Scrollwork tattoo ideas

1,183 photos and flash · 20% Neo-trad, 19% Botanical · Forearm most common

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Black and grey tattoo of a Stormtrooper helmet within a circular scrollwork frame, with an Imperial emblem, on the upper arm.
Stormtrooper helmet in an ornate frame
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a rose with leaves on a forearm.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a blonde pin-up woman with sugar skull face paint and a red flower in her hair, with black and grey scrollwork below, on an upper arm.
Sugar skull pin-up with scrollwork
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an eye inside an octagon within an ornate mandala, covering the back of a hand and reaching onto the fingers.
Eye mandala on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism tattoo across a person's upper back showing lilies, a hummingbird, a skull and scrollwork.
Lilies, hummingbird and skull on a back
Black ink lotus mandala tattoo design drawn on white paper, with a hand holding a pen beside it.
Lotus mandala tattoo design on paper
Black linework tattoo design on tracing paper showing an hourglass with scrollwork, a butterfly and blossoms, with no body placement shown.
Hourglass with butterfly and flowers design
Black line drawing of a sugar skull with round Mickey Mouse ears on a cream background, decorated with ornate scrollwork across the face.
Mickey Mouse sugar skull design
Pencil sketch of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals, scrollwork and a beaded chain, drawn as a tattoo design.
Pocket watch sketch with chain
Black ink drawing of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, a teacup on top, and feathers and leaves, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Pocket watch and feathers design
Black ornamental scrollwork tattoo spanning the upper back and shoulder, seen from behind on a woman with dreadlocks in a peach one-shoulder top.
Ornamental scrollwork tattoo on upper back
Mountain landscape tattoo with an orange sun, teal sky and black-and-grey scrollwork on a limb, in a neo-traditional style.
Mountain landscape with sun and scrollwork on a limb
Tattoo of a purple butterfly with a black outline and black scrollwork swirls with dots on the side of a foot near the ankle.
Purple butterfly with swirls on the foot
Black blackwork flash design of an ornate key with a castle-topped bow, a heart cut-out and the words Open Up Your Dreams in script.
Ornate key with castle bow and script
Black and grey tattoo of a Mickey Mouse head silhouette filled with ornamental scrollwork and a heart, shown on smooth skin.
Filigree Mickey Mouse head silhouette
Black and grey drawing of an ornate cross with floral centre and scrolling filigree, shown on a plain white background as a tattoo design.
Ornate filigree cross design
Black fine line tattoo of a Mickey Mouse head silhouette framed by scrolling swirls and small stars across the upper back.
Mickey Mouse silhouette and swirls on upper back
Black ink scrollwork tattoos across the fingers of a man's hands clasped near his chin, with a tattooed forearm and a feather pendant necklace visible.
Scrollwork finger tattoos on clasped hands
Collage of six colour neo-traditional tattoos of ornate perfume bottles with smoke clouds, shown on arms and legs.
Neo-traditional perfume bottle tattoos in colour
Ornate heart tattoo with red shading and black outline on the inner forearm, with a spade-shaped point at the top.
Ornate heart tattoo on a forearm
Black line drawing of a tribal-style dragon with a swirling scrollwork tail on a white background.
Tribal-style dragon with swirling tail
Large black and grey back tattoo of a gothic night scene with bats, a moon, a silhouetted couple, a tower and twisted trees, with small red flowers.
Gothic night scene across a full back
Four white filigree skull designs with floral and scroll patterns on a black background, with a spade motif at the centre and an ornate border.
Four ornate skull designs with a spade
Black and grey yin yang tattoo with ornate scrollwork on the upper back of a woman with her hair tied in a ponytail.
Yin yang with swirls on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a rose with leaves, on the forearm.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bird with a spread wing and long trailing tail feathers across a person's upper back.
Winged bird with trailing feathers on upper back
Neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a grey-shaded typewriter key cluster with letters, framed by orange flowers, green leaves and black scrollwork in an oval.
Typewriter keys in a flowered oval on a calf
A large black and grey biomechanical ribcage tattoo with laced corset details and scrollwork across a woman's bare back.
Biomechanical ribcage back piece
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and a rose-patterned veil, shown on an outer limb.
Sugar skull portrait with rose veil
Black and teal heart-shaped lettering tattoo with filigree scrollwork on the thigh, photographed on a leg in patterned pyjamas.
Heart lettering tattoo on thigh
Neo-trad colour tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a peaked cap, with a tear and peach roses, on a forearm.
Woman in a peaked cap with roses on a forearm
Black and grey gothic landscape tattoo across a woman's back, showing a castle, bare trees, bats and an ornate scrolled panel at the base.
Gothic castle and bats across a back
Realistic black and grey tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and engraved scrollwork on the forearm.
Pocket watch with Roman numerals on a forearm
Painted tattoo design of a shaded skull framed by blue and purple anemone-style flowers, leaves and grey scrollwork on a pale background.
Skull with blue and purple flowers design
Black and grey Slytherin crest tattoo with scrollwork and a serpent on the upper thigh of a person standing outdoors in a busy public area.
Slytherin crest tattoo on a thigh
Realistic red rose tattoo with black lace-style filigree and a dotted gem drop design across a person's lower abdomen, below the navel.
Realistic rose with black lace on the stomach
Black and purple vine tattoo with leaves and two star motifs running across the top of a foot, in a botanical style.
Vine and star tattoo on a foot
Black and grey shoulder tattoo of two roses with scrollwork, lace-like filigree and dangling beaded chains, shown from the back and from the upper arm.
Rose and lace shoulder piece in black and grey
Black and grey flash design of two mirrored skulls forming a heart, with filigree scrollwork and a small flower beneath, on a plain white background.
Twin skulls forming a heart with floral ornament
Black dotwork mandala tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, shown from the side and from the palm side.
Black mandala tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey photograph of a lace-pattern tattoo with flowers and baroque scrollwork across a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Lace and scrollwork tattoo on an upper arm
Shaded oak leaves and three acorns tattooed on an upper arm, with fern foliage and scrollwork tattoos nearby.
Oak leaves and acorns on an upper arm
Black and grey birdcage tattoo with a bird leaving it on one forearm, beside a flock of silhouetted birds on the other forearm, shown wrist to wrist.
Birdcage and flying birds on forearms
Two matching yin yang tattoos with scrollwork and leaf motifs sit on the inner wrists, one shaded and one outlined, in black and grey.
Matching yin yang wrist tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo on the ribs of a torso, showing a pocket watch with Roman numerals in front of a skull, with roses, a monarch butterfly, gears and scrollwork.
Pocket watch, skull and roses on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS with a sunburst, roses, scrollwork and a banner on the side of the ribs, in a Neo-trad style.
TARDIS and roses on the ribs
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
Small colour tattoo of mouse ears with a pink bow, the ears filled with black scrollwork swirls, on a person's limb.
Mouse ears and pink bow tattoo on a limb