Spiral tattoo ideas

943 photos and flash · 23% Blackwork, 17% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Flash sheet of black Triple Goddess tattoo designs, including triskele, triple moon, pentacle and Celtic knotwork motifs, with a classical statue at the top centre.
Triple Goddess symbols flash sheet
Black and white tribal armband designs with a central tiki face motif, shown in several sizes on grey body silhouettes for upper arm placement.
Tribal armband designs on silhouettes
White line-art design on a black background of two interlaced birds with knotwork patterns and fan-shaped tail feathers, in a blackwork style.
Interlaced twin birds knotwork design
Black tribal tattoo of interlocking spirals and curved blades across a woman's shoulder and upper chest, with her face cropped at the mouth and chin.
Tribal spiral tattoo on a shoulder
Hand-drawn black ink design of a looped triangle with a heart-like outline, infinity-style loops and small spiral swirls, drawn on white paper.
Looped triangle design with swirls in black ink
Black ink daisy with a leafy stem leading to a circular spiral motif on a forearm, photographed against blue fabric with sunflower print.
Daisy and spiral motif on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design made of a double spiral with dot trails on white paper, with no body part shown.
Spiral with dotted trails design
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with blue and pink swirled wings and black outline, on the forearm.
Swirl butterfly on the forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a human skull merged with a spiral sea shell, placed on a limb.
Skull and spiral shell on a limb
Black ink tattoo design of a stylised flame with pointed tips that flows into a curling tail ending in a spiral, drawn on a white background.
Flame and spiral tattoo design
Black ink mandala tattoo with swirls, dots and stripes covering the back of a hand and fingers.
Mandala pattern across the back of a hand
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with a spiral on the left and a small bird with a swept wing on the right, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Infinity symbol with a hummingbird
Dark tribal design of interlocking spirals and curled points in bold linework on the forearm, photographed against a speckled granite surface.
Tribal swirl design on forearm
Black tribal tattoos cover a bare back and both shoulders, with spiral motifs on the upper back and a symmetrical panel across the lower back.
Tribal back and shoulder tattoos
Hand-drawn black ink mandala design of overlapping floral petals and swirls on cream paper, with faint pencil guidelines visible.
Black ink mandala floral design sketch
Solid black silhouette of a seated cat inside a crescent moon with a spiked crown and curled tail, tattooed on the upper back.
Black cat silhouette in a crescent moon
Black tribal-style dragonfly design with swirling Polynesian-inspired patterns filling the wings, shown on a white background.
Tribal dragonfly design
Four black and grey fine line symbol tattoos on fingers, one panel showing a fingertip with a pale nail, placed on the hand.
Fine line symbols across four fingers
Black dolphins curving within swirling linework tattooed on a wrist, in a bold blackwork style.
Dolphins and swirls on a wrist
Colour and grey shaded tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a spiralling striped leg, red shoes, a small blue star and sparkles.
Striped legs and red shoes on the ribs
Drawn tattoo design of a yin yang symbol with a watercolour half and a blackwork mandala and lotus half, above the words find balance in script.
Yin yang mandala with find balance script
Black scrollwork butterfly tattoo with a teal ribbon across the centre, on the upper back of a person with dark hair tied up.
Butterfly with teal ribbon on upper back
Botanical flower mandala in brown henna with dangling swirls on the side of a person's body, beside red fabric.
Henna flower mandala on skin
Black line drawing of a flower bud on a curling vine with spiral tendrils, a botanical tattoo design shown on a plain white background.
Swirling vine with a flower bud
Large colour tattoo on a back of a spiral serpent over a fine dotted geometric pattern, with red script strands hanging below.
Spiral serpent and script on a back
Flash sheet of six black line drawings on white: a dotted sun, a sun with a face, a spiral sun, a yin yang, a patterned sun and a circular mandala.
Six sun and mandala flash designs
Fine line black tattoo of a spiral and infinity loop symbol on the inside of a wrist, shown with the hand raised.
Spiral and loop symbol on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork line drawing of a hummingbird in flight, with a clock face and floral detail on its head and wing.
Hummingbird with clock dial design
Black and grey sketch of a howling wolf head merging into a butterfly wing, with flowing lines and curled swirls, drawn as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Howling wolf with butterfly wing design
Flash sheet of five black line cat designs, including a seated cat, a kitten on a spiral, a cat with a music staff and a curled cat.
Five cat designs with music notes on a flash sheet
Black and white photo of a fine line fern frond tattoo on the side of the ribs, with a hand resting over the chest above it.
Fine line fern frond on the ribs
Black ink line drawing of a tree with swirling roots and a green watercolour-tinted canopy of leaves, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Tree with roots line drawing
Woman seen from behind in a car wearing a straw hat, with a small black sun tattoo with a spiral centre and rays on her upper back below the nape of the neck.
Small sun tattoo on upper back
Drawing of a butterfly-style design with spiderweb wings, curled tendrils and a dark central body, shaded in lilac and purple on a white background.
Web-winged butterfly design in lilac
Two solid black circular tribal designs with spiral motifs and a central wave-like symbol, shown as line art on a white background.
Two circular tribal spiral designs
Fresh blackwork tattoo of a large solid black area with a black line spiral on a lower leg, partly covered by clear plastic wrap.
Solid black fill and spiral on a lower leg
Black blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a skull with spiral eyes inside a triangle, with stylised lettering above, on the inside of a forearm.
Skull in triangle on a forearm
Black and white stylised creature design with a large spiral on its body and small bud-like sprigs along its back, shown on a plain white background.
Stylised black creature with spiral and sprigs
Black tribal-style sea turtle design with bold solid shapes, swirling motifs and patterned flippers on a white background.
Tribal sea turtle design
Back tattoo in black tribal linework with red shading, showing a symmetrical stingray-like design with spirals across the upper back.
Tribal stingray design across the upper back
Two matching fine line trinity knot tattoos with swirls on the inner forearms, one in black and one with blue accents.
Matching trinity knot tattoos on forearms
Solid black tribal design of a stylised scorpion with curled spiral tail and claws, drawn on a white background.
Black tribal scorpion design
Close view of a small fine-line black tattoo of a spiral and stacked strokes with a dotted line, centred on the chest below the bust.
Fine line spiral symbol on the chest
Grid of black ink line drawings showing four motif families, tree, paisley, floret and starburst, each drawn at four increasing levels of detail on a pale background.
Tree, paisley, floret and starburst motif chart
Black ink drawing of an ornate bird perched on a white background, built from flowing swirls, spirals and dotted circles, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Ornate swirl bird design
Black tribal-style fox design with bold solid shapes, stripe patterns and spiral motifs on a white background, shown as a stencil-style drawing with no body placement.
Tribal fox design with swirls
Temporary glitter tattoo of a swirled sun with rays in teal, gold and magenta on the forearm.
Glitter swirl sun design on an arm
Black line drawing of a spider web with curled swirls through its strands and a small spider in the lower right corner, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Spider web with swirls and a small spider