Scroll tattoo ideas

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Purple line drawing of a barn owl, a long-haired face, a banner and ornate script lettering, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body placement.
Owl, portrait and lettering flash design
Pencil sketch of a hummingbird feeding from a lily, a black and grey tattoo design with a scrolling tail and leaves.
Hummingbird feeding from a lily
Black line drawing design of a butterfly with ornate swirling wings that trails into a musical staff with notes and scrolls, with no body placement shown.
Butterfly with musical staff and swirls
Black fine line drawing of a stylised swallow with curling tail swirls and a trailing vine of leaves, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Swirling bird and leaf vine line design
Black line drawing of a circular mandala with scrolled leaf flourishes above and below, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Black mandala design with scroll flourishes
Black ink drawing of a skull inside an ornate scrolled frame, a design suited to a neo-traditional style tattoo.
Skull in an ornate baroque frame
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical four-armed ornament with stippled dotwork at its centre, drawn as a tattoo design on paper beside two pens and a pencil.
Four-armed ornament tattoo design sketch
Traditional style flash drawing of an hourglass with a red heart in its sand, a red rose and green leaves, framed by gold scrollwork.
Hourglass, heart and rose design
Tattoo design drawing of the word dream in black script with grey swirling leaf flourishes, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Dream script with floral flourishes
Black linework sugar skull flash design with floral crown, ankh, heart-shaped eyes and a diamond eye, with no placement on the body shown.
Sugar skull design with ankh and hearts
Black tribal flash design of a stylised creature built from spirals and curved bands, shown on a plain white background.
Tribal spiral creature design
Black line drawing of an anatomical heart inside an ornate oval frame with scrolling leaves and a beaded jewel at the top, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on tracing paper.
Anatomical heart in an ornate oval frame
Black ink drawing of a fine line tattoo design with lotus flowers, swirls and dots, shown on white paper with no body part visible.
Fine line lotus and swirl design sketch
Black ink drawing of an ornate feather filled with paisley, mandala and floral patterns on a white background.
Ornate feather design in black ink
White ink mandala with lotus-style petals and fine dotted detail drawn on a black background, a possible tattoo design.
White mandala on black background
Black outline drawing of three stacked ribbon banners with curled tails and hatched shading on their undersides, shown on a plain white background.
Three stacked ribbon banners line drawing
Black ink drawing of a heart filled with scrolls and the word sister in script, with purple shading, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Sister script within a swirled heart
Black and white flash design of piano keys curving across the page like a ribbon, with scripted lettering reading I will sing of the Lord's great love forever.
Piano keys ribbon with Psalm 89:1 lettering
Pencil line drawing of a heart-shaped design with a beaded border, an anchor and key, and scrollwork, drawn on paper as a traditional-style flash sheet.
Heart, anchor and key flash design
Sheet of gold, silver and black metallic geometric tattoo designs with quatrefoils, diamonds and starbursts, shown flat with no body placement.
Metallic geometric temporary tattoo sheet
Four black crown designs on a peach background, one with a cross, one with a lotus-style top, one with filigree scrolls and one with swirling ornamental flourishes.
Four ornate crown designs in black
Black and cream drawing of a panda face styled as a sugar skull, with round ears, dotwork shading and floral ornament, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Panda sugar skull design
Black ink design drawing of a stylised bird with patterned wings and a long tail that curls into spirals, shown on a plain white background.
Stylised bird with swirling tail
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 and grey dotwork flash design of an eye inside a triangle, framed by fish, a cross, an anchor and a heart within a circular mandala.
Eye in triangle mandala design
Illustrated flash design of a black and yellow orca with an orange tail, crossed by a beige banner reading IF YOU LOVE ME LET ME GO, on a cream damask background.
Orca with a banner reading If you love me let me go
Flash sheet of gold and silver metallic geometric tattoo designs, including arrows, diamonds, a lattice band and sun motifs, on a dark grey background.
Metallic geometric tattoo design sheet
Solid black silhouette of a songbird in profile, with white floral and scroll shapes cut into the body, shown as a blackwork-style tattoo design.
Songbird silhouette with white floral detail
Black ornamental padlock and key flash design with handwritten script above and below, shown without any body placement.
Ornate padlock and key with love script
Black ornamental flash design of a butterfly made from swirling scrolls and open circles on a white background.
Swirl butterfly flash design
Black line drawing of a lotus flower with curling swirls and tendrils, shown as a botanical tattoo design on a white background.
Lotus flower with swirling scrolls
Flash sheet of four Harley-Davidson logo designs with scrollwork, winged flames and script lettering, in lavender, orange, red and purple.
Harley-Davidson logo tattoo flash sheet
Blue ink and pencil drawing of a gramophone with swirling scrolls, roses and floating music notes, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Gramophone with flowers and music notes
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with swirling scrolls and five-pointed stars arranged in a vertical flourish on a white background.
Vertical swirl and star design
Flash sheet of twelve heart designs in black and red line work, several decorated with swirls, vines and small hearts, with no body placement shown.
Heart flash sheet with swirls
Red pencil sketch of a lion head with a ring in its mouth, framed by ornamental filigree and scrolling flourishes, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Ornate lion head design in red linework
Pencil and ink sketch of three lilies with scrolling foliage on a sketchbook page, drawn as a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Lily and scroll design sketch
Black floral ornament design filling a Libra scales symbol, showing leaves, scrolls and swirling tendrils on a white background.
Libra symbol filled with floral ornament
Flash sheet of twelve black heart designs in varied linework, including swirled scrolls, dotted outlines and solid tribal-style fills.
Twelve heart designs with swirls and dots
A hand uses a black fineliner pen to draw an intricate black mandala design on white paper, with no tattoo on skin shown.
Black ink mandala being drawn by hand
Black line drawing sheet of four star and swirl tattoo designs on white paper, with outlined and filled stars linked by curling flourishes.
Star and swirl tattoo design sheet
Black line drawing of a slender vine with curling scrolls and small five-petal flowers on a white background, a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Black vine with swirls and small flowers
Pastel illustration of a sugar skull with a pink bow, a flower on the forehead and heart-shaped eyes, on a cream background with pink flowers.
Pastel sugar skull with pink bow
Solid black heart design on a white background, with spiral scrolls inside, a small crown above and a keyhole in the right lobe.
Heart with spirals and keyhole design
Black line drawing of a traditional-style swallow carrying a banner that reads BABA, with a rose and scrolls below, on a tan paper background.
Swallow with banner and rose
Black linework butterfly flash design with purple shaded wings, scrolling tendrils and a white background.
Purple tribal butterfly design
Black line drawing of a cartoon character with spiky hair and antennae, raising two middle fingers, above a traditional banner reading Peace Among Worlds.
Cartoon character with Peace Among Worlds banner
Black and white drawing of a long S-curved shape filled with paisley and tribal ornament, shown on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Elongated paisley and tribal ornament design