Flourish tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink drawing on white paper of a stylised script-like letterform with curling flourishes and a lotus flower, a botanical tattoo design with no body part shown.
Lotus flower and swirl design on paper
Black ink drawing of an ornate bird with patterned wings, small roses and swirling flourishes, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Ornate bird with rose and flourish design
Sheet of eight hand-drawn decorative letter M designs in black outline lettering, with swirls, flourishes and gothic-style serifs, for tattoo lettering.
Decorative letter M lettering flash sheet
Black and grey realism rose and scrollwork sleeve tattoo covering both upper arms from the shoulder to the forearm, photographed from behind.
Black and grey rose and scrollwork sleeve
Black and grey realistic rose tattoo framed by black lace-style flourishes on a shoulder, with a wooden cabinet and chair in the background.
Realistic rose with lace flourishes on shoulder
Black and grey flash design of a rolling pin with script banners reading "They see me rollin'" and "They hatin'", drawn for use as a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Rolling pin with "They see me rollin'" banners
Black ink fine line tattoo of a hummingbird filled with swirling flourishes, placed on the upper back.
Swirl-filled hummingbird on upper back
Black linework drawing of Medusa with snake hair and a pale teal wash, a design suitable for a neo-traditional tattoo.
Medusa with snakes, drawn design
Black and grey chest tattoo of the word CASH in ornate block letters above an acoustic guitar, with scrolling flourishes, placed on the upper chest.
CASH lettering and guitar on chest
Close view of a fine line white ink flourish with looping scrolls on the inside of a wrist, shown on pale skin.
White ink flourish on a wrist
Black linework hummingbird with ornamental scrolled detailing across the wings and tail, tattooed on the outer forearm.
Filigree hummingbird on a forearm
Black ink hand-lettered design reading Wild hearts can't be tamed, with looping flourishes, shown as a drawn tattoo design without a body placement.
Wild hearts can't be tamed lettering
Pencil and ink sketch of a rose surrounded by ornate scrollwork and acanthus-style leaves, drawn as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Rose and scrollwork tattoo design sketch
Black and white photo of a black script tattoo reading Ohana with looping flourishes on the inside of a forearm, with a person taking a mirror selfie behind it.
Ohana script on a wrist
Black and grey shaded keyhole surrounded by ornate scrollwork, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Ornate keyhole escutcheon on the wrist
Black and grey blackletter Latin lettering with small flourishes across a forearm, set in two lines.
Latin blackletter text on a forearm
Split image showing a purple linework sketch of R2-D2 beside a coloured traditional-style tattoo of R2-D2 on a thigh, with a banner reading BEEP BOOP and a flower.
R2-D2 banner tattoo, sketch and colour
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a shaded skull, an ornate pistol and a red rose with white swirling flourishes, shown as a flash sheet with no body placement.
Skull, pistol and rose design
Black and grey tattoo of the state of Texas filled with swirling scrollwork on the upper arm.
Texas outline filled with scrollwork
Black ink calligraphic design of two spirals joined by an infinity-like loop and a long tapering stroke, shown on a white background with no body placement visible.
Calligraphic double spiral with loop
Cyan UV-reactive swirl and dot tattoo glowing on the back of a hand under blacklight.
Glowing UV swirl tattoo on the hand
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cat's face inside a pink and lace-edged frame, with scrolls above, on the forearm.
Cat portrait in a lace frame on a forearm
Black script reading California with small hearts on a woman's forearm, with black line-work flowers on her upper arm and elbow.
California script on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a tattoo lettering design with ribbon banners, French script, a heart, a pocket watch and a script word, shown without any body placement.
Pencil lettering banner with French script
Two matching black swirl symbol tattoos, one on each inner wrist, drawn in simple single-weight linework.
Two swirl symbols on the wrists
Black script lettering spelling Mason with a swash underline and a small red heart on the wrist, in a lettering style.
Mason script lettering on a wrist
Black line drawing of hand-drawn lettering reading Look for Beauty, Listen with Love, Live to Inspire, with a swirled butterfly, hearts and flourish dividers, shown as a tattoo design.
Look for Beauty lettering with butterfly
Colour tattoo of a female profile silhouette, with flowing hair forming a castle, inside a lilac ornate cameo frame on the outer thigh.
Silhouette cameo with castle on thigh
Black and grey realistic rose with swirling scrollwork and stylised lettering on a person's upper back.
Shaded rose with scrollwork on upper back
Line drawing of a boxer dog head with a rose, pearl collar and scroll ornament, in a neo-traditional tattoo design style.
Boxer dog head with rose and scrollwork
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 scrollwork tattoo with flowing swirls running from the hip down the outer thigh and calf.
Swirling scrollwork down a leg
Black and grey horse head tattoo with flowing script and a swirl on the top of a bare foot.
Horse head and script on a foot
Pale white ink botanical scrollwork tattoo across the top of a bare foot, resting on a grey floral fabric.
White ink scrollwork on a bare foot
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 ink flash design of two birds and the lettering I am flawed if I'm not free, with swirling flourishes, shown on a white background.
Two birds and quote lettering design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion and lioness with a rose and scrollwork across a thigh.
Lion and lioness with rose on thigh
Small black and grey heraldic crest tattoo on a finger, showing a tower, scrolled flourishes and a letter S on a shield.
Heraldic crest tattoo on a finger
Black script lettering tattoo with swirling flourishes on the side of a foot, near the ankle.
Script name tattoo with flourishes on a foot
Two bare feet with grey script lettering tattooed along the outer edges, with dark red toenail polish and a hedge behind.
Script lettering on both feet
Black and grey tattoo of two baby footprints with a name in cursive script between them, shown on skin.
Baby footprints with name in script
Tattoo flash design of three dark red roses with black linework and a central script quote in an ornate frame, drawn on a cream textured background.
Three roses with script lettering flash
Black script reading Do you suppose she's a wildflower, with a colour daisy and green leaves, tattooed on the top of a foot in a lettering and botanical style.
Script line and daisy on a foot
Pen and ink drawing of an ornate script lettering design with swirling flourishes on cream paper, beside a black fineliner pen.
Ornate script lettering design in ink
Black and grey realism roses with ornate cursive script and leaves tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Black and grey roses and script on ribs
Black ink flash sheet of an ornate script alphabet titled Double, with swirling flourishes, shown as a drawn lettering design rather than on skin.
Double script alphabet flash sheet
Fine line black script lettering with a small heart and swirling flourish, tattooed on the side of the torso near the hip.
Script word tattoo with heart flourish