Scrollwork tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, a chain and yellow flowers with green leaves, wrapping an upper arm in a neo-traditional style.
Pocket watch and flowers on upper arm
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
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
Woman seen from behind holding a barbell, with a black and grey winged emblem and script on her lower back, and a pink flower and scrollwork on her upper arms.
Back and arm tattoos during a barbell lift
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 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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Neo-traditional tattoo of a snarling grey wolf with a third eye and a gold-hilted dagger on an upper arm, with blue water swirls.
Wolf head and dagger on an upper arm
Outline tattoo of a pin-up woman with a pearl necklace, lotus flowers and a Bayou Beauty banner, placed on the upper arm.
Pin-up woman with lotus and banner on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an open ornate birdcage with orange scrollwork and teal feathers drifting out, on the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Open birdcage and feathers on upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional style tattoo of a cartoon girl with her hair in a bun, chin resting on her hands, inside an ornate scrolled frame on the upper arm.
Cartoon girl in a scrolled frame on an arm
Colour tattoo of a silver teapot, teacup and red roses with green leaves and gold scrollwork on the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Teapot, teacup and red roses on upper arm
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
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a faceted purple gemstone heart in a gold and brown ornate frame with pink beads, on an upper arm.
Faceted purple gem heart on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull wearing a gold crown, with diamond-shaped eyes, on the upper arm.
Sugar skull with crown on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a red fox head with gold scrollwork and pink flowers on the upper arm.
Fox head with pink flowers on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a white unicorn with a blue mane inside a grey scrollwork frame on the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Unicorn in an ornate frame on upper arm
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
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
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a green and cream VW camper van in an ornate grey frame with red hibiscus flowers on the upper arm.
VW camper van and hibiscus on upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of an ornate heart-shaped padlock with a key and ribbon on the upper arm, with a small star below.
Heart padlock and key on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a red and orange shaded heart inside blue and yellow filigree scrollwork on the upper arm, in a Neo-trad style.
Ornate heart and scrollwork on upper arm
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
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
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
Neo-traditional sleeve tattoo of red roses, green leaves and grey acanthus scrollwork covering the upper arm and shoulder of a shirtless man.
Acanthus and rose sleeve on upper arm
Colour neo-trad tattoo of two sugar skulls, roses and a sunflower covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skulls and roses on upper arm
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a fox seen from behind, with orange swirl patterns and black outlines, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Orange fox with swirling linework on 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
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an owl with blossoms and clover across an upper arm and shoulder.
Colourful owl and blossoms on an upper arm
Colourful neo-trad owl tattoo with scrollwork and teal blossoms covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Owl and blossoms on an upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a hand mirror with the script 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder', framed by a rose, beads and scrollwork.
Mirror, rose and 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder'
Colour neo-traditional sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing Snow White holding an apple, with Cinderella and Jasmine in ornate scrollwork.
Disney princesses sleeve tattoo on an upper arm