Filigree tattoo ideas

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

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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
Black ink tattoo of an ornate cross with scrolled filigree details, placed centrally on the upper back.
Ornate cross on upper back
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 ink tattoo of a triangle enclosing a circle and vertical line, framed by ornate scrollwork, on the inner wrist.
Triangle and circle scrollwork on wrist
Black ink hamsa hand with ornate lace-like patterns running down the centre of a woman's back, seen from behind.
Hamsa and lace design along the spine
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
Two people seen from behind, each with a black and grey puzzle piece tattoo on the shoulder blade, one holding a swirling filigree motif and the other a key with a heart-shaped bow.
Matching puzzle piece tattoos on shoulders
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an ornate masked face with peacock feathers and paisley motifs across an upper arm and shoulder.
Ornate masked face on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a tabby cat with green eyes in an ornate filigree frame with roses, on the thigh.
Cat portrait in an ornate frame on a thigh
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 and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and visible gears, with a filigree heart locket on a chain, across the upper arm.
Pocket watch with filigree locket on upper arm
Gold metallic temporary tattoo of filigree ornaments with black gems across a forearm, wrist and hand, with a second design on the lower leg.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on arm and hand
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
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded rose with lace-style linework and dangling ornaments on the lower leg.
Shaded rose with lace detail on a calf
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
Black ornamental sugar skull tattoo with swirling filigree detail on the inner wrist, shown against a misty river scene.
Ornate sugar skull on the inner wrist
Neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm of a faceted pink gem heart topped by a crown, framed by grey scrolling filigree and shading.
Pink gem heart with crown on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of ornate scissors with scrolled handles on the inside of a forearm, worn beneath a wrap bracelet.
Ornate scissors on a forearm
Black ink lion head framed by lace-like filigree and dreamcatcher motifs on the outer thigh, shown from two angles.
Lion and lace ornament on a thigh
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 fine line tattoo of a triangle, circle and vertical line with ornate swirls, above the script word Always, on the upper back.
Triangle and circle symbol with script word on back
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
Forearm tattoo of a teal heart-shaped padlock with a keyhole, framed by grey filigree scrollwork in a neo-traditional style.
Heart padlock with scrollwork on a forearm
Two bent legs lying on a bed showing an intricate ornamental filigree pattern running from the thigh down the calf, in a dark ink.
Ornamental filigree pattern across thigh and calf
Colour tattoo of a black lace heart with purple roses and grey leaves on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Lace heart with purple roses on a forearm
Black and grey shaded key tattoo with an ornate scrolled bow, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a blue sleeve and wrist bracelets.
Ornate key tattoo on a forearm
Black line flash sheet of ornamental divider flourishes, scrolls and leaf motifs under the heading divider embellishments.
Divider embellishment flash sheet
Realistic pink faceted heart gem tattoo with black filigree and hanging chains on the side of the ribs.
Faceted pink heart gem on the ribs
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 and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a heart-shaped padlock with skull-headed keys and ribbons, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Heart padlock and skull keys on a back
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 photograph of a flowing scroll and swirl tattoo across a person's lower abdomen, above a studded belt.
Black swirl tattoo on the abdomen
Black and grey seahorse tattoo built from ornate paisley and scrollwork, curling tail and dorsal fin, on the outer thigh.
Ornate paisley seahorse on thigh
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
Two photographs of the same tattoo, an ornate heart-shaped padlock with a key hanging from a ribbon, shown on the side of the abdomen and on the top of the foot.
Padlock and key on hip and foot
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 ink tattoo of a mouse head outline filled with filigree swirls and small hearts, placed on a person's upper back.
Mouse head outline with swirls and hearts on back
Black and grey tattoo of ornate scissors with shaded blades and filigree handles across a forearm.
Ornate scissors on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos of an ornate padlock and a skeleton key, one on each of two wrists and forearms.
Padlock and key tattoos on two wrists
Upper arm tattoo of an ornate spade with teal filigree scrolls and black lettering reading We're all mad here, in a decorative lettering style.
Ornate spade with 'We're all mad here' lettering
Black and white photo of a large black and grey skull tattoo covering a person's back, with a dotwork star on the upper back and a portrait on the arm.
Skull and star back tattoo in black and grey
Black and grey ornate teapot tattoo with floral scrollwork pouring a stream of bleeding hearts into a teacup on the upper back.
Ornate teapot pouring bleeding hearts onto a shoulder blade
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 filigree scrollwork heart tattoo with a small red ladybird on the inner forearm near the wrist, in a fine line style.
Filigree heart with ladybird on forearm
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