Filigree tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Black line drawing of an ornamental butterfly design with swirling filigree wings and dotted detailing, shown on a white background.
Ornamental butterfly tattoo design
Pencil drawing of a mechanical eye with a blue iris, cogs, screws and ornate filigree panels, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Mechanical eye with gears and filigree
Pen drawing of a shaded skull wrapped in roses and leaves, with a snake coiled at its base, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Skull, roses and snake design drawing
Black dotwork skull design on cream paper, framed by triangles and star motifs, drawn as a tattoo flash sheet with no body placement shown.
Geometric skull with dotwork shading
Black line drawing of a geometric mandala with lotus petals, with smaller ornamental motifs above and below, shown on a white sheet beside a ruler.
Mandala and lotus ornament design
Flash sheet of black crescent moon designs in filigree, star, sparkle and striped patterns, with the script words Blue Moon beside a larger moon.
Crescent moon designs flash sheet
Black ink drawing of an ornate decorative capital letter with filigree patterning and curling flourishes on white paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate decorative letter in ink
Black ink line drawing of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle, circle and vertical line, surrounded by ornate filigree, on white sketchbook paper beside a fine liner pen.
Deathly Hallows symbol in mandala design
Flash design of four playing card suits, clubs, hearts, diamonds and spades, filled with ornate floral linework in black, white and red.
Four playing card suits in ornate linework
Detailed ornamental owl design perched on a bare branch, with blue-to-magenta gradient linework on a parchment-style background.
Ornate owl perched on a branch
Black filigree design of a butterfly with scrolled wing panels on a white background, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Filigree scroll butterfly design
Black line flash sheet of ornamental divider flourishes, scrolls and leaf motifs under the heading divider embellishments.
Divider embellishment flash sheet
Black and grey blackwork design of an elephant head with ornate mandala panels, radiating lines and a skull below the trunk, shown as a flash drawing with no placement on the body.
Elephant head with skull and mandala
Black silhouette drawing of a fairy with ornate scrolled filigree wings, shown as a design on a white background, with no body placement.
Fairy silhouette with filigree wings
Black and grey drawing of an ornate four-leaf clover tattoo design with filigree scrolls and dotwork shading on a white background.
Ornate four-leaf clover design in black and grey
Blue line drawing of an ornate anchor with scrolled filigree and dotted detail on a textured paper background, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate blue anchor design
Black line drawing of an ornate butterfly with swirling filigree wings and heart-shaped motifs, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Ornate butterfly line design
Black ink flash sheet of ornate butterflies, swirling vines, flowers and music notes, drawn as tattoo designs on a white background.
Butterfly and floral swirl flash sheet
Hand-drawn black and grey tattoo design of a shaded rose surrounded by fine-line mandala lace, filigree and diamond patterns, drawn on paper.
Rose with mandala lace linework design
Black ink drawing of an ornate hot air balloon with lattice panels, dotwork shading and scrolling filigree below the basket, on paper beside a marker pen.
Ornate hot air balloon tattoo design
Pencil sketch of an ornamental wolf head design with a hamsa hand, geometric triangles and filigree patterns across the face, drawn on paper.
Ornamental wolf head design sketch with hamsa hand
Flash design of the words Mama Tried in ornate gold-brown lettering, with a revolver and pink and white flowers around it.
Mama Tried lettering with revolver and flowers
Black ink drawing of an ornamental cross design with filigree detail, leaf motifs and stippled dotwork shading, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornamental cross with leaves and dotwork
Black line drawing of a skeletal female profile with swirled hair inside an oval scrollwork frame, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Skull profile cameo in ornate frame
Line drawing of a rose, ornate filigree heart and ribbons with leaves, a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper with no body placement shown.
Rose, ornate heart and ribbon design
Black ink line drawing of an ornate cross-shaped filigree design with swirls and loops, shown on grey paper.
Ornate cross filigree design
Black line drawing of an ornate skull design filled with leaves, scrolls and cell-like patterns, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornate skull with leaves and scrollwork
Black and grey line drawing of an ornate fleur-de-lis with scrollwork filigree filling its petals and a banded collar at its centre.
Ornate fleur-de-lis design
Pencil and red ink drawing of an ornate butterfly wing design with swirling filigree, shown on paper with no body placement.
Ornate butterfly wing design in pencil and red ink
Black and grey flash design of an ornate filigree skull with a keyhole for a nose, above two crossed skeleton keys, on a black background.
Ornate skull and crossed skeleton keys
Solid black silhouette of a greyhound head with ears, combined with swirling black and white filigree scrolls in a blackwork style design.
Greyhound head with scrollwork
Black line drawing of an ornate butterfly with filigree scrollwork wings and a key-shaped body, suitable as a tattoo flash design.
Ornate butterfly with key body design
Black line drawing of an ornate cross built from curling scrolls and swirls on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Scrollwork cross design
Neo-traditional style design of an owl's face and wing inside an ornate heart frame with a beaded border and scrollwork, in brown and grey tones.
Owl within an ornate beaded heart
Black linework flash drawing of an anatomical heart with a faceted geometric lower half, a dotted oval gem and scrolling filigree at the top, shown on paper with no body placement.
Anatomical heart with jewelled gem design
Black line drawing of an ornate cross with filigree scrollwork and pointed arms, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Ornate filigree cross line drawing