Flourish tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
Flash sheet of ten black tribal-style heart designs on a white background, each built from swirls, dots and linework, with no body placement shown.
Ten tribal heart designs on a flash sheet
Black linework flash drawing of an anatomical heart with a faceted geometric lower half, a dotted oval gem and scrolling filigree at the top, shown on paper with no body placement.
Anatomical heart with jewelled gem design
Black ink drawing of an ornate capital letter A decorated with swirls, dots and leaf shapes on crumpled white paper, in a lettering design style with no body placement shown.
Ornate letter A with flourishes
Flash sheet of five heart designs: a red winged heart, a black dotted heart, a heart with a ribbon banner, a scrolled heart and a floral heart with leaves.
Five heart flash designs on a sheet
Pen and ink lettering design of an ornate numeral five with dotwork shading, hatching and swirling flourishes, drawn on paper beside pens and a ruler.
Ornate numeral five lettering design
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
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 and grey dotwork-style dragonfly design with ornate wings, a jewelled body and dotted chains hanging beneath, drawn on a lilac grey background.
Ornate dragonfly with dotted chains design
Black scrollwork and a butterfly-style motif with pink outlines and pink dots, running from the ankle up the calf and onto the top of the foot.
Scrollwork and butterfly ankle tattoo
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 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
Colour butterfly tattoo with black scrollwork and dotwork flourishes across the side of the ribs.
Colourful butterfly with scrollwork on the side
Neo-traditional flash design of a stylised creature head with a swirling purple and orange body, black linework and dotted accents, with no body placement shown.
Swirling creature with curled tail
Black line drawing of several ornamental swirls and scattered dots, presented as a flash sheet of fine line tattoo designs with no body placement shown.
Ornamental swirls and dot flourishes