Scroll tattoo ideas

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

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Dark lace-patterned tattoo wrapping around the wrist and onto the back of a hand.
Lace design across wrist and hand
Large blue and navy ornamental tattoo of paisley shapes and mandala-style flowers spreading across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Blue paisley and mandala design across a back
Black and grey geometric tattoo on a calf showing a shaded circle with harlequin diamonds, scrolls, a spiral and a hanging beaded chandelier.
Harlequin moon and chandelier on a calf
Dark line drawing of two scroll banners reading I solemnly swear I am up to no good, with a pair of small footprints below, on a cream background.
Two scroll banners with a quote and footprints
Realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a cello scroll with gears, a harmonica, and sheet music with a red ink splash.
Cello scroll and sheet music sleeve
Fine line paisley and floral mandala tattoo in brown ink across the upper back, over the shoulder blade.
Paisley mandala on a shoulder blade
Bold black tribal sleeve tattoo with swirling and spiked shapes covering a man's upper arm and forearm, with his torso and a tiled studio room visible behind.
Tribal black sleeve on upper arm and forearm
Close-up of a black linework scroll vine tattoo with small blue dots running along the outer rim of an ear.
Scrolling vine tattoo along the ear
Back of a woman's neck and upper back with a large black-ink ornamental mandala tattoo in fine line detail, with her dark hair tied up.
Ornate mandala tattoo across neck and upper back
Close photo of a lilac and silver glitter scroll design on a forearm against a dark background.
Glitter swirl design on a forearm
Black and grey drawing of a treble clef wrapped in two scroll banners that read I am married to the music, for better or worse, with a pointed blade shape at the top.
Treble clef with quote banners
Black line drawing of a curling vine with five-petalled flowers and leaves on a white background, a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Black flower vine with swirls
Black line drawing flash sheet of an ornate outlined alphabet, numerals, scrolls, daggers and a scroll banner, with no body placement shown.
Ornamental alphabet and numbers flash sheet
Close view of a shoulder and upper back with a white ink botanical tattoo of roses, leaves and scrolling stems, shown as pale raised outlines on skin.
White ink roses and scrolls on shoulder
Sheet of seven hand-drawn black ink border designs with swirls, dots, leaves and vines, with a handwritten note reading to start left to right.
Hand-drawn ornamental border designs
Fine line scrollwork flourish tattoo in pale pink ink on the inner forearm, shown against a gold textured background.
Pale pink scroll flourish on a forearm
Black line drawing of a scrolling floral flourish with curling tendrils and small leaf-like swirls on a white background, with no body part shown.
Black scrolling floral flourish design
Flash sheet of ornate blackletter capital letters A to Z in black line work with floral flourishes, styled as lettering designs.
Ornate blackletter alphabet A to Z
Pencil drawing of two feathers above a circle, with curving swoosh lines and scrolled foliage below, drawn as a possible tattoo design.
Pencil sketch of feathers, a ring and scrolls
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala patterns and a central butterfly motif, with stippled dotwork edges, as a tattoo design.
Crescent moon mandala with butterfly
White line drawing of an ornate cross with outstretched wings and scrolled detailing on a black background, shown as a tattoo design.
Winged ornamental cross design
Black ornamental floral tattoo with paisley and dotwork detail and hanging drops on the outer thigh, with a hand resting beside it on purple fabric.
Ornamental floral thigh tattoo with dotted drops
Traditional style tattoo of a black raven with red ribbons and a banner reading CONSIDER THE RAVEN, on the upper arm.
Raven with Consider the Raven banner
Large white-ink mandala tattoo with a central flower and ornate radial linework on a lower leg, in a geometric style, on the calf.
White-ink mandala on a lower leg
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a lantern with a glowing candle flame, scrolled ironwork and green leaves on the upper thigh.
Lantern with candle flame on thigh
Black ink pen drawing of the Ravenclaw crest, showing an eagle over a shield with scrolling foliage and a banner reading Ravenclaw.
Ravenclaw crest pen drawing
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a shaded compass with an arrow, a scroll and a ribbon banner lettered with the word trouvaille.
Compass and arrow banner design
Black ink line drawing of an ornate stylised bird with swirling filigree detailing, paired with flower shapes, on a plain white background.
Ornate bird with swirls and flowers
Black linework flash design of an ornate flower with paisley swirls, dotted leaves and a mandala centre, on a white background.
Ornate paisley and mandala flower design
Solid black stylised tree design with curling branches, roots and seven eight-pointed stars above, a blackwork-style flash drawing with no body placement shown.
Stylised tree with seven stars
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design: two stylised animal heads face each other to form a heart, with Celtic knotwork braids and scroll ornament below.
Knotwork heart with two animal heads
Black ink drawing of a scrolling vine with curls and small dots on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Black scrolling vine design
Black line owl tattoo with ornamental feathers and a diamond motif on the upper arm, in a fine line style.
Ornamental owl on upper arm
Solid black silhouette of a seated cat inside an ornate baroque oval frame, shown as a flat design with no body placement.
Cat silhouette in an ornate cameo frame
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and scroll-filled petals, placed on the outer forearm.
Black mandala tattoo on an forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a sugar skull decorated with a diamond, three roses and swirling vines, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Sugar skull with roses design
A black botanical vine band with curling scrolls, leaves and grey dots on a beige background, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Black vine scroll band design
Two matching fine line black cross tattoos with leaf-like curls sit on the inner wrists of two people, shown side by side.
Matching fine line crosses on wrists
Flash sheet of black crescent moon designs in filigree, star, sparkle and striped patterns, with the script words Blue Moon beside a larger moon.
Crescent moon designs flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on the upper arm, shown in a close-up and a side view beside it.
Dotwork mandala on upper arm
Black and white ornate cross design with swirling tribal-style detail and a red gem at the centre, shown as a standalone flash drawing with no body placement.
Ornate cross with red centre design
Black ink flash drawing of a planchette with a central eye, YES and NO lettering, a sunburst and acanthus scrolls, in a dotwork and blackwork style.
Planchette with eye and acanthus scrolls
Black fine line and dotwork feather-like ornament tattooed at the centre of the chest, with fine radiating dots and curled scroll details.
Fine line feather ornament on the chest
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing a crowned heart, a winged Triforce and a four-star Dragon Ball framed by yellow scrollwork.
Crowned heart, Triforce and Dragon Ball on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of an open book with a pink heart and scrolls above, over a pink and blue flower with green leaves, on a forearm.
Open book and rose on a forearm
Upper arm tattoo of botanical scrollwork with grey flowers and vines over pink-toned swirls, shown against a dark background.
Floral scrollwork sleeve on upper arm
Black ink step-by-step drawing of a flower with swirling petal and scroll details, built up in stages across two columns, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Step by step floral swirl design drawing
White ink lace-style ornamental tattoo with scrolls and a small flower across the centre of the chest, with hands with dark nail polish at the top edges of the frame.
White ink lace design across the sternum