Scroll tattoo ideas

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Black ink drawing of a scrolling vine with curls and small dots on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Black scrolling vine design
Solid black silhouette of a seated cat inside an ornate baroque oval frame, shown as a flat design with no body placement.
Cat silhouette in an ornate cameo frame
Black and grey pencil drawing of a sugar skull decorated with a diamond, three roses and swirling vines, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Sugar skull with roses design
A black botanical vine band with curling scrolls, leaves and grey dots on a beige background, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Black vine scroll band design
Flash sheet of black crescent moon designs in filigree, star, sparkle and striped patterns, with the script words Blue Moon beside a larger moon.
Crescent moon designs flash sheet
Black and white ornate cross design with swirling tribal-style detail and a red gem at the centre, shown as a standalone flash drawing with no body placement.
Ornate cross with red centre design
Black ink flash drawing of a planchette with a central eye, YES and NO lettering, a sunburst and acanthus scrolls, in a dotwork and blackwork style.
Planchette with eye and acanthus scrolls
Black ink step-by-step drawing of a flower with swirling petal and scroll details, built up in stages across two columns, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Step by step floral swirl design drawing
Black and grey pencil sketch of a steampunk compass rose surrounded by interlocking cogs, levers and scrollwork flourishes, drawn as a tattoo design.
Steampunk compass with gears and flourishes
Black ink hand-lettered design reading never stop exploring, with a ribbon banner, shaded letterforms and swirling flourishes, drawn on white paper.
Never stop exploring lettering design
Black linework drawing of an orchid tattoo design with dotwork details, shown on white paper held by two hands.
Orchid tattoo design in linework
Black ink drawing of an ornate decorative capital letter with filigree patterning and curling flourishes on white paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate decorative letter in ink
Pink and grey pencil drawing of a pocket watch framed by two lotus flowers, beaded chains and scrolling foliage, shown as a tattoo design.
Lotus flowers and pocket watch design
Flash design of a teal handheld console character with a smiling face, impaled on a sword with two cream banners reading Who wants to play and Videogames.
Sword and handheld console banner design
Black ink drawing on white paper of an abstract tattoo design made of curling swirls and flourishes, with no body placement shown.
Black ink swirl flourish design
Two grey pencil tattoo design drawings on tracing paper showing ornamental scrollwork, beaded chains and diamond pendant drops, styled as fine line ornament.
Ornamental scroll and diamond tattoo designs
Black ink flash sheet of sixteen paisley and floral motifs in a henna-style pattern on a white background.
Sheet of paisley and floral tattoo flash designs
Black ink flash design of a swallow with a lace-patterned wing, paisley motifs and flowers, drawn in a black-and-white fine line style.
Swallow with paisley and lace-style flowers
Four black line drawings on tracing paper showing a moth, a scrolling mandala, a fleur-de-lis spire and a half mandala, all designs for tattoos.
Four ornate tattoo design drawings on tracing paper
Pencil sketch of Jack and Sally dancing across two curling banners, with the words We can live like Jack and Sally if we want, as a tattoo design.
Jack and Sally design with banners
Black ink flash sheet of twenty cross designs in fine line, filigree and bold blackwork styles, with no body placement shown.
Sheet of twenty cross designs
Black filigree design of a butterfly with scrolled wing panels on a white background, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Filigree scroll butterfly design
Black and grey pen drawing of a hamsa hand with a lotus flower and dotted shading, sketched on grid paper with a hand holding the pen.
Hamsa hand and lotus design sketch on grid paper
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with two butterflies, swirling scrolls and outlined stars arranged in a vertical column.
Butterflies, swirls and stars design
Pen drawing of an ornate oval frame made from acanthus leaves and scrolls in brown ink on a grey background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ornate scrolled oval frame design
Two pen drawings of lotus and mandala-style band designs with dotted and triangular borders, drawn on cream paper beside two pens.
Lotus and geometric band designs on paper
Black line-art flash sheet of henna-style flowers, leaf sprays, dots, scrolls and geometric border strips, shown without any body placement.
Henna-style flower, leaf and border flash sheet
Pencil sketch of a barn owl with spread wings, laurel sprig, arrows and an ornate hourglass, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Owl with wings and hourglass design sketch
Black and grey flash sheet showing a scallop shell, a beaded oval frame and a curling acanthus scroll on a kraft paper background.
Shell, oval frame and acanthus scroll designs
Black and grey drawing of two skulls merged into a heart shape, with a small flower and scroll ornament below, on a pale grey background.
Heart-shaped skull with floral ornament
Solid black ornamental design of a V shape with two curled scroll ends on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Black curled V swirl design
Black and grey dotwork drawing of an eye within a teardrop mandala framed by cloud scrolls, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Eye in a mandala with cloud scrolls
Neo-traditional flash drawing of a white rose with purple and yellow shading, green leaves, swirling scrolls and small bubbles on a white background.
Purple and white rose design with swirls
Black line flash sheet of ornamental divider flourishes, scrolls and leaf motifs under the heading divider embellishments.
Divider embellishment flash sheet
A grid of twelve black ink ornamental arrow and swirl designs on a white background, shown as tattoo flash without any body placement.
Twelve black ornamental arrow designs
Colour flash design of a zombie pin-up woman with red hair and glowing green eyes, above a scroll banner reading MAN EATER, in a neo-traditional style with no body placement shown.
Zombie pin-up with MAN EATER banner
Black and grey pen drawing of a skeleton couple in a pinup dress and top hat, with banner scrolls of text above and below them, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Skeleton couple with banner scrolls
Black and grey ink drawing of an ornate lotus and paisley mandala tattoo design, with dotwork shading, drawn on white paper.
Ornate lotus and paisley design drawing
Dark brown line drawing of an ornate henna-style floral design with paisley swirls, leaves and a central mandala-like flower, on a cream background.
Henna-style paisley and flower design
Black silhouette drawing of a fairy with ornate scrolled filigree wings, shown as a design on a white background, with no body placement.
Fairy silhouette with filigree wings
Black line drawing of a butterfly with curling scrolls filling its wings, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Scrollwork butterfly tattoo design
Black and grey drawing of an ornate four-leaf clover tattoo design with filigree scrolls and dotwork shading on a white background.
Ornate four-leaf clover design in black and grey
Blue line drawing of an ornate anchor with scrolled filigree and dotted detail on a textured paper background, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate blue anchor design
Black ink mandala design drawn on pale paper, with a geometric star-like centre surrounded by ornate petal and scroll patterns, beside three red piping bags.
Radial mandala design drawn in black ink
Pencil drawing of the word Blessed in flowing shaded script lettering, decorated with curling flourishes, as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Blessed script lettering with swirls
Black ink line drawing of an ornate hummingbird with swirling scroll detailing and a curled flower, printed on a pale wood background.
Ornate hummingbird with swirling scrolls
Two circular mandala designs drawn in reddish-brown line work on a white background, one with scrolls and a central dot, the other with layered petals and a spiral centre.
Two circular mandala designs in red-brown line
Black ink flash sheet of ornate butterflies, swirling vines, flowers and music notes, drawn as tattoo designs on a white background.
Butterfly and floral swirl flash sheet