Swirl tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of an orange starfish with blue scrolling waves and small flowers on a person's upper back.
Starfish and scrollwork on upper back
Large back tattoo in a Japanese style showing a grey skull in a red swirl-patterned robe beside black linework blossom branches, on a person lying face down.
Skull in red robe with blossom branch on back
Colour floral tattoo across a shoulder and upper arm, with a purple iris, pink and red poppy-like blooms, a white hydrangea and green leaves.
Floral shoulder and upper arm tattoo
Black line drawing of a slender vine with curling scrolls and small five-petal flowers on a white background, a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Black vine with swirls and small flowers
Black ink tattoo of two five-petal flowers, three butterflies and sweeping swirl lines across a person's upper back and shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Flowers and butterflies on a shoulder blade
Brown henna floral mandala with swirls and dots on the back of a hand and wrist, in a botanical style.
Henna floral design on the back of a hand
Grey-shaded lotus flower with pale blue swirls and black Hebrew lettering across the top of a foot near the ankle.
Lotus and Hebrew script on a foot
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with a curling stem on the upper back of a person with dark hair, shown from behind.
Lotus flower on upper back
Realistic red roses with black swirling vine linework running down a person's back, in a botanical style.
Rose vine running down the back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two lilies with curling vines on the top of a foot.
Lily and swirl tattoo on a foot
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a humpback whale curling around a peony on the upper back, with fine outline linework.
Whale and peony on upper back
Black tribal-style lotus flower design with swirling flame-like tips and a curling vine stem, drawn on a white background with no body placement shown.
Tribal lotus flower design
Black fine line tattoo of a treble clef entwined with swirling vines and leaves, on the upper back below the nape of the neck.
Treble clef and vine swirls on upper back
Black line drawing of a crescent moon dreamcatcher with two roses, swirling ornaments and dangling feathers, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Crescent moon dreamcatcher with roses
Black silhouette design of rosebuds, leaves and curling vines on a white background, suited to a botanical stencil or flash piece with no body placement shown.
Rosebud and swirling vine pattern
Black linework tattoo of a circular botanical design with swirls, leaves and a bud, on the upper back near the neck.
Ornamental botanical circle on upper back
Coloured pencil drawing of a tattoo design with pink and purple lilies, an orange patterned butterfly and black swirling vines, with no body placement shown.
Lilies, butterfly and swirls tattoo design
Colour tattoo of two sunflowers with grey and black butterflies and green leaves, with a black linework swirl border, on the outer thigh.
Sunflowers and butterflies on a thigh
Close view of a fine line botanical tattoo in pale, light-coloured ink across a shoulder, with leaves, stems and swirling tendrils.
Pale botanical linework across a shoulder
Black ink flower with swirling vines on the hip and side of a sunlit torso, in a botanical style.
Flower and swirl tattoo on a hip
Black and grey lily tattoo with swirling vines running down the side of a torso, from the upper back to the hip.
Lilies and swirling vines down the side
Black and grey realism style tattoo of three roses with leaves and swirling stems on the side of the torso above jeans.
Shaded roses on a hip
Side-by-side photos of a botanical swirl tree tattoo in black ink above blue wave shading on an upper arm.
Swirling tree and blue waves on an arm
Black and white drawing of a stylised flower with pointed leaves, curling tendrils and small dotted accents, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Black floral ornament with swirls
Black and grey tattoo on an ankle showing a script monogram, swirling figure-eight lines, shaded flowers and small stars.
Script monogram with flowers and stars on an ankle
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with lilies, curling vine swirls and the words Live Laugh Love in cursive script, in black and grey.
Lily and swirl design with script
Black linework lotus mandala with swirling petals and trailing filigree, tattooed on the forearm in a fine line style.
Ornamental lotus mandala on forearm
Black linework geometric lotus tattoo with swirling details on a forearm, with small script text running along the wrist.
Geometric lotus tattoo on a forearm
Flash design of a stylised rose with dark red petals, a black thorned stem, leaves and swirls, with a small black bird silhouette at the lower left.
Stylised red rose with thorned stem
Coloured drawing of a tattoo design with pink plumeria-style flowers, a blue butterfly and black scrollwork on a white background.
Pink flowers and butterfly tattoo design
Black and grey shaded roses with a black lace design across the upper back, between the shoulder blade and spine.
Shaded roses and black lace on upper back
Pencil and ink drawing of an ornate lace-style mandala design with swirls, leaves and dangling droplet chains, shown on white paper.
Ornamental lace mandala design on paper
Woman with a botanical tattoo of two peonies, black leaves and dotted swirls across her upper chest and shoulder, in mixed black, grey and muted rose tones.
Peony and leaf chest and shoulder tattoo
Colour botanical tattoo on a lower leg showing a green owl with two smaller owls, a red heart, a brown swirling vine, leaves and white daisies.
Green owls and daisy vine on a calf
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with flowers and paisley patterns, with small star sparkles beside it.
Floral crescent moon design
Colour tattoo of blue roses, a pink bud and red peonies on an upper arm, shown as purple linework, then in progress and finished.
Blue roses and peonies on upper arm
Back and shoulder of a person with a white and pink botanical scrollwork design across the shoulder blade, in a fine line style.
White and pink floral scrollwork across a shoulder
Black and grey botanical vine tattoo with leaves and curling swirls running down the centre of a person's back.
Black and grey vine tattoo down the back
Black ink drawing of a dragonfly with daisy-like flowers and swirling scrollwork, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Dragonfly and flowers design
A hand holding a purple pen draws a rose with curling vines and leaves on graph paper, a botanical tattoo design in fine line.
Rose and scroll vine design drawn in pen
Black dotwork mandala and paisley swirl tattoo on the side of a torso, above the hip, with a hand resting at the left edge of the frame.
Mandala and paisley swirls on the side torso
Watercolour-style botanical tattoo of pink lilies and sweeping black linework across a person's upper back and side, with blue accents.
Pink lilies and black swirls across a back
Black ink drawing of an infinity symbol entwined with dotted five-petal flowers, leaves and curled tendrils on a pale background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Infinity symbol with flowers and vines
Black and grey flash design of dandelion seeds drifting up from an ornate silhouette with butterflies and flowing script lettering, on a white background.
Dandelion seeds and script design
Black ornamental floral tattoo across the back of a hand and fingers, in a botanical style, with dark painted nails and silver rings.
Black floral swirl design across hand and fingers
Colour tattoo of pink cherry blossoms with black tribal swirl linework across the top of a foot, with painted toenails visible.
Cherry blossom and swirl on a foot
Black outline tattoo of flowers, swirls and a geometric city skyline across a shoulder and upper arm, with red shading.
Flowers, swirls and a city skyline on upper arm
Close photo of a dark botanical vine and flower design across the back of a hand and down the middle finger, with small gems set into the motifs.
Floral vine design across back of hand