Scrollwork tattoo ideas

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

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Colourful neo-traditional chest and shoulder tattoo showing a woman's face, an iris, scrollwork, a butterfly and roses, shown in three photo panels.
Floral chest and shoulder tattoo with a woman's face
Two photos of a traditional style neck tattoo showing a red jewel set inside an ornate heart frame beside a black and grey rose on the neck.
Red gem heart and rose on the neck
Upper back tattoo of two shaded grey roses within black lace scrollwork, with teal and red butterflies, in a realism style.
Lace, roses and butterflies across upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey robot wearing a bowler hat and bow tie, framed by ornate scrollwork on the upper arm.
Robot in bowler hat and bow tie on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of an ornate arrow with swirling details running down the centre of a person's back along the spine.
Fine line arrow along the spine
Black and grey swirling butterfly tattoo on a woman's shoulder and upper arm, with a purple garment visible at the edge of the frame.
Swirl butterfly tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion and lioness with a rose and scrollwork across a thigh.
Lion and lioness with rose on thigh
Two black and grey photographs of a Polynesian-style tribal tattoo with a hibiscus flower and a turtle, shown on a back and shoulder.
Polynesian-style turtle and hibiscus tattoo on back
Two colour Japanese oni mask tattoos on the backs of hands, one green and one red, edged with gold swirling clouds.
Twin oni masks on the backs of hands
Black linework design of two roses and a pair of ornate scissors with a dotted trail, shown in a neo-traditional style on skin.
Two roses and scissors line design
Black and grey tattoos of ornate mirror frames on an upper arm and a thigh, one framing a seated woman and one framing a skull with roses.
Ornate frame tattoos in black and grey
Black ink tribal ornament with swirling scrolls running down the centre of a bare back, a blackwork tattoo on the upper back.
Symmetrical tribal ornament down the spine
Colour tattoo of a vintage sewing machine with a pink rose and scrollwork on a person's upper back, set against an orange sunburst.
Sewing machine and rose on upper back
Black ink drawing of a lotus flower inside a mandala-style design with dotwork shading and leaf motifs, on white paper, with no body placement shown.
Lotus mandala design with dotwork detail
Colour flash design of a woman with a sugar skull face, red roses in her hair and a green patterned shawl, on a beige background.
Sugar skull woman with roses and green shawl
Close-up of a hand with white ornamental lace-style designs on the fingers and back of the hand, set against grey fabric.
White ink lace-style design on a hand
Black and grey realism roses with ornate cursive script and leaves tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Black and grey roses and script on ribs
Colour tattoo on a calf of a red rose above a hand in a stained glass style oval, set within a gold ornate frame with a red gem at the base, in neo-traditional style.
Stained glass rose in an ornate frame on a calf
Black ink line drawing of a rose framed by mandala and paisley filigree, with dotwork shading and hanging dot chains, shown as a tattoo design.
Rose and mandala filigree design
Black ink ornamental tattoo of a peacock with paisley scrollwork across the shoulder and upper arm.
Paisley peacock design on a shoulder
Black and grey scrollwork tattoo on a forearm, with shaded acanthus-style swirls set against a solid black background.
Black and grey scrollwork on a forearm
Ornate treble clef tattoo with musical notes and scrollwork on the outer arm, shaded in black and grey with touches of red.
Treble clef with musical notes on an arm
Black ornamental emblem tattoo with lace-like fine linework and rosette details, placed on the back of a person's neck.
Ornate emblem on the back of the neck
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with layered lotus-style petals, curled scrollwork and a central Om symbol, shown on pale skin.
Dotwork mandala with central Om symbol
Black and grey rose with ornamental scrollwork on a person's side and ribs, and a pin-up face with a skull on the thigh, worn over a pink bikini.
Grey rose with scrollwork on ribs and thigh
Colour tattoos on a lower leg, including a crescent moon wand with a pink shaft and an R2-D2 droid with a BEEP banner, with ornate scrollwork around them.
Crescent moon wand and R2-D2 on a calf
Pale white ink paisley and mandala tattoo with dotwork detail across the lower back of a person with tanned skin.
White ink paisley design on lower back
Realism-style upper arm and shoulder tattoo in black and grey, showing a torn-skin effect revealing a Celtic cross, eagle, engraved armour plates and chainmail.
Armour plate sleeve with Celtic cross and eagle
Black and grey drawing of a tattoo design showing a sugar skull with butterflies, roses and feathers, shown on paper with no body placement.
Sugar skull with butterflies and roses
Pen drawing of a neo-traditional design with two skulls, layered roses, leaves and ornate scrollwork inside a curved frame, shown on paper beside a black fineliner.
Skull and roses neo-traditional design sketch
Black and grey crescent moon and sun tattoos with faces, placed on the thighs, with dotted line rays.
Crescent moon and sun on thighs
Two black and grey forearm tattoos: a flock of birds flying from an open birdcage with a key and scrollwork, in a Blackwork style on the forearm.
Birdcage and flying birds on forearms
Black line drawing of an ornamental butterfly design with swirling filigree wings and dotted detailing, shown on a white background.
Ornamental butterfly tattoo design
Pencil drawing of a mechanical eye with a blue iris, cogs, screws and ornate filigree panels, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Mechanical eye with gears and filigree
Black ink tattoo of an ornate cross with scrolled filigree details, placed centrally on the upper back.
Ornate cross on upper back
Black ink tattoo of a triangle enclosing a circle and vertical line, framed by ornate scrollwork, on the inner wrist.
Triangle and circle scrollwork on wrist
Three-panel view of a colour floral tattoo with rose, pansy, marigold, daisy and violet blooms among blue-grey scrollwork, on the calf.
Floral scrollwork on a calf
Flash design of a horse head with a sugar skull face and red roses in its dark flowing mane, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull horse with roses
Two colour tattoos of scrolling folk-style motifs, one on the side of the ribs and one on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Scrollwork tattoos on ribs and upper chest
Black ink ornamental scrollwork with acanthus-style leaves and curls on the side of a hip and upper thigh.
Black scrollwork ornament on the hip and thigh
Black ink key tattoo with scrollwork and a small flower on one ankle, beside a heart tattoo with a keyhole and scrollwork on another ankle, in a greyscale photo.
Key and heart tattoos on two ankles
Black and grey skull-handled key tattoo with small teal accents in the eye sockets, shaded in a realistic style and placed on the upper chest.
Skull key tattoo on the chest
Colour traditional tattoo of cartoon character Milhouse standing on a red heart with a banner of lettering above, on the upper arm.
Milhouse on a heart with banner on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a crescent moon with a sugar skull face, pink roses and small stars on a person's upper back.
Crescent moon sugar skull with roses on upper back
Realism tattoo of a worn teddy bear inside a grey scrolled frame with leafy detail, on the upper arm.
Teddy bear portrait in an ornate frame on upper arm
Blue-grey botanical mandala tattoo of a large flower with scrolled leaves, sitting on the wrist of a person wearing a white top.
Blue-grey floral mandala on a wrist
Black line drawing of an ornate heart-shaped padlock with a keyhole and scrollwork, layered in front of two cogs, shown as a tattoo design.
Heart padlock with cogs design
Black outline elephant tattoo with blue, purple and green patterned body and raised trunk holding a leafy sprig, on the side of the ribs.
Patterned elephant with raised trunk on ribs