Spiral tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a seashell on the upper arm, with the wearer in a navy and white striped top.
Seashell on upper arm
Black ink abstract tattoo of stylised swirls, pointed petal shapes and dots on the outer lower leg.
Swirl and dot motif on a lower leg
Black and grey tattoo of spirals and organic tribal-like shapes wrapping around a lower leg.
Swirling black and grey leg tattoo
Black tribal-style sleeve tattoo covering the shoulder, upper arm and forearm, with spiral and band patterns in solid black ink.
Tribal-style black sleeve on arm and shoulder
Black line drawing of a circular mandala with a central sun-like motif, surrounded by pointed leaves and dotted petals on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Black line mandala with leaves and dots
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a detailed eye above a clock face with Roman numerals that spiral inward.
Eye and spiral clock on a forearm
Black linework drawing of a stylised butterfly with curling scroll wings and a slim body on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Swirling butterfly tattoo design
Black fairy silhouette tattoo with spiral-patterned wings and a trail of small stars on the neck, behind the ear.
Fairy silhouette with stars behind the ear
Close photo of a black ink tattoo of three stacked symbols, a comb, a heart-shaped spiral and an abstract figure, on the side of the ribs.
Three stacked symbols on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a spiral galaxy with small stars inside a solid black triangle, on the inner forearm.
Spiral galaxy in a triangle on a forearm
Black tribal-style manta ray tattoo with swirling patterns on the side of a person's waist.
Manta ray tribal tattoo on the side
Black ink linework tattoo of an embracing couple in the style of Klimt's The Kiss, surrounded by flowers and stars, on the upper arm.
Klimt-style The Kiss tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey tribal swirl tattoo with bold solid black shapes and soft grey shading on the calf.
Tribal swirl tattoo on a lower leg
Flash design of a blue police box surrounded by black and white cogs and two circular emblems, one with an ornate spiral knot and one with concentric rings.
Blue police box with cogs and circular emblems
Black ink drawing of a lotus flower on a vertical unalome line with small dots and a diamond, shown as a fine line tattoo design on plain paper.
Lotus and unalome line design
Brown henna design of a flower with swirling scrollwork, dots and a paisley-like curl on a forearm, set against purple patterned fabric.
Henna flower and swirls on a forearm
Black fine line and dotwork tattoo of a botanical sprig with leaves and bell-shaped flowers curling into a spiral, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Botanical spiral sprig across the upper back
Black Polynesian tribal tattoo with spirals, bands and geometric motifs running across a person's ribs and side of the torso.
Polynesian tribal tattoo on the ribs
Hand-drawn botanical flower design with spiral tendrils, striped leaves and a small butterfly, shaded in yellow and green with black ink.
Stylised flower with spirals and leaves
Six hand-drawn black ink spiral and swirl designs on tracing paper, with a green pen lying across the top of the sheet.
Hand-drawn spiral and swirl tattoo designs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of geometric linework, dots and spirals running along the inner forearm.
Fine line geometric pattern on a forearm
Solid black tattoo of an Om symbol combined with an elephant head shape, shown in bold brush-like linework on the upper arm.
Om symbol with elephant head on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bare tree with a spiral swirl in its trunk, on the calf.
Bare tree with swirling trunk on a lower leg
Black line drawing of a dragon in a bold tribal-style outline, with a raised wing, coiled body and spiral tail, on a white background.
Tribal-style dragon design with curled tail
Black fine line triskele tattoo with ornamental scrollwork on the upper back below the neck, in a black and grey photograph.
Triskele tattoo on upper back
Drawn tattoo design of a crescent moon outlined in black with blue shading and black filigree swirls on the left side.
Crescent moon with blue shading and swirls
Colour tattoo of a spiral shell in blue, purple and pink on a person's shoulder blade, with bold dark outlines.
Spiral shell on a shoulder
Black tribal flash design of three interlocking spirals inside bold swirling curves, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Triple spiral tribal design
Black line drawing of a heart filled with spiral swirls, with a solid green awareness ribbon wrapped across its right side, shown as a tattoo design.
Heart with swirls and green ribbon
Red Celtic knotwork cat in a seated pose with interlaced swirls, drawn as a design on a beige textured background with red crossing lines.
Celtic knotwork cat design
Black design drawing of a row of spiral and angular symbols above the word UNFOUND in serif lettering on a white background.
Unfound lettering with spiral symbols
Black and grey pencil drawing of an interlaced knotwork tattoo design with curling tendrils and a tapering point, shown on a white background with no body part visible.
Pencil-drawn knotwork swirl design
Black and grey pentagram set within a crescent moon with spiral ornaments, tattooed on a shoulder.
Pentagram and crescent moon with swirls on a shoulder
Colour tattoo on the inner forearm of a heart, a red, yellow and green spiral, and the script words you can't take the sky from me.
Heart, spiral and lyric on a forearm
Black tribal design of a howling wolf head forming one side of a heart, with a swirled moon filling the other side, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Tribal wolf head in a heart with moon
Pencil and ink flash sheet showing fine line tattoo designs including a lotus, spirals, a heart and a diamond, with a pen and pencil lying across the page.
Flash sheet of fine line lotus and spiral designs
Black tribal tattoo design drawn on white paper, built from bold swirling spirals and sweeping pointed spikes, shown as a flash sheet without a body part.
Black tribal spiral design on white paper
Black tribal blackwork tattoo covering a man's shoulder and upper arm, with circles, spirals and triangles in solid black ink.
Tribal blackwork shoulder and upper arm piece
A flash sheet of black line-drawn knot, swirl and ornamental tattoo designs on white paper, with no body part shown.
Knot and swirl line flash sheet
Black fine-line tattoo of a spiral and infinity loop symbol on the inner wrist and forearm.
Spiral and infinity symbol on a wrist
Black tattoo of a three-armed swirl design with a small dot at its centre, placed on the upper arm.
Three-armed swirl on an upper arm
Black line drawing of five vertical vine designs with swirls, dots, circles, daisy-like flowers and spirals, shown as flash for a fine line tattoo.
Five vertical vine and swirl line designs
Small black ink elephant tattoo filled with swirl patterns, with its trunk raised, on a patch of skin under warm lighting.
Ornamental elephant tattoo with swirls
Close-up of a fine black line tattoo of looping spirals and crossing curves on an arm, with a grey wall behind.
Looping black line tattoo on an arm
Black and grey hand-drawn sketch of a heart with a spiral inside it, drawn on white paper as a tattoo design.
Spiral heart sketch design
Black tribal-style sea turtle design with a spiral head, patterned shell and stylised flippers, shown as a line drawing on a white background.
Polynesian-style sea turtle design
Black tribal tattoo with a large spiral and knotwork band across a man's upper arm and shoulder, shown in a close side view.
Tribal arm and shoulder tattoo
Black tribal-style kiwi bird design with swirling koru patterns across its body, shown as a black-on-white flash drawing.
Tribal kiwi bird tattoo design