Scroll tattoo ideas

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

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Black line drawing of an owl with spread wings holding an hourglass, with a scroll banner reading Time goes by, life goes on, in a neo-traditional style for a tattoo.
Owl with hourglass and banner design
Side-by-side photos of a botanical swirl tree tattoo in black ink above blue wave shading on an upper arm.
Swirling tree and blue waves on an arm
Traditional tattoo of a heart-shaped padlock with a teal key and three ribbon banners on a calf, with dotwork shading.
Heart padlock and teal key with name banners
Black ink drawing of an ornate floral and lace-like design with dotted chains, sketched on cream paper beside pens.
Ornate floral lace design sketch
Close crop of a woman wearing gold metallic botanical scroll tattoos on her upper chest and an ornate gold filigree tattoo across her hand and wrist, against green leaves.
Gold leaf and filigree temporary tattoos on chest and wrist
Black linework lotus mandala with swirling petals and trailing filigree, tattooed on the forearm in a fine line style.
Ornamental lotus mandala on forearm
Black ink ornamental tattoo of paisley, heart and leaf motifs running down a leg from the calf to the ankle and top of the foot.
Ornate mandala leg tattoo from calf to ankle
Black ink linework drawing of a symmetrical floral mandala with petals, leaves, scrolls and dotted shading, drawn on white paper beside a black fineliner pen.
Symmetrical floral mandala design in ink
Black lace-pattern tattoo with pearl dots and hanging beads across the upper arm and shoulder, in a blackwork style.
Black lace and pearl shoulder tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of a moonlit mountain, pine trees and a log cabin with a scroll banner, on a lower leg.
Mountain and log cabin scene on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded skull framed by paisley filigree across the upper back and shoulder blade, shown in a close-up and a detail panel.
Skull and paisley on a shoulder blade
Black ink line drawing of a stylised bird with curling feathers, swirling patterns and large flowers, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Stylised bird with flowers and swirls
Coloured drawing of a tattoo design with pink plumeria-style flowers, a blue butterfly and black scrollwork on a white background.
Pink flowers and butterfly tattoo design
Black ink ornamental tattoo of paisley scrolls and a central mandala-style motif spreading across the back of a person's neck and upper back.
Ornamental paisley tattoo on neck and back
Black line drawing of a radial mandala with a central flower, dotted borders and floral motifs on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Black ink mandala design
Black and grey ornamental floral tattoo in dotwork and fine linework covering a woman's shoulder, upper arm and upper back.
Ornamental floral shoulder tattoo in black
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh showing a blue pumpkin carriage above a pink ball gown, with two mice, a bluebird and a blue bow in an ornate frame.
Pumpkin carriage and pink gown on thigh
A black geometric armband tattoo with zigzag borders and chevron patterns wraps the forearm near the elbow, with a coloured feather tattoo partly visible on the thigh below.
Black geometric armband and feather tattoo
Back and shoulder of a person with a white and pink botanical scrollwork design across the shoulder blade, in a fine line style.
White and pink floral scrollwork across a shoulder
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with swirling scrolls and five-pointed stars trailing diagonally across a white background.
Swirling stars in pencil sketch
A hand holding a purple pen draws a rose with curling vines and leaves on graph paper, a botanical tattoo design in fine line.
Rose and scroll vine design drawn in pen
Pencil drawing of a feathered phoenix-dragon hybrid wrapped around swirling cloud scrolls, in a Japanese-influenced tattoo design style.
Phoenix and dragon with cloud scrolls
Black dotwork mandala and paisley swirl tattoo on the side of a torso, above the hip, with a hand resting at the left edge of the frame.
Mandala and paisley swirls on the side torso
Reddish-brown paisley and lotus design running from the thigh down the calf to the ankle, in a henna-style pattern rather than black tattoo ink.
Paisley and lotus henna-style design on a leg
Black ornamental floral tattoo across the back of a hand and fingers, in a botanical style, with dark painted nails and silver rings.
Black floral swirl design across hand and fingers
Red line drawing of a violin with curling scroll flourishes on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Violin with swirling flourishes
Pale white-ink floral tattoo with leaves and scrolling vines across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Pale floral design across upper back
Black botanical vine design with leaves, flowers and scrolls wrapping around an ankle, shown with a white flip-flop and a toe ring.
Floral vine design on an ankle
Black and grey tattoo of symmetrical wings with curling scrolls across the lower back, above a pair of low-rise jeans.
Winged swirl tattoo on the lower back
Black tribal knotwork tattoo of an interlaced animal inside a circle on the upper back, with a tribal sun design at the top right edge.
Interlaced animal knotwork across the upper back
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with scrolling outlines and small floral accents on a shoulder, worn over a grey top.
Mandala tattoo on the shoulder
Black line drawing of a lion head in profile, framed by an ornate mane of swirling scrollwork, presented as a tattoo design.
Lion head with swirling mane
Black and grey realism tattoo of a small songbird perched on ornate scrollwork on a forearm.
Songbird on scrollwork on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a small elephant filled with mandala and zentani-style patterns, surrounded by flowers and leaves, shown as a tattoo design.
Patterned elephant with mandala motifs
Black and grey lace garter tattoo with leaves and scrolling vines wrapped around the upper thigh.
Black lace garter band on a thigh
Two hands and a forearm with black mandala, leaf and dot designs in a mehndi-style geometric pattern on the hands, wrist and forearm.
Ornate black mandala designs on hands and forearms
White ink floral lace tattoo spreading across a shoulder and upper back, with red hair visible at the top of the frame.
White ink floral lace on a shoulder
White ink ornamental filigree tattoo running from the wrist across the back of the hand, against a cream lace dress.
White ink filigree design on the hand
Realistic coloured roses in pink, coral and purple with black lace-style ornament tattooed on a thigh, with denim shorts visible.
Pink, orange and purple roses on a thigh
Black fine line tattoo of an anchor with a looping swirl and a small cross bar on the upper arm, photographed close up on pale skin.
Anchor and swirl fine line tattoo
Black and grey traditional tattoos of a bird, a sailing ship and an anchor on a man's forearm, with a rolled patterned shirt sleeve above.
Bird, ship and anchor on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a paw print with curling swirl stems on the inside of a wrist.
Paw print and swirl vine on a wrist
Neo-traditional skull tattoo with pink, teal and yellow shading, a cigarette in its teeth and a smoke scroll on black, on the forearm.
Gradient skull smoking a cigarette on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork paisley and dotwork sleeve covering a forearm and upper arm, worn with a dark tank top.
Paisley blackwork sleeve on forearm
Neo-trad style tattoo on a forearm of a heart made from banknotes marked 100 and 10, with scrollwork and a red banner reading MOM.
Money heart with MOM banner on a forearm
Black and grey ornamental mandala tattoo with diamond motifs and dotwork across the back of a hand, with a beaded bracelet on the wrist.
Ornamental mandala tattoo on the back of a hand
Black tribal-style design of a swan with a swirling patterned wing on a white background, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Bold black tribal swan design
Black line drawing of a stylised cat sitting inside an ornate oval scrollwork frame, a flash design suited to a tattoo.
Stylised cat in an ornate oval frame