Scroll Tattoos

What do you imagine when you think about scroll tattoos? The answer to this question is more varied than you might imagine.
lthough not the most requested tattoos in parlors across the country, scroll tattoos do have their place in body art. These designs are typically employed when you have more to say than can be expressed by artwork alone.
One example of a modern scroll-style tattoo is the one Angelina Jolie wears on her back. Although not enclosed in the usual scroll frame work, the design contains a Tibetan blessing that holds great personal meaning for the actress.
However, there's more than one way to represent a scroll. Let's take a look at a variety of ways to incorporate scrolls into your body art.

Rolled Scrolls

Ideas for scrolls:

• Parchment designs: These are those traditional style paper rolls that most often come to mind when you hear the word "scroll". You can go for a fresh, contemporary design, or give it an aged look with a frayed and shaded design.
• Side scroll embellishments: Instead of using an actual rolled page design, you can create a different kind of scroll tattoo by running a scrolled margin down one or both sides of a lettered tattoo.

Ideas for filling them:

• Names and birth dates of your children
• Wedding date and you and your spouse's names
• A few lines of your favorite verse
• 12 steps for various organizations
• Bible quotes
• Prayers/blessings:
• • Serenity prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change...
  • Gayatri mantra: A prayer asking for the blessing of enlightenment for all beings
  • Irish blessing; May the road rise up to meet you...
  • Lord's prayer: Our Father, who art in heaven...