Swirl tattoo ideas

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

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Black outline butterfly tattoo with heart shapes inside the wings and curled antennae, shown in a black and white photo across two halves of skin.
Split butterfly tattoo with hearts
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
Colour realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint, red floral ornaments and blue watercolour splashes on a limb.
Sugar skull portrait with watercolour splashes
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
Black tribal-style penguin design on a white background, with swirls, spirals and floral motifs filling its body, shown as a standalone drawing rather than on skin.
Tribal-style penguin design
Black and grey sleeve tattoo with swirling ornamental forms on the arm of a shirtless man leaning over a wooden pew, head bowed.
Black and grey sleeve tattoo in a church
Small black fine line tattoo of a looped swirl symbol on the back of a person's neck, below the hairline.
Looped swirl symbol on the back of the neck
Colour tattoo on the thigh showing a blue TARDIS police box above a cream banner reading ALLONS-Y, framed by red roses and pink swirls, in a neo-traditional style.
TARDIS and roses banner on a thigh
Teal and grey koru-style scroll tattoo wrapping around the ankle and onto the top of the foot.
Teal koru scrolls wrapping an ankle
Pencil sketch of the word Faith in flowing script lettering with decorative swirls, drawn as a tattoo design on textured paper.
Faith script lettering with flourishes
Colourful full sleeve tattoo in a pixel art style, showing a swirling tree, a yellow gem, a pixelated figure, fish and a moon across the upper arm and forearm.
Pixel art scene full sleeve
Pencil sketch of a circle with a horizontal line, a small inner circle, a swirl above and rays either side, with the quote I am flowing with creativity beneath, drawn on lined paper.
Circle with swirl and rays sketch
Line drawing of a Japanese-style peony and chrysanthemum design with swirling waves and clouds on a dark background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Japanese peony and wave design
Black ink flash sheet of twenty cross designs in fine line, filigree and bold blackwork styles, with no body placement shown.
Sheet of twenty cross designs
Black ornamental design of two sleeping owls on a curled branch with leaves and a German phrase, drawn as a stencil style line design with no body placement shown.
Two owls on a branch stencil design
Black and grey realism tattoo of shaded flowers and flowing scrollwork across the upper and mid back.
Shaded flowers and swirls across a back
Purple botanical tattoo with a butterfly and flower buds on swirling black vines, running down the outer thigh.
Purple butterfly and flowers on a thigh
Hand-drawn fine line arrow design with flowing script lettering reading follow your arrow wherever it goes, drawn in black ink on white paper.
Arrow with script quote design
Black and grey tribal spiral tattoo with bold curved shapes across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Tribal spiral tattoo across upper back
Black ink drawing of a butterfly made of swirling tribal-style curls, with a diagonal trail of small spirals and squares, drawn on plain paper as a tattoo design.
Swirl butterfly with dotted trail design
Black and white flash design of treble and bass clefs arranged in a radial pattern with swirling curves and dots, shown without any body placement.
Radial design of clefs and dots
Teal and black feather tattoo with tribal swirl detailing on the upper back.
Teal feather with tribal swirls on the back
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with two butterflies, swirling scrolls and outlined stars arranged in a vertical column.
Butterflies, swirls and stars design
Solid black tribal flame design on a white background, shown as a flash drawing rather than on skin.
Black tribal flame design
Black ink botanical mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and swirling vines on the outer thigh, with a hand holding a mug in the foreground.
Floral mandala tattoo on the thigh
Black botanical tattoo of a tree with curling vine branches and leaves wrapping around the calf.
Swirling tree tattoo on a calf
Black linework tattoo of outlined hearts linked by swirling vine lines, placed on the ankle in a close-up photo.
Hearts and swirling vine on an ankle
Black and grey shaded lotus flower with a curving stem on the side of a torso, above the waistband of a dark garment.
Shaded lotus flower on the side ribs
Black silhouette flash design of a fairy with butterfly wings sitting on a crescent moon, with stars drifting from her hand.
Fairy silhouette on a crescent moon
Two bent legs lying on a bed showing an intricate ornamental filigree pattern running from the thigh down the calf, in a dark ink.
Ornamental filigree pattern across thigh and calf
Black and grey photograph of a phoenix tattoo with swirling scrollwork across a woman's lower back and side, shown from behind with long dark hair.
Phoenix tattoo across a back and ribs
A sheet of eight black line monogram designs in flourished lettering styles, with initials such as JM, CB, SB, AG, EJ and TS, shown on a plain white background.
Eight decorative monogram designs on white
Fine line black tattoo of a paw print with flowers, leaves and swirls drawn inside each toe and the pad, shown on a limb.
Floral paw print tattoo on skin
Black ink line drawing of a heart built from flowers, leaves, swirls and cursive lettering, a flash-style design with no placement on skin.
Heart made of flowers and swirls in pen
Fine line black ink lotus flower tattoo with a vertical ornamental stem on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Lotus flower with ornamental line on upper back
Black line drawing of a winged fairy sitting on an ornate swirling crescent moon and holding a small bird, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Fairy on a crescent moon with a bird
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a shaded flower with swirling vine linework running down the ankle and onto the top of the foot.
Flower and vine tattoo on an ankle
Realistic black, grey and red tattoo of an ornate pocket watch within scrollwork and feathered leaves, covering the forearm and back of the hand.
Pocket watch and scrollwork on forearm and hand
Flash-style drawing of a leaping brown fox with a teal wash swirl, next to a bold black kanji character meaning fox, on a white background.
Leaping fox beside a kanji character
Coloured design drawing of a blue and pink feather that curls into black ink music notes and small floating feathers, with no body part shown.
Feather dissolving into music notes
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a pocket watch with Roman numerals, a feather, a key and a rose.
Pocket watch, feather and rose on a forearm
Brown henna-style turtle with spiral shell pattern, surrounded by dots and seaweed-like curls, on a forearm.
Turtle design with swirls on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a seated fox filled with orange swirling linework and purple shading at the tail, on the inner forearm.
Ornamental fox on a forearm
Solid black ornamental design of a V shape with two curled scroll ends on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Black curled V swirl design
Black fine line tattoo of a heart filled with swirling scrollwork and two small hearts, on the inner forearm.
Swirled heart tattoo on a forearm
Two forearms and hands with tattoos: a colour flower and green swirl on the left, and black and grey roses, a sun motif and mandala on the right, with ring-finger designs visible.
Floral and mandala tattoos on both forearms and hands
Black line drawing flash sheet of four dragonflies in varied positions, each with a dashed swirling trail, shown without any body placement.
Four dragonflies with dashed flight trails
Black and grey realism roses with swirling vine linework running down a lower leg and onto the ankle.
Black and grey roses and swirling vine on a calf