ribbon on upper back
Black lace-pattern tattoo with roses and tassel edging wrapped around a forearm, against a green wall and a white sleeve.
Lace-pattern band with roses on a forearm
Pencil sketch design of an ornate skeleton key with the word Honesty written in cursive script through the shaft, on a textured paper background.
Pencil sketch of a key with the word Honesty
Close photo of white ink mandala, lace and scroll designs on a dark-skinned forearm, wrist and fingers, with a bracelet-style band and finger motifs.
White ink mandala and lace design on hand and forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo across a man's upper back showing the word Amendment in flowing script, two engraved handguns and a quotation beneath, viewed from behind.
Amendment lettering and two handguns on back
Black ink line drawing of a rose framed by mandala and paisley filigree, with dotwork shading and hanging dot chains, shown as a tattoo design.
Rose and mandala filigree design
Close view of a hand with black nails and silver rings, showing black dotwork lines and mandala-style ornaments across the fingers and back of the hand.
Mandala and dotwork design on a hand
Black and yellow-teal keyblade tattoo with a star-topped crown on the side of a torso, placed on the ribs.
Keyblade tattoo on the ribs
Two crossed hands on a white background showing a realistic black and grey rose tattoo framed by ornate filigree on the inner wrist and forearm.
Grey rose wrist tattoo with filigree
Black line drawing of a scrolling floral flourish with curling tendrils and small leaf-like swirls on a white background, with no body part shown.
Black scrolling floral flourish design
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with purple, orange and yellow wings, dotted detailing and hanging dotwork chains, on the forearm.
Jewel-toned butterfly on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an arm of a butterfly above an ornate filigree heart locket, with a bead chain running down the left side.
Butterfly and filigree heart locket on arm
Colour tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint, flowing blue hair and maroon and teal flowers on a limb.
Sugar skull woman portrait with blue hair
Black line drawing of an ornate anchor with swirling filigree detail and coiled rope, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Ornate anchor with rope
Large white-ink mandala tattoo with a central flower and ornate radial linework on a lower leg, in a geometric style, on the calf.
White-ink mandala on a lower leg