Flourish tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading One Love with sweeping flourishes on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
One Love script lettering design
Black ink line drawing of a moth in an ornate frame with rose or peony flowers, drawn as a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Moth and flower design with ornate frame
Black linework flash drawing of a hummingbird in flight, its wings and body built from swirling curls and flourishes on a white background.
Swirling hummingbird design in flight
Black ink script lettering reading Allonsy, decorated with fine line swirls, on the inner upper arm of a woman with long wavy hair.
Allonsy lettering with swirls on upper arm
Hand-drawn ornate script lettering reading New York with fine line flourishes on white paper, sketched in progress with a pen.
New York ornate script lettering design
Black ink drawing of an ornate capital letter A decorated with swirls, dots and leaf shapes on crumpled white paper, in a lettering design style with no body placement shown.
Ornate letter A with flourishes
Black linework tattoo on an outer thigh showing swirling scrollwork around a triangle, a tram and a round motif, in a Geometric style.
Scrollwork thigh tattoo with tram and triangle
Black line drawing of a mechanical horse with cogs and swirling flourishes, shown as a tattoo design.
Mechanical horse with gears
Flash sheet of five heart designs: a red winged heart, a black dotted heart, a heart with a ribbon banner, a scrolled heart and a floral heart with leaves.
Five heart flash designs on a sheet
Black and white photo of two clasped hands showing matching fine line flourish tattoos on the wrists.
Matching flourish tattoos on two wrists
Hand-drawn flourished script monogram of interlocking letters in dark ink on a sepia background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Flourished script monogram design
Black and grey blackletter script with a diamond lattice border tattooed along a forearm, against a dark background.
Blackletter text and lattice on a forearm
Close-up of a small fine line vine tattoo on an ankle, worn with striped flats and cropped blue jeans.
Fine line vine tattoo on an ankle
Two matching black fine line scroll tattoos on the wrists of two people holding hands in a car, one on each wrist.
Matching scroll tattoos on two wrists
Pencil sketch of a looping acanthus scroll with leaves and small flower shapes on translucent paper, with the handwritten word angel at the top left.
Acanthus scroll pencil sketch
Small colourful swirl tattoo with red, blue, green, pink and yellow teardrop shapes on the inner wrist.
Colourful swirl tattoo on wrist
Small solid black owl tattoo with fine swirling vine lines on the inner wrist, shown in a close photograph of a forearm and hand.
Owl and swirls on the inner wrist
Fine line script lettering reading Stay Strong with a small heart and loose flourishes, drawn in black on a white background.
Stay Strong script with heart
Two matching forearm tattoos of the words Hope, Faith and Love in black script with swirling flourishes and a yin yang symbol at the end.
Hope Faith Love script on both forearms
Black and grey lettering tattoo in cursive script with flourishes along a woman's side ribs, above black lace underwear.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey fine line script reading Ella Grace, crossed by two arrows with flourishes, on the inner upper arm.
Script name and arrows on an arm
Black ink script lettering flash sheet with flourished phrases, scroll borders and a small ornament, shown on white with no body placement.
Script lettering flash sheet
Hand-drawn design of the word Survivor in dark purple marker on cream paper, with a long swooping flourish rising through the first letter.
Survivor lettering with a long flourish
Two black and white pen drawings of flourished script lettering, one reading Fearless and one reading Écriture Manuscrite, with a marker pen beside the second design.
Fearless and Écriture Manuscrite script lettering
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Not all those who wander are lost, with swirling flourishes, running along the outer foot near the ankle.
Quote script along the outer foot
Black and grey mandala-filled Minnie Mouse head tattoo with a red bow on the stomach, with a 'There is no progress' script quote above it.
Mandala Minnie Mouse on the stomach
Black ink drawing of an ornate capital letter D with acanthus leaf flourishes, shaded with fine hatching in a lettering style.
Ornate capital letter D with acanthus leaves
Two wrists with matching black fine line script tattoos of the word nourish, each with a swirl flourish at one end.
Matching nourish wrist tattoos
Pen and ink lettering design of an ornate numeral five with dotwork shading, hatching and swirling flourishes, drawn on paper beside pens and a ruler.
Ornate numeral five lettering design
Black and grey script lettering with a flourish and shading on the back of a man's hand, with a wristwatch on the wrist.
Script tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a shaded rose inside a compass rose with N and S markings, on a forearm.
Rose and compass rose on a forearm
Flash sheet of black ink designs showing hearts built from scrolls, curling vines and floral flourishes on a white background.
Heart and swirl flash sheet
Black fine line script tattoo reading Amor vincit omnia with love conquers all beneath it, across the inner forearm.
Latin script quote on a forearm
Black line drawing of a bird in flight with flowing swirls, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Flying bird with swirling tail
Flash sheet of black script lettering tattoo designs with ornate flourishes, including New York City and Happy Times Sad Times, on a cream background.
Script lettering flash sheet with flourishes
Black script tattoo reading Allons-y on the top of a foot near the ankle, with blue bow flats and dark jeans visible.
Allons-y script tattoo on the foot
Black and grey photo of a bold, abstract swirling flourish tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, in a blackwork style.
Black swirl flourish on a wrist
Pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a black arrow with a patterned geometric shaft and the words follow your arrow where ever it points, drawn on lined paper.
Arrow with follow your arrow lettering
Black and white line drawing flash sheet showing a lighthouse, a sailing ship, a compass rose, an anchor, two birds and a floral swirl, with no body placement shown.
Nautical flash sheet with lighthouse and anchor
Close photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Wanderlust with a looping underline, on the inner wrist of a hand held in a loose fist.
Wanderlust script on the inner wrist
Pale yellow script lettering reading Twist and Shout, surrounded by looping fine line flourishes on a dark charcoal background.
Twist and Shout script lettering with flourishes
Black calligraphic line drawing of two stylised hearts and flowing swirls, with soft pink glow behind the hearts, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Stylised hearts with flowing black linework
Fine line script tattoo design reading i love you, with a looping flourish beneath the words, drawn on a plain white background.
Handwritten i love you script design
Black ink line drawing of a stylised phoenix with swirling feathers and a long curling tail on a plain pale background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Flowing phoenix line design
Pen drawing of an ornate lotus flower design with swirls, dots and circles on white paper, beside a black mechanical pencil, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Ornate lotus flower design drawing
Black lettering tattoo of the word Believe in a script style, with a swirled flourish beneath it, on the ankle.
Believe script with swirls on ankle
Fine line black tattoo of a skull-faced dog with swirling flourishes on the calf.
Skull-faced dog with swirls on a calf
Back of a woman in a black halter top showing a large black and grey lace-style ornamental tattoo running down the spine, placed across the back.
Lace-pattern back piece down the spine