Swash tattoo ideas

38 photos and flash · 97% Lettering, 21% Fine line · Ribs most common

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Black and grey script tattoo reading Virgo with a shaded wing detail, placed on the shoulder.
Virgo script with shaded wing
Black line drawing of the word daydreamer in handwritten script with a long looping underline swash, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Daydreamer script lettering design
Black script lettering reading Family is forever, with a looping infinity-style swash, on the side of the torso, in a Lettering style.
Family is forever script on the side of the torso
Black ink script lettering reading New York, framed by looping flourishes, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
New York script lettering with flourishes
Black and grey script lettering reading Beauty in the Breakdown with swash flourishes and shaded outlines, tattooed on an upper arm.
Beauty in the Breakdown lettering on an arm
Black ink hand lettering of the word Possibilities in a flowing script with a sweeping underline swash, drawn on a pale grey background, in a lettering style.
Possibilities script lettering with underline swash
Black monoline handwritten script reading Be kind on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Be kind handwritten script design
Black script lettering reading One Love with sweeping flourishes on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
One Love script lettering design
Black script lettering reading To The Moon with a long underline swash on a plain grey background, shown as a lettering design rather than a tattoo on skin.
To The Moon script lettering design
Fine line script tattoo reading focus with a long swash line on the inner forearm, beside a gold clover bracelet.
Focus script on a forearm
Pen drawing of flowing script lettering with looped capitals and long swashes on a pale paper background, a lettering design for a possible tattoo.
Flowing script lettering on paper
Flash sheet of black script lettering tattoo designs with ornate flourishes, including New York City and Happy Times Sad Times, on a cream background.
Script lettering flash sheet with flourishes
Black script word sisters with a pink looping swash tattooed on the side of a lower back, with a white bikini strap visible.
Sisters script with pink swash on lower back
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded rose with a stem and leaf, beside fine script reading tale as old as time, on the side of the torso.
Rose and script lettering on the side
Pencil sketch of an ornate swash design with shaded ribbon-like forms and curling scrolls, drawn on off-white paper.
Pencil sketch of an ornate scroll flourish
Fine line black script tattoo reading awake my soul with a swash underline, on the side of the ribcage, in a black and white photo.
Awake my soul script on the side ribs
Small black fine line script lettering with a looping swash tail on the forearm near the wrist, in a black and white photo.
Small script lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading Wanderlust with a swash line across the top of a foot, placed near the ankle on sand by the sea.
Wanderlust script tattoo on a foot
Black flowing script lettering spelling the word Love on a cream background, with a small orange heart at the lower right, shown as a flash design for a lettering tattoo.
Flowing script word Love with orange heart
Flourished script lettering reading All that glisters is not gold, with a smaller line beneath, shown as a black and grey design with no body placement.
All that glisters is not gold lettering
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a cat skull with whiskers above the word WILDCATS and a swash underline, on a limb.
Cat skull with Wildcats lettering
Black script lettering of the word focus with long hairline swash tails on each side, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Focus script lettering with swash tails
Black fine line script lettering with swash flourishes running down the inner forearm.
Flowing script lettering on a forearm
Close-up photo of a tattoo on skin showing the word Survivor in black script with a pink awareness ribbon and red shading behind it, in lettering style.
Survivor script with pink awareness ribbon
Black ink decorative script alphabet showing upper and lower case letters with swirling flourishes, in a lettering style, on a white background.
Decorative script alphabet sheet
Black script lettering chart showing upper and lower case letters A to Z in a flowing copperplate style on a white background.
Script alphabet A to Z chart
Fine line black script tattoo reading Fire within with a swirling swash and the numbers 13.1 below, on an ankle.
Script lettering with swash on an ankle
Black script ampersand with a long swash and a ball terminal on a white background, shown as a tattoo design drawing.
Looping script ampersand design
Close-up of the word Believe in black and pink script lettering with swash flourishes below, on the upper back.
Believe script lettering on upper back
Black and red lettering design reading Once upon a time in blackletter script, with a black feather dissolving into flying birds, drawn as a tattoo design on a pale background.
Once upon a time feather and birds design
Black ink drawing of an ornate uppercase A and lowercase a in flourished lettering, with grunge speckle, styled as a lettering design, not shown on skin.
Decorative Aa lettering design
Fine line black script tattoo reading ohana with an infinity loop swash, placed on the side of the ribs.
Script word ohana with infinity swash on ribs
Black script reading Refuse to sink with a small anchor and stars, tattooed on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Refuse to sink script with anchor on chest
Black script lettering reading Pain is inevitable suffering is optional, with fine flourishes, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote on upper back
Black ink script lettering flash sheet with ornate words including Ginger, Beautifully and Fish Stories, plus a lowercase alphabet, with no body part shown.
Script lettering flash sheet
Black ink flowing script capital letters A to Z arranged in rows on a cream background, a lettering flash design with no body placement shown.
Uppercase flowing script alphabet flash
Black ornamental script lettering design spelling the word Believe, with flowing swashes and no body placement shown.
Believe script lettering design
Flash sheet of flowing script lettering designs in dark brown ink on white, including the words Thanks, Respeto, Skate, Ardon, La Raza, Madre and Vegas.
Script lettering flash sheet