Scroll tattoo ideas

1,165 photos and flash · 29% Botanical, 13% Fine line · Forearm most common

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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 and grey tribal swirl tattoo across a man's upper arm and shoulder, with sections filled in red and green tartan.
Tribal swirl sleeve with tartan fill
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
Traditional style tattoo of a black anchor with red and orange accents and a banner reading FOREVER WITH ME, on the calf.
Anchor with Forever With Me banner on a calf
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
Two forearms held together, each with a gold or silver metallic ornamental lace design on the forearm and a row of dots running up towards the elbow.
Gold and silver metallic forearm designs
Black and grey shaded rose with swirling scrollwork on a person's ribs, with a navel piercing visible below.
Black and grey rose with scrolls on ribs
Black ink tattoo on a forearm of a gramophone horn releasing dotted filigree swirls, with a small record player at the end, in dotwork style.
Gramophone and swirls on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Money in script on the back of a hand, with a large stylised letter and shaded scroll details above.
Money lettering on the back of a hand
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
Black filigree swirl tattoo on the side of a torso above the hip, shown in a black and white photo with blue jeans and a rhinestone skull belt buckle.
Black swirling filigree tattoo on side ribs
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
Black outlined swirl tattoo with pale green shading on the ankle, shown on light skin against a patterned towel.
Green and black swirl motif on ankle
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
Close view of gold and blue metallic temporary tattoos with ornamental patterns on a forearm, wrist, hand and lower leg.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on arms and hands
Shaded red hibiscus flower with black ornamental swirls across the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Red hibiscus with black swirls on upper back
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 and grey thigh tattoos of an animal head and a rabbit with a pocket watch, each in an ornate frame with roses and checkerboard shading.
Cat and rabbit thigh tattoos in ornate frames
Colour tattoo of a cello and bass clef on the inner forearm near the wrist, shaded from purple through red to orange and blue.
Cello and bass clef on a forearm
Dark, intricate peacock and paisley floral design across the upper back, in a botanical style, appearing to be henna-style rather than tattoo ink.
Peacock and paisley design on upper back
Fine line black script tattoo of the word Mother inside an open heart outline with swirls and small heart shapes, on skin.
Script heart tattoo with the word Mother
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 tribal-style butterfly tattoo with curling swirls on the inner wrist, photographed with the palm facing up.
Butterfly and swirls on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of shaded stars with swirling linework running down the ribs, with a smaller star tattoo lower on the hip.
Star and swirl tattoos on ribs and hip
Black linework tattoo of scallop shells and waves with scroll details on a forearm, held over a rocky tidal pool.
Shell and wave tattoo on a forearm
Small fine line black ink tattoo of an ornate sofa with scrolled arms on the shoulder, with a tiny dotted line above it.
Small ornate sofa on a shoulder
Black blackwork tribal band with feathers and a curled column motif on an upper arm, with a yellow top and blue floor behind.
Black tribal feather band on an upper arm
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
Colour tattoo of a blue bird with a pink chest and a long scrolling tail, placed across the upper back.
Blue bird with scrolling tail on upper back
Colour tattoo of a sitting cat built from paisley shapes and leafy lines, in teal, green and red, on the side of the ribs.
Paisley cat on the side ribs
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
Two pale blue ornamental designs with dotted lines on a woman's forearms, with her arms crossed over a crochet bikini top and a metallic chain piece.
Blue ornamental forearm designs with dotted lines
Gold metallic temporary tattoos of leaves and scrolls on a woman's upper chest and a filigree hand piece on her wrist, in a botanical style.
Gold metallic leaf designs on chest and wrist
Pale, lighter-than-skin scrollwork design across a bare upper back, shoulder and upper arm, shown in a studio photograph against a grey backdrop.
Pale scrollwork across a shoulder and upper arm
Black ink drawing of an ornate feather filled with paisley, mandala and floral patterns on a white background.
Ornate feather design in black ink
Fine line black arrow tattoo with curled scroll details on the upper back, centred below the nape of the neck.
Arrow with scrolls on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a bird with a banner and leaf shapes on a man's neck, above a white shirt and dotted tie.
Bird and banner tattoo on the neck
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
Dark tribal design of interlocking spirals and curled points in bold linework on the forearm, photographed against a speckled granite surface.
Tribal swirl design on forearm
Black tribal tattoos cover a bare back and both shoulders, with spiral motifs on the upper back and a symmetrical panel across the lower back.
Tribal back and shoulder tattoos
Brown henna mehndi with floral and paisley motifs covers a hand and the top of a foot, resting on a wooden box.
Henna floral design on hand and foot
Black and grey ornamental floral tattoo with dotwork shading running down a forearm.
Ornamental floral design on forearm
Black and white photo of two clasped hands, each wrist with a small fine line swirl tattoo in a similar flourish design.
Matching swirl tattoos on two wrists
Black ink ornamental elephant tattoo with dotwork and mandala-style patterns across the upper back of a woman with blonde hair.
Ornate elephant on upper back
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 and grey realistic skull with roses inside overlapping geometric triangles on a forearm, with the word Believe on the wrist, shown beside its flash design.
Skull and roses in triangles on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of an ornamental mandala with lotus flowers across a person's upper and lower back.
Ornamental mandala and lotus back tattoo