Spiral tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo of a full arm sleeve tattoo in blackwork and dotwork, with spirals and triangular geometric bands running from the shoulder to the forearm.
Full arm tribal sleeve in blackwork
Black dotwork tattoo of an ammonite-style spiral shell on the outer thigh, with shaded segments fading across the chambers.
Ammonite spiral on a thigh
Flash sheet of red and blue filigree ornaments, swirls, rosettes and crescent moon phases, with the word Marked in blue script across the centre.
Red and blue ornament and moon phase flash sheet
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a vertical unalome spiral above a lotus flower with dotted detail, placed on the upper chest.
Unalome and lotus on the upper chest
Black tribal spiral and geometric tattoo across the back of a hand and wrist, with a small flower near the wrist, beside a gold bangle.
Tribal spiral tattoo on the back of a hand
Black dotwork and fine line spiral tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm, with a dotted outer ring and radiating lines.
Spiral dotwork across a shoulder and upper arm
Black ink tattoo of a stylised long-necked dinosaur filled with spirals, dots and geometric patterns, placed on the ankle.
Ornamental dinosaur on an ankle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a nautilus shell spiral surrounded by a swirl of dots, on the forearm.
Nautilus shell spiral on a forearm
Red and purple dotwork tribal tattoo with black accents spanning a person's shoulder blade and upper back.
Red dotwork tribal design on a shoulder and back
Two crossed forearms covered in black blackwork tattoos of lattices, diamonds, dots and spirals, with stylised motifs on the upper arm, against a dark background.
Blackwork geometric sleeve on crossed arms
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two stylised rabbits surrounded by flowing lines and swirls, placed on the upper arm.
Two rabbits with swirls on the upper arm
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
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
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
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
Red and black dotwork mandala with a central om symbol and a black unalome line running down the thigh, in a close photograph.
Om mandala with unalome on thigh
Black ink mandala flash design with a radial floral pattern of petals, dots and scrollwork on a white background, suitable for a fine line or dotwork tattoo.
Black and white mandala design
Back view of a large black and grey dotwork tattoo with a central spiral in a diamond frame, extending across the shoulders and down both upper arms and forearms.
Full back dotwork spiral with geometric sleeves
Flash sheet of ten black tribal-style heart designs on a white background, each built from swirls, dots and linework, with no body placement shown.
Ten tribal heart designs on a flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stylised sitting cat with a curled tail, on the side of the body.
Stylised sitting cat with curled tail
Traditional style turtle tattoo with a dotwork mandala shell in teal and blue, placed on the centre of the chest.
Turtle with mandala shell on chest
Black ink flash drawing of a pair of mirrored butterfly wings with dotted patterns and curled antennae, with no body placement shown.
Mirrored butterfly wings design
Dotwork drawing of a spiral ammonite shell in navy ink on a pale background, with a stippled trail sweeping upward.
Stippled ammonite shell in navy dots
Black linework mandala design with five scalloped petals, paisley motifs, dotted borders and hatched edges, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Five-petal mandala flower design
Small black eye tattoo with dotted rays on the inner wrist, shown with a hand held open and teal painted nails.
Small eye with dots on the inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of geometric symbols and crosses running along a forearm, photographed on a dark leather surface.
Geometric symbols on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a spiral galaxy with small white star dots, covering the top of a shoulder.
Spiral galaxy tattoo on shoulder
Black and grey tribal cat tattoo with geometric and dotwork patterns, sitting on the upper arm.
Tribal cat tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and fine line thigh tattoo of the Little Prince and a fox on a planet, with a small red rose, a spiral sun and stars.
Little Prince and fox on a planet on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork fern frond tattoo curling down the outer side of an ankle and onto the foot.
Fern frond tattoo on a foot
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 and grey fine line and dotwork lotus flower tattoo with a spiral stem and dots, on the back of a neck.
Lotus and spiral on the nape of the neck
Black and grey mandala tattoo with a central Om symbol across the top of a foot, in a dotwork style.
Om mandala tattoo on the top of a foot
Black and grey dotwork and realism tattoo of an owl, jellyfish and spiral forms with dotted geometric lines across a person's back and upper arm.
Owl and sea creatures across back and arm
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
Black dotwork spiral tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder, shown from behind with the neck and hair visible.
Dotwork spiral on the shoulder
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 mandala tattoo on the back of a hand, beside faded LOVE script on the wrist and fingers, shown in four photographs.
Mandala on the back of a hand
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 and grey dotwork tattoo in a circle on the side of the ribs, showing a sun over mountains, a ringed planet and a spiral galaxy.
Dotwork sun, mountains and galaxy in a circle
Black and grey Polynesian-style tribal tattoo with spirals and triangles wrapping the upper arm, with stippled dotwork shading.
Polynesian-style tribal upper arm tattoo
Black fine line tattoo of an arrow with a chain of knots, a spiral and a gem pendant, running down a limb below a rolled denim hem.
Arrow with knot chain and gem drop
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 and grey dotwork tattoo of a nautilus shell on the inner upper arm, with the spiral shading built from small dots.
Nautilus shell on the inner upper arm
Three views of a red ink ornamental sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, featuring a central lotus-like mandala, spiralling vines and dotted shading.
Red ornamental mandala sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a human skull merged with a spiral sea shell, placed on a limb.
Skull and spiral shell on a limb