Scroll tattoo ideas

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

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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 ink tattoo of a woman silhouette in a dress, leaning back in an oval frame with scrolled corners, on the inner upper arm.
Silhouetted dancer in an oval frame on upper arm
Black ink Kokopelli figure playing a flute beside a scrolling vine with heart motifs, tattooed on the side of a woman's neck.
Kokopelli and vine scrolls on the neck
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
Black tribal armband tattoo of spirals and swirls wrapping around an upper arm, in a blackwork style.
Black tribal armband on upper arm
White ink lotus mandala tattoo on the chest below the bust, with a matching ornament on the upper arm, in a fine line style.
White ink lotus mandala on chest
Colour tattoo of a pink bow with dangling beaded chains, teal and purple drops and scroll details across the upper back.
Pink bow and beaded chains on upper back
Traditional colour tattoo of a red book with fanned pages, yellow flowers and swirling scrolls on a forearm.
Red book with yellow flowers on a forearm
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
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
Dark ink floral design with swirling scrolls and round blossoms wrapping around the ankle, in a Botanical style.
Floral swirl design on an ankle
Black ink botanical tattoo of a scrolling vine with leaves and a shaded flower across the lower back and hip.
Scrolling vine and flower on lower back
Colour tattoo of a dragonfly with patterned green and yellow wings, framed by blue swirling scrolls on skin.
Dragonfly with blue swirls
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
Traditional colour tattoo of an anchor and ship wheel within a rope heart, framed by orange flowers, teal leaves and the words INTO THE SEA, on the thigh.
Anchor and ship wheel in a rope heart
White ink tattoo of an ornate paisley and mandala design on the upper back of a person with blonde hair.
White ink paisley tattoo on upper back
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
Black ink outline of a five-pointed star filled with swirling scroll patterns, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Scrollwork star on the inner wrist
Colourful neo-traditional flower tattoo with purple petals, orange accents, green leaves and black scrollwork across a shoulder.
Purple flower and swirls on shoulder
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
Black and grey ornamental seahorse tattoo with floral fills and bold outlines, running down the outer thigh.
Ornamental seahorse on the thigh
Traditional-style tattoo on a forearm of a red star of life with a white snake wrapped around a rod, flanked by grey scrolls reading DIABETIC and TYPE.
Diabetic alert star of life on forearm
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 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 ornamental tattoo running from the ankle over the top of a bare foot and between the toes, shown on a yellow wooden floor.
Black ornamental design across a foot
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 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
Black and grey lace-style floral tattoo running down the side of the back and ribs, with scrollwork, leaves and hanging bead chains.
Lace-style floral tattoo on ribs and back
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 swirling scroll tattoo with small black and teal star shapes on the back of a neck, below the hairline.
Swirls and stars on the back of the neck
Black and grey realism upper arm tattoo of a haunted house with glowing eyes, a full moon, a tree, tombstones and banners with book titles.
Haunted house and tombstones on upper arm
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
Black linework tribal tattoo with swirling spirals and a small turtle across the upper back and down the spine, photographed in sepia.
Tribal swirls and turtle across a back
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 and grey sun and moon face tattoo with compass letters N and W on the side of the ribs, in a traditional style.
Sun and moon face on the ribs
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
Black botanical tattoo on the upper back of a woman, showing a small bird perched on a branch that curves into a crescent of leaves and scrolls.
Bird on a branch in a leaf crescent on the upper back
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork shading on the upper arm, shown beside a pink top and black bra.
Lotus mandala on upper arm
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
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