Spiral tattoo ideas

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Black and grey dragonfly tattoo with swirled wing veins and curling ornament on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dragonfly with swirls on upper back
Seated man seen from behind with a large black tribal design across his back and coloured sleeves on both upper arms and forearms.
Tribal back piece with arm sleeves
Black and grey realism tattoo of a spiral clock face with musical notes and a dragonfly on a woman's upper back.
Spiral clock and music notes on upper back
Black tribal sea turtle tattoo with spiral and chevron patterns across the middle of a person's back.
Tribal sea turtle on the back
Black fine line and ornamental lotus tattoo with an unalome above it, placed centrally on the upper back, in a Botanical and Fine line style.
Lotus and unalome on the upper back
Solid black ink spiral surrounded by radiating jagged marks across the upper back, in a bold tribal-style design.
Spiral with radiating marks on upper back
Blue and teal tattoo of a circle filled with spirals and wave lines, with splash marks around its edge, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Circular wave emblem on upper back
Black linework tattoo of a swirling tree with roots on a person's upper back, photographed from behind.
Swirling tree with roots on upper back
Close photo of a pink, orange and yellow watercolour-style sun mandala with a central spiral and paisley petals on the upper back.
Pink sun mandala on upper back
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
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 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
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
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
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye with branch-like lashes, small birds and a curled hook shape, placed on the upper back.
Eye with birds and drips on upper back
Colour tattoo of a green and purple hummingbird beside pink trumpet flowers and black swirling vine linework, on skin in a neo-traditional botanical style.
Hummingbird and pink flowers on upper back
Fine line tattoo of a bird with outstretched wings and curling swirls below it on a person's upper back, with a small pink accent at the centre.
Bird with swirls on upper back
Black linework tattoo of a stylised bird with feather patterns and spiral swirls on the upper back, shown beside the original pen drawing.
Stylised bird tattoo on upper back
Black tribal tattoo of a manta ray with a turtle and gecko inside, in a Polynesian-style design across the upper back.
Polynesian manta ray with turtle on upper back
Black tribal knotwork tattoo of an interlaced animal inside a circle on the upper back, with a tribal sun design at the top right edge.
Interlaced animal knotwork across the upper back
Full back tattoo of interlaced knotwork and spirals in black, grey and red ink, covering the whole of the upper and lower back.
Full back Norse interlace tattoo
Small dark blue-black tribal-style turtle tattoo with a spiral body on the upper back, below the nape of the neck.
Small tribal turtle tattoo on upper back
Pink lotus tattoo with a spiral centre and small dot accents on a person's lower back.
Pink lotus on the lower back
Black fine line tattoo of a spiral, curl and upright stroke with a crossbar on the upper back near the neck, in black and grey.
Fine line spiral and figure on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of two spiral-ended shapes on the upper back near the shoulder, shown in a black and white photograph.
Fine line spiral design on upper back
Back view of a woman with her hair up, showing a small black tribal-style sun with a spiral centre on her upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Small black sun tattoo on upper back
Dotwork spiral mandala tattoo with red wash accents on the upper back, set against the left shoulder blade area.
Spiral mandala on upper back
Black tribal swirl tattoo with spirals and curling tendrils, placed centrally on the lower back above the waistband of blue jeans.
Tribal swirl tattoo on the lower back
Solid black tattoo of a stylised skull with two white eyes and a spiral tail, centred on a woman's upper back.
Spiral skull on upper back
Bold black tribal sun design with spirals and a stylised face covering the upper back and shoulder blade.
Tribal sun design on a shoulder blade
Black tribal-style tattoo across a woman's upper back, with a large central circle of spirals and wing-like arms reaching toward the shoulders.
Tribal back piece with central circle
Fine line black tattoo of a vertical design with spirals, loops and dots on the upper back, centred along the spine.
Vertical fine line spiral design on upper back
Close view of a bold black tribal swirl tattoo across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade, with her blonde hair tied up and a cream top strap visible.
Black tribal swirl on a shoulder
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 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
Black knotwork tattoo of two interlaced animals with spiral details across the upper back, with a black triangular design on the shoulder.
Interlaced beast knotwork on a back
Black and white photo of a shirtless man seen from behind, with a small black triskelion tattoo of three spirals centred between the shoulder blades.
Triskelion tattoo on upper back
Black and grey tribal tattoo of spiral curls and chevron bands across the upper back.
Tribal curl design across the upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a full moon with two silhouetted figures on a spiral hill, bats and clouds, placed across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Full moon, spiral hill and bats on upper back
Black and grey tribal tattoo with spirals and cross motifs running in an S-curve down a bare back and side.
Tribal spiral tattoo down a back and side
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 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
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
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
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
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
Colourful swirling tree tattoo with a magenta trunk, black outlines and multicoloured spirals across a person's upper back.
Swirling tree across upper back