Filigree tattoo ideas

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Black and white drawing of an ornate hamsa hand with an eye at its centre, filled with filigree and floral patterning, shown as a design with no body placement.
Ornate hamsa hand design in black
White line drawing of an ornate anchor made of scrolls, circles and filigree on a dark navy background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Ornate filigree anchor design
Black ornamental padlock and key flash design with handwritten script above and below, shown without any body placement.
Ornate padlock and key with love script
Coloured tattoo design drawing of a blonde figure gazing into a crystal ball, framed by ornate filigree, a red book and a heart, with no body placement shown.
Crystal ball figure in an ornate frame
Black and white drawing of a circular tattoo design split into four quadrants, showing a sword in a ring, a dragon, a snowflake and a sun, framed by rope and swirl borders.
Four-part design with sword, dragon, snowflake and sun
Black line drawing of a sugar skull woman with a rose crown, a rosary necklace and a branch of leaves and roses below.
Sugar skull woman with roses
Black and grey flash design of a white cartoon cat face with a black bow on its head and dark ornate tendril patterning below, on a white background.
Black and white cat character with bow
Black line drawing of a heart filled with swirling filigree scrollwork, with an awareness ribbon looping through it on a white background.
Heart with scrollwork and awareness ribbon
Red pencil sketch of a lion head with a ring in its mouth, framed by ornamental filigree and scrolling flourishes, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Ornate lion head design in red linework
Black and grey linework flash of an ornately patterned giraffe head with mandala and filigree detailing, drawn for a tattoo.
Ornate giraffe head design
Black and white tattoo design of an ornate cross with filigree scrollwork and engraved-style hatching.
Ornate filigree cross design
Colourful sugar skull tattoo design with roses, gem-set eyes and ornate scrollwork on a black background, shown as a flash drawing.
Sugar skull with roses and gem eyes
Black linework flash design of an ornate hourglass with a candle inside and a peony, drawn on grey paper.
Hourglass and peony design sketch
Black ink drawing of a four-point compass star over an ornate mandala of swirling petals on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Compass star mandala design
Flash sheet of black crescent moon tattoo designs, some with stars, swirls, sparkles, a face and the words Blue Moon, in black and grey ink.
Crescent moon tattoo flash sheet
Traditional style flash design of Jack Skellington's grinning face above a banner reading The Nightmare Before Christmas, framed by red roses, a bat and spider web linework.
Jack Skellington with roses and banner
Pencil drawing of an ornate acanthus-style scrollwork monogram on a brushed metal background, with no body part shown.
Ornate scrollwork monogram drawing
Hand-drawn ornate letterform in red fineliner with scrolls, filigree and hatched shading, a design suited to lettering-style tattoos.
Ornate red ink lettering sketch
Teal and green ornamental owl design perched on a bare branch, with knotwork on the chest and filigree across the face and wings, shown as a drawn tattoo design.
Ornamental owl perched on a branch
Brown line drawing of an engraved acanthus scrollwork design with curling leaves and stippled shading, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Engraved acanthus scroll design
Red line drawing of a fox head framed by ornamental flowers and filigree, a tattoo design sketched on tracing paper.
Fox head with floral ornament sketch
Pencil and wash flash sketch of an ornate lace-patterned heart held by two hands, with a crown above and a dagger through it, partly tinted pink.
Lace heart with crown and dagger design
Black ink drawing of a hummingbird built from ornate swirling linework and curls on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Swirling hummingbird tattoo design
Ornate drawing of a seated fox with a tail filled with fine black linework patterns and pink watercolour washes, presented as a flash-style tattoo design on cream paper.
Fox with patterned pink tail
Colour illustration of a tattoo design with red roses, a grey cameo locket, a silver chain and black filigree swirls on a pink background.
Roses, cameo locket and chain design
Black and white dotwork drawing of an ornate heart mandala with lace-like scallops, teardrop drops and small hearts, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Ornate heart mandala design
Flash sheet of metallic gold, silver and turquoise temporary tattoo designs, including chain arcs, a sunburst of circles, a heart with arrow and filigree ornaments.
Metallic chain, arc and sunburst flash sheet
Pencil or ink flash design of three dragonflies and an ornate key with filigree scrollwork, drawn in fine line with light pink accents.
Three dragonflies and an ornate key
Realism-style tattoo design of a grey shaded skull in front of a Roman numeral clock face, with a pink rose, red poppies and black filigree swirls.
Skull, clock and roses tattoo design
Pencil sketch of a large number five with swirling filigree ornaments and the word Thirty in script lettering above it, beside a green pencil.
Thirty script and ornate number five sketch
Black and grey pen drawing of an ornate heart with lace-like filigree, dotwork shading, a diamond motif and hanging chains, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate heart and lace design drawing
Black line drawing of a revolver with ornate scrollwork and a rose with leaves behind it, drawn on paper in a neo-traditional flash style.
Revolver and rose flash design
Black and grey drawing of a stylised phoenix with lace-like filigree wings and curling tail feathers on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Filigree phoenix design in black and grey
Black line drawing flash sheet of an ornate blackletter capital alphabet with floral flourishes, suitable as lettering designs for a tattoo.
Ornate blackletter capital alphabet sheet
Black line drawing of a hummingbird with ornate swirling filigree wings feeding from a curling flower, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Hummingbird and swirling flower design
Black and grey drawing of a sugar skull flanked by roses, with an ornate heart and lotus, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.
Sugar skull with roses and heart design
Neo-traditional flash design of a large owl with a scroll banner and roses behind it, drawn in black linework on a tan background.
Owl with roses and scroll banners
Black and grey line drawing of a winged serpent holding a skeleton key in its mouth, beside a heart-shaped padlock with butterflies.
Winged serpent with key and heart padlock
Black line drawing of a fox in profile with intricate swirling filigree patterns, set inside a circular frame with a scalloped border.
Ornamental fox inside a scalloped circle
Black and grey drawing of an ornate four-leaf clover with filigree swirls and small clover motifs, shown on white paper.
Ornate four-leaf clover design
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical scrollwork design with a heart-shaped pentagram inside a circle at its centre, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Symmetrical scrollwork with heart pentagram
Black and grey flash design of an interlocking heart and six-pointed star within a circle, framed by ornate filigree scrollwork.
Heart and hexagram ornamental design
Sheet of mehndi-style temporary tattoo designs in rose-brown ink on white, featuring paisleys, lotus motifs, mandalas and flower clusters.
Mehndi-style paisley and lotus temporary tattoo sheet
Pencil drawing of a sugar skull tattoo design with roses, a diamond on the forehead and decorative swirls, shown without a body placement.
Sugar skull with roses flash design
Black and grey drawing of a shaded rose with leaves, an ornate filigree key and hanging chain, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Rose and ornate key design
Pencil sketch of a symmetrical design with a central round mechanical dial and four organic, tendril-like arms, drawn in black and grey with no body placement shown.
Pencil drawing of a mechanical compass design
Pen drawing of two swallows in flight, one with a medallion on its wing and filigree scrolls around it, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Two swallows in flight with ornate scrolls
Black line drawing of an ornate capital letter with a swirled base, a five-petalled flower, small buds and leaves on vines, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ornate capital letter with flowers and leaves