Swirl tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey flash design of two crossed revolvers above a cluster of flowers and swirling linework, with no body placement shown.
Crossed revolvers with flowers
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two flowers on long stems across the upper arm and shoulder, with dotted swirls beside the stems.
Two black and grey flowers on an upper arm
Realistic colour full sleeve tattoo of dahlias, a daffodil, a butterfly and a pink bird on a woman's upper arm, with a cursive script word near the elbow.
Full sleeve of realistic flowers and a butterfly
Pen and ink line drawing of a cherry blossom branch with swirling scrolled leaves and buds, a flash design suited to a fine line tattoo.
Cherry blossom branch with swirling leaves
Full floral sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, black and grey on the left panel and coloured on the right, with flowers, swirls and dotwork.
Floral sleeve tattoo on the arm
Grey cartoon dog with a swirling vine and small flowers tattooed on the lower back, above jeans and a studded belt.
Cartoon dog and vine on lower back
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with yellow petals, green leaves and black swirling vines on skin, with the body part not shown.
Sunflower with swirling vines
Black line drawing of a botanical paisley and floral design with dotted mandala-style flowers on a white background, shown without any body placement.
Paisley and floral line drawing design
Brown botanical tattoo design with flowers and vines running from the back of a hand up the forearm, worn by a person in a grey jumper.
Floral henna-style design on hand and forearm
Black line drawing of three leaves with curling scroll swirls in a botanical flash design, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Leaves and scrolls line design
Black ornamental butterfly design made of swirling scrolls, dots and small flowers on a white background.
Ornate swirl butterfly design
Illustrated design of three red hibiscus flowers with green leaves and swirling vines over splashes of paint, drawn in a botanical style with no body placement shown.
Hibiscus flowers with green swirls
Flash-style design of two black palm trees, a red hibiscus with green leaves and two small butterflies on a cream background, with no body placement shown.
Palm trees and hibiscus flash design
Botanical tattoo on a forearm of a five-petal blue flower with black vine swirls curling out to either side, in a botanical style.
Blue flower and swirls on a forearm
Black and purple vine tattoo with leaves and two star motifs running across the top of a foot, in a botanical style.
Vine and star tattoo on a foot
Black line-art flash sheet of mandala and paisley floral designs, suitable as a reference for a fine line or mehndi-style tattoo.
Mandala and paisley line-art flash sheet
Flash sheet of nine black ink swirl and vine flourish designs on a white background, with some leaf and floral details.
Nine black ink swirl and vine designs
Dark ink floral design with swirling scrolls and round blossoms wrapping around the ankle, in a Botanical style.
Floral swirl design on an ankle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an Art Nouveau woman in profile, wreathed in ivy and peonies, on the outer thigh.
Art Nouveau woman with ivy and peonies on a thigh
Pencil drawing of a lily flower with curling vine swirls, a tattoo flash design in black and grey shading.
Lily with swirling vines in pencil
Colourful neo-traditional flower tattoo with purple petals, orange accents, green leaves and black scrollwork across a shoulder.
Purple flower and swirls on shoulder
Colour tattoo of music staves, notes, butterflies and a red hibiscus running up a woman's side and back.
Music staves and hibiscus down the side of back
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three roses, buds and leaves linked by swirling vines running down the side of the ribs.
Black and grey roses with vine down the ribs
Colour tattoo of paisley-style flowers, leaves and a feather on a person's upper arm and shoulder, in Neo-trad style.
Colourful paisley and floral arm tattoo
Black ink mandala with symmetrical petals and swirls drawn over a teal and green watercolour wash, shown as a design drawing rather than a tattoo on skin.
Mandala flower drawing on watercolour wash
Fine line black tattoo of three bird silhouettes perched on a curling vine with leaves, placed on the side of the ribs.
Three birds on a vine on the ribs
Black outline tattoo of a lotus flower with a curling stem, in fine line style, on a person's upper back.
Lotus flower with swirling stem on upper back
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a shaded butterfly and rose, stars, swirls and the script words No Place Like Home.
Butterfly, rose and script design sketch
Colour tattoo across the upper back of a fine-line Art Nouveau style woman with autumn vine leaves, grapes and green swirling tendrils.
Art Nouveau woman with grape vines on back
Black and white botanical vine design with five-petal flowers, swirling tendrils and leaves, shown as a standalone drawing with no body placement.
Black floral vine design
Colour botanical tattoo of red and orange maple leaves with black swirling vines running down a person's calf and shin.
Maple leaves and swirls down a calf
Gold metallic line drawing of a botanical floral design with blossoms, leaves, swirling vines and dots on a white background.
Gold floral design with leaves and swirls
Green and yellow outlined shamrock tattoo with a curling swirl on the inner forearm near the wrist, in fine line style.
Green shamrock with swirl on a wrist
Forearm design of an Om symbol above a lotus flower, with a swirling stem running down to the wrist, in dark brown-black ink.
Lotus and Om symbol on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of orange, red and yellow hibiscus flowers with a blue dragonfly and black swirls across the shoulder and upper arm.
Hibiscus flowers and dragonfly on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of three pink lilies on black swirling vines running down a calf towards the ankle.
Lily and vine tattoo down a calf
Black and grey butterfly, lily and swirling vine tattoo across the top of a foot, shaded in a realistic style.
Butterfly and lily on the top of a foot
Colour tattoo of California poppies with green leaves and a grey curled stem across the forearm, in a neo-traditional botanical style.
California poppies with a swirling stem on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a plumeria flower, a butterfly and a tribal-style swirling band on the lower leg, in a botanical style.
Plumeria and butterfly on a lower leg
Realistic red roses with green leaves and black swirling vine linework tattooed along the side of a torso, shown in colour.
Red roses on a vine down the ribs
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a small flower with curling swirls and dots, placed on the inner ear.
Flower and swirl tattoo inside an ear
Black line drawing of a steampunk-style key entwined with cogs, swirling scrollwork, leaves and roses, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Steampunk key with gears and roses
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo of pink plumeria flowers, teal swirling vines and palm trees against a sunset, running down the side of the ribs.
Tropical flowers and palms along the ribs
Healed colour tattoo of three red lilies with black swirling vine and outline stars, running across the top of a bare foot towards the ankle.
Red lilies and stars across a foot
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of flowers and black swirling vines with ink splatters, shown on a limb.
Watercolour flowers and swirls on a limb
Black and red tattoo on the leg with the words hope, resilience, love and courage, black swirls, a red heart and a red lily in a lettering and botanical style.
Hope, resilience, love and courage lettering with lily
Black and grey Japanese style arm sleeve tattoo with a bird, swirling clouds and pink lotus flowers across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Bird and flower full arm sleeve
Fine line botanical tattoo of a tree with spreading roots and a curled swirl on a forearm, in dark blue-black ink.
Tree and swirl design on a forearm