Scroll tattoo ideas

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Black ink drawing of an ornate butterfly with acanthus scroll wings and leaf detail, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Ornate butterfly design
Black ink line drawing of a front-facing elephant filled with dense paisley and mandala patterns, a design suited to a fine line tattoo.
Ornate elephant line drawing
Pencil and ink sketch of a hairless sphynx cat above a skull, framed by geometric linework and dotwork, drawn on paper.
Sphynx cat and skull design sketch
Neo-traditional flash design of a woman with a tall beehive hairstyle, red lips, two hearts and a banner scroll at the base.
Pin-up woman with beehive hair and banner
Six black and grey feather drawings on a peach background, several with dotwork and geometric patterning, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Six decorative feather designs
Black and grey pen drawing of a pair of eyes framed by acanthus scrollwork, being inked by a hand holding a fine liner pen.
Eyes framed in acanthus scrollwork drawing
Black ink drawing of a gramophone with dense decorative patterns, with swirls and curling shapes drifting out of the horn on cream paper.
Gramophone with swirling ink patterns
Black and white tribal design of interlocking spirals and curved bands filled with linear and hatched patterns, shown as a standalone drawing without a body part visible.
Tribal spiral design in black
Black and grey tattoo design of a shaded rose over a ribbon banner, with scrolling vines and a small spider, drawn on a white background.
Rose with banner and scrolling vines
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala-style triangles, circles and scroll motifs, drawn on cream paper as a tattoo design.
Crescent moon mandala design
Neo-trad style tattoo design of two fantasy characters back to back, one masked, above a cream banner reading I'll See You Again, with no body placement shown.
Two fantasy characters with a scroll banner
Black line drawing of a symmetrical ornate tattoo design with a central gem, lace-like panels, swirls and dotted lines, in a fine line style.
Ornate gem and lace design
Black line drawing of a botanical paisley and floral design with dotted mandala-style flowers on a white background, shown without any body placement.
Paisley and floral line drawing design
Black line drawing of three leaves with curling scroll swirls in a botanical flash design, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Leaves and scrolls line design
Black ornamental butterfly design made of swirling scrolls, dots and small flowers on a white background.
Ornate swirl butterfly design
Pencil drawing of a comedy and a tragedy theatre mask with swirling scrolls and dots over a diamond lattice background.
Comedy and tragedy masks pencil design
Black line drawing of a symmetrical mandala with lotus-style petals and stippled dotwork edges, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Black line mandala design
Flash sheet of nine black ink swirl and vine flourish designs on a white background, with some leaf and floral details.
Nine black ink swirl and vine designs
Pencil sketch of a traditional style anchor tattoo design, wrapped in rope with a heart, scrollwork and two flowers.
Anchor with rope and flowers sketch
Hand-drawn mandala flower design in dark ink on cream paper, with layered petals, dotwork fills and a central geometric rosette.
Hand-drawn mandala flower design
Pencil drawing of an hourglass with two shaded roses, thorny vines and leaves, with a scrolled ornament in the top right corner, shown as a black and grey tattoo design.
Hourglass with roses and thorny vines pencil design
Pencil sketch of an ornate diamond with scrollwork, smoke-like swirls, leaves and a beaded chain, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Diamond with scrolls and beaded chain design
Black line drawing of a symmetrical ornament of teardrop petals, spirals and dotted scrolls on a white background, shown as a design with no body placement.
Scrolling line ornament design
Six black and grey pencil-style drawings of potion bottles with Drink Me scrolls, presented as tattoo flash designs.
Drink Me potion bottle flash sheet
Black and grey tattoo design of a crossed bow and arrow with scrolling flourishes, with the words Skin of a Lady and Heart of a Hunter running along the arrow shaft.
Crossed bow and arrow with quote lettering
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design with a central heart framed by a vertical vine of curled scrolls on a white background.
Heart and swirling vine tattoo design
Black line drawing of a peacock with a plumed crest and a tail of feathers, each marked with a heart-shaped eye, offered as a flash design.
Line drawing of a peacock with heart-eyed feathers
Black line drawing of four butterflies on a vertical vine of dotted scrolls, a fine line flash design with no body placement shown.
Vertical butterfly and scroll flash design
Gold line drawing of a geometric mandala with a flower of life centre, scrolls, diamond drops and a dotted outline on a black background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Gold line geometric mandala design
Black line drawing of an electric guitar wrapped in a ribbon banner with roses and leaves, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Electric guitar, ribbon and roses design
Three pencil sketch panels on textured paper showing vine designs labelled basic vine, plumes and leaves, drawn as flash for tattoo linework.
Pencil sketches of basic vine, plumes and leaves
Black line drawing of a knotwork beast with interlaced ribbon bands and scroll terminals, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Norse interlace beast design
Traditional flash design pairing an umbrella with rain drops over a rose, and an anatomical heart, each with a banner scroll reading a line of text.
Umbrella, rose and heart flash sheet
Flash sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary designs, including a mandala, paisley motifs, bracelet bands and ornate bar designs.
Gold and silver metallic flash sheet
Black line drawing of an ornate filigree design with scrolls, foliage and pointed leaf motifs, shown as a flash sheet with no body placement.
Ornate black line filigree design
Black line drawing of a steampunk-style key entwined with cogs, swirling scrollwork, leaves and roses, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Steampunk key with gears and roses
Ornate owl flash design with feathers and scrollwork, shown in full colour, blue monochrome and sepia versions.
Ornate owl flash design in three colourways
Flash sheet of black line flourishes, scrolls, leaves, arrows and a laurel motif on a white background, with a white laurel on a grey panel at the top.
Flourishes and ornaments flash sheet
Black ink fine line drawing of an ornate treble clef with decorative scrolls and a lattice detail at the top, shown on cream paper.
Ornate treble clef with scrollwork
Black ink drawing of a flowing swirl tattoo design with a small cat silhouette curled at its base, shown as a flash sheet design.
Swirling scroll with cat silhouette
Black and grey realistic flash design of praying hands wrapped in a rosary beneath a scroll banner reading INRI.
Praying hands with rosary and INRI scroll
Black line drawing of a mermaid with flowing, swirling hair and an ornamental scrolled tail on a white background, suitable as a tattoo design.
Mermaid with swirling hair and tail
Black line drawing of a phoenix with swirling, flowing feathers and a curled tail, shown as a fine line tattoo design on a white background.
Phoenix line drawing with flowing feathers
Black line drawing of a botanical paisley and flower tattoo design, shown as a stencil-style sketch with no body part visible.
Floral paisley line design
Pencil drawing of a vertical floral scroll tattoo design with roses, acanthus-style swirls and small sparkle motifs, suited to a long placement such as the arm or back.
Vertical floral scroll tattoo design
Pencil drawing of a feathered serpent design in the style of Mesoamerican stone carving, with a detailed head and a coiled, segmented body on a pale background.
Feathered serpent design in pencil
Black line drawing sheet of curling flourishes and scrolls with dotted accents on a white background, shown as tattoo flash with no body placement.
Black line swirl and flourish flash sheet
Black and white Art Nouveau flash sheet with roses, women's faces, peacocks, trees, scrolling borders and leaf motifs, shown as separate designs.
Art Nouveau flash sheet in black