Spiral tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo of a spiral galaxy with small stars inside a solid triangle, on a forearm.
Galaxy inside a triangle on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a cross made from leaf-shaped petals with spiral curls, on a pale forearm.
Looped cross tattoo on a forearm
White line drawing of a flame and spiral emblem on a black background, with no body part visible.
Spiral flame emblem in white line art
Purple line drawing of a symmetrical mandala with a spiral centre, layered petals and dotted accents, in a geometric style, shown as a standalone design on a white background.
Purple mandala with spiral centre
Colour tattoo on a forearm reproducing Gustav Klimt's painting The Kiss, showing an embracing couple in a patterned gold and ochre robe within a rectangular frame.
Klimt's The Kiss painting on a forearm
Back view of a person with long dreadlocks showing a large teal linework tattoo of geometric lines and spirals across the upper back and shoulder blades.
Teal geometric linework across a back
Black linework flash design of an ornate flower with paisley swirls, dotted leaves and a mandala centre, on a white background.
Ornate paisley and mandala flower design
Black fine line tattoo of an anchor with a cross and a spiral motif on the inner forearm of a person wearing a grey shirt with rolled sleeves.
Fine line anchor and spiral on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a snail with a skull-shaped shell and the words Death Comes Ripping around it, on a limb.
Skull-shell snail with Death Comes Ripping
Brown silhouette of a howling wolf with a cream triskele of three spirals across its body, on a textured cream background.
Howling wolf with triskele design
Blue tribal tattoo of swirling curves and a symmetrical central motif running along a forearm, on a person wearing a white top.
Blue tribal design on a forearm
Black and white tribal flash design of spirals, wave bands and triangles, drawn to fit a full arm sleeve.
Black tribal sleeve design with spirals
Black tribal-style eight-pointed star with a spiral centre, drawn as a solid design on a white background.
Black tribal star design with spiral centre
Fine red linework spirals, a flower outline and solid green and orange circles form a geometric tattoo across both forearms.
Geometric circles and spirals across forearms
Black and grey cloud tattoo with swirled outlines and soft shading on the wrist, photographed indoors against a cluttered shelf.
Swirl cloud tattoo on a wrist
Black ink drawing of an interlaced lotus flower on grey paper, with a row of dots above and a spiral below, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Interlaced lotus design with dots and spiral
Realism style black and grey tattoo across a woman's upper back showing a spiralling clock face with music notes, a treble clef and a guitar.
Spiral clock and music notes on a upper back
Black tribal pattern tattoo on the back of a hand and wrist, with a gold and red bracelet on the wrist.
Tribal pattern on the back of a hand
Fine line black tattoo of a vertical spiral ornament with dots, placed on the back of a woman's neck.
Fine line spiral ornament on the neck
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm, with a linework elephant, repeating tessellated shapes and a circle within flowing outlines.
Dotwork elephant and tessellation sleeve
Black dotwork mandala and flowing spiral linework tattooed down a bare lower back, with dotted lines continuing onto both forearms and upper arms.
Dotwork mandala and spiral down the lower back
Black and white photo of a black tribal-style tattoo wrapping around a foot and ankle, with a spiral motif at the ankle bone.
Tribal ankle tattoo with spiral motif
Black ink step-by-step drawing of a flower with swirling petal and scroll details, built up in stages across two columns, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Step by step floral swirl design drawing
Black tribal-style dragon design on a white background, with spread wings, a swirling head crest and a coiled, spiked tail.
Tribal dragon with coiled tail design
Black outline tattoo of a police box with swirling mist and spiral circles on the upper arm and shoulder.
TARDIS outline on upper arm
Fine line drawing of a snail with a spiral shell, crystal cluster and sprigs of foliage on its back, shaded in lavender on white paper.
Snail with crystals and sprigs drawing
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a nautilus shell on the upper chest near the collarbone, shown on a woman with a bob haircut in a white top.
Nautilus shell on upper chest
Colour tattoo of eight emblem-style icons in two rows on the inner forearm, each with bold black outlines and soft colour washes.
Eight coloured emblem icons on a forearm
Small solid black triskele of three spirals tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with a blurred green woodland background.
Triskele tattoo on the inner wrist
Black tribal-style lotus flower design with a curling swirled stem, drawn on a plain white background.
Tribal lotus with swirling stem
Black tribal tattoo with a spiral and fish motif across the hip and lower side of the abdomen, with a navel piercing visible.
Tribal fish design on the hip
Solid black tattoo-style design of a rounded head shape with two curled ear spirals and a large central swirl, shown without any body placement.
Spiral head silhouette design
Fine line red lotus flower tattoo with a curling spiral below it, on the ankle.
Lotus and spiral tattoo on an ankle
Two-panel image of a lower leg: red outline stencil on the left and a finished black tribal pattern tattoo covering the calf on the right.
Tribal calf tattoo, stencil and finished
Black and grey photo of a shirtless man with black tribal and spiral tattoos on his chest and shoulders and a sleeve on his arm, wearing a cap pulled low.
Tribal and sleeve tattoos on a muscular torso
Black line drawing of a geometric circular mandala with two eyes, a spiral shell motif and a teardrop, in a Geometric style, with the words DUNE ARRAKIS beneath it.
Geometric eye and spiral mandala
Black and white photo of a floral and geometric tattoo design drawn in a sketchbook, beside a dotwork mandala tattoo on a forearm.
Floral and geometric sketch with forearm mandala
Black linework tattoo of interlocking hearts with spiral centres and a central cross on the inner wrist, in a fine line style.
Interlocking hearts and cross on the wrist
Black tribal-style bands with spiral details and a central five-petalled flower tattoo wrapping across the side of a torso above the hip.
Tribal bands with a flower on the side
Three men display black and grey full sleeve tattoos on their upper arms and shoulders, with swirling blackwork, dotwork and geometric panels.
Three black and grey ornamental full sleeves
Black brush ink drawing of an unalome symbol, with a rising line, stacked loops and a curled spiral base, on cream paper.
Brush ink unalome design
Black ink ornamental tattoo of a lotus-style band with a curling spiral above it, on the inner forearm.
Ornamental lotus band on a forearm
Black line drawing of a sleeping cat with closed eyes, whiskers and its tail curled around its body, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Sleeping cat with curled tail line drawing
Black line drawing of a cat and a curled animal interwoven within a Celtic knotwork triangle, shown as a tattoo design.
Celtic knot cat in a triangle
Flash design of a yin and yang symbol with red and white floral centres, ringed by rainbow spirals on a black background.
Yin yang mandala with rainbow ring
Neo-traditional forearm tattoo of a hairless cat head above a red spiral sun and a beetle, with red, grey and black ink.
Cat and beetle neo-traditional forearm tattoo
Pencil sketch design of a triskele within a triangle, surrounded by daffodils, a knotted border and a filigree dragonfly, in black and grey.
Triskele, daffodils and dragonfly design sketch
Black line drawing of a tattoo design made of looping calligraphic strokes, a thin hairline stroke and a curled spiral at the base, on a white background.
Looped flourish and spiral design