Flourish tattoo ideas

464 photos and flash · 55% Lettering, 17% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black linework lettering design on a white background reading And so the adventure begins, with flourished capitals and underlines.
And so the adventure begins lettering
Glossy red heart framed by black ornamental scrollwork on a white background, shown as a tattoo design drawing.
Red heart with black scrollwork
Ink drawing of two hummingbirds facing each other to form a heart, surrounded by fine calligraphic swirls in black and dark red.
Two hummingbirds forming a heart with flourishes
Black line drawing of the word IDGAF in decorative lettering, with striped and swirled letter details and floral doodles, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
IDGAF lettering with doodle florals
Black script lettering reading Allons-y with a sonic screwdriver drawn across it, surrounded by swirling flourishes and small stars on a cream background.
Allons-y script lettering with sonic screwdriver
Handwritten flourished script lettering design reading All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be, drawn in black ink on lined paper.
Looped script quote lettering design
Black script ampersand with a long swash and a ball terminal on a white background, shown as a tattoo design drawing.
Looping script ampersand design
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 tattoo design with curling scrolls, small dots and a solid star with an open centre, shown on a plain white background.
Swirling flourish with a star
Ink drawing of a script lettering design with swirling flourishes and leaf shapes on white paper, being traced with a fine liner pen.
Script lettering with flourishes on paper
Black flourished script reading Live Out Loud on a white background, a lettering design suitable for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Live Out Loud script lettering design
Black ink drawing of a triquetra Celtic knot surrounded by calligraphic swirls and dots on a plain white background, shown as a design with no body placement.
Celtic triquetra knot with swirls
Pencil line drawing of crossed ornate scissors and two combs with two roses, a flash design in a traditional style.
Crossed scissors and combs with roses
Black hand-lettered script design on a white background reading Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn, with looping flourishes and a swash capital L.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn lettering
Black ink line drawing of a weeping woman with curled hair, pearl beads and a cameo, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Weeping woman with cameo and pearls
Black line drawing of a stylised phoenix with swirling wings and a flowing tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Stylised phoenix line design
Six black line drawings of scrolling flourish ornaments stacked on a white background, shown as tattoo design options with no body part visible.
Six black scrollwork flourish designs
Black ink flash sheet of seven butterfly designs on white paper, drawn in bold tribal-style linework with swirling flourishes and no body placement shown.
Butterfly flash sheet in black linework
Black and white pencil sketch of a lotus flower with a swirl in the bud and a fine flourish above, drawn as a tattoo design.
Lotus flower pencil sketch design
Black ink flash design of a cartoon mouse figure built from calligraphic loops and flourishes, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Calligraphic flourish mouse design
Hand-drawn tattoo flash of a bold black script letter with red accents, swirling linework and dots, shown on white paper.
Script letter with red flourishes
Black line drawing of a violin with ornate scrolls on its body and swirling flourishes on either side, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Violin with scroll flourishes
Hand-drawn black ink script lettering of the word Live on white paper, with a black marker pen resting at the top of the frame.
Script lettering design reading Live
Black ink hand-lettered design reading 'A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor' on aged, sepia paper, with decorative flourishes above the text.
Hand-lettered sailing quote on aged paper
Black ink drawing of a treble clef with a small cross running through its centre and swirling flourishes, shown as a tattoo design on plain grey paper.
Treble clef with a cross design
Black ink calligraphic treble clef design with looping strokes and a curled tail on a white background, shown as a flash drawing rather than on skin.
Calligraphic treble clef design
Black ink drawing of a flourished script letter K with swirling curls and a small letter N below, shown as a tattoo design on a pale background.
Flourished script letter K design
Black script lettering reading je t'aime with long looping flourishes, shown as a flash design on a white background, with no placement on the body visible.
Je t'aime script lettering design
Black script lettering reading Carpe Diem, decorated with curling swirls and small leaves, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Carpe Diem script with swirls
Flash sheet of six black lettering designs reading the rest is still unwritten, each in a different script or ornamental lettering style, intended as tattoo lettering.
The rest is still unwritten lettering options
Black ink script lettering spelling the word Fearless with looping flourishes, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain grey background.
Fearless script lettering design
Black tribal-style heart outline with swirling flourishes spiralling off its right side, drawn as a flash design with no body placement shown.
Tribal heart with swirling flourishes
Black and grey flash sheet of ornate script capital letters with swirling flourishes and shaded edges, intended as lettering designs for tattoos.
Ornate script alphabet flash sheet
Flash sheet of nine black ink swirl and vine flourish designs on a white background, with some leaf and floral details.
Nine black ink swirl and vine designs
Black ink drawing of an ornamental swirl with three dots and the word CONFIDENCE in capitals beneath, on a white background.
Swirl flourish with dots and the word confidence
Black ornamental lettering design with sweeping flourishes on a white background, in a lettering style with no body placement shown.
Ornate black lettering with flourishes
Black line-drawn sheet of botanical flash elements, including floral wreaths, antler and flower arrangements, leaves and flourishes, with no tattoo on skin shown.
Hand-drawn floral wreaths and design elements
Black and grey flash design of a hatched heart framed by swirling tribal style flourishes and small circles, shown without any body placement.
Heart with swirling flourishes
Black ink blackletter alphabet sheet showing capital letters A to Z with decorative swashes on a cream background, shown as lettering flash.
Blackletter uppercase alphabet flash
Black linework flash sheet showing the word Sprinkles set in many lettering styles, including Dutch serif, script, curved and hand-drawn forms.
Sprinkles lettering variations on a flash sheet
Six black script lettering designs of the words Stand up, in varied flowing and bold handwritten styles, shown as a tattoo flash sheet.
Stand up script lettering designs
Three stacked panels of ornate hand-lettered design: a pen-and-ink sketch of the words Black Magic on paper, a blurred close-up of white and red outlined letters on black, and a close-up of
Black Magic ornate lettering design
Black line drawing of an ornate filigree design with scrolls, foliage and pointed leaf motifs, shown as a flash sheet with no body placement.
Ornate black line filigree design
Twelve month names from January to December in black blackletter lettering with flourishes, drawn on textured white paper, shown as a vertical strip.
Twelve month names in blackletter lettering
Set of pencil lettering sketches for a tattoo design with decorative block and script letters, shaded ribbon banner and flourishes, shown without a body placement.
Lettering sketches with ribbon banner and flourishes
Flash sheet of black line flourishes, scrolls, leaves, arrows and a laurel motif on a white background, with a white laurel on a grey panel at the top.
Flourishes and ornaments flash sheet
Neo-traditional flash design of a stylised creature head with a swirling purple and orange body, black linework and dotted accents, with no body placement shown.
Swirling creature with curled tail
Hand-drawn French script reading aimez-moi pour qui je suis in dark brown ink with a long flowing line on cream paper, shown as a lettering design.
French script lettering on paper