Filigree tattoo ideas

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

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Colour neo-trad tattoo of sugar skulls, red roses and a purple flower across the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skulls and roses on an upper arm
Ornamental fox silhouette tattoo on the lower leg, filled with swirling linework that shifts from orange at the top to pink and red lower down.
Ornamental fox silhouette on a calf
Pencil sketch of a woman with curled hair and closed eyes holding an ornate hand mirror, with a pearl necklace and leaves in the background.
Woman with hand mirror and pearls sketch
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a tall grid-panelled device with small icons, a blue top bar, and dotwork florals and a swirling line, sitting on the inner forearm.
Grid device and floral filigree on a forearm
Mixed-colour tattoo of a black outlined heart filled with scroll ornaments and an orange-gold ribbon, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Heart and ribbon on a shoulder blade
Close view of a forearm and hand with white ornamental patterns on the skin, worn with silver rings and bracelets.
White ornamental designs on forearm and hand
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a clock face with Roman numerals, gears and a mask within ornate scrollwork.
Ornate clock and mask on upper arm
Two side-by-side drawings of an ornate lotus flower tattoo design with swirling filigree and dotted shading, shown on a sepia background.
Ornate lotus flower design in two versions
Black filigree scrollwork fills a Mickey Mouse head outline, with a coloured red rose at the centre, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Filigree Mickey head with rose
Black and grey realism tattoo of ornate plate armour covering the shoulder, upper arm and elbow as a full sleeve.
Plate armour sleeve on shoulder and arm
Black and white dotwork flash design of an ornate keyhole escutcheon framed by scrolls and flowers, with no body placement shown.
Ornate keyhole escutcheon design
Black and grey tattoo of ornate scissors with scrolled filigree handles on the forearm.
Ornate scissors tattoo on forearm
Black line drawing of an ornate dreamcatcher design with feathers and a mandala web, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornate dreamcatcher with feathers
Blue gradient jellyfish design with ornate swirling patterns on the bell and long flowing tentacles, shown as a standalone drawing with no body part visible.
Ornate blue jellyfish design
Small black ornamental scroll tattoo wrapped around the base of a finger, shown on a hand with dark tipped nails.
Small scroll band tattoo on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of a clockwork pocket watch with gears and filigree scrollwork on the upper arm.
Ornate clockwork watch on upper arm
Close-up of a woman's hand with a black ornamental filigree band tattooed around the wrist and running onto the forearm.
Black filigree wrist band tattoo
Black ink drawing of an ornate treble clef made of swirling flourishes, curls and dots on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Ornate treble clef flourish design
Colour chest tattoo of gears, red roses, filigree scrollwork and a golden keyhole heart linked by chains, placed across the centre of the chest.
Gears, roses and keyhole heart across the chest
Black ink and pencil sketch of an ornate key with filigree scrollwork and a foliage vine, drawn as a tattoo design on white paper.
Ornate key with scrollwork design
Black line drawing of an ornate spiral seashell filled with dotwork, scale-like cells and swirling filigree, shown as a tattoo design without a placement.
Ornate seashell line drawing
Neo-traditional tattoo of a skull beneath a crown with red roses and splatter detail on an upper arm.
Skull, crown and roses on an upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a hand mirror with the script 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder', framed by a rose, beads and scrollwork.
Mirror, rose and 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder'
Black and blue ornamental owl tattoo with filigree patterning, perched on a thin branch across the upper back.
Ornamental owl perched on a branch