Spiral tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink spiral heart tattoo on the inner wrist, shown against a sleeve printed with red hearts.
Spiral heart tattoo on a wrist
Photo of a black linework crescent moon with blue shading and swirling scrollwork tattooed on the inner forearm.
Crescent moon with scrollwork on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a open spiral curl on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Single-line spiral on a wrist
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a large red-tinged moon, bats, bare trees and a grinning pumpkin-style figure.
Full sleeve with moon and night scene
Full back tattoo of black tribal patterns with chevron and spiral panels, photographed on a man's back with his arms partly tattooed.
Full back tribal pattern tattoo with sleeves
Black tribal sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, with bold geometric patterns, spirals and solid black areas framed by bare skin.
Tribal sleeve tattoo on upper arm and forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a silhouetted man standing atop a spiral of stacked books beneath a stippled galaxy.
Silhouetted figure on stacked books under a starry sky
Black fern frond tattoo with spiral koru-style details on the inner wrist, shown in a sepia photograph.
Fern frond tattoo on the wrist
Black and grey abstract flowing swirl tattoo with sweeping curved lines on the inner forearm, shown beside a line drawing of the same design.
Abstract flowing swirl tattoo on a forearm
Black ink tattoos on an arm in a traditional style, showing a hooded skull, crossbones, an eye and the words BYE BYE, with a spiral tattoo on the hand.
Skull, crossbones and BYE BYE on an arm
Black tribal tattoo covering the chest, shoulder and arm of a shirtless man, with a sun-like face at the centre of the chest piece.
Tribal sun chest and arm sleeve
Blue and black tattoo of Hokusai's Great Wave inside a golden ratio spiral grid, on the inner forearm.
Great Wave with golden ratio grid on forearm
Several hands meet in the centre of the frame, showing black ink sun, yin yang, spiral and cross designs on the hands, wrists and forearms.
Hands with sun and yin yang designs
Black solid-outline tattoo of a small monkey with a curled tail on the inner wrist, shown in a simple tribal-influenced style.
Small monkey with curled tail on a wrist
Black linework tattoo of three stacked circular symbols on the inner forearm, with a solid black swirling infinity-style knot in the middle.
Three stacked circle symbols on a forearm
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
Fine line black tattoo of a nautilus spiral with overlapping circles, triangles and dotted geometric lines on a forearm.
Nautilus spiral and geometric lines on forearm
Abstract spiral tattoo in purple, pink and blue with black brushstrokes spanning two forearms, resting on a wooden table.
Watercolour spiral tattoo across two forearms
Black and grey tattoo of a skeletal chameleon curling around a branch with leaves and a dotted spiral, on the forearm, in an engraving style.
Skeletal chameleon with leaves on a forearm
Black dotwork forearm tattoo with a large spiral circle at the elbow side and bands of shading fading from dark to light towards the wrist, in black and grey.
Dotwork circle and gradient bands on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a dragonfly with spiral-tipped wings on the inner wrist, in a fine line style.
Small dragonfly with swirled wings on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a golden ratio spiral within nested rectangles on the forearm.
Golden ratio spiral on a forearm
Colour tattoo of swirling blue and black lines beside a yellow and orange sun on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Swirling night sky and sun on a wrist
Black ink Polynesian-style band tattoo with spirals and triangles wrapped around a tanned wrist, photographed against sand and sea foam.
Polynesian-style band tattoo on wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a lotus flower with a spiral unalome line above and an infinity loop below, placed on a forearm.
Lotus and unalome on a forearm
Black tattoos of spirals and tribal-style motifs cover a forearm and the back of a hand, with small dot-and-circle designs on the fingers.
Spiral and tribal patterns on a hand and forearm
Fine line seahorse tattoo in brown ink on the inner forearm of a person wearing denim shorts, with a small solid black spiral tattoo on the hand.
Seahorse tattoo on the inner forearm
Two forearms with brown ink designs: a winged angel with its face in its hands and the words Don't Blink, beside a police box with spirals and a crescent moon.
Angel and police box forearm designs
Black linework tattoo covering a forearm in lattice, dot and bands patterns, with geometric and dotwork styling, photographed in black and grey.
Geometric lattice sleeve on a forearm
Black tribal tattoo with a sun face on a shirtless man's chest, continuing over the shoulder and down the upper arm and forearm in a Polynesian-inspired blackwork style.
Tribal sun chest and full arm sleeve
Fine line golden spiral inside nested rectangles on a forearm, with soft blue and red watercolour splashes and a Geometric linework style.
Golden spiral tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork band tattoo on the inner forearm, with a large spiral and chevron and zigzag patterns.
Polynesian-style band with spiral on a forearm
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
Colour tattoo of a butterfly with blue and pink swirled wings and black outline, on the forearm.
Swirl butterfly on the forearm
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 dolphins curving within swirling linework tattooed on a wrist, in a bold blackwork style.
Dolphins and swirls on a wrist
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 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
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
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 and grey dotwork tattoo of a nautilus shell spiral surrounded by stippled stardust on a forearm.
Nautilus shell and stardust on a forearm
Black tattoo of a tribal band with spirals and chevron patterns wrapped around a forearm, resting on a dark towel.
Polynesian-style band tattoo on a forearm
Close crop of a model's arms with black spiral and bold tribal designs on the upper arm and forearm, worn beneath a woven black leather garment.
Spiral and bold tribal designs on upper arms
Colourful dotwork tattoo of concentric circles and dot rings across a forearm and the back of a hand, with dark outlined circle clusters near the wrist.
Rainbow dotwork circles on forearm and hand
Black fine line tattoo of nested squares spiralling into a centre, geometric style, on the forearm above the elbow.
Nested squares spiral on a forearm
Small black fine line triskelion tattoo on the inner wrist, with woven bracelets worn on the same arm.
Triskelion on the inner wrist
Black tribal band tattoo wrapping a forearm, with bold solid shapes, triangles and spirals, photographed in black and white.
Tribal band tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey single-line tattoo of a curled spiral form on the inner forearm, shown in a greyscale photograph.
Minimal curled line tattoo on forearm