Swirl tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a cartoon-style skull tattoo with a pink polka-dot bow, heart eyes, crossbones and pink swirls on skin.
Pink bow skull with crossbones
Black line drawing of the word family in flowing script inside a heart outline with looped swashes, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Family script inside a looping heart outline
Colour tattoo of a grey cat with yellow-green eyes, pink lilies and lilac blooms on swirling vines across the upper arm and shoulder, in a soft pastel background.
Black cat and lilies on an upper arm
Black ornate filigree tattoo with swirls, drops and dotted chains across a woman's shoulder and upper back, in fine line and dotwork style.
Ornate filigree chandelier tattoo on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of three purple lilies with black scrolling vines on the side of a ribcage, in a botanical style.
Purple lilies and black swirls on ribs
Black and grey realistic rose and botanical vine tattoo running from the thigh down the outer leg towards the ankle.
Black rose and vine leg tattoo
Grid of four rows of black line motifs on cream squares, labelled tree, paisley, floret and starburst, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Tree, paisley, floret and starburst motif sheet
Colour tattoo of a round-headed skeleton figure in a long dark coat, set in a black ornate oval frame with a purple and yellow moon, bats and a swirl hill, on the thigh.
Skeleton figure in an ornate oval frame on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of a toilet decorated with a red rose and teal leaves, on the calf.
Toilet with rose on a calf
Script reading The heart of an Indian beside a profile headdress tattoo on the lower back, mostly black and grey with small red accents.
Script lettering and feathered headdress on back
Black and grey fine line arrow tattoo on the inner upper arm, with an ornate hamsa hand motif filled with swirling patterns along its shaft.
Arrow with hamsa hand on upper arm
Colour tattoo of red flowers with black and teal scrollwork across the top of a foot, with dark painted toenails.
Red flowers and scrollwork on a foot
Colour tattoo of a green butterfly and a purple butterfly with black tribal swirls on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Green and purple butterflies with tribal swirls on a back
Black line drawing of a cat face in sugar skull style, with swirling ornamental patterns, a diamond motif on the forehead and detailed eyes.
Sugar skull cat face design
Healed tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade showing a shaded grey wand with blue swirling sparks and the script words Expecto Patronum.
Wand and Expecto Patronum script on upper back
Two matching fine line trefoil tattoos on the wrists, each with black outlines and swirls in pink on one arm and blue on the other.
Matching trefoil wrist tattoos
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey robot with a red panel and the lettering H-q, framed by brown swirling waves and a teal background with white circles, on the calf.
Robot with swirling waves on a calf
Black and grey key tattoo with a red polka-dot bow and a castle at its base, shown on a forearm.
Key with mouse-ear bow and castle
Black ornamental feather tattoo with swirling detail on the outer side of a foot, resting on a blue striped sheet.
Ornate feather tattoo on a foot
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a stylised aeroplane with black linework and swirling trails, on the inner upper arm.
Watercolour aeroplane on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo design on a cream background, showing outlined flowers, a dotted arc, swirling stems and small dots, with no body placement visible.
Fine line botanical design with dots and swirls
Black script numerals 20 forming a heart outline with swirling flourishes, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Heart-shaped 20 script tattoo on thigh
Colour tattoo of three blue roses with green leaves and black scrollwork on the side of the ribs, shaded in grey.
Three blue roses with scrollwork on ribs
Black and grey realistic lily tattoo with inky tendrils on the side of a torso, above the waistband of jeans.
Lily tattoo on the side torso
Two tattoo flash designs of a heart with a stylised letter K and swirls, one solid black and one in outline, on a white background.
Heart and K monogram design
Two matching black Celtic trinity knot tattoos with swirling tendrils on the forearms of two people with their wrists held together.
Matching Celtic knot tattoos on forearms
Colour tattoo of pink and yellow lotus flowers with turquoise butterflies and grey shading across the ribs and side of the torso.
Pink and yellow lotus flowers on ribs
Traditional coloured flash design of a pin-up woman performing an acrobatic pose inside a green aerial hoop, with yellow ropes and black swirls.
Pin-up acrobat on an aerial hoop
Fine line black tattoo of a wand with curling scroll tips and small dotted stars on the handle, placed along the inside of a forearm.
Wand with swirls on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a stylised bird with scrolling swirls on the neck behind the ear, with a yellow flower in the hair.
Swirled bird tattoo behind the ear
Realistic drawing of a green and blue hummingbird with trailing wisps of colour, above a black and grey bird in a swirling dark form, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Hummingbird with ink smoke and a black bird
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
Realistic colour tattoo of a cherry topped cupcake with swirled dark background and shaded flourishes on a calf.
Cherry cupcake on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of a howling wolf with ornamental swirling lines trailing below it, on the inside of a wrist.
Howling wolf with swirls on a wrist
Colourful dreamcatcher tattoo with purple, blue and pink washes and feather tails, sitting on the upper back below the neck.
Dreamcatcher with watercolour washes on upper back
Colour paisley and mandala tattoo with a pink flower centre on the side of a torso, placed on the ribs.
Colourful paisley and mandala on the ribs
Mirrored pencil drawing of a pair of butterfly wings with a fine scroll between them, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Mirrored butterfly wings design
Black and grey tribal tattoo with a large circular motif and sweeping spiked shapes across the upper arm and shoulder.
Tribal circle tattoo on upper arm
Close photo of a small black ornamental swirl tattoo with two dots on the side of a finger, in a fine line style.
Small swirl tattoo on a finger
Black ornamental crescent moon tattoo with swirling linework and a small blue star, on the lower back above the waistband of jeans.
Crescent moon and star on the lower back
Black and grey scrollwork heart tattoo with a small pink heart and the number 9 at its base, on a area of skin on the upper leg.
Scrollwork heart with a small pink heart
Black ornamental line drawing of a stylised bird perched on a branch with curling scrolls, shown as a design on a white background with no body placement.
Stylised bird perched on a swirling branch
Brown henna-style floral and paisley design covering the top of a foot and toes, shown in a sepia photograph.
Floral henna-style design across a foot
Black ink pen drawing of a crescent moon with a fern-like pattern inside, surrounded by curling vines, tendrils and small leaves, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Crescent moon with botanical swirls
Black ink drawing of a swirling tree with curled branches above the word Family in script lettering, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Swirling family tree with Family script
Black and grey photo of a bold blackwork tribal tattoo covering a shoulder and upper arm, with a swirl and chevron bands.
Bold tribal band on a shoulder
Black line drawing of a heart outline with swirling script letters inside, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Heart with swirling script lettering
Solid black tattoo of a stylised swirling symbol enclosed in a circle, sitting on the shoulder and upper arm.
Black swirl symbol in a circle on shoulder