Flourish tattoo ideas

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

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Black ornate script lettering tattoo on the ankle, photographed in black and white with a stylised flourish above the letters.
Ornate black script tattoo on ankle
Black and grey script lettering with scroll flourishes running across a shoulder and upper back.
Scripted quote with flourishes on shoulder
Black henna-style design of an outlined heart with curling swirls and dots on the inside of a forearm, resting on a textured towel.
Heart and swirls on a forearm
Black and grey hand-drawn tattoo flash design of ornate Mom lettering with a rose, leaves and the words Happy Birthday and Always by my side.
Ornate Mom lettering with a rose
Colour tattoo of a red fox with the words Breathe Out So I Can Breathe You In in ornate black script on the forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Fox and lettering on a forearm
Black and grey pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a wicker basket, high heels, stars and the script lettering There's no place like home.
Basket and heels with script lettering
Fine line tattoo of a swirl heart with an orange butterfly on the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
Butterfly and swirl heart on the forearm
Pencil sketch of a large-eyed cartoon bat with fluffy fur, surrounded by curling vines and leaves, drawn as a tattoo design in a sketchbook.
Cartoon bat with vine flourishes
Pen and ink drawing of an ornate, flourished letter with scroll details on paper, with a faint pencil sketch of another letter behind it.
Ornate lettering sketch of a flourished letter
Fine line black tattoo of interlaced scrolls and two small leaves on the inner forearm, with a silver chain bracelet at the wrist.
Interlaced scroll tattoo on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading beautiful, with a decorative flourish at the start, on the side of the ribs.
Beautiful script on the ribs
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading I could be destroyed but not defeated, with a small flourish, on the side of a torso above the ribs.
Script quote on the ribs
Black and grey feather tattoo that dissolves into dots, with the word love in flowing script below, on the inner wrist.
Feather and love script on a wrist
White ink lettering tattoo reading Believe, with swirling flourishes, on the forearm.
Believe script on a forearm
Solid black anchor design with sweeping tribal-style lines curving out from either side, drawn as a flash design on a white background.
Anchor with tribal flourishes
Black and grey sailing ship tattoo with a rose and scrollwork running down the ribs and onto the hip in a traditional style.
Sailing ship and rose down the side and hip
Black and grey script lettering reading Beauty in the Breakdown with swash flourishes and shaded outlines, tattooed on an upper arm.
Beauty in the Breakdown lettering on an arm
Black and grey back tattoo of corset lacing with leaf scrollwork over the shoulder blades and swirling flourishes on the lower back.
Corset lacing and leaf scrollwork across a back
Hand-drawn script lettering of the word blessed in black ink with thin blue flourishes on white paper, shown as a design sketch with no body placement.
Blessed script lettering design
Black line drawing of a curving musical staff with a treble clef, several notes, two roses and floral swirls, shown as a tattoo design.
Musical staff with treble clef and roses
Black lettering reading Insert Coins In Slot with a small red arrow and black flourishes above it, on a person's lower back above jeans.
Insert Coins In Slot lettering on lower back
Black and grey butterfly and scrollwork tattoo on the lower back, with shaded butterfly wings and bold swirling linework.
Butterfly and scroll tattoo on lower back
Black script lettering tattoo reading The pain you feel today is the strength you'll have Tomorrow, with flourishes, on the forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Black flowing script lettering reading I am my beloved's, and my beloved is Mine with looping flourishes on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Script lettering quote in black ink
Two black script lettering tattoos reading Hopeless and Romantic with small flourishes, one on each ankle, above red canvas sneakers.
Hopeless Romantic script ankle tattoos
Pencil drawing of a flying swallow with scrolling flourishes trailing behind it, shaded in grey, drawn on white paper, a flash design for a tattoo.
Pencil swallow with swirling tail on paper
Colour tattoo of purple, pink and blue stars with black outlines and black swirling flourishes on the inner wrist.
Star cluster and swirls on a wrist
Black script tattoo reading When You Wish Upon a Star with swirling flourishes across the upper chest, above a black strapless top.
"When You Wish Upon a Star" script on chest
A red ornate frame holds a Tattoo Bar sign above scattered temporary tattoo designs in script lettering, a silhouette and a peacock on a yellow surface.
Tattoo Bar sign with temporary tattoo designs
Black fine line script tattoo reading Once upon a time, with small swirl flourishes, on a forearm.
Once upon a time script on a forearm
Fine line black ink script reading Jeremiah 29:11 above a wing-like flourish, tattooed on the wrist.
Jeremiah 29:11 script with wing flourish on wrist
Close photo of a black knotwork tattoo with a red script word and swirl beneath it, placed on the upper back.
Celtic knot with red script on upper back
Black ink flash sheet of ornate script letter A designs, several combined with heart shapes and flowing flourishes, on a white background.
Decorative script letter A designs with hearts
Black ink tattoo of a flourished letterform with scrollwork and a lotus flower on the inside of a wrist.
Flourished letterform and lotus on a wrist
Two matching black ink tattoos of the word love in flowing script inside open heart outlines, one on each forearm, in a fine line lettering style.
Matching love script in hearts on forearms
Fine line tattoo of a scrolled carriage in blue-purple ink on the side of the ribs.
Carriage tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey photo of two matching fine line infinity symbol tattoos on a forearm, one with a scrolling script name.
Matching infinity symbol tattoos on two wrists
White ornamental lettering reading Serenity, with swirling flourishes above and below, on a plain black background, shown as a tattoo design.
Serenity lettering with flourishes
Tattoo flash design of a red heart with a bold black outline and white swirling flourishes, painted on brown kraft paper, with no body placement shown.
Red heart with white swirls
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 tribal swirl tattoo with sweeping scrolls on the lower abdomen, beside a navel piercing.
Black tribal swirl on the lower abdomen
Black flowing script lettering reading Carpe Diem with long thin flourishes on a white background, a design for a tattoo.
Carpe Diem script lettering design
Two black line drawn crown designs, each with a scrolling ribbon banner beneath, shown as tattoo flash on a plain white background.
Two crown designs with ribbon banners
Black script lettering reading 'She believed she could so she did' with a small flourish and comma, tattooed across the top of a foot.
Script quote across the top of a foot
Black lettering tattoo reading Breathe, with decorative flourishes, on the inner wrist.
Breathe script on a wrist
Pencil drawing of flourished script lettering reading Generic Life Advice You've Heard Before, sketched on grid paper beside a black brush pen.
Script lettering design on grid paper
Fine black and grey script reading and they lived happily ever after, with faded butterflies and swirls, on the back of a woman's neck.
Happily ever after script on the neck
Colour tattoo of a pink bow with shaded ribbon loops and black flourish linework on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Pink bow with black swirls on upper back