Scrollwork tattoo ideas

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Neo-traditional tattoo of a deer with antlers in an ornate purple and grey oval frame, with a chickadee, oak leaves and a red gem, on the upper thigh.
Deer in ornate frame with chickadee
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a heart-shaped padlock with skull-headed keys and ribbons, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Heart padlock and skull keys on a back
Pencil sketch design of a lighthouse set inside a ship's wheel, with rays, scrollwork and a ribbon banner below, drawn on white paper.
Lighthouse in a ship's wheel with banner sketch
Neo-traditional tattoo of a fox head in profile with a yellow rose and black leaves on a forearm.
Fox and yellow rose on a forearm
Upper arm tattoo of an ornate spade with teal filigree scrolls and black lettering reading We're all mad here, in a decorative lettering style.
Ornate spade with 'We're all mad here' lettering
Black and grey neo-trad tattoo of a pin-up woman with feathers and a rose in her hair, shown on the outer thigh.
Pin-up woman with feathers on a thigh
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on a forearm and upper arm showing a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress, with stars, leaves and a dagger around her.
Profile portrait and stars on a full sleeve
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an ornate gold key wrapped in a teal ribbon on the calf.
Ornate key with teal ribbon on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pink planchette with the word YES, an eye, a gold crescent moon and purple clouds, on the calf.
Planchette with eye and crescent moon on a leg
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing the cartoon characters Link with a shield and sword and Zelda, with a triforce and ivy in a stained-glass style circle.
Link and Zelda forearm piece with triforce
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat's head in profile with yellow eyes, set within a yellow and orange circle and scrollwork on the calf.
Black cat head with scrollwork on calf
Pencilled neo-traditional tattoo design on paper showing a cat's head, a large rose, mandala-style flowers, a butterfly and a fan motif, with no body placement shown.
Cat, rose and mandala tattoo design
Black and grey ornate clock tattoo with roses and scrollwork on the inner forearm, with a dotted chain hanging below the dial.
Ornate clock and roses on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a red fox with the words Breathe Out So I Can Breathe You In in ornate black script on the forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Fox and lettering on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf showing a pirate woman with teal hair, a heart eyepatch and a skull on her hat, with a red rose and a compass.
Pirate woman with rose and compass on a calf
Colour tattoo of ornate bronze armour, a central framed figure and a teal wheel across a man's chest, shoulder and left arm sleeve, in a neo-traditional style.
Ornate armour chest and sleeve tattoo
Colour tattoo of an ornate orange and teal scrollwork design with black outlines, shown on a limb in a Neo-traditional style.
Orange and teal scrollwork ornament on a limb
Neo-trad style colour tattoo of a pug's face inside a grey ornate scrolled frame, placed on the upper thigh.
Pug portrait in an ornate frame on a thigh
Colour tattoo of peacock feathers, scrollwork and flowers with a sugar skull on the side of a bare midriff.
Peacock feather and sugar skull on abdomen
Colour flash design of a woman in profile within an ornate gold oval frame, with purple roses and a white rose, in a Neo-trad style.
Woman in profile cameo with roses
Black ink linework drawing of a neo-traditional tattoo design with a rose, pansy, top hat, pocket watch, teapot and ace of spades on white paper.
Mad hatter rose and ace of spades design
Neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh showing a shaded black and grey bird beside red poppies, green leaves and white scrollwork.
Bird and red poppies on a thigh
Colour tattoo of an animated couple kissing inside an ornate gold frame decorated with shells and starfish, on the upper arm, in a traditional-style cartoon finish.
Animated couple kissing in a shell frame on upper arm
Pencil and ink drawing of a neo-traditional hourglass flanked by two roses, a small diamond and scrollwork, drawn on paper beside a pen.
Hourglass and roses tattoo design
Two views of a black and grey neo-traditional full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, with roses, a diamond, a flaming heart and scrollwork.
Black and grey full sleeve with roses and heart
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a teacup and saucer filled with roses and scrollwork, placed on the chest.
Teacup and roses on the chest
Coloured flash drawing of a sugar skull cat face with a red rose on its forehead, a red bow and a red rose below, framed by vines on a yellow background.
Sugar skull cat with rose and bow
Neo-traditional style design of an owl's face and wing inside an ornate heart frame with a beaded border and scrollwork, in brown and grey tones.
Owl within an ornate beaded heart
Shaded drawing of a shield crest topped with a Spartan-style helmet, framed by scrollwork and leaves, with a blue band across the shield, shown as a tattoo design.
Crest with helmet and blue stripe
Neo-trad colour tattoo of a red heart padlock with gold scrollwork and purple ribbons, with a gold key below it, on the top of a foot.
Heart padlock and key on the top of a foot
Pencil and blue pen drawing of a tiger above a woman's face with feathers, arrows and scrollwork, a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Tiger and woman portrait tattoo design with feathers
Black and grey neo-traditional compass rose inside an ornate scrolled cartouche, tattooed across the upper back of a woman seen from behind.
Ornate compass rose tattoo across upper back
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with a peony in her hair and a moth below, in black, grey and mauve on the outer thigh.
Neo-trad woman and peony on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two cats, pink and purple flowers and a butterfly on the outer thigh.
Two cats and flowers on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a pastel castle inside a gold scrollwork frame topped with a purple gem, with a pink and blue rose below, on the upper thigh.
Castle in an ornate frame with a pink rose
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a horse head with a pearl bridle and orange flowers, placed on the forearm.
Horse head with bridle on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red alien creature with large eyes inside a gold scrolled frame, with a red Om symbol, on an upper arm.
Colourful alien portrait with gold scrollwork on upper arm
Line drawing flash of a sloth in a suit and bow tie inside an ornate oval frame, with roses and leaves below, shown on paper.
Sloth in a suit within an ornate frame with roses
Neo-traditional tattoo of a teal and orange mandala-style flower with green leaves and black vine scrollwork on an upper arm.
Teal mandala flower and vines on upper arm
Mostly black and grey Neo-trad tattoo of an ornate heart padlock and key with butterflies and faint purple swirls across a person's upper back.
Heart padlock and key with butterflies on the back
Neo-trad style tattoo of an ornate cross with teal gemstone details and a trailing rosary on the upper arm.
Ornate cross with rosary beads on upper arm
Neo-traditional roaring lion tattoo in orange, red and brown with black outlines, covering the forearm.
Roaring lion and scrollwork on a forearm
Black and grey flash design of an all-seeing eye in a triangle above a skull, crossed bones, a candle and a twin-headed eagle, framed by scrollwork on a sunburst background.
All-seeing eye and eagle skull design
Neo-trad style tattoo on a lower abdomen showing a shaded skull flanked by two red roses, with black scrollwork and arrows.
Skull and roses on the lower abdomen
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with curled black hair and gold ram horns, with grey and gold scrollwork, on the side of the ribs.
Horned woman portrait on the side ribs
Black and grey wolf head tattoo with roses across the abdomen, with script lettering above and coloured tattoos on the thighs and upper arms.
Wolf and roses across the abdomen
Black and grey ornate cross tattoo with filigree detailing centred on a person's upper back, shown in a black and white photo.
Ornate cross on upper back
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a skull and crossbones inside a heart-shaped panel with red wash, framed by grey scrollwork and playing card spades.
Skull and crossbones in an ornate spade frame on a forearm