Spiral tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tribal geometric tattoo across a shoulder and upper back, with linework that appears pale against dark skin.
Tribal patterned shoulder and upper back
Black fairy silhouette with swirled wings and a dotted star trail on the neck behind the ear, in a solid black tattoo.
Fairy silhouette and star trail behind the ear
Black tribal tattoo on a calf showing a stylised face within bands of triangles, spirals and geometric patterns.
Tribal face and pattern calf tattoo
Black ink linework symbol with two spirals and a central loop, tattooed on the inner wrist of a light-skinned arm.
Spiral and loop symbol on a wrist
Black line drawing of stylised flames, spirals and a circle with swirling bands, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement.
Flame and spiral line design
Black fine line tattoo of a Mickey Mouse head silhouette framed by scrolling swirls and small stars across the upper back.
Mickey Mouse silhouette and swirls on upper back
Black and white tribal design of interlocking spirals and curved bands filled with linear and hatched patterns, shown as a standalone drawing without a body part visible.
Tribal spiral design in black
Black ink tribal design of a wolf head howling upwards, drawn with bold solid shapes on a white background.
Tribal howling wolf design
Black tribal lion head tattoo with swirling ornamental lines running down the upper arm and shoulder.
Tribal lion tattoo on upper arm
Large black and grey back tattoo of a gothic night scene with bats, a moon, a silhouetted couple, a tower and twisted trees, with small red flowers.
Gothic night scene across a full back
Black tribal band design with spirals, chevrons and geometric motifs, shown flat on a white background, with no body placement visible.
Tribal band design in black ink
Three views of a solid black Polynesian-style tribal tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm of a man's arm.
Polynesian tribal sleeve on shoulder and upper arm
Single-colour blue linework tattoo of a geometric elephant with patterned fills and small flowers, on the upper arm.
Outlined elephant with flowers on an arm
Black ink fine line drawing of a lotus with a dotted border and a looping chain below, sketched on white paper beside a black fine liner pen.
Lotus and loop line drawing design
Man seen from behind with a black and grey full back tattoo of two shaded ram horns over tribal bands across the shoulders, upper arms and lower back.
Full back tattoo with ram horns and tribal bands
Black fine-line triskelion of three interlocking spirals on the centre of a person's chest, with a small pentagram tattoo on the upper arm.
Triskelion tattoo on the chest
Black marker drawing of a monkey head in profile with a spiralling tail and dot accents, sketched on lined notebook paper as a tattoo design.
Monkey head with curling tail design
Three views of a black tribal calf tattoo in Polynesian style, with spirals and a fierce tiki-like face on the lower leg.
Polynesian tribal calf tattoo in black ink
Small red and black tattoo of a beetle-like motif with curled black antennae and black dots, on the upper back below a white strap.
Red and black beetle on upper back
Black and grey tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with dotted shell detail and shaded bubbles on the side of the hip, with a striped swimsuit at the top of the frame.
Tribal turtle with bubbles on the hip
Black and white Polynesian-style tribal design showing a sea turtle, fern fronds and bands of geometric pattern, drawn as a flash sheet with no body part visible.
Polynesian-style turtle and fern tribal design
Black and grey dotwork chameleon tattoo with mandala-style patterning on the outer upper arm or thigh.
Chameleon with mandala patterning
Four black koru-style design options labelled Option 1 to 4, showing a hammerhead shark, a dolphin, a turtle and a plain spiral, with red size guidance beneath.
Four koru-style designs with sea creature motifs
Black tribal armband tattoo of spirals and swirls wrapping around an upper arm, in a blackwork style.
Black tribal armband on upper arm
Black geometric mandala tattoo with fine lines and dotwork on the side of a torso, over the ribs.
Mandala tattoo on the side ribs
Solid black tribal-style cat design filled with spiral swirls, shown as a flash drawing on a white background with no body placement visible.
Tribal swirl cat design
Pencil sketch of a fine line tattoo design of two spirals joined by an infinity loop, with a small dotted ".2" beside it, drawn on white paper.
Spiral and infinity design pencil sketch
Black tribal-style owl design with large round eyes, perched on a ringed branch that ends in spiral curls.
Tribal owl design perched on a branch
Black and grey blackwork tribal swirl tattoo running up a lower leg, with a bare foot visible at the bottom right.
Swirling tribal pattern on a lower leg
Fine line black tattoo of a golden ratio spiral inside nested rectangles on the inner forearm.
Golden ratio spiral on a forearm
Dark ink floral design with swirling scrolls and round blossoms wrapping around the ankle, in a Botanical style.
Floral swirl design on an ankle
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a spiral, a row of arrows, two figures standing in a circle and the lettering We can live like Jack and Sally if we want.
Spiral design with Jack and Sally quote
Black ink drawing of an ornamental swirl with three dots and the word CONFIDENCE in capitals beneath, on a white background.
Swirl flourish with dots and the word confidence
Colour tattoo of a dragonfly with patterned green and yellow wings, framed by blue swirling scrolls on skin.
Dragonfly with blue swirls
Black line drawing of an ornamental dragon with swirling tribal-style patterning, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornamental black line dragon design
White line design of a wizard hat with scattered stars and spiral swirls on a plain black background.
Wizard hat with stars and spirals
Colour tattoo of a galaxy inside a circle, crossed by a black spiral and dotted crosshair lines, on the upper back.
Galaxy circle with spiral on upper back
Black ink drawing of an abstract swirling symbol with a spiral top and curled tail on a white background, captioned Hakuna Matata in serif type.
Black swirl symbol with Hakuna Matata caption
Two versions of a stylised flame design with spirals, a Greek key motif and wave lines, one in black outline and one in rainbow colour, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Flame and spiral design in line and colour
Close photograph of a grey tribal-style tattoo with spiral and interlocking patterns across the back of a hand and up towards the wrist.
Tribal design across the back of a hand
Colourful swirling tree tattoo with a magenta trunk, black outlines and multicoloured spirals across a person's upper back.
Swirling tree across upper back
Black and grey tribal sun with a face and bands of spiral and triangle patterns covering a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Sun face tribal upper arm tattoo
Black tribal-style manta ray tattoo with ornamental patterns and a curled tail, placed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Tribal manta ray on upper back
Two line drawn seahorse designs on a white background, one in black and one in blue, with flowing decorative fins and curled tails, shown as tattoo flash rather than on skin.
Two ornate seahorse designs in black and blue
Black and grey ornamental seahorse tattoo with floral fills and bold outlines, running down the outer thigh.
Ornamental seahorse on the thigh
Black and grey photo of a tribal swirl tattoo running down the side of the hip, above lace underwear.
Black swirl tribal tattoo on the hip
Black and grey tattoo of a wolf head and interlaced knotwork covering a man's shoulder and upper arm, in a Norse-style design.
Wolf and knotwork shoulder and arm tattoo
Black brush-stroke design of a looping symbol with a tapered stroke, with the handwritten words I can do this beneath it, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Brush stroke symbol with I can do this text