Scrollwork tattoo ideas

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Black and grey ornamental scrollwork with feathers and leaves tattooed on a woman's forearm, running towards the elbow.

Ornate scrollwork and feather forearm tattoo

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a gold pocket compass with blue daisies and green scrollwork on a forearm.

Compass and daisies on a forearm

Dark brown henna-style bird with swirling wing feathers and leafy scrollwork on a forearm.

Henna-style bird on a forearm

Black lace and floral tattoo wrapping around a forearm just below the elbow, in a blackwork style.

Black lace tattoo on a forearm

Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo on an upper arm, with an ornamental floral design on the forearm and flowers on the shoulder.

Dreamcatcher and ornamental arm tattoos

Black linework full sleeve of interlocking mandala, paisley and flower motifs covering a woman's arm from forearm to upper arm.

Ornamental mandala sleeve on a raised arm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull, a pocket watch held in a hand and a rose on a forearm, shown in two photographs.

Skull, pocket watch and rose on a forearm

Black and grey fine line tattoo of an outlined heart with swirling filigree and a ribbon looping through it, on the inner wrist.

Heart and ribbon on a wrist

Two forearms pressed together showing black and grey realism rose tattoos on the forearm, one with a skeleton key and ink splatter.

Black and grey rose forearms with a key

Small black tattoo of an ornamental crest above the words STAY STRONG in serif capitals on the inner wrist, with a raised hand and pink nails visible.

Stay strong crest tattoo on inner wrist

Black and grey floral tattoos cover a forearm and the back of a hand, with ornate lettering across the neck of a person with dark hair.

Floral sleeve and hand tattoos with neck lettering

Forearm tattoo of an ornate skeleton key with grey scrollwork, a teal infinity symbol and a grey leaf motif, photographed against a black background.

Key and infinity symbol on a forearm

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a stag's head and antlers in a teal oval frame with pearl beading, on the forearm.

Stag head with antlers in a jewelled frame

Black and grey fine line hamsa hand tattoo on the forearm, with ornamental patterns and a shaded eye at its centre.

Hamsa hand with an eye on a forearm

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

Black and grey blackwork mandala armband tattoo with geometric bands on a person's wrist and lower forearm.

Mandala armband tattoo on a wrist

Colourful neo-traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing Alice, Ariel, Maleficent, Belle and the Beast among roses and scrollwork, photographed from four angles.

Disney characters full sleeve tattoo

Black dotwork and line tattoo of an owl with an ornate mandala-style pattern below it, placed on the inner forearm.

Ornamental owl on a forearm

Full sleeve realism tattoo on an arm showing a woman in a lace masquerade mask, red roses, a pocket watch and scrollwork.

Masked woman, roses and pocket watch sleeve

Black and grey blackwork tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, decorated with curling scrollwork, on the inner forearm.

Deathly Hallows symbol with scrollwork on a forearm

Black and grey tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, framed by ornate scrollwork and vines on the forearm.

Deathly Hallows symbol with scrollwork on forearm

White ink tribal-style cross tattoo with scrollwork and diamond shapes on a forearm, set against a colourful smiley-face patterned background.

White ink cross on a forearm

Black ornamental scrollwork tattoo with swirls and pointed leaf-like forms across the inner wrist and back of the hand.

Black ornamental scrollwork across a wrist

Fine line black tattoo on a forearm reading Until the very end with three small stars, leading to a Deathly Hallows symbol with ornate scrollwork.

Until the very end script and Deathly Hallows symbol

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

Black fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a typewriter-style quote above an ornate corset on a stand, with denim visible in the background.

Quote and corset dress form on forearm

Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a pocket watch with Roman numerals, a feather, a skeleton key and a rose.

Pocket watch, key and rose on a forearm

Shirtless bearded man with black tribal knotwork tattoos across his left shoulder, upper arm, chest and forearm.

Tribal knotwork tattoos on shoulder and chest

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box with a sunrise, gold scrollwork and green leaves on the outer forearm.

TARDIS and sunrise on a forearm

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

Two hands with white ornamental mandala and scrollwork tattoos on the back of the hand and wrist, with a small word on the forearm at the right edge.

White ornamental mandala designs on hands

Realistic colour tattoo of a sugar skull woman framed by skeletal hands and teal scrollwork, with the words Till The End on the neck, on a forearm.

Sugar skull portrait on forearm

Blue-ink lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and two dots below it, on the forearm near the wrist.

Blue lotus mandala on a forearm

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a veiled hat with a red rose, set in a black scrollwork frame on a forearm.

Veiled cat portrait with rose on a forearm

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

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 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

Woman in a peaked cap with roses on a forearm

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

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 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 linework mandala with a central lotus flower and ornate paisley-style scrollwork covering the inside of a forearm.

Lotus mandala on a forearm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a heart-shaped padlock with scrollwork and an ornate key on a ball chain, across the forearm.

Heart padlock and key on a forearm

Black ornamental mandala tattoo wrapping around a forearm and wrist in a blackwork and dotwork style, with a solid black band across the middle.

Mandala wrist cuff tattoo