Flourish tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink fine line tattoo of a hummingbird filled with swirling flourishes, placed on the upper back.
Swirl-filled hummingbird on upper back
Black and grey realistic rose with swirling scrollwork and stylised lettering on a person's upper back.
Shaded rose with scrollwork on upper back
Colourful swirling tree tattoo with a black trunk and multicoloured flourishes across the upper back, with a small blue bird at the upper left.
Colourful swirl tree on upper back
Black and grey butterfly and ornamental tattoo stacked down the centre of a woman's back, seen in a black and white photograph.
Butterfly stack down the spine
Fine line swirl flourish tattoo in blue, green, purple and red running vertically across a person's upper back.
Coloured swirl flourish on upper back
Black fine line swirls with dotwork accents and a small flower across a person's upper back, shown in a sepia photograph.
Swirling linework and flower on upper back
Black script reading 'If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever', framed by two calla lilies with soft colour and flourishes, tattooed on the upper back.
Calla lilies and script quote on upper back
Black script lettering reading live without regrets, with a swirled flourish beneath, across the upper back.
Live without regrets script across upper back
Butterfly tattoo with black outlines, soft pink and grey shading and black swirling tendrils on a person's upper back.
Butterfly with swirls on upper back
Black and grey script lettering with scroll flourishes running across a shoulder and upper back.
Scripted quote with flourishes on shoulder
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
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
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
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
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
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
Small black stylised phoenix tattoo with a swirling tail on the upper back, photographed from behind.
Stylised phoenix on upper back
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 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
Pale, lighter-than-skin scrollwork design across a bare upper back, shoulder and upper arm, shown in a studio photograph against a grey backdrop.
Pale scrollwork across a shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a swirling butterfly with shaded wings across the upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Swirling butterfly on upper back
Black script monogram of two interlocking letters with curling flourishes, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Interlocking script monogram on upper back
Fine line black butterfly tattoo with curled antennae and a looping tail on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Single-line butterfly on upper back
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
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
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of an ornate oval scrollwork frame on the lower back.
Ornate oval scrollwork frame
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 and grey script lettering reading Bleed with me and you will forever be my brother, with a flourish beneath it, across the upper back.
Script quote across upper back
Colour tattoo of a dragonfly with blue and green swirl-patterned wings and black scrollwork, placed on the upper back.
Dragonfly with swirls on upper back
Red ornamental filigree tattoo running down the centre of a woman's back, seen from behind above a white corset-back dress.
Red filigree tattoo down the spine
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 fine line tattoo of a stylised cat with curling scroll flourishes on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Stylised cat with swirls on upper back
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 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 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 ornamental scrollwork tattoo spanning the upper back and shoulder, seen from behind on a woman with dreadlocks in a peach one-shoulder top.
Ornamental scrollwork tattoo on upper back
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 script lettering reading Live without regrets, with a swirled flourish beneath, across the upper back.
Live without regrets script on upper back
Black swirling vine tattoo running down the centre of a person's back along the spine, in a botanical style.
Swirling vine tattoo down the spine
Black lettering tattoo on a person's upper back reading 'It takes courage to grow up and become who you truly are', with scrolled flourishes above and below and an attribution to e.e. cummings.
Quote lettering across upper back
Realistic black and grey roses with swirling vine linework running down the side of a person's back and ribs.
Black and grey roses and swirls down the side and back