Flourish tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey script tattoo reading music is what feelings sound like, framed by swirling flourishes, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote with swirls on upper back
Black script lettering tattoo across the upper chest, with a looping flourish on the capital letter, shown in close view beside a silver chain.
Script lyric tattoo across a chest
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 and grey script lettering reading it is what it is, with a looping flourish, tattooed on a lower leg above a sneaker in a black and white photo.
Script lettering reading it is what it is
Close up of two ankles with purple script lettering reading Hopeless and Romantic, with small flourishes, worn above pink canvas trainers and rolled denim.
Hopeless Romantic script on both ankles
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
Colour tattoo on the inner upper arm of black shaded script lettering with green leaves, a large realistic red rose and a smaller rosebud.
Script lettering with roses on upper arm
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
Fine line black tattoo of a bird in flight formed from looping script words, on the side of the ribs.
Bird made of script on the ribs
Back view of a woman with a fine black vertical script tattoo running down between her shoulder blades, wearing a white lace off-shoulder top and taking a mirror selfie.
Vertical script tattoo on upper back
Black ornate script lettering tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist of a woman with long blonde hair, in a Lettering style.
Ornate script lettering on a wrist
Black script lettering reading I can show you the world with decorative flourishes across the upper chest.
Script quote across the upper chest
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 script tattoo reading Family with the lines Where life begins and and love never ends beneath it, shown on upper back skin in a two-photo collage.
Family script tattoo on upper back
Black and grey script reading Triumph across a woman's chest, with shaded roses and flourishes on either side and a tattoo on her shoulder.
Triumph script with roses on chest
Black lettering tattoo of a quote about courage on the outer thigh, framed by ornate scrolls and set in a mix of bold and italic serif type.
Quote tattoo with scrollwork on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo on the back of a shoulder showing a shaded skull, two roses, scrollwork and script reading Seize the day or die regretting.
Skull, roses and quote on a shoulder
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading I am the architect of my own Destruction across a woman's upper back, with a small flourish beneath it.
Quote tattoo across upper back
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 and grey script lettering with swirling flourishes running vertically along the side of the ribs.
Script lettering with flourishes on ribs
Black script lettering reading Ginger with looping flourishes and a small blue gem on the upper chest, just below the collarbone.
Script word with flourishes on upper chest
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 and grey tattoo of two footprints beside ornate script lettering with flourishes on a forearm.
Footprints and script lettering on a forearm
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 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 and grey tattoo of a raised finger in front of lips beside ornate blackletter lettering with flourishes, on a limb.
Lips and raised finger with blackletter lettering
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
Close black and white photograph of a small black ink lettering tattoo with looping flourishes and an accent mark on skin, body part not shown.
Black ink script tattoo with flourishes
White ink script tattoo reading Believe with swirling flourishes on a forearm, in a lettering style.
Believe script on a forearm
Black and grey serif lettering reading I am the architect of my own Destruction, with a small flourish beneath, across a person's upper back.
Quote tattoo across upper back
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
Black ornate script lettering with looping flourishes on the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
Ornate script lettering on an inner forearm
Black script lettering reading Live without regrets, with a swirled flourish beneath, across the upper back.
Live without regrets script on upper back
Black script reading Be the change with small floral flourishes across the top of a foot, in lettering style, shown in a photo of a bare foot with red toenail polish.
Be the change script on the foot
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 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
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
Two matching black script tattoos inside heart outlines with swirling flourishes, one reading Daughter on a calf and one reading Mother on an ankle.
Matching Mother and Daughter script tattoos
Close photograph of a solid black ornamental flourish tattoo with a curled top and tapering loops on the upper arm, above a dark sleeve.
Ornate black flourish on upper arm