Flourish tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black tattoo of a swirling vine with small leaves and a dotted trail across the back of a hand and wrist.
Fine line vine flourish across the back of a hand
Black calligraphy script reading still i rise with long flowing flourishes on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Still I rise script lettering design
Realistic colour tattoo of a seated cat within an ornate gold and teal scrollwork frame on the thigh.
Cat portrait with gold scroll frame on thigh
Pencil-style tattoo design of a shaded heart padlock with a small key and swirling script letters, in black and grey, with no body placement shown.
Heart padlock and key with script letters
Blue ink mandala tattoo with fine ornamental flourishes and a small drop motif on the inner forearm, in a geometric style.
Blue mandala tattoo on a forearm
Close photograph of a pink and black butterfly with black vine linework and small letters on the side of a torso, tattooed on the ribs.
Butterfly and vines on the ribs
White ink tattoo of roses and scrolling filigree across a shoulder and upper chest, worn above a dark top.
White ink roses across shoulder and chest
Black script lettering reading Elle est forte with the reference Proverbs 31:25 beneath, drawn as a lettering design on a white background with no body placement shown.
Elle est forte script lettering design
Black line drawing of several vertical flourish designs, each with scrolls, spirals and tapering stems on a white background.
Swirl and spiral flash sheet
Black ink scrolling vine design with curling flourishes and heart shapes, printed on pale wood grain.
Black scroll and heart flourish design
Close photo of a script tattoo reading Family is forever with a shaded cross behind the word Family, on the side of the torso above a waistband.
Family is forever script with a cross
Black and white photo of two matching fine line looped flourish tattoos on the inner wrists, one on each arm.
Matching fine line flourish on two wrists
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of floral swirls and vines on the side of a torso above the hip, with a jeans waistband and rhinestone skull buckle visible.
Black floral swirl tattoo on the side of the torso
Black ink flash design of an ornate compass rose with the letters N, E, S and W and a shaded rose at the centre, drawn on a parchment-style background.
Compass rose with a central rose
Black and grey flash sheet of three script lettering designs reading Amor, Baby Girl and Princess, with small star accents between them.
Script lettering flash: Amor, Baby Girl, Princess
Black fine line vine and leaf tattoo across the back, shoulder and upper arm of a woman photographed from behind with her hair up.
Vine and leaf tattoo across a back
Pencil sketch of an ornate swash design with shaded ribbon-like forms and curling scrolls, drawn on off-white paper.
Pencil sketch of an ornate scroll flourish
Black script lettering reading Leaving behind my minor life for grander maybes, with small underline flourishes, on skin at the side of the hip above a patterned fabric strap.
Script quote tattoo on the side of the hip
Black and grey script lettering with swirling flourishes across a lower abdomen, above two heart-framed pin-up tattoos on the thighs.
Script lettering on abdomen with heart pin-up thighs
Hand-drawn pencil sketch of the words Once upon a time in ornate script with swirling flourishes, a lettering design for a tattoo.
Once upon a time lettering sketch
Black ink drawing of a stylised calligraphic script design with curling flourishes on a plain grey background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Black ink calligraphic swirl design
Black line drawing of a heart formed by flowing curls and swirls, with three small dots, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Swirling heart line design
Sheet of dark brown infinity-loop swirl flourish designs with dotted trails on a cream background, shown as tattoo flash.
Infinity swirl flourish designs sheet
Two pencil sketches of ornate lettering designs, one reading HOPE and one reading FAITH, with flourishes around each word.
Hope and Faith lettering sketches
White ink script tattoo reading Believe, with swirled flourishes beneath, on a forearm.
Believe script on a forearm
Black and grey pencil design of symmetrical blackletter-style lettering with four wolf heads and flowing ornamental lines, drawn as a flash design for a tattoo.
Symmetrical blackletter lettering with four wolf heads
Black outline drawing of a keyhole framed by curling scrolls and swirls, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Keyhole with scrolling flourishes
Black line drawing of an ornate gothic cross with scrolled arms, a small heart at its centre and a flared base, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornate gothic cross design
Black script lettering reading Refuse to sink with swirling flourishes and a small anchor below, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Refuse to sink script with anchor on ribs
Small black stylised phoenix tattoo with a swirling tail on the upper back, photographed from behind.
Stylised phoenix on upper back
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with flowing hair and scrolls, on the outer thigh.
Profile portrait with scrollwork on a thigh
Black ink lettering tattoo reading know your own happiness, with scrolled flourishes above and below, on the upper arm of a person in a denim vest.
Know your own happiness quote on upper arm
Black ink drawing of decorative script lettering with shaded capitals, swirling flourishes and a leaf motif, drawn on paper beside a black fineliner pen.
Script lettering with flourishes
Black ink tattoo of a cat with one blue eye, set inside an ornate scrolled frame on the side of a ribcage.
Cat in ornate frame on the ribs
Black cursive lettering reading dream with looping flourishes across the inner wrist, in a fine line style.
Dream script tattoo on a wrist
White script lettering on a black background reading We're all stories in the end, just make it a good one, set inside a police box outline, shown as a lettering flash design with no body placement.
Police box with script quote design
Close-up of a white ink tattoo of the word Believe in flowing script with swirled flourishes on a forearm.
Believe script with swirls on a forearm
Black linework design of the word LOVE in an elegant serif script, with the O looped into the flowing L and a curled flourish on the E, drawn on a plain white background.
Stylised LOVE lettering design
Blue and silver ornamental temporary tattoos on a forearm and both hands, photographed on a beach with rocks behind.
Blue and silver temporary tattoos on arms and hands
Black and white flash design of a coffin with a central skull, flourishes and a block of lettering on a speckled background, in a lettering style.
Coffin with skull and lettering
Tattoo design drawing of the word dream in black script with grey swirling leaf flourishes, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Dream script with floral flourishes
Black and grey shaded hummingbird tattoo with swirling flourishes sitting on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Hummingbird with swirls on a shoulder blade
Black and grey drawing of a heart-shaped clock with Roman numerals, two shaded roses, leaves and a pearl chain, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Heart clock with roses and pearls design
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo with scrolling ornamental flourishes across the back of the neck and upper back.
Ornamental lotus tattoo on the upper back
Black ink hummingbird tattoo with dotwork shading and fine line wings, set on the forearm with swirling flourish lines behind it.
Hummingbird with swirling lines on a forearm
Black butterfly tattoo with flowing swirl linework and small butterflies across the upper back, in a fine line style.
Butterfly and swirls across upper back
Black and grey serif lettering tattoo on a person's upper back reading I am the architect of my own Destruction, with a small flourish beneath.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black fine line script tattoo of the word enough with a long looping flourish above the letters, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Enough script on the inner wrist