Swirl tattoo ideas

3,253 photos and flash · 24% Botanical, 17% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Coloured pencil drawing of a stylised phoenix with long swirling tail feathers, shaded in soft blues, greens, yellows and violet on a white background.
Flowing phoenix bird design
A red tribal-style phoenix design with swirling tail feathers and outstretched wings on a white background, shown as a stencil-style drawing with no body placement visible.
Red tribal phoenix design
Black line drawing of a mermaid with flowing, swirling hair and an ornamental scrolled tail on a white background, suitable as a tattoo design.
Mermaid with swirling hair and tail
Black line drawing of a phoenix with swirling, flowing feathers and a curled tail, shown as a fine line tattoo design on a white background.
Phoenix line drawing with flowing feathers
Neo-traditional flash design of a stylised creature head with a swirling purple and orange body, black linework and dotted accents, with no body placement shown.
Swirling creature with curled tail
Colourful sugar skull design surrounded by magenta flowers, gold leaves and swirling stems, drawn as a tattoo flash design with no body part shown.
Sugar skull with magenta flowers
Pencil sketch of a bearded wizard holding a staff, with a dragon curling over his head and wisps of smoke around the figure, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Bearded wizard and dragon design sketch
Drawn phoenix tattoo design with sweeping black tribal linework and purple, pink and blue coloured pencil shading on a white background.
Phoenix tattoo design in tribal linework
Pencil drawing of a tribal-style heart with interlocking swirling lines and soft grey shading, being sketched on white paper with a yellow pencil.
Tribal heart design drawn in pencil
Stylised green and blue bird with outstretched wings and long curling tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design drawing on a white background.
Green and blue bird with long tail
Pencil drawing of a botanical vine with leaves, swirls and a central flower, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Floral vine corner design
A black tribal-style design of two frogs facing each other, drawn in bold solid black with white swirling negative space, shown on a plain white background.
Two tribal-style frogs facing each other
Detailed flash drawing of an ornamental feather with dotwork and swirling linework, shaded in teal, blue and red, with no body placement shown.
Ornate feather design in blue, teal and red
Line drawing of a lotus flower with black outlines and tan shading, above swirl motifs and a dotted line with a circle and a star, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Lotus flower with dotted line ornament
Black line drawing of a stylised cat sitting upright, filled with swirls, lattice and dotted ornamental patterns, with a curling tail ending in a spiral.
Stylised cat with swirling tail design
Black line drawing of a botanical tattoo design with three flowers linked by a curling vine and spiral tendrils, shown on a plain white background.
Three flowers on a swirling vine design
Black line drawing of a floral vine design with five-petal flowers, swirls, leaves and dots on a white background, shown as a botanical tattoo design without a body placement.
Black line floral vine design
Bold black ink flourish with two curling loops and three small dots beside it, drawn on a white background as a tattoo design.
Black ink swirl with three dots
Hand-drawn tattoo design sketch in black ink reading I love you to the moon and back, with a moon, clouds and stars, lettering style, shown on paper with no body placement.
I love you to the moon and back design
Black line drawing sheet of curling flourishes and scrolls with dotted accents on a white background, shown as tattoo flash with no body placement.
Black line swirl and flourish flash sheet
Black and white Art Nouveau flash sheet with roses, women's faces, peacocks, trees, scrolling borders and leaf motifs, shown as separate designs.
Art Nouveau flash sheet in black
Black ink script letter S with large curling swirls at top and bottom, drawn as a bold single-line design on a white background.
Flowing script letter S design
Black line drawing of a mermaid with long flowing hair and a sweeping, finned tail curling into spirals, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Mermaid with swirling tail line drawing
Pen and pencil drawing of an ornate key with filigree scrollwork and leaves, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornate key tattoo design
Black line drawing tattoo design of a ball of yarn with two knitting needles, roses, leaves and a pair of scissors, in a botanical style.
Yarn, knitting needles and roses design
Pencil sketch of an outlined heart with two intertwined swirling lines ending in curls, a fine line tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Heart with twisting swirls sketch
Black tribal-style dragon design drawn on cream paper, with flowing blackwork flames, a swirling tail and small open circles at the base.
Tribal dragon design with swirling tail
A grid of ten black line drawings of owls decorated with swirls and teal leaves, shown as design sheet artwork rather than on skin.
Ten ornamental owl designs in a grid
Flash sheet of six stacked colour designs with swirling flourishes, including butterflies, apples with leaves, a cloud with lightning bolt and a pink star.
Six colourful swirl and motif flash designs
Black and cyan stencil-style design of a stylised standing figure with flowing hair and cyan ornamental patterns on the torso, arm and legs, shown without any body part.
Black and cyan stylised figure design
Black and white flash design of a guitar with a treble clef, musical notes, swirling vines and flower motifs, shown with no body placement.
Guitar with florals and a treble clef
Bold black tribal-style cat face design with swirling linework on a white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Tribal cat face design
Black linework drawing of a stylised butterfly with long swirling tendrils on white paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Stylised butterfly with flowing linework
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of a compass rose with spiked points, a central hub, looping scrollwork and scattered ink dots, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Compass rose with swirls and ink dots
Hand-drawn flash design of four stacked motifs in bold black linework with green, red and blue wash, including a swirling vine, a flame trail and a wave.
Four elemental motifs in black ink and wash
Black and white flash design of a treble clef, music notes and swirling vine linework, shown without a body placement.
Treble clef and music notes design
Black ink design of a giraffe head and neck filled with swirls, dots and geometric panels, drawn on a white background.
Ornate giraffe head design in black ink
Black tribal-style design of a slender fairy figure with swirling butterfly wings, drawn in solid black ink on a white background.
Tribal fairy with butterfly wings
Black line drawing of two open roses, a rosebud and leaves on a curling vine, shown as a botanical flash design with no body placement.
Two roses and a rosebud on a vine with swirls
Black ink drawing of an ornate feather filled with paisley swirls, dotted florals and zentangle-style patterns, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Ornamental feather drawing in black ink
Painted flash design of swirling red, orange, purple and blue flames rising above two dark glossy spheres with white sparkles, on a white background.
Painted flame and dark spheres design
Tattoo flash design of three blue flowers among black mandala and paisley linework, with feather-like strokes, intended for a body placement not shown.
Blue flowers with black mandala linework design
Black ink flash drawing of a butterfly with patterned wings and a flowing fine line vine trailing downward, shown on a plain white background.
Butterfly with flowing vine line design
Black and grey drawing of a tribal tattoo design with spiral and curved bands filled with woven patterns, shown on a white background.
Polynesian-style tribal design with spirals
Black ink line drawing of a stylised treble clef with swirling curls at the base, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Stylised treble clef design
Black ink drawing of a butterfly with patterned wings perched on a thin, swirling vine, shown as a fine line tattoo design.
Butterfly and swirling vine design
Black linework tattoo design of a winged fairy beside a crescent moon, with flowers, stars, swirling ribbons and jellyfish, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Fairy with moon, jellyfish and flowing swirls
Black ink flash sheet of paisley swirls, lotus-like flowers and leaves with dotwork and fine line detail, drawn on a white background.
Paisley and floral flash sheet in black ink