Scroll tattoo ideas

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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
Neo-traditional tattoo of a pink rose, anemone flowers and acanthus scrolls in grey and blue across the outer thigh, shown in two side-by-side views.
Neo-trad rose and acanthus on a thigh
Colourful mandala tattoo with teal and yellow hearts, red petals and a central flower on the shoulder, in a neo-traditional style.
Mandala with hearts on a shoulder
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
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
Colour tattoo of a small bird on a branch inside a black scrolled oval frame, with a teal and orange body, on the upper arm.
Sketchy bird in a scrolled oval frame on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoos on the tops of both feet, showing a black panther head with orange flame accents and ornate scrollwork, with a crescent moon above the left ankle.
Panther and crescent moon on both feet
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a teacup and saucer filled with roses and scrollwork, shown on the torso.
Teacup and roses on skin
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
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
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
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 raven tattoo with peony blooms and scrollwork running down the thigh, drawn in a neo-traditional style.
Raven and peony scroll on a thigh
Neo-trad tattoo on a thigh showing a shaded grey hourglass with pink roses, green leaves and dangling bead chains.
Hourglass and roses on a thigh
Colourful sugar skull cat face design with teal eyes, red roses and blue and yellow floral ornament on a black background, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull cat face design
Neo-traditional drawing of a swallow perched on a pale ribbon, with rust-orange leaves and teal-black plumage, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Swallow perched on a ribbon with autumn leaves
Black ink and pencil drawing of a snail with an ornate patterned shell beside geometric crystals and scrolling swirls, a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Snail and crystals tattoo design
Pencil and ink design sketch of a rose with leaves inside an ornate oval frame, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Rose in an ornate oval frame
Pencil sketch of a winged hourglass topped with an eye, a winged skull and roses, drawn in a neo-traditional style for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Winged hourglass with roses sketch
Neo-traditional flash design of a large owl with a scroll banner and roses behind it, drawn in black linework on a tan background.
Owl with roses and scroll banners
Colour tattoo of a red heart with a yellow rose, blue flower, green leaves and two sonic screwdrivers over scroll banners, in a neo-traditional style on the upper back.
Heart, rose and sonic screwdrivers on back
Neo-traditional tattoo of a tabby and white cat with green eyes, framed by purple scrolls and an orange wash, on the upper arm.
Tabby cat portrait with purple scrolls
Colour tattoo of blue scrolls, green leaves and a red peony on the forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Blue scrolls and red peony on a forearm
Back tattoo of orange flowers with dark swirling scrollwork across the shoulder blade, shown on a woman wearing a red and black striped top.
Orange flowers and scrollwork on a shoulder blade
Colourful hummingbird tattoo with black-outlined scrolls and swirls on the lower leg, in a neo-traditional style.
Hummingbird and swirl scrolls on a calf
Pen drawing of two swallows in flight, one with a medallion on its wing and filigree scrolls around it, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Two swallows in flight with ornate scrolls
Neo-trad tattoo on a thigh showing a black handprint, a dagger, a red rose, a cloth sack and a rolled scroll with drips of blood.
Handprint, dagger and rose on a thigh
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
Green and teal hamsa hand tattoo with a central eye and dotwork border on the inner forearm, with cursive script beneath it.
Hamsa hand with eye on a forearm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a pocket watch, two shaded roses and fine line flowers on the thigh.
Pocket watch and roses on a thigh
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
Neo-traditional tattoo of a yellow songbird carrying a red banner with lettering, with black sprigs, on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Yellow songbird with banner on shoulder
Neo-trad owl tattoo on the inside of a forearm, with a red heart and a banner reading 1985 below it.
Owl and heart on a forearm
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
Colourful neo-traditional flower tattoo with purple petals, orange accents, green leaves and black scrollwork across a shoulder.
Purple flower and swirls on shoulder
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
Traditional style tattoo of an ornate clock face and a dark rose with red accents on a forearm.
Clock and rose on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of cartoon characters Jack and Sally inside an ornate baroque frame on a forearm.
Jack and Sally in an ornate frame on a forearm
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
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face with swept dark hair and yellow scroll accents, on the upper arm.
Woman's face portrait on upper arm
A black linework sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a crowned queen with ornamental scrollwork and a lion or animal motif near the wrist.
Crowned queen sleeve in linework
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of two sugar skulls with red roses, green scrollwork and blue and pink flowers on a limb.
Sugar skulls and roses on a limb
Colourful paisley and floral tattoo running from the upper arm down the forearm, with orange, purple and green flowers and flowing swirls in a botanical, neo-traditional style.
Paisley floral sleeve on an arm
Colour tattoo design of purple wings framing a red rose and gold key, with ornate gold filigree and two scrolls bearing script, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Winged rose and key scroll design
Colour tattoo on a thigh showing a red and orange phoenix, a grey owl carrying a letter, and a Hogwarts school crest on a banner, in neo-traditional style.
Phoenix, owl and Hogwarts crest on a thigh
Black and grey pencil drawing of two theatre masks framed by roses, beads, scrolls and a cross, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Two theatre masks with roses and beads