Spiral tattoo ideas

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

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Six fine black ink sketches of looping, swirling ornamental designs drawn on grid paper, with two pens resting above them.
Six looping line ornament sketches
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
Open palm holding a brass compass, with fine line black tattoos of a leaf, an arrow and a small spiral across the palm.
Fine line leaf and arrow on a palm
Two matching black linework tattoos of nested squares spiralling inward, one on each forearm, with dot accents at the corners.
Spiral squares on both forearms
Black fine line drawing of a lotus flower on a wavy stem that ends in a spiral, with a small dot above the bloom.
Lotus on a stem with spiral base
Black linework tattoo of a golden ratio spiral within nested rectangles on a forearm, in a fine line geometric style.
Golden ratio spiral on a forearm
Black and white photo of a thin single-line swirl tattoo curling across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fine line swirl on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a nautilus spiral with dotted geometric construction lines and circles on an upper arm.
Nautilus spiral with geometric construction lines
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a howling wolf with swirling linework trailing below it, on the inside of a wrist.
Howling wolf on a wrist
White ink fine line tattoo of a heart with spiral swirls and a small heart on the forearm.
White ink heart with swirls on an arm
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 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
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
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
Fine line black tattoo of a golden ratio spiral inside nested rectangles on the inner forearm.
Golden ratio spiral on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of a sleeping cat with a curled tail on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Sleeping cat line tattoo on a wrist
Black line drawing of a crescent moon with mandala patterns, dangling beads and an arrow, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Crescent moon and arrow line design
Black fine line tattoo of a lotus flower at the base of a vertical unalome-style line with loops and dots, shown on skin.
Lotus flower with fine line tattoo
Close photo of a fine line black tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, showing a dot, a thin line, stacked loops and a curled spiral at the bottom.
Fine line dot, loops and spiral on forearm
Fine line tattoo of a spiral notepad with ruled lines on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up, in black and faded blue ink.
Notepad tattoo on the inner wrist
Pencil sketch of a flowering stem with a large five-petal bloom, leaves and a spiral tendril, drawn as a tattoo design in fine line shading.
Flower and vine tattoo design sketch
Red linework flash design of a symmetrical owl with patterned feathers, spiral chest markings and diamond details, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Ornate owl design in red linework
Black fine line tattoo of a vertical line topped with a dot and stacked looping spirals on the ankle.
Fine line spiral symbol on an ankle
Fine line black tattoo of a lotus flower with a dotted halo and an unalome line running down the forearm.
Lotus and unalome on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a spiralling unalome with dots above and below, ending in a lotus flower, on skin in a greyscale photo.
Fine line unalome and lotus tattoo
Fine line black tattoo of a vertical dot, zigzag line and looped shapes on the back of a person's neck.
Fine line loops and dot on the nape
Fine line tattoo of a black spiral above a vertical row of small red, orange, green, blue and purple dots on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Spiral and coloured dot line on a wrist
Fine line tattoo of a red outlined apple with a green leaf and black stem on skin, shown beside its line drawing design.
Outline apple with leaf tattoo
Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of a vertical ornamental symbol resembling an unalome, placed centrally on the chest.
Fine line vertical symbol on the chest
Sketch-style fine line tattoo of three pink lilies, buds and curling vines across the upper back and shoulder blade, with black linework and pink wash.
Pink lilies and vines across a back
Flash sheet of 36 black line drawings of sunbursts and stars on a cream background, under the heading 36 hand-drawn sunbursts and stars.
36 hand-drawn sunbursts and stars sheet
Fine black linework symbol with spirals, loops and dots down the centre of a person's upper back, surrounded by green and teal watercolour splashes.
Linework symbol with green watercolour on back
Black line drawing of an ornate spiral seashell filled with dotwork, scale-like cells and swirling filigree, shown as a tattoo design without a placement.
Ornate seashell line drawing