Scroll tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo with petal and scroll details on a shoulder, in a casual close photo of a person in an off-shoulder top.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Dark line drawing of a stylised bird with a curled crest, swept wings and spiral tail on a forearm, in a henna-like style.
Stylised bird design on a forearm
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 linework lotus tattoo with blue, pink and purple watercolour splashes across a person's upper back.
Lotus with watercolour splashes on upper back
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
Dark brown heart with curling swirls and dot accents on skin, appearing to be a henna-style design rather than a tattoo, placed on the torso.
Heart and swirls in dark brown on skin
Fine line black ink crescent moon with botanical and lace-like detailing on a forearm, shown against a plain white background.
Ornate crescent moon on a forearm
Black and grey skull beneath a crown, with two red roses and ink splatter tattooed across an upper arm.
Skull, crown and roses 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
Ornate owl flash design with feathers and scrollwork, shown in full colour, blue monochrome and sepia versions.
Ornate owl flash design in three colourways
Close-up photo of a shaded gold-toned key tattoo with a treble clef in its bow, running down the forearm.
Gold key with treble clef bow on a forearm
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
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
Black ink mandala band tattoo wrapping the wrist, with a solid black stripe and a small fine line ring tattoo on one finger.
Mandala wrist band tattoo
Black tribal butterfly tattoo with swirling patterns and small blue dots, on the top of a foot, in blackwork style.
Tribal butterfly on the foot
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
Gold and blue metallic ornamental designs on a forearm and the back of a hand, with bangles and rings worn alongside.
Metallic ornamental designs on forearm and hand
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
Teal rose tattoo with black swirling linework shaped like a treble clef, in a botanical fine line style on skin.
Teal rose with treble clef swirl
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
Black fine line tattoo of a butterfly made from scrolls and curls, sitting on the side of the ribs.
Scrollwork butterfly on the ribs
Traditional style tattoo of a message in a bottle with rope, pink roses and green leaves on a limb, with a red heart on the rolled note.
Message in a bottle with roses on skin
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 tribal band tattoo with two flower motifs running from the thigh over the calf to the ankle, shown on a bare leg.
Tribal band with flowers down a leg
Black and grey shield crest tattoo on the inner forearm, showing animal figures and an open book in fine linework with soft shading.
Shield crest tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey ornamental half sleeve covering the shoulder and upper arm, with a dotwork mandala medallion at its centre.
Ornamental half sleeve on shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a flowing wave and scrolling swirls across the shoulder and upper back.
Flowing black wave swirl on the shoulder
Tattoo on an upper arm of red and grey shaded roses above a bold black geometric block design, with a rose bud and leaves below.
Roses and black geometric blocks on upper arm
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
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
Black line drawing of an ornate peacock with a curled neck, scrolled tail feathers and leaf motifs, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Ornate peacock line drawing
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
Black and grey wing tattoo with ornamental scrollwork on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Wing and scrollwork on upper back
Traditional-style tattoo of a scroll banner reading Home is whenever I'm with you, wrapped around teal, orange and yellow feathers on the upper arm.
Feather and banner quote on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo design of two sunflowers with leaves and acanthus scrolls running vertically, drawn as a line sketch with shading.
Sunflowers and acanthus scrolls design
Back tattoo of black ornamental lace-style linework with leaves and a mandala flower, plus realistic pink orchids and a tiger head, running down the spine and lower back.
Black lace floral back tattoo with orchids
Black line-art flash sheet of five paisley-style birds and peacock designs with dense floral filling, shown on a white background.
Five paisley bird designs on a flash sheet
Black tribal-style swirl tattoo with a small turtle across a person's upper back and along the spine, shown in a sepia photograph.
Tribal swirl back tattoo with turtle
Black ink tattoo on the outer thigh of a lace-patterned design with a central lotus flower, swirling scrolls and hanging chain-like drops, in blackwork style.
Lace-style lotus and chain thigh piece
Black linework tattoo of looping swirls and a heart-shaped curl running vertically down a section of skin.
Black swirl and heart linework on skin
Ornamental fox silhouette tattoo on the lower leg, filled with swirling linework that shifts from orange at the top to pink and red lower down.
Ornamental fox silhouette on a calf
Black and grey realistic roses with swirling vine linework running down the side of a back, placed on the ribs and back.
Black and grey roses with swirls down the back