Flourish tattoo ideas

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

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Flash sheet of ornate black script capital letters A to Z with flourishes and two numerals, drawn as lettering designs with no body placement shown.
Decorative script alphabet flash sheet
Red line drawing of a violin with curling scroll flourishes on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Violin with swirling flourishes
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on a forearm, with flowing scrollwork vines rising from a large Om symbol and lace-like border at the wrist.
Om symbol and scrollwork on a forearm
Black flowing swirl linework forming a heart with a small bird at the top and purple accents, drawn on a white background.
Swirling heart and bird design
Black script lettering with decorative flourishes tattooed along the ribs, with a shirt pulled up beside it.
Script lettering along the ribs
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a long spike below it on the inner forearm, shown in two photographs.
Geometric mandala with spike on a forearm
Black and white flash design of a sword running through the words Be Brave Not Safe in decorative lettering with swirling flourishes.
Be Brave Not Safe lettering with sword
Black lettering reading Insert Coins In Slot with a small red arrow and scrollwork above it, tattooed on the lower back above jeans.
Insert Coins In Slot lettering on lower back
Lettering tattoo on a forearm with a book-themed text quote in blue, purple and black serif and sans-serif fonts, with an ampersand and a small flourish.
Typographic book quote on a forearm
Black fine script lettering tattoo across the upper back, two lines of flourished text running over the shoulder blades.
Two lines of script quote across upper back
Two script lettering tattoos reading Hopeless and Romantic in purple ink on a pair of ankles above pink canvas sneakers.
Hopeless and Romantic script ankle tattoos
Hand-drawn ornate letterform in red fineliner with scrolls, filigree and hatched shading, a design suited to lettering-style tattoos.
Ornate red ink lettering sketch
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of an ornate oval scrollwork frame on the lower back.
Ornate oval scrollwork frame
Black ink flowing script alphabet chart showing upper and lower case letters in Lettering style on a white background, with no placement on skin.
Flowing script alphabet chart
Pen-drawn ornate lettering design on paper with a large decorative initial, swirling flourishes and a cursive script word, shown beside a black fineliner pen.
Ornate flourished lettering design
Black ink script lettering reading Worth it, with a swirling outline behind the words, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Worth it script lettering on the wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a bird in flight with curling tail flourishes on the side of an ankle.
Bird in flight on an ankle
Black lettering tattoo on a thigh in a lettering style, with a serif quote about courage between two ornamental scroll flourishes.
Lettered quote tattoo on the thigh
Fine line black tattoo of a howling wolf with swirling flourishes on the inner wrist and forearm.
Howling wolf on the inner wrist
Close-up of a small fine line tattoo of a black cross with red and black scrolls and dots on the outer ankle, in a Fine line style.
Small cross and scroll on an ankle
Black script lettering reading No Pain No Gain with decorative flourishes, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.
No pain no gain script lettering
Black and grey shaded rose with leaves on a thigh, beside fine script lettering on the other leg, with both legs resting in a bath.
Shaded rose and script tattoos on legs
Fine line script design reading love, with curled flourishes on each side, shown on a plain white background.
Love script with swirls
Black and grey lettering tattoo across the back of a hand, mixing script and block capitals with shaded flourishes above the words.
Lettered phrase across the back of a hand
Hand-drawn blue ink design of the word Faith in ornate script lettering with swirling flourishes on cream paper, beside a blue felt-tip pen.
Faith script lettering with flourishes
Black ink decorative script alphabet showing upper and lower case letters with swirling flourishes, in a lettering style, on a white background.
Decorative script alphabet sheet
Pencil drawing of ornate script lettering with swirling flourishes and a shaded banner, shown on paper beside a black fineliner pen.
Script lettering design with flourishes
Black script lettering with looping flourishes spelling Am and Money, with a coloured dollar sign above it, on skin.
Script lettering reading Money with a dollar sign
Black ornamental scrollwork tattoo across the ribs below the bust, with a central floral motif and hanging swag details.
Ornamental scrollwork tattoo below the bust
Hand-drawn script lettering design reading Mind on my money, money on my mind, in black ink on cream paper, being traced by a hand holding a pen.
Script lettering sketch on paper
Black ink drawing on white paper of a stylised calligraphic lettering design with curling flourishes running diagonally across the sheet.
Calligraphic swirl design on paper
Two black and grey script words tattooed one on each thigh, with swirl flourishes, below denim shorts.
Script words on both thighs
Six black ink floral and scroll designs on a white background, with feathered fronds, leaves and curling swirls in a flourish style.
Six black floral and scroll tattoo designs
Black ink script lettering reading Always, beside a triangle, circle and vertical line symbol, tattooed on the wrist in a fine black line style.
Always script lettering with Deathly Hallows symbol
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of a framed, Polaroid-style drawing of a house with a fence, with flourished script lettering below it.
Framed house drawing and script on a forearm
Black line drawing of three tribal-style heart and scroll border designs on a white background, shown as tattoo flash.
Tribal heart and scroll border designs
Black and grey script tattoo reading Strength and Beauty with looping flourishes across the upper chest, with a partial rose visible at the shoulders.
Strength and Beauty script across the chest
Close photo of a black script lettering tattoo with flourishes and a small stick figure on skin, in black and grey ink.
Script letters with a stick figure
Six fine black ink sketches of looping, swirling ornamental designs drawn on grid paper, with two pens resting above them.
Six looping line ornament sketches
Fine line tattoo of an outlined heart with looping script letters and a red stripe, on the foot near the ankle.
Heart with script letters on the ankle
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
Black script lettering reading We're mad all here with ornate swirls, tattooed across the tops of two bare feet in a lettering style.
We're mad all here script across both feet
Black compass rose tattoo with swirling flourishes on the inner wrist and forearm.
Compass rose with swirls on a wrist
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 script lettering reading 'my daddy will kill you' with ornamental scrollwork, tattooed on the lower back above the waistband of a white top.
Script quote with scrollwork on lower back
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