Scrollwork tattoo ideas

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Black heraldic eagle tattoo with a red beak, red talons and a red and white shield on its chest, in a traditional style across a person's upper back.
Heraldic eagle with shield on upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat with large white eyes inside an oval gold frame with a red bow, on a forearm.
Black cat in an oval gold frame on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a mermaid with a green tail, framed by red roses and gold scrollwork on a person's chest and upper abdomen.
Mermaid and compass rose on a chest and torso
Traditional style tattoo of a compass rose inside an ornate gold and black heart frame topped with a fleur-de-lis, on an upper arm.
Compass in a heart frame on an upper arm
Two matching Traditional style tattoos of framed portrait heads with gold bands over the eyes, one on each thigh.
Matching framed portraits on both thighs
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas inside an ornate oval frame, on the calf.
Jack Skellington in an ornate frame on a calf
Black and grey traditional chest tattoo of a skeletal woman cameo in a beaded frame, flanked by scrollwork, shown on a chest held open by two hands.
Skeleton cameo with scrollwork on chest
Neo-traditional style tattoo on the outer thigh showing a mermaid silhouette against a red sunset, with a sea witch, fish, seashell, starfish and pearl chains in black and grey.
Mermaid sunset and sea creatures on a thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of two clasped hands inside a red heart with a beaded border, on a forearm.
Clasped hands in a beaded heart on a forearm
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of an ornate oval scrollwork frame on the lower back.
Ornate oval scrollwork frame
Black line drawing of two crossed revolvers framed by roses and ornamental scrollwork, shown as a flash design.
Crossed revolvers with roses
Colour traditional tattoo of a crowned queen in a blue hood inside an ornate gold frame, on the calf.
Crowned queen in a gold frame on a calf
Woman seen from behind in a seated pose with hands pressed together, showing black and grey rose and ornamental tattoos across her back and upper arms.
Black and grey roses across a woman's back and arms
Traditional style colour tattoo of an ornate dagger wrapped with a dark coil, surrounded by orange flowers and dark green leaves, on the side of the ribs.
Dagger and flowers on the ribs
Colour traditional tattoo of a cat face with a pink bow, purple accents and pink flowers on the forearm.
Sugar skull style cat with bow on forearm
Colour traditional-style sugar skull tattoo decorated with red, blue and purple roses and green leaves, on the outer thigh.
Sugar skull with roses on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a brown owl holding a red heart, framed by black scrollwork on the upper arm.
Owl and red heart on upper arm
Coloured flash design of a mermaid with curly teal hair, an anchor, rope and pink flowers in a neo-traditional style, shown on a cream background.
Mermaid with anchor and flowers design
Colour tattoo of a world map inside an ornate scrolled oval frame on the thigh, in a traditional style.
World map in an ornate frame on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of the cartoon robot Bender wearing a top hat and monocle, set in an ornate gold frame on the upper arm.
Bender in an ornate gold frame on upper arm
Close-up photograph of a shaded traditional-style tattoo of an ornate skeleton key with a crown and the word love in its bow, on skin.
Ornate skeleton key with love script
Traditional style tattoo of an ornate grey heart with a keyhole and red accents on the chest, with a colourful tattoo on the forearm below.
Ornate heart and keyhole tattoo on the chest
Black line drawing flash sheet of an ornate blackletter capital alphabet with floral flourishes, suitable as lettering designs for a tattoo.
Ornate blackletter capital alphabet sheet
Traditional style tattoo of an ornate key with a red polka-dot Minnie Mouse bow and grey shading, on the back of a lower leg.
Minnie Mouse bow key on the calf
Pencil drawing of a stylised swallow in flight with ornamental scrollwork and dot patterns across the wings and body, designed as a tattoo.
Ornate swallow flash drawing
Traditional colour tattoo of a palm tree, sunset over the sea and red and blue flowers within gold scrollwork on a leg, shown in a three-panel collage.
Palm tree sunset with scrollwork on a leg
Traditional style swallow tattoo in green, pink and yellow with black outlines on the top of a foot, with painted teal toenails.
Swallow tattoo on the top of a foot
Traditional style colour tattoo of two swallows, a birdcage with a heart and a yellow rose on a forearm, shown in three close-up photographs.
Swallows, birdcage and rose on an arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a dog face in sugar skull style, with red flowers over the eyes, on a person's calf.
Sugar skull dog on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a pink-iced cupcake on a shield, crossed with a whisk and rolling pin, under a chef's hat on a large limb.
Cupcake and chef's hat shield on a thigh
Black and grey full back tattoo of the Virgin Mary in an oval frame with prayer lettering, flanking torches, scrollwork and a Celtic cross below, in a traditional style.
Virgin Mary full back piece
Traditional style tattoo of a grey stylised profile face within an oval frame with orange scrollwork, orange flowers and black leaves, on a forearm.
Traditional profile face in an oval frame
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a coffee cup with a dark liquid splash and beans on the forearm, with a shaded rose above it.
Coffee cup and beans on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoos on a leg in bath water, showing a rose, a snake, a matryoshka doll and a hot air balloon with an ornate basket.
Traditional rose, doll and balloon tattoos on a leg
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red heart inside a teal and gold framed box, with a pink flower and teal leaves, on the back of a hand.
Heart and flower on the back of a hand
A seated person in a black bra and patterned underwear shows neo-traditional tattoos of two female portraits on the upper arm, a rose on the hand, and ornate scrollwork and a teal wave on the torso.
Portrait and ornamental tattoos on arms and torso
Black and grey flash drawing of a dreamcatcher with a hanging feather, a comb and ornate scrollwork on either side, with no body placement shown.
Dreamcatcher with feather, comb and scrollwork
Two colour tattoos of a white cartoon cat in an ornate gold or silver frame, one with a pink ribbon banner and one with a pink bow, both on the thigh.
White cartoon cat in ornate frame on thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat with yellow eyes, red roses and green leaves on the outer thigh, framed by gold scrollwork and a teal banner.
Black cat portrait with roses on a thigh
Traditional style owl tattoo perched on a pocket watch on a forearm, with a red rose beside it.
Owl perched on a pocket watch
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing two swallows, red roses, leaves and a heart with a banner reading ARNE.
Swallows, roses and heart on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a vintage microphone framed by two red roses and grey leaves on an upper arm.
Vintage microphone and roses on an upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope, with the words THE LORD IS MY above and Anchor below, on skin.
Anchor with rope and scripted text
Colour traditional-style tattoo of an accordion with pink flowers and gold scrollwork on the inner upper arm.
Accordion and pink flowers on an upper arm
Large colour and black-and-grey tattoo of an owl with a sugar skull on the upper arm, the skull decorated with a green shamrock and flowers.
Owl and sugar skull on upper arm
Traditional style flash design of a tarot card with three swords, a watchful eye, a heart and roses, with no body placement shown.
Three of Swords tarot flash design